Drugstore Starter Kit

Today I'm going to be sharing makeup which I think is good to have when starting out your makeup collection. Obviously you don't need to go out and buy all of this at once or get the whole kit but these are my favourite products which are cheap but also good quailty aswell and everything is under £10. 

So to start off with I would recommend you get a makeup bag. The makeup bag in the thumbnail is from Victoria's Secret and is probably out of your price range but Primark is my favourite place to buy makeup bags. They have a great selection of patterns and shapes of the bag and they only £3-£4, which is a bargain.

Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation- Most young girls start off with a BB cream but I actually went straight to a foundation and if you are going to do the same I would spend a bit more money on a good foundation like this one because the cheap ones aren't very good quailty but this Rimmel one is amazing.

This is £7.99 from Boots

Rimmel London Wake Me Up Concealer- If you watch a lot of these videos on YouTube you will notice that most YouTubers would recommend the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer but that's actually not that good so I would go for this concealer which is great for under the eyes and also any blemishes.

This is £5.49 from Boots. 

Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder- To set your foundation and concealer you will need a powder and a good one to start off with is this Rimmel Stay Matte Powder and this is really simple to use as all you have to do is brush this all over your face and you are done.

This is £3.99 from Boots

NYX High Definition Blush- I love blush and my favourite from the drugstore is by the brand NYX, which you can get in Boots. These blushes have really good pigmentation and there is also a huge shade range; to start off with I would choose a light pink/peach colour so it looks natural.

This is £5.50 from Boots

Collection Highlight & Sculpt Contour Kit- This isn't something you need straight away because I only recently starting getting into contour and I have been wearing makeup for a while now. This contour kit is really good because the product is surprisingly good and there is a guide on the back which I find very handy. 

This is £4.19 from Boots

Rimmel London Brow This Way Brow Styling Gel- This is a good product to have when starting out with makeup because all you have to do is brush the spoolie through your eyebrows to set them in place and then you don't have to worry about them for the rest of the day. You could also use clear mascara to do this.

This is £3.99 from Boots.

Maybelline 24HR Colour Tattoo in On & On Bronze- This eyeshadow base is one loads of YouTubers rave about and I would recommend it because you can just wear this on your eyelids. Or you can do more complex eyeshadow looks with an eyeshadow palette, which I'm going to talk about next.

This is £4.99 from Boots

Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic 1- This eyeshadow palette is a dupe for the very famous but expensive Urban Decay Naked palette. This palette has all neutral shades, some matte and some shimmery, and you can make so many looks from this palette which I always use.

This is £4 from Superdrug

Essence All Eyes On Me Waterproof Mascara- Mascara is one of my favourite makeup products and I have a lot of drugstore ones but my favourite is this one from Essence because it really lengthens and separates your lashes and because it's waterproof, it's lasts all day.

This is £2 from Wilko

NYX Butter Glosses- I usually don't like lip glosses but I do really like these ones by NYX. Firstly they're not buttery which is a good thing and secondly they're not that annoying when your wearing them. Yes you will need to reapply during the day but I think you have to do that with every gloss.

This is £5.50 from Boots.

Vaseline Lip Therapy- Everyone knows and love Vaseline but I would recommend you keep a tin in your makeup bag because I find it great to use before applying my lip product, especially when my lips are a bit chapped and aren't feeling that nice. I prefer the cocoa butter flavour but I know their are others.

This is £1.95 from Boots

Maybelline Baby Lips- These lip balms are really good for hydrating the lips but also giving colour to the lips (not all have colour). My favourite lip balms are from eos but I'm not sure if you would consider them drugstore and these are cheaper and great for the price. I really like Pink Punch, Cherry Me and the Watermelon one.

This is £2.99 from Superdrug 

Collection Lasting Colour Lipsticks- What a surprise that I included these! If you've read my blog for quite a while you would know that I love these lipsticks and I would recommend them for your first lipsticks because there's a range of shades in either matte or normal and they last for ages.

These are £2.99 from Superdrug.

So that's what I would recommend for anyone who is starting out with makeup. Don't get everything at once but you could gradually build up your collection and see what products you like and don't like and that's what I'm still doing.

Drugstore Faves

If you've been reading my blog for quite a while you would know that I'm a huge fan of drugstore makeup so obviously that means I have my favourite products and that's exactly what I'm going to share with you today. 

Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation- I recently picked up this foundation in Boots because I needed a new one and I didn't expect to love it as much as I do. It's very light on the skin and I do forget I'm wearing it, which is a good thing. It also matches my skin really well and it's easy to blend and overall it's an amazing foundation.

Rimmel London Clear Complexion Powder- While on the topic of Rimmel I also recently picked up a new powder (this time in Tesco, not Boots) and I defiantly prefer it to the Stay Matte powder. I don't really know what to say about a powder but this powder isn't cakey and looks and sets my foundation and concealer really well

Makeup Revolution Ultra Blush Palettes- I now have two of these palettes and I would really recommend them; my favourite blush is MAC and that's way better but these are amazing for £6. They're so pigmented and there some real;y pretty colours and it's a good way of trying out colours if your getting into makeup.

