What’s in your makeup bag?

January 5, 2012 by Beauty Addict divider image

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I shall start the year with a “What’s in your bag?” article. A must-have for every girl is a handy makeup bag where everything you normally put on your face is within reach. To be honest, I am not really a makeup person, like I can go out of the house bare faced with just [...]

I shall start the year with a “What’s in your bag?” article. A must-have for every girl is a handy makeup bag where everything you normally put on your face is within reach.

To be honest, I am not really a makeup person, like I can go out of the house bare faced with just moisturizer and lip balm and run my errands.So I don’t really use makeup full on, sometimes just the bare minimum as long as I look presentable.

But still, I always carry my makeup bag when I go to work. OK, here’s my daily makeup routine. Moisturizer, Hydrating base, compact powder, lip balm, lipstick and sometimes top with lip gloss, eyeliner sometimes coupled with eyeshadow. And once in awhile I swipe my blush.

So anyway, here’s my makeup bag. It is a souvenir bought by mum when she holidayed in Jordan. I like the orange-brown colour of the bag and it holds my essentials, not too big nor too small. Just nice.

Brown makeup bag

A peek inside my bag. The zip opens on top and I don’t have many stuffs inside so things don’t fall out.

A peek inside my makeup bag

Most important item is the powder. Currently, using Zea compact powder. This case has a pale pink tint.

Zea compact powder

I’ve been using this particular case for a few months now. I like how there is a separate compartment for the sponge. It opens up easily too unlike some other powder cases.

Halfway through Zea compact powder

Silkygirl eyeliner in black. Long wearing eyeliner. It stays on and gives my eyes the extra definition. A must have in my bag.

Silkygirl eyeliner

This is for emergency. In case a pimple decides to pop up or my eye bags get too apparent, I use this as a concealer. Chanel highlighter face pen, the brush at the tip makes touching up less messy.

Chanel highlighter face pen

I am obsessed with hand creams. I have this fear that my hand will get crinkly if I wash the dishes or do the laundry too long. So I will carry one tube everywhere I go. The hand cream in my bag is Dead Sea Treasures Hand Cream. Again, another gift from Jordan. It is thick and white, somewhat like Nivea but has an oceanic smell to it and is rich in minerals from the Dead Sea.

Dead Sea Trasures Hand Cream

I change lipsticks whenever the mood strikes. I have a lot of pinkish and pale colours, a couple of bright reds and some nude colours. Currently using Maybelline caramel lipstick, it gives my lips just the right amount of colour. I’ll probably do a review on some of my favorite lipsticks soon. And oh, the colour of the cover matches my bag so perfectly.

Maybelline caramel lipstick

Lip gloss, used when I feel I need the extra glow. This is MAC lip gloss in pink. It looks quite dark here but it is actually rather pale.

MAC lip gloss

Another obsession – lip balms! I have a handful of lip balms from flavored, minty and tinted. But this has to be one of my favorite items in the bag – Burt’s Bees Rejuvenating Lip Balm. It is flavorless and does its job well.