Ways to highlight....

Some times the number of different ways to highlight is overwhelming, there are so may different ways to do it, so I'm going to try and cover most of the ways and their purpose, but if I forget anything then please point it out in the comments or link a post of your own!

Illuminating primer - This can be great for tired dull looking skin, because it can give you the lit from within look and general contains light reflecting particles so that you sort of get a glow from under your foundation. This is a useful an quick way of including highlight into your routine. Some good examples - Bourjois happy light illuminating primer, Becca illuminating primer.

Liquid highlight - This can be mixed with primer or foundation to achieve the result of the Illuminating primer, or it can be used on specific high points of the face to achieve a glow to the skin which is a little more pronounced and give more dimension to the face. Some good products - Mac luster drops, Benefit high beam and Revlon Photo ready highlights. 

Cream highlight - This can be used under or over foundation, and is used for targeted highlighting, it's less subtle than liquid or powder, but is great to give a stunningly obvious highlight. Some good examples - Benefit watt's up, Topshop glow, Sleek highlight palette.

Powder highlight - This is good for directed highlighting and is easier to place and blend out compared to liquid or cream, it can be build up to be bold, or dusted on the high points to give a subtle glow for every day. Some good product - Topshop highlight powders, Soap and Glory way to glow, Becca highlight powders. 

Highlighting powder - This is a more subtle version of powder highlight, and is usually used on a dull skin tone, to brighten up to face and give it more dimension, it's also good if you're feeling ill or tired to inject a few more hours of sleep into your skin. Good Products - Bourjois Java powder, Ben Ney   Banana powder.

Highlighting foundation/concealer- This is similar to the highlighting powder, it just injects an all over highlight, but looks a little more natural as the product seeps into the skin more than a powder. Good products include - Rimmel Wake me up foundation, L'Oreal lumi magique concealer/foundation and Maybelline lumi touch concealer.

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Bourjois Colorband eyeshadow & liner - 05 Mauve baroque

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I love this eyeshadow, it's so beautiful and I really like the Mauve with my brown eyes I think it sets them off well. Well as well as muddy brown eyes can be set off! It's also got glitter in it, which I think reflects well in light, and is too much that you look like a glitter ball. I also prefer the format of cream eyeshadow in a pencil form, I would prefer this even more if it was twist up, but we can't always have what we want! I haven't yet used enough of it to warrant sharpening it yet, but I'll do a further post if it goes terribly! It just annoys me to sharpen eyeliners because you waste product! Oh well rant over. I love this product, the colour is unique and although it's a purple, it's actually quite a neutral colour when it's on the eyes and blended out with a matte chocolate brown shadow it looks perfect!

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Bourjois Cream Blush - Rose Tender 03

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These cream blushes are the best I've tried so far, I like the colour selection and think that they're all quite natural and easy to wear which is good. The packaging is great and compact which is useful for travelling and comes with a mirror, which sometimes I find is a little redundant. Because it's so small that I never really use it again. It's really easy to blend out on the cheeks and I use a Real Techniques cheek blush in order blend it out over the cheeks. The other major selling point for me with these blushes is that they have great staying power, and are actually still on my cheeks at the end of the day. Which I really love! So overall I like the product and my only real negative is with the mirror in the packaging which is inconsequential really!

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