Hi,
everyone! It's been a while since I have been an MIA lately. And now, I'm
trying to at least do a blog post every other day.
Now, I would like to show
you the makeup I've been using at the moment. So, let's get started shall we?
What's in My Makeup Bag?
Here's
the makeup bag that I have. A collegue of mine gave this to me as a Christmas
gift last year.
Here are the makeup products that I use everyday as of the moment.
A mixture of cream & powder products. Sometimes I use powder
products, sometimes just cream products or sometimes both (cream first then set
them with powder products).
First off, my face is already cleansed so, I toned my face with my
favorite toner - Eskinol with a cotton square pad.
Then,
with my moisturizer Olay total effects, a two pumps & a pump & a half
of the MAC face & body foundation. I love this foundation, it has a light to
medium coverage - it's a build-able product.
I applied Nivea lip balm to prepped my lips before applying my
lipstick of the day.
On
my under eye, I applied my Egyptian Magic & ELF daily moisture stick for
more moisturizer because I do have a very dry under eye area.
On
my eye lids, I prepped it with NYX eyeshadow base in white. I love this so
much, it helps my dark eye lids to brighten my lids up hence, you see my much
love of it sad to say NYX discontinued this :(
Since,
I do have a very oily eye lids I applied my eye primer either the Urban decay
primer potion that you can check my post HERE or Jordana eye base which I did a
review HERE.
Sometimes, it depends on my mood & how much time I have or if I am
in a hurry, I would apply MAC paint pot in Soft ochre which I have posted in My
Top Fave HERE.
Next,
I will apply a highlight on either a cream highlight which is ELF Shimmering
facial whip in Spotlight (guys, this is freaking FAN-TAS-TIC drugstore product.
A little goes a long, long way with this gem!) or powder highlight which you
will see later on this post.
Then,
for my blush - cream blush in MAC creme blend blush in Something Special. This
have a beautiful soft coral shade, this is so pigmented. I use a stippling
brush to apply this on my cheeks.
For
my cream contour, I love this bronzing cream from Bourjois, aside from being
pigmented it has a chocolate scent - yummy! I also have a post on this HERE & HERE.
For my under eye corrector because of my dark under eye areas, I
use City Color Photo Chic Dark Spot Corrector which I have a review post HERE.
For
my facial concealment, I use one of my favorite concealer that I lately I just
discovered a few months ago. Catrice Cover Stick Concealer that I have done a
review HERE.
Then,
I set my under eye corrector with Ben Nye Banana powder that I put some on a
little jar so save space on my makeup bag.
For
my bronzer, I use The Body Shop baked bronzer in warm glow, putting on the top
of my cheek bones, across the nose, across my forehead or where the sun would
hit for a beautiful healthy glow.
Physician's
Formula Happy Booster in Natural which sad to say, I accidentally dropped it
& it cracked to pieces so I had to depot it & put it on a sifting jar
:( for my blush powder.
For my contour & highlight I use my Sleek Makeup face contour
in Light.
For
my eye lids I either use Catrice Single Eyeshadow in My First Copperware Plate
(shown above, which by the way a good dupe for the famous MAC Satin Taupe) or
Maybelline Silken Taupe (shown below).
Then,
because I want my eyes to stand out behind my glasses, I need it to be brighter
so, I add Essence eye shadow in Party All Night which is a shimmering gold
taupe-y shade that has a beautiful pearl finish.
Then,
I applied with a fluffy brush the mid-tone grayish brown in the Maybelline Trio
shadows in Almond Truffles to smooth out the edges & as my transition
shade.
I
have a very scarce, thin eye lashes & I don't wear mascara often because
when I try to remove it with my eye makeup remover, I have a lash or two fall
outs & I can't risk losing more right? So, I use a gel liner that makes an
illusion of dark & thick lashes. *wink, wink* I love using MAC fluidline in
Local Wares - a dark olive brown shade which I love! A perfect shade for an
everyday use.
Now,
I want a more brighter eyes behind my eyeglasses & this eyeliner also added
a bonus for more brighter eyes! I use this two (2) eyeliners, first I applied
on my water line is Tony Moly Perfect Eyes Eyeliner in Tear Beige. Oh, how I
love this champagne shade, it really makes your eyes brighten that an
officemate of mine ask me to buy one for her. See how I love it? How short it
is now & I am planning to buy a back up it's about to die hahaha.
Onto my brows, first I applied with Maybelline great lash clear
mascara to tame it. Been using this for years I don't remember how many of this
I have used up.
Then, my all time favorite
brow gel, one of my holy grail Anastasia Beverly Hills dip brow pomade in Dark
Brown. I do have a blog post of this beauty of a gem HERE.
After
my brows, I like to but an under eye brow highlight & that is Catrice
Eyebrow lifter, which is like the Benefit one.
To set that, I applied NYX
single eye shadow in Highlight which sad to say too, it's discontinued. Oh, why
do my favorite beauty products being discontinued?! It's so stressful right?
Just when you find your holy grail & then, BAM (!!!), they would remove it
from their line.
For
a more brighter under eye & to wipe off some eye shadow fall outs, I
applied one of fave concealer, Revlon Age Defying in Pale, which I think Revlon
have re-formulated it into Revlon
Age Defying Targeted Dark Spot Concealer Treatment (click
the name to show you how it looks like).
What I love about this is,
it's pigmented & it has an SPF on it & when in photo it doesn't give a
white cast to it too! I wonder about their new formulation?
I guess I have to set
aside a budget on that one for comparison.
Then, to set everything, I
use ELF complexion perfection. Love it hence, you see my hit pan on it.
Then, setting my makeup
with my holy grail setting spray The Vanilla & Co. Witch Hazel Beauty
Tonic.
Some beauty tools added in my makeup bag.
A stainless spatula
Another, a makeup sharpener that I bought from Nature Republic for my eyeliners.
And
of course, in case of sudden events, for a more full coverage foundation - I
have the sample size of Estee Lauder Double Wear which I got.
The next three (3) products are just a back up in case I finish up
my setting powder for the under eyes & face.
The
MAC MSFN in Light Plus.
And Collection (formerly called Collection 2000) lasting perfection in Light.
Everyday
Minerals Finishing Dust in Sunlight. This is a dual purpose to me, it can be a
setting under eye powder or a setting corrector.
So,
it's been a long post but those are the things in my makeup bag. From time to
time, I kind of change my cheek products & eye shadows but I guess it would
be for a while because those are what I'm loving at the moment too!
Wow, a 2 in 1 one blog
post right?
What's in your makeup bag?
Are they what you're loving lately too?
Thank you for dropping by!
Xoxo,
Mary Ann
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean. 
