From eyes to cheeks to lips

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love how this make-up look turned out; from the eyes to the cheeks to the lips.

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Maybelline Superstay Lumi Matte foundation (shade: 96), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Instant Brightening + Blurring powder (shade: Lavender 01) + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – RMS Beauty ReDimension Hydra bronzer in Beachwalk Betty, blush – NYX Buttermelt blush in 08 All The Butta, highlighter – Unearthly Cosmetics Xander Low Light highlighter in Ooze. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Dieverune Cosmetics Magnetic Mineralia palette (shades: MM1 + MM2 + MM3 + MM6 + MM7), mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Plum Twilight), eyeliner – Colourpop BFF Créme gel liner in Actin’ Up (Multi-chrome). Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Liptensity lip pencil in Hellebore + Nomad Cosmetics Witch City Salem Spellbinding lipstick in Devil’s Book)

Another birthday brunch

Here’s what I wore Saturday September 27. One of my sisters was hosting a birthday brunch, and some might think that this look is a bit much for a brunch, but I love it! I just felt really good in this outfit.

(Blazer + dress – Monki, tights – Sneaky Fox, shoes – Crocs)

Rosy-toned with a pop of green

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. It’s not often that I wear a rosy-toned make-up look, but I think this look turned out really pretty. I like the addition of green on the lower lash line too.

(Base: primer – Essence Hello, Good Stuff! glow serum primer, foundation – R.E.M. Beauty Sweetener foundation (shade: Fair 6 CN), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + e.l.f. Cosmetics Hydrating Camo concealer (shade: Fair Beige) + Anastasia Beverly Hills Magic Touch concealer (shade: 3), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Rare Beauty Always An Optimist Soft Radiance setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – NYX Buttermelt bronzer in 01 Butta Cup, blush – Ilia Soft Focus blurring blush in Sensation, highlighter – Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector pressed highlighter (shade: Rose Quartz). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + MAC Rose-gilded eyeshadow palette (shades: Flaming Femme + Miss Nefertiti + Flash Beams) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix Stix Duos in 5 Astra/Cassiopeia (both shades), mascaras – Catrice Pure Volume Magic Brown mascara (shade: 010 Burgundy Brown) + Catrice Generation Joy coloured mascara in C01 Real Rosewood, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 006 Green Tea. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Dervish lip pencil + MAC Taupe of the List lipstick)

Blue denim jeans

Here’s what I wore Wednesday September 24. I don’t wear blue denim jeans that often, but I’ve worn these straight leg ones so many times lately.

(Beret – Sui Ava, shirt – Zara, T-shirt + jeans – H&M, sneakers – Nike)

Collective haul – beauty (June/July 2025)

This is the last part of my collective haul from June and July 2025. It consists of all the beauty bits I picked up during those months that aren’t included in other beauty hauls.

I’d heard good things about the Morphe Wakeup Artist under eye correcting concealer. I picked it up in the shade Ivory 3N, and I do like it, however, it hasn’t become one of my absolute go-tos. Maybe because the shade is a tad light.

These are two products I really wanted to try. The Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick in 015 Cherry is a very pretty stick blush. I love the colour. And I already have a couple of shades of the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix shimmers, but I really wanted the shade Icy Amethy$t 04, and it’s beautiful.

Fenty Beauty often makes fun limited edition collections, and how cute are these Smurf products? I picked up the Fenty Beauty Fenty Icon Velvet liquid lipstick in Smurf’Melon, which is a formula I’ve never tried, but I’ve always wanted to, and I also got the Fenty Beauty Smurfette Smooches lip essentials duo & keychain, which came with a Fenty Treatz lip oil in Smurfberry and Gloss Bomb Universal lip luminizer in Smurfette Effect.

I’d been missing a true lime green eyeliner in my collection, so I bought the e.l.f. Cosmetics Smoky Eye-Con kohl eyeliner in Limelight. I also got the NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow tint pen in Ash Brown, which has been my go-to eye pen lately.

I almost never buy anything from NARS, but I’d been intrigued by these limited edition face palettes before, so this summer I decided to finally get one. This is the NARS Hot Escape cheek palette I, which includes two blushes, a highlighter, and a bronzer. I’ve used it a couple of times, and I do like it.

