My Current Face Favourites :)

Today I'm going to show you my current daily face! I love to know what make up people use regularly, because although a lot of us buy the new or highly rated products, sometimes we just have our favourites we go back to again and again.

All pictures are taken of the products in their current, loved, state! =p

Currently, for my base I'm using either Kiko BB Cream (which I purchased in the Kiko store in Westfields, London) or Jemma Kidd Light as Air. I use the BB when I have fake tan on as it blends better.

I have reviewed JK Light as Air here.

I'm not 100% sold on either base, still looking for my favourite!

My current concealer is Collection (previously Collection 2000)'s Lasting Perfection. It is SUCH a bargain and does match coverage to high end concealers I've tried. I'm still looking for my HG under-eye concealer though!

I use Nars Orgasm for my blush for day to day wear, blusher is the make up product I like the least - I never seem to apply it perfectly and it annoys me cause I know Orgasm is so good!

I swatched Orgasm here.

On my eyes, I am currently using ELF Prime & Seal Primer, which I love, and then a combination of colours from my Urban Decay Naked and Naked2 Palettes.

I reviewed the ELF Primer here and have compared Naked and Naked2 here.

I'm enjoying ELF's primer, it's super cheap and is like a crayon so it's so easy to use. You can buy it here, but it's quite often out of stock! I also love love LOVE my Naked Palettes, I never use anything else (I know, how exciting).

I also use Urban Decay 24/7 liquid eyeliner - although I am desperately looking for alternative (animal friendly obv)!! And my new AMAZING mascara is 17 Cosmetics Peep Show. Seriously, I usually use high end mascara but was sent this and now it's my daily go-to!

I ranted about my UD eyeliner here and raved about my 17 mascara here.

I apply all my make up with Sigma brushes:

I have reviewed them here, here and here.

They need a wash hahaha.

And that's my face!

You can see that the products I use I have genuinely reviewed positively and keep using over and over.

Do you use any of these products? Do you have any base or eyeliner recommendations for me? What do you think of my daily favourites?

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

Sigma Review - Eye Brushes

Here we have Part Three of my Sigma Brush review!
Part One was introduction to my brushes and the cleaning process (ugh)
Part Two was my review of the Face Brushes.

So we're on to my thoughts on the EYE BRUSHES from Sigma.

Top to bottom: E05 Eyeliner, E40 Tapered Blending, E30 Pencil, E55 Eye Shading, E60 Large Shader, E65 Small Angle, E70 Medium Angled Shading and the silver brush to the left is my free brush - E25 Blending.

L-R: E70 Medium Angled Shading, E55 Eye Shading and E30 Pencil

These are the three eye brushes I have been using CONSTANTLY. Before, I had one eye brush that I got from the Avon many moons ago, and it was probsbly most similar to E70. These three brushes are all super soft and quite dense, E70 and E55 are natural hair and E30 is synthetic. They have all been recently used in this pic.
I use E70 as to highlight under my brow, you can't see how angled it is in the photo above, so here's a closer look:

It's the perfect shape for sweeping highlighter on quickly and easily.

I use E55 all over my eyelid, it's very sturdy and distributes colour well. I then use my favourite eye brush - E30. I have nooo idea how I did make up for so long without realising how much I needed this little beauty! It really is like a pencil, it's so precise, perfect for the crease and outer v. Love this brush!

L-R: E40 Tapered Blending and E65 Small Angle

I use E40 for blending, it's soft and fluffy to smudges colours together easily. I have not yet tried it on eyeliner, but it works well on eyeshadows and feel so nice, like a wee duster on my eyelid! =p I use E65 for eyeshadow under my eye. I always like to extend my colour underneath my eye, and this is the perfect brush for that. It's very rigid and I imagine if you wet it it'd be good for applying eyeliner too.

A close up on (a clean) E65, you can see how angled it is.

L-R: E60 Large Shader, E05 Eyeliner and E25 Blending

These are the brushes I haven't been using as much. E60 is a nice shape, but it is huuge. Maybe if I was doing a wash of colour over my whole eyelid I would use that. I might start to do that and then focus in my colour with the E55 I mentioned above. I might also use it to spread primer over my whole lid.

I use a liquid eyeliner that comes with it's own little brush nib, so I don't have a whole lot of use for E05. I would use this if I was maybe lining my eyes in gel liner or wet for an eyeshadow line.

E25 was my free brush, and it's quite similar to E40 (mentioned above). Because of that, I don't really tend to use it very much either.

In conclusion, I absolutely LOVE my Sigma eye brushes. They've totally changed the way I do make up and I use 5 out of 7 of them daily, and the other three I can see there being uses for when I develop my skills.

So what do you think? Do you use this many brushes for your eye make up?? And am I using any brush wrong/ could be using it in a different way?

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