My Highend Makeup collection

Hey everyone! 

So I thought I'd come at you with a second blog post today! Recently I've been thinking about how much higher end makeup I actually own and without doing this post, I didn't think I owned too much. Until I took these photos. I don't think I find high end makeup any better than the drugstore and until my budget can allow me to buy more high end, I'll stick with getting a few treats here and there. 

Lipticks and lipglosses:

Mac Viva Glam Rihanna- bought on ebay, love the colour when blotted

Too Faced Melted Nude- one of my favourite liquid lipsticks

Nars Valkyrie- only worn once, very drying 

Ysl Tint-in-oil- beautiful gloss, just dries quickly

Stila Glosses in Pout and Gleam- sticky gloss but can be used quickly in project pans

Christian Dior Limited Edition Tie Dye lipstick in 01 nude- beautiful colour, perfect for work! 

Bases and Foundation:

Emite Diamond Primer Sample- brand new and never used

Bare Minerals Prime Time in oil control and original- original doesn't work with my oily skin, oil control hasn't been used much

Eborian CC Cream- white cream which changes to your skin colour. Too dark for me. 

Estée Lauder Double Wear- perfect for my oily skin, had this since March and I use it a lot. A little goes a long way! 

Too Faced Bb cream- I wear this on my days off as it has a slight coverage but just enough. Quite orange in colour. 

Mac MSF (mineral skin finish) in light- I recieved this in a beauty box and haven't put it down since.

Tarte Marakuja Cheek Cream in nude- new product, not tested out yet. 

Stila Convertable Colour- perfect coverage with a stippling brush! 

Christian Dior Limited edition Tie dye blush in peach- I love this colour but am so scared to make a dent in that beautiful top! 

Nars Dual Intensity Blush- recently bought but loving the pale peach for everyday with a sheen. 

Mac mineralised blush in Dainty- a total holy grail product! I recently tried to hit pan but am so glad I haven't managed it! 

Eye Products:

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara- another holy grail product! Seperates my lashes and gives volume! 

Eyeko Blue Mascara- used once, but I don't like the tube it's in. Makes it very messy. 

Clinique Mascara- love using this, but as it's a small sample, I don't use it often so I can keep having it in my collection. 

Stila Smudge Crayon in Antique- again a product I've used once and found that it was rather copper in tone. 

Stila sparkle waterproof liquid eye liners in Bora Bora and Royal- I've actually used these once and although they are very glittery, the colour sticks and stays! 

Stila Stay all day Waterproof liquid eyeliner in Indigo- I love these eyeliners. They really do stay all day and the colour is very vivid. 

Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliners in Black Amethyst, Tetra and Lionfish- again I don't have anything negative to say about these! They do stay in my water line all day! 

Stila Single eyeshadow in Pigalle- used once, but have to say they blend really well and although a dark shadow is not too dark. 

Eyeshadow Palettes:

Stila In the Moment Palette- beautiful shadows and combinations. Watch out for this palette next year! 

Smashbox Palette- used a few times, but holy pigmentation batman! Do they stain the skin. 

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette- as you can tell I love this palette to death. Currently the only palette I'm using. Very buttery and glide on well. 

The Balm Nude'tude palette- never used but swatched, lovely colours and a good all round colour scheme. 

Well that's everything highend I own and as you can tell from my mini reviews, I really need to use it! Next year I think I'm going to focus on using these and my next project pan I think will be a Stila themed as inspired by Glamour with Grace (on YouTube)'s all Mac project pan. I believe it would move out a good few products. If anyone is wondering most of this high end collection is bought at Tk Maxx reduced, especially Stila. 

I hope you enjoyed everyone! I may do a highend skincare post soon, would you enjoy that? 

Emma 

Liquid Lipsticks- why we just don't don't get on.

Hey everyone, 

So I decided that today's post will be a little bit different for me. For a while now I've been trying out different liquid lipsticks and I've come to the conclusion that I just don't get on with them. I've tried many brands (mostly drugstore as high end are too expensive for me) and now I thought I'd give you my honest opinions on all of them. A few you would have seen before as I've reviewed them already so I'll keep those quick. 

(I apologise for picture quality, it's a really dark day here and the back light is on!) 

I will go from left to right describing the quality and why we do or don't try on. 

Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipstick in Nude 

I have tried two liquid lipsticks from Too Faced ( I used to own Melted Fuschia) and I must say I do get on with this formula. I've found that it isn't too drying and the pigmentation stays on the lip for a long time. However with darker colours I have found I need to wear a lip balm underneath or else I do get staining on my lips. 

Makeup Revolution Salvation Velvet Lacquer in What I Believe 

This brand is quite strange. I've found that the liquid lipsticks have great colour and pigmentation but do not last long on the lips. This is one of the drugstore makeup brands that I do follow quite religiously and their lip products are quite good, however their shade range is way to bright and colourful for the average day to day (as you will see with the next colour). I've found that this product is quite liquidy to apply but does dry to a solid matte. It can also be very drying so a lip balm is needed. 

Makeup Revolution Salvation Velvet Lacquer in Keep Crying For you

I don't even know why I bought this. Considering I don't wear liquid lipsticks on a daily basis and this colour is not one you can wear when going to work, I found that you really have to apply this with a steady hand. Go outside the natural line of your lip and you will know. Believe it or not this colour is actually the next shade up from What I Believe and the shade difference is huge! This colour does make me look dead and creates a grey shade to my skin, so this one is deffinalty not a favourite.

Freedom Pro Melts Lipgloss in Up

As you all have seen this in a review previously, I won't go too much into detail however I will say this. These "lipglosses" are so much more like liquid lipsticks when applied. They last ten times longer than lipglosses and the pigmentation is amazing! Drugstore win. 

Freedom Pro Melts Lipgloss in D-ream

Another choice from the drugstore which I say is a liquid lipstick. I do actually wear this one for work and the colour is more acceptable. I don't find these lipglosses drying and the colour stays. A win for me. 

Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Soft-spoken

I have only tried this liquid lipstick for half of a day, but I do know that it isn't too drying on the lips and the colour payoff is amazing! Exactly the colour you see on the package. Nyx' shade range is amazing and I'm so glad you can now purchase this in the uk on Boots.co.uk. I did find with this liquid lipstick (probably due to the shade) that I had to do two coats as it was a little patchy and that it was a little high maintenance. 

Essence Liquid Lipstick in 02 Beauty Secret

I will be totally honest here, although this is a drugstore brand (only £2.50 for this one in wilkinson) I had high hopes but it's really a lipgloss. This product does not dry down and stays completely shiny. As soon as I took a drink, it was gone. I did not like this product and will probably be passing it on. 

Overall, the idea of a liquid lipstick is great. They're meant to be long lasting, great pigmentation and not drying. However due to the fact I've only really tried drugstore versions, I haven't really seen any of these products doing just that. I would like to try Jeffree Star Liquid Lipsticks and Anastasia ones too but these are just way out of my price range. For me I think that if I stick to a traditional bullet lipstick I will be okay. 

Emma