FOTD: Woodwinked bronze

Face

Foundation - MAC Studio fix fluid NC20

Concealer - Bourjois healthy mix 52

Blush - Mac dainty mineralize

Bronzer - Bourjois chocolate bronzer

Lips 

 NARS chealsea girls lip lacquer

Eyes

Lid - MAC Woodwinked

Crease - MAC Kid

Crease - MUA Heaven and earth palette (golden brown shade)

Liner - Maybelline studio gel eyeliner

Lashes - Avon supershock

Brows 

Mac dirty blonde gelcreme

Maybelline Brow Drama in blonde

Woodwinked is one of my holy-grail MAC eye-shadows and a fail safe option for both daytime and night time looks. This warm golden shade is one of the veluxe pearl finishes and provides opaque coverage, high pigmentation and buttery soft application. I would definitely recommend Woodwinked to anyone who does not already have this shade in their collection as it is a truly beautiful eye-shadow.

I am not usually a fan of shimmer in the crease however in combination with the golden lid colour, a warm brown shimmer creates a soft bronze smokey eye whilst still providing definition.

I have also been loving NARS Chelsea girls lip lacquer ever since receiving it as a Christmas gift from Charlotte Radcliffe of Exploring Wardrobes. I have been using this product religiously as it creates the perfect nude pink colour and has amazing longevity.

 Hope you are all doing well, Grace xoxo

Face OTD: Feel my pulse and Naked 2

Face

MAC studio fix fluid NC20

Bourjois healthy mix concealer 52

MAC Golden bronzer

NARS Deep throat blush

NARS Albatross

Eyes

Inner corner - Verve

Lid - YDK

Crease - Busted, Tease

Lashline - Busted

Mascara - L'oreal Voluminous

Brows - MAC Dirty blonde gelcreme and Maybelline Brow Drama gel in Blonde

Lips

MAC Feel my pulse lipstick

After getting stuck in the smokey eye rut I decided to opt for a bright lip today and used Feel my pulse lipstick from MAC's Temperature rising collection. I am absolutely in love with this true violet colour and the formula is one of the more hydrating cremesheens as I find some, especially Creme cup to be very drying on the lips. 

For my eyes I used the Naked two palette which I finally got round to purchasing. Whilst there is much  blogger and Youtuber hype about this product, I am going to be controversial and argue that I have experienced better quality shadows from lower range drugstore brands. Whilst this is a nice palette with a very wearable colour selection, I wasn't blown away by the pigmentation of the shades and I had a lot of fall out from 'chopper' in particular. For the price tag I find this product to be a little over-rated.

Despite my initial dissapointment, I will say that the palette makes it very easy to create a range of everyday eye looks and once built up, the colours are very pretty with YDK, Busted and Verve being my most used shades.

Party Makeup series: Navy and gold smokey eye

Products used:

Face

Foundation - Nars sheer glow Fiji

Bronzer - Bourjois delice de poudre ( Chocolate bronzer)

Blush - Nars Deep Throat

Hilighter - Benefit Moonbeam

Concealer - MAC Pro longwear NW20

Eyes

Base inner lid - Maybelline colour tattoo on and on bronze

Base outer lid - Maybelline colour tattoo endless black

Lid - Mac woodwinked

Crease - Black spark (Navy shade from a frontcover palette, dupe for MAC contrast)

Transition colour - Bronzer and MAC kid

Inner corner - Urban Decay virgin

Liner - Maybelline eye studio lasting drama gel liner

Mascara - AVON supershock max

Lashes - Eyelure individuals

Lips

Lipstick - Revlon lip butter strawberry shortcake 080

The foundation debate: Series 2

Here is another batch of foundations I have tried and my thoughts on them, I will list what shade I am, and I am a mac NC20 for reference.

Bourjois healthy mix serum - 52:

 This is my favourite drugstore foundation so far. First of all it smells amazing and gives a healthy satin finish to the skin (and by healthy I don't mean full on oil slick) the coverage is light to medium and shade 52 is a light yellow undertone which I love. The foundation doesn't last for 16hrs as the product claims but still has quite a good staying power. The only reason I am still looking for the perfect foundation is because this foundation does tend to get shiny throughout the day and the coverage is quite light, a really good foundation I just get bored easily and want to try new products.

Bourjois healthy mix - 53:

 I adore the smell of this foundation, it reminds me of summer but the heavy scent is something to bear in mind for people with sensitive skin although I don't find it unpleasant. This foundation gives light to medium coverage although the shades are darker than the serum version and the formula is thicker. This is not a foundation that has good oil control properties though although the finish is supposedly semi matte.

N07 BB Cream for oily skin types - fair:

I really liked this product when I first got it as I found it blurred imperfections and gave quite good coverage. However in winter the lighter shade is way too orange and the oil control is not good even though the product is meant for oily skin I found I had to powder every 2 hours throughout the day.

Revlon Colourstay - 180 sand beige:

 I love this shade of foundation when first applied it is a light beige with golden/yellow undertones. The positives about this foundation are: good colour range, good coverage, long lasting, and quite good oil control as there are 2 foundations to cater for oily or dry skin types so obviously I got the one for oily skin. This foundation oxidises quite a bit and I have noticed that if I put it on in the morning, by the time I get to school it is 2 shades darker, The smell is quite strong and reminds me of paint which I actually quite like but I know some people won’t. Although the foundation claims to be lightweight I find it very heavy and thick and even the finest dusting of powder makes it cakey. The other concern I have with this product is it breaks me out, a lot as in cystic bumps which I haven't experienced with any other foundation and it seems to be just my shade as my friend has the shade 160 buff and hasn't experienced any problems with it but after trying my shade she had the same reaction. I use this foundation for going out as it doens't have as much flashback as my Dior skinforever and lasts well with good coverage.