Forgotten Favourites Part 2

Hello again! Time for the second installment of the hidden gems I unearthed this summer. All items are very versatile and can be suited to many skintones. To be fair, most of these items would be worn during A/W season as vampy lips and contoured cheeks are what I turn to the most in the colder months.



Natural Collection Blush in Rosy Glow - £1.99

My first foray into Natural Collection, this blush is perfect to add a dusky glow to your cheeks. For me I tend to find glitterbombs and dolly pink blushes quite jarring, so the brown tones of Rosy Glow are very complementary to the skin. Natural Collection Blushes are quite pigmented, matte, and easily blend down into a natural wearable finish. Dallas for Benefit is similar but with extra shimmer, so if you're looking for a high street dupe of Dallas, then try this.




Benefit Hoola Bronzer- £10 as seen above with the Tan About Town Kit or £23.50 full size

This was the only thing salvaged from the Tan About Town Kit which also had Bad Gal Lash Mascara and Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation Faker inside. The cool tones are great for sculpting and framing the face without looking harsh. After relying on Sleek's Contour Kit, this was a godsend as  I have yet to make a sizeable dent in it despite its dinky size! The shade may look lighter than my face powder in the pan, but it translates as much darker on the skin, and serves as a fantastic contour powder across many skintones.

MAC Rebel Lipstick - £14

  Rebel was the first MAC lipstick I ever bought! Vampy yet girlie, this raspberry pink shade is the perfect shade for autumn. For those with lighter skintones, it can be the more wearable of the dark lipsticks as it is less in your face. It is a satin finish, so it is non-drying and wears quite well on the lips.

Dior Rouge Hypnotic Lipstick in Hypnotic Red - £25

Let's be frank, this is quite pricey for what it is. I was pretty much obsessed with the Dior Addict scent that coincidentally is carried in these lipsticks. It is a luscious deep berry shade with high shine. Patted on the lips it comes off as almost brown, but slightly layered you can achieve the perfect wine lip. If you don't particularly care for Dior, you can get a similar effect using Revlon's Black Cherry.

L-R: MAC Rebel, Dior Rouge Hypnotic Red and Revlon Black Cherry

 As you can see, the shade is quite similar between thr Dior and the Revlon, only Black Cherry is less sheer and offers a more opaque satin finish. The swatch for the Dior would have been neater if I hadn't broken the bullet in the process. Cue me running around to remember how to fix it with a candle lighter. Despite my heavy-handed ineptitude, the moral of the story remains the same - don't forget to go through your collection every once in a while, as you may find some hidden gems.