As well as spending the majority of January curled up on the
couch watching Once Upon a Time and painting my nails, I have compiled an
updated beauty bag. These are some of the products I’ve been using lately, and
my plan is to create a new beauty bag each month to rotate through my beauty
stash and make sure I’m only keeping the things that work for me.
I’ve been content switching up my lip shade day in and day
out, and in heavy rotation are the ones featured here. MAC Party
Parrot is a party starter in every respect, and with the mention of it
being relaunched with a new collection, my love for it was reignited. A paler
scenario is also tempting me, so I have thrown Rimmel’s Nude Delight and Barry M’s Toffee
into the bag as well. Last but not least is a glossy red in the form of
Maybelline’s Cranberry Cocktail,
which is a beautiful shade but smells awful.
I’ve gone out and repurchased my Lush lip scrub, but this
time have chosen Sweet Lips, which
has a delicious chocolate scent. I’ve also stepped into the world of Grown
Alchemist with their new lipbalm in Watermelon
Vanilla*…yes, the best mix of scents for a lip balm, hands down. A glam touch to my beauty bag is the shimmer
infused dry oil from Nuxe*. I usually use the regular Nuxe Dry Oil, but have
been loving this for a glow on my legs whenever I throw a dress or bathers on.
I’ll admit, this doesn’t get a whole lotta loving when I’m in front of the TV
with Ginnifer Goodwin aka Snow White.
Since the temperature is sitting around 37 degrees here (99
farenheit for my international readers!) I have been preferring a glowy,
sunkissed look when I have been bothered to make my face up. Into my January
beauty bag I’ve thrown one of my favourite highlighters in the form of TheBalm’s
Mary-Lou Manizer. Love the smooth champagne glow this gives me, and it
needs more love from me. Eyes will hopefully be just as glowy, with L’Oreal’s
Infallible in Hourglass Beige as an
everyday shade, and Inglot Pearl 423
for a deeper look.
Do you like the concept of a designated beauty bag each
month? I find it pushes me to use things I’ve neglected in my collection, and
forces me to create new looks with the basics I choose. I’d love to hear
something you’ve been using a lot of this month in the comments!
*Marked products were provided for editorial consideration.
Honesty, always.
