I thought I would show you this really simple make-up look that I wear on a daily basis for the gym and running errands! I AVOID foundation when I know I am going to the gym as sometimes I sweat and there is nothing worse than seeing your make-up coming off on you and people seeing lines all over your face from where your sweat was!
Most of the products used in this make-up tutorial are drugstore so they are affordable and some of these products are also favourites of mine!
Another thing you will notice is that I do wear false eyelashes and there is a very good reason for that! I am not someone who is patient when it comes to applying mascara and because I am Chinese, I do have very short and thin eyelashes and they go straight down so they are the hardest thing to keep curled even when using eyelash curlers! If I was to apply JUST mascara on my eyelashes, it would take me a good 20 minutes which I simply don't have the time or patience for with the endless curling eyelashes after every application because they keep drooping and copious amounts of coats of mascara because one coat basically doesn't make a difference!
Applying false eyelashes takes me 5 minutes and I don't have to apply mascara on my top eyelashes which saves about 15 minutes! Applying mascara on my bottom lashes does require about 5 minutes and around 3-4 coats to make a difference...
My favourite mascara combo to use are:
- No7 Extreme Length Extend
- Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express
To complete my face make-up for this look takes under 10 minutes! It is so simple!
Products used:
- NYX Dark Circle Concealer (medium)
- Maybelline Fit Me Concealer (20)
- No7 Pressed Powder
- Rimmel Natural Bronzer - Sun Bronze (022)
- Arbonne Bronzer
- Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Blush (All I Think About is You)
- Wet n Wild Illuminating Palette (Catwalk Pink 320)
Let's talk eyebrows! Eyebrows are something that are quite personal for people and I have never been the biggest fan of my eyebrows! There is a huge gap between my eyebrows, they're thin and one is higher than the other! Oh well, people say eyebrows are sisters NOT twins! It just makes life a bit harder doesn't it... I get my eyebrows groomed by getting HD Brows which basically means I get them tinted, waxed and threaded and sometimes they cut my eyebrow hairs because I have really long eyebrow hair...
The make-up I use for my eyebrows is Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate. This is probably the best product I have come across for eyebrows because IT IS WATERPROOF and means if you sweat or whatever, it will not budge unlike powder which would come off throughout the day and leave you with patches of colour on your eyebrows!
For eyelashes, I just buy mine from eBay because let's be honest, I do not have the money to constantly purchase expensive eyelashes.... they're also pretty good quality for the price I pay! I pay like £2 for 5 pairs of criss cross eyelashes... For ONE PAIR of Ardell eyelashes, they cost like £4-£5 and they don't even last a long time and I have been buying eyelashes from eBay for years and they have worked for me so I don't see a reason why I should stop!
For eyeliner, I use Inglot (77 black) gel liner. This is an incredible gel liner and long-lasting! It does not smudge unlike some other gel liners. I apply my gel liner by using my synthetic eyebrow brush (BC490) by Royal & Langnickel and I would highly recommend this brush as it is really affordable (around £4) and great quality and most importantly, it does the job really well!
Eyeshadow - I just use whatever I feel like usually but for this tutorial, I used Kiko long-lasting wet & dry use eyeshadow on my lid which is a really nice gold which some people actually use as a highlighter! For the outer corner, inner corner and crease, I used L'oreal Paris smoky eye palette in Marron Glace.
For lips, I LOVE NYX lipsticks! They are so buttery and creamy and easy to apply! The one I used in this tutorial is in Tea Rose which is a beautiful pinky shade!
