I’m partially asking this because I’m always looking for things to add to my “want” list (much to El Hub’s chagrin… I just smile and cackle whenever he says, “Do you really need to buy more makeup?”). ?
I’m also asking because I’m a nosy noodle, ha ha ha!
So, I have a few (several) makeup bags right now, each with different themes. I have a couple bags dedicated to individual brands — one for Chanel things (I refuse to ever throw away), one for MAC, and one for Wander Beauty. Then, there’s a catch-all bag with random items in it that I wanted easy access to at one time but now need to put back into their long-term storage places.
But the makeup bag in which I currently store my most-often used “grab and go” items holds the following…
- Chanel Dimensions de Chanel Mascara
- MAC Strobe Cream in Pinklite
- Estée Lauder Double Wear Light Stay-in-Place Makeup in 4.0 and 4.5
- Kevyn Aucoin Super Natural Concealer in Medium EC04 and EC06
- Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer in Golden
- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Golden
- Clinique Cheek Pop in Ginger Pop
- Chanel Les Beiges Blush No. 25
- Maybelline City Bronzer in 300
- Maybelline Tattoo Studio Gel Pencil Liner in Deep Onyx and Striking Navy
- Clinique Pretty Easy Liner
- Chantecaille Mermaid Eye Matte in Bee
- Clinique Teddy Bear Quad
- Chanel Les Beiges Natural Eyeshadow Collection in Les Indispensables
- MAC Velvet Teddy and Half ‘N Half Lipsticks
- Wander Beauty Lip Retreat Lip Oil
- It Cosmetics Brow Power Micro
- A few random brushes I should’ve cleaned weeks ago (!)
How about you? What’s currently in your makeup bag?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. What are you up to today? Sending a virtual hug! ?
My everyday bag has Tarte BB cream, Nars pro prime, Faux Cils, Anastasia BH brow pencil and a couple of infrequently used items (Becca purple primer, pencil sharpener, Clinique brown shadow duo, UD Whiskey) and then a pile of mystery items at the bottom. HAHA! Just typing that has inspired me to organize that bag when I get home. My other 2 daily items – Malice and EL Desert Heat (square, 5 shadow palette) – are in the same drawer but not actually in the bag.
I will narrow it down to my current every day bag: becca undereye primer, Charlotte Tilbury flawless filter, magic concealer, dreamgasm pallette, pillow talk blush, tan luxe face drops, it illuminating cc cream&eyebrow pencil, beauty blender sponge, Wayne Goss eyeshadow brush, julep gel eyeliner in rich Brown, Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner in denim ink. I recently gave my niece some pallettes I never used much and I feel sooo much better she’s enjoying them.
Hmm I keep everything organized in my vanity so I’ll just say what would be in my bag.
-Lancôme matte primer and mattifying setting mist
-Lancôme teinte idole foundation (side note, how does this compare to double wear?)
– smashbox under eye primer
– UD primer potion
– Becca under eye corrector
– IT cosmetics bye bye under eye concealer
– Laura mercier translucent powder and the under eye powder
– Real Techniques sponge
– UD brow blade
– benefit brow gel
– Becca x Chrissy Teigen palette
– Lancôme Monsieur Big mascara
– nars skin deep palette
– wander beauty lipsetter in flirty in Fiji
– Clinique chubby stick in mimosa
Well that’s a lot….
I love posts like this because I am also a nosy noodle! Ha ha!
-MAC natural radiance primer
– Too Faced Shadow Insurance
-a Mac Paint Pot (either bare study, soft ochre or groundwork- did you know they discontinued rubenesque?!)
-Mac eyeshadows, some in pots, some in quads. They are shroom, woodwinked, soft brown, texture, Swiss chocolate, espresso, mulch, sable, rice paper and amberlights.
-Mac black track fluid line gel liner
-Mac brow pencil in spiked
– Lancôme mascara primer
-Lancôme volume a porter mascara
-Mac mineralized concealer
-Mac studio finish powder foundation in NC 30
-and either Mac peachy keen blush, Chanel Malice or Elegance, or Becca flower child (my most used blushes)
No lippies since I can’t wear anything other than balm.
