After doing my base make-up and filing in my eyebrows, I like to then move onto my eyes. The first product I tend to reach for is my Naked Basics palette by Urban Decay. This palette is amazing for everyday wear and for creating a natural eye look. This product help's to fit my requirements perfectly. First I like to apply a dusting of either W.O.S or Foxy from the palette over my entire lid to brighten up my eyes. Foxy is the shade I tend to stem to more for when I really want to brighten my eyes, maybe for those days when my eyes are looking a bit dark and tired. Although W.O.S is a great match for my skin tone. These are both matte finishes too. I then like to brighten my eyes more and help to make them 'pop'. To do this, I take Venus from the same palette, which is a neutral shimmery shade and I apply that to the inner corners of my eyes. I love the look it creates and it makes such a difference to my overall look. I hate not having a pop of shimmer to highlight my eyes!

Sometimes to add an extra little bit of something to my eyes, I like to apply a slight shimmer over the eyelids. This eye shadow from Kiko in the shade 118 Pearly Beige Silk is perfect for doing just that. It's so subtle that it doesn't appear overpowering or look like you have just sprinkled glitter over your lid haha. But it just helps to give a nice hint of something else to a neutral eye. Plus it has a neutral colour to it, so it doesn't add any forms of colour and keeps it looking as natural as possible.


To finish off my eyes, I take my eyelash curlers from Dirty Works to add curl to my lashes before I move onto mascara. The mascara I am currently using and loving is the Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara. This mascara is amazing and does exactly what you want it do. It really lengthens your lashes by the use of the wand, which helps you to get from root to tip with ease. Also it creates volume, separates the eyelashes to create that feathery look, adds that extra bit of curl and it lasts all day long. Maybelline always do some of the best mascara's in my opinion and for great prices too!

Moving onto the next two  brushes in the set, the Pointed Foundation brush and the Detailer. These are probably the two that I use the least out of all my brushes. But still ones that you can use and get some use out of. The Pointed Foundation brush I find is way too small for applying my foundation. Instead I like to use this for blending in my concealer, particularly under the eye and on any blemishes. The point really helps to touch those areas that might be hard to reach with larger brushes. You could also use this brush for any foundation touch ups or if you were to use a liquid highlighter and needed a brush with more precision to work the product into the skin.

The Detailer is a handy little brush. I like to use it for any extra touch ups and for adding details to a look. I tend to use it more for clearing up any mistakes or to avoid mistakes. For example, if you dab the bush on whatever colour lipstick you have chosen and then outline your lips with the product, you can quite easily use this brush to work in the same way as a lip liner would. Also another great use of this brush would be for when applying a light shimmer eye shadow into the inner corner of the eyes. The size of the brush and the shape work well in in this particular area.


Now I'm on the topic of eye-shadow, I should mention the next brush in my collection. This brush happens to be the only eye brush that I actually own from Real Techniques. The reason behind this is because I'm not a massive fan of eye make-up looks. Personally I don't think they suit me very much and I don't have the eyelids to pull off any eye looks. But I do like to apply a neutral colour to my lid for everyday wear and this is where this brush comes in. This is the Shading brush. As mentioned, I use this brush to apply an everyday wearable colour, which is just a little bit lighter than my actual skin tone. The Shading brush works with ease. When I do tend to steer more towards a smokey eye, this brush is great for blending in any eye shadow and the size of the brush is the perfect size for applying a good amount of shadow. Also this brush is great at creating that perfect shadow through the crease. Due to the size though, I would not recommend using this for any concealer application. I feel like it is too small to do this task.


The last two brushes of my collection are personally two of my favourites and both of them are great for the finishing touches of your make-up looks. The first one is the Blush brush. This brush is a great multi-use tool. You can use it to apply your blush, your bronzer, powder or your highlight. I tend to stick to using this brush to apply my blush. It's quite a large size, but I think it works well in the sense that you don't have to keep using a lot of product with this brush. It helps to cover a large area of your face, without you having to keep applying product and then moving it onto any areas that a smaller brush might have missed. Also I find this brush to be the softest of them all!

Finally, the latest brush in my collection is the Sculpting brush. I got this one for Christmas since I had been wanting a new brush for ages. I now use this for contouring. It work's so well in achieving the perfect precise line of bronzer to blend into the hollows of your cheeks. Also it is great for contouring around the nose. The shape easily fits into those more problematic areas that are sometimes hard to blend into.