Okay so the title of this post may be a bit misleading, since I don’t really have a makeup bag, per se. As other beauty bloggers can tell you, our collections are kinda massive. I have a whole IKEA Alex drawer filled with makeup, with my bathroom vanity and storage also packed to the brim.
I don’t typically carry around makeup with me, aside from whatever lip product I’m wearing (or balm if I’m not wearing any colour), much to the shock of my friends and coworkers.
Instead of a “what’s in my makeup bag” post I’m going to share the must-have items that if I were to carry makeup bag, these items would totally be in there.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Dim Light – Face getting oily? What about kinda dull. This guy is a must to freshen up your complexion when it’s looking a little drab. I love these powders since they make your face look amazing. The Hourglass powders are an investment, but worth every penny!
CoverGirl Oh Sugar! Vitamin-Infused Balm in Cupcake – I always have to have a lip balm on me at all times since my lips tend to get dry. These new guys from CoverGirl are great since they feature grapeseed oil, avocado butter, and Vitamins C&E, all with a sheer wash of colour.
Elizabeth and James Nirvana White Hand Lotion – With the super-dry Winnipeg weather comes dry hands. I love the scent of the E&J Nirvana scents, so this one is a must.
Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Concealer – Anyone else find their eyes looking a little drab after a workday? Freshen up that under-eye area with a concealer, which can also double for spot treatments (changing out that lip colour? You’ll need a fresh, clean base).
MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour in Oh, Lady and Too Faced Melted Lipstick in Melted Sugar – As I said, this is the one item I’ll always carry with me. I tend to have a few different options handy, a bold shade (like the deep purple from MAC) and a nude.
A fragrance – This is a great to throw those sample scents you get from department stores in your bag. If you really love a particular scent, pick up a rollerball version of it and toss it in your bag since it takes hardly any space. I usually carry with me a custom scent from Escents.
Now obviously I have a wish list of items that I would absolutely love to carry around with me as well (because you can never have enough makeup!). I took a glance at Farfetch.com since they recently teamed up with Space NK Apothecary, and chose some items that I would absolutely love to tote around with me.
L-R: Hourglass Lip Treatment Oil (C$62.32), Eve Lom Sunrise 1 hydrating powder (C$85.73), Lipstick Queen in Pinky Nude Sinner (C$44.91), Kevin Aucoin Candlelight & Sculpting Creamy Glow Duo (C$44.91), Percry and Reed Voluming No Oil Oil (C$28.58).
I would love to know what you carry around with you in your makeup bag (some of my friend’s bring so much stuff with them!). Leave a comment below with some of your must-haves.
Please note Farfetch.com did reach out to me to help promote their site, however, I received no compensation or items for this post.
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I’m a huge baker. Cookies, cakes, brownies, cupcakes, I would totally rather spend time in the kitchen whipping up something sweet rather than a salty snack. Whatever you’re making, baking soda is usually on the recipe card. This ingredient is also a great product to have on hand for cleaning, and, totally unrelated to baking or cleaning, it’s also a song by Tyga.
Okay, all jokes aside, when I got the Influenster Voxbox, which features the Biore Baking Soda Cleansers, I was a little surprised to see this ingredient in here. Apparently baking soda has the natural ability to deep clean and gently exfoliate, which makes it perfect for the fight for clean pores.
I received the Biore Baking Soda Cleansing Scrub and the Biore Baking Soda Pore Cleanser, both of which purify pores, absorb oil and gently exfoliate skin. My favourite product of the two is the cleansing scrub, as it actually looks like baking soda itself. It’s a white powder that you dispense in your hands and then with some water, it turns into a foamy scrub, which helps exfoliate the skin, remove makeup, and leaves you with a fresh feeling. You can increase the intensity of the product by just adding more water.
As for the cleanser, this is a gel product that features a pump top to dispense the product. It’s a daily gel cleanser with exfoliating beads that penetrate the pores for a deep clean. Both products are great for combination skin.
I actually really like these products. I find the cleansing scrub to be so unique, and it also leaves you with a baking soda feeling even after it’s washed away. It’s a hard feeling to explain, it kinda feels like how baking soda smells, if that makes sense. I do feel like both of these products exfoliate and cleanse my skin nicely, I didn’t have any issues with breakouts. Aside from the actual powder to liquid formula in the cleansing scrub, which is more like a wow factor, there isn’t really anything in these that go above and beyond just cleansing the skin. I didn’t look at my skin and say “wow, I look amazing”, it just looked the same.
Overall, if you are looking for an affordable cleanser, I would give these a try. The cleansing scrub is on sale right now on the London Drugs site for $10.99, whereas the pore cleanser is $6.99.
Have you tried the Biore Baking Soda line?
Please note, I received these products courtesy of Influenster. All opinions are my own.
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Eyeliners are getting smaller and smaller.
Back in December I got a huge box of the new spring releases from Maybelline. Among other things, they included the Master Precise Skinny liner, which features a 1.8 mm micro tip for precise application. I didn’t really give these much thought since they were so small, but then my attitude changed late last week.
I received the Marc Jacobs Fineliner Ultra-Skinny Gel Eye Crayon Eyeliner (C$30) in the two shades it was released in, Blacquer and (Big)Eyes! (a white). These are new for spring at Sephora, and like the Maybelline version, feature an ultra-skinny tip.
Providing the same smooth glide and payoff as Marc Jacobs’ Highliner Gel Eye Crayon (which are also amazing), these have a two-millimetre, unbreakable tip delivering a gel consistency in either ultra black (Blacquer) or a bright white (Big)Eyes!.
Unlike pencil liner, this has a mechanical casing, which you twist to dispense the product, however, once it’s up, you cannot retract it. The colour does glide on the lids and provides a nice opacity. I used the black on my upper lash line and then the white on my waterline. The black stayed on quite well throughout the day, however, the white did fade after a few hours.
I do have to say that the colour did glide on quite well. There was no tugging or pulling and I felt like it gave a nicer, deeper colour than traditional pencil liners. I also like how you’ll never have to sharpen the product and especially how it didn’t break off at the end (retractable eyeliners have a tendency to do this for me – so annoying!).
If you are a pencil liner kinda gal, I would look into picking this up. I’ve always been a fan of Marc Jacobs’ eyeliners in general, so with this one being so small, it’s a nice product to have in your collection.
Will you be picking up Marc Jacobs’ Fineliner?
Please note, this set was sent by PR. All opinions are my own.
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Okay so the title of this post may be a bit misleading, since I don’t really have a makeup bag, per se. As other beauty bloggers can tell you, our collections are kinda massive. I have a whole IKEA Alex drawer filled with makeup, with my bathroom vanity and storage also packed to the brim.
