Part 2
Ok, so we're off and running for part 2 of What's In My Bag?
I love eye makeup. You would have never guess, right? Kidding. My eyes are one of my favorite features so I try and play them up as much as I can. The first product in the far left picture, that magical pod of purple. That just happens to be Color Play cream eyeshadow in Orchid-ing Around, by Flower Beauty. I actually won this one in their Facebook contest last year and I've been through 2 pots since then. The cream shadows from this line are incredible! They are long lasting, and I like to toss this pot in my bag for touch-ups as this color goes great on light or darker for a night time change-up.
Next to that eyeshadow is my favorite brow pencil, also by Flower Beauty. Raise Some Brows in Blonde is the perfect in between brow shade for me. I usually get mine darkened in the salon but in between I like to play them up with this pencil. I have naturally dark eye lashes and brows, but in the Summer obviously everything lightens up pretty quickly from the sun light which is why having a good pencil or powder is an excellent addition to any makeup starter kit. If you're out of mascara or forgot it, always, always kick up the jams on those power brows!
The next two pallets are mostly browns, and highlight colors which I wear pretty much all the time. The top shades are from Julep, and so is my favorite eyeliner in the entire world, Kajal Eye Glider in, Brown Shimmer, and Carbon Black. I'm a contacts wearer, so I'm picky about what I put near my eyes. Mostly because my eyes get irritated easily, and also because contacts are expensive! The pallet has one highlight, and 4 progressively darker shades of brown. You could go nuts! I really like them, and it's also the only other pallet I've purchased lately that's had a mirror in it. The bottom pallet is from the Glam Eyes line from Rimmel in 028 English Breakfast. I've used these since I was in high school, and I love Rimmel makeup in general. It's skin friendly, and the mascaras are as good as most department store bands I've bought. It has all my go to shades if I can't make up my mind in the morning, and I always get lots of compliments about it.
Next up, LASHES. I was literally born with monster lashes, and even though they've lightened a lot since I was little they haven't lost an inch of length. I still curl my lashes even though I don't really need to. Rimmel has two mascaras that I love, and they are Lash Accelerator Endless in 003 Extreme Black, and Volume Accelerator in the same shade. I'm almost out of the second, and I'll probably give it up after this tube since I've really into Accelerator Endless at the moment. It doesn't flake, or irritate my contacts and I love the coverage. It never runs!
The last two pallets are one's that I've recently picked up. The Rimmel pallet is in 001 Smokey Noir, and I wore it to a super fun house party in my hometown which is about 2 hours from where I live now. I put it on at around 6PM, but unfortunately the color didn't last as long for me as the other shades that I have. I love the black but it just didn't hold, even after setting. I was super disappointed, but the grey's in this do last a long time and I've been able to do a funky night out look with it. Lastly, the ELF pallet in, #71404 Smoky was my most recent purchase, in fact I just got it last week. The highlight color in the middle is insanely beautiful and I love the dark brown, as well as the glittery navy shade. Navy was a little out of my comfort zone, but I thought it turned out beautifully.
As for tools, most of my brushes are last minute buys. Although, I finally found Real Techniques brushes in the US in a store. (I almost screamed during a super busy afternoon in the store!) I've been huge fans of the Chapman sisters for a long time. In fact, my first beauty blogger that I ever watched was Pixiwoo and I've learned so much from them and Louise (Sprinkleofglitter). Seriously, between their videos I felt like I finally had the confidence to go to Sephora and not feel like an idiot!
I hope you enjoyed these rather long (sorry), what's in my bag, posts. They're super fun, and I promise I'll get better :) Until next time, just remember it's always about the girl that wears the makeup, and not about the makeup that makes the girl.
xo,
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