Wakeup Makeup

Since the beginning of the year I have toned down the makeup I have been wearing. I am not sure why but have now in wintertime realised that I do need something extra to make me feel good during the day. I usually carry a small case with essentials in my hand bag and I thought I would share the contents of my little bag.

The bag itself was one of the free gifts in a glamour magazine a few years ago and it has really done well and not fallen apart or grown holes everywhere.

SO I usually have 2 glosses in the bag- one natural and one kind of pink/ coppery; in case I have a meeting or something. I also have a mascara tube( it is the cheaper brand that I won’t mind leaving my bag in the car in the sun. 

 Then I have a nail file… no need to explain that one; as well a cute Nivea compact which was a gift with purchase 2 years ago. 

Black eyeliner is kind of my essential makeup piece and so I have one stick in there which is very soft and quick to apply and also easy to remove in case I go overboard and end up looking raccoon-ish.

At the end of the day I think I am having an makeup crisis as I do like using it but I feel that because my office work is very casual it is a waste of product. I need a daily set of stuff which will be my stuff I don’t mind wasting stuff. 

In any case I just realised I have a drawer of such products but I don’t want to use them! I think I have a nesting issue with makeup…. Well I hope I can figure it out now that I have recognised it!!

Xoxo

Makeup and the shiny parts of life

2012 has been a year of reflection and bargain hunting. My favourite spot for makeup Face Value has moved away from Umgeni road L they are now in Pinetown so I will have to make a trip there. Luckily last time I was there I stocked up on Maybelline lipgloss and eyeshadows. I now realise , after creating my makeup database on Excel that I have quite a lot of makeup and because I store it really well and not in any level of sunlight that my makeup will be fine for a while.

In the rest of makeup news I am loving the lip balm range from Woolies, especially the lime one. I only like citrus fruit flavoured stuff so lime was my only option but it was a good one.  The Chocolate lip butter from Body Shop is also cool but gives a slightly white sheen to the lips; so best if covered with gloss to cover that up. 

I have been using the Oh So Heavenly Ribbons cream since May , when the air starting getting a little drier and it was somehow on special for R10! I feel so silly now for not buying an extra bottle. It is a lovely smelling cream and very luxurious on the skin. 

In showering news, I received a tester box from Hometester Club of 10 travel sized Dove shower gel and 10 shower gel for men; plus coupons for purchases of the full sized bottles. I will keep my eye out for when they are on special and then use the coupon ( Thanks to Extreme Couponing on TLC). It is a lovely shower gel, the mens and womens, and I felt my skin was quite soft straight out of the shower. So I think it is pretty cool that Dove went into the market with Shampoo, Conditioner, Body cream and Showergel within a year. The products are great and I will be giving the body cream a go next week.

I have been working infrequent hours which has led to me being at home and working odd hours, so therefore my daily makeup regime has slowed down. When I go out now I tend not to overdo my makeup and keep it all quite simple for lunches on a Saturday , such as simple highlighter and eyeliner for my face and lipgloss. I have been finding the most amazing lipglosses such as The Body Shop new range which has an awesome scent and not overpowering colour. I was really impressed with it.

That is it for now. I hope to blog more often about other products I have been using and my sincere apologies for being absent… I now have a reminder on my phone for a once a week blogging session!! xx