Benefit - Gimme Brow

 

Generally in my make up and beauty routines my eyebrows get neglected.  

I admit it, I over plucked in a my teenage years and now they just don't grow. I realised about a month ago that I hadn't taken a tweezer to by brows for over 18 months- a year and a half people! 

Anyway, in short I'm a bit late to the eyebrow show (sorry Deleveign!) so I have invested in Benefits Gimme Brow...

I was advised to get the light/medium colour for my skin tone. The tube is teeny, hope I don't loose it! Benefit products are a ft little pricey, but I have found with their other products that they last forever so hope this serves me well! 

It's like a mascara wand for hamsters! You just pull out the little brush and sweep it through your brow and it sticks to the hairs and builds colour and volume.

Before

After. It has filled in the gaps and built up the density of my brow.

Ta-da! Two eyebrows. They looks fuller and darker, but more natural than if they had been done with a pencil. 

Over all I'm quite impressed with this little tube!

You can buy it here for £17.50.

Any one else using this? What do you reckon?

Going Out Face

This is my general going out face...not popping out, not out out...just out! (You know the skit!)

I thought I would give you a brief overview of the products I generally use for going out just to the pub or for dinner, along those lines. 

This is my no makeup, glorious face.

After primer this is what I smother my face in. First a bit of Boi-ing concealer by Benefit to cover any sneaky spots or dark circles. I'm not really keen on liquid foundation, I prefer something lighter, so I use this powder mineral foundation from Avon with a Ruby and Millie kabuki brush. As it's summer I add a bit bronzer just under my cheek bones and some highlighter.

Based. I'm sure I'm not actually this orange...

Next on to eyes. I use a pencil liner on my top lash line and on the outer corners of my lower lashes aswell as inside the waterline. I also use a liquid liner over the top, I find it easier over pencil as I don't have a very steady hand, and although it looks less dramatic it is less messy! I use an eyelash primer to thicken and lengthen my lashes before mascara and fill in my brows with a bit of pencil. For lips, I generally have something in my bag for a touch of moisture and colour throughout the evening such as Barry M Cor Balmy.

There, Ta-da, done! Now hair, get changed and ready to go out...but not out out!