Today’s post is a collab with the lovely Kizzi May, one of my favourite bloggers I feel so lucky to have gotten to know over the past few months! When we decided to post a collab we instantly decided it had to be a beauty post, so we will be sharing what we’ve been using in our makeup bags lately.
The makeup bag:
I love this makeup bag I got in my MAC nude lip bag set last December, it’s so pretty. However it is a bit on the small side so don’t expect I fit everything in this post into it – it’s just for photo purposes only!
The primer:
Although I am not a primer expert and haven’t tried an awful lot of them, I love Benefit’s Porefessional primer. It evens out pores, as the name suggests, and provides a great base for foundation.
The base:
My foundation of choice is Bare Mineral’s matte powder foundation. I much prefer powder foundation over liquid because it’s so much more easily buildable and more natural too. I then have in my makeup bag the trusty L’Oreal Touche Magique concealer which I feature all the time because I haven’t found a concealer I prefer! I’ll then set this with my Bare Minerals Mineral Veil which matches the foundation.
For the face:
Since I got my Benefit besties set for Christmas I’ve been using Benefit’s products a lot, especially because all the products are mini size – perfect for the makeup bag! I’ve been using Benefit’s famous Hoola Bronzer because it’s a lovely matte brown contour shade, which I raved about recently here. Alongside this I popped in my makeup bag Benefit’s High Beam, my favourite liquid highlighter.
For the eyes:
I have a couple of palettes in my makeup bag at the moment, first being the Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics palette. This is in here because it’s a great travel size and comes with 6 essential natural, matte eyeshadow shades. I also have my MAC custom palette which currently has 3 of the 4 spaces filled with the shades Naked Lunch, Blackberry and Cranberry. I plan on doing a whole post on my palette once I’ve filled it up soon because I’m actually very impressed with MAC eyeshadows. I also have the Benefit They’re Real Mascara for the eyes and their Gimme Brow for the brows, particularly because they’re new and are really good products.
On the lips:
I have two lip options in my makeup bag, a lipstick and a liquid lipstick depending on how I’m feeling. The lipstick of choice is MAC’s Kinda Sexy, a lighter sister of Velvet Teddy (it’s also matte and wonderful just like Velvet Teddy) and NYX’s Lip Lingerie in Bedtime Flirt is my liquid lipstick. This is a lovely affordable lip product and I did a whole post on it lately!
