Yes, a little bit of a dramatic title, but when you buy a product and it absolutely blows you away and becomes a part of your daily beauty routine, then it certainly does change your life.
I have put together my beauty products that I simply could not live without, that I grab every day and that I would highly recommend to anyone else.
Excuse how bad the photos look, I was at my boyfriends when taking these and the lighting is atrocious!!
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush
Oh my god. This eyeshadow brush is insane. I have had this almost 5 months now and I simply could not do my eyeshadow without it. I feel like this is going to be in my kit for a long, long time. We all have those off days where you literally cannot get your eyeshadow to blend right, you accidentally put too much product on the brush or whatever it may be. I feel like this brush is the answer to any of that, it blends like a dream and can make the toughest smoky eye seem like a walk in the park.
The beauty of it is I can use this for pretty much any eye shadow purpose, whether it be to blend in my crease, pile on colour in outer corners or cover the whole base of my lid.
The only down fall to these brushes is they are only stocked in America (if anyone knows anywhere that does these in the UK I will love you forever) so I had to get these shipped from the US which we all know costs an arm and a leg! 😦
Cloud Nine Straighteners
These straighteners are incredible, my old trusty GHD’s now seem like their smaller, less talented and rather annoying little sister. My mum got these a couple of years ago and after around 5/6 loyal years with my straighteners, they finally decided to take their last journey on my locks and blow up! I tried them and I have never looked back, y’know when a pair of straighteners are just so good that they just work, I don’t know how to describe it but I feel like I just plug these bad boys in and they do all the magic.
Whether it’s just straightening or doing curls and waves, you don’t have to do much for these to give you exactly the effect you are going for. Meaning my now every day, running to work, haven’t got much time hairstyles are much more low maintenance and so much easier! If you’re anything like me I like to take as little time on my hair as humanly possible in the morning!
Maybelline Instant Anti-Age Eye Eraser Concealer
Now I had a funny time with this concealer, being the make-up snob that I am I tend to steer clear of drug store concealers. I suffer with fine lines under my eyes and only heavy duty, high end make-up brands seem to do the job of perfecting my under eye look.
I bought this a good 3 years ago, tried it once, hated it and it was stuck in my drawer the whole time. Then I had one of those dreaded moments when you have used every last scrap of your favourite concealer and this is the first one I saw, so I thought I’d give it a second chance. Wow, I am so glad that happened because low and behold I absolutely fell in love with it. It is so brightening with a beautiful coverage, I love the fact it disperses into the little sponge shaped like a pen as it makes this super easy to use and the sponge feels lovely against the skin.
I use this in the colour Light under my eyes, on my forehead and on my chin area. As you can see I am almost out of this so I’m excited to get a brand spanking new shiny one. The only thing I will say with this product is I feel it blends better with a beauty blender/real techniques sponge, don’t get me wrong it works perfectly fine with a brush too, but for that lovely flawless effect I would recommend using the sponge!
Tangle Teezer
I never jumped on the Tangle Teezer bandwagon until around Spring last year. I am known for being so impatient with my hair and tend to be a little rough when brushing. I heard how good these are for the hair so I thought I would give it a try. I can definitely tell this is so much better than just using a normal brush, it doesn’t pull as much on your scalp and it seems to detangle a lot quicker than most.
This is especially good for that annoying after the bath hair that takes a million years to detangle. I would highly recommend getting one of these if you have been thinking about it and they come in such beautiful colours!
Naked Flushed Blusher Palette
THIS BLUSHER. It gets me so excited even just talking about it. I think me and this blusher should get a room. I LOVE it. I bought this for my mum for her birthday and unbeknownst to her she was my guinea pig as I had had my eyes on this for a while.
I have always been a massive fan of Urban Decay’s Naked eye shadow palettes so I had no doubt that I would fall just as much in love with this. I really could not rave about it enough, you don’t have to do much with this product for it to look beautiful, just a swipe of your brush and a swipe on your cheeks and you’re away. I feel like Urban Decay have perfected the art of knowing what colours really work together and the bronze and blush in this palette do just that.
What is even more amazing is the highlighter included is gorgeous too! The colour pay off is incredible and I feel like I have truly found my blusher/bronzer for life. I feel like if Nars and MAC had a blusher love child this would be the result – amaze! I use this in the colour Naked which I would recommend for medium/olive skin tones.
MAC Lipstick in Syrup
I got this lippy for christmas so I haven’t had it that long at all, but it hasn’t taken me long to fall in love with it either. I am always on the hunt for that perfect, everyday, chuck in your handbag lipstick. I feel like they are the lipsticks you will get the most use out of and even better if with a little bit more make-up they can become a day to night one too. I have found just that in this lipstick.
Luckily my mum knows me very well and this was a gift from her, it’s one of their Lustre lippy’s so it’s beautifully creamy and has a gorgeous sheen to it. Don’t get me wrong, I love my MAC Mattes, Velvet Teddy being my all time fave, but the beauty of Syrup is you don’t need to sit in the mirror with 5 minutes to spare and use ultimate precision. I can use the reflection of the cover on my phone to apply Syrup and not have to worry about those annoying gaps you miss. I would say this is similar to MAC Brave but maybe just a teeny bit more beautiful.
MAC Prep & Prime Fix +
I don’t know how I ever lived without this stuff. I now use this every day to apply my foundation. I’ve never been absolutely mad about the result of MAC foundations but I love their coverage, so I tend to use MAC Studio Sculpt with another one mixed together, I use this to mix them and the result is a lovely, dewy, even foundation that all of us dream about. If I do fancy just going for my Studio Sculpt on it’s own for a night out then this just helps it become nice and blendable.
I know some girls use this before or after their make-up, sprayed all over their face but personally I don’t like the effect this gives for that.
Benefit POREfessional Primer
I have another love/hate story with this primer. I got this in a little tester with a Benefit order years ago, I remember loving the smell and texture but it just never blew me away enough to order a full sized one. I was browsing in Debenhams and saw this again and after reading a good review on it I thought I’d give it another whirl.
I personally have never been a massive lover of primers or have seen their significance in my make-up routine, whereas now I am completely the opposite. I can see how much this product improves the look of my foundation and the durability.
I would highly recommend this for girls who suffer from fine lines around their eyes like me too, as this does the best job of filling those in and giving you the perfect, even base to work from. I absolutely love this stuff and yes, it still smells just as incredible!
I hope you enjoyed reading, please do share your all time beauty faves with me as I love discovering new products and I would say I definitely have some room on the shelf for some brand new make-up babies in my life.
My new years resolution was to be better at blogging regularly so I will see you very soon 😉
Lea xo
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