Perfect Natural Eye Palatte;

Nars Kalahari Duo Eyeshadow - £25

This is a gorgeous eyeshadow duo. It's my go to natural eye color when I want some shimmer. The colors are so wearable and look good on pretty much everyone. I don't wear a lot of eye make up, and when I wear any apart from the basic mascara, I don't overdo it, as my eyes are already big, I don't need much to draw attention to them.

Urban Decay Basic Naked Palatte - £20

This is my daily make up Palatte that has pride of place in my make up bag. I use all the colors in the Palatte. Some people may think it is pointless, but I think it is a great Palatte to have even if you don't wear eye makeup often, it just finished up a look, and it makes your eyes look fresh. I only wore eye shadow about 3 times a month before buying this Palatte now I love putting it on to make my eyes look bright, natural and just polished off. All the colours but Venus are matte, so they're perfect for every day, and Venus is a perfect highlight colour. 

5 Minute Make up

Being a mummy in a hurry sometimes I need to have a 5 minute make up look. Some people may vary their look, maybe swapping concealer for blusher etc... Here's my look;

I start off using Bobbi Brown's Tinted Balm all over my face, next I apply Origins Plantscription Concealer under my eyes, then I apply my MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural over my face (sometimes the powder step isn't needed)

Next I use my Miss Sporty Clear Mascara over my 'brows to keep them tame and finally putting E45 Lipcare balm on my lips.

Products used;

- Bobbi Brown's Tinted Balm

- Origins Plantscription Concealer 

-  MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

- Miss Sporty Clear Mascara

- E45 Lipcare balm

Feature Product #1;

Urban Decays Eyeshadow in Sell Out - £14

This is a gorgeous Champagne coloured shimmer eyeshadow. It is compared regularly to Stila Kitten and MAC Bare Study. I like this more than MAC or Stila's Versions. This blends so easily, and is perfect for an all over base colour, or to used to open, and brighten your eyes. I use this as both.

It blends with little effort like many UD shadows, and is a great everyday shadow, or if you want a natural look with some shimmer. Though you can get Stila in a paint pot, and MAC's Bare Study is a paint pot, I find the shadow versions is a lot more natural, and just easier to work with.

If I don't have my Urban Decay Naked Palate, in my make up bag, I always have this to brighten up my eyes - being a mum of a three month old, I need all the eye brightening I can get!

This is a must multi purpose item for any make up lover! If you prefer to use a shadow to brighten up your eyes than a liner, and it be able to fit snug in a bag this is the product for you.

Recent Beauty Buys;

1):- Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua B10 - £32 - This product is a re-buy of mine. I'm running out of the one I am currently using, and picked this up with £12 off. I couldn't say no!

2):- Sleek True Colour Lipstick in Barely There (sheen) - £4.99 - I am loving this lipstick. I have a fear of deep and dark colours so this is a perfect everyday colour. I like that its compact and sleek! Will do a full review later.

3):- Marks and Spencers Autograph Perfume in Blush - 10ml £5 - I have everyday since I bought it three days ago. It lasts all day. I know it will be my go to summer scent. You can buy it in 25ml for £8.50 or 100ml for £18.00. I bought the 10ml to keep in my handbag bag.

4):- Clarins Instant Lip Perfector in Rose Shimmer - £6 - this is my perfect lip gloss like product because I hate lip gloss. This product really does perfect your lips. This will be gorgeous in summer for a natural look.

Weekly Lovin' (19.02.13);

MUA's Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter - £3

Does this remind you of anything? If you're a fan of MAC, or just buy it every now 'n' then, you may have spotted this design on their products. This is a gorgeous champagne highlight. I love how gorgeous it looks on my pale skin. For £3 I think it's a great blush, considering you pay more for packaging, even though it's a simple plastic packaging - the design of this makes it feel more expensive. This can be blended into the skin to make it look a lot more low key with still giving you the highlighted effect. It lasts roughly 5-7hrs on my face - but I always wear 'dew me' by Urban Decay over the top to set all my make up. I think this will be a staple highlight during summer. It'd look perfect with a fresh summer face or a natural look.

Stamp Notebook - 80p

This is my little 'Train Times' notebook. Being a mum and just someone who generally likes knowing what's, what. Sometimes I write basic things I need when I go shopping in it, or a 'to do,' list of sorts. It's got a little 'slip' part where you just slid the casing into making it shut so it doesn't keep flapping open. I love the design on it. I like vintage style things, and travelling so this goes hand in hand with them. 

