Lip Liner Love

I have always been adamantly against lipliner. On me, they're always too drying and end up making my lipstick look to much. Until I discovered the Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in East End Snob. Amelia Liana was talking about this a while back as a dupe for the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Liner. It was buy one get one when I bought this so I also picked up Natural. These shades are beautiful both on their own and under other lip products. I find it's key to have properly moisturized lips, otherwise it'll obviously be dry looking. I love wearing these by themselves with lip balm immediately under because it makes my lips look fuller without looking like I'm wearing anything.

The other day in my Target Haul I said I picked up another in Red Diva. This is PERFECT to go under my beloved NARS Cruella lipstick. Now that it's summer, the temperature is reaching into the upper 90s down here in the south, ew. That means sweaty foundation and bleeding lipstick my friends, lovely. But this beaut lets me rock the bold red lip all day with no worries. Honestly I eat and drink wearing this combo and it stays put. Magic.

What do you guys think of lipliner?
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A Little Target Haul

I went to Target the other day to pick up some nail polish remover and came out with a few more things. I did pick up a bunch of my elf essentials though so I thought I would show you. The tweezers from the elf essentials line literally cost a dollar and they are the best, sharpest tweezers EVER. I do have a pair already but I use them for eyelashes as well so they can get gunky easily. I figured two is better than one. You guys already know I looooove the elf Clear Mascara to set my brows with. It's $2 and it works like a charm.

I grabbed another Essential EyeshadowBrush because you can never have too many, these are great for packing colour on the lid. I also picked up the Smudge Pot Cream Eyeshadow in Crusin' Chic because Sarah recommended it and she never leads me wrong. I'm really excited for this because it's slightly warmer than Bad to the Bronze but still a flattering taupey shade. It's definitely more wet and creamy than the Colour Tattoos, similar in texture to the Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadows, so hopefully it won't crease! It's not elf, but I also picked up the Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner in Red Diva. I absolutely adore these liners and I don't have a bright red, so I grabbed this to prolong colours like NARS Cruella and Colour Pop Bossy. Very excited!

Have you picked up anything new lately? Let me know!
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Simple

I love Simple's Skincare line and one of my favourites are the Cleansing Facial Wipes. I often get lazy removing my makeup and find that I prefer to wipe it all away and then wash my face with my Clarisonic rather than use a liquid remover. The wipes contain no harsh chemicals or artificial perfumes or dyes and they leave no residue on my skin. I often find that's a major issue with face wipes, they'll leave my skin feeling greasy and gross, but these don't! I will say that they're pretty amazing at removing most makeup, although waterproof mascara requires a little work. Sometimes I'll use the Clinique remover on a cotton pad for that.

Overall, I absolutely love these wipes and they're wonderful for travel as well!

What's your favourite Simple product?
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The Cream Eyeshadow Edit

A few years ago everyone started going crazy for cream eyeshadows. I was never that into them. I had several paint pots but I mostly just used my UDPP and powder shadows. The past few weeks however have been full of long shifts that start early in the morning. I still want to look put together but I don't want to put a lot of effort in, so I started reaching for cream shadows.

My MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot is my everyday eyeshadow primer, in fact I use it even when I don't wear eyeshadow. I just included this to point out that the formula of these is beautiful, especially the shades that are creamy versus shimmer. Painterly is the most popular for an everyday base, but I prefer Soft Ochre because of its yellow tone. I recently picked up the Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in Bronze Have More Fun. It's a beautiful "antique bronze" shade that I was really excited to try. Unfortunately I wasn't very impressed with the formula. It's quite thin and applies surprisingly sheerly. You can build it up and the colour is gorgeous but you definitely feel it on your lid. It also wears quite patchily, so I only ever use this with a shadow on top.

The Maybelline Colour Tattoos really are the best of the best. They're inexpensive and the shade Bad to the Bronze is absolutely beautiful. It's lighter than Bronze Have More Fun and much more metallic. A while ago I saw KathleenLights do a tutorial where she just used this all over the lid so I pulled it back out. The formula is pretty hard so you have to pack the colour on with a synthetic brush, but it really doesn't budge. I've worn this from 9am-10pm before and it still looked the same!

Bronze Have More Fun, Bad to the Bronze, Soft Ochre

What are your favourite cream shadows?
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