Top Drugstore Products To Create A Flawless Base That Is Instagram Worthy | Slay That Makeup Look.

Evening guys and gals around the world. 

You well? 

I am totally full of hayfever right now, it's not even funny. It is actually causing me pain! 

I stupidly went on a cleaning spree today which in turn made dust fly everywhere and I haven't stopped sneezing. 

For a while now, I have had A LOT of people compliment me on my makeup looks, every day makeup and how flawless the overall finish is. 

With those compliments (which I am so freaking grateful for as it makes the effort I put in worthwhile) I will get asked "what do you use on your eyes- how do you get it so blended?" and "your base looks flawless, what do you use?"

So I thought I would address the whole flawless base thing for y'all today. 

I have brought together a bunch of my most used/reached for affordable drugstore products that I use to create my base whenever you see me with makeup on. 

I was going to add brushes into this but I might leave that for a separate post. I will however show you the brush that I currently reach for to apply my foundation and I feel that brush makes a massive difference. 

So, read on and I will tell you step by step what I use and it really does work. 

Lets GO!! 

First off I will apply my daily moisturiser, you can use any that works for you but for me this is a major favourite. Sensitive skin users this would be GREAT for you. I apply this to ensure my skin is nice and supple before applying the primer. 

I will apply all over the face and neck and allow to dry for a couple of minutes.

After the face cream has dried I will then go in with a primer. Right now I am loving the Nivea Men Post Shave Balm, it really sticks to the skin without feeling heavy and this primes the skin perfectly for your base to stick onto to.

I have found my makeup has stayed in place A LOT longer with this underneath. 

Like every other girl out there right now, I am loving that glow though. Ha. I am also loving Sleek Cosmetics products too and I am slowly getting through their collection. 

This little beauty is their 'Barekissed Illuminator' in 'Monaco' and it's a lovely lavender/silver toned liquid highlight that is super pigmented to give your skin that dewy glow that is just addictive. This sits nicely on top of the primer ready for your foundation, where it shines through from underneath.

The next step after the good old liquid glow, is to cover my dark circles and spots with my trusty Collection concealer. The main step now is my foundation. 

Currently I will go between my favourite Maybelline 'Super Stay 24hr' foundation and the new L'Oreal 'Infallible 24hr' both are matte and high coverage. I use shade 'Ivory' as this is more matched to my skin tone, plus it allows me to build up more of a natural bronze and contour. 

These products are pinnacle to my flawless coverage and overall appearance. If I am doing a dramatic eye look I will usually apply the eye makeup first to avoid fallout. The amount of times I have done it the other way round and the fallout has created weird grey patches on my cheeks due to it sinking into my base. Annoying much. 

I will buff the foundation in with my Nanshy 'Buffed Base' brush which is totally amazing guys. Seriously, it's dense which blends the foundation and not move it about. This gives me my airbrushed finish. 

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Skincare is another must to achieving a perfect base you can find my tips and the products I swear by here to get rid of spots and blemishes.

To set my foundation I always use the Rimmel matte powder in 'Sandstorm' to make my finish extra matte and polished. It really sets the base in place but doesn't make it look cakey and it is really lightweight so it makes your foundation that way too. 

It takes away any shine and again maintains the airbrushed look.

Under my eyes and around the top of my cheekbones (on top of the foundation) I will apply my Collection 'Lasting Perfection' concealer in 'fair'. 

This is the best concealer ever... It's got major coverage and I use this on top of my foundation as a highlight - to lighten the eye and cheek area. To blend this out to make it seamless I will use my Lab beauty blender and my Real Techniques beauty blender and dab it around those areas. 

This is my favourite step and it really finishes the base off perfectly. It adds light to the areas that are covered with shade if you get me. For me this is a must have step!

I will also do the same step on my chin, bridge of my nose and forehead. Hitting those places the light will naturally hit.

Okay so this isn't technically 'drugstore' but it's £4.99 and as an alternative I do use baby powder as it does the same thing. This packaging was nicer to photo. Ha. I use the setting powder (translucent) to set the concealer and stop it from creasing. 

