Inside my make up pouch

Inside my make up pouch

La Mer skincare (moisturizing cream, eye cream, sun block)

Make up from Giorgio Armani, Bobbi Brown and Urban Decay

For the luminous skin. All are from Giorgio Armani, except the Bobbi Brown concealer (in a small black case)

Loose powder from Giorgio Armani

For the lips

For the eyes

For the cheeks

Eye make up remover from Bobbi Brown and moisturizer for my dry hands from Kiehl's

This is a very very very late posting. My apologize.

I wish to share what I had inside my make up pouch when I was travelling. So here are some photos from my India trip in September last year. Well, it was around 5 months ago, and gosh, time flies so fast. 

I have been a loyal user of La Mer skincare products for more than 5 years. All of my skincare products are from this brand. To be honest, they cost me quite a fortune. But after 2 decades of trying and using various skincare products I found out that La Mer products are the most suitable cream for my skin type. I noticed that since I used La Mer's creme de la mer, I never visited a dermatologist. So let's just say that I have saved some money from not visiting the dermatologist (and saved my time too! Doctor queue was always long), hence I think it is quite acceptable that I have splurged on this skincare brand. My daily routine is to apply Creme de la Mer, eye cream and sun block in the morning. It's such a simple regime.

 

Now let's talk about my make up. Currently I like Giorgio Armani and Bobbi Brown products. I love their colour palettes (for eyes especially) because they offer natural-look finishes and the textures of their make up products (eye shadow, blush on, lipstick) are just divine and long lasting.

I can summarize that my make up regime is also simple. For me, the most important things are to get protected and luminous skin and to have balanced eyebrows. I have asymmetric eyebrows (i.e. different arch, thickness and shape), so I desperately need to have them 'equally drawn' lol. The rest of my make up stuffs are used to add colors to my face (especially lips) so that I do not look too pale. However for daily activities (especially for school runs) I rarely applied the eye shadows or blush on. I would apply them on my face when attending a more formal event (not when I am going to kids' school). And please notice that I do not carry mascara inside my make up pouch. It is intentionally excluded. Because mascara is the last item that I would use. Somehow, applying mascara never works well for me. I sweat a lot and tend to have oily skin around the eyes. Therefore if I put on mascara on my eye lashes (even the waterproof one), they would smudge quickly. I have tried many mascara brands including the high end brands, but this smudge issue always happened. Well, maybe I need more practice on that mascara department, but now I am quite content with my look without the mascara and for an indefinite period I will leave this issue unsolved... lol