What Is In My Make-Up Bag?

For me, a good make-up bag is a girls best friend, so I thought I would share with you all what is currently in my makeup bag!

Make-up bag- Next

I recently purchased this make-up bag as my other one became very dirty, and it proved to be difficult to wash. Seeing as though I was in Next shopping for Sixth Form clothes, I came across this make-up bag and instantly fell in love. Purple is my favourite colour, and I thought that the little butterfly on the top added the finishing touch without it looking too much.

From left to right:
Real Techniques Blusher Brush
Real Techniques Buffing Brush
Real Techniques Stippling Brush
Real Techniques Shading Brush
Avon Powder Brush
Paddle Eye Shadow Brush
Angled Brush

When applying make-up, I always like to apply mine with a brush. Some people prefer to use their hands and fingers when doing this however, I think using a brush adds precision and gives the make-up a better finish. I am a big fan of the Real Techniques brushes, and I do like to add more to my collection whenever I can. What are your favourite make-up brushes?

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in Ivory

 Second in my make-up bag is my foundation. This Rimmel foundation is my all-time favourite drugstore foundation. This is because it gives an even coverage and it illuminates the face, making it look fabulous in photographs!

Max Factor Wild Mega Mascara & Rimmel Day 2 Night Mascara both in Black

 In a recent post, I noted that I am quite a skeptic when it comes to mascaras however, these 2 mascaras are the best mascaras I have ever used. The 'Day 2 Night' mascara gives a false eyelashes look, whilst the 'Wild Mega' mascara gives the volume. These are definitely 2 mascaras which I will be purchasing again.

No7 Duo Bronzer

I got this bronzer as part of a gift set for Christmas last year. I have never usually thought to use ronzer in my daily make-up, and it can be quite scary as sometimes it is quite difficult to determine how much is going to be applied to the face, and how much bronzer is actually going to come off the palette. I found this bronzer was very easy to apply, and not a lot came off the palette, making it very easy to use.

Eyelash Curlers

 I always carry a pair of eyelash curlers in my make-up bag, as I always use them. I curl my eyelashes because I think it makes the mascara sit better on the eyelashes and it always adds a simple finishing tough. It also makes the eyelashes look longer, so if your like me and suffer from short eyelashes, I would go and purchase yourself a pair if you don't already have them, and give them a go!

No7 Eye shadow in Starry Lights

 I always use a base eyes hadow even if I am not performing a smokey eye, or going for the no eye liner look. This is simply because I get very oily eyelids, so I have to use an eye shadow all of the time, to ensure that my foundation on my eyelids doesn't slide. This eye shadow has a gold undertone, so it looks beautiful on its own, but it also looks gorgeous as a base for a smokey eye too.

Natural Collection Eye Shadow Duo in Mocha/Latte

As you can see, this eye shadow palette is very well loved. I use the Mocha colour on my eye brows as it is the perfect colour for me, and I use the Latte colour as a highlighter on top of my brow bone. Even though I don't use it for its use, I do sometimes use the Mocha colour in my eyelid crease for a bit of shadowing, when I decide to do a smokey eye. I also sometimes use the Latte colour as a base eye shadow if I am wanting to go for a 'Plain Jane' kind of day.

Maybelline Baby Lips in Mint Fresh

 I am the proud owner of 2 Baby Lips lip balms, and since the day I bought them, I have never looked back. These are my favourite lip balms in the whole entire world. Even though I don't have a lipstick in my make-up bag at the moment, this is because I am trying to nourish my lips as they can become quite dry from using a lipstick so often, so I am having a break! My lips feel so much nicer and the smell and taste is delicious! Totally recommend.

Max Factor Creme Blush in Soft Copper

 I have been loving creme blushers at the moment as they are so much more pigmented than powder blushers. Creme blushers also last longer and they can be used much more precisely and go where you put them without them budging throughout the day.

Natural Collection Loose Powder in Translucent

 I always use a powder to seal my foundation and other make-up, and because I use so much of it, I found I was buying so much and spending so much money on this product. After discovering Natural Collection did loose powder, I made sure that I bought a couple for the same price as buying a high end powder. I always buy my powders in Translucent as well. This is so no other colour is added to my face, and it doesn't make me look 'orange' after completing my make-up for the day.

Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair

 I love a good concealer, and I always put it on top of my foundation. I apply it under my eyes, on my brow bone, on the bridge of my nose, around my nose, on my chin and on any other blemishes I have at the time. This concealer is nice and creamy and is of a nice consistency. I love the applicator as it makes it easy to apply, and it doesn't budge throughout the day.

MAC Kohl Eyeliner and Avon Color Trend Kohl Eyeliner both in Black

 I use black eyeliner in the corners of my eyes and to line the lash line, making it appear thicker than it is. The MAC eyeliner isn't as pigmented as the Avon one, but this can be nice if you do not want such a harsh look.

Natural Collection Kohl Eyeliner in White

 I use white eyeliner on the waterline of my eye sometimes to make my eye appear bigger and wider than it is. I also use it on the tear duct corner to add a bit of brightness to the inside of my eye. I didn't believe that it would truly work until I tried it out, and I found that I was wrong and it definitely does!

Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

 I don't often use my eyebrow pencil anymore, but if there isn't a part of my eyebrow which doesn't take to the powder, then I will fill it in with a pencil. I like the little brush on the end as it blends the powder into the eyebrow hairs, giving it that natural look.

Standard Angled Tweezers

I always carry tweezers around as you can never tell when you are going to need them!

I hope giving you an insight to my make-up bag gives you some ideas of your own, and if you choose to do a 'What Is In My Make-Up Bag?' then tag me as I would love to have a nosey!

Ciao for now!

Day in the sun

Good morning :)

So my aunty decided to come up from Bury (between Manchester and Bolton) to visit us for 4 days, and because the weather was super super nice on Sunday, we arranged to visit our local beer garden and watch a band that was performing!

Here are a few photographs of the day, however seeing as though my phone decided to cut out on me, only a few photographs uploaded. Therefore I will have to put them up when my phone decides to work again!

Me & my nan <3

Me & my aunty. I miss her so much when she isn't up in Kendal <3

Me & my mums boyf'

My aunty fell in love with my Vans, so she decided to snapchat this. She wore these shoes all weekend. (Nice little bit of bleach on the right shoe eh Jess.)

Turkey, 2013

I'm back off my holiday's, yay!

Early hours of this morning at 4:35am, I arrived back home after spending 2 long weeks in the sun!

On Friday 2nd August, we arrived in Antalya at about 11:00pm after a long 4 hour flight, and then we had a 2 hour transfer to Alanya to our hotel. The transfer was awful and the 'half a coach' was dreadful, but we eventually made it there for around 3:00am on the Saturday morning. 

The view from our balcony in the hotel during sunset

Me in a cute beer garden near the hotel

The hotel was absolutely massive and very pretty. For the first couple of days we stayed around the pool, but even with factor 50 suncream on, I managed to burn and blister in the 54 degree heat. Silly me! After burning and blistering I had to be extra careful as the heat ranged around 50 degrees everyday, so I ended up staying under the parasol most days so that I didn't burn any further. 

Me and my mum in the hotel lobby

On one of the days, the whole family went to 'Aquapark' which was full of water slides and pools which was really good for my brother and sister. On one of the rides, me and my mum ended up flipping off the rubber dinghy and face planting the slide which was really

humiliating, but hilarious at the same time hahaha. The park also threw a Foam Party, so me and my mum attended that whilst my brother, sister and mum's boyfriend went on the slides.

Travelling down a road on the jeep safari

We also went on a 'Jeep Safari' on the second week of our stay. The jeep was open top and came to pick you up from your hotel with some other people from other hotels. There was around 8 full jeeps in total. In the back of the jeep, there were lots of litre bottles of water, which we used for water fights between all of the jeeps. In the end we were absolutely soaked! We were taken to different view points which we had photos taken, and then we went to a small run down village where we stopped at a little shack that a poor family owned, and we ate chocolate filled pancakes and visited their local market. Whilst we were there, we also visited the Mosque, and because me and my mum are grown women, we had to cover up from head-to-toe with literally only our face showing! The men were okay though, but because of the heat it got really hot in the Mosque and in all of the clothing. We then went to this water park for food, and the children went on the slides and stuff and then the jeeps took us back to the hotel. During the safari, there was a photographer that we all called 'Mr. Paparazzi', and he took photos and a video of our trip that we later on bought to take home. 

As there was a spa in the hotel, me and my mum decided that we would have some 'mother and daughter time' and treat ourselves. We got the full package which included a Turkish Bath and Body Peel, Face Peel, Face Massage, Face Mask, Sauna and a Full Body Massage. The spa was lovely and peaceful, and the treatments were so nice. They left our skin feeling really soft and properly cleansed for days!

Within the hotel, there was entertainment at night times and during the day around the pool. Our family became particularly close to one worker of the entertainment team called 'Frodo'. As he was so small, I thought people called him Frodo for a nickname, but when I looked on the entertainment team board, I found his name was actually Frodo hahahaha. Frodo was absolutely hilarious and sat with us every night. 

Me and Frodo
'We love you Frodo, we do!'

We also made friends with quite a few families whilst we were out there also. There was one particular family from Wales. Rachel, Jamie, Mollie and Caitlyn and Rachel's mum- Linda, were such a nice bunch of people and when they went home on the Tuesday of our second week, we were lost. However, a couple more families found us as there wasn't a lot of English people there at all so we all made friends. 

On the way home, we got picked up from our hotel at 6:15pm on Friday 16th August, and we arrived in Antalya for about 8:30pm. After we got through customs and passport control we then went for a Burger King as we were all starving. Whilst we were checking in however, I spotted a friend of mine called Hannah Wilkin who was checking in to board the same plane as I was back to Manchester- small world! It felt so surreal that I had seen her there. Our flight was delayed from 11:10pm to 11:28pm, however we didn't set off until 12:15am. The flight was long and hot and very uncomfortable but we managed to get to Manchester safely :).

Coming back to the rain in the Lake District really well and truly gives me the holiday blues! 

I wish I was back in Turkey again in the sun. 

Ciao for now!