What's in my makeup bag? // February

Base:

Too Faced // Hangover Primer

Mac // Studio Fix Foundation 

Urban Decay // All Nighter Concealer 

Laura Mercier // Setting Powder 

NYX // Taupe Blush (contour) 

Tanya Burr // Face Palette

The Balm // Mary Lou Manizer

Eyes:

Benefit // Roller Lash Mascara 

Eyebrows:

Fleur De Force // Brow Palette 

Lips:

Mac // Velvet Teddy

So those are the products I'm reaching for this month, simple, quick and easy. I've been loving that no-makeup-makeup recently. 

Forever Favourties

There are so many products that I love and use all the time but they rarely appear in favourites because I just feel like I would just be repeating myself every month. I spend a little more than too much money on makeup, so that means more than often something I once loved can very easily be pushed to the back of my makeup draws and forgot about until my next clear out. These 5 little beauties have never been pushed to the back of those draws - they have never even known life outside of my makeup bag, hence why these are my Forever Favourites.

Urban Decay // Naked 3: This was the first piece of highend makeup I ever bought. It killed me to hand over that £38 for an eyeshadow pallette, little did I know that that little spend would lead me here 100's of pounds later... Ever since purchasing this little beauty I have loved the heck out of it. I have green eyes which means pink and purple tones are just perfect for me. This palette really does have it all, perfect for day to night. And as for the quality (I'm sure everyone and their mother has tried out Urban Decay eyeshadows by now but if you haven't) they're amazing, so pigmented and blendable. I would however never wear them without an eyeshadow primer (preferably Put a Lid on it by The Balm). Love, love, love.

My University Makeup Collection!

In two weeks I will be in University. Honestly, I am petrified but this has given me the perfect excuse to go through my makeup collection and pick out the pieces to take with me. To be honest, I wasn't able to narrow down my collection too much...



At home I like to store my makeup in a set of draws but dragging a huge piece of furniture to a tiny university room just isn't sensible so I purchased these storage boxes from Homebase. Not only will the grey and white compliment my choice of room decoration but the cute font adds a vintage feel. The top of the boxes are glass which makes it so easy to see what's in each box and they were reasonably priced too.
The first of the boxes holds my foundations, blushers and other face products. Although I tend to reach for my MAC Studio Sculpt everyday it's nice to have a few back up foundations. My favourite drugstore foundation is Rimmel's Wake Me Up. It contains bighting particles - perfect to create a summer glow even in winter. The story is similar with blushers, every morning I reach for my NYX blusher but I will be taking a few more with me in case a miracle happens and I change it up.
Next up is my eye box. I love buying single eye shadows as I know that when I buy a palette there will always be those few shades that you never use even though you've paid for them. A personal favourite are the Maybelline New York Colour Tattoos. The longevity and the pigmentation of these are second to none! I only own 3 shades but I can't wait to add a few more to my collection. Benefit also does amazing cream eye shadows if you want to splash out!
My palette section is by far my favourite. My Naked 3 palette is one of my favourite belongings (sillily I didn't add a picture but you can read my review HERE). Closely followed by my newest addition my Stila in The Light palette. Nevertheless there are also some amazing palettes available for a fraction of the price of these in the drugstore. Two of my favourites are MUA's Undress Me 2 and Sleek's Storm Palette.

Keep tuned to see my lipstick collection... coming very soon!