Note: This is a picture-heavy entry. Click on the pictures to enlarge.
Inspired by Geekchic to do this post, I’ve finally taken pictures of my entire makeup collection and posted them here. My current makeup collection you see here is half of the actual amount of makeup that I own; the rest are still in Malaysia, which I couldn’t bring with me due to baggage space and weight restrictions. Note that this was a draft I came up with a couple of weeks ago. As a makeup addict, there have been new additions to the “family” since then.
My makeup collection is very mismatched. I do not have the latest collections of anything, nor are they expensive. I don’t buy makeup from just one or two well-known brands as I love to try anything and everything.
Most of my makeup are of drugstore brands, because I don’t believe in spending much on a single makeup item (the money is spent on skincare, which, in my opinion, is far more important than makeup). This is with the exception of foundation and primers; these are barriers that protect the skin from makeup, so I’d prefer to spend more on better quality ones. Having said that, there are a lot of gems in drugstore and cheaper brands for these too.
“Huh? She calls herself a beauty blogger? Look at all the cheap stuff she uses!”
Bear in mind that I’m not even close to what Paris, Geekchic, Jojoba or other beauty bloggers out there have, so don’t be disappointed when you see my humble collection. I’m just a girl who likes my makeup 🙂
This is my dressing table. Nothing fancy, no mirrors (no need for one, as our built-in wardrobe has a mirror which is from ceiling to floor), just a chest of drawers from IKEA. I’ll be doing a post on the skincare products I use in the near future. For now, we’ll stick to the makeup.
This is where I keep my makeup. I don’t keep them in a train case simply because I don’t have one. Have been itching to get one for a very long time now. It’s a pity that train cases are so expensive. For now, I keep my makeup in small plastic drawers for the ones I use regularly, drawstring bag and makeup bag for those which I seldom use. The drawstring bag was actually a lunch bag used to store lunch boxes which I bought in Japan. The makeup bag was a freebie from Kanebo.
Foundation and Powder
1. Liquid foundation – MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NC30)
2. Mineral foundation – Loreal Bare Naturale Mineral Foundation
3. Loose powder – Estee Lauder Lucidity Translucent Loose Powder
4. Concealer – Estee Lauder Maximum Cover Lightweight Makeup
5. Two-way foundation – Maybelline AngelFit Flawless Affinity Foundation
Mineral Makeup
My current interest – mineral makeup. I have reviews on each of my mineral makeup haul coming up, so do stay tuned for that.
6. Everyday Minerals foundation in a mix of Light Olive and Olive Fair
7. Silk Naturals foundation which I mixed to get my skin tone.
8. Lumiere mineral foundation
9. 10g jars of concealers and blushes from Silk Naturals, Everyday Minerals, Signature Minerals and Lumiere.
10. Mixing scoops from Signature Minerals
11. Silk Naturals foundation and eye colour samples from Silk Naturals and Signature Minerals.
Eye Pencils
12. Elianto Auto Eyebrow Pencil
13. Kose Visee Dual Pencil Eyeliners
14. Silkygirl Funky Eyelights pencils – I love these; they glide on my eyelids so smoothly.
15. Maybelline Line ‘n Design Eye Liner
16. Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil
17. Jordana FineLiner (liquid eyeliner)
Eye Colours
This is where my mismatched concept comes in. As you can see, I don’t have sets of anything.
18. Elianto 3D Eyeshadow Cubes (Jade Green and Gold Brown)
19. Kanebo Testimo eye colours (gold and lilac)
20. Sportsgirl Shimmer Palette
21. Loreal ColorAppeal (Real Silver)
22. Lavshuca eye colour (PU-1)
23. The Face Shop Jewel Powder (YL701)
24. Pop Beauty Glow and Highlight Pressed Radiance Powder
25. Canmake Dual Sparkle Color
26. Rimmel Metallic Cream Shadow (051 Soho)
27. Anna Sui Eye Glitter
28. Silkygirl Duo Eye Shadows (Marine Apricot and Smokey Spark)
29. Wet ‘n’ Wild Duo Eye Shadow (Cool Chic)
30. The Face Shop Black Label Eyeshadow (Apple Green)
31. Silk Naturals’ Bobbi Brown Stonewashed Nudes Palette clone – Basalt, Bone, Slate, Quartzite, Terra, Aztec and Moonstone