As a base for my eyeshadow I will apply Mac's Pro Longwear paint pot in 'Soft Ochre'. This is yellow toned and super perfect for cancelling out dark tones and veins in the  eye area. I will then swirl onto it a skin toned shadow to set the base. This will make it a lot easier to blend your shadow out. 

Contour is a must when sculpting your face and perfecting your final look. I will use a powdered bronzer product first in the hollows of my cheeks, up to my temple and blend it out. I will then use a cream contour to define and conquer. Ha. 

I promise this isn't sponsored by Sleek, ha. I just love their products and the brand. 

As my final step and the finishing touch to my flawless base is to add highlighter. I do use The Balm usually but since buying these beautiful bad boys I have fallen in love and want to smother my face in it. 

I will highlight above my cheek contour and slightly under the eye to brighten it more. I will also add the glow to the nose, chin and forehead. Sometimes I also add it to my collar bone as mine are quite prominent to add extra depth. 

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If anyone would like a YouTube tutorial on this or anything else let me know in the comments because I am still trying to build my confidence. Ha. That way I will know what you want to see. 

  

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My Current Skin Care Evening Routine | My Go To Skin Products Right Now.

Yo yo yo. 

Everyone well? 

I am actually quite tired today. I have been up the last couple of nights/mornings to look after my guinea pig Cody as he's been a little poorly. When he gets like that then it's around the clock care. It's exhausting. 

I have an interview tomorrow, I am really nervous. This is my 7th month not working so I am a little anxious. 

I have lits watched everything on my Netflix account now. I have just finished watching Reign - which is a period drama and it was amaze. The men are hot and the lead who plays Mary (Adelaide Kane) is beautiful. I cannot wait until the 4th season is out. 

Recently I have been getting breakouts, the little buggers have been having a jolly little party on my chin. They just won't go away, no matter what I do, they seem to look like they are going away but they will just pop back up. They are scaring my skin and I am not best pleased about it. 

I have a morning skincare routine but never really one at night. I just take my makeup off and that's about it. Seriously ladies not taking your makeup off at night is a cardinal sin (oh gosh, I am even adopting their speech now), it kills your skin and makes you feel like crap when you wake up. Don't do it. 

Since the whole chin break out thang I have decided to up my skin care game and go in hard at night. It's a good time to do it because it's when your skin is rejuvenating and repairing itself. 

Below you will see my entire skin care routine and what I am currently using to keep everything tip-top. 

STEP 1 - Cleanse

This is such an obvious step and please ignore my lack of makeup and I took these pics at night, for obvious reasons. Ha. So, my first step is to take off my makeup. I don't always do a deep cleanse at night as I don't want to strip all the oils from my face. I have dry skin and that won't help. I will go in instead with my Garnier Micella water. I usually use the pink bottle but decided to give this one a go. I just get a couple of cotton pads and remove the days makeup.

When I do cleanse, I now use the Superdrug gentle cleansing wash. It's free from all the crap and is great for sensitive skin. 

I miss my liz Earle 'Cleanse and Polish' but I had a reaction to it so I cannot use it anymore. 

STEP 2 - Serum

Superdrug have bought out their new range of skin care products called 'Clearly Youthful', they had an offer on so I thought I would give them a go because what they claimed to do intrigued me. 

After I have taken my makeup off I will then apply 3-4 drops of this night serum to the back of my hand and apply to my face and neck in circular motions. 

This resurfacing night serum claims to even out skin tone, minimise the appearance of dark-spots and hyper-pigmentation. It's main aim is to 'visibly improve the appearance of blemishes and imperfections' with the highly concentrated formula.

This really appealed to me because I do have an uneven skin tone so I am hoping this will help. 

There's so much information on the packaging, I love that and I like the fact this product has a pipette to release the product.  

STEP 3 - Blemishes

Next I will go in with Superdrug's (out of the same range as above) Blemish Treatment Gel. 

