Weekly Makeup Bag #43

It's Halloween week!
This has absolutely no bearing on my makeup choices - just thought I'd mention it!
Makeup choice-wise this week, it feels like a bit of a 'holding' week. Lots of items I want to use up plus it always feels slightly incoherent when I choose to incorporate my single eye shadows into a weekly makeup bag. But I'm actually looking forward to attempting one-palette-one-month for November and it starts towards the end of this week - so before Thursday, I'll be using the singles and duos in my stash.



* Foundation (Not pictured) - Using up some samples of Estee Lauder Double Wear. When I get through some more of my opened foundations in my stash, I'm pretty sure this is the next foundation I'll buy.
* E.L.F Under Eye Primer
* Under Eye Concealer - Maybelline Age Rewind. I de-cluttered the Ellis Faas concealer from last week as it was far too orange.
* Powder - MUA Stay Matte Loose Powder
* Highlighter - Wet n Wild Megaglo Highlighting Bar - This was such an impulse buy when I was in Seville! It's such a great-looking highlighter in the pan. Luckily it's not as blue/silver/grey as it appears in the pan but a cold gold colour. However, it's pretty chalky so as much as I love the mermaid tail design - it's not one of my favourites to wear.
* Contour - Illamasqua Gel Sculpt Contour.
* Blusher - Essence - Great blusher, lovely shade and even better price - this cost just £1 and it's still one of my favourite blushers.
* Mascara - Benefit Roller Lash - Still trying to finish this off as part of my 20/20 Vision project. I'm nearly there - maybe just this week and it's probably empty.


* Eye Shadows - Singles and Duos - including Colourpop, Kiko, Model's Own, Bellapierre and By Terry.

 
Let's just another moment to appreciate the beauty of the Kiko Water Shadows.



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