The Glueless Scr4pbook.: mac cosmetics

These are my current favourites for my current issues (including very dry skin all over, a bad breakout that just won't leave and an extremely blocked nose at night), I have thrown in a couple of make up bits that I seem to be using everyday too.

Firstly the make up, now, to cover up these horrible spots I need some hardcore stuff (trust me) and luckily a couple of my most recent purchases are just that!!! The Dream Satin Liquid foundation by Maybelline (£7.99) is what I would call a medium to full coverage foundation but its build-able so its great for an extra layer over bad areas, it has a slight glow which is great because even though I'm a naturally shiny person, I find that matte foundations, when thickly applied end up looking too obvious, I like to have a slight natural glow. Next is the Maximum Coverage Concealer by Elf (£3.95) which I think is actually like a tube version of the Collection Lasting Perfection, I'm so pleased with the coverage, I like the Lasting Perfection for under my eyes, but this stuff is great for blemishes, so cheap, not greasy or cakes when applied, blends really well and you only need a smidge. Great. Then the Scandaleyes Lycra Flex mascara by Rimmel (£6.99), I'm totally in love with this, it gives total curl and volume and all in about 3 strokes, the only thing is I end up having to use a seperate mascara for my bottom lashes as the brush is huge, but I love that its a bristle brush and it is rounded at the end which is great so you don't have any accidents. Lastly the blusher, it's a cream blusher by Topshop in the shade Afternoon Tea (£6) which is a cream to powder type (almost!) it's still a bit dewy but I like that, it's the perfect shade for the 'winter rosy cheek' look, one dip with a stippling brush, blend and I'm done.

Next the skin products, totally loving my Lush Fair Trade Foot Lotion (£8.95), its much thinner than another lotion I own which I wasn't very keen on, but it works really well, I just put a layer on after my bath and put my socks over the top so it can all soak it. Then my trusty Bubblegum Lip Scrub by Lush (£5.25) gets all the dead skin off, smells great, tastes nice (it's edible), lasts forever, what more can I ask for, well I can ask for the Popcorn flavour one too, and that's on my 'to buy' list. Lastly the Lip Butter in Caramel Cream by Nivea (£2.25) mmmMMMmmm it smells so nice and it's lovely and thick, it also doesn't leave that white opaque layer all over my lips, like some butters do, it's just so moisturising and such a bargain. Love.

A few random ones, I have been keeping this Olbas Oil for kids (£2.99) in my bag since I bought it, since its winter and you never know when it might be needed, but for like the last week I've had it on my bedside table because I've been getting blocked up when I'm sleeping and it has saved me many nights. The very last thing is the wonderful great magnificent Brush Cleanser by MAC (£10) which I've gotten a little obsessed with, and slightly over used it, so I've decanted half into my empty Chanel bottle to keep on my table and hidden the big bottle in my drawer to stop me using it all. It cleans my brushes in a second, I just pour a bit on a tissue and rub my brush on it until its clean again.

Do you love anything I've been loving? Or do you have something you think I would love?

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Lets talk MAC lipsticks

beauty review

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Cosmetics haul

baby skin

I've done a bit of make up shopping since Christmas and I was just waiting for one more delivery before I posted this, and it came yesterday so here we go. I'm not gonna blab on too much because I will probably be doing reviews on everything at some point anyway.

I made my first ever Elf purchases this month, I ordered the products from the website so I had to kind of guess on shades etc but I'm usually the lightest in everything so I think I made the right choices. Only 4 of the items were for me, the others were for my sisters birthday present so I will have to ask her how she gets on with them at a later date.

For me I got the correcting concealer palette £3.95, the contouring/blush palette £3.95, the maximum coverage concealer £3.95 and their stippling brush £3.95.

I repurchased my trusty High Beam by Benefit £19.50. I love this stuff, it just lasts forever!

I finally decided to get the MAC Brush Cleanser £10 and the super hyped up Paint Pot in Painterly £15 and I literally LOVE both of them, I have used the brush cleanser soooooo much I think I am actually a bit addicted and I'm going to limit myself to once a week from now on.

I obviously had to get the new Baby Skin by Maybelline £7.99, and since there was a buy one get one half price offer on at Boots I thought I would try a new foundation, I picked the Dream Satin Liquid £7.99 which I have to say I am actually loving.

You guessed it, the Mac Brush cleanser was purchased in order to look after my new babies, the Real Techniques brushes. I finally decided to get some "decent" make up brushes, and by decent I mean, not from eBay (I usually just get sets from eBay as they are cheap and cheerful, very soft and you get about 20 for a tenner). So I thought it was about time to invest in some special ones, and since the bloggers tell me that these are the brushes to buy, I went ahead and bought them.

I decided not to get the sets of Brushes as there is always going to be one or two that I will never use, so instead I chose individual brushes that I would definitely get the use out of, I went for The powder Brush (£8.24 www.amazon.co.uk), The face Brush (£7.49 www.amazon.co.uk), The Setting Brush (£8.99 www.boots.com) and The Blush Brush (£9.99 www.boots.com). I am really enjoying these brushes so far and even though there are thousands on the Internet already I will be putting a review up at some point.