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Play down your eyes whilst making the most of your lips
I am a big believer that you should only play up one feature at a time. If you have smokey eyes then go easy on the lip shade and vice versa. For this look I used No.7 Skin Illuminator in Peach - This product is one of the best affordable illuminators to mix in with your moisturiser every morning. It gives your whole complexion a boost, evens out your skin-tone and gives your skin a subtle glow under your foundation. You can often pick it up at a discounted price with vouchers that you get from Boots with any general purchase. They recently changed the packaging but it still has a brush applicator. I would prefer a small nozzle as sometimes you can dispense too much product through the brush. Just something to watch out for!
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I then applied Jemma Kidd Skin Rescue Bio-Complex Veil - You can get it at a more affordable £25.28 on Beauty Bay than the usual £32.00. This is probably my favourite all around primer to prepare my skin for foundation. It's a silky liquid that creates a smoother, more even base for make up. When I use this, my foundation looks fresher for longer and my skin looks flawless. It also has lots of great ingredients to treat your skin as you wear it.
After that I applied my usual Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay In Place Make Up in Fresco & Shell Beige - I have two shades in this foundation so I can mix the perfect shade for whether I am wearing fake tan or not. I apply it with my fingertips and blend well to get a flawless finish.
Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Cover in Creamy Tan is a product I simply CANNOT live without. I don't use this as a foundation, I use it as an amazing do-it-all concealer. It's incredible at covering up spots or redness of any kind. I use it around my nose, to cover blemishes and sometimes as an under eye concealer. The consistency is just so light and it's lasts forever...really it does!
For dark circles I use Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light to Medium Bisque . I have deep set eyes so I always have some kind of darkness going on there. This peachy-coloured concealer cancels out any blueness in that area and makes your eyes look fresh and awake. I just ran out and have repurchased my 6th Corrector!
I then applied Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Kit in Sand. This concealer is great for when you need that extra bit of help in the eye area. I apply the Corrector first and then this concealer over the top. You only need a tiny amount to get great coverage. The secret to good concealing is to apply it in VERY thin layers.
I really like Clinique Redness Solutions Instant Relief Mineral Pressed Powder because I often get redness in my cheeks and this helps to cancel it out. I find that yellow based foundations and powders really help when you have any red tones in your skin.
Dior Nude Tan Glow Sun Powder in Amber is a perfect subtle bronzer. I recently bought this with my Boots Advantage Points and given the £34.00 price tag, I figured if I wanted to try it, that would be the best way. I absolutely love this bronzer because it's so easy to use...there are no streaks, patchiness or orange tones. It gives you a really lovely golden glow that looks completely natural.
I really recommend Sleek Face Contour Kit in Light - this is my favourite contouring tool. It gives you instant high cheekbones and only costs £6.49...bargain! As you can see I have well and truly hit pan with this product because I use it everyday in my make up routine.
Nars Blush in Deep Throat is a fabulous blush to give your cheeks a glow. It's a sheer peach blush with subtle radiance-enducing particles. It gives just the right amount of delicate colour on my cheeks and looks great with golden skin!
To highlight my cheekbones I then used Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc in Pink Tourmaline. This is a fantastic highlighter to create a sheen on the skin that doesn't look frosty or glittery. The quartet of different shades makes for a multi-faceted sheen that catches the light beautifully.
I then used Urban Decay De-Slick Oil Control Make Up Setting Spray. I love using this spray to take away any powdery residue that's left on your skin after using any powder products. This spray basically fuses all your make up together to make it look like skin, instead of products on top of your skin. It also makes my make up look fresher for longer.
Benefit Brows a-Go-Go Kit is a great kit to preen my eyebrows and the lighter shade is perfect for my dark blonde eyebrows. A great alternative is MAC Omega eye shadow which you can apply with a small angled brush.
Bourjois Shimmering Shine Liquid Eyeshadow in Beige Metalique is a favourite of mine to create a neutral eye. It's a great inexpensive eye shadow primer which is pretty much EXACTLY the same colour as Urban Decay's Sin primer. You can get it on Amazon for less than £5.00. It intensifies any neutral shades, holds them in place and stops any transferring.
Benefit High Brow is a staple in my make up kit. I always use this pale pink pencil to line my waterline making my eyes look bigger and fresher. Because I have dark circles, I don't line my lower lash line and by using this pencil, I can make the most of what I have by making my eyes look as big as possible.
Ardell 110's are my go-to product for voluminous but natural-looking false lashes. These are my favourite false lashes at the moment because they look natural, add just the right amount of volume and length, they are easy to apply and you can buy x 6 job lot of them from Ebay. You can wear them without feeling like you have crazy falsies on that look over the top for daytime.
Loreal Superliner creates my go-to look which is always flicked cat-eye liner. It makes the most of the shape of my eyes and adds a little glamour to your every-day make up. Because I wear this look a lot, I need a liquid liner that is intensely black, doesn't smudge or flake off and has a good felt tip for easy application. This liner has all of these things and comes in at under £8.00.
I love YSL Luxurious Mascara Shocking Volume because it gives my lashes fantastic volume and length (even without wearing false lashes). I also like the original Faux Cils and Singulier Mascaras for similar effect.
I love the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Palette pictured but these shades can be bought in single form as well if you just want specific shades.
For this look I used Sin all over the lid, Skimp as a brow highlight and Bust in the crease to add subtle definition.
I then picked up my Stila In The Light palette to use Gilded Gold in the crease and outer edge of the eye whilst applying Kitten in the inner corners to open up the eye.
All those shades create a full-proof neutral eye that can be teamed with any bright lip.
I used Estee Lauder Double Wear Lipliner in Pink to draw SLIGHTLY over my lip line to create a nice shape. Do not draw too far over your natural lip line or it will begin to look fake. Lightly fill in your lips with the lip liner - I prefer Estee Lauder Double Wear liners as they last the longest and prevent you from having to constantly reapply your lipstick all night. Apply your lipstick with a brush, blot with tissue paper and then apply once more. This will create a full-proof bright lip that will last for hours.
