Showing posts with label beauty blender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty blender. Show all posts
Cleanser - Eye Shadow Brushes
Soap - Sponges and Foundation Brushes
My favourite method of cleaning my brushes is to us a sponge. I first started with a proper beauty blender soap which made cleaning my miracle complexion sponges so much easier. Once that ran out i picked up some standard body soaps and they work just as well. I find foundation brushes wash really easily with soaps as the foundation can build up on the brushes which can be stubborn to remove. The best thing about this method is that you can find packs of soap for basically nothing in B&M or Home bargains!
Shower Products - Majority of Brushes
This is definitely the cheapest option and gives my brushes the best clean out of all the three. I like to do a big clean with all my brushes when I use this method so I don't tend to do it too often as it can be time consuming. When I do use this method I feel like a new women after I am finished. I usually wet the brushed under a running tap and then swirl them around in a handful of shower gel and run under running water again until it runs clean. This can be super quick with eye shadow brushes but can take longer with foundation brushes. This is my favourite method to wash my brushes and for just £6.50 these products can last for months and months even if you washed your brushes once a week.
As you can see i have a lot of brushes to wash... Which method do you prefer to use? Do you have any cheaper alternatives?
I am such a drugstore girl through and through and when I can find drugstore dupe of an expensive product you know it will probably be in my bag! Why spend loads of money on one product when you can get a cheaper product which is most of the time as good. Obviously some dupes are just plain rubbish but these beauties are definitely worth the dupe title.
The first dupe is a product I have spoken about quite a few before on my blog and I think it works just as good as the product it is a dupe for. The Newlook Fix Make Up Setting Spray is only £4.99 and I use it on my makeup sponges and brushes and on my face after I have finished my makeup. I find it really easy to use and can really see a difference when I do use it. The Mac Prep and Prime Fix spray is £18 a bottle which is smaller than the Newlook bottle so for £5 I recommend you all to give it a go!
Moving on to my favourite beauty tool ever!! I have been using the Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge for months now I don't even remember the last time I used a brush! I find them so much easy to blend in foundation and cream products so I have a total of 4 in my collection. For £5.99 each or two for £10 in Superdrug you really can't go wrong! Especially since the Beauty Blender is around £16.
My last dupe is a product I have spoken about so many times before! You all know I love Newlook makeup anyway but their Velvet Matte Lip crayons are one of my favourite products in my collection. I have 4 shades in my own collection and I am waiting for the new range to be brought out! I think paying £4.99 on these lip crayons is so much more better then paying £20 for the Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencils. I'm not saying I wouldn't go out and buy the Nars versions but I think i'd rather buy 4 for the price of 1 first.
I'm starting to branch out again with my makeup and try new things again so hopefully I will have more products to add to this list in a few months. I love finding dupes for expensive products because usually the dupe products are much easier to get hold of then the expensive products.
It felt so weird putting '15 at the end of this post title, I am so used to seeing '14 everywhere. It is a bit of a wake up call that it is a whole year since I started this blog which feels crazy to me! Time flys when your having a good time I guess...
My favourites for this month are actually favourites for December as well but I felt like I hadn't used them enough to include them in my Favourite Makeup Products From The Year post so they have made their way onto this list instead. Some of these I have already done posts on because I loved them so much so I wont dwell too much on them.
The first is the Kiko Universal Fit Hydrating Foundation which has become a favourite of mine. Its a lovely tanned peachy shade and looks great on the cheek bones over lighter foundations. My post on this foundation can be found here.
The second is another purchase I made in December which I loved a lot. It is the Revolution Fluid Blushes which are super pigmented and easy to blend into the skin. Again my post on these can be found here.
Next is something I got in my last Birchbox, the Eyeko Fat Eye Stick Smoke which is surprisingly easy to use. I was a bit anxious to start using it as the pencil is huge! But I needn't of worried as the tip makes a perfect thin line on the top of my eyes which I wasn't expecting. I have been using this non stop through out December and January.
Next is something I never have thought I would have put in my favourites but it has now become something that I love using. It is a Beauty Blender that has changed my opinion on using sponges completely. You can read my post about it here
Lastly is something that myself and my boyfriend have been loving for maybe more than 2 months now, we (or maybe I just have) become obsessed with George Clarke and his shows The Restoration Man and George Clarkes Amazing Spaces. It is something that just came about by accident one night when there was nothing on tv. Since that first night we watched all the last episodes of Amazing Spaces before Christmas together and now we've gone onto The Restoration Man. We find them so interesting and we love the designs of all the houses that are shown. It has given us some ideas on what we want in our future house (not to jinx anything touch wood) and I look forward to the episodes every week.
This months post is only small but I expect with all the new products I have to use this month that February's favourite post is going to double the size of this post :)
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