I thought I'd give all you lovely people a little glimpse into my every day makeup routine. Now, I tend to switch up my look a lot depending on my mood, different trends, new products, etc, BUT this had been my staple look for a few months. So, let's get going!
1. I start off with Benefit's Porefessional on my cheeks, chin, nose and just a light layer all over my forehead. I've used a lot of other primers and I always go back to this one, because it does help my gigantic pores look human haha.
2. Next I use my Mac 190 brush with my Mac Studio Fix Fluid in the shade NW10. When I put on my foundation, I always put some on the back of my hand, then dip the brush in it, putting the first dot on my nose, then cheeks. Not going to lie, I HATED my 190 brush when I first bought it, but now I'm obsessed with it. Once you get the hang of using a brush shaped like the 190, you'll end up with a flawless finish every single time. As for my foundation, I was at a Mac counter at The Bay and was just curious what shade I would be so I got colour matched . . . Then I felt bad for wasting so much of the employee's time, so I felt obligated to buy the foundation. I'm so glad I did, though, because this is the ONLY foundation I own that actually matches my skin perfectly. I don't even use any of my other foundations anymore.
3. The Maybelline Dream Touch Lumi Eye Concealer in the shade Ivory goes next. I preach about this concealer all the time, so I'm not going to waste my breath describing it here.
4. Revlon Photoready Pressed Powder in the shade 010 Fair has been my setting powder of choice for ages now. I use a random sparesource brush to apply it, just because it was super cheap and does the trick. I tend to go overboard with powder sometimes, so my face can look pretty cakey (sexy, hey?) but with the photoready powder I find that I know when enough is enough. It's just amazing. I'm too scared to stray away from this powder, because I love it so much that I don't think anything else will compare haha.
5. Next I use Hard Candy's Baked Bronzer in Tiki with an ecotools blush brush on my temples, jaw line, nose and hair line. I prefer this "bronzer" to others because it doesn't give me an unnatural bronze look like a lot of others products do to my fair skin. I'm sure there are tons of better bronzers for my skin tone, but since I'm not a professional makeup artist, I'll stick to my Tiki.
6. With a Bejewlled Bronzer Brush I apply Mac's Powder Blush in the shade Mocha Matte to the apples of my cheeks. I was afraid of this colour at first, but I am absolutely in love with it now. It gives my cheeks such a natural flush to them, like I was just outside in the cold.
7. Now it's brow time, wuddduuupp? Just kidding, I hate doing my brows . . . However, the Smashbox Brow Tech Trio in Blonde makes them a lot easier to do. I just use an angled ecotools brush to apply the lightest shade first, then the darker shade, and lastly the holding wax. I could never be bothered to do my brows before, I don't know why, I just didn't see a point I suppose . . . But now I will never go anywhere without my brows being shaded in haha!
8. For my eyes I use Lancome's La Base to prime my eyes. Next, I use Bootycall from my Urban Decay Naked2 palette as my base colour. Then I use a crease brush to apply Chopper (also from the Naked2 palette) and I really blend it in so it doesn't look so shimmery. I then use Snakebite (yes, another colour from the Naked2) right along my lash line and smudge it up just a little bit. Lastly, I use a brow highlight. I am not picky with highlights, but lately I have been using Champagne from my Smashbox Studio Pop palette.
9. Lash time! I first curl my lashes with my Revlon lash curler, then I apply my favourite mascara in the whole entire world: Physicians Formula Organic Wear in the colour Ultra Black. You know, I've used tons and tons and tons of different mascaras in my life time and I always go back to the Organic Wear line. Next, just for extra volume, I apply Benefit's They're Real to the ends of my lashes. Sometimes I use my Elizabeth Arden eyeliner in the colour Fawn 06 to my upper lash line, too, because it's not very pigmented but it still darkens my lashes a tad.
10. The very last step for me are my lips. I start off with a chap stick (lately I have been using my Lypsyl Extra Sensitive) then I use my L'oreal Colour Balm in the shade 318 Heavenly Berry.
Okay, so that's my every day makeup look! I know it was a lot of reading, but I hope you enjoyed it nevertheless. Let me know what you thought!
If you want to see how it looks on me, go to my profile and look at my updated profile picture! :)
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