Today's Make Up

Hi there. I was doing my make up today and I thought I'd share how I applied everything. So I'm going to list what products I use then explain how I applied them.

Face:

Foundation - Rimmel Stay Matte in 010 Light Porcelain and Wet n Wild Coverall in 816 Fair/Light

Powder - Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Plus

Bronzer - W7 Honolulu

Blush - NYX Bourgeois Pig

Concealer - Essence Stay Natural concealer 03 Soft Nude

Eyes:

Shadows - Sleek Oh So Special palette shades Organza, Wrapped Up and Bow

Liner - Wet n Wild Mega Liner Black

Mascara - Rimmel Glam Eyes Lash Flirt Volume and Flirt 

Brows - Wet n Wild Ultimate Brow Kit in Ash Brown

Lips:

Lipstick - Mac Creemsheen in Creme Cup

Lip gloss - NYX Mega Shine in Salsa

Brushes:

Real Techniques Stippling brush

ELF Blending brush

ELF smudge brush  - not pictured

Bare Minerals blush brush - not pictured

Claire's brush for bronzer - not pictured

Other brushes from Ebay 

Personally I go back and forth between doing my eyes first and doing my face first. Today I started with my eyes. I used my ring finger to apply a thin layer of foundation and set it with my mac powder. I applied Organza all over my lid and blended Wrapped Up into my crease with a little bit of Bow under my brow. At first I lined my lid with Noir from the Oh So Special palette but then I decided to go over it with my Wet n Wild liquid liner. I applied the mascara but this mascara is a bit more than I like for  day time look. I prefer something a little more natural but it does the job. For my eyebrows I use my ELF smudge brush to fill in my brows. I used the lighter shade of the Wet n Wild eyebrow kit.

I have a lot of redness in my cheeks so today I wanted to try something I haven't tried before. I put a pea size amount of the Rimmel Stay Matte to the back of my hand and used my Real Techniques brush to apply a very thin layer on the cheeks and anywhere else I thought looked red. Then I used a small amount of the Wet n Wild foundation all over my face. Alone I don't like either of these foundations. They both feel quite heavy and the Rimmel one creases but I quite like them layered like I applied them today. I applied a little Essence concealer under my eyes. For my bronzer I start just above my tragus and blend towards my mouth. I really like the W7 bronzer in Honolulu. I think it's really good and it's very affordable I think it's around €3. Lastly I swept my NYX blush from the apples of my cheeks towards the top of my ear.

Here is the finished look

Wet n Wild Mega Liner Review

I picked up this eyeliner a few months ago. This is the first liquid liner I've purchased in years. I used to hate liquid liner because it always ended up smudging above my crease so I switched to gel liner. At first I used the Physicians Formula one but I had to get it sent over from America (this was about 2 or maybe even 3 years ago before the brand came to Ireland) then I found the Essence one but when my last Essence gel liner ran out and I couldn't find another one I decided to try the Wet n Wild liquid one.

 

At first I was pretty worried the applicator would be hard but I was pleasantly surprised. The brush is soft and easy to work with. I got an Essence liquid eyeliner a few years ago and I switched it with the applicator brush of another liquid liner because I couldn't stand the hard plastic applicator.

I think the long handle helps control the thickness of the line. And since the brush is soft you can make the line thin or thick. Personally I like a thinner line for the day time and a slightly thicker line for night time.

Like any liquid liner, I advise you to be careful and try to keep your hand steady which I find difficult at times. Over the past few months I've had more than a few bad eyeliner days. I really love this one though. I use it as part of my everyday makeup routine. Have any of you tried it? What do you think? 

:)