What's In My Make-Up Bag?

I thought i'd do a post on make-up..well my make up seen as i'm trying to re-establish it.  I'm trying new products and trying to wear foundation!  After following the Pixiwoo girls i thought i'd go out and try a few products so off i trotted into Manchester and went to Estee Lauder who quite frankly didn't listen to a word i said and just tried to sell me an £80.00 skin care kit and kept saying over and over again it was the last one! AND? Am I bovered....NO!! I'm not, i came to you to ask about foundation and one for very dry skin!  Needless to say after i allowed her to forcefully sit me down and try skin care and a tiny bit of foundation on the back of my hand i got up and went over to benefit who were brilliant!.

I'm a stickler for customer service and nothing gets my back up than it being done badly.  I worked for years in fashion retail and if i was to blow my own trumpet i'm bloody good at it!! BUT that was because i was taught by the best.  
A Benefit lady came over to me and asked how i was as i was looking rather confused.  I proceeded to tell her i needed a foundation for my very dry skin but something light that wasn't going to clog my lines and make them look worse than they are.  She took me over to a young girl, introduced me to her by her name and introduced me after asking my name.  I sat down and I was shown a few products that matched my skin, and applied them to my face. The assistant was very attentive and very educated about the product!  Fantastic service.

I didn't buy anything from Benefit though as i wanted to now try MAC.  I told the assistant at benefit this and she was courteous and well mannered and advised me to call back if i needed anymore help.  She wrote all the products i had used onto a record sheet with their fabulous vintage design on...just the most divine marketing & design.  

Off i trotted into MAC in Selfridges who again were equally attentive after leaving me for a while to try the products (didn't jump on me as soon as i walked in). An assistant called 'Polly' i think came over asked me if i needed any help.  I told her my story.

Brilliant service and again fabulous customer service without being pushy at all.  I did buy from MAC as i found in the little time i'd had Benefit on my face it felt a little cakey and heavy and by the time i'd got to MAC i wanted it off my face. This doesn't mean that Benefit wasn't good, it just means that the foundation i had tried didn't suit me, i love Benefit and will be going back to buy a moisturiser.  MAC's did however feel light and sat well on my skin.  I didn't need a great deal of it on my face either!  I bought a primer, foundation and one of their fabulous lipsticks! 

Here's my haul..

Other items in my make-up bag

MAC lipstick
Chatterbox
Lady Danger

Wearing MAC Chatterbox

Gosh
Manderina

Maybelline
Lasting Drama Gel in black

Brushes
Body Shop blusher brush
Eyeshadow blender brush from Superdrug
Body Shop Eyeliner sponge pencil for powder eyeliner
Barry M eyeliner brush (I love)!!

Miss Sporty Kohl Eyeliner
015 basalt

My fave lipstick
Rimmel
Coral Queen (just love it) it really brightens up my skin tone which is very pale!

Avon Duo - true colour
Black Pearl

Acccessorize
Translucent Face Powder

Accessorize Blush
8 - Quiver

Collection
Mascara - Longer lash lengthening Mascara

Colour Sport
My very over used Eyebrow Grooming Kit that should be thrown out but i love it

Temple Spa Lip Treats - Just divine

Lucca
Sanremo
Cortona

Avon
Glazewear Shine - nude

Perfume

My guilty pleasure!...shhhuusshhh please don't tell anyone!
Shilpa Shetty Perfume!!  It costs me about £2.60 off Amazon and i'm always being asked what perfume i'm wearing!  I bought it for Christmas 2011 for a £1.00 (shameful i know but if you don't tell her i'm definitely not) on a Christmas Stall fair for my then 13 year old daughter who wanted some perfume.  I didn't want to buy her anything expensive as she was only 13 so i bought this unopened unused as a little stocking filler.  When she wore it she smelt beautiful so i sneaked a little on me.  I bought some and have been wearing it since and so has Isobel and refused a more expensive perfume this year!   At night when i'm going out somewhere i wear a 'Hermes' one but to be honest i still love my little 'Shilpa'...Isn't it sad that if it were £60.00 a bottle it would have more street cred and more pretentious gits like me wearing it with pride...  I'm not pretentious at all really so i say that in jest so I should be shouting it from the roof tops that you don't have to spend a fortune to smell good but i do have a problem with perfume however as it does tend not like my skin so i struggle to buy one i really love therefore i do go for the more expensive one's.   Shilpa Shetty perfume however will remain in my everyday wear but silently...ha ha  SORRY Shilpa love...

Cheap Smells

Amazon UK

My make-up bag is from Primani (Primark) Current stock at £3.50 bargain!

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