before and after.. my every day makeup

so i decided to show you a little before and after of how i typically do my make-up on a day to day basis. i tend to interchange between colours, however the techniques stay the same. i've tuned this down to taking me about 15 minutes maximum, and i'm sure you'll agree it's a vast improvement on the before photo!

before. i don't have awful skin, but it's far from good. my eyebrows are a weird colour due to the fact i can never decide whether i want to tint them darker or bleach them lighter, i suffer from blemishes on my chin, enlarged pores and discolouration around my eyes and lips. this isn't the worst my skin can be, however it isn't the best. here i have prepped my face to start with bliss all around eye cream, and a small amount of elemis freshskin softly softly daily moisturiser. as you may be able to tell, i do not use self tan on my face. my natural skin colour is around nw23. 

for the face to start, i use the too faced primed and poreless bronze tint primer. i apply this all over, in some sort of vain attempt to get rid of my enlarged pores but it doesn't really work. then i apply my foundation of choice for the day using my mac 187 stippling brush. usual options are vichy dermablend in 35 sand or estee lauder doublewear in 4n1. here i used the double wear. i take this all over my face and eyelids. i use the mac studio finish concealer in nw30 to conceal the scars and marks on my chin, any blemishes, around my eyes and any discoloured areas. i then set it all with a pressed powder, at the moment i'm favouring the too faced amazing face powder in honey beige. i then dust a bronzer all over my face, paying particular attention to my temples and the hollows of my cheeks to slim down my face a little. here i used pixi bronze booster in 02 medium bronze, but i also like nars bronzers and bourjois bronzers.

for my eyes, i use the gosh eyebrow pencil in grey brown to add definition and fill out the shape of my pathetic attempt at eyebrows. i'm still on the search for my HG brow pencil, and so this changes daily. sometimes i like to change it up a little bit and use a powder, but i'm faster with my pencil. i then apply urban decay primer potion all over my lid and do a wash of eyeshadow. here i've used mac patina, my all time favourite however i do also like mac satin taupe, mac bronze, mac all that glitters... i'm sure you get the idea. i then take a black eyeliner pencil, again i do not really have a preference. at the moment i'm using a plain black 'r pro natural wonder' pencil my hairdresser gave me for free. i take this along the upper lashline, and on the lower waterline. then i curl my lashes and add mascara, max factor 2000 calorie.

now i move on to my cheeks, my favourite part of my make-up. i'm not the biggest fan of pinks on me, so i tend to use natural brown blushes or peaches. my two favourites are the collection 2000 shimmer shades in 2 blushalicious or the beauty uk mineralize blush in baked peach. i use this on an angled blusher brush and take from the apple of my cheek up to my hairline, in a rather 80's style. i like how this looks on me. i then take a highlighter, my two favourites being jemma kidd all over radiance creme in rose gold and also topshop glow in polished. here i used the topshop one. i blend this along the top of the blush to give a glowy cheek.

finally to finish, i chose a nude lipstick. i decided on rimmel nude delight, however i have a fair few i change between. some of my favourites are; mac freckletone, mac hue, revlon fashion's night pout, mac cherish, mac peachstock, natural collection rose petal. i suffer badly from dry lips, so i prefer hydrating lipsticks to stop flakiness.