Again this is highly concentrated and claims to 'visibly reduce the appearance of blemishes'. Basically I use this to treat my spots right now. This product and the above have a written timeline on the box to inform you on what to expect -  instantly, after a couple of hours and 1-4 weeks. It's really useful. The only thing I don't like about this packaging is the fact it has a pump dispenser which means too much product comes out of it. 

I apply a thin layer of this on each and every spot or blemish to try and reduce the effects. 

STEP 4 - Eyes

I was lacking in the eye creams... Well I have none. I needed a nice eye cream to sooth my eye area as I work on my eyes a lot and they do get sore from rubbing the makeup off. 

I love Simple as a brand and I use their face cream daily, I have sensitive skin and I can react to things. I know with Simple everything is natural so less risk of a reaction. 

This one is a soothing eye balm, which soothes and nurtures, reduces puffiness and winds down and relaxes the eye. I just pat this around my under eyes until the product has sunk in and then around the top of my eyes. I use this in the day too. 

STEP 5 - Lips pt 1

Lips are next, this is one of my main problem areas, they are SO dry and the skin builds up on them, when I am nervous I pick my lips so that doesn't help. 

I went into Kiko months back now... Actually not long after the new year. I found their night balm and lip scrub which is in stick form. 

I use the lip scrub first, it basically looks like a lipstick only with lip scrub in it. Handy much. The only thing with this is, it goes down pretty quickly. I use this sparingly as I don't want it to run out. I then use the balm after I have rubbed the scrub off.

I really do use a lot of products on my lips as they currently need the most help. 

STEP 6 - Lips pt 2

I recently bought the Barry M lip oil. It's new to their range and I bought the coconut one as it's clear. They have two in the range. 

I apply this on top of the Kiko balm. 

STEP 7 - Lips pt 3

Finally, I apply the Blistex 'Intensive Moisture' cream balm to my lips. I LOVE this stuff, I was watching Amy's Makeup Box's video on YouTube and she mentioned that she uses this and it works a treat on dry lips. 

She wasn't wrong, it's improved the condition of my lips a lot. 

Thanks Amy *kisses*. 

There you have it, you're up to date with my night time skin care routine. 

I hope you enjoyed reading and please share your tips on how you clean your skin and keep spots at bay. I love to chat so leave me a cheeky comment! :) 

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My Best Budget Beauty Buys // Ft. Bleach London, Makeup Revolution & More.

Hello beauties.

Is it spring yet? As much as I dislike the Spring/Summer months because of my hay fever, I am kind of looking forward to it this year because there is so much that I want to do. Job pending that is. London being one of them. 

Yep I am still on that ship. Ha.

I love beauty products and I rarely buy high end brands because how I see it is that there are many perfectly amazing budget, high street brands that are just as good. Don't get me wrong, I do like high end brands too but your purse strings don't always stretch that far, so I thought I would show you some of the best products I have found. 

I am very picky when it comes to guys, products and food, so if I say something is super awesome it's got to be good!! I like to try new things but I also like to stick to what I know works. 

There is nothing worse than going out... And lets talk about, say, food for this point I am making, ordering a curry that you have never tried before because you're trying to be adventurous. When it arrives at the table, it looks weird, tastes nasty and you have just wasted a load of money on something that you wish you never ordered. 

What I am trying to say is, stick to what you know a lot of the time because life is full of disappointments and you don't want beauty to be one of them. 

Try these following products out because they are great and 100% purse friendly and I will tell you for free, you will wonder why you never tried them before. 

Hair - What's Hot?

I have seen recently this brand around (never when I have white hair though, typical). 

 I follow Lou Teasdale on Instagram, herself and Lottie Tomlinson   ( Louis's little sister - 1D) have been posting images and videos of them using their products and I loved it. 

Prior to me seeing this information, I had strolled into Boots a few times and had seen these hair crayons but because my hair isn't white I didn't think it would show on my hair. My hair has lightened a lot since I last dyed it so when I was in Boots again this week I headed over to where these were and grabbed one. I originally wanted the mint green coloured one but they are either sold out or idiot people have tested them and ruined it. I went for the 'Rose' colour as it's a cute pastel and would be great for the look I wanted to achieve. 

