For the Love of Fashion and Beauty: July 2014

My all time favourite make up

To all my beautiful ladies:

"Make up is a way to make woman look and feel like herself. Only prettier and more confident" - Bobbi Brown

For me make up is not all about brands, i like using what works for me whether its brand name or not.I personally don't have a favourite brand and i have gone through a lot of different brands and these are what i find works best for me:

M.A.C Matchmaster Foundation

I would say i have dry to combination skin and extremely sensitive. Before i started using this foundation i use to use the Yardley Stayfast foundation. I find that the Yardley foundation didn't match my skin tone that well and also the texture is quite thick so it always made me look like i am wearing a lot of make up. Being Asian i have a yellow under tone to my skin and i find it very difficult to find a foundation that matched my skin very well...that is until i started using the MAC matchmaster. The texture of this foundation is very smooth and light so you can control how you want it to look, it can give a very natural everyday look or a very sophisticated going out look. I normally just use one pump for my whole face for a daily natural look and with its SPF 15 i don't have to worry bout the sun that much. It also lasts very long, i would say i am a very active person during the day and with this foundation i don't have to worry about it smudging or wearing off.It also has a slide lock so you don't have to worry about accidentally pushing on it when it's in your make up bag. You can find this in all the M.A.C shops it retails about +/- R 340

Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme

As an Asian girl we are quite unfortunate in the eyelash department. I have extremely short and straight lashes but with this magical wand my eyelash can go up to 3 times the length and volume. My eyelids sweats easily but with this mascara it never smudges and very easy to remove, all you need is a dab of eye make up remover or just wash it with face wash.And i just love this gold packaging.Retails about +/- R 240

Diorshow Blush Powder

This i got as a gift. The packaging is super cute. The sponge is attached to the container for easy to use as you can just pat it on or you can screw the lid off and use your own blush brush. I prefer to use my own brush and just dab off whats already on the sponge as after a lot of uses the sponge tend to soak up the blush so it leaves a lot of the powder on the sponge. The colour i got is 003 catwalk pink. The colour goes well with my skin as i don't like to have dark cheekbones i like it when it's just a little bit pink. This is great for going out use as it has tiny glitters in it. The cons of this product is that after a few uses every time you open the lid to quickly the powder comes out in the air.

Essence liquid eyeliner

For me eyeliner is the most important make up of all. I can't leave the house with out it. I use to use pencil eyeliner as that was easier to apply and you can control it more but i find since my eyes gets oily easily the pencil eyeliner tends to smudge all the time. I started using the essence liquid liner in a pen it had a felt tip. That was easy to control and gave great effects but i find that it drys out too quickly so i went on to using this. At first it was a real mess the tip of this eyeliner has long strands of hair almost like a nail art brush. After a few times i got the hang of it and since then i can't live with out this, the tip is very thin so you can create anything from a thin line to vintage cat eyes and it's cost effective and lasts a while if you are a person who wears eyeliner everyday like me. It really makes your eyes pop.You can get this at Clicks and Dischem it retails about +/- R40