Beauty and Skincare Tag!

Hi Sweetcheekers ;),
I thought I would do the Beauty and Skincare Tag! I wasn't exactly tagged but o'well!

SKINCARE

1. How many times do you wash your face daily?
-Twice a day
2. What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)
- I have oily/combo but I get dry spots during winter

3. What is your current facial wash?
-Clinque daily facial wash for oily/combo skin 

4. Do you exfoliate?
-I use the soap and glory face massage mitt every time I wash my face5. What brand do you use?
- Never use an actual exfoliator

6. What moisturizer do you use? 
Clinque moisturising gel

7. Do you have freckles?
- not many benny
8. Do you use eye cream? 
-Nope!
9. Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
- EXTREMELY

10. Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?
-Nope I will stick to my Clinque

MAKE-UP

11. What foundation do you use?
-Depends on the day

12. How about concealer?
- Either ELF or Collection 2000 lasting perfection in 1

13. Do you know your undertone color?
-I'm pretty neutral

14. What do you think of fake eyelashes?
-Depends on what they look like, but I saw some Katy Perry ones earlier that I really want to try!

15. Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?
- I try to!

16. What brand of mascara do you use?
-My favourite is Natural Collection WaterGuard in Black

17. Sephora or MAC?
-Britain needs a Sephora so I will go with MAC because thats all we have :'(

18. Do you have a MAC Pro-card?
-Nope, I'm only 15 but I will get one when I'm older probably as I want to go into either Make-up or Fashion, maybe either a mix of both19. What makeup tools do you use in make up application?
-Brushes and a lash curler

20. Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?
-Yup 

21. For the face?
-Every single day
22. What is your favorite eyeshadow (colour or shade)?
- Urban Decay Virgin and Sin
23. Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?
-Neither, I'm more of a gel kinda girl

24. How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?
-Never

25. What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?
-Starting to like 
26. Do you use mineral makeup?
- I use mineral foundations and concealers as setting powders
27. What is your favorite lipstick?
- REDS!
28. How about lipgloss?
-Ughhh! HATE!

29. What is your favorite blush to use?
-ELF studio line blushes are great
30. Do you buy your makeup on ebay?
-Sometimes if the seller seems good 
Do you like drugstore makeup?
-HELLS YEAH!

32. Do you go to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)
- Yup, its where I buy most of my MAC make up

33. Did you ever consider taking make-up classes?
-Defiantly

34. Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?
-Not really
35. Name a makeup crime that you hate?
- Non-blended eye-shadow, orange look, clumpy mascara, overdone eyeliner, overdone blush and overdrawn eyebrows

36. Do you like colorful shades of makeup?
-Yup
37. If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item,what would you use?
-Too hard!

38. Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?
-I do it all the time!

39. Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?
-If my face is washed and brows are plucked I'm all good :)

40. Finally What do you think of Makeup?
-I love it!

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Elf and stuff haul :)

Hi sweetcheeks ;),
                           So yesterday I ordered off http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/ for what seems like the one hundredth time (but is in actual fact the 5th time since August, so 5 times in 7 months (so not that bad :L)), but anyways my package arrived today (well done ELF) with regular shipping. Also today my parents and I took a little trip out to a nearby town for lunch and to look in the little independent shops that the town is littered with.

 A small over view of the things I bought :)
So I guess I will start off with the randoms:

•  Fiji Water (Sooo yummy and a pretty bottle too!) About £1.20 for a litre
• 8 coasters (Beetles and Wonder Woman for myself and the other 6 for the house) £1.99 each (Garden Centre)
• Denture cleaning tablets (for my retainer) 90p (Boots)
• And the 'Soap and Glory Face Massage Mini Mitt' (Which I just tried and its PHENOMENAL!) £4 (Boots)

And the ELF Stuff:

• 4 studio line blushes in 'Peachy Keen', 'Mellow Mauve', 'Gotta Glow' and 'Twinkle Pink', Gotta Glow is an off white highlighter, Peachy Keen a peachy brown, Mellow Mauve a gorgeous wine colour (This is by far my favourite) and Twinkle Pink highly reminds me of 'Super Orgasm' by NARS, just not a pigmented. They are £3.50 each
• The 'Studio Line Mist And Set', this setting spray was smaller than I expected and smells like cucumber sandwiches, but I will try it out another day and back to you on how it works. This was £3.50
• I bought the 'Studio Line Brush Shampoo' as I wanted a brush shampoo and ELF's 'Daily Brush Cleanser' has done me well. £3.50
• 2 'Studio Cream Liners' in 'Black' and 'Ivory'. I adore the black shade as it is long wearing and very deep but unfortunately the 'Ivory' shade was completely dried up so I emailed ELF asking if they would send me another. £3.50 each
• The 'Studio Matte Eyeshadow' in 'Smoke'. I ADORE this loose shadow already as it is soft, pigmented and easily blendable, I will be purchasing more of these as they are £3.50 each
• The 'Studio Pigment Eyeshadow' in 'Naturally Nude'. Once again I ADORE this shade which is odd because this is high shimmery and I prefer matte's usually. Once again £3.50
• The 'Studio Make-up Lock and Seal' which ELF describes as such:  

"Increase the intensity of your makeup colors and lock it on instantly. Coat your eyeliner, shadow, lipsticks, blush, brow color and more for a sealed smudge-proof wear. The quick dry and easy to use formula keeps you makeup in place for hours. Say goodbye to makeup smudges and hello to makeup that stays put!"

              I have yet to try this but it looks promising!

• I bought the Mineral line 'Bamboo Blending Eye Brush' which have used and next time I'm buying a spare its so great! £5.50
• And finally the Mineral line's 'Face Starter Kit' in 'Fair', it comes with a foundation, a concealer, a blush, angled blush brush, a powder brush and a small black make-up bag. Lets ignore the brushes and bag as they are so-so and not my favourites. The foundation and concealer are both in'Fair', the containers are both small but are very good as a booster to regular concealer and foundation. I wore the powder concealer over the 'Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer' in 'Fair 1' and the coverage together was pretty good. I also wore the foundation as a setting powder over the 'Stila Illuminating Tinted Moisturiser' in 'Shade 2' which also provided great coverage. The Blush is in 'Joy' and is a nice mid-tone pink, it is matte and I can see myself using it a lot. This kit costs £15 for 6 items

Thanks for reading sweetcheeks *MWAHHHH* ;)

Love Hattie <3

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