32. Tokidoki for Smashbox (Modella) – I got this on eBay for AUD15. Don’t you just love amazing finds on eBay? :p
33. Elianto eyeshadow palette, with self-customised colours.
34. Another Elianto eyeshadow palette.
35. NYX 3 Color Eyeshadow palette (Beanie/Red Bronze/Red Bean)*
36. Red Earth All Round Concealer
37. Kanebo T’estimo Frame Impact Eyes in 01
38. Lancome 6 Mini Color Focus
Mascaras
39. Dramatical Eye Base (a mascara base I picked up in Japan)
40. CoverGirl Volume Exact waterproof mascara
41. Rimmel Glam’ Eyes mascara
42. Maybelline Sky High Curves waterproof mascara
Blushes
43. Benefit Dandelion
44. Benefit Georgia
45. NARS Exhibition A
46. Clinique Fresh Bloom Allover Colour
47. Muji shimmery cheek colour (picked this up from the Muji shop in Japan)
48. Jane Blushing Cheeks*
49. The Face Shop Black Label Blusher (Pastel Pink)
50. Lumiere mineral veena blush (Terra Cotta)
51. Everyday Minerals mineral blush (Sunday Brunch)
52. Silk Naturals mineral blush (Climax)
53. Silk Naturals mineral blush (Flirt)
54. Signature Minerals mineral blush (Desiree)
55. Signature Minerals mineral blush (Roseberry)
56. Scott Barnes Chic Palette
Lip Balms
57. L’occitane Cherry Blossom Lip Gloss
58. CoverGirl Wetslicks Fruit Spritzers
59. Vaseline Lip Therapy
60. Softlips lip balms
61. Nivea Watering Lip
Lip Glosses
62. Agent Provocateur Titillation Lip Balm (it comes in a set with a *ahem* nipple balm :p)
63. Fasio Create Magic Lip Lip Gloss and Lip Pencil Duo
64. Chanel Levres Lumiere Intense (Vibration)*
65. NARS lip gloss in Babe
66. Naked Minerals Gloss by Jemma (a free gift from a magazine – rubbish lippie)
67. Revlon Super Lustrous lipgloss in Pearl Plum (my favourite lippie of the stash)
68. Maybelline Water Shine Gloss (Berry Shiny)
69. Face of Australia lip gloss (Glossy Honey)
Lipsticks
I prefer lip gloss to lipstick, hence the pathetic amount of lipsticks I own.
70. Avon Ultra Moisture Rich Metallic Lipstick (Metallic Pink)
71. Revlon Renewist Lipcolor (Juicy Apricot)
72. Kanebo T’estimo Clear Memory Rouge (PK-230)
73. Kanebo T’estimo Serumdrape Rouge in RS-233*
74. ZA Lip Aqualish (011)
Makeup Brushes
75. Elianto makeup brushes
76. Assortment of makeup brushes from The Body Shop, The Face Shop, Elianto, etc. Makeup brush case from The Face Shop.
77. Kabuki brush (bought at Beauty Impact)
78. Lumiere travel-sized makeup brushes
Miscellaneous Items
79. Elianto Dashing Lashes (bought this on a whim with Beetrice at Genting Highlands)
80. Beauty Essentials (Priceline) eye pencil sharpener
81. Bonjela Teething Gel (I mistook this for the ulcer gel when I grabbed this off the shelf. Works just as well though)
82. Garnier Pure SOS Blemish Pen
83. Nail clippers
84. Eyebrow scissors, tweezers and Shu Uemura eyelash curler
85. Muji eyebrow brush (got this in Japan)
86. Metal eyelash comb (only 100yen in Japan :P)
87. Everyday Minerals long-handled kabuki brush
88. Kanebo T’estimo eyebrow pencil
So there ya go, that’s my current makeup collection. Not very impressive as you can tell. But I’m pretty proud of it. I shall be updating this from time to time when I do a review of any of the above makeup items. And also maybe a part II, when I build the collection up.
This isn’t a tag, but I’d love to know what your makeup collection is like. Go on, take some photos of your makeup and share, share, share! 🙂
*These makeup items are courtesy of the lovely Paris B 🙂
Wow, you know what? I hear you! You don’t have to have all the make up products and high end products to be a beauty blogger! You have to love beauty blogging and understand what works and does not work for you! 🙂 I love your collection! It’s neat and everything is just CLEAN!!! I love it!!!! thanks for sharing 😀
A beauty blogger is about finding beauty stuff that work for you, not just high end! And a true beauty blogger will love both high AND low end makeup 😀 Excellent collection girl and expect it to grow soon! 😀
Wow, I would love to have a collection like yours!! Would love to hear more! How about lotions and potions and skincare? Would love to hear your take on that.
