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My Best Makeup Products of 2023 for mature skin
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Lacura Vitabase Moisturising Primer
Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Foundation: https://amzn.to/3O7ylfA
Stila Hide & Chic Foundation
Lacura Cashmere Glow Luminous Foundation
Lacura Cashmere Glow Luminous Concealer
Stila Complete Harmony Lip & Cheek Stick (Sheer Lillium): https://amzn.to/41XLNs1
Revolution Super Dewy Liquid Blush: https://amzn.to/3U2Kcz3
Revolution Cheek Kit: https://amzn.to/423EY8w
Primark Rose Glow Highlighter
Revolution Bronzer: https://amzn.to/3S3Q096
Avon Gel Eyeliner in Plumful
3INA 24H Eye Stick in 853 Dark Blue: https://amzn.to/3HkqRBV
Nobulash Mascara: https://amzn.to/3U4Sbf4
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Pencil: https://amzn.to/3SlpVUn
Lacura Lip Liner
Rimmel Lipstick in Pink Blush: https://amzn.to/3Sk6BGN
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Lipstick: https://amzn.to/3O57n88
Lacura Setting Spray
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Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Georgia Grandma. Welcome back to my channel. I hope everybody's
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doing well. Today's video is my favorite makeup of 2023. Now, these are products that I've
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used a lot. I have bought other makeup and used it, but these are the ones, these are
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the items that I always come back to. And they're always in, if I go away for a weekend
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they're always in my makeup bag. So I'm going to take you through them. I'm wearing most
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of them today. So where I am wearing it, I will point that out. So you can have a look
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and see what you think it looks like for yourself. Now we'll start with primer. I always use
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a primer before my foundation. And the one I've used most in the last year is the Laquera
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Vita Base Moisturizing Primer. This is a really nice primer. It's very creamy. I'm just taking
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the lid off so you can see it. It's very creamy. Obviously Laquera, it's Aldi. It is
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a dupe for Bobby Brown primer, which I've never used, but I am told it is a dupe. And
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it contains vitamin B, shea butter, hyaluronate, I think is how you pronounce that. And it
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has geranium and grapefruit extract in it. And it does smell very fruity. Some people
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don't like a scent in their makeup. I don't mind that one. It goes on really nicely, very
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creamy, smooths in well, and does help me make up stay on. So that is the primer that
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I've used most of the year. Next is foundation. Now I've used three foundations in 2023. My
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go-to one has been the Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder, which is what I'm wearing today. It
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is a light coverage foundation. So if you want something that's full coverage, this
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probably isn't going to work for you. My skin's quite good. I don't have a lot of blemishes
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and I don't have an awful lot of wrinkles. So I found the Light Wonder worked really
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well for me. Again, it goes on nicely. I think this is in Fair. They do do it in quite a
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few different shades. This one's Fair because I am quite pale. Goes on really nicely with
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my fingers or a brush or a makeup sponge. So yes, that's the one I've used quite a lot
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this year. There's actually very little left in it so I'm going to need to repurchase that
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The other two foundations I've been using together and that is because I bought this
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one. This is the Stila Hide and Chic foundation, which is a pump foundation. Now I did hear
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about this from, I think it was another YouTuber and I can't remember who it was. It might
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have been Hot and Flashy. She said it was really good so I picked it up and I think
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I picked it up in the wrong shade. It is quite a liquidy foundation, quite runny and it's
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very pale. It's even too pale for me this one. I just look like death warmed up. So
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what I did was I bought this one from Aldi. This is a Lakura Cashmere Glow Luminous foundation
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which I really like. It's a nice creamy foundation. Again, it's a pump one but it was too dark
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So what I thought I would do, I mixed the two together and that actually worked really
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well when I wanted a more fuller coverage. So say I was going out on a night time and
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I wanted to have a little bit of a stronger makeup, those two together worked really well
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I wish I'd bought that in the lighter shade because that would have done fine. It's just
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the shade was too dark for me. But it is a nice creamy foundation. Stays on, well it
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does with the Stila, stays on and just feels really nice. So those were the foundations
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The next thing I've worn all year is a concealer and this one is the Lakura Cashmere Glow Luminous
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concealer to go with the foundation that I picked up. This one is slightly dark and I
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thought it was going to be too dark for my skin but it's not. It actually blends in really
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well. It comes in a bottle with a little doe foot applicator. I just dab a couple of dots
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kind of on the black circle bits I've got there and that works really well. I do have
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a luminous white powder that I kind of just brush over the top of it just to kind of seal
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it a little bit. But I do really like the Lakura concealer. Next it's blushes and I've
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used two blushes this year. One of them is the Stila Complete Harmony Lip and Cheek Stick