I LOVE this hair crayon. It glides on lovely and it adds such a nice pigmented colour on to your hair that lasts. I think if I had white blonde hair again I don't know what the heck I would look like because I would be having colour's popping out left, right and centre. 

I 100% want more of these to play with and I am actually contemplating trying to go blonde again (my hair dresser is screaming as I type. I can hear it.Ha.) 

Oh, and a major awesome point is this is product is only £4 which I think is super affordable and provides you with a lot of fun and creativity. 

I love to try new products on my hair because since having around 8 inches chopped off a year ago now, I have been trying to get it in good condition and grow the bitch out. It's been a struggle because for some unknown reason I will cut my hair blunt but it always grows out wispy on the ends. Why?!!! So annoying. 

I need some new Foxy Locks extensions but at £150 a pop I need to wait until I have a job first. So for months now I have been walking around with  my natural hair and trying to embrace it. 

Recently I have noticed that my roots keep getting greasy quickly, more so than ever before and again I don't know why. So I picked this up in Superdrug as it was on offer for £3.99. 

I haven't actually used this yet, so I cannot tell you whether it works or not but I am mentioning this because Superdrug and Savers often have offers on for this brand and it's really good value for money. For instance it will be buy one get one free or two for £6 which to me is pretty good. I tend to go between this brand, Garnier and John Frieda. 

Skin Care - What's Hot?

I have been using this product for a couple of years now and I love it. This is a well know product and I think most women use it these days due to it's effectiveness and quickness of getting your makeup off.

You can now get it in a travel size which is so cute and a freaking god send because you can just chuck it in your bag and go. 

I will get this from a drug store called Savers here in the UK which sells discounted items (legit products) but for way cheaper than say in Boots and Superdrug. 

This was £1 and the full size is £2.99. Total score and it leaves your face feeling so clean and fresh. One of the best Micellar waters around. 

Again another brand I love! I have been a fan of Simple Skincare for a while now because of the fact it doesn't irritate my skin.  I have for the last couple of months really got into my skincare routine where I am double cleansing and using my Magnitone. I did have some breakouts but I am hoping that they start to calm down now I have been doing the routine for a while. 

Once I have cleansed I will always use my 'Replenishing' day cream by Simple on my face before I apply my makeup. I actually treat this as a primer as well as a moisturiser because it actually works pretty well as one. I no longer use primer at the moment and find this works just as well. 

I just love their whole range and so does my mum, I actually think she has everything. Ha. 

Prices range from £1 - £7 (depending on what store you go to). 

I am not one of those girls who tan a lot, if ever really, but recently I have been liking the effects more than I should be ha. 

I bought this Dove self tanner again from Savers for £2 as it was on offer and I think it's a really good, all round self tanner. If you haven't tried it before it's a gradual self tanner and I always go for the shade 'medium to dark' because I find it develops into a tan you can see. It applies relatively evenly and quite quickly for a grad tanner. I love how natural my skin looks once the colour has developed and it leaves me with a nice sun-kissed glow. The only thing I would say is it a little sticky until it dries, other than that I think it's a great budget product if you are on the look out for something more natural and buildable.

Beauty - What's Hot?

This is my holy grail product, one of which I can never live without. I have been using this Collection concealer for years and years now before it even became a 'thing'. It's highly mentioned throughout my blog posts and for me and many others it's the best drug store concealer around. It's high coverage, comes in a range of shades to suit all skin types and it comes in at £4.19 in Superdrug. I use it almost every day, around my eyes, nose, forehead, chin and on any blemishes & spots and I would say it lasts me just over a month give or take. 

If you haven't tried it yet you really need to because it's a saviour. 

Again, this foundation has been mentioned in many of my posts but that's because I really do love this foundation. 

I have used high end foundations before one of which being E.Lauder's 'Double Wear' for me this a one of the best dupes for it. 

It's high coverage, comes in a range of shades, a matte finish and best of all it's under £10. I have been using this for years too and never looked back. I touch my face a lot and this doesn't leave me with finger print marks. 

