My Essentials: Make Up

Today is my make up essentials. This is what I wear every day and the brushes I would use. These are all drug store as my budget isn't very eccentric. I'm also not going to go into much detail about my brushes as (spoiler alert!) there will be a blog post about my brushes, just like the rest of my make up.

Recently I haven't been wearing foundation every day only on the odd occasion but the one I am using at the moment is the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation. This really perks up my face when I am looking tired or dull (almost every day). It also corresponds with my concealer which, when I'm not using foundation i put in areas where there is discolouration, blemishes or dark under eyes. To be honest, The Collection Concealer is a lot better for my under eyes as they are very dark but the Rimmel concealer cover them mostly.

Depending on how much time I have or how I am feeling I fill in my eye brows with the Sleek Brow Kit in Blonde. I only use the powder everyday as its lighter in colour so looks more natural on me. Over the top, if I'm in a rush, or if I really can't be bothered I use the Rimmel Brow This Way clear brow gel which I like as it makes them look like I have brows and makes them say in place.

As I don't want to look flat and like a blank canvas, I use the Soap and Glory Solar Powder to bronze and warm up my face. If I feel like I want a more contorted look I will use the exact same product but just the darker shade rather than both colours, and use a different brush. To set my face and so I don't look shiny I use the Rimmel Stay Matt Powder in 001 Transparent. Who would have guessed. Everyone and there dog raves about this and I love it too. It just matifys and keeps your make up in place but doesn't make you look flat.

Finally I use my trusty Maybellene The Falses Waterproof Mascara. This is in my 2014 favourites and will probably be in more favourites to come. There's not much better really.

I know it seems like there is a lot of Rimmel products but there are one of the products that I find reliable and suits my skin type and is what is available in my local boots as that is very limited.

Brush wise I'm just going to touch on what are my favourites and what I use them for. This my shock you for some but it is what works for me.

Real Techniques Buffing Brush- Foundation and Powder
Real Techniques Contour Brush- Concealer (It fits perfectly under my eyes promise!)
Real Techniques Blush Brush- Powder and Bronzer
Real Techniques Brow Brush- Brow Powder
Real Techniques 300- Contouring
Models Own Lash Curlers
Lash and Brow Groomer (I Lost my Real Techniques ones)

Thanks for reading. Next in the series is Skincare. See you then

Saskia x

My Essentials: Bed-Side Table

Today's episode of the My Essentials series is the bed-side table essentials. These are what I keep to hand at all times.

My bed-side table is from B&M and was £39.99. It has one draw which is where I keep things that I need directly by my bed, but not accessible instantly. Located in this draw is spare headphones (my bassbuds) and my TV remote.
On top of the bedside table to my left is my Roberts Radio ecologic 6 alarm clock; a range  of lip balms and my diary.

As I live alone I have one bed-side table and my chest of drawers the other side. This is second hand but was brilliant condition, pine, and is the perfect size. I obviously keep clothes in the drawers but to extend on my chest of drawers layout I will make another blog post on my layout of this.

Now on to what is directly by my bed. Here is my Notebook from Paperchase and has a floral pattern of it; Soap and Glory The Righteous Butter which I use as a hand cream because it is really hydrating and for ease of use. I also have my favourite candle at the moment- Yankee Candle Amber Moon. Moreover I have my sausage dog pen which is so cute and was a Christmas present.

So I hope you enjoyed this episode. Next week is my Makeup Essentials. See you next week bye!

Saskia x

My Essentials: Bathroom

As you may be able to tell by the title I am starting a little series. It is a five part series that will be uploaded every Monday. I hope you enjoy this series.

This is My Bathroom Essentials.

These are I use almost everyday- unless it is not needed- and love. Most of these products I have repurchased or will need to soon (after I have tested some other products). As you can tell there is a slight theme. I love Soap and Glory and Tony and Guy. I have bought many a product from both company's and am never disappointed.

Firstly is hair. I was going to do hair in a separate post then decided that my essentials for hair are here so I will slot it into this post. (Just a disclaimer, these products may not satisfy your needs as you are most likely have a different hair type to me.) I have very dry hair, but can get greasy if not washed for ages. As I have dry hair I only wash it twice a week. I know for some that sounds disgusting but my hair needs to have time to produce its natural oils so that it has an injection of moisture. If i washed it every day it would just strip it and be even more dry- which it doesn't need. On to the products- wow that took a long time. I use all Tony and Guy products. Wait ALL Tony and Guy products, I guess I didn't realise I liked it that much. For shampoo and conditioner I use the shampoo and conditioner for dry hair. This gives my hair and scalp an instant boots of hydration which you can feel as soon as you put the product on your hair, WITHOUT BEING GREASY!!!!!!! For a mask which I use from once a week to every fortnight is Tony and Guy Reconstruction Mask. This really hydrates the dry split ends of my hair, and nourishes in a really creamy way.

Now for the body. I'm not 100% sure on what type of body I have, whether its dry or not. I think its normal. However it can get dry in the winter or when I change conditions quickly. I use all Soap and Glory products once again. Whoops! But these are perfect for my skin and have a refreshing sent. The sent of all the product are sugar crush and I think I own almost everything from the range. You could say I'm slightly obsessed. It is one of my favourite sent though. The body wash is really moisturising as well as the body butter, and the scrub is really cleansing, and exfoliating.

Finally, every week (especially if its been really stressful) I have a bath bomb in my bath. My favourites are the Lush bath bombs and bars. My favourite normal sent is Avo Bath which is shown in the photo above. Although I do love most of their sents, they are so nice at Christmas. I have this type of bath with a candle lit and the lights off. This is the most therapeutic and relaxing bath EVER.

These are my Bathroom Essentials. Next week will be Bed-Side table essentials (this needs a better name!) See you then!

Saskia x