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and this is in Shea Lilium colour and it is just a twist up blusher stick. You can
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use it on your lips as well. I have tried it, it's quite nice. But I do like the blush
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I am wearing this today. So I'm wearing the Charlotte Tilbury foundation, the Lakura concealer
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and the Stila Lip and Cheek Blush. I just think it gives a nice glow to the
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cheeks. It's very creamy, goes on well with your fingertips. And the other blush I've used
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I've used it up, I need to get another one. And this is the Revolution Super Dewy Liquid Blush
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and this one is in Flushing For You colour I think. I don't think I've got any of this left
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I think I'll try and get a little bit out on my finger. I managed to squeeze a tiny little bit
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out there. You can see it there. It's just a very, it's quite pinky but it goes on really
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nicely. It's got a little bit, maybe a little bit of a shimmer to it. But that is a really
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nice blusher as well. So I would definitely repurchase that one. So those are the two
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blushers I've been wearing this year. I also occasionally use a bronzer. I don't use it all
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the time, especially with the darker foundations. But I find with the lighter foundations
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it does need it. And I've been using this Revolution Glow Splendour Ultra Matte Bronzer
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in Fair. That's what it looks like, the palette. And I like this one because it's got a mirror on
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it and I actually use the mirror on it all the time. But that's what the bronzer looks like
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And I have used that today just so you can get an idea. It just gives it a little
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it warms the foundation up a little bit when you're fair. So yeah, I quite like that
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I like that palette. Now I do usually wear a highlighter kind of over the top of my blusher
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just here. And the one I've used most this year, again, is a Revolution product. And this is the
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Revolution Cheek Kit. I've had this quite a long time. Now it does have four colours in it because
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it's got contours here. But it's these two that I use for the highlighter. And I just feel like
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they really give you a nice glow on your cheek. I have actually used these two as eyeshadows before
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these bottom ones. But I do really like that one as a highlighter. The other highlighter that I've
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been using this year is the Primark Rose Glow Highlighter, which is quite nice. I've got that
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one on today. You can see it does just give a little shimmer. And that's what that one looks
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like. I think they did have that in different colours as well. But I like the Rose Glow one
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Next is eyeshadows. And these are the most important ones for me. I do love an eyeshadow
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I have quite a lot of them, quite a lot of palettes. But I've tended to use just two palettes
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this year. And I really, really love them. So my first one, which is my absolute go-to
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eyeshadow palette, and I am wearing it today. You can probably guess, if you've watched my
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channel before. And it is the Lakura Quad Eyeshadow Palette in Perfect Nude. I absolutely
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love this palette. It does have a little mirror on it. It's got four shadows in. So it's got two
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shimmers and two mattes. And I use this one, this one, and this one all the time. This one goes
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on the above the crease. This one I put on the eyelid. And this one goes in the corner
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just to darken it up. I just, I love it. I think that is just so versatile. You know
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you can put it on lightly. You could put it on darker. Really nice, easy to pop in your makeup
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bag, especially if you're going on holiday. I took that on holiday with us last year. I just love it
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The only thing with Lakura products is, they don't always have them in stock. You'll find them
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and then you'll never see them again. So I'm hoping they get this in again, as well as the
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concealer, because I would like to repurchase them both. So if anybody's, anybody from Aldi's
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listening, please restock your eyeshadow products. The other eyeshadow product that has been a go-to
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for me in the last year is the Collection Fiji Tropics palette. I'm not sure if Collection is a
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Superdrug brand, but I definitely bought it in Superdrug. But I just think this is also a really
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versatile palette. Just trying to get it open there. It's got some really pretty colours
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And the ones I've used mostly are this one, the Peachy Shimmer, the Brown Shimmer
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and the Brown Matte. You can see that I tend to wear the same colour makeup quite a lot. But I
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have used the Green Shimmer as well, and the other two. In fact, I've used all. I don't think I've
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used the pink one, but I have used the other ones. And I really like that. Again, it's a nice
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small palette. Small enough to pop in your bag when you're going on holiday. Yeah, and the colours
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just really pop. Really like those. The other eyeshadow that I use quite often, and this is just
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for my eyelid, my mobile eyelid, is the Bella Pierre Champagne Shimmer eyeshadow. I really like
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this one. Can't remember where this came from. I think it came in a beauty box that I used to get