You have more cosmetics than me!
It’s gorgeous! I need to find a way to store this properly >< Like what everyone said, it’s nto about having high end stuff. It’s about having fun and having the stuff which works for you. Makes no sense if you have everything expensive and you use only 1/10th of it =)
why no reviews on benefit dandelion and georgia??
I can never find any good swatches of these. Just loads of “they’re the best!” with no proof what so ever.
sigh
i would looove to come over & play in your makeup collection…… *dreamy sigh*
Hi Tine!
Great post and pics of your collection! =D And everything’s so neat too.
Like you, I have my Smokey Sparks, and am absolutely loving it.
Looking fwd to more piccies and posts from you!
Tine, this is an excellent post! Really interesting 🙂 I was thinking that this would be a good idea for a post for my blog, then I looked over at my makeup collection, and I hardly have anything! Hahaha… But I think with all the new Summer collections coming out, that might change 😉
How long have you been ‘collecting’ makeup for? You have so much!
xoxo
Renee
Whoa dude…..whoa. I’m impressed. That’s a lot of makeup. I’m thinking of doing the same but I have so little. I have more bras than makeup coz I like bras, they’re purdy.
Writing a post about my bra colletcion and putting pics up is juts pushing it right? =p
fab collection! what a post! i love how you numbered things too!
i… OFFICIALLY… WORSHIP you!
wow! *kow tow*
that’s really a lot
i must say, woww impressive collection. you are really right about skincare being so important. i got a shock this past week when my skin went haywire on me due to the weather, so i basically panicked and went out and bought a new moisturizer pronto. =P
omg.. that’s a lot!! love to see your collection!!
i wish i had so many make ups like yours.. 🙂
Neat collection! Definitely impressive! I love it. Cool collection of glosses and blushes! I’m inspired. I should take pics of what I have now as a new beauty blogger and see how it expands every year. hehe….
Your collection puts mine to shame lah! I don’t have much makeup, high end, middle end or low end. Haha…and I also blog about beauty. *blush*
Askmewhats:
Aww thanks. Err it’s clean? I never realised it. I thought everything was a mess because I don’t have a ‘basket’ to put all the ‘eggs’ in ;p
Paris:
*blush* Hail the queen! 😛 Thanks for the compliments. Yep, my makeup is definitely in the low-end range, and I love it!
Anonymous:
Hi there, thanks! As for the lotions and potions, I’m on it!
Meehoon:
Oooopsie :p
Jessie:
Done, just for you 😉
Cheeeezie:
Girl, you have better stuff than I do. Maybe I should come over and play with your collection instead 😉
Syen:
Oooh isn’t that just fab? Cheap and good, that’s the way I like it :p
Beauty Fool:
Go go go, take photos of your collection. I’d love to see it!
The collection you see here was collected since about 3 years ago. I’ve been buying more ever since I came to Australia actually *sheepish grin*.
Constant Drama:
What’s wrong with displaying your bras? Okay what 😛
Yummy411:
Hey thanks! How about you doing one too? I so want to see your collection! 😛
Raising Mercury:
Aww man, now I’m blushing even more. Please don’t worship me, my collection really is NOTHING compared to the rest of the beauty bloggers. But I highly appreciate the compliment 🙂
Prettybeautiful:
I’m waiting to see your collection 😀
Makeupfairytale:
No amount of makeup can make crappy skin look good if we don’t take care of it first 😉
Maria:
Hehe thanks. It just looks like I have a lot of stuff, ‘cos most of them are cheap stuff. At least if
they’re crap, I don’t feel guilty ‘cos I didn’t spend a bomb on them 😛
Indulgent Diva:
That’s a great idea. You’d be surprised at how your collection can grow. It’s good to catalog them in your blog 🙂
Sesame:
Honey, your collection of skincare products will definitely put mine to shame. I guarantee that 😛
After seeing your fabulous and well organized collection, I am embarassed to admit that I am a beauty blogger. Admittedly, mine is organized, but I have pared it down to a itty-bitty collection.
gah! you’d like to see my collection?! really? lol… no one has asked me that before. i shall do a post just for you! i apologize in advance. it won’t be as pretty as yours nor as organized =((
hey there!!! I stumble upon ur blog when i wa doing some eyeshadow palette research! and boy… i love love love love love LOVE your makeups collection!! im one of the makeup junkies too!! well, actually im new to it just like a month or 2? ahhh, i am so into with makeups right now. who say ur makeup collection is not impressive? i totally love everthing plus the fact that i too prefer lipgloss than lipsticks!!
my boyfriend is getting me the 88eyeshadow palette. maybe u shud get one too!!!
btw, not being rude, the name is Grace Supang. im from east malaysia, but currently in singapore studying. 🙂
what a great collection!
