I've decided that I want to slowly start introducing more Beauty to my blog, doing reviews, sharing my favourite products with you and such.
For a while now i've been a little bit beauty obsessed, I've bought more beauty products in the last year than I have in my life, so I thought seeing as I share my love for fashion with you, It's only right to share my new found love for beauty with you also.
Do tell me if this is a good idea or not? Do you want to see beauty on the blog?
**Disclaimer - I am in no means a MUA or a beauty pro, everything I say is my own opinions and just my general knowledge and understanding of the products. I have worked in a beauty/make-up heavy environment, so I have gained a lot of knowledge through that, however these are and always will be (in feature posts) just my honest thoughts an opinions.**
I'm going to start my beauty posts off with this one. When I go away, I don't wear a lot of make up, but in the evenings when I go for dinner, sometime I want to glam myself up a little, and on this holiday it was my 21st birthday, so i definitely wanted to make an effort!
So I am sharing with you my favourite holiday beauty products!
I also used this as a lip balm throughout the holiday as the sun can tend to dry my lips a little, but the next main thing I used this for was after I got a little bit burnt & I started to peel, I applied this on the peeling area before bed and by the morning it was gone! I love this cream & I think it will be coming on every holiday with me from now on!
Kiehls Ultra Facial Cream: I have loved this moisturiser for over a year now, so it was no surprise it was coming on holiday with me. I should really get a smaller size though as this was a bit bulky. This is not only a holiday essential for me but it is a life essential. I used this every morning and every night and I didn't have a single dry flaky patch on my face. I cannot say enough about this cream!
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser: On holiday I never like to wear foundation, its too heavy and you end up sweating it off & when you tan, your normal foundation colour doesn't match anyway. I decided to take my Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser with me on a whim, as I thought it would be nice an lightweight for the evenings, (I would never wear a face of make-up to tan in the day time!) as my face tends to tan a little un-evenly. This was the perfect product to wear in the evening as it is super light and moisturising at the same time. Not only that but it evened out the tan on my face, and even though it was a little lighter than my tan, you couldn't tell because it is only a tinted moisturiser so my tan still kind of showed through, but still giving me a nice dewy yet flawless finish. It was super comfortable to wear in the evening without it feeling like I was sweating it off.
NARS 'Laguna' Bronzing Powder: This is a holiday Holy Grail item!! This is the perfect bronzing powder for anyone with a tan, it just gives an extra healthy glow to your face and really accentuates your tan. I wore this most evenings, even times when I couldn't be bothered to wear a base, I would just put some of this on and I would be glowing! Because it has a bit of a shimmer to it, it is quit highlighting, so I would often put a little of this on my collar bones also!
MAC Pro Longwear Waterproof Brow Set: Another holiday Holy Grail for me! I don't know if it is just me, but when Im on holiday I like to relax and one thing I do everyday that isn't relaxing is filling in my eyebrows, so this is a no no for me when I go away. But not all is lost, (literally, my eyebrows are more or less blonde & almost invisible) if your eyebrows are shaped well and you don't have loads of stray unplucked hairs, this is what you need if you are as lazy as me and cannot be bothered to fill in your brows. I just used this everyday just to define my brows and make it known that I actually had some. If you have loads of stray hairs you best pluck them, because this shit grabs any hair it touches. It's also waterproof which is an added bonus because you can go swimming without people thinking your eyebrows fell off after diving into the pool!
MAC Lipstick in 'Midimauve': I took probably 8 different lip choices on holiday, which was pretty stupid and not 'light packing' friendly at all, however this was my most reached for lipstick, if not my only reached for lipstick whilst I was away. This is just such an easy colour to wear, it is a 'your lips but better' shade and goes with everything. As you have probably gather from this post already, i'm pretty lazy with my make-up when i'm on holiday, so not having to match up a colour to my outfit or my make up was perfect for me.
Barry M Quick Dry Nail Varnish in 'Pit Stop': I love this colour, I tend to go for quite neutral shades on my nails most of the time anyway, so this was a no brainer for me. I wanted a colour that would look good with any outfit and nothing too 'in your face'. This is a grey with a slight lilac tint to it, so it is still in the neutral palette and like I said it is a go to for me. This is one of those colours that looks really good next to a tan, so I love that about it too! When I read 'quick dry' I assumed it was a bit of a gimmick because how can you make a nail varnish dry any faster? Well, I don't have the answer to that but Barry M clearly do, this dried so fast, you literally paint each nail and by the time you get back to the first nail, it's dry, ready for a second coat! Pretty impressive. I painted my nails the night before I went away; only needing two coats, and they lasted for a whole 2 weeks before starting to chip and look a bit scruffy, which I think is pretty good going!
Barry M Gelly Hi-shine Plumpy Topcoat: It's no secret that i'm a lover of the Barry M Gelly varnishes, they just seem to last longer than normal varnish which is great because I am SO lazy with painting my nails, so when I found a top coat, well lets just say I was pretty bloody happy! This being a 'plumpy' top coat made it look like I had shellac nails which was amazing, definitely a better result than I expected. Again, this lasted so well on my nails and kept for like 2 weeks, which I think is amazing! While I was away, if I ever thought it was wearing thin (i'm incredibly paranoid), I would just apply another coat of this and it would glide on and not look lumpy or over done.
These products where my most used and reached for whilst I was away, so now I know what to take with me on my next holiday,which means no more over packing beauty products!
What are you holiday go to's?
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