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a vegan beauty box, possibly. But this one, the colour is just so pretty. You can't really tell
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from that palette. See on my finger there. It is just so, like, gold and shimmery. I put it on my
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hand, but I don't think you'll see it very well. No, you can see it there, but I really love that
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And that just really makes your eye sparkle, I think, anyway. Yeah, so those are the three
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eyeshadows that I've used in 2023. Next is eyeliner. And I've used a couple of eyeliners
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in the last year. I was using a black one. I don't think I used it at all in 2023. So I decided that
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black was just a little bit harsh on my eyes, especially as you get older. So I got an Avon
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gel eyeliner. This one is in Plumful. So it's like a purpley colour. Really creamy eyeliner
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just goes smoothly on your eyelid. I do have that on today. I also got it in a dark blue
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which I don't tend to wear as much. I usually go for the purple one. It just seems to work better
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on my eyes for some reason. Now what I found was with the Avon eyeliners, any pencil sharpener
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that I had in the house didn't work with it. I actually had to get the Avon pencil sharpener
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to get that to sharpen properly. So if you're going to buy that, I suggest you get the sharpener
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as well. But I just think that is a really nice eyeliner. The other eyeliner that I wear
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is, I'm not sure how you pronounce this, it's 3ina. So 3-I-N-A, and it is a 24 hour eye stick
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It's a push up one. Again, it is a nice creamy eye crayon type of eyeliner. And I tend to wear
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that under my bottom lash. So not on the waterline, just underneath my eye. And it just goes on
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really smoothly. Just gives my eye a little bit of definition, makes it look a little bit bigger
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I don't put it all the way into the corner, because I think that makes your eye look a little bit smaller. I just kind of put it from the middle of where my pupil is, up to the corner
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there where it meets the purple. I am going to try one of those cat flicks with the eyeliner one day
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but as yet I haven't. But yeah, I really like that. They have this in lots of different colours
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so I would like to get another few just to try them as maybe an eyeshadow crayon. But yes
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I really like that one. This one is in 853, and it is a dark blue. Now my mascara. Mascaras and me
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haven't had a very good relationship over the years. I've never really found one that worked
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well on my eyelashes. My eyelashes, it's 60, are quite short and they're quite sparse, and
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they come out quite easily. And a lot of the mascaras I've tried have stung my eyes. Even the
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Body Shop Mascara stings my eyes. I've found some to be quite clumpy. I've found some that
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don't tend to stay on the eyelash. They're kind of all over my cheek. So I have had problems with
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mascara. But for the last year, this has been my go-to mascara, and this is the No-Boo Lash
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I absolutely, I can't recommend this mascara highly enough if you're over 50. It's a specially
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formulated mascara for women who are over 50. So for those who have finer lashes, shorter lashes
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eyelashes that don't tend to grow anymore, this has been formulated for us. And I just absolutely
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love it. I'll give it a couple of quotes. I don't know if you can see it very well on camera
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but it does, it's supposed to lengthen and volumize, and I feel it definitely does that
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It's the only mascara I've ever used, I'd say, in the last 10 years that has done what it says
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It's got a nice, I think that's a, I think that's a bristle brush. I don't think it's a plastic
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brush. I'm not entirely certain. I don't want to touch it because I'm going to get black all over
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my hands. But this is in black, and I just think, like I say, I can't recommend it highly enough
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I have tried a couple of other mascaras in the last year. I always go back to this one
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always in my makeup bag, always take it on holiday. Just, yes, number one product for me
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This is the number one makeup product for 2023, definitely, hands down. After that
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we're going on to lipsticks. So lip liner, I do use a couple of lip liners. This is the one I've
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used the most, and it is the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk lip liner, and it's in like a dark
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pink color. It goes on quite nicely. It's quite creamy, doesn't smudge, it actually stays on
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quite well. This has been the one I've mainly used this year. I actually got it in a kit for Christmas
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maybe two or three years ago, and it came with a lipstick, a lip gloss, and another lip thing
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I can't remember what the other lip thing did. It's kind of pepperminty, so it makes your lips
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tingling. I think it's supposed to plump it. That's what it was. It was a lip plumper. So this came in
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that kit, and I have been using that quite a lot. You can see it's quite worn down. The other
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lip liner I've used this year is a liqueur product. I actually love the, you know, a lot of the liqueur
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makeup is really good, but like I say, I don't want to get too attached to it because they never have
