Ready for those Christmas parties ....

Hey Guys :) 

 So I've been slowly collecting a few new bits of makeup just recently, picking up the odd bit here and there, and I have started to put together a make up bag for Christmas and new years.I didn't buy all this stuff at once and have had a few of these bits for a while now.

Ted Baker makeup case £22

 Firstly I treated myself to this Ted Baker makeup bag after my birthday, I needed a new makeup bag and I couldn't say no to this one.

Maybelline fit me foundation - £7.99

This is a foundation that I have had my eye on for a while, and it has always interested me when I've seen the adverts on tv or the displays in boots and superdrug  so I needed a new foundation to use for the day which would give me more coverage then just my BB creams but that isn't as heavy as my mac one. So its the new Maybelline Fit Me foundation. What I love about this foundation is the feel of it, it says that it is a gel foundation and at first I wasn't to sure about that, but once i tried it out it was the same consistency as a normal foundation  but when i put it on my skin it felt so smooth a soft, and didn't seem to just sit on top of the skin it sort of blended in so nicely , but still covered up all my imperfections. The finish on this is pretty dewy so if you have really oily skin  I wouldn't advise this, but I just set mine with a powder which makes it look alot more matte. Another thing that's good about this is that for every different foundation colour there is a matching concealer and powder so that everything matches perfectly.  When picking a colour they have 12 different shades, and they are in three groups which are fair, medium and dark, the colour that I picked up is the darkest colour in the fair group which is 135, but this for when I have tan on, so when I don't have tan on i'm the lightest colour in the light section. Before buying this I would advise getting a free sample from the Maybelline website, then you can see if the colour and texture is right for your skin.

Next is something that I usually just find really boring and usually just buy one black one and its always just at the bottom of my makeup bag, and that's pencil eyeliners, and just recently i'm really loving using different colours of them rather then just black. So below are a few of my favorites at the moment and they range from super cheap to pretty pricey. There are two on here that I haven't taken pictures of for some reason and they are the sleek eau la la pencils, these aren't just eyeliners you can also use them as a lip colour which I love, so I picked up the black one, which is so dark and and easy to blend and is great for a smokey eye, then I also have a purple one which is great on green or hazel eyes it makes them really stand out, but also I really like purple lips at the moment so I will be using it for that as well, and I think these are around £4.

Barry M eye liner - £2.99

This first one is a Barry M bronze colour pencil, now I wouldnt usually go for any products other then nail varnish by Barry M but when I was in boots looking for a bronze coloured eyeliner they were the only ones who had one, and I'm glad I got it, its so soft and creamy and goes on really easy without tugging at the eye, and I also used it all over my lid as a base which it worked great for , and for it price I think I will be picking a few more of these up in other colours.

MAC prunella -£14

This one is Prunella by mac and is pretty pricey but I couldn't say no to it, it's a very deep brown colour with hints of purple in it, its pretty hard to describe it's one of those colours your need to go swatch yourself. I've been using this a base when using satin taupe by mac it looks gorgeous, or it looks just as nice smudged into the lash line and then using lots of mascara.

Mac Painterly paint pot -£

This is something that I have wanted to buy for such a long time and it's the painterly paint pot by mac, and its a cream eyeshadow, that makes an amazing base, they do these in so many colours but i went for a skin toned one so that it'll work well under any colour. I've found it works better for me then urban decays primer potion, my colours look so much more bolder and if there is shimmer in them it stands out more, also my eyeshadow doesn't crease through out the day.

Mac eyeshadows - £12 each

Just recently I have really got back into mac eye shadows and started to steer away from my usual black liquid liner in the day and started using more eyeshadows, and these three are my new favorites  all of them have are quite neutral and have a slight shimmer to them, so from left to right they are Mulch, Woodwinked and Green smoke.

Above are the three mac eye shadows I just spoke about, the top line is without a base and the bottom line is with painterly paint pot as a base, as you can see with the base the colours look bolder and the shimmer is picked up more. Mulch is a gorgeous bronze brown which is great for the outer corners when doing a brown smokey eye. Next is wookwinked and this is a pale gold colour which looks lovely on its own all over the lids. And the colour green smoke the picture does no justice its a lot more green in person and again looks lovely on its own all over the lid or looks great when doing a smokey eye with greens which I love at the moment it's just something a little different then a plain black smokey eye.

Mac kind sexy- £14

I'm obsessed with this mac lipstick in kinda sexy, I tried my mums about a week or so ago , then decided it needed it for myself, it is a matte lipstick so can be a little drying but just keep a lipbalm on stand by and you'll be fine, I like to wear it on it's own in the day time, then for evenings or when I want to dress up a little more I like to use this rimmel gold shimmering lip gloss over the top.

As you can see it an brown based nude which looks great on all skin types, the top swatch is kinda sexy on its own, and the bottom swatch is with the gloss over the top.

Illamasqua complement palette - £34

This palette is something that I am so excited to use over Christmas, I have wanted to try some Illamasqua products for so long and last week I decided to take the jump and buy some things. So this palette really caught my eye is the complement palette. You get four eye shadows in here one frosty colour which is the pale champagne colour called slink, next you get one of their liquid metals which again is something I have had my eye on for a while, and it is a cool toned metallic brown and is called focus, the matte colour in this palette is called forgiveness and is described as a chocolate plum colour and finally my favorite in the quad is Queen of the night which is a super dark purple with purple sparkles in and it does remind me of smut by mac.

Above are the swatches and as you can see the colours are soooo beautiful, and I already have a few makeup looks that I want to use these for, I think for this palette I might upload a new years eve makeup tutorial.

Illamasqua pure pigment in Beguile - £15.50

The other product I picked up from Illamasqua is perfect for Christmas and new years, it is one of their pigments and looks like a frosty white shimmer but on a close look it is actually really really fine glitter and is a mix of greens whites blues and pinks so looks amazing with any colour. This works great lightly dusted over any look just to intensify it and adds that extra bit of sparkle.The swatch above does it no justice it is so eye catching and beautiful in real life, you really must go to your nearest Illamasqua and swatch it. They also do another one very similar which is a white glitter also but only has the pink toned glitter which is also just a pretty.

And lastly is this pair of false lashes which I am in love with at the moment now I know i got these from super drug but i cant remember how much they actually cost (sorry). But they are super black and thick, and very feathery, they also feel so comfortable to wear, and you forget you're even wearing them. They do come with their own glue but I never use the glues that come with lashes so  I cant tell you how good it is, as I also use my duo lash glue. But I think these are definitely a Christmas must have as they add instant glamour to any eye look.

Well done if you actually got to then end of the post it was pretty long, keep an eye out for some Christmas and new years eve makeup tutorials coming soon, using a lot of these products.

Becki x