The most important things I have ever learnt about make up.

I don't consider myself to be an expert on anything beauty related, I watch some Youtube tutorials buy what colours I like and get by on however I feel like presenting myself from one day to the next. However as I have this platform to share with you my thoughts on whatever topic, I have decided to hand out some advice I wish I had been told before getting well into my beauty regime.

Just because it's expensive does not mean it's better.

Once upon a time when I was younger and apparently richer I spent nearly £250 on make up from Chanel after getting a makeover there for my birthday. I thought that I needed the primer, the foundation, the bronzer brush, the lipstick and whatever else it was she plastered on me and convinced me to buy. Guess what, I was wrooong. I ended up spending £45 on a bronzer brush (this concept is now crazy to me) which I subsequently lost on a girls holiday anyway, and even more money on make up I had been convinced would make me look better just because it was Chanel, and it sounded fancy. I am not saying all expensive make up is bad, far from it in fact but I am just saying think. Think before you splash out, and god damn it take a tester, it's really not that rude to leave without buying anything, I promise.

Mac is not the be all and end all of make up.

I cannot help but find that young girls discovering make up, myself included at the age of 14 always thought mac was the only way. I had mac foundation mac brushes mac bronzer blah blah blah. The foundation wasn't even right for my skin, it was too thick and I hated that you had to pay more money if you wanted it to come with a pump...just build them all with pumps? We literally all want a pump. Mac is good, but it's not the only place to go. 

God damn it grow your eyebrows

I am in a serious eyebrow regrowth stage at the moment, struggling as it is to defend the urge not to pluck them all off and start again but please dear god take some advice and leave it to the professionals. Unless you have mastered the art of eyebrow perfection or are a self taught threader (threadist?) after watching a YouTube video on how to do it, please god grow them out and seek perfection from a salon, trust me. 

Sudocream and Avocado Masks

This is not by any means a recipe to mix the two together, it's just two simple ways of having better skin without paying over the odds for cream you thought looked nice on Davina Mcall in that TV add (does she do hair? I don't know some face cream model). Use sudocream on big red spots and upset skin, and once in a while mash up some avocado, natural yoghurt and honey then smear it all over your face, also lick off if you're feeling inclined. 

If you are a clumsy drunk buy a good strong clutch bag

The heading of this one might not sound make up related but coming from someone who owns one mac lipstick after starting university in September with 12, it is. I cannot stress enough that taking out a lipstick expensive or not in your clutch bag is risky business if that thing is not filled with zip pockets and secret compartments. Flimsy just will not do, not only will you lose your flat keys you will be buying a new Ruby woo every week. 

Thanks for reading if  you managed it, I might post my make up routine when I'm back in the swing of things money wise then you can decide whether or not I am following my own advice.