How I Store My Makeup

I tried to be as imaginative as I could with my make up storage, and I'm really happy with how it's looking, and I thought I'd share with you a few of the methods I use to sort my makeup out:

I try to keep it altogether, emptying makeup bags, and my bag itself. This means that I am more likely to use more of my makeup, and so less of it goes to waste. And I store most of it in a drawer so that they are stored in the dark and dry, and it's easy to see them all laid out flat. I keep my nail polishes on show, but out of direct sunlight, means I'm more likely to use all of them, but they won't get damaged as easily as they would on the windowsill. 

As storage, I used old boxes cut up as storage to save money, and because I had them around. But many people use small plastic pots from Muji as well, which create the same effect, but cost more. I then sort my makeup by sections; foundation/concealer, face, eye shadow, lips, mascara/eyeliner.

On top of my dressers I wanted the space to look a little more interesting, and so I went onto pintrest (love that site for inspiration). I've used a toast slice holder to hold most of my palettes, as it looks cleaner and gets them used more often. I currently store some of my current favourite lipsticks in what is meant to be a spice rack. I picked this one up from a charity shop, but it's a really nice, creative way to show them off.

How do you store your makeup? Let me know in the comments.

August Favourites

These are my favourites for this month, they're just items that I've been using to death!

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer - This concealer is to die for! It's incredible. Enough said.

Collection Speedy Blush - I love cream blushes for summer, and this one is just so easy to use, and looks so natural on, that it's been my go to blush.

Frizz Ease Conditioning Mask - I have to admit, this is the first conditioning mask I've ever used. But, it still left my face feeling super soft, and silky, and easy to manage, and amazing.

Anklet - These are just adorable, and so feminine. This is just the current anklet I'm wearing, it's beautiful, but it was bought for a present, and so I don't actually know where it's from

Button-Up Shirts - These just look so classy and make you look so put together, but the're so easy. And so, I love to wear these when I'm going out

Borjois Lip Pencils - These are incredible, they're fool proof, and they last for ages, because they sorta just stain your lips.

My Planner - I love organising, I'm actually obssessed. And this planner is awesome! It comes with spaces for each week, to-do lists, shopping lists, month planners, and budgeting pages. As well as stickers, an address book, and notes pages.

My Red Bag from Matalans - I bought this in a sale, and it's a great bag to dress up a simple outfit.

Zoella Lip Balm - This is incredible, it's really buildable, and really moisturising, and it's another stain for your lip. Plus, the colour is super cute.

Zoella Body Lotion - This is both fun (because I am actually obsessed with watching the beads pop), and is a really great body lotion, it leaves your skin feeling really soft.

Micheal Grant - Light - I know, this is theoretically a kids book, but I read this when I was about 13, and the last book of the series wasn't out, and now it is.. This is a series about a town where all the adults dissapear, and some of the kids develop supernatural powers. Sounds a bit cliche, but it's actually really good.

River Island Black Sandals - These are incredible. They were £30, but they're really comfy, and really easy to wear, and they're black, so.. they go with everything. Plus, I feel like they're a good staple piece.

Five Minute Makeup

I very rarely have enough time to get ready in the morning. I start work at 4am in the morning, and sometimes it's just too hard to get out of bed! And so, here is a streamlined version of my makeup routine that makes me look presentable in just a few minutes!

Clean and Moisturise - This is probably the most important part of your makeup routine. If your skin looks good, you need less makeup, so I never skip this step! So I clean using my micellar water, to get any impurities out, and then I use a moisturiser, and try to use one that contains an SPF, and I both moisturise and protect my face at the same time.

Skip Foundation - I just use concealer to cover up any problems, and so saves a lot of time. If I'm having a bad skin day, then I use a light tinted moisturiser or BB cream.

Dark Shadow - Use a small pencil brush and dark eye shadow to line your eyes. This is much quicker and easier than using an eyeliner, but it makes your eyes look more defined and fuller.

Curl Your Lashes - I never used to curl my lashes, but have recently started, and now I can't skip it. It instantly makes your eyes look bigger, and when I've barely had any sleep, it makes me look more awake.

Mascara - Mascara will be your best friend. It takes less than a minute to apply, but instantly changes your look, makes you look more put together and awake, never skip mascara.

Tinted Lipbalm - if I'm in a rush, I always use a tinted lip balm. It moisturises my lips, gives them a bit of colour, and is so easy to apply. You don't have to use lip liners, and you don't have to apply a separate lip balm, and so it saves so much time!

Plan Ahead - I always get my makeup together on the desk, so that when I wake up, I don't have to decide what makeup to put on the next day, it really speeds it up!

