Everyday Makeup Look | Bold Lip

Base:

Seventeen Skin Wow 3 Way Highlighter

Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in Ivory

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in Light Vanilla

Rimmel Clear Complexion Clarifying Powder in Transparent

Cheeks:

Bourjois Delice de Poudre Bronzing Powder in colour 51

MUA Blusher in Candyfloss

MUA Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter

Eyes:

Avon Eyeshadow Primer in Light Beige

Naked Urban Decay Basics in Naked 2 and w.o.s

Avon Big and Daring Mascara in Black

Eyebrows:

MAC eyeshadow in Bateau

Lips:

Lasting Finish by Kate Moss in 107

Brushes:

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

Real Techniques Contour Brush

Real Techniques Blush Brush

Real Techniques Shading Brush

Natural Everyday Makeup Look

On an average day I don't do anything extravagant with my makeup. I like to spend no more than 10 minutes of a morning applying my makeup, so I like to keep it nice and natural. Here are the products I used to achieve this look.. 

For the base:

The Body Shop's Vitamin E Illuminating Moisture Cream

Seventeen's Skin Wow! 3-Way Highlighter

Avon's Ideal Flawless Foundation in colour Shell

Rimmel's Wake Me Up Concealer in colour Ivory

Sheer Cover's conceal & brighten trio in colour Light/Medium

For the cheeks:

MUA blusher in colour CandyFloss

For the eyes:

Avon's eyeshadow primer in colour Light Beige

The Body Shop's Colour Crush eyeshadow in colour Oh, Honey

Rimmel's Scandal Eyes Thick and Thin Eyeliner in colour Black

Avon's Mega Effects Mascara in colour Blackest Black

For the brows:

Anastasia Brow Wiz in colour Brunette

MAC eyeshadow in colour Bateau

For the lips:

MAC CremeSheen in colour Sunny Seoul

I managed to link all the products I used except from my Mac eyeshadow, I think they must have discontinued it but I'm sure you'll be able to find a similar colour.

My MAC Lipstick Collection

 I recently had a clear out of all my makeup and I didn't even realise that I had these beauties! I must have bought them and completely forgotten about them. From left to right I have Sunny Seoul, Pink Friday and Hue. I love MAC so much, but find it to be very overpriced so I don't often buy from there and when I do its because of a treat. I'm not a huge lipstick person, I hardly wear anything on my lips but when I do it has to be some version of pink! My favourite out of these three lipsticks has to be Sunny Seoul (left). I love it!

Which out of these are your favourite? Let me see your MAC Lipstick Collection..

Top Foundation Choices - And Review

I've decided to put together my favourite foundations of the minute and do a review on them. From left to right I've got Rimmel Lasting Finish in Ivory, Rimmel Wake Me Up in Ivory, Mac Pro LongWear in NC15 and N18, and finally Avon Ideal Flawless in Shell.

Lets start with the Rimmel Lasting Finish. I have used this foundation for years. When I was younger I went with a much darker colour until I figured out that orange is NOT best! So now I use Ivory, thank goodness! I really like this foundation, I love how it feels. It has a thick, creamy texture that reassures me it will stay on all day, which it does. I would say this foundation is medium to full coverage and I find that its great on my dry skin as it feels very moisturising. It smells very perfumey which I like, I hate smelly foundations. The smell reminds me of the summer, I must wear this foundation the most in the summer! It sells for £7.99 at Boots, which for a foundation is very affordable. Overall, I really like this foundation and I think if I had to choose a foundation to use for the rest of my life, it would be this one. 

Next is the Rimmel Wake Me Up. I like this foundation for days when I'm feeling like I want a lighter coverage foundation. I find that this foundation starts to come off towards the end of the day but we can't expect all foundations to stay on forever! This foundation sells for £8.99 at Boots. I do like this foundation but its probably not a one I would continue to buy forever. For now though, it does the job.

On to my Mac collection. I have the same foundation in two colours as at first I bought the darker colour in the winter which I find to be too dark to wear in the spring and summer months. However, when I went to buy the next lightest colour I found it to be too light so what I do is I mix the two foundations together to get the colour that I want for my skin. When I went to the Mac counter I asked for a foundation that would stay on all day when I am at work and was recommended this, however I don't find that this foundation does that. And if like me, you're not very good at sticking to a strict skincare regime, this foundation probably isn't for you because I find that unless you have a freshly cleansed, toned and exfoliated face this foundation will not sit nicely on your skin. I do like this foundation but because it is £25 I don't often buy it!

Finally is a new one that I have been trying, the Avon Ideal Flawless. I bought this foundation in the colour shell and at first when I put it on I thought that it was too dark but once I had finished my whole makeup and took a look in the natural light, I feel that it is just right for my skin. I like how this foundation feels on my skin, light and fluffy. It doesn't stay on all day like I had hoped, however and it doesn't have a lovely smell either! I will keep using this foundation for a while longer before I decide if I love it or not. 

That's all for my Top Foundation Choices, which foundations are your fav and can you recommend me a great foundation for dry skin that will stay on all day?