What’s in my beauty bag?

ACE BASE

What’s in my beauty bag?

Make Up For Ever Face and Body Liquid Make Up, €35.

“This is my summer foundation. I love really light make-up for summer so I can look and feel fresh. I don’t wear powder over it as it has that amazing dewy look which I love. I wear natural moisturising gradual tan on my face almost every day so I like a foundation that doesn’t cover up my skin too much, but just evens it.”

ON THE LASH

L’Oréal Paris Volume Million Lashes in Black, €16.99.

“Mascara is the most important thing in my makeup bag. My lashes are blonde and naturally quite long. I’m all about non-pricey mascara because I use so much of it.”

FINISH LINE

Mac Liquidlast Liner, €21.

“Especially for summer, I love wearing thick liquid liner with a flick rather than eyeshadow as I can wear it for work all day and it doesn’t smudge one bit. This doesn’t budge whatsoever, even with a camera glued to my face all day.”

POUT ABOUT IT

Mac Lipstick in Morange, €17.50.

“I’m obsessed with this lipstick at the moment and every time I wear it I get at least one person asking me about it. It’s great because I can just have my mascara and lipstick on and I’m ready to go out. Also I notice that it looks different on every single person!”

LACQUER LOVE

Divided by H&M, €2.95.

“These cute polishes from H&M are perfect for me as there are loads of amazing colours and the bottles are little. I don’t think I’ve ever finished a nail polish so I’m much happier buying small bottles for cheap. At the moment I’m wearing the bright orange one.”

SPRAY AWAY

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, €150.

“This is absolutely my favourite perfume of all time. It’s not the cheapest and you can only get it in Brown Thomas but it is so worth it as it is an eau de parfum rather than eau de toilette. You just need one spray in the morning and it lasts for the whole day.”

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Gosh Smokey Eyes Palette, €11.99.

“The odd time if I do get a chance to do a smokey eye I like this as all the shades I need are already here! There’s also a little diagram for which colour to put where on your eyelid which is pretty helpful.”

SECRET COVER

Maybelline Dream Lumitouch Highlighting Concealer, €10.79.

“I use this if I have a really early start or if I haven’t had enough sleep. I just put a tiny bit under my eyes and it lifts them up. This covers up dark circles and looks very natural.”

VITAL STATS

Favourite beauty item: It has to be mascara.

Favourite beauty brand: L’Oréal Paris.

Monthly beauty budget: I do a lot of beauty shoots, so I end up getting lots of goodies through work.

Beauty destination: Fota Island Resort. I was just there a few weeks ago and the treatments in the spa are amazing!

Gone, but not forgotten: New products are constantly being brought out making it difficult to miss any discontinued ones. I love using new ones all the time.

Stockists

Gosh at pharmacies and www.gosh.ie; H&M branches nationwide; Mac at Brown Thomas and BT2 stores; Make Up For Ever 38 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2; Maybelline and L’Oréal Paris at pharmacies and supermarkets; Tom Ford at Brown Thomas, Dublin and Harvey Nichols, Dundrum.

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