What's In My Make-up Bag

Hi ladies

I'm guna do a what's in my make-up bag today, aka the contents of the little make-up bag I carry around with me in my handbag

I don't carry much honestly the only thing I do are lip & blotting products, I rarely retouch my make-up other than lips when I'm out

I carry a translucent powder (translucent: has no color or coverage, just soaks up oil & makes you skin look smoother), not interested in carrying normal powder with me because retouching that can look cakey and no one likes cake face.

This is Rimmel stay matte powder in 001 Transparent, love it.

Can't carry powder without a powder brush, I'm loving Mikyajis retractable powder blush for carrying in my handbag, good size, very soft bristles & travel friendly. I also never powder without blotting first, so I always carry The Body Shops tea tree blotting sheets, it makes everything better when you blot first.

So many lipsticks, and they're always random in my handbag, I shove any lipstick I'm wearing on that day inside my handbag so I end up having a bunch of random lipsticks

Lastly, mini Victoria's Secret Noir perfume

And a lipbalm which I forgot to take a picture of..

Oh yes ladies I opened an instagram account where I'm posting daily, follow me @arwasblog, girls only!

What makeup essentials do you carry in your  handbag?

Empties #2

Hello

Recently I have finished a few more empties, I don't know how I managed to finish this much in this short time span but I'm glad

I think I love EVERY one of these & I repurchased a lot of them, here goes..

For face, I used up Garnier Pure active toner & Bioderma's gel cleanser, I use them every single day & night yet they lasted quite a while, I'm not sure when I did my night routine but I had both in my night routine & they've lasted well

And ofcourse another Bioderma H2O, can't stop using it. I've re-bought all three of them again.

Body wise, I used up two body mists, the left one is Bath & Body works 'secret wonderland' I like this scent a lot & it's so similar to the body mist in the middle 'Be seduced' by Victoria's secret. I have no idea how to describe the scents, they're just light maybe vanilla-floral with a bit of musk I have no idea. Did I buy them again? No, they were lovely but there are other scents for my to try they weren't THAT good that I'd make them my scent. On the right I finished another Bath & Body works shower gel, this was half through when I finished the one in my previous empties post. I think the scent is limited edition can't find it anymore, it was an alright scent

Can't brush my hair without Garniers oil therapy spray, it helps detangles my hair & it doesn't hurt anymore when I brush it. I repurchased.

 Lastly a 'super curling mascara' by Urban Decay, got this with a book of shadows, I loved this mascara! It's kinda similar to maybellines cat eyes, except this one doesn't burn my eyes at all by the end of the day. And it's also a little better. It curls it separates it lengthens, all the good stuff

And that's it

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What do you think?

Outfit Of The Day With Lulu ♡

Hello ladies!

I took pictures with my cousin Lujaina (Visit her blog, I love her writings) today of what we wore

Here are the pictures, it was really hot outside but we got some really nice ones, more heat means more sun & better photography after all

Here's my cousins outfit, I just love the color of her shoes so much

Especially paired with this handbag

Handbag shot

My cousins Abaya

  

Tassels:- 

My outfit

This is my cousins abaya, it already had holes for a belt & we just added a brown braided belt

Handbag from Charles & Keith

Really sunny

Shoe shot

I'm looking forward to doing more outfit of the days

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Favourites!

Hey girls

It feels like it's been ages since I last blogged, but here I am again, I have a favourites posts today I also haven't done one in some time now! And I love everything I'm about to show you, so I don't know when's my next one probably after a long time

Getting on

accumulated a good amount favourites, yay!

Diego Dalla Palma illimunating crystals:-

My favourite hair thing ever right now is this serum, ever since I dyed my hair I've regretted it because it damaged my hair beyond anything I could imagine, it was something I had to try in my life though.

So anyway this Diego Dalla Palma illimunating crystals brought life back to my hair, & it smells so good, like oranges & it leaves my hair soft & touchable. You hardly need anything, just a drop or two is enough for your whole hair (And I have really long hair).

I've tried a lot of serums none of them worked as good as this.

Clinique Anti-Blemish Solution foundation:-

Oh yes, this is my favourite of favourites, I still love Make-up Forevers face & body foundation but this one is so so good too. Especially if you have pores, it hides pores so well, the result is matt & it dries kindda powdery but looks so flawless. 

Oh & it's also made for troubled skin, aka it has ingredients that heal blemishes & prevent them.

