Lip Product Addict TAG #2

1. Favourite balm/treatment?

I wouldn't say this is a 'treatment' but I really like the Maybelline BabyLips in hydrate.

2. Best eye-catching red?

I don't wear reds much but I do own the infamous Rimmel Kate Moss 107 lipstick, which I'm sure you've  heard about.

3. Best luxury & best drugstore?

My best luxury would have to be my Dior lip glow and my best drugstore is probably the Maybelline color whisper in coral ambition.

4. Best MAC lipstick?

I am really liking Hue at the minute, it's a glaze finish and it's just a perfect nude colour.

5. The most disappointing?

My most disappointing would probably be the mac lip glasses, however don't get me wrong, I did actually like the lipgloss, I was just disappointed because I ordered it from online (kind of, long story) and when I received it it was really small and for £14 I did expect more. 

6. Liner - yes or no?

I don't use liners a lot as I'm lazy but I do think they can come in handy and I really want to invest in a few more.

7. Best gloss?

I really like the Revlon lipglosses I think they're amazing, the formulas are great in both the super lustrous and colour burst ranges. The colour burst glosses have a bigger colour range but I love them both equally.

8. Something extra!

I have a couple other things that I would recommend so I'm just going to cheat and say them both haha.

Firstly I'm going to mention the Clinique chubby sticks, I had two but I actually lost one and I think I left it in Spain but I love the formulae of these, they can be sheer however the colour is easily build-able. 

I also want to talk about the bourjois lipgloss in rose chimeric and brun poetic, I didn't include these as my best lip glosses because these are the only two colours that I actually like enough to buy, but they are very good glosses, not sticky at all and great to pair with lipsticks.

 Kelly 

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Holy Grail Makeup Products

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Mallory

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Top 5 || Real Techniques Brushes

Powder Brush - This brush is very dense and can press powder onto the skin, this brush is also great to use for an all over bronzed look. The hairs are very soft and are easy to clean. £10.99

Blush Brush - This is very multipurpose as I use it for powder, contouring, bronzer, blush and highlighter. It's probably the softest out of all of them and it's tapered shape makes it easier to apply makeup. £9.99

Stippling Brush - I use this to buff in foundation and concealer however this can also be used to apply cream based products like cream blushes and highlighters. The hairs aren't too flexible but this gives skin a flawless finish. £10.99

Base Shadow Brush - With the shape of this brush it allows you to press on eyeshadow for intense colour or you can blend out shadows to give you a seamless look. £21.99 From Set

Accent Brush - Again this is a dense brush with short hairs that allow you to put on eyeshadow precisely in specific shapes and looks. £21.99 From Set 

I would highly recommend any Real Techniques brush as they if high quality like Mac brushes but are still very affordable. Each brush has a handle with a section that makes gripping it easier. The bristles are synthetic and hand-cut 100% cruelty free. 

Mallory

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Makeup Tips for Oily Skin

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If you struggle with oily skin or like me with an oily T-zone then you will know how hard it is trying to find products that last a long time on your skin, or even just ways to make makeup stay where you put it for longer! These are just tips that I found work best personally, I'm not too sure they are correct as I guess you could say I am self taught, however I hope that this helps some of you out. 

When doing your base makeup you want to make sure your foundation lasts all day and a way to do this is to put moisturiser on just before you do your foundation. This helps because it gives your foundation something to stick to, other wise it will kind of just slide off your face. You could actually use a primer for this, however I think moisturisers actually work best at making foundation stay in place and they are better for your skin too. 

When looking for foundations and concealers always look for ones with long lasting or something like that in the name. My personal faves are the Rimmel 25 hour foundation and the Mac Prolong wear concealer. 

Next up, when you use your fingers or a brush to apply these products you are basically just coating your face in products and it's just going to rub off super easy. I would highly recommend you invest is a beauty sponge or a beauty blender and dab your foundation and concealer into your skin and don't swipe, this is a lot more time consuming but it gives the best long lasting results. 

Also I would just like to point out that you are not actually suppose to put foundation or concealer on your eyelids as we don't have pores  there meaning it won't stay in place for very long at all and leave us with lines of concealer and foundation, which are not attractive haha. However, there is a way to get around the fact that we may want to cover up red or veiny eyelids and this is to either use a skin toned primer e.g benefit stay don't stray, or maybe a cream eye shadow like the mac paint pots in painterly or what ever skin tone you are as they do just matte and natural skin tone colours. 

