Happy 2016!
Hope you all had a great
holiday season! All I know is that I ate too much food and drank too
much alcohol before lunchtime (ah, Christmas...), and that I'm kind
of glad it's over? Anyways, I'm going to spare you the "I'm a
rubbish blogger who can't seem to work out a schedule" tirade.
It doesn't change anything anyways.
Since there are so many
posts that I wanted to write but never did, of products I wanted to
review and lipsticks I wanted to swatch for you all, here's a roundup
of my 2015 makeup favourites! Swatches and in-depth review of certain
products might follow at a later point, but man is winter a bad time
to take product pictures. Anyways, here we go – I've got three
categories for you: Lips, eyes and face products. Let's start with my
favourite, shall we?
Lipsticks
2015 was the year where I finally found
a few nude/peach/light pink lipsticks that work for me! I always
thought I was a dark lipstick girl through and through, but my tastes
have expanded – which is great, really, because it only means there
is a wider spectrum of lip colours to shop for. Mauve shades have
definitely been my favourite – that liquid lipstick by Sephora
is so, so good! Stays on all day as well. Other than that, I mostly
stuck with the brand that got me addicted to lipstick in the first
place – good old MAC. But I also dabbled into more high-end
lipsticks, and wow – Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution and
NARS Audacious lipsticks have a texture that is to die for!
From left to right:
MAC Satin lipstick in
Brave | Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Amazing Grace |
Sephora cream lip stain in 13 Marvelous Mauve | MAC Pro Longwear lip
liner in In Control | NARS Audacious liptick in Brigitte | MAC Matte
lipstick in Fashion Revival (LE) | KIKO Ace of Diamond lip liner in
27 Refined Burgundy (LE) | MAC Lustre lipstick in Berry Black Friday
(LE)
Notes about LE
products:
MAC Fashion
Revival has been repromoted since I bought it in Autumn '14, and I
suppose it will be made permanent sometime in the future – it's
such a great shade, it will always sell out. KIKO does some
kickass lip liners, especially when part of an LE range, so they're
always worth a swatch. I use this shade underneath pretty much every
dark lipstick I own – it also looks gorgeous layered with MAC
Berry Black Friday, a LE lipstick that my friend Dani kindly gifted
me for Christmas (she just knows what I need...)!
Eyes
Too much is never enough
– especially when it comes to eyeshadow palettes! And even though I
love my Urban Decay palettes, the quality of all the Makeup
Revolution rip-offs (that's what they essentially are) is
amazing. I definitely reached for the Iconic Pro 1 a lot in the
second half of this year – it's obviously a dupe for the Lorac
Pro – my favourite shade being the reddish bronze in the bottom row
and all the matte browns from the top row. Insane quality! Apart from
eyeshadow primer, I've been a fan of all things cheap and great
again: Essence for the win. For brows, I haven't changed my
routine in almost two years: MAC Fluidline Brow Gelcreme is my
everything.
Palette | Makeup Revolution
Salvation palette in Iconic Pro 1
Mascara | Essence Lash Princess
volume mascara
Eyeliner | Essence Liquid Ink
matt eyeliner
Primer | Urban Decay Eyeshadow
Primer Potion in Original
Brows | MAC Fluidline Brow
Gelcreme in Deep Dark Brunette
Face
Even
though most of the self-titled beauty gurus say the opposite, I can't
really be arsed to buy highend foundation. Especially not when the
drugstore does quality products for less € as well, thank you very
much – my favourite brand for all things foundation and concealer
has definitely been Catrice. I'm on my second NARS Laguna bronzer
now, and I still love it. I use a bunch of different highlighters,
but I reach for my KIKO cream highlighter most regularly. Similarly,
I tend to rotate my blushes, but this Makeup Revolution blush palette
is super practical so it's also used almost daily.
Products pictured:
Palette | Makeup Revolution Ultra Blush Palette in Sugar andSpice
Foundation | Catrice 12h Matt Mousse Make Up in 020 Nude Rose
Concealer | Catrice Liquid Camouflage High Coverage Concealer
in 010 Porcelain
Bronzer | NARS Laguna
Highlighter | KIKO Radiant Touch Cream Stick Highlighter in
101 Rose
Aaand that's it for all things makeup I loved in 2015! I loved many
more things, obviously, but these are my most used products –
that's actually not too big of a list, right? Calls for more makeup
shopping in 2016, if you ask me. Know anything I should absolutely
try? :)
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