What I wore on my face today..

My plan for this post was to have a nice photo showing how these products look like on, but unfortunately the camera has not been my friend along with a lack of sleep, but read on to see what I have been using lately for my day to day look and what I think of the products used!

Aside from mostuiriser the first product I used was my GOSH velvet touch cream primer. This is the second bottle of this primer, I love it. Colourless on the skin but with, what else a velvety feel on the skin without drying it out, a must for me as I have some dry patches on my face. You can buy it from Superdrug here for £13.99, not the cheapest but I would definitely buy again.

Next up  I put on my Urban Decay primer potion, cult product in the beauty world so I won't ramble on, I really like and it does what it's supposed to! I have the old style packaging it's not in a tube instead- easier to get more of the product out I would think. If you head over to Debenhams they have 10% off beauty making the travel size only £7.20.

I'm not big on eyeshadow but used my Mac Minerlize Eyshadow trio in 'Together-ness' lightly over my eyelids, my favourite shade being the pretty lilac although this trio is now discontinued.

I went on to finish my eyes, I do my mascara before my foundation- is that weird? lol.  I chose to use the Collection, No Clumps Mascara (Available from 3rd July). The name really appealed to me when I had first saw it, clumping mascara is a big no no for me and often causes me to be rushing out of the door in the morning, I really detest that look. I must admit the first 2 times I tried this, I must have been having a bad lash day as I wasn't a fan.. I'm so glad I tried it for the third day as every day since it has lived up to it's name and been a PERFECT mascara for every day use. I don't need to spend lots of time having to try and keep combing through my lashes, this mascara does it first time.

It's really hard to believe it is only £2.99, bargain price! This isn't the only Collection mascara I own and won't be the last, I think they do them really well!  The last eye product I used is my Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal eyeliner in nude, it's ok but I little too peachy toned for me.

Using my new Real Techniques Expert face brush (love!) I put my WITCH BB cream on. I've previously reviewed this product here if you would like to find out more! A quick dot of my Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, again another affordable product that does what it claims and is hugely loved in the beauty community.

Final product for me before I rush out the door is the Colour pro intense colour lip lacquer in the shade 'Prom Queen' which is a very wearable shade,I think it would suit most people.

Collection say 'Delivers an intense burst of colour, with a high shine finish' . I fully agree with that statement, the only wee flaw with this lip gloss for me is it is very sticky so no good on a windy day with hair down but for a night out these would be fab! Priced at £4.19. If you go over to the Collection Cosmetics page you could have the chance to try one of these for free, they have 100 to giveaway for some of the lucky lovely's who opt in to receive the latest Collection news by email!

'Till next time,
Linzi
xo

FOTD - DoubleWear, Soap and Glory, Benefit, Diego Dalla Palma and Chanel

Hey everyone! I'm going to do my first ever FOTD and also show my face with my brand new Estee Lauder Doublewear foundation and concealer, which I am completely IN LOVE with. It's been so hyped by so many beauty bloggers, part of me just wanted to be part of the crew, but also, I really wanted to see if it lived up to that hype.

Firstly, let me talk through my face:

This is my day to day kind of face of makeup. A full skin coverage and a lick of mascara and eyeliner and a lip colour. Super quick on a day when I've woken up half an hour later than planned but I want it to look like I've woken up with plenty of time to spare!

- Estee Lauder Doublewear concealer in no 1

- Estee Lauder Doublewear foundation in Ecru

- Soap and Glory 'Thick & Fast' Mascara

- Diego Dalla Palma eye pencil in 41

- Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 62 Monte Carlo

- Benefit '10' bronzer

These are all my go to products. The new Estee Lauder foundation and concealer are AMAZING and totally live up to the hype. My skin is blotchy, full of blemishes and generally, not good to look at makeup free. Doublewear evens out my skin tone, the concealer, whilst thick, covers everything, then once foundation is applied over the top, you wouldn't even know you were covering any nasties! 

I went to the Estee Lauder counter at Debenhams to get matched to my perfect colour and currently Debenhams have 10% off all beauty so this lifesaving product is £24.75 rather than £27.50 The concealer is also £18 now rather than £20. You can also pick up this amazing offer from Debenhams here.

I'm quite new to the Soap and Glory mascara, but so far so good. The brush is thick and you get really nice full coverage of lashes without them looking clumpy! It also doesn't dry your eyes as I've found so many mascaras to do, and doesn't flake and end up down your face by the end of the day. It's £10 from Boots and is available here.

Diego Dalla Palma is my new make up crush, their colours are natural and the quality of the products are just delightful! I got a bit of a haul from them the other day so I'll give you an insight into this relatively new brand soon. Just a quick bit of eyeliner to the tops and under the bottom lash line to define my little piggy eyes! This colour is Dove grey and £14 and is tricky to come by, but you can find Diego Dalla Palma at Debenhams here.

Now to my Chanel Rouge Coco Shine Lipstick in Monte Carlo. I actually won this product from the lovely Laura at Lauzrah back in February. It has been my go to lip colour ever since. A gorgeous pink that adds colour and volume. Where it's a shine rather than a heavy matte lipstick, it's perfect for everyday wear to add some colour to my face! It's also part of the Debenhams beauty event so is now £21.60 rather than £24! Now's the time to grab it if you want it! Here is the link to the Chanel counter on the Debenhams website.

People who've been catching up with the blog will have seen my post on benefit blushers which includes an in depth review of '10' I won't go into a huge amount of detail on it. I'll say I love it, and it's been discontinued...which makes my heart ache.

I hope you like my face of the day...and here's the products that took me from beast to beauty...

Becky x