What's in my Travel Make Up Bag?

Since I live away from home for my university, I tend to travel home often and so I've formed a travel make up bag to show you all what I usually take with me. When it comes to packing a make up, I'm a sucker for overpacking. To be honest, this doesn't just happen with my make up but with everything else for that matter. Any tips on how to not overpack?!?! Anyway, I usually have to separate my make up into two separate bags as everything just overflows and I always struggle to zip up the bag. I've been having this problem for a while until I recently found this 'I need make up' make up bag from Primark for only £3! £3!!! I also find the slogan quite funny...or maybe that's just me being easily amused by the smallest things...

I love how big this bag is as it fits everything I need in and creates less of a struggle to zip up. Go me! I've been trying to solve my overpacking syndrome by talking to myself and thinking about what I really need. I mean, I might need options!! The bag is made out of an easily washable material, perfect if you end up getting make up marks all over. This bag is the perfect size for fitting everything in meaning I don't have to pack two make up bags! I think I have a problem.

Face

Primer - Benefit 'Porefessional'

Foundation - Bourjouis Healthy Mix Foundation (Shade: 52 Vanille)

Concealer - Benefit 'Erase Paste' (Shade: 01 Fair) and Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Powder - Seventeen Stay Time Pressed Powder

Bronzer - Benefit 'Hoola'

Blush - MAC 'At Dusk' and Benefit 'Rockateur'

Highlighter - MAC Soft and Gentle and Benefit 'Watt's Up'

Eyes

Primer - The testers that come with the Urban decay Naked 3 palette (lol that sounded professional but you know what I mean)

Eyeshadow - Stila 'In the Light' Palette

Eyeliner - Topshop Magic Liner

Mascara - Benefit 'They're Real' and Maybelline Lash Sensational

Eyebrows - Maybelline Brow Drama

False Eyelashes (if I'm feeling fancy) - Tanya Burr Individual Eyelashes

Lips (Note: it was very difficult to only pack a small amount)

MAC Creme Cup

MAC Honeylove 

Tanya Burr Lip Gloss - Afternoon Tea

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick - In Love With Ginger

MAC Russian Red

Rimmel Kate Moss - 107

Tools

Real Techniques - Buffing Brush, Powder Brush, Contour Brush and Base Shadow Brush

Ebay Brushes - Buffing brush for concealer and eyeshadow brush

No7 - Powder/blush brush and eyeshadow blending brush

Urban Decay (Naked 1 ) eyeshadow brush

MAC 217 blending brush

Primark eyelash curlers

So there is my travel make up bag. This is good for me, this is not overpacking (although some of you may think differently). I do tend to take loads of lip products, it just depends on how I'm feeling, am I in a bright pink mood or is it a dark red kinda day?

What's in your travel make up bag?

Charlotte xxx

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Primarks 'Zara Office City Bag' Dupe || Fashion

Finding the right bag is always an important part of a girls life. You have to take into consideration the colour, size, price, where you can put your make up...and so it's a pretty significant task. It's always a good feeling when you buy a new bag, especially when packing it with all your things, and a lot better when you get it at a brilliant price. This little beauty is from Primark and cost me £12! It's an amazing dupe for the Zara Office City bag and since I was originally wanting the Zara version I was so happy to find this in my local Primark.

The colour is simple: black. It goes with everything and so I thought it would make a staple item in my wardrobe. It has gold metal detailing with two zips on the inside. It's such a handy bag as it has three compartments, two zipped and one button closed. This is great storage and perfect for carrying much of my rubbish around. It also has a mini zipped compartment on the inside as well as two phone holders. It's a handy little thing! There are two handles as well as a long strap, perfect for me as I love to swap around the way I carry my bag. However, I do think that the smaller handles are a bit too narrow to the main body of the bag, as I prefer to have a wider distance to fit my arm through. It carries a fair bit of stuff and I'm so glad I found it!

If you're looking for a new bag and don't want to spend a great amount of money, head to Primark to have a look because they do great dupes of higher priced brands. I'm glad I didn't buy the Zara Office City bag otherwise I would've kicked myself knowing that this was available. The material is sturdy but I will see how long it last, I've had quite a good history with Primark bags so hopefully this one should live up to my expectations!

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Charlotte xxx

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Autumn Florals

Blazer: New Look - £24.99

Dress: Primark - £8

Clutch: Primark - £5

Boots: Miss Selfridge - (not sure, sorry! *bad Charlotte*)

This outfit was for my cousin's Christening on Sunday and it was such a lovely day!
Let me know if you want a more detailed blog post on the make up I wore on the day, which is currently my go to everyday Autumn look!

Hope you're all well!

Charlotte xxx

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My 17th Birthday Outfit!

Hey guys!

My birthday was on Monday and to celebrate, I went out with my family for a lovely meal and then a spot of champagne back at the house. I had an amazing day and although I hardly did anything, I got to spend time with my family and enjoy my first day of being a 17 year old. God I'm getting old.

The next day, I celebrated my birthday with a close group of friends as we went to Pizza Express for a nice evening meal. I thought I'd share with you what I wore that night as I've realised I barely ever do outfit posts and so I thought I'd show all you beautiful readers!

White Dress: Missguided - £14.99

Flower Print Kimono: Internacionale - £22.99

Brown Belt: Primark (as part of a dress)

Aztec Print Bag: Primark

Brown Sandals: Accessorize - £22.00

Hope you're all good!

Charlotte xxx 

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