Get Your Kit Together!

I’ve been gone for too long! 

This past month I’ve been visiting home and hanging out with my family. 

BUT! While packing up my make up I realized that it’s ridiculous to take ALL my make up and brushes.

So as difficult as it was for me to part with my precious collection, I gathered all my essential items into my kit

While packing it all up I thought “Hey! I’ll blog about what you should have in a kit!” 

So that’s what I am going to do! 

 

I came across a quote that said “You are only as good as the tools you use”

The correct tools makes the job so much easier! 

I remember when I had a make up sponge and maybe three brushes 

Also I was twelve so I guess it’s not horrible

While on the subject of brushes I might as well start there!

 

I can’t begin to count how many girls I’ve seen attempting to do their face with one brush.

For example my mother (sorry mom) 

If you’re like me and love having multiple brushes plus back up brushes then you know it gets pricey 

Although I have bought some inexpensive, good quality brushes. 

A list of brushes I Recommend: 

• Fine tip eyeliner brush– It’s wonderful for fine eyeliner and tight lining the eye. 

I like using a fine tip eyeliner brush for micro-concealing, or to add highlighter to the inner corner of my eye 

• Large and medium sized rounded brush- For a nice blended eye shadow.      

These brushes have to follow your natural eye contours. No square brushes! 

• Small rounded concealer brush- I like using a brush to blend my concealer.  

But you can also use it if you’re using intense pigments, or if you want to add  those cool socket lines

• Fibre optic foundation brush- Oh. My. Goodness! I love my fibre optic brush! 

It makes my foundation look flawless and almost airbrushed at times.

I like dabbing my foundation on my face with my fingers first and then blend with the brush 

because I found the bristles tend to soak up the foundation 

• Contouring/Blush brush 

I combine these two because most of the time I’ll use my contour brush as my blush brush 

Although I do like a bigger fluffy brush for my blush and a smaller, slightly angled brush for contouring. 

• Mascara Wand- 

You can use it to comb out clumps from your eyelashes or use it for your brows.

I love using the mascara want to smooth out my brows after I’ve filled them in. It makes them look less drawn on

• Fine angled brush 

This is a must have! And you can’t say you don’t need one because I have about ten of them and

I love love love them! It fills in eyebrows perfectly and it is also the best brushes to do every kind of eyeliner imaginable!

The best part is they have a variety of sizes. 

OK! So here is the second part! I won’t list a bunch of “why you should have this” in my essentials list 

because all of them are pretty obvious

I’ll add a tip or two under them though. 

• TWEEZERS

• EYE LASH CURLERS 
• COTTON PADS 
• MAKE UP WIPES

I like using either a wipe or a cotton pad with remover to clean up run away eye shadow under my eye

or to create a sharper line to eye shadow 

• PRIMERS 
• EYE SHADOWS
• BLACK LINER 
• WHITE INNER EYE PENCIL 
• BROW PENCIL
• HIGHLIGHTER 
• CREAM OR POWDER BLUSH
• CREAM, LIQUID, OR GEL EYELINER 
• TRANSLUCENT POWDER
• AT LEAST TWO FOUNDATIONS
• CONCEALER
• CONTOUR CREAM OR SHADOW 
• LIPGLOSS & LIPSTICK
• GOLD OR SIVLER SHIMMER POWDER