My Natural Face Make-up

I know I said in my last blog post that I was back and that normal blogging would commence....well I failed. Life just got in the way yet again. I'm not going to promise this is going to be normal blogging but I will promise that I will try my best.

So......

I've been stupidly busy these past few weeks and not had much time for make-up *shock horror* so I have been using this simple look for days when I just don't have enough time for a proper face of make-up, which lets face it, is pretty much everyday. 

Excuse the googly eyes and spots on the chin, but this was the best of the bunch.

So to start with I moisturise my face with the Simple Clear Skin Oil Balancing Moisturiser (which is nearly finished *runs to Boots to buy another one*) which basically helps control the oil on my face as my face seems to have got even oilier recently, its also amazing as a primer underneath make-up as foundation seems to blend amazingly over the top of this.

My next step is one which I have only been doing for around a week or so but I absolutely love it. It is the new Nearly Naked Foundation from Revlon.

I was a bit sceptical about trying this foundation out because of my oily skin but had seen a few reviews from other you-tuber's and blogger's (namely MissGammorazzi and MissBudgetBeauty) who have oily skin and have said that paired with a good primer and powder it lasted all day. So with this in mind I headed to Boots and grabbed this to give it a go. I absolutely love it, it evens out my skin tone without looking cakey and like I'm wearing too much make-up which is a look I like. I picked this up in 130 Shell which is a perfect match for my skin, I am usually around a NW20 in MAC and B10 in the Chanel foundations. I'm not 100% sure if it is breaking me out or not though as I have had a few spots recently but it could well be hormonal so only time will tell on that front. But it is definitely a huge thumbs up from me so far.

Another MissBudgetBeauty recommendation is the 17 Miracle Matte Pressed Powder. This is the powder I have been reaching for the most recently as I find it keeps me looking non shiney all day which is a massive bonus when you have oily skin. I picked this up at the same time as the Revlon foundation and it is in the colour Silky Beige which is maybe a shade too dark for me just now since I am paler than summer time but because I don't use a lot of it I have been able to make it work, but it should be perfect in the summer months.

This Natural Collection Blush in Pink Cloud is one which I have had in my collection for AGES! I used to use this all the time and for some unbeknown reason it ended up at the back of my drawer and got forgotten. I unearthed this about 2/3 weeks ago and have been loving it again. Its so inexpensive and such a beautiful matte baby pink that suits my pale skin perfectly.

After doing my base I move onto my eyes. Usually I use a primer/base on my eyes because they can get quite oily but I find when just using a sweep of a natural colour I don't need to add this extra step in. This single MAC eye shadow in Sweet Joy from the Venomous Villains collection is the perfect natural colour with a slight shimmer which catches the light. I basically sweep this all over my lid and right up to the brow bone and into the inner corner and I'm done with eye shadow.

This Loréal mascara is a kinda purple/black which works amazingly with my hazel eyes. I do prefer the original Volume Million Lashes in Black but this Luminizer version really does make my eye colour pop which is nice when the rest of my face is really natural. 

To finish the look off I decided to go for a really natural lip colour, this is Estee Lauder's Pure Colour Lipstick in Crystal Baby which is a pinky nude. This adds a slight bit of colour to my lips without looking too much. I use this lipstick a lot when I'm wearing heavier eye make-up as well, I find it is just a good all-round lipstick.

Claire

xx

I'm Back!

So....I've been gone for ages!

But I'm back!!!!

I don't really need to feel the need to apologise but I will tell you the reason. I went through quite a lot of personal stuff, at the same time as not being able to renew the lease on the bedsit flat which I was living in at the beginning of the year. I am now settled into a brand new flat which I had to carpet, paint, and buy things like cooker, fridge, washing machine etc for so have had no time for anything! But now that I am completely settled into the new place the blogging while commence once more!

This was just a little post to say I'm back and normal blogging will commence from here! YAY!

Claire xx

My Most Played Music

So I'm sitting on my couch with my music blasting out of iTunes on my laptop and it inspired me to do a blog post on some of my most played songs on my iTunes and the reasons behind them being played so much!


I wanted to do this to share my passion for music and also give a little insight into what songs mean a lot to me and also how music has shaped my life.


I will apologise now as I can foresee that this is going to be a very chatty post about how I interpret the songs but it will definitely show my passion for music!


So without further ado, here we go...




Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (214 plays)


This is the only Nirvana song I actually enjoy listening too, this is a song that my Dad always listened to so therefore it holds a lot of fond memories for me.

My favourite line from this song is "Forever in debt to your priceless advice". 

I just feel like it is a line that anyone can relate to, whether its advice from family members or from friends and whether or not you decide to take their advise is besides the point. I feel that advice from someone you care about is definitely something that you cannot put a price against, and I think can sometimes be the best advice you are given in life.