Huge Boots Haul

Frizz Ease Miraculous Recovery Conditioner £4 (£6.29) - The summer has damaged by hair, it's feeling brittle, and just not it's usual self, and so I decided I wanted to pick up a Conditioner mask for my hair to see if it could help. I've never used anything like this before, and this was on special offer in Boots, and as I've never used one before, I thought I'd just pick up a slightly more affordable one to start off with

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick, 101 £5.49 - I am IN LOVE with these lipsticks.. and so bought a new one. Love the formula, packaging, colours, pigmentation, everything. This is just another nude-pink colour.. again.. I know.. HELP

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick, 43 £5.49 - This is one of the new Kate Moss lipsticks (the nude collection), and so I had to pick one up. This is sort of a Kylie Jenner inspired lipstick, and is a browny-nude.

Exaggerate Full Lip Liner, Red Diva, 024 £3.99 - I've been getting into lipliners recently, and have been using my No.7 one a lot recently, and so picked up two from Rimmel. I love these because the pencil swivels up from the 'pen' rather than being a pencil that you have to sharpen.. which means I have to find a sharpener, which is not going to happen, ever. This is just a simple red, to go along with my red lipsticks.

Exaggerate Full Lip Liner, Eastend Snob, 063 £3.99 - This the second one I picked up, in a pinky colour, because these are the colour lipsticks I wear most often, so I really wanted one.

Rimmel BB Cream, Light, £6.99 - I've been using the Collection BB Cream, and I'm coming to the end of it, so I thought I'd try a new one, not sure what else to say about this at the moment..

Soap And Glory Supercat Carbon Black Eyeliner £6 - people have been raving about this for ages, and I don't own a Soap and Glory item yet (WHAT?!?!?!), so it was 3 for 2, so I thought I'd try some of the items out. I love eye liners that come in felt tips, as they are so easy to apply.

Soap And Glory Pillowtalk Plump Lipgloss, Cherry Up, £6 - I've never owned a plump lipgloss, I don't really know a lot about them, but this was my 'free' product, and so I thought I would give one I try. I got it in a bright red colour, because I thought it was beautiful, and a red lip with a 'plump' to it would be a classic look

Soap And Glorry Archery Brown Tint And Precision Shaping Pencil £10 - I saw Zoe over a year ago going on about this, and since then everyone's been going on about it, but I've never been into doing my eyebrows, so I didn't want to pay the £10 for it. But I've been getting more and more into my makeup, and so I thought I'd give it a go, I just got it in the colour Brunette.. because I have brunette hair... logical huh? I'm exited to give this a go, and see what the hype is all about. I love that it comes with both a soft pencil and a felt tip.

Borjois Colour Band Eyeshadow, Rose Fauviste 04 £5.99 - I've been loving the Maybelline Colour Tattoos, and when I saw this in Boots, and swatched it on the back of my hand, it feels similar on the eye, and I absolutely loved this shimmery pink shade, and so I picked it up.. why not?

Borjois Colour Boost Lipstick, Red Island 05 £7.99 - I love lipstick, you can probably tell, and so I thought I'd try out one of their pencil lipsticks, because I find these really easy to apply, but I don't own many, and I absolutely loved this colour.

Borjois Nail Polish Remover £4.99 - It claims to remove Nail Polish in a second, a second! If this works, it will be a life saver, I love applying nail polish, until it chips, and I have to spend ages removing it, so it this works, it will be amazing!

Barry M Quick Drying Nail Polish, Full Throttle 511 £3.99 - I just love all Barry M Nail Polishes, so much. And this is just the most beautiful pastel shade for the summer, and will look gorgeous with this slight tan I have, and so I picked it up, I'm obsessed, I need someone to help keep me away from the Barry M counter, please.

Barry M Brow Kit £5.99 - I don't actually own any Barry M Makeup, that isn't nail polish, and I love the fact that this comes with a wax, a powder, and a highlighter as well as tweasers, and so it a great little compact 'everything you need' palette.

Collection Speedy Blush, Tickled Pink 01 £3.99 - I tried to pick this up in Boots a while ago, but they only had a tester left, and I really wanted this shade. I've been loving more creamy blushers for summer, and so I really wanted to pick this up, as, as it says, it's 'speedy', as you can apply it straight to you face, how perfect is that?!

Collective Highstreet/Drugstore Makeup Haul

The first place I went was Superdrug, where I did a bit of damage (to my bank account, not the store, I'm not a vandal...) I love the Superdrug in my home town, because it has stands for so many brands of Makeup that Boots doesn't. So here's what I bought;

There was two Barry M Nail Polishes for £6, so obviously I picked up two. I absolutely love Barry M Nails, and am trying to collect the whole Gelly Collection. So I picked up the two shades Rose Hip (a very pale pink), and Satsuma (a pretty orange shade). These are such summery shades, and I absolutely love them! 

