My Current Makeup Routine

Hello :)

Today I thought I would do a post on my everyday/current makeup rountine and show you what products I use and do a little 'walkthrough' of how I do things.




Not the best picture but hey! :)

NARS Laguna
MAC MSF Natural
Sigma Brushes
ELF Brushes
Real Technique Brushes
The Nake Palette 2 (Urban Decay)
MAC Lipsticks
MAC 'All That Glitters'
HD Brows
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Estee Lauder Maximum Coverage Foundation
Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara
MAC Fix+
Collection 2000 Concealer
Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer (Can't see in Picture)

When I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is clean my face with my Clarisonic Mia (see post below for Review). After I've cleaned my face with the Clarisonic I get a cotton pad and put some Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic on it and use this all over my face, then I put on some Monu Revitalising Moisturiser (got this in a Glossybox and liked it so asked for it again for Christmas) I let this sink in, which it does quickly - it doesn't feel thick or anything like some moisturisers do.

Firstly, I squeeze a small amount of my Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Coverage foundation onto the back of my hand - I use the shade 03 Creamy Vanilla, next time I buy this though I may get a slightly lighter shade as sometimes I feel this one makes me look a little orangey. I take my Real Techniques Stippling Brush (you can now buy this at Boots) and dab it into the foundation then buff it into my face. You really don't need lots of this foundation as a little goes a long way and you can end up looking really cakey if you use too much. I do like this foundation a lot and it gives really good coverage.

After applying my foundation I take my MAC MSF Natural and dab this over the parts of my face that I feel need it, I don't use alot of this as my skin isn't oily. Also, with the Estee Lauder foundation I don't normally use concealer (even though I've pictured it above) but, sometimes I may use it all depending on my skin.

Next up is bronzer, I recently purchased NARS Laguna. Before Laguna I used to use one of ELFs Bronzers and it was quite good but that was literally coming to an end, it was all smashed up and I was getting it everywhere every time I opened it so I decided to buy Laguna as I'd heard some good things about it. I use the ELF Complexion Brush as it's a nice fluffy big brush, I swirl this around in laguna lightly and brush over my cheeks and sometimes my temples.

NARS Laguna

I then take the blush palette I got from ebay, if you search Blush Palette it'll come up. It's quite a good palette as some of the colours are quite similar to MAC ones. I don't actually own any MAC Blushes at the moment because I have this palette and it serves me well. I normally use the pinky ones as I feel the more orangey ones just don't look that great on me. I use the Sigma F80 to apply my blush as it's really soft and gives a gentle brush of colour which you can build up if you want to.

I then take my Sigma E65 and HD Brows Palette to fill in my eyebrows. I use the colour Rich Brown as it matches with my hair colour, my eyebrows without being filled in are slightly lighter than my actual hair and I just can't go out without my eyebrows filled in! I would recommend the HD Brows and the E65 Brush as they're really nice and you get 4 different colours that can be used for brows or as matte eyeshadows.

Next up is the Naked Palette 2! By Urban Decay I bought mine from Debenhams before it was officially realsed as they had a link to a secret page a few days before from their Facebook page. At the moment the Naked 2 Palette is £32.40 down from £36.00! Anyway, I use the brush that comes with the palette and I take the colour 'Suspet' and apply this all over my lid. I then take the colour 'Snakebite' and apply this in my crease and blend it in with a Sigma E25. Sometimes I use Tease all over my lid and then put MAC All That Glitters in my crease.

Naked Palette 2

I then take my HD Brows kit again and the E65 and line my eyes (lids and under my lower lashes) with the Rich Brown colour as I feel this is a much nicer look than using black. Then I take my Rimmel pencil and line my waterline (sometimes I don't so this) then I take my Benefit They're Real mascara and apply this to my lashes, after that I use my Revlon mascara and apply this too as I like my lashes to look extra long and thick even though everyone says my eyelashes are really long anyway.

All depending on what sort of mood I'm in or what colour I'm feeling that day, I apply either MAC Creme Cup as it's quite a nice natural pink, Snob as this is my absoloute fave MAC lippy or if I want to be a little more colourful I'll wear Pink Nouveau. I do have other MAC lipsticks but these 3 are my first choices!

Lastly, I spray some MAC Fix+ all over my face and let this dry and that's me done. All together it probably takes me about 20 minutes or more to do this makeup routine.

I hope you enjoyed this post. I know it's quite long and some people don't like reading long posts but, I can't help it ;)


Vicky x