The best piece of advice I have been given so far in life is "always live for yourself and not others", this piece of advice was given to me by a family member a few years ago during a time where I was young and was doing things to please my family because I thought it was what they wanted me to do, but now that I am slightly older I have realised that what I did was wrong and I should have followed my dreams for me and no one else, because at the end of the day its me that has to live my life and deal with the mistakes which I have made.

So to sum it up, this song means a lot to me advice wise and just general memories from my childhood, its not a song you can really sing along to or anything but it just makes me happy listening to it.

Train - Drops of Jupiter (186 plays)


The first time I heard this song it was actually a cover by someone on YouTube, I fell in love with it straight away with its quirky but some what random lyrics. 


It straight away took me back to a time during my teenage years when I heard the line "And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there" as I went through a tough time when I was about 15/16 and kind of took a step back in my life to try and find out who I was again. The line "are you lonely looking for yourself out there" also takes me back to this time, because yes it was a very lonely time for me, I was going through so much that I felt like I had no one that I could talk to about my problems. 


This is a song that I love blasting out when I'm in the car by myself and can have a good wee sing song, as it just cheers me up by reminding me how far I have come in life. 




I have decided to leave this post here as it was starting to get very long but I will include a list of some of my other most played songs.




Carrie Underwood - All-American Girl
Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
The Script - Breakeven
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly
Joshua Radin - I'd Rather Be With You
The Script - For The First Time


Let me know if you enjoy any of these songs as well :-)


Claire xxx

Discovering Lost Products

So earlier today I went on a HUGE tidying spree in my flat, not that is was messy and unclean in the first place, but I felt I needed to throw some old things out and generally just make the rather small bedsit/flat look a lot less cluttered.

So whilst doing this I came across a lot of stuff that I had completely forgotten I had. Now I have only been in this flat since October but a lot of my stuff has been in storage since last May when I moved out of my previous flat and moved in with one of my friends on a temporary basis, where I only had the bare minimum of my stuff with me.

So after finishing tidying I was sitting relaxing watching a little bit of boring day time television when I decided that I was going to have a look through all of my make-up collection, which I thought would be a good idea since I have not long ordered a few bits and bobs storage-wise so I can have a better organised dresser, and whilst doing this came across quite a few make-up and skincare products that I also had completely forgotten that I had.

I will apologise now for there being no photos in this post, but I'm having technical difficulties with my laptop and camera so hopefully I will be back to normal blogging and YouTubing soon!!

This inspired me to write a blog post on the products that I "rediscovered" or whatever you want to call it! So these are the products that I have found which I am definitely going to start using again! I am going to include little mini reviews in this post as well.

The Loréal Paris True Match Minerals claims to be 95% from minerals, have no perfume or preservatives and have a foundation-like coverage. I used to use this powder all the time to set my foundation, although I used to love this powder I hated the brush that it comes with and always used another large powder brush to apply it. The powder isn't as full coverage when you apply it with a large fluffy brush, but when applied with the brush that it comes with it does have a fuller coverage. If I was in a rush I used to use this powder all over my face without foundation and it gives a nice coverage which lasts all day. I am definitely going to start using this powder again but not to set my foundation, I will just use it if I need to quickly get out the door, as this is very quick to apply.

The Avon Shimmer Swirls is a face illuminator which can be used in many different ways. The most common way in which I use it is once I've put my moisturiser on if my face looks dull I just put this all over my face before I apply my foundation, this just give a glow to your face. Other ways in which I use it is mixed in with either my foundation or moisturiser or sometime I even use it as a highlighter on the tops of my cheek bones. All of these methods just give a natural glow to the face, I suppose it is kind of like a cheaper alternative to MAC's strobe cream, not that I have tried strobe cream but just from what I have heard about it. I have had really dull skin recently due to stress and also just the rubbish weather we have been having here in Scotland so this might bring a bit of radiance back to my face.

The Me Me Me Beat The Blues in 2 Moonbeam is described as an iridescent complexion illuminator and enhancer. This is a pink toned highlighter which is comparable to Benefits highlighter, which has completely evaded my mind, but is a fraction of the price. I used to use this highlighter all the time but I then bought MAC's Cream Colour Base in Pearl which I fell in love with, but sitting here comparing the two of them I think that this one might actually be more flattering on my skin tone since I have more pink undertones. Again this product is just going to brighten my skin up in this rubbish weather and give me more of a glow.

Next is a MAC Mineralize Blush in Fad-Dabulous, this is a berry-pink blush with gold veins through it, this blush has a lot of shimmer in it so again I have decided to start using this blush to achieve my glowy look. I think this might have been a limited edition blush in a collection a while ago but as this was given to me as a gift from a family friend who used to be a make-up artist so I can't be sure. The gold shimmer completely disappears when this is applied to the skin but it leaves a very glowy/shimmery sheen to the skin. This blush isn't one of my favourite blush's but it does look very pretty on the skin if you don't like a matte blush.

