Hello Everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I was thinking to my self the other night because there is so much availability of make up out there, I thought I'd right a little post saying what I think is the best for younger people or just generally people starting out with make up.
Lets start with brushes. I recommend Real Techniques brushes, specifically the "buffing brush" and the "contour brush". I don't really think eye shadow brushes are necessary for when you first start out, I think that is something you build up to.
The buffing brush is ideal for your foundation and pressed powder, it gives the fullest coverage that your foundation will allow and also they are affordable. The contour brush applies blusher perfectly and in the right places too.
Base, I think, is one of the most hardest things to get right when you're first starting out.
I suggest either a bb cream or light coverage foundation when you are first starting out as you don't want load your skin with products. However, if you don't want to wear a bb cream or foundation you can just use concealer in the places where you need it. Also a pressed powder is ideal because it sets your make up into place and gets rid of oiliness. You don't want anything to over powering for your blush, something rosy and just gives a flush to your cheeks is great.
Garnier BB Cream
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer
Rimmel Stay Matte
Natural Collection Blushed Cheeks Blush
Again, when you are first starting out you don't want to be venturing out into eye shadows, pressed pigments, liquid or gel eye liner. I think a kohl eye pencil and a bit of mascara will do, and when you get more confident in applying make up you can then try eye shadows out, but not when you first purchase make up.
Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil
Seventeen Va Va Voom Mascara
Lips. You don't want anything too bright. Either a tinted lip balm or clear lip gloss is fine.
Maybelline Baby Lip
Natural Collection Lip Gloss
All of the make up roughly came to £30, but the brushes are £21.99 and you get a set of 4. These are also all from the drugstore and highly available all around the UK.
Thankyou for reading today, I hoped this helped people. Feel free to leave any questions that you would like me answer in the comments. Also could you give me a cheeky follow on Bloglovin', it will be much appreciated.
Li,X
In the winter I definitely think you need to look after your skin more than you normally would. I never used to moisturise, purely because I couldn't be bothered to sit there and wait for the moisturiser to sink in, but now I totally see the difference. I've been using a mixture of cocoa butter and a body butter purely because they are packed with oil which my skin needs really. To moisturise my hands and face I've been using the soap and glory hand food which works wonders for my hands as I am mostly outside in this weather and for my face, the Garnier moisture match in combination to oily. With me having combination skin I tend to worry about mositurising it, but it has definitely worked. I can see a big difference with my skin and what you have to think about oily skin does need moisturising. My lips are the worst at this time of year, as soon as the cold weather starts they get so dry, so I think every week a good scrub to remove any dead skin and lip balm them every 2-3 hours does the job nicely. I make my own lip scrub which just contains of brown sugar, olive oil, peppermint flavouring and pink food colouring, don't worry the food colouring doesn't stain your lips either! To moisturise my lips I use the Maybelline Baby Lips in mint fresh if you want no colour or in pink punch in want a slight tint.
This is a reusable bubble bar, which you swish around in your bath and it creates bubbles. I find the scent to be really sweet, but it smells like bubble gum or the 'Snow Fairy' scent. This is in the Christmas collection, so will only be available during the Christmas months.
This again is another bubble bar, you just simply crumble some under running water, also in the Christmas collection. It has a acquired scent. I'm not the biggest fan of the scent but it is nice. Lush say that it has jasmine and ylang ylang oil in it, you can definitely smell the jasmine, but I'm not too sure what ylang ylang oil smells like.
This is 'another' bubble bar. This is in the Christmas collection too. Like the others you crumble it into running water. Not going to lie, it does look like a candy mountain (whatever that's meant to look like) but the smell is awful. For me, it just smells really plastic. Lush claim it has vanilla in it, but I can't smell it.
