Saturday, 29 October 2011

Putting my face on

I never wear makeup. Apart from special occasions, I mean. I tend to smudge it and ruin all my hard work. However I've been quietly accumulating a rather large selection to choose from when I do take the plunge.


I love love to have glitter/sequins on my face which explains the pots of sequins and glitter as well as the gold Urban Decay eyeliner I got on my first ever trip to Paris and the heart glitter palette from Urban Outfitters. I've just realised I have secret Yves Saint Laurent makeup addiction. I've received YSL Volume Effect mascara and nail polish from amazing friends on my last 2 birthdays and recently obtained the holy grail of concealer- Touche Eclat in number 6. I've only used it once but I love it so much!

My signature perfume is Jean Paul Gaultier 'Classique' for the bottle as much as the scent. This glitter bottle is a limited edition version bought to cheer me up after a trip to Nigeria (that's for another time). I lost my MAC virginity when I went to New York back at the end of June. The sales assistant found me my perfect foundation: Mineralize with SPF 15 in NC44-one I can't feel when I'm wearing it; and some Sheertone Shimmer Blush in Ambering Rose to emphasis my rosy checks (only when exercising otherwise). On my eyes I wear a combination of mascara (YSL, Loreal or Rouge Bunny Rouge) and eye-liner (the cheapest one in Superdrug). I don't really wear eye shadow but have been wearing my new Chanel Illusion D'ombre  in 83 illusoire, courtesy of Tank who gave it to me when I left, which is amazing.

I follow the makeup rule of eyes or lips and so lipstick happens very very rarely. The bottom 3 are all from Sleek and I'm really feeling the dark Mulberry one at the moment.  The top one is from Kate Moss' new Rimmel lipstick range which is really summery. I have a purple/silver lipstick and I really need some blue, gold, black and dark red lipstick in my life. New York also brought lip stains to my attention and I have Benefit's benetint (which I wear all the time), high beam and posie tint which I'll wear if I'm not using my Coco Butter lip balm. The Nars Body Illuminator tube at the top is for extra, natural shimmer. Finally I don't really paint my nails as I don't have the patience to wait for it to dry. I tried Chanel AW perdiot nail polish which was amazing but I smudged it within 5 mins of putting it on. The red, silver and black glitter nail polish is from Forever 21.

Phew, I sounds like I have and wear a lot of makeup but this lot will probably last me about 5 years. Seriously.

bisou bisou 
Tadpole

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