OMG! I love your collection!
I just newly stumble on your blog and I LOVE IT!
take note: UPPERCASE
haha! I’m gonna bookmark your blog!
SO LOVING IT!
Cute stash and nice mix of products 🙂
hello. I notice you have Estee Lauder Maximum Cover. how did you go with it? I just bought one and it looks horrible in camera flash, I just do not know what to do with it. Do you have any trouble with it?
Girl-Woman:
The problem is, the collection is growing, and I’m running out of space, so it’s all messy again 🙁
Yummy411:
Of course I do, and thanks for posting your makeup collection!
GraceSupang:
Aww thanks 🙂 Wow that’s very nice of your boyfriend. My husband would probably get me anything BUT makeup (and jewelry. And electronic gadgets. And … etc etc etc).
Vanessa:
Thanks!
Strawblurry:
Hee hee, thanks very much. Do come again, yeah?
Melanie:
Thanks! 🙂
Rachel:
I used it as a concealer, although the sales assistant (I bought this one in Japan) said I could also use it as foundation. Mine is 05 Light/Medium. I’ve had no problems with it actually; it covered my blemishes well. Perhaps you put a little too much or the colour’s too light/dark? Do let me know how it goes for you.
Hi..luv to read ur blog..i found it when i search for clinelle glow moisturiser because i want to try new product, been a olay fan all this while..(i also fan of drugstore brand (shy))
ok, keep blogging yea 🙂
hey tine….
love your collection….
btw,, can you tell me where did you get those plastic drawers from?? i’ve been looking for them anywhere but still couldn’t find it…
and uhm…. where can i get Elianto products, esp. the brushes…. look tempting… ^^
thanks
-dea
Fiza:
Olay’s always been an all-time favourite, but I’m glad you ventured out of your comfort to zone to try something new 🙂 As for fan of drugstore brands, hey, join the club! 😀
Dea:
Thanks 🙂 I got the black drawers from one of ’em 2-dollar shops (granted, they’re definitely not just 2 bucks). I got the pink ones from Kmart. Do check it out.
I’m not sure if they have Elianto here though. I got mine from Malaysia.
hi, may i know where to get visee eyeliner duo other than Japan? have been searching high & low for it
Taiwan doesn’t have it~ owww
lav:
You can get it at Adam Beauty (www.adambeauty.com) for HK$63.
What an amazing collection – I’m in awe of all your blushes (right now i just have one.. grr). i was wondering what kind of color the agent provocateur lip balm has? I’ve been looking around for reviews for ages but can’t find any!
I like your makeup collection, and especially how well organized they are! Since I always have to shuttle (always drive home to my bf’s house every weekend and during vacation), I keep most of the cosmetic stuff in pouches. But it’s going to annoy me somehow.
I have the Benefit Dandelion too! It’s super super sheer, isn’t it? 😉
Cheers!
Jess
Hi, only just started reading your blog. And feel compelled to post on this one… I agree with you that skin care is so much more important. I have so many bottles for skincare, and really splurge on it, haircare too. But my makeup basically can be contained in one makeup pouch. And I still get all the compliments on looking nice. Often people thought I have makeup on, when I don’t have one bit on.
OMG.. you have so much stuff! 🙂
Hi,
I need info on one of ZA product, Aqualish LIP 005. I have been a loyal customer since about 10 year on this product. Now it is hard to find. If you have any left I would like to order 10 or more on it. Please let me know. Thank you beforehand.
actually i am makeup freak wid around 23 shades of eyeencils,5 compact cases and 16shades of lip glosses….so i knoe how god it feels wen u own d best products of makeup in d world…!
i use a lot of lakme,maybelline,nivea and streetwear……guess dey usage is worth it…..!
wow! u have a lots of collection! different shade everyday. 😀
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