Social Media Icons

slide code

Photo

Laura
Hi! I'm Laura, a 23-year-old millennial girl discovering who I am by sharing my life experiences on my blog. You'll find me writing about me discovering my personal style, my growing wanderlust or giving any sort of style, uni or mental health advice.

If you ever have any questions, notes or other things that you want to know, feel free to email me

styleandsushi@outlook.com

From July 2012 all items marked with a (*) are gifted items or PR samples. Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links or sponsored content. Please read my disclaimer for more details.

social media icons 2

Search

category 1

STYLE

category 2

LIFE

category 3

TRAVEL

BEAUTY | THE DECEMBER MAKEUP ROUTINE


Every now and again I change up my makeup routine. Since the last time that I posted about makeup, some base products have changed again. I had to deal with a major breakout, so I had to change up my 'base' once again to see if the BB cream that I had been using was the product that was breaking me out. So here I am once again, with a makeup routine that's kind of different from all of the other ones that I posted, but pretty much the same too.



After I have cleansed my skin with the Kiehls Centella cleanser and moisturized my face with the La Roche Posay Toleriane, which I posted about in my favourite acne clearing products post, I go and move on to my base layer of makeup. I used to use a primer, but I find that the primers I have used in the past may have also been one of the reason that I broke out in the first place, so I am still looking for a good primer to put on as a barrier between my skin and my makeup.

The base
So I am constantly playing around with my base makeup products. I have noticed that certain products tend to break out my skin a bit more than other products. In the past I had been using a lot of BB creams, but I decided to go back to my favourite high school product, which is the Laura Mercier Mineral Loose Powder in the shade Real Sand. I use this on its own at the moment, as I feel like it has the perfect amount of coverage for me, I don't want to clog my pores as much as I used to, so a powder does the trick for me for now.

Once I have put on my powder, I move on to the next product in line, which is a bronzer. I always use bronzer to warm up my face a bit more. At the moment I'm using this Soap and Glory Solarpowder bronzer, which I tend to always go back to every few months, because it has the perfect mix of the two tan colours. I somehow always use other products in my makeup routine, but this Soap and Glory bronzer has been restocked to times already because I love it so much!


The Eyes
Then I move on to my eyebrows, which I feel like is one of those products that I also like to switch up every now and again. At the moment I am loving the Kiko Eyebrow sculpt, which is a really nice cheap dupe of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Definer. I brush through my eyebrows, put this Kiko eyebrow sculpt on, brush through them again and set them with a clear brow gel.

After I have done my eyebrows I move on to the actual eye-area. The first thing I do is I curl my lashes. I am currently using the eyelash curler from Shisheido Eyelash Curler, which is the best eyelash curler I have tried in a long while! I then move onto my eyeliner. At the moment I am using the MAC Cosmetics Liquidlast liner, which is such a good eyeliner and stays on all day. This eyeliner seriously doesn't smudge one bit during the day!

I let my eyeliner dry for about thirty seconds and that's when I move onto my mascara. At the moment I am using two mascaras, which is kind of mad when you think about it. But I found that these two mascaras combined give me the amount of lashes that I really like. So I first use the L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara in extra black and I use one coat of that on my upper lashes. Then I move on to the second mascara, which is another L'Oreal one. It's the L'Oreal False Lash Flutter mascara in black. Again, I put one coat of mascara on my upper lashes and when I'm finished with my upper lashes I put the remains on my bottom lashes.

The Lips
I am someone that likes to keep it very simple when it comes to lips. I am usually the type to put on some lip balm. At the moment I am really suffering from chapped lips, so I love using the Nuxe Reve de Miel lip balm for this. It's a really soft and moisturizing lip balm!


And that's it! That's my current makeup routine. As you can see this routine doesn't cover up all of the scars that I got from my acne breakouts, but I am completely okay with that as it's a healing proces. It's a very minimal routine, but I find that whenever I put mineral makeup on it will help prevent my skin from breaking out a lot.

So as much as I love makeup and I really love buying makeup brushes, that I don't end up using because my routine has become so minimal, I actually like this a lot more.

Reacties

  1. I loved reading this, such an in depth routine - I feel like I have to up my make-up game.

    http://ohduckydarling.com

    BeantwoordenVerwijderen
  2. You are so gorge, babe. Honestly your skin is glowing!
    xo| Cindy
    www.boringclothes.com

    BeantwoordenVerwijderen

Een reactie posten

Thank you so much for leaving comments on my blog! I read and appreciate every single one :) If you ever have any questions, feel free to tweet or Instagram DM me @styleandsushi or email me styleandsushi@outlook.com