Finally, you need to set your makeup, so I think a powder is nessacary, but make sure you invest your money into a powder that doesn't cache at all, this way you can apply as much of it as you wish or even top up during the day. I would recommend the Mac mineralize skinfinish natural or Rimmel true match loose powder. 

Another way to help your makeup last even longer would be a setting spray, I personally don't own a setting spray, however, I have tried the Urban Decay all nighter  spray and it was amazing and did actually make my make up last and look better so I would recommend that too! 

So that is basically all my tips for helping makeup last for oily skinned people, I think I might also do a few posts with some more my makeup tips that I have found for maybe dry and pale skins, so maybe look out for that in the future! 

Kelly 

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Beauty Haul #2

Surprise surprise I've been a little naughty and splurged on some makeup and bits and bobs. My excuse is that I did sort of need these things... 

As a sort of package deal I bought the Real Techniques Stippling Brush and the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in the lightest shade. (As a quick side note if you're in the U.K I would suggest buying Real Techniques brushes from Superdrug as they're always a couple of quid cheaper!) The brush buffs in the foundation beautifully and gives you a flawless finish despite the foundation being light coverage. 

Recently all of my mascaras have been drying out so I thought I'd treat myself to the Maybelline Big Eyes mascara. I have mixed opinions on this as I only really like the lower lash end. However this mascara separates, lengthens and volumizes. The only problem I have with this is minor smudging underneath my eyes so if you have watery eyes see if they do a waterproof version.

I have already used the black version of the Rimmel Scandeleyes down to a nub and so I bought the nude version to put on my waterline as they are usually quite pink. The nude is quite yellowy so it can look a bit bizarre on me as I have a cool skin tone but when used sparingly this can really wake up your eyes.

As I owned no bronzers (ridiculous right?) I thought that going on other peoples recommendations I would jump on the band wagon and invest in the Honey Bronzer from The Body Shop. I love this so far as the shade is so light as I am so fair skinned and can't tan, they come in a wide spectrum of shades and it gives you a subtle yet sun kissed look.

I am a huge fan of Sleek so I thought I would treat myself to their Blush in Pixie Pink, it is a beautiful bright baby pink that is slightly more of a Wintery shade. It is matte and really pigmented so have a little caution when using this.

Lastly I bought the Simple Face Mask which I have already mentioned in far more detail in my Face Mask post, so be sure to look at that if you're curious!

Mallory 

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Beauty Haul #3

As you can see, recently I have had a not so little splurge! To be fair to myself I did buy this over the whole summer and did buy some of the items in duty free, so I did actually save money... so it's all okay haha. 

I'll start with the things I bought from Clarins because why not haha. Firstly I picked up the Colours Of Brazil Bronzing Compact. This is basically a huge (20g!!) bronzer that looks beautiful in the compact and on the face. It's super natural looking and isn't chalky at all. I also bought two Lip Perfectors in 05 and 06 which are basically lipglosses that have really different applicators that claim to perfect the look of your lips. 

From Dior I only picked up one thing, which was actually a lip duo that came with a lip glow and a lip maximiser, both super luxurious and well worth the quite expensive price tag. The packaging for these is also to die for (haha drama queen).

Next up I got the Clinique high impact mascara from the airport too, this is a very natural looking mascara and I've found that this works best for me as a bottom lash mascara. But I'm still going to persevere with this as a top lash mascara in the hope I might find a good way to use it as it can be built up so it's not too natural looking. This doesn't smudge around my eyes either which is great. 

Now onto Mac bits and bobs! I didn't go crazy at mac because when it came to buying things I just forgot every thing I've ever wanted and panicked, both times I was at mac haha. So I only bought two things, the first being the ever so famous Soft&Gentle mineralize skinfinish highlighter, possibly the most beautiful thing ever! And also a lipstick in cream cup, which is a lovely pale nudy pink.

Onto slightly more affordable things, I didn't go overboard on drugstore shopping but I did buy a few things to show you. Firstly I picked up this brow gel by rimmel called brow this way (dupe for benefit gimme brow), and the formulae for this is good and it really does fill in brows but I got the wrong colour for me as this was too much of a rich brown shade and I need a more ashy brown. 

I also got two mascaras, the Soap&Glory thick and fast which I haven't tried yet but I have wanted this for ages. And I also got the Rimmel Scandleyes retro glam mascara which I am in love with at the moment, it doesn't smudge at all on my eyes like most mascaras do on me and it still gives me big voluminous looking lashes. 

