Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Beauty on the go - what's in my makeup bag

Hello fellow Beauty Scrooges!

I normally try to make my Sundays days of relaxation and lazy lounging around, but my Sunday a couple of weeks ago turned out to be a busy one right from the start! I had a casual event to attend at 8:30 am and when i woke up (having slept right through 2 alarms), the clock read 7:55 am which gave me 5 mins to get ready and 30 mins to complete the 40 minute drive to where I needed to be - oops.... lucky for me, I could delegate the driving part, and prettify myself in the car. The little mirror and the harsh daylight aren't exactly parts of my favourite environment to do make-up in, but oh well, sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

Since I had very little time I grabbed the essentials - here are the products that made the cut!

  • Rimmel Match Perfection Light Perfecting Liquid Foundation (shade 102 light nude), SPF 18
  • Australis Paparazzi Perfect High Definition Concealer
  • Rimmel Sexy Curves Full Volume & Curve Mascara (shade 001 Black)
  • USHAS 5 Eyeshadow Palette - looks almost exactly like Revlon's Customeyes palette - keep an eye out for a separate blogposts on "dupes"!
  • French Science velvet baked blusher (shade 04) - purchased in Russia, unfortunately unavailable in Australia.
  • FFleur lipstick in a pinky-brown shade - also purchased in Russia, unfortunately unavailable in Australia.
  • Fluffy crease brush by Models Prefer
  • Large eyeshadow brush by Models Prefer
  • BOE eyeliner (shade #5 Praline) - used as brow pencil
  • A double-ended blusher/angle brush - Savvy, and came in a set of several double-ended brushes I purchased a while ago.

Other non-makeup, but still beauty related products in my bag are a Cocoa Butter Lip Conditioner (I've had mine for a while so the name has actually rubbed off of it), an Olivara moisturising skin cream by Michael's and a cotton bud/q-tip!
Here's the final result of express makeup! A very natural look, really, as my aim at the time was to hide skin imperfections more than anything else.
If you only had a couple of minutes to get ready, what make-up items would you reach for? Let me know in the comments below!

Have a great day all, and thank you for stopping by!

xoxo

Anastasia

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