I've had it for a long time but only recently started using it again, my big sister loves it too & she's the one who introduced me to it (Hi Riham if you're reading this <3 haha)

Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple:-

My used & abused lip product, I use it literally everyday to uni I keep it in my hand bag & it's probably my most abused lip product. I just love how misturising it is it makes my lips feel good! I also love red lips the most.

Skincare:-

During my first & second year in uni me & my sister used to use Clean & Clear advantage total clear blemish control moisturizer every single day, & for some reason we stopped & they changed the packaging, it used to be all purple but anyway I got it again about a month ago & I don't know why I ever stopped using it, it's such a good moisturizer for combination to oily skin, it's so light & it feels fresh & doesn't cause you to break out or look oily, it also helps with breakouts. I feel guilty that I ditched my Clarins moisturizer but to me this is just much better right now in summer.

Jean D'Arcel peeling facial scrub, so I got this because it said it's a peeling cream & I thought that it's really cool, it turned out to be just a scrub lol. None-the-less it's a very gentle scrub I use it everyday after washing my fave, it's gentle enough to be used everyday I think it's because it's meant to be for dry skin (which I don't have).

Essence nail art express dry drops:-

Can't paint my nail without this anymore! I'm a very clumsy person if my nails don't dry immediately I'll most likely ruin them, this cuts the drying time by a lot

MAC matte eyeshadow in Omega:-

I'm not a big eyeshadow person, when I do wear eyeshadow I prefer it to be a wash of color or something really simple (I'm so not artistic when it comes to eyeshadow, I can't seem to find the arab in me when it comes to it)

So this has been my favourite eyeshadow I literally wear it all over my lid & my eye just looks prettier & deeper with it than without it. I think this must be the most basic typical brown eye shadow.

Favourite accerrosie from F21, can be stacked with anything

Deborah Eye Pencil 96, Bourjois contour 11 Enjoleuse:-

I forgot to include the pencil on the left by Deborah in my most used pencils but it's one of my most used, just a pearly white eye pencil. Favourite lip liner on the left is by Bourjois, I love how natural it looks, a natural rosy color.

Yankee White Gardenia Candle:-

Finally my favourite candle ever ever! White flowers are my favourite scents

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I hope you enjoyed this, what's your favourite product of right now?

Most Used/Favourite drugstore eyeliners

Hey girls

I'm sharing with you some of my favourite eyeliners from the drugstore today, to be honest I hardly buy colored eyeliners from department stores, I've only tried black eyeliner from high-end brands (YSL has been my favourite so far, just ask my sister who's a big kohl fan, she'll tell you how good it is)

I mostly love neutral liners like browns, bronze, rust...etc but I have some bright colored ones in the mix.

From top to bottom:-

- essence long lasting eye pencil in '02 Hot Chocolate'

One of my favourites ever! I stopped using black eyeliner because of it, I usually apply it on my top lashes & smudge, it's so dark it's almost black but a bit softer

- Max Factor Kohl pencil in 'Natural Glaze'

Talked about this before, I love it because it's so multi-use.

- Revlon matte luxurious color Kohl Eyeliner in '05 Very Violet'

It's a nice purple eyeliner for when black is too boring

- Sabaya Line & Shape Pencil in 04

I also talked about this before, I don't think it's the strongest/creamiest/most long lasting blue eyeliner out there, it really isn't but I use it alot because I think this is the only blue I have & I don't want a very bright blue on my waterline

- essence long lasting eye pencil in '15 Bling Bling'

LOVE this gold color, esp. for rimming my bottom lashes.

NYX retractable eye liner in 'MPE08 Silky Cashmere'

Another one of my favourites for bottom lashes, it's a beige/gold/bronze I'm not sure but it gives definition to the eyes without closing them up because black or brown tend to do that.

- Sabaya Line & Shadow Pencil in 11

My second favourite brown, this brown is not an almost black brown like the essence one, it's just a dark brown. I use it the same way I use the dark brown essence one.

- NYX slide on, glide on in 'SL08 Platinum'

Those slide on, glide on NYX pencils are amazing! They're so creamy & long lasting & very comparable to Urban Decays 24/7 glide on eyeliners which are one of the best colored eyeliners ever. I think NYX was trying to copy them, I mean even the name is similar, but I'm not complaining.

This is a very reflective & light silver color, I wanna get more of these in other colors, maybe green, because they're just so good, try them next time you pass by NYX!

On my wrist, everything is in the same order from right to left except the essence bling bling one came before NYX cashmere one :-