You know your make up is too old when...

you go to pour out some liquid foundation and out comes water!? I didn't even know this is what happened after you'd left it so long? Even when some of the product comes out and I put the lid back on and shake it, it still sounds like there's more water in there!

I am going through my foundation stash and getting rid of shades that either no longer suit my skin colour, or those that need to go in the bin!! I don't think I spend long enough using up my products these days. New ones entice me too much and therefore I end up buying new things before I finish the old ones, then they end up being forgotten about!

Ok so what else is left of my collection apart from water? Well there is a picture below:

Of the above about 6 of them have been purchased in the last 12 months so all still in usable condition and can go safely back into storage! The other 8 (including the watery one) are over 12 months and I am going to test each one, or throw it out!

Rimmel Recover foundation in Soft Beige, watery - BIN
17 Super Wear Long Lasting Foundation in Biscuit, too pink for my skin - GIVE AWAY
Rimmel Lasting Finish in Pale Biscuit, little bit leaky - BIN
Avon ...... in Warmest Beige (name of the foundation has worn off!), perfect condition, wish I knew what it was now that I know it lasts so long! - KEEP
Rimmel Lasting Finish 16 Hour Foundation in Soft Beige, my favourite so far (I think you can tell I have bought a lot of Rimmel in the past, cheaper than many brands, but not lacking in quality!) perfect shade for Winter for me! KEEP
17 Skin Perfecting Shine Free Foundation, shade has worn off! Consistency however is great, perfect shade - another KEEP
NYC Natural Matte Foundation in 004 and 005, strangely 005 has gone very watery but 004 is perfect, and again is a great shade for Winter. Its a shame to split this pair up as I would use the darker shade for contouring, but what can you do?! 004 KEEP 005 BIN

There we go, after half an hour my foundation stash is now 25% smaller! Thanks for reading! xoxo

Sleek FOTD

Hello everyone, here is my latest FOTD, as promised I used my new Sleek palettes!

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
NYC Smooth Mineral Loose Blush Powder in Almost Apricot

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Sleek Acid Palette in matte yellow - eyelid
Sleek Acid Palette in matte orange - outer corner
Sleek Original Palette in shimmer blue - lower eyelid
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Flipside - lower waterline
No.7 Amazing Eyes Liner in Black - upper lashline
No.7 Lash 360° Mascara in black

LIPS

Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner in Ultimate
No.7 Wild Volume Lipstick in Toffee Apple

What do you think everyone? I'm not sure I would get away with wearing this to work but today was my day off. I will probably be stuck at home tomrrow too with all this snow we have been having here in the UK!! How is the weather where you are?

FOTD - Aromaleigh Day 7

So today is the last in my series of Aromaleigh looks, but it won't be the last time I use them! It just shows that you don't have to spend much to create so many looks! I can't remember how much I spent exactly but it was only about $1 per sample and even then there was 30% off at the checkout.

There's a few more pictures than normal today just because I feel like it!

I used:

FACE

No.7 Shine Free Primer
New ID I-Conceal in Medium
L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
No.7 Perfect Light Pressed Powder in Medium
Avon Bronzing Pearls
NYC Naturals Smooth Mineral Blush in Almost Apricot

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Aromaleigh Les Papillons in Butterfly Kisses - inner corner
Aromaleigh Hot In The City in Girl's Night Out - middle of eye
Aromaleigh Victoria's Revenge in Frigid Gloom #84 - outer corner
Aromaleigh Victoria's Revenge in Mayhem's Trilogy #79 - under eye
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Zero
L'oreal Extra Volume Collagene Mascara in Black

LIPS

Rimmel Vinyl Jelly Lip Liner in Tasty
No.7 Moisture Drench Lipstick in Raisin Shimmer

Achieving A Flawless Finish

Ok, so lately I've been watching a few videos by Kandee Johnson, the make up artist. I was especially excited about her perfect skin video which included contouring! For my post today I have kept two of her videos in mind.

Click here and here to view Kandee's videos on youtube, and click here to view her blog.

Here is a video of how I created a flawless contoured look.



I used Beautifully Balanced Cleanser and Toner, St Moriz Instant Self Tanning Mousse, No.7 Essential Moisturiser, NYC Natural Matte Foundation in shades 004 and 005, No.7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Medium, Avon Bronzing Pearls, NYC Smooth Mineral Blusher and Natural Collection Gold Blush Creamy Cheek Tint.

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Hot Pink FOTD

I took pictures of my FOTD way too late to post yesterday, so I repeated the look again today! I chose 3 colours, at random, from my Shiro Cosmetics collection. Squirtle, Mew & Articuno.

This is how it turned out:

FACE

NYC Natural Matte Foundation 004 all over face

NYC Natural Matte Foundation 005 to contour cheekbones

No.7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Medium

NYC Smooth Mineral Loose Blush Powder  in Almost Apricot

EYES

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Shiro Cosmetics in Mew for inner corner

Shiro Cosmetics in Squirtle for outer corner

Shiro Cosmetics in Articuno for lower lashline

No.7 Exceptional Definition Mascara in Black

Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in Jet Black - upper and lower waterline

LIPS

No.7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Nude Rebellion

Gosh Lip Jam 102