A friend and fellow blogger of mine recently asked me to write a guest post on her blog
about my make up and some of my favourites.
Now that she has posted it, I thought I'd post it here as well.
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When I
was asked by the lovely and talented writer of this blog to guest post about
what was in my make up bag, I was all in.
While I, like her, do not claim to be by any stretch a “girly girl”, my
makeup bag and the contents therein are sacred to me, and while I don’t claim
to be an expert, I do gots my fav brands, yo. (What?)
One (1) –
The make up bag itself (Betseyville). I’m not sure where my animal print
obsession started, and don’t worry – I’m not a Snooki look alike, and I don’t
wear animal print body suits or anything.
I have a few things – and my make up bag is one of those “ahhhh, I love
me some animal print” items. It’s
a little gawdy, and a little trashy, and a lot bad ass. It has a lightening bolt key pull. It makes me happy. So get off my case
already.
Two (2) –
Annabelle Le Gloss in Liquid Honey. I currently have 3 of these on the go. It’s a little sparkly, and a whole lot
sexy. It gives your lips that
“come hither” look, and I think it’s good for day or night. Although – I do wear leopard print
heels to the office, so take that as you will.
Three
(3) – Rimmel London Quad Eye Shadow in Smokey
Noir. Hello hotness – if you
want the smokey eye, it makes the most sense to purchase a quad shadow with
smokey in ITS NAME. From my photo,
you’ll notice that the top left square is the one I use most often. That’s because it’s the darkest and my
eye makeup is usually closer to that of a
lady of the night than a Mary
Poppins.
Four (4)
– Ah, mascara, my one true love. I
do not have any ties to any particular brand of mascara. From my photo you’ll notice I have
displayed 4 types. The one I’m
most drawn to at the moment is The
Falsies Volum’ Express by Maybelline
New York . I’m not overly
impressed by Great Lash, also by Maybelline, but I bought it because
Carmandy from What Not to Wear told
me it was the best... but she lied to me, and I’ll forgive her sometime. I am lucky in the fact that I have
long, thick black lashes. But
don’t you worry! That doesn’t stop me from layering those puppies up with the
darkest and most multiplying mascara there is – and don’t forget the curler. (Heat it up for about 6 seconds with
your hair dryer for a truly curl-rific experience!)
Five (5)
– By far, the cheapest, most trashy item in my bag, and also, by far, my
favourite. Fantasy Makers lipstick by Wet
n Wild in Geisha’s Kiss. I bought this lipstick for Halloween 3
years ago at the dollar store. I
brought it out a year later when I thought I was cool enough to try a red lip
out for realsies. Turns out – I am
soooo cool enough! I’ve gotten so
many compliments on my red lips, and I owe it all to this $1 tube of red gold. Good find. It’s not something I do often, and the red lip is not
something I’m ready to try at the office or in the light of day. But throw me some mood lighting, a nice
bottle of wine, and some heels, and Geisha’s Kiss is bound to make an
appearance.
Six (6)
– This brush. I believe the
professionals call it an angle brush.
I use it to line my eyeballs with the above mentioned black eyeshadow,
and I would be a lost kitten without this brush. This one in particular is by Quo. Please do yourself a favour and buy an angle brush!
Seven
(7) – And now, my piece de resistance.
Sometimes, it’s the only thing that gets me out of bed in the
morning. I own four of them, and I
have been known to leave work when I once forgot to put in on (Shhhh.) I think all girls should wear it, and I
just don’t quite get it if you don’t. BLACK. EYE. LINER. My absolute favourite kind is Almay blendable eye pencil in 01 Black. I can’t say enough about black eye liner. A few days ago, I thought I lost my
“desk eye liner” (don’t judge me, it’s legit). Turns out, I had put it in my pen stash, so all was
restored, but for about 15 minutes – heart attack. You may think my obsession
is a tad unhealthy –
but listen, black eye liner is the bomb.
Alright
girls (and boys?) that’s my little list of what I love. You will notice I didn’t add any
foundation or concealers – mostly because I am still completely in the dark as
to how to tell the difference between the two. I have about 5 different kinds that I use on any given day –
but am not sold on any of them. Happy Makeuping!