I know I'm very late to this trend, but I picked up the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair, I've been wanting this for ages, but every time I go in Boots, there's never one left in my shade, even the tester is missing! It's now reduced to £2.99, so a complete bargain! 

I've recently bought another MUA Lipstick, and really licked it, so thought I would pick up another, this time in a shade that I have never worn, because I thought I'd pick up a cheaper one to see if I get into it. I bought the shade Wild Berry, which is a matt shade, and only £1.

I absolutely love Rimmel Lipsticks, and so when Kate released a new range of lipsticks, I just had to pick one up, so my first shade I've bought it the shade Berry Nude, 48, it was £5.49, and I'm really exited to wear this shade, as any nude shades are my fav.

I got another product half price from Rimmel (it was buy one get one half price), so I picked up a Rimmel 60 Seconds Super Shine Nail Polish in the shade Lovey Dovey, as I am yet to try this range of nail polish, and this shade caught my eye. At full price this is only £2.99

I've been wanting a Sleek Blush for a long time, but my Boots don't stock Sleek, so when I went into Superdrug, I couldn't resist. So I picked up the shade Flamingo which caught my eye, because it's just so gorgeous, and was only £4.49 

I went on a bit of a nail splurge in various other shops, which wasn't intentional, but just happened. 

I had £1 left on a Topshop voucher, and this shade was in the sale for only £2, so I had to pick up this shade; 401, Moviestar. It is a really nice, shimmery, metallic purple, and it absolutely gorgeous, I can't wait to wear it.

I picked up this Aquarium Collection Barry M Nail Polish, Mediterranean 441, because, well just look at it, it's gorgeous. And it was in a sale in River Island (of all places) for only £2. Omg I am in love, like completely in love,

My last purchase was more of a fascination than anything, it was only £1.20, and it's the Accessorise Nail Polish, Ombr Lilac, which, to be honest, I don't know how to use, but I'm sure I will learn.

I do this a lot, I didn't intend to buy any of this stuff, but I was in town waiting for my boyfriend, and it just sort of happened.. whoops...

Superdrug Haul

MUA Cream Blush, Scrummy - £2 I have one of the powder brushes from MUA which is absolutely stunning, considering it's only £1, so I thought I'd try a cream blush. I am yet to try a cream blush, and don't know if they'll be entirely my thing, so I thought I'd try a cheaper one to start of with. Even though it's only £2, MUA products are actually incredible.

MUA Trio Eyeshadow, Innocence - £2 These are baked eye shadows, and look absolutely beautiful. I went with the trio of more neutral shades, as these shades are the ones I use most often, and so I thought they'd be the most wearable.

MUA Lipstick, Tulip - £1 I have heard great things about these lipsticks, and I really wanted to try them, because if they really are as good as they say, then it will allow me to try colours (such as dark purples) that I would've probably not for a smaller cost. To start off with I tried a relatively 'safe' pinky colour, as I absolutely love wearing these shades and so I thought it would be a really nice shade to start off with

Collection Blush, Cheeky - £2.99 I don't own many blushes, but this pink blush will be a great addition to my collection, and it is really buildable and blendable. 

Collection Deluxe Lipstick, Prohibition 01 - £2.99 The packaging of these are not incredible, but they were less than £3 and their creamy formula felt really nice when I swatched it on the back of my hand, so I had to pick them up. This is a dark, almost berry toned, red, so although it's quite a wintery colour, I still really wanted to pick it up.

Collection Deluxe Lipstick, Talullah 02 - £2.99 This is a far more summery colour, its a dark pink, nude colour, and it looks beautiful, so I picked up this shade as well, not more I can say really.

Rimmel Long Lasting Lipstick, Drop of Sherry 058 - £4.99 I've bought many of the Kate Moss range of lipsticks from this company and absolutely love them, to pieces. But, I don't own any other ranges of lipsticks from this range, so I thought I'd pick one up. It's a slightly shimmery, berry tone and looks absolutely stunning. I love this lipstick, and I absolutely love Rimmel lip products, I think they are my favourite as a whole.

Rimmel Apocalips, Atomic Rose 206 - £6.49 I am yet to own one of these, I know I'm very late on the whole band wagon. but, I picked one up now. This is a matte shade, and is a dark peachy pink, I was put off these at first because the way they apply on your lips is like a lip gloss, and I don't really get on with lip glosses, I find my hair ends up getting stuck to them, and they drive me nuts. But this, on the lips, is more like a moisturising lip stick, and so I actually really like these, which surprised me.