Everyday makeup routine

My make-up routine changes a lot as I discover new products, try out new techniques and develop different tastes as time goes on. However as somebody with quite problematic skin (E.g., oily skin, tendency to go orange easily, spots and dark circles), I thought that giving you all an insight into what my routine is like at the moment might help a few of you with the same troubles as myself. All products I use are from the highstreet/drugstore, so being unable to afford the make-up I mention shouldn't be much of a problem for most of you.

For the bags under my eyes and any blemishes that need extra cover-up, I use the concealer from Witch in Natural. Then, using my Real Techniques face brush, I use the Revlon Colorstay 24hr foundation, and then I apply Stay Matte powder from Rimmel with a stippling brush to even out my skin tone and make sure I stay oil-free throughout the day.

For my eyes, I use an eye shadow palette (that I can't remember the name of) from MUA, and I use a light brown shade across my top lids, with a darker shade of brown (or a shimmering orangey-brown if I'm feeling adventurous) in the crease of my lid, around the curve of my eye and under my outer bottom lashes. I then use the lightest shade (usually a pale skin colour) to highlight under my brows and to brighten the inner corners of my eyes. After this I use the Extreme felt-tip liner from Collection to create a thick, but not too thick, line along the top of my lid. I make sure to follow the arch of my eyes in order to enhance the wideness of them, and then use mascara by Collection and The Body Shop's coconut lip balm to round it off as I don't feel my make-up looks complete without putting mascara and lip balm on.

Obviously the mascara, eyeliner, eye shadow palette and lip balm are interchangeable depending on your tastes, but I do think that the concealer, foundation and powder are the best for oily/combination skin types. I hope you found this helpful and/or interesting and that you take something away from it.

When it comes to blusher, bronzer and contouring I will forever be a Sleek girl. Their products are so affordable and pigmented that it's difficult to go wrong. I use their contouring kit in Light and use a random, unnamed blusher brush to sweep the dark powder under my cheekbones and the highlighter across the top, before pulling an super stupid smiley face in order to find the apples of my cheeks so I can apply the Rose Gold blusher. Now that it's Autumn and my tan has pretty much disappeared, I very rarely use bronzer as it makes me look like I've fake tanned my face and no where else (potentially very awkward for those who hang around with me).

If you use anything that you think would be better for my than the products I already use, please let me know down in the comments!

Bye for now

Lexi

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