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Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Weekly Make-up Shuffle #1

I have too much makeup and sadly things do seem to get neglected... what could I do to make sure I wasn't always reaching for the same thing? Gotta Love A Trier gave me this amazing idea (its a linky) she mixes around her make-up bag each week so everything gets loved. So heres my attempt, I plan to try and do it every week and post up what i'm using.
So week 1 is very basic, i am on a training course this week, up at 5am so i need something quick and reliable to wear everyday.
Heres what i'm using (i think mine will probably run monday - monday).
There are a few things that will be in every shuffle as i only own one or two of them so will be using it all the time. These will be marked with a *** before them and i won't re-photograph them each week. I'm not planning on doing reviews here but i will make brief comments on each product.

Top Left - Estee Lauder Holiday 2012 eyeshadow palette - I got this set for christmas 2010 and i love it. This is my go to palette if i know i'm going to be in a rush. The colours are smooth, go on evenly and are all lovely work safe shades in a range to match any outfit.

Top Right
*** - Benefit Confessions of a Concealaholic palette - this is a HG for me and i will be buying a new one when i run out of the concealers. An equal amount of shade 1 and 2 matches me well and i love having the peachy toned under eye concealer. The only thing in this palette i don't use is the eyebright, i prefer it in pencil form.
Left to Right (middle)
*** - 17 Ultimate Lengths Mascara (Black) - this is an everyday as i love the brush and formula as a lower lash mascara.
- 17 Falsifeye Mascara (Black) - i love this, the brush is slightly on the large side but i do get a clump free, defined and volumised finish.
*** - No7 Airbrush Primer - smooth non-silicone feeling primer. Applys like a moisturiser and works like a primer.
- Revlon Colorstay Pressed Powder in Light Medium - long lasting (though not the 16hrs it claims) mattifying powder.
- Estee Lauder Holiday 2010 blush and bronzer palette - like the eyeshadow palette this is great as it has 3 blush shades and a bronzer so covers various looks. Good pigmentation and blends well.
*** - Milani Illuminating Face Powder in Beautys Touch - still in two minds as to whether i like this or not or if it even does what it says it does. It is the only non-glittery/sparkly/frosty highlighter i own (which is why its an everydayproduct) so i'll keep playing and report back.
Left to Right (bottom)
- MAC Lipstick in Midi-Mauve -this was my first MAC lipstick and i still love it. Its one of the few shimmery lipstick shades i wear. Its a definate MLBB shade.
- MUA Lipstick Shade 11 - again a great MLBB shade. Only £1 as well. Good formula and works with any look. I actually have a back up of this.
- MAC Lipstick in Fanfare - this is a medium pink shade with a hint of coral. Brighter then Midi-Mauve but still very wearable. This one seems to get neglected even though i love the shade. This needs to come out more.
- 17 Supreme Shine Lipstick in Barely Blush - this is a pink lipstick about 1/2 a shade lighter than my natural lip colour. This is great for a nudish lip when i don't want that concealer lip look (which i don't like anyway).
- Sephora Lipstick in unknown shade - Sephora lipsticks are labelled oddly and i can't figure out what the shade name/number/code is supposed to be. This is very slightly sheer (a bit like the MAC lustre formula) with a glossy finish. Its a pink thats about a shade darker than my lipshade with berry hints. This was probably the first lipstick i loved.
*** - 17 BB Cream in Medium - i prefer not to wear a heavy foundation, they always sink into my pores and make my skin look worse and makes it flakey. This smooths out my skin, evens the skin tone and doesn't cause flakeyness or powderyness (is that a word?) as it has mosituriser in it. Its also SPF25 - whats not to love.
*** - No7 Triple Protection Tinted Moisturiser in Medium Fair - sort of No7's version of the above. A bit more moisturising, slightly sheerer and only SPF15, but this one does have anti-aging ingredients. Love this too.
- NYX eyeliners in Black Brown, Dark Brown and Taupe - love these eyeliners, i have 12 in various shades. You'll probably see these pop up quite a bit. Goes on really softly, and stays put most of the day. I do get very slight smudging under my eyes after a 12hr day, but its probably a mix of the eyeliner, mascara, my oily lids and the stupidly hot weather recently (29C and really humid).
At the end is two items i have little left of and i am using up L'Oreal Smoothing Resurfacing Primer and Benefits Lemonaid - both of these i would repurchase. I have alternatives for both at the moment so i'll wait till my no-buy is over but both products are great and will happily use again.

Thanks for reading, this turned out a lot longer than planned. Next week i will try and start posting on the Monday or the weekend before. I am going to be doing some themed weeks and next week is MUA.

I am going to continue doing reviews and all the items here will probably turn up at some point. If there is anything in particular you would like to see reviewed, leave a comment and i will bump it to the top of the list.

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