Blogmas Day 15 / Everyday makeup

Products I use for my everyday makeup: 

1) Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation - No21 Light Vanilla

2) Manhattan Soft Mat Loose Powder - Natural 1

3) 88 Natural Eyeshadow Palette - eyeshadow 2 I use to fill in my eyebrows and eyeshadow 1 on my eyes in the crease 

4) Maybelline Colorama Crayon Eyeliner - 400 Marvelous Maroon

5) Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Mascara 

6) Belaton Automatic Lipliner - 04

7) Carmex Cherry Lip Balm

Blogmas Day 7 / Makeup must-haves

Today I thought I will share my makeup must-haves. I wear makeup almost everyday (unless I stay at home then I don't do my makeup). I am feeling uncomfortable going outside without makeup and it seems to me that people are looking and pointing out my imperfections. Probably like all girls I feel more confident with makeup. 

I decided to share my main makeup items. If someone told me to choose only 3 products to use, I would choose:

1. Foundation or a BB cream in summer. I have red cheeks (keratosis pilaris) and I need to cover them up so a foundation is my number one must-have. I feel very uncomfortable when my people see my red cheeks. It is a bit different situation in the summer when my face is tanned. Then my cheeks aren't that bad so I don't use anything and feel fine with it. But in other seasons I don't leave the house without some coverage - foundation, BB cream or a powder (especially in winter).

At the moment I use Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation.

Source: http://www.bourjois.co.uk/catalog/make_up/complexion/foundation/new_healthy_mix_foundation

2. Mascara. I like to put an accent on my eyes so my second must-have is mascara.

At the moment I'm using Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Mascara Cat Eyes

3. Lip balm. Lips don't look good when dry. Some lip balm have shimmer or tint in it which makes lips to look even better.

At the moment I am using Nivea Vitamin Shake Acai and Wild Apple

and Carmex Cherry Flavored Lip Balm

Source: http://www.soap.com/p/carmex-cherry-flavor-moisturizing-lip-balm-jar-spf-15-39203

What is yours?

Blogmas Day 5 / 88 Natural Colors Eyeshadow Palette Review

 6 months ago I decided to try a popular eyeshadow palette from Ebay - 88 natural/warm colors eyeshadow palette. 

At first I didn't know whether I should buy it, I was afraid that it will be low quality, eyeshadow not pigmented, won't last long. Those fears mainly was caused by the price. Lets be honest, 7-8 pounds for 88 eyeshadow is a silly price and usually we need to pay for a good quality. But after reading reviews I decided to buy it. 

I've chosen the natural/warm colors. After using it for 6 months for everyday and special occasions makeup, I can say that I like it a lot! 

The quality is amazing. Palette comes with a mirror and 2 applicators. Of course, applicators are useless but the mirror is really handy. Here are some pros and cons based on my opinion:

PROS:

• colors are really pigmented (almost all)
• eyeshadows lasts all day, even night; I've used it not only on everyday makeup, but also on special occasions when I had my makeup from early morning till late night (even the next morning) and it lasted a really long time
• palette hasn't got any bad, chemical smell (even though it is so cheap)
• price
• mirror included
• good packaging for such a price

CONS:

• some colors repeat or are very similar
•  some light colors aren't pigmented enough

 

 

All in all, I think this palette is amazing. Someone even told once that these palettes are the same as the Mac or Coastal Scents ones, the only difference - a brand name on the packaging. And I agree to this opinion, even though I haven't tried the high-end palettes.

 I would recommend everyone to try it out. And it is super cheap so even if you will be disappointed (although I think you won't be), you will not spend a lot of money on it.

 

PS I don't remember from which Ebay seller I bought this but there are a lot of them. Just type in the search bar "88 eyeshadow palette" and choose one that has good feedback.

Blogmas Day 2 / Mila Kunis makeup look

Products used for this makeup:

• Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation (No51 Light Vanilla)
• Manhattan Soft Mat Loose Powder (Natural 1)
• Lumene Blush (unfortunately I don't know the name)
• Eveline Art Professional Makeup Concealer 
• 88 Natural Colors Eyeshadow Palette
• Gosh Velvet Touch Eye Liner (Black)
• Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Mascara 
• Carmex Lip Balm