Five Favourite Face Brushes

Finding the perfect makeup brushes can be a confusing and lengthy process, an I thought that some of you may be looking for new brushes, or might just be starting to build up your collection, so I decided to do a little edit of my five favourite brushes for base products: foundation, concealer, blush, highlight, contour and bronzer. 

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

I think just about every blogger has this brush, and I'll be honest, I have 3. I like to use a clean foundation brush every day, and having 3 (and other brushes) means I don't have to constantly wash brushes! The shape of the buffing brush is unique, I've not found any others like it, and it just applies foundation and concealer perfectly. I've used it with loads of different base products, all varying in consistency, coverage and finish, and it's never let me down. 

Real Techniques Contour Brush 

Day to day, I'll just blend in my concealer with the buffing brush, but when I'm taking a bit more time, or have used my hands to apply my base products, I'll use this little brush for concealer. I find it to be the perfect size: not too big, not too small, and it just applies concealer really well. It does also work well for contouring, it's intended use, but I personally prefer something else for that. 

Real Techniques Powder Brush

This one's good for both powder and bronzer. It's good for loose or pressed powders too. I use it for my everyday powder, but in summer I sometimes use it for bronzer too, to add an all over glow. It's a really soft brush too. 

Charlotte Tilbury Powder and Sculpt brush 

I bought this to use with my Filmstar bronze and glow from Charlotte Tilbury, and it's just the best contour brush I've ever used. It's the perfect size, picks up the right amount of product, and the application is really natural. That's also down to her bronze and highlight duo, but I do love the brush with other products too. It's also great for highlighter! 

MAC 168 brush 

This was one of the first brushes I ever owned. I remember going to MAC in Selfridges and buying a bronzer, mineralise skin finish and this brush in my first year at uni. I absolutely loved it then, and still love it now! I use it for blush too, which it also works really well for! 

So that's my little edit of face brushes, if you'd like me to do a similar edit with other brushes, just let me know! 

Hope you're all having a lovely day! x

Laura Mercier Artist's Palette for Eyes and Cheeks

I've kind of neglected blogging recently, as I've been really enjoying making videos, but I want to get back into doing a few 'traditional blog posts' and I thought I'd start with the Laura Mercier palette for eyes and cheeks. If you've been watching my YouTube videos, you will have seen that I showed this palette in my boxing day haul, and used it in my Chatty makeup tutorial which I uploaded yesterday. It's sadly not available online anymore, but I couldn't resist not sharing it with you as it's so beautiful. 

It contains 8 eyeshadows and one cheek shade, which is a kind of blush/bronzer hybrid called Rosegold shimmer. It's absolutely beautiful. I've been using it as a blush and I love the look it gives. I can see this being a beautiful highlight for darker skin tones too. It's a little too shimmery to use for contour, but I think it's lovely as a bronzer or blush. 

The eyeshadows are really nice too. I really can't fault Laura Mercier products at all, everything I've tried I've loved! The pigmentation is really good, they apply nicely, blend well, and have good longevity. I've used the nude/pink tones more than the others, as you all know, I like the neutrals! However, I am looking forward to being a bit experimental with the green and navy. I don't use much coloured eyeshadow at all, but I think these two are subtle enough that I wouldn't feel scared of using. 

If you can find this palette anywhere, I'd recommend picking it up, and if not, I'd recommend looking at a Laura Mercier counter! Hope you're all having a lovely day! 

I'm also trying out a new schedule for videos and blog posts which is:

Sunday & Thursday: New videos 

Tuesday & Saturday : Blog posts 

I'm going to try my best to stick to it, but if I get more time, there might be a few bonus posts!! Equally if I get less time, there might be a post less or something! But I'll try my best! 

xx