My go-to 15 minute make-up look...

This make up look is my go to look if i am running late to meet the girls for a night out or if my plans of a cosy night in change to dinner with friends or even a night out lol! This make up literally takes me 15mins to do, you can take more time and add more colours to your look but this is my quick, in a rush, go with all outfits make up look :)!

First off i prime my skin using Benefit porefessional, i then use either Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation in 1W2 Sand or MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation in NC20 depending on how my skin is that evening. I find using my Sigma F80 flat top kabuki brush great for blending in these 2 foundations, it works with each one perfectly! After blending out my foundation i conceal under my eyes, around my nose and any other little bits i want to hide with my MAC pro longwear concealer in NC20 and blend that in using my ring finger in a light tapping motion. Then to set everything i use Rimmel stay matte powder in translucent, i use a large fluffy face brush for this. The bronzer i use every single day is BareMinerals bronzer in the shade, skinny dip. Its a nice natural bronze colour with very little shimmer, don't be fooled by how dark it looks in the pan! I like using Benefit's rockateur blush on my cheeks, then a little MAC mineralise skinfinish in soft & gentle on my cheekbones, cupids bow, my nose and chin.

1. On my eyes i start off by using a Maybelline colour tattoo in the shade 05 eternal gold all over my eye lid. Then taking my Urban Decay naked palette, i take the colour half baked onto a flat shader brush and pat it on over the Maybelline colour tattoo. Taking a MAC 217 brush and the colour smog i work this into my outer 'V' and then whats left on my brush lightly through my crease to blend any harsh lines away. I line my eyes using a thin liner brush and MAC gel liner in blacktrack. For mascara i use my all time favourite mascara ever, Maybelline the falsies flared in black. Also for my brows i fill them in using MAC charcoal brown on a MAC 266 small angled brush then highlight my brow bone slightly using MAC mineralised skinfinish in soft & gentle.

For my lips it usually just depends on what i'm doing with my hair, if my hair is up i sometimes go for a bold lip but most of the time i'll just wear a pinky coloured gloss on my lips, i'm loving NYX Cosmetics butter gloss in strawberry parfait just now which is a nice neutral pink gloss.

Hope you like this 15 minute make up look and find it helpful, let me know what you think :)

Lisa :) xx

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Beauty Favourites for October 2013...

Hey guys :) I thought I would start doing a monthly beauty favourites blog for you all each month :)!

I have chosen 5 products to feature in my October Monthly favourites this month :)

First off I have Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express Mascara Flared. I love this mascara, no need to wear any false eyelashes for me any more! I usually put 2 coats off this on but one coat is probably all I actually need, its just habit for me to put on 2.

 I got this from Asda when I was doing my food shopping, I think it cost me around the £5 mark so not expensive at all.

Before & After 1 Coat.

 

Next up I have Bare Minerals bronzer in the shade The Skinny Dip. This is the first bronzer I have tried that doesn't make me look as though I have orange powder all over my face. having quite light skin its hard to find bronzers that are a natural colour. This is quite a light colour but it gives a nice natural glow, don't be fooled at how dark it looks in the pan.

 

When doing my make up each day this month I have a found myself reaching for my Urban Decay Naked Basics palette more and more. The colours in the palette are great for nice sutble every day make up looks by using the softer shades but you can also turn into night time looks buy using the darker colours too. Plus its small enough to put into your make up bag :).

 

 

The foundation I'm loving this month is the Revlon ColourStay 24hr for combination/oily skin. I've had this foundation for a few months now but I hadn't ever properly used it before and now I love it! I've been using the shade 180 Sand Beige and its the perfect colour for my skin just now. Its got great coverage and it hides all my acne scarring ect really well. I apply it with either my beauty blender or just my fingers, it blends in nicely too and it does last along time, maybe not the full 24 hours on my skin because it is so oily but it does last longer than the majority of my other foundations.

 

Lastly I have a blush from Nyx Cosmetics in the shade Summer Peach. This is a lovely soft colour, it actually reminds me very much of my Nars Blush in Orgasm except I would say the Nyx Summer Peach is a bit more intense colour wise. Its a colour you can wear for both day time and for going out at night too.

 

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Lisa :) xo