magic bag
A few of you asked what makeup I used to achieve the look I had in the last photo that was posted.
A little background info to set the scene is need. I had a good close shave the night before this would have been around 8.00pm I then went about sorting my outfit for the following evening. I decided that I would just take my travel emergency makeup back! Yes I have a bag with the basic makeup kit in so as all I have to do is grab it and run.
The following day I set off for work looking forward to a night out At long last worked finished and shot around my friends house arriving about 7.00pm by this point 23 hours had past since I shaved. A lot of work was needed to look half decent but luckily the old fur doesn't grow that fast.
Ok my basic makeup routine is cover the shadow, foundation, powder and then sort my eyes prime first the colour, a second hit with the foundation to sort the trouble areas this part tends to go on a bit I then do my brows and lashes and start contouring yet more powder and paint. and ending with my lips. now all those stages take longer than it sound as I forgot to mention primer, concealer and all manner of other tricks to look almost like a woman
So last night I went simple. First I put a red base down over the blue shadow area. I use an old red red lippy for this and blend it in. This was followed my first light application of foundation. I then sorted my eyes out while letting the foundation set. my eye were simply done using a light pink base over the lid followed by a brown to give some definition. A second foundation application was applied lightly over the trouble areas and set with powder. The contouring started next by first using a bronzer along and under my jawline, either side of my nose and along my or just under my cheek bone. this was blended to give a natural look and to define my jaw, cheeks and to shrink my massive nose. Highlighting came next all the normal places, above the cheeks down the centre of my nose, chin, forehead and just above the jaw line this was all then blended and tinkered with by adding a touch of red here and bit of shimmer there.
I then sorted my lip by cleaning then up a little with a wipe to get the shape I wanted, this was followed by a lip stain then the lippy itself, once happy I set it all with a setting spray.
What I used is in the photo and are listed below.
top line
Makeup Revolution contouring pallets high and low lighting and a revolution RED lippy to cover the blue shadow.
Middle line
Foundation L'Oréal infallible 24h Rose Beige 145
powder L'Oréal True Match Rose Beige R3/C3
Bronzer Rimmel Natural bronzer ( contouring )
Freedom double ended (light and dark )contouring stick.
Clinique eye shadow 13 strawberry fudge duo
Clinique High impact mascara ( no longer available)
Rimmel London Brow this way 001 Blonde
Bottom line
Blending sponge for applying foundation (fingers work just as well as does a brush)
A travel brush set my ECO Tools, and a revolution highlighter brush.
Clinique lippy Matte Magenta
Clinique Chubby Stick Intense lip colour balm 03 Mightiest Maraschino
Revolution Pro Fix fixing spray.
The Clinique items are all samples nice and handy for a small makeup bag. Clinique are available in most big department stores such as Debenhams and John Lewis.
L'Oréal and Rimmmel are available in most drug stores such as boots, Superdrug and some supermarkets,
Makeup Revolution is only available as far as I know from Superdrug. Don't let the cheap cost of the brand fool you. I have used the highlighter, and eyeshadows a lot along with other products from the range and found them to be very good. Nice and cheap to learn the skills we need while giving fair coverage and staying power. They do a lip gloss/stain range that is amazing for staying put although it is a tad difficult to remove.
Hope this didn't bore you to much and with luck it will have given some pointers as to what can do the job on a budget at a fraction of the cost of brands like Mac. However if you can afford the good stuff and it works for you use it but don't be afraid to try the cheaper items.
I might do a few more post like this depending on the reaction this gets.
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magic bag
A few of you asked what makeup I used to achieve the look I had in the last photo that was posted.
A little background info to set the scene is need. I had a good close shave the night before this would have been around 8.00pm I then went about sorting my outfit for the following evening. I decided that I would just take my travel emergency makeup back! Yes I have a bag with the basic makeup kit in so as all I have to do is grab it and run.
The following day I set off for work looking forward to a night out At long last worked finished and shot around my friends house arriving about 7.00pm by this point 23 hours had past since I shaved. A lot of work was needed to look half decent but luckily the old fur doesn't grow that fast.
Ok my basic makeup routine is cover the shadow, foundation, powder and then sort my eyes prime first the colour, a second hit with the foundation to sort the trouble areas this part tends to go on a bit I then do my brows and lashes and start contouring yet more powder and paint. and ending with my lips. now all those stages take longer than it sound as I forgot to mention primer, concealer and all manner of other tricks to look almost like a woman
So last night I went simple. First I put a red base down over the blue shadow area. I use an old red red lippy for this and blend it in. This was followed my first light application of foundation. I then sorted my eyes out while letting the foundation set. my eye were simply done using a light pink base over the lid followed by a brown to give some definition. A second foundation application was applied lightly over the trouble areas and set with powder. The contouring started next by first using a bronzer along and under my jawline, either side of my nose and along my or just under my cheek bone. this was blended to give a natural look and to define my jaw, cheeks and to shrink my massive nose. Highlighting came next all the normal places, above the cheeks down the centre of my nose, chin, forehead and just above the jaw line this was all then blended and tinkered with by adding a touch of red here and bit of shimmer there.
I then sorted my lip by cleaning then up a little with a wipe to get the shape I wanted, this was followed by a lip stain then the lippy itself, once happy I set it all with a setting spray.
What I used is in the photo and are listed below.
top line
Makeup Revolution contouring pallets high and low lighting and a revolution RED lippy to cover the blue shadow.
Middle line
Foundation L'Oréal infallible 24h Rose Beige 145
powder L'Oréal True Match Rose Beige R3/C3
Bronzer Rimmel Natural bronzer ( contouring )
Freedom double ended (light and dark )contouring stick.
Clinique eye shadow 13 strawberry fudge duo
Clinique High impact mascara ( no longer available)
Rimmel London Brow this way 001 Blonde
Bottom line
Blending sponge for applying foundation (fingers work just as well as does a brush)
A travel brush set my ECO Tools, and a revolution highlighter brush.
Clinique lippy Matte Magenta
Clinique Chubby Stick Intense lip colour balm 03 Mightiest Maraschino
Revolution Pro Fix fixing spray.
The Clinique items are all samples nice and handy for a small makeup bag. Clinique are available in most big department stores such as Debenhams and John Lewis.
L'Oréal and Rimmmel are available in most drug stores such as boots, Superdrug and some supermarkets,
Makeup Revolution is only available as far as I know from Superdrug. Don't let the cheap cost of the brand fool you. I have used the highlighter, and eyeshadows a lot along with other products from the range and found them to be very good. Nice and cheap to learn the skills we need while giving fair coverage and staying power. They do a lip gloss/stain range that is amazing for staying put although it is a tad difficult to remove.
Hope this didn't bore you to much and with luck it will have given some pointers as to what can do the job on a budget at a fraction of the cost of brands like Mac. However if you can afford the good stuff and it works for you use it but don't be afraid to try the cheaper items.
I might do a few more post like this depending on the reaction this gets.
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