There was more products that I found including some lipsticks and lipglosses that had made their way to the back of my drawer so I'll maybe do this kind of thing every few months and maybe get more use out of my make-up collection.

Let me know if you like these types of posts, and I will apologise again for the lack of photgraphs.

Claire xx

My Collection Has Become Too Big

So I have decided, after buying a fair amount of new make-up recently, that I don't use enough of what I've already got in my make-up collection, thus I have decided to do a project pan! Yay, go me for actually plucking up the courage to do this.

I know to some people my make-up collection probably seems very small, but too me it has got too much, and in my small flat I was quickly running out of room to store it all, hence this project pan!

The only things I will be buying are necessities, like if I run out of foundation, mascara, moisturiser etc. I'm going to try and stick to this for 2 months, or at least a month! I am currently subscribed to Carmine Beauty Box so anything that arrives with this I am not going to count as they are just sample sized products and only last a very limited amount of time!

I will have a haul coming up for you guys either on here or on my YouTube channel, this is because I have recently bought stuff on-line that has not actually arrived in the post yet!

So to start off my first post about my project pan experience I am going to show you some of the products in which I intend to use up within the next couple of weeks. Cue some very poser-ish photographs of me with the products!

So firstly I have this Clinique Even Better foundation in the colour 02 Fair. I am guessing (by the weight of the bottle) that this only has 20% of the products left, so this should be pretty easy to use up. This is a foundation that I used to love, but just went off it due to finding other foundations, like the MAC Prolongwear, that I love more. This is still a very good foundation that I will use just so I can use it up and therefore remove it from my collection.

This Revlon Colour Stay Eye-liner in Brown, is a favourite of mine, but it has very little left and I have other brown liners which I will use up before I repurchase this one. I find it stays on my waterline all day, hence why I have been so reluctant to use any of my other brown liners.

This is the natural collection blush in pink cloud. I love this blush so much, and use it almost everyday. It was so inexpensive since it was from natural collection. I really rate natural collection products, I have a few of their blushes and lipsticks and have tried their pressed powders in the past also. This is definitely one of the products that I will repurchase once my project pan is over, just because it is such a nice baby pink blush and it lasts all day on my skin.

This MAC Select Moisture Cover Concealer is another product that I used to love, but got lost in the depths of my collection when I discovered the Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer. I still like this products but it doesn't cover my under eye area as much as other concealers which I have found more recently, again I will use this product up just so it is not hanging around in the bottom of my make-up drawer unused.

I got roped into buying this BareMinerals Prime Time when I was buying their mineral foundation, I did love the product but find that highstreet ones are just as good (and a fraction of the price). This is on its last legs and has barely anything left in it, so I think a couple more uses and this will be finished. I definately won't be repurchasing this when I am finished with my project pan as I love my GOSH foundation primer more.

These two mascaras, Maybelline Falsies and Rimmel Sexy Curves Waterproof, are mascaras that I really like, and use in conjunction with each other to create a look that I like. These two are starting to dry out but I have a back-up of the falsies mascara and other mascaras within my collection that I feel I could get the same look with.

And last but not least we have the GOSH lipstick in 134 Darling. As you can probably tell by how much of this product has been used that again I used to love this lipstick, but as I have been using a lot of fake tan lately it does not give a very flattering nude lip, although I think if I pair it with the right lipgloss I will be able to wear this lipstick and use it up, even when I am wearing fake tan (which you can probably tell by the photos, haha).

I apologise for the extremely long post, but I hope this has been interesting for everyone and I will keep you all updated on how I am getting along with this project pan, and will keep my empty containers to show you all in a future post!

Love
Claire
xxx

Get To Know Me!

Hey everyone!!!

As you may have noticed, this is my very first blog post! I'm so excited to be starting this!
Thought I'd just do a little get to know me post, so here goes....

So where do I start? Well my name is Claire, I'm 22 and I'm a self confessed make-up and skincare junkie! Yay! I feel like I should be in an AA type meeting after that statement, maybe I should be as my obsession is starting to get a wee bit unhealthy, but I love it, and that's the reason I've started this blog so I can share all my unhealthy obsessions with you lot!

I have just started a YouTube channel which goes by the same name as this blog so go check it out!!!! I do make-up, skincare, and haircare videos. I also have a vlog channel which is MissClaireyBugVlogs, but haven't really posted many videos on there yet, but it will be getting started pretty soon so go subscribe to that too!

As well as make-up and skincare, I also have a passion for music, I feel like any song can brighten up your day if it has lyrics you can relate too, so there may be a few music related posts popping up on here every now and again, maybe a monthly favourite songs post or something, I'll have a think haha!

So hopefully that's all you need to know about me just now, if there's anything else leave it in the comments and I'll get back to you!

Love
Claire
xxx