Finally my final items are the sleek blush by 3, cream blushers in the shade Californ.i.a, I haven't tried this yet but I didn't own any cream blushes and this was really cheap at like £8 for 3 so I grabbed this off the shelf. My last but not least product was this Collection work the colour lip butter, in 2 cappuccino, I swatched this colour in the shop ages ago and I needed this in my life but all the stores near me had been sold out for ages, but this is just a super nice darkish browny nude colour. 

Well this is a long post isn't it! I would say that I won't be buying anything else for a long time, but I most probably will... oh dear. 

Kelly

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Shop My Stash

If you don't know what a 'shop my stash' is then it's basically when you go through your makeup collection and pick out a few products that maybe you've forgotten about or ones you bought but never used, and try to start using them.

Stila convertible blush in Coral - I bought this blush a few months ago and I've actually never worn it, however it is a lovely colour. The only problem with this that I have is that it is just so pigmented, which I know is suppose to be a good thing although this is redicilously pigmented. So much so that one dab on a brush is too much meaning it's quite hard to work with but I'm going to give it another try. 

Topshop Kohl eyeliner in Sable - I did wear this when I first got it about twice to try it but I actually forgot I had this until the other day when I was hunting through my collection. From what I remember it was a good eyeliner and it swatches nicely too.

Benefit High Beam - I forgot I had this too it was like I'd won a prize when I saw this haha. It's only a mini which I got in a set so it made it's way to the back of it's drawer but I loved this so much and I haven't used this I'm ages. This is basically just a liquid highlighter but it's more of a sheen than a glitter meaning it's reasonably natural looking. 

L'oreal glam bronze bronzer - My mum actually bought this for herself  while ago but then she got a new bronzer and said I could have this which I was quite happy about haha. Again I haven't actually used this a lot at all, I'm not even sure if I actually have used it but the texture of this is very different to most powder bronzers, it almost feels creamy! But I have heard a lot of good things about this so I'm excited to use it. 

Maybelline super stay 24 hour concealer - I've never used this and I always forget I have this and it think it's because I don't really like the packaging and the product inside is sort of a funny colour. However, you never know Might try it and think it's the best concealer ever haha.

Benefit bad gal lash - I used to love this sooo much and it made my eyelashes look amazing and fluttery and natural and just all I would want from mascara so I'm glad I've found this again and hopefully it will be just as amazing as I remember! This has a huge brush applicator so if you prefer that in a mascara then I would definitely recommend this to you! 

Kelly

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Face Masks || Budget Beauty

Recently I've been getting into using clay masks as I've noticed a few pesky spots creeping in on my face. The two I use are from the drugstore and are under £5, cheap and cheerful! For both I have noticed a difference in my skin: it's been feeling a lot smoother and I've noticed fewer spots appearing and the ones I had are clearing up... good riddance! 

I've always been a fan of Simple as a brand as I had owned a few of their skincare products prior buying this mask. Although the mask isn't entirely visible when on and you don't get the tightness when it dries this one is probably my preferred one of the two. I believe this one cost £3.99 from Boots. On the back it has lots of fancy stuff about the ingredients and the vitamins and what benefits they give to your skin. I enjoy using this mask because it only takes 3 minutes to do its job!

Quick Fix is a new brand to me but they're mask range seem to have every variation to suit everyone's skin type and needs. This says that you get 10 uses within the tube however I've used this around 3 or 4 times and it isn't even nearly a quarter gone! This one cost £3.33 when it was on offer but I do believe it is slightly more expensive than the simple one, however you could argue that the tube is slightly larger. With this you do get the tightness and the cracking sensation but personally that's the fun part for me! This takes 10 minutes to dry so slightly longer but still is easy to remove. 

Mallory

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OOTD & FOTD || Summer Holiday Edition

Top- Forever 21 

Shorts - H&M

Sandals - Primark (I actually got these a few years ago but they do still sell similar ones in stores as far as I know) 

Nails - Barry M Papaya 

On my face - 

Mac studio sculpt foundation 

Collection lasting perfection concealer 

Mac mineralize skinfinish natural 

Bourjois chocolate bronzer 

Sleek face form highlighter 

Soap & glory archery

Clinique high impact mascara 

Mac lipstick in Hue 

Revlon lipgloss in Crystal Waters

Kelly 

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