My most reached for brushes

I was sitting the other morning putting on my make up for work, and realised that I really use all of the brushes I have. Face brushes I do, because I only have a few but eye brushes, I find myself using the same ones each day. So I thought I'd do a quick run through of the ones I use the most:

Face:

Foundation -

* Real Techniques Expert face brush £9.99

* Real Techniques Stippling brush £11.99

* E.L.F flat top powder brush £3.75

Powder -

* E.L.F flat top powder brush £3.75

Blush -

* E.L.F blush brush £3.75

Highlight -

* Avon angled brush £3.50

Contour -

* Real Techniques stippling brush £11.99

Eyes:

Shadow -

* MAC 239 £19.00

* E.L.F eyeshadow brush £1.50

* Crown C135 £2.76

Blending -

* MAC 217 £17.00

* E.L.F eyeshadow blending £1.50

* Crown C139 £2.95

Eyeliner -

* No7 precision eyeliner brush £7.25

* Avon angled eyeliner brush £4.00

Other -

* MAC 219 £19.00

* Random dome brush from Home bargains 99p - I love using this for highlighting my browbone and tear duct area

* QVS angled £2.79 - I use this for my eyebrows, the width is perfect 

What are your favourite brushes to use?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Tuesday tip

Tuesday tip time again beauts:

 If you apply pencil liner to your upper or lower lashline, set with an eyeshadow the same shade. This way, the eyeliner will stay in place all day/night and won't smudge

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Mascara mix up

I'm one of those girls who hate throwing mascara away, I have no idea why I just do. However I'm in possession of WAY TOO MANY at the moment, a few of which deffo need to be binned. So I thought that I'd do a kind of 'empties' post and do a little review on each. Here's what's headed for mascara heaven this month:

* Avon Super enchant - I'm not sure on the price of this because......it's been discontinued!!! GUTTED! This is without a doubt one of my fave mascaras ever. It separated, lengthened and gave volume

* Miss sporty waterproof fabulous lash - £1.99 I needed a waterproof mascara a few months ago and just wanted a cheap one as I'd only be using it for one day so I picked this up. Yup it's deffo waterproof but that's it. It claims to build lashes from natural to dramatic.....it doesn't! Not one I would recommend

* Clinque high impact - £16.00 This is, along with Avon Super enchant, my other favourite mascara. One coat of this and my lashes look full and long. Definitely one I'd recommend and buy again

* Collection Skyscraper - £4.99  Another fave of mine! Again it lengthens, gives volume and separates. Definitely another I'd recommend and buy again

* MUA Every lash and Mega Volume - £3.00 I enjoyed both of these, I wasn't too sure about them at first but once they dried out slightly I liked them. I would recommend giving them a try. The 'Every lash' separates  and adds length, and the'Mega volume' gives volume and lengthens

* George Volume lash - £3.50 This isn't actually ready for the bin but I'm chucking it anyway because I never reach for it. I like it but don't love it, and what annoys me is that at the end of the day I have black rings under my eyes from the mascara dropping

Well that's it, time to buy more mascara :P I think I'll do one of these posts every 3 months, that way I know my mascara's are bacteria free

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Make up Monday

It's Monday again which means it's time for another Make Up Monday! This is what's made it into my make up bag this week:

* Too faced eyeshadow's in 'London Calling' 'Label Whore' and 'Jealous?'

* Rimmel blushes in 'Summer Fever' and 'Winter Glow'

* OCC Lip tar in 'Memento'

* MAC lipstick in 'Viva Glam Cyndi'

I bought the Too faced eyeshadows ages ago and I think I've only worn 'Jealous?' Oooops! I shall let you know which products I'm loving,and which are gonna hit the bin on Sunday

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Small haul

Yesterday I went out shopping with my cousin and picked up a few bargains. One of my shopping trip missions was to buy more heels, I have a pair of heeled black ankle boots that I love but always wear. So I made myself (oh how difficult that was) buy more shoes:

* Burgundy suede heels £6.00 from Primark

* Black studded heels £6.00 from Primark

* Anchor ring £3.00 from River Island

* 3 bracelets £2.50 from Internacionale

* Black dress £14.99 from H&M

I'm very proud of myself for not buying any make up!! :P

Thanks for reading :) 

Sxx

I (don't) got the love

If you read my weekly Make Up Monday posts then you'll know that each Monday I search through my make up and pull out things that I haven't used in an age. I then use them for that whole week, if I've loved them they go in my faves, liked then they go back in my collection, and if I haven't liked them? I stick them in this blog post.

Basically at the end of each month, along with my monthly empties, I'm going to write a post on the things I haven't loved and do a mini review on each item.

Face:

*No7 colour calming primer £10.50 - I've written a review on this already and I just don't like it. It was hard to blend, showed through my foundation and basically didn't work

* Sheer cover base perfector Primer £21.95 - Again I have a review on this too. I  think the main reason for me not liking this is my skin type, it didn't hold my foundation in place and I didn't like the finish it gave me

* MUA Matte perfect foundation £2.00 - Very rarely will you see a negative review of an MUA product from me,but this I just couldn't get along with. It didn't keep my face matte and the colour match wasn't so great

* Soap and Glory kick ass concealer £10.00 - This is pretty much a Holy grail item with some bloggers, but for me it looked cakey on spots and it creased under my eyes. I think I'll stick to my Collection lasting perfection from now on

Lips and Eyes

* Soap and Glory Sexy mother pucker £9.00 Again I think this is a product a lot of girlie's love but I really don't like it. I get that it's supposed to tingle, but I swear it felt like my lips were on fire. And I found it really dried my lips out too

* No7 Stay perfect eyeshadow in 'True Gold' £7.00 - Even though this shade is named 'True Gold' it really wasn't. I didn't find this to be pigmented and the colour I did get from it was pretty chalky

Wellthat's it for this months negative post. What do you think of this type of post?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Weekly favourites

I've been liking quite a few things from this weeks make up Monday , which is good because it means I don't need to bin any items haha

* Barry M lip glosses (neither have names or numbers) I love the smell and consistency of these glosses. They're not sticky and actually feel quite moisturising

* e.l.f blushes in 'fushia fusion' and 'tickled pink' - These blushes are so pigmented and pretty colours.  Tickled pink is definitely more of a peach though, not a pink. It gives such a pretty glow

* Barry M lip paint in '129' - This is a lilac shade and I think that's why I haven't worn it all that much in the past, it's quite a hard shade to pull off. However with the Barry M pink gloss, it tones it down and makes it so pretty

* Natural collection eye shadow's in 'Golden sand' and 'Moss shimmer' - Love these two shades together. They're not too pigmented but have a nice amount of pigmentation to them

* MAC blush in 'Desert rose' - I love this! I only just bought it on Friday but I've been wearing it non stop

Well that's it for another week

Thanks for reading :)

S xx