Daily Make Up For a Small Dollar

Okay first of all before I even get onto the topic of this post I wanted to point out that my eyebrows are not ginger. I don't know what happened from my face to the computer screen but no matter what I did they wouldn't stop being ginger and I didn't want to over edit the photo. Now we've established that we can move onto the rest of my face! Something that I wasn't really able to do during the last week or so while I was busy getting all my uni work up to date and handed in was my make up. I piled on a heap of concealer to attempt to cover my huge A1 sized dark circles and a little mascara and on I went. Normally however I wear pretty much the same thing everyday, besides lip colour, if I'm not doing anything special. 

I never wear foundation, if I want extra coverage I use a BB cream but I rarely use that, I'm pretty lucky with my skin and feel comfortable without it. I do however have a love for concealer, seriously if I could only wear one product it would be concealer (and mascara cough), just because I always have awful dark circles. My favourite is the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer and I've currently been trying out the Essence Match 2 Cover cream concealer which I've found is perfect for the odd spot or two. On top of that I use the E.L.F pressed powder which is so much better for my dryer areas than the L.A Girl powder I used before but still not perfect if you have any suggestions. If you haven't already noticed I'm not a huge spender when it comes to make up, I find I'm not talented enough to splurge and I manage fine covering/accentuating what I want with cheaper products. I do however have the Real Techniques powder brush and expert face brush to apply this all with.

Then the eye area woo! After slightly filling my brows with a (not ginger) eyeshadow from a Maybelline Palette not featured here oops I shove some brown eyeshadow on my lids with a brush also not featured, very technical! Liquid eyeliner is a very new thing for me, when I say new I mean I tried it every so often and failed and threw it across the room in rage. Then I got this W7 Automatic Eye Liner Pen a few months ago and haven't looked back, I've pretty much used it every day since (if I have time unlike uni stress times mentioned above) — I normally only tight line my upper lid. Finish it off with a bit of mascara, my fav is Maybelline The Falsies mascara but currently using the Falsies Big Eye version and while not bad I still prefer the falsies which shall be bought when this one needs replacing.

End it with a babein' lip colour, currently loving Topshop Beguiled & Jordana Taupe, and you're ready to strut into uni looking hot (or at least not as tired as you were looking half an hour ago)! I think I'm going to stick to regular lifestyle posts now, I feel I'm not good enough at makeup to post this stuff I don't even use blush let alone contour etc cry but this is what works for my face! Also how you beauty bloggers take the face photos all the time is beyond me, big pat on the back to you all!

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We're hauling makeup by the boxful

After having some extra money left over from Christmas I thought I should really spend it on something I wanted and didn't really need as otherwise I'd just spend it on food and then it wouldn't seem special. So I went shopping for some make up products I'd been wanting for a while.  

First of all I went to the local make up sale which happens randomly throughout the year. I specifically went as early as I could seen as most of the good stuff gets sold quickly, most importantly the EOS Lipbalms which was top of my wishlist. I've heard so many good things about them and being in NZ they're either found at these sales or online for millions of dollars. I got mine in Lemon Drop as Lemon is my favourite flavour in like anything. I also got the new Maybelline Falsies Big Eyes as I went looking for the regular The Falsies but decided to try something new. The Revlon Colourstay Moisture Stain in Barcelona Nights is another on the top of my wishlist however I didn't prepare enough before going and actually got the wrong shade (I wanted Parisian Passion) although the more I've been using it the more I like it. 

As I hadn't spent as much as I thought I would I went online to Feel Unique and splurged a bit on some new lip products. Rimmel Apocalips lip lacquers have been around for a while and I've been longing for one since then and I finally have one, in Stellar to be specific. I've also really been longing after some Topshop makeup and with their recent Christmas products on sale I lept at the chance. I picked up a Mini Lip Bullet in Joyride, and a regular Lipstick in Beguiled which I got after a recommendation from Kate (DollyBowBow) on YouTube. I also got a Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Coral In Gold which is more sheer than the others and for a more laid back make up day. 

I also popped onto the Xtras website and got myself a W7 Eyeliner pen to try out as I've recently been trying to get back into liquid eyeliner. I've been finding this easier to use than my regular liquid brush liner being able to use it as a felt tip and use the thin tip or thick full nib. 

That's all that I hauled in, I may do more of a review of some of the products at some stage once I've properly tried them, if you want any specific ones let me know in the comments. So far my favourites include the Revlon Moisture Stain and the Topshop Lipstick in Beguiled which I totally recommend! 

Bare your claws but don't let them be bare.

Images from my Pinterest

I was always really fond in painting my nails to the extent of my last year of high school I actually painted my nails every week with different designs from patterns and ombre, to well known characters like the Despicable Me Minions. Since then however my motivation to decorate my nails has gotten lower and lower to the point of I cant remember the last time my nails were painted... I think it was December though I'm pretty sure. So I thought while I had some free time before uni starts back up again this year I would get inspired through pinterest and start painting my nails again. For gods sake I have enough polish for my entire year at uni probably so I should really be using it before it goes all gross! I might start doing some more nail tutorials like I used to do on this blog, how would you guys feel about that? What would you like to see?