I do love knowing what’s in other people’s make up bags! In mine currently…
Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter (4/medium)
Dior Flash Luminizer pen (001)
Revolution conceal & define (c7)
Nars smudgeproof eyeshadow base
A Japanese brand of pressed face powder called Pore Putty – not sure of the shade name
Benefit Gold Rush mini blush box
Bobbi Brown cream shadow sticks x2 (goldstone/pink sparkle)
Laura Mercier Caviar Sticks x2 (khaki/amethyst)
Sephora waterproof eye pencil (black lace)
Shiseido eyelash curlers
L’oreal paradise extatic mascara (black)
Maybelline superstar ink crayon (40/laugh louder)
Flower beauty mix n matte lip duo in melon kiss
Benefit Gimme Brow gel (6)
Whew. And that’s only the small ‘everyday’ bag too. If I tried to list all the products in my cases at home I’d be here for days!! ?
My makeup bag is usually just a bunch of lip products in my car console. That’s by lipstick is usually the only thing I manage to reapply during the day. (Besides face spf.)
-Buxom lip plumper in Mudslide
-ELF berry lip balm
-Clinique chubby stick in guava
-Bite lip crayon in a berry shade
-Colour Pop lip plumping lip in Make it Savvy
-Colour Pop creme lux lipstick in foolish
-Jack Black lip balm with spf 25
-L’Oréal brow pencil
-ELF blotting paper
-ELF makeup pen remover for mascara or eyeliner smudges
I have an upstairs bag and powder room bag :
Lash Princess mascara , Arden cream to powder , Hourglass base in a tube , Chanel blush , and about 4 eyeliners everything from Chanel to Avon .
My husband stops at Home Depot everyday. If only an Ulta was next door .
Think about that .
I currently have, in order of application:
The ordinarys 10% magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (a vitamin c face cream!)
Shisedo benefiance wrinkle resist intensive eye contour cream
Shisedo ultra sun protection cream spf50+
Kiehl’s lip balm #1
Hylamide HA blur primer
The ordinarys serum foundation (my all time favorite holy grail foundation)
ELF 16 hour camo concealer
Marcelle face powder (it’s a 70 GRAM container, for $13CAD! FABULOUS!)
Benefit Hoola bronzer
Clinique black honey pop blush
Laura mercier matte radiance baked powder highlight in 01
ABH modern renaissance eye shadow palette
Colourpop thirsty girl, and peekaboo super shock shadows
Essence lash princess mascara
(green font!)
Annabelle brow to go brow powder in dark/deep
Essence make me brow brow gel
Giorgio Armani rouge ecstacy shine lipsticks in hot (sheer balmy red!) And Nuda (sheer nude)
Fenty lip gloss in fenty glow.
Then I have a roller ball if chloe perfume, and shisedo blotting sheets in here!!!!
Loved the comments section!
I usually organize my makeup bag and rotate items every 1-2 weeks. I am crazy about make up but do not want/need to have a lot of items, I am very conscious about how much make up makes sense to have, especially the budget I put into makeup. Some items like bronzer, bb cream, face powder and eyeliner never rotate because I only have 1 of each (yes, I DO keep my make up at a “compact” level haha). Right now in my bag:
– No Poreblem primer essence
– Coola primer with FPS30
– It Cosmetics CC cream, the one with natural finish (my one and only, best cc cream ever! I do not even buy foundations anymore)
– Stila waterproof eyeliner
– Lancome Big Monsieur mascara
– Butter London Natural Goddess Eyeshadow palette (got in a boxycharm and its the perfect everyday palette)
– Iconic London eyebrow cushion
– Fenty bronzer in I$land Ting (for medium skin tones, this is perfect)
– Mac Hyper Real Glow highlighter trio, the rosy tones
– ALamar Blush trio, light tones
Lips are the only items that I carry with me to work. Currently:
– Mac lipliner in whirl
– Mac lipgloss in Pamela (LE, same color as the whirl lipstick but as a pigmented gloss formula)
Wow… looks a lot!
