Sunday 14 March 2010

40 beauty questions tag

I am doing the 40 questions TAG
Which, somehow has over 40 questions.
I only found out as I decided to put the numbers along the sides when I finished coz Im abit faffy like that lol!


SKINCARE -

1)How many times do you wash your face daily?

Twice daily

2)What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)
Extremely sensitive
-Im a true Dry-Skin-Diva!

3)What is your current facial wash?

Liz earle cleanse and polish in the morning
Gatineau serenete cleanser and toner with floracil eye make-up remover at night
if im wearing alot of makeup I'll use my personally hand blended nourishing cleansing oil first or instead

4)Do you exfoliate?
The cleanse and polish hot cloth cleanser uses a muslin cloth which gives your skin a daily buff
for more serious exfoliation i will use either my clarisonic-dupe or my Benefit Honey snap out of it.

5)What brand do you use?

my favourite skincare brands are -Decleor, Gatineau, Chanel, Clinique, Lancome, Liz earle, Clarins.
My favourite Makeup brands are -Chanel, Lancome, Bobbi brown, MAC, Smashbox, L'oreal/Bourjois.

6)What moisturizer do you use?

Decleor hydra floral anti pollution at the moment

7)Do you have freckles?

Yes, although you wouldnt expect them on asian skin but I dont have the typical asian skin hence my love of foundations and concealers.

8)Do you use eye cream?
I have just finished my Chanel rectifiance and now im on to Estee lauder Idealist eye serum, but I might use the garnier caffeine eye roll on for extra coolness I use both the cleaar and light version.

9)Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
I have had a good skincare routine since age 16 so luckily I managed to bypass teenage acne

10)Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?
No, and I dont think you should use it unless your diagnosed with acne by a GP


MAKE-UP

11)What foundation do you use?
Smashbox, Bobbi brown, Chanel, Lancome, Laura mercier or MAC.

12)How about concealer?
mostly Benefit boing in medium, erase paste in medium, or Mac select or studio.

13)Do you know your undertone colour?
I Should be mostly yellow as an asian but Im quite neutral as I have some pink too

14)What do you think of fake eyelashes?
I love fake lashes

15)Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?

Of course I do, but do you know that you should never pump your mascara wand?
I change my high street mascaras about 4 weeks and high end good quality ones about 10 weeks

16)What brand of mascara do you use?

I used a clinique one for several years and now Im loving Dior Extase but I find MAC zoom lash a better investment

17)Sephora or MAC?

no sephora in UK

18)Do you have a MAC Pro-card?
Yeah Im a MAC-Pro-Member

19)What makeup tools do you use in make up application?
My fingers, brushes, cotton buds, Tissues!

20)Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?

Always! I have ugly lids -lol!
At the moment Im trying to finish off my benefit Lemon-aid which is fab but Ive been using it for years now

21)For the face?
Philosophy poreless flawless, Smashbox foundation primer

22)What is your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?

Im loving my Cargo essential quad palette in place of my usual Neutral MAC palette.

23)Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?
Are you serious? if you know me you know I love love love my liquid eyeliner, but I also enjoy my gel eyeliner pots and pencils.

24)How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?

never Im super careful and Im scared to use pencils when people are hovering around me Im worried that I will poke my eyes.

25)What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?
they're so gorgeous but Im a messy girl so I have actually de-potted or pressed alot of my pigments I use mainly MAC and BarryM

26)Do you use mineral makeup?

Yes, I have a huge collection of Bare Escentuals.

27)What is your favorite lipstick?

I have alot of favourite lipsticks, MAC viva glam V, Chanel in red dragon, Bobbi brown lip colour in brown, Clinique lipstick in Delovely, No7 in bare and No7 in Chic, L'oreal lipstick in Aishwariya beige.

28)How about lipgloss?

Again alot of favourite lipglosses including - Prestige in Abaco, Bare escentuals in rose radiance, Cargo in Alexandria, YSL gold gloss 19, Chanel Aqualumiere 66, Loreal 6hr glam shine addictive peach, Revlon neverending nude, Pout in gorgeous girl and bunny girl, Nars orgasm. (trust me the list does not end there)

29)What is your favorite blush to use?
Clinique bashful blush, Nars orgasm, MAC Ripe peach.

30)Do you buy your makeup on ebay?
Not really although thats where I got my beloved 120 Manly palette, If you are in the UK forget USA bands such as coastal scents and Sigma you can buy cheaper dupes from japanese sellers on ebay!

31)Do you like drugstore makeup?
I have been a makeup snob forever!but since I have been doing youtube videos I get asked for cheaper high street alternatives and I have found some good products from high street brands.


32)Do you go to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)

Yeah! Ive been once as its a 3-4 hour drive away from me so I might as well just pay the full price otherwise the money will go in travel, food and shopping!

33)Did you ever consider taking make-up classes?
I'd like too just for the fun of it, but I have been abit bounded with the new baby as she is very-very attached to me.

34)Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

Sometimes, but then I make such a mess that Im better off doing it properly or go completely bare (liquid liner and tinted lipbalm of course)

35)Name a makeup crime that you hate?
I hate hate hate 80's dark lip liner and lighter lipstick, a girl at my office does this daily and cakes on the face powder literally re-applies it every half-hour with a puff you can cut through the powder -no joke . . cringe!

36)Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?

Mostly neutral but I also love to play about with brighter colours and dramatic looks.

37)Which celebrity always has great make up?
I love love love Jennifer lopez and Aishwariya rai and Tyra banks !! all 3 have amazing and flawless makeup!

38)If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item, what would you use?
Obviously Liquid eyeliner!
tinted moisturiser, tinted eye-cream and tinted lipbalm counts as skincare -right? lol

39)Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?
yeah, as above with a baseball cap and sunnies!

40)Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?
I get like 4 hours sleep a night, I have such a busy life I really need to work on nutrition as Im anaemic, I look like crap -trust me I need alot of help

41)In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?

-The best makeup line which caters for my needs all round would be Lancome as they are high quality and cater for all of my needs they have my base foundation, concealer and powder colours a nice liquid eyeliner and good makeup colours and yummy juicy tubes!

-I also love Benefit for all of their beauty trick products.

-My favourite High street brand has always been a fight between L'oreal and Bourjois.

42)What do you think of Makeup??

Makeup is my hobby, I love the way that Makeup can transform anyone!

I would love you to do this tag
just leave a comment below with a link to this tag on your blog!

1 comment:

Palak said...

OMG !! so many brands to try !!
I havent even heard of Decleor, Gatineau, floracil and Liz earl :/


check out my 40 question tag at ;-
http://teenagerwoes.blogspot.com/2010/03/40-question-tag-finally.html
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