This Collection 'Bronze Glow' is cute little bronzer which I have been using every day in my makeup routine. 

I use this around my face with my Kabuki brush and then around my cheekbones to add definition and contour. 

It's only £2.99 too and it blends into the skin perfectly. 

Makeup Revolution are my top drug store brand, especially where their eyeshadow pallets are concerned. 

They are SO SO SO freaking good you wouldn't expect them to be the price that they are. I mean the two pictures above are priced at £4 each, I mean come on it's an absolute steal. 

Again I talk about this brand A LOT and if I like something I like something. I used these pallets in my very first picture on this post. Every eye look I do, either shown on my blog or via Twitter/ Instagram is created using their pallets. I practically have them all. They are highly pigmented, blendable and there is such a vast range and there is something for everyone. I have their pallets, eye foil, blushers, lipsticks, highlighter, correction pallet, lip lacquers, chubby sticks. You name it I have it. 

Again if you haven't tried this brand, where have you been. Get on this sheeettt now!! 

My brother bought me this whilst we were Christmas shopping last year as it caught my eye. I have only just started using it and I wish I had way before now. This is the greatest box of eye products. I usually without fail use Rimmel eyeliner's and my usual one has run out and gone dry, so I thought I would us this little set and give it a try. 

I don't usually use felt liners as they drag on my eyes and cause liner snags. The 'Supercat' liner is a beaut, I love it. It glides on lovely and is so easy to work with and creates lovely definition to the eye. It is quickly becoming a fave. 

The well renowned 'Brow Archery' is actually pretty good too. I have to draw my brows on because they are blonde and you can barely see them. I use both ends to try and create fine hairs and fill in the gaps. I need to get used to this more as I am so used to using powder and an angled brush, but I am enjoying it a lot. 

As for the mascara and Kohl eye liner they are also good products. For me, my lashes are a bitch to try and do anything with but this does the job of coating them and the liner works the same as any other drug store liner. 

This is such a lovely gift and for £18 it's really good for your money as the 'Brow Archery' comes in at £10 on its own. 

I do like this brand a lot and have a lot of their skincare gift sets. 

Getting the attack of the spots? No problem, this little lady reduces those bad boys until they are almost non-existent. 

I swear by this cream for a lot of different things but mainly it's used on my spots. If you are like me and get those really sore one's now and then that sit under the skin and feel bruised this is the product for you. It drops the redness, swelling and allows (and this is gross) for you to pop them. 

It's inexpensive and can be used for a lot of mishaps. 

I have never been really interested in Primark's 'PS. Love' range but when they bought out their lip liners and matte crayon range I had to get my hands on all colours. The liners are £1 only and last for aaaggggesssss and the crayons are £2 each.

I tell you something now, if you haven't bought into these yet you're missing a trick because they are SO good. I literally have all the ones that my store stock (they haven't got the new range of colours in yet). The one's that I use on a daily basis is the nudes. The 'nude' liner and 'nude' crayon. The crayon is literally a dupe for my favourite MAC lipstick 'Honeylove'. It's such a nice nude. I love it that much I have had to buy back ups because the nude liner disappears quickly in my store. 

I have the shades in  wine/burgundy, red, coral, bright pink, nude, brown, pink nude and I swear I have another one but I can't remember. 

Love love love. 

Sorry about this pic quality, my SLR battery ran out. 

These little shadow pans are so cute, transportable, highly pigmented and long lasting. 

I love these to take around with me in my makeup bag because they are so cool. I had the two middle one's in my Christmas stocking off Mum and Dad. Everyone who knows me, knows that I love rose gold and copper shades and these are no exception. The shade on the first left is a matte nude which I use as my base shade. The one of the far right is just a white shadow which I use around my brow bone and the two middle ones are so pigmented you hardly need any on your brush. I lOVE the copper shade (second left) and use that a lot when I am doing my warm, smoky eye. 

These are £1 each. 

I hope you liked this post and let me know if you have tried any of these and what you think about them. 

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