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it in again. It's highly annoying, but this one was in the lip kits that they had out earlier in
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2023. I picked up three of their lip kits. Comes with a lip liner and a lip stain. Now I found with
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it was a matte lip stain. It was in like one of these with the doe foot applicators
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It was matte, and I'm not keen on a matte lipstick. It was very drying, but it was, it stays on
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and it's quite nice if you add a lip gloss onto the top. I found that quite nice, but the lip
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liners are really, really good. They are so creamy. This one is velvet, velvet sugar, velvety sugar
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velvet sugar, this one is, and it is the one you have to sharpen. So I'm hoping the Avon sharpener
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will sharpen it. It's like a pinky colour. They had two other colours as well, which one I think
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is a nude one and one is a little bit darker, but I find that really creamy to put on, and it does
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stay on quite well as well. Yeah, but I do like the liqueur lip liner. So those were the lip liners I
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wore most last year. Two lipsticks that I've worn a lot in 2023. This is probably my go-to one
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and this is a Rimmel pink blush lipstick. I've had this ages, and it was in a basket. I found it
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I think, earlier in 2023, and I found it in a basket of lipsticks that I hadn't used for ages
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and I thought, why is that in there? Because I like the colour. In this basket is 22 lipsticks
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that I never wear. So maybe a video coming up where I try some of those lipsticks
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But this one is pink blush 006. Incidentally, if you haven't already subscribed to my channel
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video up. And if you did like this video, give it a thumbs up. So back to the lipstick. This is a
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Rimmel pink blush 006, and I am wearing that lipstick today. I really like a pink lipstick
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I find a peachy kind of lipstick doesn't work on my skin tone, but I do like a pink one. I'm
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trying to find a red lipstick that I like, but I'm not having a lot of luck. But like I say
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it may be a video coming soon to do with lipsticks. But that is a really nice lipstick
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and it is still, you can still buy it, so I'm going to have to repurchase one of those
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And the other lipstick that I've reached for in the last year is from the Charlotte Tilbury
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Pillow Talk lip kit that I was talking about. This lipstick is quite nice. It's a darker
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darker pink colour. This is matte, but it is a nice creamy matte, so it doesn't feel so dry on
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your lips. And again, you can add the lip gloss to the top. But yeah, that is a nice lipstick
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And again, that would be repurchased by me. Sorry, I'm getting a bit croaky. I've got a
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bit of a cold, and it's making us a little bit croaky. So I've got a glass of water here
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Just so I don't go too dry. The last thing that I use all the time, and this has been a go-to
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again in the last year, and it is a Liqueur Makeup Setting Spray. I don't think it's got any scent
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to it. Maybe slightly, a slight scent. I just give my face a spritz with that after it's done
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and it does tend to keep your makeup on. I don't know whether it's the setting spray that keeps
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the makeup on, or whether the products are decent and just stay on. But I do like to use it just to
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make sure. The other setting spray that I used last year was a Revolution one in Watermelon
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I must have thrown the bottle out because I can't find it, and it was, I had used it all
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and I can't find the Revolution Watermelon Setting Spray again. So if anybody knows where
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they're selling that, let us know in the comments below, because I really did like it. I like the
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smell of it, and whereas this one, I can smell a vague something, but I couldn't tell you what it
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was. So, but anyway, that's a setting spray that I've used in the last year. If you like makeup
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videos, and you want to watch a couple of my Get Ready With Me videos that I've done in the past
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I will link them here at the end, so you can click over and go and watch them, and see me putting
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some of these makeup products on. I did a Charlotte Tilbury video where I put on a few different
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Charlotte Tilbury makeup products that I bought for the summer, so I can put that on, and I think
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there was another one where I used a, I think it's a Barry M makeup eyeshadow, eyeshadow makeup palette
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so I'll link that one as well. Let me know in the comments below what your favorite makeup product
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was of 2023. I'd be, I'd be very interested to know. If you haven't watched the Sunday Sunshine
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Show, which is a collaboration with the Transatlantic Housewives of YouTube, who include myself
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Busy Bee Marie, Maria Crocker, and Tina's Talk Time, we will be back on Sunday morning at 7.30
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We each bring you a video on the same topic, but we put our own spin on it, and this week we're
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going to be talking about our wardrobes, and maybe adding some new outfits to it. So, like I said
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thank you so much for watching. That's all I've got for you today. See you soon, and bye for now
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