Collection Lasting Colour Lipsticks- What a surprise that I'm talking about these!  You probably know by now that these lipsticks are my favourite as I talk about them all the time and I've done a lot of reviews on them but the formula is amazing (especially the matte ones) and they look so nice.

MUA Eyeshadow Palette in Undressed- Sadly I can't take a picture of this as I had to chuck mine away as it smashed (RIP) but I did really like this eyeshadow palette. You get 12 shades for £4 and they were so easy to blend and create looks with. They were also really pigmented and this is an amazing dupe for the Naked palette (even though I've never tried it)

Barry M Nail Paints- These are my favourite nail polishes and you would've seen them in my recent nail polish collection blog post. They last for a long time and the colour selection is amazing and it's my go to stand in the drugstore to get my nail polishes from and they're also really affordable, which is a definite bonus in my eyes.

Zoella Beauty- I wanted to include some other beauty products and I actually like Zoella Beauty. Some products aren't that good (like the lip balm which is really bad) but there are some good products such as the makeup bags, body mists and shower gels. It's definitely hit or miss but there are good products. 

So they're all my current drugstore favourites and I'll probably do an updated one in a couple of months as I'm sure I'll find some products that I really like. Let me know in the comments below what your favourite product from the drugstore is.

Makeup Collection

Todays post is a post I'm so excited about because today I'm finally going to be showing you my makeup collection. I know I have more makeup than I need but I love buying makeup and I do have a weakness for a lot of makeup products (mascaras, lipsticks and palettes are my biggest).

Most of my makeup is stored in these acrylic drawers which are from Tiger (the top 2 and thing on top) and Primark (the bottom four) but in this wooden crate, from Primark, I have two more acrylic storage that stores lip products and they're both from Tiger. I really like my makeup storage and it was really cheap.

This is what I keep on top of the drawers and it's four of my mini Victoria's Secret body mists (from L-R Exotic, Love Spell, Aqua Kiss and Temptation) and also a Victoria's Secret rollerball in the Crush scent. I also have a brush cleanser from Studio London and a sharpener, also from Studio London.

The first drawer contains face products so the three extra foundations I have are the Collection Naturally Matt Foundation, Miss Sporty Insta Glow Foundation and the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation. I also have the Fit Me concealer and two blushes- one from Technic and a MUA blush in Bubble Gum.

The second drawer is also face products and I keep my Makeup Revolution Blush Palette in Hot Spice, the Rimmel London Wake Me Up Concealer, the MUA Mosaic Bronzer, a Technic Powder and finally a Miss Sporty Insta Glow Foundation.

Now the next three drawers are all about eye products so I have the Barry M Natural Glow Eyeshadow and Primer Palette 2 and also a PS... 8 Shade Day Eyeshadow Palette, which wouldn't open when I tried to take a picture of it. The rest of the products are from Technic and there's some eyeshadow applicators, two eyeliners (a brown and black) and three cream eyeshadows in white, orange and blue.

The fourth drawer down is another drawer dedicated to eyes but I also have a Zoella Beauty Blissful Mistful Solid Fragrance because I didn't know where to put it. I also have a Collection Eyes Uncovered Palette because it didn't fit in the third drawer, three little Technic eyeshadows quads and two Collection mascaras- the Super Size and Longer Lash.

The last drawer is mainly about mascaras but there's also my only brow product but that should probably go into my everyday makeup bag. The mascaras I have are the Miss Sporty Pump Up 24 Booster Waterproof Mascara, Technic Get Lashed Mascara, PS... Volumising Mascara, Technic Monster Lash Mascara and my favourite Essence All Eyes On Me Waterproof Mascara. The brow product I have is the Rimmel London Brow This Way Clear Brow Gel.

The last drawer is my lip drawer and inside I have a Collection Lasting Colour Lipstick in a nude shade (can't remember the name), a PS... Matte lip crayon in Nude Beach, a red PS... lip crayon, a Collection Work The Colour Lip Crayon, two of the PS... Liquid Lipsticks, two lip liners from Technic and a Zoella Kissy Missy Lip Balm.

The rest of my lip products are in acrylic storage from Tiger and this particular one was £3. The first row I have some of my Baby Lips, the second row has two Collection Lasting Colour Lipsticks and a lipstick from Technic and the last row has two more Collection Lasting Colour Lipsticks and a Technic Lip Gloss.

This is the other acrylic storage from Tiger and this one was £4 because it's a little bigger. Firstly on the left I have three body sprays and a L'Oreal hairspray. Then on the first row I have a Barry M lipstick, a Clinque lipstick and a Technic lipgloss. The second row has two nude Technic lipsticks and a Givency Nude Lipstick and lastly the last row has Technic lip crayons and Technic lip glosses (one in nude, one in pink and the other is red).

Just thought I would quickly show you where I store my makeup brushes are stored and they're not very clean and I hate the storage but I want to get a new mug or cup for it. Most of my brushes are from Studio London and they're really good quailty.

That was my long awaited collection and I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry I didn't go into too much detail about every single product but if you would like some more information let me know in the comments below. Also follow me on Twitter (@louisecarterr) and Instagram (@thelipstickinsider)