Wednesday 4 September 2013

5 Product Challenge


If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram then you may have heard I'm doing the #SuperGorgeousSept challenge, which is a 30 day photo challenge revolving around all things beauty. Today's photo was the '5 Product Challenge' - use only 5 products on your face! So these are the products I picked:

  1. Harmony Moisturising Creme
  2. BareMinerals Original SPF Foundation
  3. Instain blusher in Toile
  4. Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara
  5. OCC Lip Tar in Hoochie

I picked the Harmony creme as it kills two birds with one stone; it's a combined moisturiser and primer. Next up my beloved BareMinerals foundation, because it gives great natural coverage and doubles up as a fantastic concealer (check out my review of it here!). Of course, I needed some depth and colour to my face, so I used my current favourite blusher, Instain. Finishing up with the Lancome Mascara and a bold covering of Lip Tar.

The only trouble I experienced was that the moisturising creme was quite rich and not the ideal base for smooth application of the BareMinerals powder. I decided to go for a bold lip as you can quite easily do it with just 1 product, I definitely need a few more to do a bold eye! Fortunately the Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara is very good for adding thickness and length, so my eyes didn't look completely bare!

So, here's my finished look:
BareMinerals Original, Harmony, Lancome Hypnose Drama, Instain, Lip Tar

Lastly here's a little Instagram feed of shots from other people around the world who've recently tagged their pic with the #5ProductChallenge

8 comments:

  1. The Lancome mascara is one of my favourites ever, I have gone through tubes of it. I often have issues as well finding the right texture moisturiser to go under mineral foundation, and I am yet to find one!

    Belle x
    Mascara & Maltesers

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    1. It seems really great! I've got about 5 different mascaras on the go right now, but once I'm done I think I might purchase it. Although I am loving The Balm's products, their mascara packaging is so cute, I kind of want that too!

      Ooh, as for moisturiser, have you tried Clinique's Moisture Surge? I've reviewed it here and I find that it's a great base for it (coupled with BareMinerals own primer)

      xx

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  2. You look amazing! Im actually in love with that lip colour, I'll need to track it down xox

    The Style Khaleesi

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    1. Thank you! They sell it in Selfridges I believe if you're near one. Failing that it should be on many sites online :)

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  3. I have been dying to try OCC Hoochie and the Hypnose mascara, and this post just pushed me over the edge to finally make the plunge! Great post girl

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    1. Hah sorry to make you spend XD Thanks! Hope you enjoy them :)

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  4. Hi! I've nominated you for a Liebster Award at http://notanotherproduct.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-liebster-award.html xxx

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    1. Thank you so much, that's really lovely of you :)

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