Tried and Tested: The Makeup Support Acts

Today's post is a quick round up of some makeup I've acquired over the past few months that really helps complete your look if you're wearing either a strong eye or lip. Both the lipstick ('Modesty' from Mac), and blusher ('Exposed' from Tarte) have a similar tone to them - mauvey, pinky/nudey, but above all natural and compliment my natural skin colour. Think your lips/cheeks - but better. Because when I wear heavy or dark eye makeup, or a bold lip colour, I don't want too much colour elsewhere on my face.

Then for when I'm wearing a strong lip colour, I quite often want my eyes to look bright and open, and a couple of products I'm using quite a lot recently is Mac's Paint Pot cream eyeshadow in the shade 'Bare Study' to create a fresh base with a slight shimmer on the lid, them I blend a bit of 'Wedge' eyeshadow, again from Mac, into the crease. This gives just enough definition without looking too dramatic.

Along with a bit of Nars Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturiser, all of these work well together for a natural day look.

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