Freelance writer and second year student Eleanor Doughty shows us what's in her Make-Up bag:
Now then,
excuse me for being that girl, but I have a confession to make. I like my makeup simple. Preferring to stick to sixties doe eyes and
an insouciant natural skin tone, my daily routine is less than arduous.
Both
fortunately and unfortunately, my job has enabled me to try such a great array
of new products that I scarcely have room for them. Beauty sales have happened in my bedroom, no
kidding. If you see me in my two most
regular (sigh) E1 hangouts, the library and the gym, this post won't make so
much sense; I am usually almost makeup free.
Suffice to say, I don't really look like a fashion and beauty journalist
a lot of the time, whatever we’re supposed to look like.
Despite my
makeup bag overflowing to the point where I actually had to buy a cabinet
for everything, I'm pretty laid back about it.
I enjoy getting dressed and ahem, beautified far too much to want to do
it every day. Only when I am in the
office full time - now a growing commonality - do I deign to spend the
necessary time sixties-fying myself.
Diorskin
Nude BB Crème (£30)
Shockingly,
I don't wear foundation and never have- occupationally, this has proven tricky
when trialing products and working on features.
Upon the arrival of Dior's BB cream in the courier post some months ago,
I felt dishonourable to my standard routine, as it became a soft staple to my
morning routine. Designed to provide a
soft, blemish-free backdrop to the skin, Dior's rosy cream is the most delicate
I am yet to road test. In my sampling
wisdom of late, that is high praise. It
isn't so perfect for your purse, clocking in at £30, but for the amount you
need to use in the morning, it's more than an investment piece.
www.dior.com
Bare
Minerals powder blush (£19) / Chanel blush (£31)
I was
lucky enough to be given a complementary session at the wonderful Bare Minerals
boutique in Covent Garden for this addition to my makeup bag/drawer/life. As all my individual products were chosen
precisely for my skin tone, I completely hit the jackpot with Bare Minerals'
divine powder blush. You only need use
the tiniest amount as the powder is incredible dense, but that makes it the
most valuable possession. I switch
between Chanel's actually-smells-like-roses blush Joues Contraste too as this
is probably the most incredible piece of makeup that I own, but I use it
very sparingly so as to only enable its goodness for the very special
occasions.
www.bareminerals.co.uk
www.chanel.com
Estee
Lauder Two Tone mascara (£25)
Another
press trial and another all-too-regular makeup bag staple comes from the team
at Estee Lauder. Introducing, Two Tone
Eye Opening Mascara. Bit of a mouthful,
but so worth it. On first impressions it
appears gaudy, a little overdressed in its entire golden splendor, and a little
heavy. With two ends, a brown wand for
the bottom lashes and a deep black for the top, the famous EL, as it has been
known in our flat, is perfect for recreations of Twiggy's wide-eyes. And on a makeup day, that's always me. You know when you've met the one, and this is
mine.
www.esteelauder.co.uk
Sephora
Rouge Cream Mr. Lover lipstick ($12)
Some like
it hot, some like it red…I like it pink.
Lipstick, that is. I have been on
the pursuit of the perfect pink lipstick for longer than I care to
remember. I have requested pink trios of
lipstick from every brand I can find, been gifted packages of many, many that
just weren't quite right. Chanel
sent some, Bare Minerals sent some, even Dior.
Dior's Swan comes almost perfectly close to a day-night perfect pink,
but I am a little more swayed by Sephora's Mr Lover. I admit it's not the pink I have been
daily-searching for, but hot pink is a happy substitute. Even if the name alone takes your fancy, it
comes with Shard-high recommendations.
Of many of the lipsticks I have tried and failed at using, Sephora's
Rouge Cream has most consistently delighted.
It doesn't fade, smear or wear off- it's never out of place and
the colour fixes all day. Okay so a
little comes off on a wine glass here and there, but we're all winning in that
scenario. Disappointingly, Sephora still
don't ship to the UK which is the biggest nuisance, but happily various
European/North American dwelling friends are only too willing to post packages
home to London in cases of extreme Sephora-itis. I am only too inclined to buy Sephora makeup,
that's how good it is.
www.sephora.com
Enter
Pronoun Blacknailed eyeliner $28
Bizarrely,
visiting Enter Pronoun's website brings up a header describing 'a unisex makeup
collection'. This hasn't stopped me from
using their divine Blacknailed eyeliner every single day since it popped
through into my in-tray during the summer.
The blackest black felt tip pen is the easiest eyeliner I have had the
pleasure of using, even trumping my long-term BFF, Sephora's Long-Lasting 12HR
Wear to the top spot. Enter Pronoun's
silver-packaged simple liner has never let me down, even in moments of flash
flood, knee-jerk emotions or puddle-splashed-in-face-on-Curtain-Road (yup, that
definitely happened), I have not been left resembling a panda. And it's not even specifically waterproof,
which I figure is even better. Coming in
at $28, it's not the cheapest eyeliner you'll ever use, but it might just be
the best.
www.enterpronoun.com
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