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...

I'm a sucker for bargains of any sort, but especially when it comes to make up and beauty products, you don't always know whether cheap products will break you out in a rash, burn your face off or swell up your eyes or lips - that's maybe slightly dramatic, it's more likely the product will just be rubbish. But sometimes, you find amazing products that are super cheap! And it feels like Christmas.. 1. Make Up Gallery Nail Hardener - £1 - Poundland       - This stuff is amazing and it's no ordinary nail hardener. It coats your nails almost like a clear nail polish, it dries completely in less than 5 minutes and it leaves a shine to your nails, which looks nice. However, it's main job, to harden nails... well, it turns even weak nails into unbreakable nails. They are so strong after you've applied just one coat of this stuff, you have to press down pretty hard to flex them. It lasts on your nails for weeks, or until you peel it off (or take it off properly ...

So you might have found a foundation to match your paper white skin, but now, you need to find a powder that not only sets your foundation, but actually matches your skin tone and that can be just as difficult. In the same way many brands have 'ivory' or 'porcelain' foundations which resemble a bad spray tan, many powders can be far too dark or even worse - orange. So here are some of my favourite face powders for pale princesses. 1. Collection Pressed Powder - Ivory 18 - £1.99      - This face powder is my absolute favourite for many reasons. I've got through at least 10 of these in the past few years and always have at least 3 as back ups! If Collection ever discontinue this powder, I will be heartbroken. You get 15g of product in the pan (which is a lot more than most other powders!) and it has a clear plastic lid which twists onto the base. The shade Ivory is the perfect shade for my porcelain skin - it is actually a neutral ivory. The packaging is sturdy eno...

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

Finding a pale foundation which is actually pale enough for porcelain skin is not an easy task! So many of these brands call their shades 'porcelain' or 'ivory' when actually they are a dark shade of tangerine when applied to your face. Here are some of the best and worst foundations that I've tried for pale skin which is combination (oily in the T-Zone) and acne prone. The reviews below are all based on my personal opinion and my own experiences. Everyone's skin is different and we all prefer different types of foundation so what works for me might not work for you and what doesn't work for me, might work for you. But I hope you find the swatches and reviews below helpful! 1. Revlon Colorstay for Combination / Oily Skin (Shade 110 Ivory) RRP: £12.99        - This is one of my favourite drugstore foundations. It dries almost matte but once set with any powder, it stays put all day long! There's no transfer from the foundation at all and this...