In this post, I'll be taking you through the steps I go through to do my everyday make-up. I'm usually lazy in the morning and don't leave myself much time to get ready so putting on my make-up must be quick and easy!
Hope you enjoy :)
1. I always use anti-bacterial hand gel on my hands first to make sure they're clean before I start putting anything on my face
2. I then apply 2x pea size amounts of my NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer onto my entire face, including my eyelids.
3. Once that has soaked into my skin, I use Maybelline Super Stay 24H Concealer in shade number 2/Light to conceal my under eye circles. I dot a little bit on under my eyes and use my ring finger to gently pat it in.
4. After that, I conceal any blemishes or imperfections I might have with the Collection 2000 Illuminating Touch Concealer in Glow. Some people use this as an under eye concealer as it has slight brightening properties. However I don't really notice this and the one time I used it under my eyes it settled into my fine lines and look really horrible and cakey. So I use this to cover up any spots and it works great.
5. I then take my NARS Sheer Matte Foundation in 'Santa Fe' and using my Sigma Round Kabuki F82 buff this into my skin to achieve a medium to full coverage. If I want to blend it to make it look a little bit more natural I'll use my beauty blender.
6. Because I find the cold weather always makes my make-up just disappear off my face, I use the Bella Pierre Mineral Foundation in Cinnamon to ensure my foundation stays put all day. I only lightly sweep this across my face but it locks my foundation in place and makes my skin completely matte which I love. I use my 17 Powder brush to do this.
7. I leave my base make up to set onto my skin and next move onto my eye make up. If I didn't conceal my eye lids enough before, I use my Maybelline concealer to just make sure I cover up any veins and to create a smooth canvas.
8. I then take my Barry M Liquid Eyeliner in Black to line my top lash line and wing it out. I then apply quite a few coats of my Yves Rocher Sexy Pulp Ultra-Volume Mascara in Black to my upper and lower lashes. (There's going to be a full review of this mascara coming soon so look out for that!)
9. After this, I fill in my eyebrows using the HD Brows Kit in 'Foxy'. I use the blonde and brown colours to fill out my brows and make them thicker and longer. To do this I use my Topshop angled eye brush.
10. Then I move back to my face and contour my cheeks. To do this I use the Elizabeth Arden Mineral Bronzing Powder in Medium with my ELF blush brush. Sucking in my cheeks, I start from my ears and work down in a straight line diagonally to the end of my cheekbones then lightly brush under my cheekbones. This motion is sort of a U shape but it really makes my cheekbones stand out.
11. Next I use a little bit of Benefit's Girl Meets Pearl on the tops of my cheeks just to add a little bit of a glow.
12. Finally I use my Rimmel Stay Glossy Lip Gloss in 140 'Always Lovely'
So that is my everyday make-up routine. I usually takes me 8-10 minutes and doesn't require too much effort
Hope you've enjoyed this post!
Stay Glamorous,
Ella xo
