Beauty Bag - The Maia Edition

Today I want to introduce you to Maia, the blogger behind The Beauty Mess. We started our blogs around the same time, and I like hers so much! So, without further ado, here's a closer look at the contents of her current makeup bag!

So I’ve got a bronze-y coloured make-up bag by Ted Baker. It’s my favourite, and I got it in the Boxing Day Sales last year! It fits all of my make-up must-haves, so let’s dive straight in, shall we?

First I use my trusty Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer. This stuff is just a pro at covering those spots that seem to appear right at the wrong time (honestly...) and I’ve gone through tube after tube! I’m sure you all know too much about this concealer, so we’re going to swiftly move on to my newest purchase – my Revlon Colourstay Foundation. Holy moly is this stuff good. Loads of beauty bloggers have sworn by this product, and when I saw it staring at me on the shelf I knew it had to be mine. The formula is incredible, the medium coverage is perfect, and it lasts me a whole day at college (including the two 40 minute walks to and from the train station!). Faultless.

Then I powder with the amazing Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder. Every beauty blogger on the block knows about this powder, and I find it is simply amazing for its price. It’s certainly the only powder that I’ve found myself buying over and over again! Once my face is set, I bronze my cheeks with The Body Shop Honey Bronzing Powder. I love how this stuff blends in so beautifully, and I use the palest colour, which works wonders against my pale-as-a-ghost skin. I suddenly look glowing, and I’m certainly not complaining. I then contour with the well known and well loved Sleek Contour and Highlight Palette. This is the palette for me. It’s actually a rediscovery when I was trying to find a lipstick, and I wonder why I ever put it back in my drawer. I use it with the Real Techniques Contour Brush, and I’ve gotten lots of comments about my contouring since using it (good comments, let me point out). The highlight it also just as amazing, with it adding a natural and pretty shine without looking like you’ve swiped glitter on your cheeks (oops!). Sometimes, I add some Mac Blush in Warm Soul to add a cute blush to my cheeks on those sunny days!

I then get out my Urban Decay Naked Basics to do my eyes (and my eyebrows, but more on that later...) and I use W.O.S as a base, Naked 2 blended over half my eye, and Faint blended in the outer corners. Perfect, simple, amazing. If you need an eye palette and you don’t mind splashing out (a little!) then go for this palette, because I use every single one and I don’t know how I coped before! Talking brows, I also use Naked 2 to fill mine in, because I’ve discovered that it’s the perfect shade that matches my natural eyebrows, and so I’ve got even more for my money...how good is that?!

I curl my eyelashes with The Body Shop Eyelash Curlers. I actually got those for free because of (accidently) spending so much in there, but I’m totally cool with that because boy do they create some kick-ass curls! For mascara I use the L’Oreal Million Lashes Excess, which is yet another rediscovery now that my No7 mascara has been used up. I love how volumized your lashes go with this mascara, but they do make my eyelashes droop after a while which is a pain! Luckily, the formula is so amazing that I can live with that!

Lastly, it’s time for the lips. I start of by moisturising them, and for this I use the Blistex MedPlus Lip Balm. I’ve raved about this product over on my blog, and it’s basically the bees knees. It’s soothing and tingly and I could never convert back to Vaseline after this stuff. I’ve actually discovered the world of lipstick recently, when before I was wary as my lips are really small. I wanted a bold darker lip for Autumn (quite possibly my favourite season) and so I went for the Rimmel London Kate Moss lipstick in 31. I absolutely love this lipstick. Everything about it is on point: the formula, the colour, the amazing lasting power. I think I’m going to go buy a few more...

So that’s it! My daily Autumn make-up look rounded up for you! Thank you so much Gyudy for having me on your blog, it was great to blog for your readers!

Maia x


Thank you Maia for letting us have a peek into your makeup bag! Don't forget to head over to her blog to have a look at her beautiful posts... And there's my makeup bag on there too! You can find the post here.