Contents: My Face, with Love Cloth

So if you have been following my blog you may have seen my previous 'Contents: My Face post' where I delved deep into the depths of my own daily make up routine and make up bag to show you exactly what makes up my face most days.

This time it is the turn of the lovely Kim who is an amazing fashion blogger GO SEE, and just also happens to be my best friend, ("isn't she loooovely, isn't she wonderful"- we sing a lot)  Kim has kindly agreed to play my little game, so here’s a reminder of the rules...


List everything that is used on a regular basis in your make up routine
Pick 3 top items that you would recommend to anyone
Pick 1 top brand from your selection that tops the rest
Estimate the total price of your daily make up routine

Here goes, meet Kims face :)

Face

Mac Prep and Prime £19
Nars Sheer Glow foundation in Fiji £29.50
Nars Laguna bronzer £25.00

I usually use YSL or lemon aid primer by Benefit under my eyes but I am out of both (hello bags) :(

Bobbi brown Shimmer Brick £32

Benefit High beam £18
Mac Studio Fix Powder £20 (use lightly to stop shine)
Bourjois blusher shade 48 £5

Misc - Elizabeth Arden 'Skin Perfectant' Eight hour Cream £21

 

Eyes

“Big Beautiful Eyes” an eye contour kit by benefit £24.50

Maybelline - Falsies mascara

Lips

Where do I begin, today’s selection:
Revlon “pink about it” (matte) and “coral”  ColorBurst (gloss) £5

Topshop “wicked” (for winter)


Brushes

Real Techniques.
Ecotools Powder Brush from Boots


 Kim's top 3 items:

Elizabeth Arden Eight hour Cream - I use this everywhere and anywhere. For someone who always wears lipstick, it’s great for keeping my lips soft. I also use it on dry skin, holiday burnt skin or cuts… you name it, I’ve put it on it.

Nars Sheer Glow – I’m not one for really heavy full coverage foundation, so this is perfect for me. Its quite moisturising and doesn’t feel heavy. I’ve sampled all the colours around fiji but keep coming back to it as it has a yellowish tone that suits my skin.

Revlon Lipsticks - They have a really good price point for amazing quality lipstick, lasting well and are highly pigmented. I think matte is my favourite for every day wear just making sure my lips are soft and sometimes even working in it with a small lip brush.


Kims favourite brand:

Nars: after buying my first product about 2 years ago I really fell in love with the brand. It can be quite expensive but it lasts so much longer than any cheaper products I’ve owned.  Definitely think my next stop is to sample the lipstick, cant believe I haven’t already… but a few nice spaceNK vouchers from Christmas have “Nars” written all over them.

Cost: To fill kims make up bag costs approx £244, she is certainly a lover of the luxury brand.

Love Nicci xx

Contents: My Face

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Welcome to my first ‘Contents: My Face’ post.  This is going to be a regular thing where I dive into mine and my friends make up bags and list the products in there.  I got the name for this feature from a brilliant little Waldo Pancake make up bag that says Contents: My Face on it, I thought this was genius.

Now I know most of us don’t simply just have one make up bag, in my case I have 5 make up drawers, but by bag I mean your daily essentials, the products you put on your face most days and maybe take in your handbag with you.  I think this can say a lot about a girl. 

So naturally I am going to start with my own make up bag.  

Here are the rules…

List everything that is used on a regular basis in your make up routine

Pick 3 top items that you would recommend to anyone

Pick 1 top brand from your selection that tops the rest

Estimate the total price of your daily make up routine

Here goes…

Face:

Primer- Nars Pro Prime Multi-Protect 

Foundation - Estee Lauder Double Wear- Bone 17

                      - Nars Sheer Glow - Fiji 

(I currently mix these two, I have no idea why I started but now I cannot stop)

Concealer - Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection 16 hr wear

                    - Mac Pro long wear concealer NW20

(Mac is for nights out as its a little darker)

Blusher - Topshop cream blush - Neon Rose

Finishing powder - Rimmel- Clear Complexion 021 Transparent

Highlighter - Topshop - Sunbeam

Bronzer - I am currently all out of bronzer and waiting money to buy Nars

Eyes:

Shadow - Benefit Creaseless Cream shadow/liner- r.s.v.p

                - Topshop smokey eye palette - Tawny

Eyeliner - Topshop liquid liner

               - Soap & Glory Smoulder Kohl

Mascara - MaxFactor False Lash Effect - Black

Brows- HD Brows Advanced Brush Pencil - no.2

Lips:

Lipstick - Topshop - Pillow Talk

              - Revlon Lip Butter- Crem Brulee 

Gloss- Soap & Glory Sexy Motherpucker

Brushes:

Powder- Boots Ecotools large powder brush

Blusher - Models own blusher brush

(I don't use a foundation brush or eye brushes, I use my hands as I find I get more coverage this way)

My 3 top items

1.  Benefit Creasless Cream Shadow/liner - This product is amazing at giving your lips a little shimmer without looking like you have loads of make up on, good for everyday use and smells like toffee. BUY IT!

2. Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer - This is amazing for the price, its under £5 and it makes dark under eye circles vanish without looking caked on, I LOVE IT!!

3.  HD Brows Advanced Brush Pencil- I am massively into brows and I get mine done HD about once every 3 months.  This pencil lets me keep them looking good in-between, its weird because you cannot sharpen but it works wonders on your brows, I will post on this in the future.

Favourite Brand 

This is hard for me cause I have favourite brands for different parts of make up but this time I'm going to give it to Topshop as it is the most used and I have no complaints about any products.

Cost

To fill my make up bag costs approx £146…this is scary considering i have only included about 20% of my entire make up collection.  Time to save.

Next time I plan to rummage in Kim @lovecloth 's make up bag.  Be ready!