My Everyday Make Up Routine!

This is my 50th post and I thought I would make it a little bit special by writing about my make up routine! I review lots of products on my blog, so I thought a make up routine would be a fab post as you will get to see which products I rely on and use on a daily basis!

Just a little note, I love all these products dearly so a lot of them already have full reviews. If I haven't written a lot about a product here then it's probably because I have a full review on it already and I will link the product name to the review!

To start with, I always always use a primer. I get slightly oily down the centre of my face so a primer is great as it stops me looking so shiny and helps my make up last all day. I have tried a few different primers and hands down, my absolute favourite is the Laura Mercier Foundation Primer. This primer is absolutely amazing! It is so silky, creamy, my foundation blends smoothly over the top and my make up lasts all day.

Next is foundation! I have a couple of favourite foundations that I switch between depending on whether my skin is behaving well or not. My go to foundation at the moment however is the YSL Touche Eclat foundation. It is a very lightweight foundation that leaves a dewy, natural, light coverage to the skin - absolute perfection!

After foundation I use Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer. I have gone through 3 tubes of this concealer and I love it (obviously)! It effortlessly covers any blemishes or discolouration I have on my skin. It never ever looks cakey or dry, it just smooths over any blemishes, covers them instantly and stays put all day! What more could I ask for! The shade range isn't that great with only four shades but if there is a shade to suit you I would definitely recommend trying this concealer! 

I next use my YSL Touche Eclat highligher pen! I use this underneath my eyes and around my nose. It highlights these areas and is very radiant and light reflecting. This product gets a lot of hype and I have to say, it deserves every bit of it!

On a daily basis I don't wear eye shadow. All I do to my eyes is curl my lashes using my Shu Uemura eyelash curler and then apply my L'Oreal Telescopic waterproof mascara. The combination of these two steps makes my eyelashes look amazing (if I do say so myself!) and my eyes stand out, without the need of eye liner or eye shadow which is great on a daily basis.

Moving back to the skin, I next powder my forehead, nose and chin using Mac Mineralise Skin Finish Natural. This powder is lovely to use as it is really light and doesn't look or feel cakey or powdery! My skin is left looking natural and radiant which is lovely.

On a daily basis I don't tend to use bronzer, however I am starting to use it more and my favourite is Clarins Bronzing Duo. It is a gorgeous natural colour that leaves my pale skin looking healthy and sun kissed!

For blusher I have two that I tend to switch between. They are Mac Well Dressed which is a pure pink colour with subtle shimmer and Nars Deep Throat which is a pink, peach colour also with subtle shimmer. I just apply my blusher to the apples of my cheeks and both of these leave a healthy, radiant colour.

Finally for lips I wear my Clarins Instant Lip Perfector in 01, Rose Shimmer. This is a pretty pink colour that feels as though it just melts into my lips leaving them hydrated and moisturised. I have recently bought the Korres lip butter in Jasmine and I am going to be writing a full review on this very soon as it is creeping it's way into my everyday make up routine!


That is my make up routine! I hope you enjoyed this post!


Which products do you use on a daily basis? Do you use any of these products?

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Since I started reading beauty blogs I have heard lots of hype around the Laura Mercier Foundation Primer. I wanted to try it for ages but honestly wasn't sure which formula of the primer to get. They do the regular foundation primer, an oil-free primer, hydrating primer, mineral primer and radiance primer. I decided to get the original foundation primer because I thought that would be best for my skin. Unfortunately I don't live very near to a Laura Mercier counter so I ordered this online from John Lewis and I was so excited when it arrived. Laura Mercier describes this as a lightweight, creamy gel consistency that is good for normal or combination skin and leaves make up looking fresh all day. 

I have had this product for just over 2 months now so I thought it was about time I told you all what I think of it. This product feels so lovely on the skin - it's very light, creamy and makes my skin feel amazingly silky and smooth. When I apply my foundation over the top it blends really easily onto my skin but at the same time it feels like it's really clinging onto the primer which makes it last perfectly all day. I tend to get slightly oily around my nose and chin so that is where I had to re apply make up during the day as it tended not to last as well. When I use this however, my make up lasts all day and still looks perfect at the end of the day as if I have only just applied it! I still powder my nose just to help stop it looking too oily but I don't have to powder anywhere else. I will definitely be repurchasing this when I run out because I really think it is amazing - I apply my make up in the morning and then I know I don't have to touch it up or re apply it at all during the day anymore.

It is available here for £28.

Have you tried this primer? What is your favourite makeup item you cannot live without?