Everyday Face

Hey Everyone! Today I'm trying my hand at a beauty post. Now, as a disclaimer, please know I am in no way a beauty guru. Could I spend hours in Ulta or Sephora? Yes. Have I watched at least 5 tutorials on highlighting and contouring? Yes. Do I die a little every time I get mascara on a freshly shadowed lid? Embarrassingly enough, yes. But trust me guys, I am not that girl. I've yet to master a perfectly concealed pimple, my complexion is not #flawless and I'm done attempting winged liner. This post is for girls like me, who while we dream of spending our hard earned money on nothing but Tom Ford lippies and Mac brushes, we have to settle for mostly drugstore brands and maybe a splurge item or two. So, here's my everyday product list. Subject to change next week. Then again the week after.

I shower in the morning so while I'm in there I wash my face with Purity face wash by Philosophy. This stuff is super simple, mostly all natural ingredients and just smells really clean. After that I'll moisturize my face with another Philosophy product Hope in a Jar. 

After that I prime my face. I have extremely oily skin, and it's terrible in the summer. I first heard about this trick a few years ago. It's a little crazy but it's the only shine control primer that works for me. 

That's right, ladies, I'm using laxative as primer. I use a flat foundation brush and brush a very thin layer of Milk of Magnesia on my T-Zone and and cheeks. 

While I'm waiting for the primer to dry, I start on my eye make up. For a typical day I go to my Naked Basics palette. I use foxy for all over my lid. I apply that with the Shading brush by Real Techniques. Then I add the color Naked 2 from the palette with the Ultimate Eye Shadow brush from Drew Barrymore's Flower collection. Next I add a little bit of Venus in the corner of my eyelids with a Real Techniques detailer brush. 

For my everyday face I usually skip the eyeliner just because it takes more time than I want to spend every morning so next comes mascara. Right now I'm using two by Too Faced. Mascara is one of the things I like to splurge on, because I feel like you get what you pay for. First I apply a layer of Size Queen then right after that I apply a layer of Better Than Sex. That completes my eyeballs. 

Next comes concealer. I do have some redness and the occasional pimple so I use the 10 color Foundation & Concealer palette from BH Cosmetics and this yellow concealer from Nyx. The palette I use for trouble spots like zits and the yellow concealer goes under my eyes to hide any dark circles.

Foundations comes after concealer. I've been using Maybeline's Dream Liquid Mousse foundation for a while. I really like the coverage. I use the shade Light 5 for the summer when I'm darker, and Light 3 in the winter when I'm a bit more pale. After putting 3 pumps on my hand and dotting it all over my face, I use my sponge to blend it all in. This is a knock-off version of the Beauty Blender, same product but much cheaper. I got mine from BH cosmetics. Then I take a loose powder, right now I'm using L'oreal Hydra Perfecte Powder in Translucent and set my whole face. 

Once that's all set I grab my 6 color Contour & Blush palette from BH (I like them a lot in case you can't tell) and start to contour. I have a pretty round face so I just use enough contour to give my face some shape. I use the middle shade in the bottom row right under my cheekbones, on my temples and under my jawline. I also put a little on both sides of my nose. For the contour I use the Real Techs Contour brush. 

Then, using the same palette I add blush to my cheeks with the  Real Techs blush brush and the white highlighter powder on the bridge of my nose with the ELF fan brush. 

After that, I use Victoria's Secret Shine lip gloss in the color Shine Berry and I'm done!