Just a little blog tonight reviewing my current favourite BB & CC creams!  I am lucky enough to have a really complexion so wear these creams easily day to day without a foundation on top but can easily build on these products for better coverage.

The first up is my first go to product if I'm in a rush or just want that fresh easy look for the day ahead. It's the Garnier BB Cream, Miracle Skin Protector in light/clear roughly priced around £7.50 I think. It's the easily to apply and blend and leaves the skin looking more even and brighter! it is a little darker for my skin tone right now so I have backed off from using it a little at the moment but thats just down to my own preference not due to product fault! 

My next BB cream I use is Rimmel's 9 in 1 BB cream in light with SPF 25. This product is currently on the market for £6.99. I really like the texture of this cream it's not thick or heavy on the skin and feels as if its doing some good whilst its on the skin. it has a little less coverage but this isn't an issue for me what so ever, it still provodes enough coverage for everyday wear.

I recently bought L'Oréals Nude Magique CC cream in the anti dullness with SPF 20. I really am loving this product at the minute! The green runny liquid really put me off when I saw it but the moment I applied it I was sold! it gives my skin a beautiful even glow and really freshens my skin in the morning. You do need to apply a foundation as it is only a colour correction product but I do just use a thin layer of powder foundation and that's enough. This product is priced at £9.99 so it is the pricest out of the three and you do need to use a foundation with it but I feel by far this is the most effective product out of the three

Ok so first confession i don't have a make up bag! I've recently invested in a lovely make up desk with plenty of draws so my ever expanding cosmetics pile can be organised all prettily :) I've also convinced my hubby to build me one of those amazing hollywood style mirrors with the beautiful lights around it, so can't wait!!!!

Ok so this is more of a chance for you guys to see what I use and the brands I favour (at the moment) and pretty much the order i use my products rather than product reviews :). I think a girls make up bag can say a lot about her, just hope mine says all the right stuff :D

Recently I've been trying out a few new products (new to me not really the market) but not long enough to give a good review so for this post I'll stick to my best friends of the beauty world! Those products you can always rely on and just run in and grab off the shelf!

I'll start with the basics and work my way up! The moisturiser I am using is L'Oréals Youth Code Luminize moisturiser! I've always suffered with a really dry nose but normal skin everywhere else, this has really worked to help even out my skin and makes my skin feel really fresh in a morning! 

After I always apply a primer as my make up really doesn't last as well without any. I had been using Collection 2000's primed and ready but I have bought a new one by No7 called Airbrush Away and have been using that one, just not long enough to give me good idea how well it works. 

The next product I then use is L'Oréals Nude Magique CC cream in the anti dullness or i use one of two different BB creams.  I have Rimmel's 9 in 1 BB cream in light and Garnier's all in one BB cream in light / clear. Which product I use depends on the situation or my skin on the day, so if I'm going out I'll use  the Garnier  cream as it doesn't have any SPF in it so cutting out chance of flashback in pictures but day to day I would use either the CC cream or Rimmel's cream. 

Onto my foundation now, Rimmel's Stay Matte foundation is my fav at the moment in 200 soft beige,  it has great coverage for me and really stays matte which I really like,  nothing worse for me than shiny skin lol so the moment I saw this product I was drawn to it and I've liked it that much I've just bought the stay matte pressed powder, hopefully it works just as well :). 

I truly love contouring and the way it can change and emphasis your face shape for the better! I have the Costal Scents Contour and Blush palette which has six different shades to use which all work really well with my skin and so much so this isbthe is the palette that got me using blush again for the first time in years! I've always been a bronzer kinda girl but after playing about with this palette I've started using just a little blush on the apples of my cheeks. I do still use bronzer religiously before I leave the house and I love a mix of Benifits Hoola and Maybelline's Dream Sun blended together to get an lovely finish.  

Speaking of Benifit I love using their Fake Up stick! I feel it is so easy to use and looks great on my skin and has great coverage!

Onto my eyes now! I use Soap and Glory's it's about prime! Really love this as a base for my eyes as it feels great, works great as a base colour as well as a highlighter on my brow bone! 

My favourite eyeliner of the moment is my cheapest as well! It's Natural Collections black liquid eyeliner!  Just is so easy to apply and not to runny or thick its just right for me! I also use Maybelline's gel liners as well but I use them more if I'm going out and want a more smokey/smudged line ;) 

I own way to many mascaras and use them all depent on how I want my lashs to look and also use a few at a time to build up to the right look but the one I keep grabbing first at the minute is Maybelline's Great Lash in Blackest Black! It coats the lashs well and really is a jet black so finishes any look well but is quite slow to dry I find!

When it comes to eyeshadows I love a good palette! I have many but my fav day to day one has to be Two Faced's Natural Eye collection or Costal Scents Revealed palette! Love them both and couldn't live without them! I love a subtle smokey eye and rarely leave the house without doing it! 

