Pale Princess Make-Up & Beauty

I remember when I was around 12-13 years old, I had moderate acne and I was looking at make up for the first time. My mother would say to me "No, you shouldn't get the palest shade as it will make you look like a vampire, you want to add a bit of colour to your face"... I'm not sure why I would ever have listened to her as she's never worn foundation in her life and she has tanned skin. My go to foundation was Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse (wasn't it everyone's?) and I went for the second or third lightest shade (of orange) and I walked around with a beautiful orange line and a face ten times darker than my neck.. Fast forward 9 years! I now have a whole array of products that are super helpful for anyone who has pale skin and I could not live without them! These will probably not be useful for anyone who has darker than porcelain skin, but maybe you could use some of them for a vampire or ghost costume at Halloween..  1. Manic Panic Virgin Dreamto...

So shopping online for make up isn't always easy as you can't swatch anything or check the shades. The best tip for this is to either type into Google whatever you are interested in followed by the word 'swatches', or type it into YouTube. Often you will find that someone has purchased the same item you are looking at and has uploaded a photo of what it looks like in real life - as we know websites sometimes get their colours and shade images massively wrong. Now I actually find it easier buying make up online, as you can shop around for the best deal or price and you can spend the time reading reviews or watching YouTube videos before making your decision. Besides, you don't have to wait for hours behind the huge group of school girls surrounding the one make up stand you want to get to and swatching every single item, before leaving the shop with one item. So, to help out any fellow make up obsessed people like me, here are the top 10 websites I've fou...

Just bought a few small make-up items from Boots and repurchased one item on eBay so I thought I would share them with you guys! Dermacol Make Up Cover - shade 208 - £8.99 (Repurchased on eBay) Sleek iDivine Eye Shadow Palette - All Night Long - £8.99 Max Factor Creme Puff Blush - Nude Mauve - £8.99 (AMAZING for pale skin) Bourjois Little Round Pot Blusher - Rose de Jaspe - £7.99 Sleek Make Up Blush - Rose Gold - £4.99 L'Oreal Infallible Fixing Mist - £7.99 L'Oreal Infallible Mattifying Primer - £7.99 (Repurchase, the best drugstore mattifying primer) L'Oreal Infallible 24h Matte Foundation - 10 Porcelain - £7.99 (foundation blog post for full review) Bourjois Volume 1 Seconde Mascara - Black - £9.99 (top 2 favourite mascara!) Max Factor Excess Shimmer Cream Eye Shadow - Bronze - £7.99 (really good cream eyeshadow) Bourjois Delice de Poudre Bronzing Powder - Light / Medium 51 - £7.99  (good for pale skin) Sarah (aka. Pale Princess) x