Such a fun post! I have about 10 million things on and around my makeup table, but these are the things I currently use most often:
Dior Backstage Primer and Foundation
Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder
BareMinerals Bounce & Blur Blush
Nars Pro-Prime Eyeshadow Base or Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Benefit Gimme Brow Gel
Becca x Chrissy Teigen blush/highlighter/bronzer palette
Whatever mascara sample I have on hand
As for eyeshadow and eyeliner, that’s a (nightmare) work in progress. I’m currently testing one of the Dior Backstage eye palettes and the Shiseido Microliner you recommended the other day.
I only have one makeup bag since I have pared down my routine significantly. So the contents are:
Chanel CC Cream # 30 Beige
Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Powder # 40 as bronzer
Chanel Blush in Rose Petale
L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara
Benefit Gimme Brow Mini
Chanel Waterproof Eyeliner in Espresso
Chanel Cream eyeshadow in Undertone
So I booked a makeover lesson at the new Chanel Beauty Atelier in October to celebrate my 60th birthday. So excited!
Be well!
Bag 1:
*A glittery black Sephora duo-sided compact mirror.
*Tony Moly Cats Wink Clear Pact No. 1
*Blotting papers
*NYX HD Photogenic Concealer Wand in Alabaster
*Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Sheer Rapture
*Revolution Makeup lipstick in Corpse Bride
*Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow
*Impulse Cosmetics Duochrome Lip Lacquer in Cordial
*Mini Urban Decay Primer Potion in Enigma
*Mini UD Perversion Mascara
*e.l.f. Makeup Remover Pen
*UD 24/7 Eye Pencil in Perversion
*Mini Tarte Blush in Paaarty
*Mini Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
*MAC lip brush (I forget the #; the cap becomes the handle)
*A couple mini hand creams
*lip balm
*Dental floss
Bag 2:
*Too Faced Sugar Cookie Palette
*e.l.f. Best Friends Eyeshadow Duo in Tea for Two
*Mini Seraphine Botanicals blush in Happy Hibiscus
*Mini Too Faced Shadow Insurance
*Sonia Kashuk retractable lipstick brush
*NYX Slim Eye Pencil in Black
*Almay eye pencil in Black Amethyst
*Mini UD Troublemaker Mascara
*Mini Elizabeth & James Nirvana Black
*Urban Decay double-ended brush from one of their palettes, and a smaller no-name eye brush
These are the makeup bags I keep in my purse. The smaller one (bag 2) is not always with me, such as if I just run up the street to Target for a few minutes or something like that. I often end up doing makeup suddenly on the run for various reasons, so I like to keep enough to do a minimal face.
.Hi,
In my handbag in the little pockets I have PM tinted balm- it’s a berry shade, Suqqu moisture rich lipstick in shade 2, Suqqu ombre blush from fall collection( I was in London and went to Selfridges and I realize how lucky that was)
Burberry bold lash travel size mascara
GA liquid concealer with the skinny brush plus a mini beauty blender in a zip lock bag as it leaks
In traincase I have Chanel water tint, Pat Mcgrath foundation shade 8 , Dior coral pop blush which I adore, TF emotionproof concealer pale dune, Ka brow pencil, full size Burberry bold lash, Suqqu quad , Givenchy loose powder translucent, La Mer powder brush which is so soft, LM blush brush, various samples and travel sizes of eye creams, TM primer moisturizer, A charcoal shimmer Lorac single. CT bronzer/blusher from several Nord anniversarys of yore.
To name a few. ..
Melt Gemini
Stila Shimmer and Glow in Jezebel
Juvia’s Place Warrior 2
MAC Veluxe Brow Pencil in Fling
Loreal Infallible Fresh Wear Foundation
Colourpop Super Shock Eyeshadow in Tea Party
MAC Mineralize Blush in Sweet Enough
Benefit Rollerlash
Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti Pollution Sunshine Drops
Marc Jacobs Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara
Shisedo Color Gel Lip Balm in Juniper
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Neutralizer Concealer
Bare Minerals Mineral Veil
UD Ex Girlfriend Lipstick
I forgot but MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre
Wet n Wild Coloricon Eyeshadow in Creme Brulee
Do you have two shades of the KA concealer to help with seasonal skin tone changes? That’s a great idea