My Makeup Collection & Storage!

~ MAKEUP COLLECTION ~

&

STORAGE!

Overview!

Today I have decided to share my make up collection.  Not because I think I have a dazzling collection worthy of showing off, but mainly because I think it is a topic that is very popular and widely enjoyed by beauty fanatics and like minded folk. I know I love to read and watch people's collections and storage ideas on blogs, websites and youtube videos, so I thought I would share mine for sheer inspiration for your own collection and storage to gather ideas and tips along the way. :)

For the longest time I just had my make up stashed amongst all my other bathroom products, in draws and cupboards, and it was almost always impossible to find what ever it was I was looking for. I finally got my hands on one of these storage draws I had seem many other beauty gurus have to store their make up items and thought it would be the perfect way to store my stuff as well. This is available from Office works for around $50 and is available in the clear,  like mine, an ombre Grey and the famous rainbow shades.

Top Shelf - Most perfumes/OPI Nail Polish & Fancy Anna Sui Mirror

(Acrylic lipstick storage container was about $9 on sale from David Jones.)

Top Draw - Lipsticks including L'Oréal/Rimmel/Revlon/Mac/ChiChi/Mirinesse/Napoleon Perdis/Shisedo/Designer Brands/Maybelline

Draw 2 - Lip gloss including Avon/Maybelline/1 Skin Solution/Lip Smackers/Hello Kitty/Sugar Baby/Napoleon Perdis/L'Oréal/Nivea/MAC

Draw 3 - Foundations, Primers & BB Creams including Dr. LeWinns/ChiChi/Maybelline/Garnier/L'Oréal / Bobby Brown/Nivea/Avon/Revlon/Dermalogica/Mac/Mirinesse/Natio + my beloved Kora moisturiser that I use everyday! :)

Draw 4 - Mascaras, Eyeliners, Lipliners & Eyebrow Pencils including Rimmel/Maybelline / Max Factor/Sugarbaby/L'Oréal / Blinc/MeMeMe/Benefit/Bloom/Napoleon Perdis/ChiChi/Avon/Designer Brands/ModelCo

Draw 5 - Eyelashes, glue & other eye tools including Shu Umura/ModelCo/Revlon/Sax/Designer Brands...

Draw 6 - Blush, Tints, Pigments, Bronzer & Sample Satchels including Benefit/Sugarbaby/The Balm/Mac/Revlon/Nyx/Nars/BYS/Kibi/ChiChi...

Draw 7 - Palettes & Single Eyeshadows including Sugarbaby/Estee Lauder/BYS/Napoleon Perdis/Maybelline/Sportsgirl/Diva/L'Oréal...

Draw 8 - More Palettes, Single Eyeshadows and Jumbo Eye Pencils including NYX/Mac/Maybelline/Max Factor/Australis/Britney Spears...

Draw 9 - Nail Polish including Mirinesse/Sally Hansen/Maybelline/Avon/Sugarbaby/L'Oréal/Nyc/Catwalk/Fing'rs/Nailene Polished London...

Draw 10 - More Nail Polish including BYS/Revlon/ChiChi/Revitanail/NYC/NYX/Maybelline/Rimmel/Ulta3/Supre/Nailene/Sally Hansen/Manicare/Hello Kitty...

Congratulations you finally made it to the end of my collection. Not a lot of high end stuff as I've only recently begun to indulge in them so I am slowly replacing the old with some new quality products. I still love my drugstore brands though too! :)

If you'd like to watch a video of my makeup collection you can find it here. If has changed a bit compared to these photos as my 2 year old daughter often gets into and rearranges my draws for me.... so to speak! ;)

I am still waiting on my Naked 1, 2 & 3 Palettes coming from the US that hubby was so kind to get me for my birthday. I am itching to try them and do some video & blog posts using them. So keep an eye out as they will hopefully be coming soon!

♥ CandyFairy

New Trend - Ombre Lips!

As an obsessed make up addict I am always up for trying a new trends and experimenting with different looks and working at perfecting my skills.

Recently, I have seen this ombre lip trend around and thought I'd give it a go & these are some of the looks I came up with. Some more wearable than others, but hey make up is fun and anything goes these days.

When it comes to using lip liners, I have often been to lazy to bother but I've recently come to learn they're actually brilliant at helping to keep your lipstick not only neat and more defined, but also does a great job at making the colour last much longer when applied all over your lips not just the outline.

To achieve my ombre effect here is my super simple step by step guide.

1. Gently exfoliate your lips with a lip scrub. My favourite is Lush Bubblegum but any kind will do, you can even whip up your own with a few ingredients from the kitchen. (If you'd like to see a blog post on making your own DIY lip scrub please let me know.)

2. Moisturise your lips with a simple balm. A plain waxy one will work best as opposed to a shiny tinted one.

3. Figure out a colour combination you want to try. My favourite one I created was a pinky red using a Chi Chi lip liner in Status & Legally Pink and Nivea Fruity Shine lip balm. Watch my How-To video here.

4. Apply the darker shade you chose to out outline of your lips, you can apply a thicker line than you usually would if just applying it normally.

5. Next apply the lighter shade to the inner part of your lips.

6. Blend the two shades together. There are different ways to do this,  but I found the best way was to do this with my finger. Similar to when you are blending eye shadow, you are just doing the same on your lips. So a lip brush will also work well for this step.

7. I found since using lip liners my lips were feeling quite dry by this step so I applied applied tinted balm close to the shade I just created to fix the problem but not change the ombre effect.

Have you or would you ever try this lip look? 

Let me know below what your fav lip colour combo would be! :)

♥ CandyFairy