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor Deep Conditioner - (Travel size is 3 for £3, Full Size is £5 to £7)

This has been my go to hair product this year. I originally bought the travel size because I've had a love hate relationship with deep conditioners and didn't wanna spend oodles of money on one that didn't work. You can buy different types of Aussie's Deep Conditioners, but I went when the Reconstructor as my hair needing saving than more shine, frizz free or colour treatment. This smells like those old bubble gum sweet tubes - rubbish for blowing bubbles but they smell and taste amazing! This does wonders for my hair - I bought 2 mini samples, and used one up before deciding to buy the bigger bottles. My hair wouldn't be the same without this stuff. It literally saved my hair when the weather was snowing now, and my hair didn't know what was going 'on. 

Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Pencil in Nude - £3.99

This product now has pride of place in my 'Bits and Bobs,' bag - which is basically a bag that I have beauty, and other nick nacks that I have in a small bag, within my bag. I use this during the day to wake my eyes up - I normally start the day with having Venus for the Urban Decay Naked Basic's Palate on my waterline, but I normally top up with this beauty during the day. It glides on and stays put all day (when I have used it first thing). It's a great alternative to putting white on your waterline. This is also good for an all over eye base - you can't go wrong at £3.99. Rimmel have really brought out some great product recently!

What's in My Make Up Bag;

What's in my make up bag (Winter/Spring '13 edition);

This is just a standard make up bag I bought from Next for roughly £5 - it holds everything in and I love the Arty/tie dye effect on it.

Oilatum Face Cream - Simple's Kind to Skin Rich Moisturizer

These are the only two 'skin care,' items in my make up bag. If my face is feeling more dry/needs more hydration, I'll use the Oilatum - if not, I'll use the Simple's Moisturizer as it's a lot more thinner and takes less time to sink into the skin.

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua - Origins Plantscription Concealer - Mac Mineralized Skin Finish in Natural

Chanel Vitalumiere is my foundation of choice as it's light, refreshing and just makes your skin look perfect! I use Origins Plantscription concealer on any redness and under my eyes to get rid of dark circles - I don't always use Mac Skinfinish, it depends if I want some extra cover, but recently I use it all the time.

NARS Powder Blush in Douceur - Mac Vanilla Pigment

NARS Douceur is my perfect everyday blush. I've been using it everday for a few weeks and I'm not missing any other blushes! It's perfect to apply on the go because it's very hard to overdo - if you want a more showing blush this may take a few times to apply it, or just apply it with a less gentle hand. Mac Vanilla Pigment - oh my! It's a gorgeous highlight! I love it and you get so much product for the price. I put it into this little jar so it's easy to carry round.

Mac's Teddy Khol Pencil - Maybelline Full N' Soft Mascara and MUA Rich Brown Eyeliner

I use Mac's Teddy as an eyebrow pencil - yes it's pretty much the same as MUA's Rich Brown so I don't technically need two brown eye pencils in my bag but I like them both for different uses. Maybelline's Mascara is a gorgeous natural mascara that leaves lashes looking full and natural.

E45 LipCare and Clarins Instant Lip Perfector in 01 Rose Shimmer

E45 is just a standard lip balm that softens my lips making them ready for the next step with no fuss. Clarin's WILL be my go to product of spring/summer. I love it so much and it's gorgeous. I'm not a lip gloss person but this is really beautiful.

Eco Tools Travel Set

This set has a powder brush for my MAC SkinFinish and blusher - A brush to blend in - a brush for my foundation/concealer and a brush for my highligher - it's a perfect little set for every bit of make up.

Bit's and Bobs;

My Mirror - Tweezers and Blistex Relief Cream

Two of those should be self explanatory and the Bistex Cream was for my chapped lips in the Winter.

-C xo

DIY Tinted Moisturizer;

What you need:-

• A moisturizer (can be any one - though your daily one is recommended)
• A foundation (I recommend a higher coverage one to control the amount of coverage in the tinted moisturizer) 
• A small pot to put the products in (I bought this small cosmetic travel pot/jar from Ebay)

Please choose your products carefully - If you want an SPF, pick a moisturizer or foundation with SPF in. When picking a moisturizer, think how long it takes to sink into your skin. Richer moisturizers will take longer, and add more of a shine to your face. When picking the foundation - pick one with a higher coverage so you can adjust the coverage accordingly later on - you can have it more sheer, or fuller depending on how much you add.

First of all - You need to put your moisturizer into your container - The more you put in, the more moisturizing it'll be for your skin. I've used Simple's Kind to Skin Replenishing Rich Moisturizer. I've added a fair amount of moisturizer as I have drier skin and want more hydration than coverage.

Next step - You add how much foundation you want. Remember that the more you add, the more coverage you'll have, and vice versa. I haven't added a lot as I want a sheerer coverage as well as the fact that the foundation I use (NARS Sheer Glow) drys out my skin)

Finally - You mix the two products together. You can do this by shaking the jar, or getting a cotton wool bud (or anything to mix the products together). Then you're left with your lovely DIY Tinted Moisturizer. You can always adjust the levels of foundation or moisturizer at the end, or after you've tested it to get the right hydration or coverage you want.