Another little face palette that I picked up is the Makeup Revolution Blush Icon palette in My Cherry Truth. These are very pigmented, so keep that in mind.

Let’s move on to some products from NABLA, which have been on my wishlist for so long. First up, we got the NABLA Close-Up blurring powder blush in Endorphin. Red is my favourite blush colour, so I had to get this shade, and it’s really pretty on the cheeks.

I also got two of the NABLA Beyond Jelly lipsticks (shades: Red Sapphire and Nocturna) and a NABLA Lip Candy Oil in Honey.

I have a few more lip products left. These are the 3ina The Color Lip Oil in 137 Yellow and 244 Red. I really enjoy 3ina lip products.

And lastly, I picked up this Burt’s Bees Bee Mine lip balm set, because you can never have too many lip balms.

Cyborg choir

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I really wanted to create another look with the Adept Cosmetics Cyborg Choir palette, and I love how it turned out.

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Maybelline Superstay Lumi Matte foundation (shade: 96), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Instant Brightening + Blurring powder (shade: Lavender 01) + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – NYX Buttermelt blush in 08 All The Butta, highlighter – Glamlite x Fresh Prince of Bel Air California Fresh highlighter palette (shade: 90’s Forever!). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Adept Cosmetics Cyborg Choir palette (shades: Robotic Fusion + Synthetic Sound Wave + Voltage Violet + Robo Rose + Digital Harmony + 7 + Cyber Symphony), mascara – Catrice Pure Volume Magic Brown mascara (shade: 010 Burgundy Brown), eyeliner – Colourpop Crème gel liner in Amethyst Hour. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Liptensity lip pencil in Hellebore + NABLA Beyond Jelly lipstick in Nocturna)

Caged

Here’s what I wore Monday September 22. I was so excited to wear my new Caged Crocs, which will be in an upcoming haul.

(T-shirt – Asos Design, trousers – Something New, shoes – Crocs)

Christmas vibes?

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love this sparkly golden eye look and paired with the metallic red lip, it gives off Christmas vibes, don’t you think?

(Base: primers – KVD Beauty Lock It pore-refining primer + Dior Forever Star Glow Filter (shade: 0N), foundation – Maybelline Fit Me Nude BB cream SPF 50 (shade: 10), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powder – Glamlite Translucent Bake and Set powder. Face make-up: bronzer – MAC Radiant Matte bronzing powder (shade: Beige-ing Beauty), blush – NABLA Close-Up blurring powder blush in Endorphin, highligher – Catrice The Great Christmas highlighter (from advent calendar 2024). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Gourmande Girls Cosmetics Mocha Moment palette (shades: White Choco Mocha + Midnight Mocha + Churro with Mocha + Biscotti with Mocha + Marble Mocha), mascara – Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara (shade: 04 Navy), eyeliner – MAC Powersurge eye kohl. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Natasha Denona I Need A Rouge lip crayon in Emilia + Black Moon Cosmetics liquid to metallic lipstick in Deville)

Drunk’n diamonds

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I’m wearing a couple of the new Catrice Drunk’n Diamonds eyeshadow sticks on my eyes, and they’re some of the best eyeshadow sticks I’ve ever tried! They dry down and don’t move. I’m impressed.

(Base: primers – Colourpop Pretty Fresh Set It Up primer + L’Oréal Glotion natural glow enhancer (shade: 901 Fair Glow), foundation – Colourpop Pretty Fresh tinted foundation balm (shades: Fair 1 + Fair 3), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Essence FaBOWlous loose setting & baking powder in 01 Bow Set Go + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Lancôme C.E. Skin transforming bronzer in 01 Fair, blush – Fenty Beauty Cheeks Suede powder matte blush in Lolly Poppy 03, highlighter – Fenty Beauty Demi’ Glow light-diffusing highlighter in Tutu Much 03. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Give Me Glow Cosmetics Vintage Rose palette (shade: Blush Pink) + Catrice Drunk’n Diamonds eyeshadow sticks in 010 Lavender Jelly Haze + 020 Pink Jelly Kiss, mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free mascara (shade: 02 Brown Black), eyeliner – MAC Colour Excess Gel pencil eye liner in Strawberry Milk. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Redd lip pencil + Clinique Pop longwear lipstick in Poppy Pop)