On My Face: Weekend Work Make Up

I am not an individual that wears make up everyday. Fair play to you if you are! I work 3/4 12  hour shifts during the week starting at 8 and believe me the last thing on my mind is blending foundation or applying mascara (fair play to you if you are one of those people that does). For my other job on the weekend however I make a slight bit of an effort as I don't have to be ready until 8pm at the earliest so I have no excuse and to be honest I feel guilty about not using my Pallettes (that won't encourage me to start using them during the week). I saw Sammi (The BeautyCrush) Violet Manga eyes tutorial recently and that inspired me to use the purple shades Rapture and Vice from the Urban Decay Vice palette.






Base: 17 Flawless Primer,
Soap and Glory 'Its about prime'
Foundation: Catrice Foundation,
Concealer: Garnier 'Roll on' under eye concealer, Benefit 'Boi-ing'
Eyebrows: 'Mudhoney' from
Soap and Glory Lid stuff quad,
Mascara: No7 Intense Volume waterproof.
Blush: Bourjois cream blush 03,
EyeLiner: Stash (tightline), Avon white eyeliner (waterline) Psychedelic Sister
Eyeshadow: From the Vice Palette.

What I wore: Easter

It was Easter yesterday and I hope you had a lovely day, if you don't I hope you had a nice Sunday!!

I decided to braid my hair into halo/milkmaid/heidi braids (easiest way to do your hair somewhat fancy)

The dress is from River Island and the shoes are New Look

Base: Catrice Photo Finish 18hr Liquid Foundation (020 Rosy Beige), Boiing Concealer (01)

Cheeks: Bourjois Blush (03)

Eyes: Naked Palette (Naked, Sidecar, Buck), Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye Pencil (Perversion, Mushroom)

Brows:Soap and Glory Lid stuff (Mudhoney).

Lips: Essence Lipliner (10 Femme Fatale)

On My Face: Cinema

As I think I said already in a previous blog my lovely friend Sarah is upping sticks and moving to Dublin.
We are third generation friends and have known each other our whole lives, so I am very excited for her and her move. I can hear the Dublin Nightlife calling our names already... :)

Last weekend she asked would we go to the cinema and of course I jumped at the chance. My town doesn't even have a cinema anymore so off we trotted 25 minutes away to go see Wolf of Wall Street
(quickie review: was highly entertaining and I've never heard an entire cinema laugh so much during one particular scene, don't know if there's an Oscar for Mr Dicaprio though)

So this is what I had on my face

I didn't want to wear foundation cause I really didn't want to so I just  used the Phwoarr Paint on any blemishes and redness around my nose.

I then applied Bourjois Little Round Pot Cream blush in Nude velvet. I like to apply this with my ring finger.

I swept Bourjois Paris Color Edition 24h eyeshadow  in Or Desir all over my lid.

 I lined the bottom of my eyes with Urban Decays Psychedelic Sister for a bit of a change and then used my No 7 Extreme Length Waterproof Mascara (Brown Black).
Finally I dusted my face with a face powder from Maybelline which has been discontinued, and my nude Gosh lipgloss which I have had forever.

So that was my Friday night. It was lovely hanging out with my lovely friend while she still lives nearby

Haul fired up!

Opps, I headed off to Cork last week accidentally wandered into Boots and New Look........I blame my cousin for enabling me to buy  the make up !!

I chose the Colour Fair

The reason I went into Boots in the first place was to but the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer...but they were all out. Instead after reading and seeing Kate AKA Ghostparties raving about the seventeen phwoarr paint. I have it in fair and I was interested to see how it compared to the Collection lasting perfection and Benefits Boing concealer, both of which I use religiously.










While I was at the seventeen counter the Flawless Poreless Primer also caught my eye. The only primer I have ever had was a sample size of Benefits Porefessional (which is amazing) but I wanted an affordable primer I could wear going to work or go out. Unlike Porefessional it comes in pressed powder typecontainer. I'm looking forward to trying it out before work.








The highstreet/drugstore make up I love the most has to be Bourjois. The majority of my foundations have been Bourjois and I love their eye shadows. On this particular trip there was a Buy One get one half price, so they twisted my arm and I purchased theBourjois Colour Edition 24H in Or Desir and the 1 Seconde Gel Texture Nail Polish in Beige Distiction. The Cream to powder eyeshadow looks like a rose-gold/brown but comes up much more sheer on the skin. I plan on using this as an eyelid primer for my Naked Palette as well as wearing it on its own.The Nail Polish is a nude with an salmon undertone. Instead of nude nails, it almost Looks like the colour of Barbies' nails in my opinion, I like it, a change from the nudes with a more of a brown/grey undertone.






The final thing I bought in Boots was the ecotools Fresh and Flawless Five Piece complexion set. This set has a flat concealer brush, a buffing concealer brush, a precision foundation brush, a complexion blending brush and a full powder brush. I don't know if I'll use all the brushes for their intended purposes but they are super soft and cruelty free so I shall give em a whirl and get back to ye.



I ran out of my foundation recently and I went to my local pharmacy to try out the new bourjois Healthy Mix foundation...........but they were out of my shade, and I needed a foundation for work so I ended up picking up the Catrice Photo Finish 18 hour liquid foundation and I picked up the colour rosy beige. This has a higher coverage than I'm used to, so I am only really wearing it at night, but it is long lasting and matches me well and the price is reasonable for the amount of product you get.

Glamazona

Don't Think just Pink

L-Don't Think just Pink
R-Glamazona

I also picked up two of the Catrice Pure Shine colour lip balms  in the Colours 'Don't think just pink' and 'Glamazona'. 'Glamazona' was limited edition but it a gorgeous hot pink and Don't Think Just Pink is a very cute nude-pink. I love these because I can just pop them into my bag and apply them on the go. They're not too sticky and they are lovely and moisturising. I highly recommend them.

And Finally the last thing I bought recently were these black lace up ankle boots. I had been on the lookout for some black boots and thought I actually wanted some Chelsea boots, but I saw these and they just called out to me. when I wear them I kinda feel like I should be off trekking somewhere I've never been before and they're cute and didn't cost too much either.



OK deep breath, that was quite a lot of stuff. If you'd like to know about any of the things I got in more detail comment or tweet me @niamhmlny.