Ever since starting my blog a couple of years ago, beauty has played a huge roll and was indeed the be all and end all of my blog. Recently things have taken a twist and I feel like I haven't actually written a makeup or beauty related post in so long and although I love the direction my blog is going in with more chatty, advice and lifestyle related posts, I still want to keep a fair share of beauty in the mix so today I am starting it off with my holy grail makeup products so far this year.


Starting off with brows, this Techinc brow powder is my absolute fave, it suits my brow shade so well and I can work with it extremely effortlessly to create my ideal brow shape. Naturally, my brows are quite full as I tend to touch them as little as possible but that does mean they get quite messy, so a brow gel is a must have in my makeup bag, especially if I am out for the day. Queen Of Brows by W7 is a brow gel I have spoken about quite a lot and highly recommend due to its low cost and high quality.


Moving on to my face, I have gone back to loving my Vivo BB Cream. I recently re-purchased the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in the shade 200 which is my shade, but for some reason it now oxidizes on my skin (which it never used to do) which is really frustrating. Seen as my skin has also been playing up at the moment, I just decided to stick with what I knew, and what I new worked and hadn't changed, so I just went back to Vivo, it is a light to medium coverage which I think is ideal for a day to day look.



As I am quite pasty I need to add colour back into my skin an give myself a bit of an alive look, so for this I use the IDC bronzer. Again (like with most of these products) you know I love this, as you've heard me speak about it before. It gives a subtle colour to the face without being too much and I just love to it.



Recently I have been loving the shiny, healthy, glowing skin look, so I found adding a couple of my favourite highlights works a dream. First I like to apply my MUA cream highlight and then add the Techinc one over the top and just trust me on this one, it looks amazing.



The mascaras I have been loving are the Essence All Eyes On Me one, which I always seem to lean towards as I just think it works so well, looks really natural and doesn't crumble all over my face during the evening. Although, my other go-to is the MUA False Lashes Effect one, although it makes my lashes look really fake and thick looking, I still really like it.


Lastly for my lips I recently recieved the Mac Velvet Teddy lipstick of Han and I mean... I love it. In all honestly, since I got it I don't believe there is a day I have done my makeup and not applied it... oops!

When starting off with my makeup "obsession" back in 2012 highlighters were never something I would buy, I just found them quite unnecessary and when I eventually did, mum always told me I looked to have a silver stripe on my face so I took to my own sweat as the perfect alternative.


One day I saw the MUA Highlighter on the 5.99 stall in Primor and something in me made me buy it to just try it out and see what I thought of it. I became obsessed. It is a very silky, soft and creamy on the skin, and it just gives a nice - not in your face, highlight and I really recommend it.





A few months down the line, I received a few of Technics highlighters and oh my they are so pigmented, I must say that Technic just know how to make a bomb ass highlighter. Not only are they amazing quality and pigmentation but they also are really inexpensive, so its a win win situation.
Technic was 10/10 the brand that made me change my mind and made me reconsider the performance of the rest of my highlighters including the MUA highlighter stick which I had already loved for a good amount of time.

Are there any drugstore highlighters that you class as a must have in your makeup collection? Let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to answer them!

Technic is a makeup company from a little village near my home town in England called Silsden. Something about this company and knowing that they are from an area near me makes them closer to my heart in some strange way.
Today I thought I would talk through a few products I have got from them and just give you my first honest opinions and impressions among the products.



First of all I got a couple of brushes; the blending brush and then foundation brush.
My honest first impression on these was that they looked so quirky and colourful. These brushes are really soft, dense and good quality. They don't shed bristles, which again is a plus factor, instead of walking around all day with stray hairs attached to your face.


The next product I got was this insanely pigmented highlight, it is super creamy and pigmented. It may be a low cost product, but they haven't skimped on quality.


I also got a brow (powder and wax) duo in the shade Medium which I am really excited to try out as I haven't really emerged into the brow products yet and I haven't really grown much of a collection or experienced and played around with many brands or products.


I got a concealer palette, which again, I am extremely excited to play around with, try out and maybe film a video with as I know lots of people find them quite tricky and confusing. This one in particular comes with purple and peachy shades as well as shimmery and tan shades, in order for it to work with all different skin tones,



The one lippy I got is in the shade 'The lady is a Vamp.' and it is yet another red shade to add to my collection. It is really creamy on the lips, applies evenly and stays on for a bloody long time! They also have a really good colour range of these lipsticks, so who knows, I may have to save up and go cray-cray!


As loose powders are all over the place at the moment I obviously had to get one, this one applies lovely and works wonders. I don't only use it for under my eyes to set my concealer, but also to tidy up my contour or bronzer if I feel it looks very messy.



I got two quad shimmer palettes, one in blush shades and another in bronze shades and believe me now, you are going to see a lot of these, I love them! The pigmentation in them is unreal and I can't get enough!




Last of all, I got an eyeshadow palette fulfilled with both amazing shimmery and matte shades for this winter season. I was really surprised with the pigmentation in this also and I would totally recommend this palette as it is so inexpensive for its quality, especially if you are working on a budget.
As I said, all these products are worth trying out and playing around with whether you are on a budget or not, if you are only just starting out with makeup or if you are a fully experienced MUA. I think they are amazing value for money, the people over at the office are amazing, and I doubt you will be disappointed with your purchase!
Are there any other brands who's value for money is amazing and you think I should try out? If so, let me know.