Top 10 Series: Drugstore/ High-street Makeup

Hi everyone!

 

I have decided to start a fun, new, top 10 series! I will select a category and discuss my top 10 products within that category for you! Today we have my favourite picks from high-street/ drugstore make up! These are the top 10 products  that really stand out to me for their amazing quality and, of course, affordable price! It was really tough to narrow it down to only 10!

Lip Product Tag!

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I have recently read a few bloggers post's on their favourite lip products and decided to join in!

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation - Review

Hi Everyone!

As regular readers of my blog may know, I am a huge fan of L'Oreal's True Match Foundation and it has been my drugstore foundation of choice for quite some time now. However, I ran out of True Match last week and decided to give Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation a try instead as I have read some pretty good things about it online. I am a MAC NW20 and chose the colour 'Soft Beige'.

Rimmel claim that this foundation will 'reawaken the skin with a healthy, radiant glow and minimises premature skin aging'. It also provides the skin with SPF 15.

Firstly I have to say that I really like the consistency of the product, it's not too thick or too thin. I have been applying it over my Smashbox Primer using a Sigma F84 brush and it applies really well. It blends into the skin smoothly and doesn't sit or gather in places such as around your nose and eyes which some foundations can. I chose to set the foundation with my MAC Blot Powder as my skin is quite oily in places. The product gives you a lovely, natural looking highlight without looking shiny which is great.

Overall this is a great foundation, especially for the price! I can't really say a bad thing about it other than the colour range currently available isn't all that varied or extensive. I would say that if you can find a colour to match your skin then you will love this foundation!

You can purchase this foundation from Boots for £8.99

Maz x

Top 10 Eyeliners

I, like many of you, have a lot of eyeliners in my make up collection but there are a handful of eyeliners that I go back to time and time again! Here are my top 10 eyeliner's swatched for you on NW20 skin -

(L to R) MAC Macroviolet, Bobbi Brown Black Ink, Benefit Bad Gal, Rimmel Flash Black, Loreal Carbon Gloss

(L to R) Stila Topaz, Urban Decay Ransom, Urban Decay, Covet, MAC Smoulder, Urban Decay Zero

MAC Fluidline in Macroviolet: This is a gorgeous deep purple colour and is great as a change from black eyeliner. It also makes a great base under purple eyeshadows.

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Liner in Black Ink: This is the only black gel liner that I own and I love it. It glides on and is true rick black.

Benefit Bad Gal Eye Pencil: This pencil is really chunky so I use it to darken the outer V area of my lid and also as a base for a dark smokey eye.

Rimmel Flash Eyeliner in Flash Black: This is a really easy 'idiot proof' eyeliner! The felt tip-like nib is brilliant to use and the colour is not heavily pigmented so mistakes can be easily covered!

Loreal Superliner in Carbon Gloss: This liner is similar to the Rimmel liner but is a much richer black.

Stila Kajal Eye Liner in Topaz: This flesh toned liner is great to use on your lower water line as it really opens up your eyes and is much more flattering to use than a white liner.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Ransom: I am a big fan of purple and of this eyeliner! It is a similar shade to the UD Ransom eyeshadow so fans of that will love this!

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Covet: This is the most amazing peacock green colour that I love to use on my lower lash line when wearing a neutral eye look as it really makes my brown eyes pop!

MAC Smoulder Eye Kohl: This is probably my most used eyeliner. I have read reviews that say that it doesn't stay very well on the waterline but I haven't found this. If you do, set it with a black eyeshadow such as MAC's Carbon.

Urban Decay 27/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Zero: I use this eyeliner interchangably with Smoulder. It's a classic black eyeliner that glides on and is easy to smudge.

I hope you have found this useful!

Maz x