Daily Make-up Routine

I love reading about and watching other bloggers & Youtuber's everyday make-up routines, and so just to chuck another one in the rounds I thought I would share my standard everyday make-up with all of you - I hope you enjoy!

Excuse my mucky make-up

Foundation - Rimmel Match Perfection SPF18 in True Ivory 103

Concealer - Rimmel Hide the Blemish in Sand 002

Pressed Powder - Rimmel Stay Matte in Transparent

Mascara - Revlon Photoready 3D Volume Mascara in Blacked Brown

Eyeshadow - MUA Palette in Undressed - Shade 2

Blush - Sleek Blush in Suede 

First I make sure I moisturise, during the summer I get really dry skin across my forehead and around my nose. Simple moisturiser has always been on my dressing table and leaves my face feeling soft and nourished without being over oily.

These are the brushed I use to do my make-up...

Foundation/Concealer - Real Techniques Expert Face Brush 

Pressed Powder - Elf Kabuki Brush

Blush - Real Techniques Blush Brush

Eyes - Elf Stubby Eye Brush

So, I use my Hide the Blemish concealed around my nose and under my eyes as well as on any spots or red patches. I then about 3/4 of a pump of Rimmel Match Perfection on the back of my hand and use my Expert Face Brush to blend the foundation evenly.

With my Elf Kabuki Brush I set my foundation by dabbing the pressed powder over my face, I love a matte finish when it comes to make-up.

Next I get my Sleek Blush and my Real Techniques Blush Brush and with a quick sweep I add a little bit of colour back to the apples of my cheeks. I love this colour of blush, it's subtle but it just adds enough pigment.

I'm not an overly adventurous person when it comes to daily make up so I also go straight for the slightly sparkly pink shade (shade 2 in the palette) it just adds enough to make my eyes not seem so dead, and like I tried to make a bit of an effort.

I then use the Revlon 3D Volume Mascara to thicken and lengthen my top lashes, I use about 2-3 coats but I only use a light amount on my bottom lashes, just enough to make them noticeable.

And this is the finished look, not OTT but just enough to make it look liked an effort was made :) 

New Glasses!

I have had the same old glasses for about two years now and to be honest I don't think they are benefiting my sight anymore (blind as a bat) so I got my new prescription and decided to take the plunge..

My tired, old & worn glasses

I could not believe how expensive glasses are nowadays, this would be my first time actually having to buy a pair and I refused to buy a crappy standard pair at the cost of an arm and a leg. I was pretty deflated about this until a colleague told me to check out some online sites.

Glasses Direct is an amazing site and they also allow you to trial up to four pairs of glasses for a week, this was great as I hadn't even tried any on in the opticians and had no idea what I wanted!

I had a few trials before I decided on the pair I liked but I was ultimately gutted when I saw these were still out of my price range!

I kept on searching around the web when I found the pair!! Finally!!

They are completely inexpensive at £15.00 and I was pretty chuffed when I saw they also were on 50% off!! So I got my new face goggles for a grand total of £7.50 + Carriage.. amazing!

The site I found them on is Direct Sight and they have this offer on until Tuesday, so I'd get on over there now!!

I was a bit nervous about buying my glasses online because of the perscription and my optician always seems to do a lot of measuring to get them to fit perfectly, but you just simply put in all the information you get on your card from the eye doctor!

New Glasses

 I was so impressed with the website, normally glasses can take up to 2 weeks to be made specifically for you, and when I placed my order it said between 7-10 working days!! 4 days later and these little beauties were dropped through my letter box! 

I love them, they feel of such a good quality for the price and are right on trend. I ummed and ahhed about getting just the plain black ones but I thought, no! I will step out of my comfort zone and get something a bit jazzy. I love the pink on them it's so subtly and yet adds so much!

I think they look great on my face even if they are larger than my other glasses. It's so nice to have something fresh and new.

 .. and I think Bella likes them too!!

What do you think, leave your comments below!