As mentioned on a previous blog I'm not a lipstick fan usually and it's only recently I've bought and used more lipsticks so I would honestly say I wouldn't have one in my day to day make up bag but I would just have a tin of Vaseline!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the peek into my "make up bag" and have got an idea into what I like and the products I use! 

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Just a little blog on what I've bought this week! Apologies for the pictures,  the lights have broken and my hubby had the main camera so I had to use my trusty phone :D.

So this week I've been on a bit of a shopping spree for skincare products, I love Simple so bought a few of their products. I got the Kind to Skin, Purifying Cleansing Lotion, Kind to Skin, pore minimising toning cleaner and the deep cleaning face mask. I was in desperate need of some night cream so thought I'd give No7 Beautiful Skin night cream a whirl as well as their Airbrush Away primer. I also grabbed one of their Precision lip pencils in a nude colour.

After the No7 counter at Boots I popped to the L'Oréal counter and got their Nude Image CC Anti-Dullness cream, of course there was an offer so I was forced to buy a lip stick :) I got num 237 in the Natural range. I've never been one for lip sticks or any lip products really apart from Vaseline but I've recently got more daring and now own several :D. I popped another lip stick in the basket this week I got Maybelline's 842 Rosewood Pearl. 

I've been using Rimmle Stay Matte foundation for a while now and I'm really impressed with it and so I thought I'd try out their Long Lasting Pressed Powder as well! 

I've been really wanting to get some Bare Mineral foundation for a lighter day use but didn't have the time today to find out what colour I need so I picked up a sample of the foundation and im so impressed already esp with the tiny brush :D.

My last purchase of the day was a Ecotools large powder brush, I'm well and truly addicted to make up brushes! Can a girl ever have to many???

Last night I watched the Beauty Crowd live feed on UStream and really enjoyed the show, it was a great source of useful tips and hips and it resulted in me online shopping on the ELF cosmetics website so as soon as all my pretty purchases arrive I'll do another beauty buy blog! 

Definitely a good beauty haul this week and so happy with my purchases, will do reviews on them all in a week or two once I've given them a good test!

Thanks for reading guys and please share the love with your friends! Also feel free to share your blog links in the comments box as I love to keep up with new blogs :)
xxx

My blog name has more meaning than just beauty related, im registered as blind! I feel proud of the sight I have got and I do everything to my full potential. I know what your thinking,  a blind beauty blogger! don't worry I don't end up looking like a clown :). I have adapted many different ways of applying and working with my make up,  I use my hands and fingers alot to blend my make up and its only in the past year ive worked hard to use more brushes! This sounds such a simple task but for me it has took alot of practice as well as trial and error! I have issues with depth perception so distances feel and look different to me than their actual measurements so eye shadow brushes would result in a poke in the eye or two :).
Just as my blog title has more to it so do I! I live with my husband and our son, I work as a nanny and have a BA in early childhood studies so for me make up is really just a hobby and passion.
Now the full on introductions are out of the way I promise I will get to some actual beauty blogging :D.

Heres the start of something fun and new for me, my first ever blog around something I truly love and enjoy.. make up! yep, another girly blog and make up :) although with this I intend to grow and develop,  I don't protest to be an expert nor an artist more like a beginners beginner :). I have no formal qualifications just a passion and YouTube history longer than I dare to imagine! 
I was never one to enjoy doing my make up as a teen, I always felt awkward and as if I was always doing it wrong so I would just rush it and hope for the best,  I gradually became better at this rush and hope for the best technique which happily led me into my 20's! As I got older and started to learn to love myself more I wanted to make the most of my features but never understood how, this is where YouTube came into my life! I started watching basic tutorials to build my confidence in how to apply my make up. The first occasion I wanted to really get my make up right was my graduation ceremony in Nov 2012 aged 22! for hours I watched tutorial after tutorial,  practiced every aspect?  shopped specifically for set brushs and make up not just the basic foundation,  eyeshadow and bronzer but I found the world of contouring and highlighting, concealers, primers and bb creams! all this added together started my love for make up. The next big event I built upto was my wedding day,  the amount of times I had been to cosmetic counters and walked away feeling a clown I really didn't feel comfortable leaving it in someone else's hands! So onto YouTube I went again, video after video I learnt so much more, bought individual brushs rather than just an cheap variety set, discovered different brands from American and Australian vloggers and when it got to the day I knew what I wanted and how and with a little help from a good friend (don't worry another YouTube and make up addict, I was in safe hands) I felt perfect for the day!
ever since these two occasions I have really just built a love and respect for what make up can do for a girl, on those days where you just need a mask to keep you smiling or the days you want to show off to the world your best features or simply the days you just wanna look god damn hot!
so here is the start of my journey into the world of make up and all that love it! I want to test different products,  discover different techniques and just have fun really :) hope you enjoy my journey and I really look forward to reading your feedback!
Bex
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