What's In My Travel Make Up Bag

As I’m going away for the weekend I figured it would be the perfect time to do a “What’ in My Travel Make Up Bag?” post. Is this type of post even popular anymore? Oh what does it matter? Nothing about me has ever been popular!

I’ve had this beat up Clinique bag for years now and despite it being very small, it fits everything I need. Who needs a giant bag when you can fit everything into a tiny little thing you received free from a magazine when you were 14?

Let's ignore the fact I've taken these pictures over a giant Santa!
First up are the boring things, brushes! I will be carrying my Urban Decay Good Karma Powder brush, MAC 190 foundation brush, MAC 129SH blush brush, MAC 224 blending brush and MAC 213 eyeshadow brush. These are my typical brushes so there’s nothing all that new and exciting to see here.

Now for the things that begin to make me look human. I typically use Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner but as that requires an extra brush I switch over to my trusty Rimmel London eyeliner for travelling. This was the first make up item I ever bought and it’s an eyeliner I trust. Yes, I trust an eyeliner; we tell each other secrets and brush each other’s hair. Wait, where was I?

Urban Decay Primer Potion is also another trusted make up product of mine and I never apply eyeshadow without it. As for the Rimmel London eyebrow pencil, it’s a little pointless as it doesn’t do much to my eyebrows but I feel rather odd if I don’t apply it. My eyebrows get upset if they’re not prodded with a pencil.

For my base I have to have 4 products, if I had a tan it would only be 3, damn Scotland! My foundation is a mix of MAC Studio Fix Fluid (which is in the lightest shade possible and is still way to dark) and Barry M white foundation which annoyingly has been discontinued. My concealer is the ever brilliant yet constantly leaking out of the tube Rimmel London Wake Me Up concealer. To set my base I apply a quick sweep of MAC Blot Powder.

Finally we’re on to the more fun things in my small silver bag. The blusher I plan on rocking this weekend is MAC Dollymix. It’s a little dark for my skin so it requires some serious blending but, once it’s all blended in, it looks utterly fabulous.

My lipstick will be MAC Chatterbox (I was going to be boring and go for red for Valentine’s Day but then my other half would refuse to come near me) and my lipliner is Rimmel London lipliner in East End Snob. This will be layered over Lush Whip Stick which is hardly fun but it smells like chocolate.

Last but least is the world’s greatest tiny palette and that’s the Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. There’s 6 gorgeous neutral eyeshadows in this palette so I’m set for whatever eye look I wish to create. I can also put black eyeshadow all over my other half while he sleeps so it’s a total win win situation.

So there are all of the things I will be slapping on my face for Valentine’s Day. I’ll be eating in a rather fancy restaurant so knowing my luck I will apply my make up like a clown and my significant other will be embarrassed to be seen with me. Woohoo for Valentine’s Day!