Ok, so here is a post about my favourite products which mostly consist of products I use for my daily make up routine! These products are also ones that suit my skin type, you may find all these products won't work for you as you will need slightly different products depending on your own skin type/colouring.
I have combination skin (Oily in the t-zone and dry on the outer face) I'm naturally fairly pale with cool toned skin and I have green eyes which is why the following products suit me...
SKINCARE PRODUCTS
I have always used NO7 skincare, mostly because my mother does and they were my first products. I must say I haven't actually tried numerous amounts of brands as I have always found it does the job!
NO7 Beautiful Skin Eye Make-Up Remover - Fully removes all eye make-up which is important to me as I wear a lot of it, especially on a night out!
NO7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing Lotion - Again this product is great at removing heaving foundations and leaves the skin feeling soft too!
NO7 Soft and Soothed Gentle Toner - This hydrating formula is essential to the skin regime and can often be over looked. Not only does it restore the correct chemical balance in the skin, which makes it easier for your skin to absorb moisturiser, but it also pick up any impurities or dirt that the cleanser might have missed. This is a great product for people with oily or acne prone skin.
NO7 Beautiful Skin Day Cream - The final step of my skin care regime and the most important, Moisturiser! Choosing one specific to your skin type is important (NO7 do a range for each skin type) but I like this one as it contains SPF which is important to prevent your skin ageing!
FACE PRODUCTS
M.A.C Strobe Cream - I love this product! Either under my foundation or sometimes mixed in this cream is magic! Made up of ingredient that boosts the look of dull, flat and tired-looking skin to give you that healthy glow that lets face it, who doesn't want?!
M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid - No matter what foundations I try I always come back to it! This oil free foundation is great for my t-zone and gives a natural matt finish with very good coverage! It doesn't feel too heavy and lasts well throughout the day. Personally this is a winner for me, giving a flawless finish every time!
M.A.C Mineralize Skinfinish Natural - This is a beautiful powder, does the job but still gives a dimensional finish which makes it my fave!
EYE PRODUCTS
M.A.C Fluidline - versatile! Use it as a base, an eyeshadow, a smudged liner, or a crisp winged liner! My most used colours are Blacktrack and Dipdown!
HD Brow eye brow palette - Highly pigmented powders that define the brow with a stroke of a brush! I have had a growing love for brows over the last year or so and this product is brilliant for helping frame your face.
M.A.C Haute and Naughty Too Black Lash - My currently favourite mascara, with its double wiper system this can be used for day or night! Its also a really intense black which I love! Finally a mascara where I feel confident not having to wear falsies with (thats a big deal coming from an Essex girl!)
LIP PRODUCTS
M.A.C Lip Pencil (Spice) - Neutral pinky/brown lip liner that seems to go with all daytime colours, or sometimes I wear this all over the lip with a gloss or balm on top!
M.A.C Lipstick (Rebel) - Love this gorgeous purple/pink berry lip colour! I get so many compliments every time I wear it, Its long lasting too!
Carmex Classic Moisturising Lip Balm - Original, Cheap, the best... If its not broke don't fix it as they say!
HAIR PRODUCTS
Kerastase Nutritive Bain Satin (Shampoo) & Kerastase Nutritive Lait Vital (Conditioner) - My favourite shampoo and conditioner, on the expensive side but great for keeping your hair healthy through its daily battle of blowdrying, straightening/curling and backcombing!
TIGI Bed Head Superstar Blowdry Lotion - This creates such a thick, volumised and bouncy blowdry and its heat protective too... Perfecto!
NAILS
Unfortunately I do have my nails done in salon but I still thought I would share them with you. I always have glitter gels which I adore and receive so many compliments about! Here they are in gold...
TOOLS
These are all the basic must have brushes in my opinion!
M.A.C 217 Blending Brush - Great for blending any eye look
M.A.C 239 Eye Shader Brush - Another good eye brush good for building up intense colour.
M.A.C 266 Small Angled Brush - For created sharp lines with eyeliner, brows or even lips!
M.A.C 130 Short Duo Fibre Brush - In my opinion essential for flawless foundation.
M.A.C 168 Large Angled Contour Brush - Blusher or contour this brush is great for applying powder products to the face
M.A.C 116 Blush Brush - Great for all over powder or bronzer
So there you have it, my favourite products! I hope you found this interesting, I aim to start writing more blogs, so if there is a particular topic you would like me to cover please let me know!
Make Up by Sian x
