Showing posts with label minimalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minimalist. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Makeup Declutter for Spring

Hey Everyone!

I'm the first to admit that I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Everything in my room has a home, and its always pretty tidy. However, when I'm completely bombarded with studying, tidying moves its way down my list of priorities and my shelves become a bit unruly. Take my makeup shelf for example. It still had Christmas lights (which albeit pass as normal fairy lights), it had all my shower stuff piled on it for convenience, and the actual stand had a heap of makeup that I don't actually use all that often. All this accumulated to one big problem- clutter.

Before:
chaotic shelf with acrylic storage overflowing with pots and tubes of makeup, clutter on either side and fairy lights infront
I finally thought enough was enough a few nights ago and decided to tackle the shelf. It actually took less than half an hour and that included going through my makeup, giving it a bit of a clean, and deciding what was to stay out. 

After:
organised acrylic makeup storage with everything in line: foundation, lipsticks, pots and tubes
two white shelves: top shelf has from left to right blue, red and pink floral box, small fabric dog, clear crystal decanter, shabby chic white frame with pink cupcakes inside, pink box with cream lid patterned with pastel cupcakes. Top shelf has small lace white decoration in shape of dress with pink belt hanging from it.Bottom shelf from left to right: hot pink plastic lamp, small pink and white square clock, acrylic makeup storage, clear jar with a couple of makeup brushes and eyelash curler inside
I think that looks pretty darn fabulous, even if I do say so myself. Its minimalist but still cute and I have my everyday products at hand without being overwhelmed with choice. The Soap & Glory products found their way back to their case which makes the shelf look less crowded and the Christmas lights are in the drawer ready to be taken out some other time. 

As well as my acrylic make up stand, do you notice a glass brush holder to the right? That's an old candle jar! I think its so perfect for brushes. While I was in the mood for whacking my stuff into shape, I also completed the laborious task of washing all of my makeup brushes: and they came up a treat.

This was such a simple, quick thing to do, but it made my room seem a lot fresher and of course: if your environment is organised you will be too.

Have you done a little bit of spring cleaning lately?
green and pink floral text with brown outline reading 'Julz'


Saturday, 16 June 2012

FOTD | Minimalist Summer Make Up

Hey Everyone!

This is a rather optimistic post today: make up for summer when in actual fact all I can see in dreary skies and rain. However, I thought I would do a summery face of the day in the hope of some better weather.

It is very natural- I think in the heat less is definitely more and no one wants to look in the mirror at the end of the day to find their make up smudged or completely gone.
selfie of girl with brown hair and pink lips wearing little makeup
The products I used were:
Bourjois Flower Perfection Foundation in shade 52 "Vanille"
Bourjois Little Round Pot Blush in shade 34 "Rose D'Or"
Clinique High Lengths Mascara  in shade 01 "Black
Avon Translucent Pressed Powder
The Body Shop Lip and Cheek Stain in shade 01.
red tube, teal powder container, pink powder container, white tube, beige foundation bottle
For me, foundation is the most essential make up product as it evens out skin tone and covers imperfections so well that on days of minimal make up I can go without concealer. I wear the powder to keep the foundation in place as in hot weather it wears away easily. The blush gives a nice, barely-there glow to the cheeks while the mascara opens up eyes without making them look overdone. Finally, I use the lip stain to add a bit of colour that will last the day and doesn't need to be reapplied. 

As I mentioned, this is my bare minimum make up, and is what I would wear to the beach. It strikes the right balance between that no make up 'I've just woke up' look and the over the top caked face look.

I've never done a FOTD before so I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know if you would like to see more. I have been really into Pretty Little Liars lately and I am in love with their make up! I think perhaps later I will search YouTube for some tutorials for their make up, particularly Aria and Hanna and if I find anything good I'll post the results.