What's in my travel makeup bag?

I finally packed my makeup stuff after much procrastination for a good reason. It's only day 4 of the Chinese New Year celebration and I need my makeup so I literally put off packing till the very last day. Surprisingly I ended up packing much less than I intended to. The reason being I only have a 20kg limit in my baggage allowance and I know that I will be spending moolah over there for more makeup! So why bring so much when you're gonna buy more anyway, right? 

 Face:

L-R: Skin79 Hot Pink compact powder, MAC blush in Fleur Power, Essence Silky Touch blush in Natural Beauty, L'oreal Base Magique primer

Skin79 BB Cream samples in L-R: Snail Nutrition, VIP Gold Super+, Diamond, Hot Pink

Decided to bring these samples because they are so tiny and travel friendly. Also, I now have 4 different types of BB Creams to enjoy before going out and getting a full sized foundation. I initially wanted to take with me the Revlon Whipped foundation but the glass jar is kinda heavy and I'm worried it's gonna break during traveling so that one's gotta stay. Too bad.. it's my longest lasting foundation!

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion, Maybelline Falsies mascara, L'oreal Brow Stylist pencil in Dark Brown, Garnier BB Eye Roll-on, Revlon Grow Luscious Lash Liner in Onyx, Revlon ColorStay Liquid Eyeliner in Black

Catrice Eyeshadow in Mr Copper's Fields, Skin Food Eyebrow Powder cake, Catrice Eyeshadow in Starlight Expresso, MUA duo-chrome Eyeshadow in Shade 12

Most of these products I already have a review on, just look for it in the search engine at the side bar! I can't believe I'm only gonna bring 3 eye shadows with me. I thought of my Inglot palette, Naked palette and even my Revlon quad but it felt so excessive. In my mind I am already shopping at Sephora or something so I'm pretty sure I don't need to bring that much eye shadow or makeup in general. lol Though I'm still physically here in Brunei, it is apparent that my mind has wandered off overseas.

 Lips:

Stage Lipstick in Blooming bud, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Milan

Brushes:

 

 All of the brushes are from Sigma with the exception of the powder brush which is from ELF cosmetics. It's a dense brush with a flat top and it applies powder to the face like a dream! Sigma's brushes are really good too, I have been using mine for more than THREE freaking years now and they are still good as new! They are most definitely worth the price and I suggest you go for the complete kit if you haven't tried out any of their brushes yet. I'm curious about their Mr. Bunny synthetic brush kit, really wanna try those out some day!

That's all the makeup I'm taking on the plane with me. It differs so much from the makeup I brought with me when I went to KK eons ago! You can check that out here. Only if you're interested of course, no pressure.

MUA Eyeshadow palette: Heaven and Earth

I used to be very adventurous with my eyeshadows. I remembered when I was working before entering uni I used to change up my eyeshadow colors everyday. One day it'll be blue and green, the next purple and pink. It's one hell of a roller-coaster ride with the eyeshadows haha but I've finally settled with mostly neutrals and browns with the occasional pop of color. It's only practical (for me at least lol) to wear neutrals because I use makeup quite a lot and browns are easy and quick to put on and people won't be as easily distracted when they're talking to me as they would if I wear crazy colors on my eyes. Am I right or am I right? lol

MUA eyeshadow palette in Heaven and Earth

 MUA eyeshadow palette in Heaven and Earth

This is one of MUA's palette with neutral colors. They have another which is basically dupes for the Naked palette and that one's called the Undressed palette. Believe it or not these only costs GBP4! That's less than B$10 and you get 12 shades of eyeshadows. It's probably the best deal for an eyeshadow palette apart from the coastal scents ones.

 

 MUA eyeshadow palette in Heaven and Earth

The only issue I have with these is that there aren't any matte shades in this palette. Most of the eyeshadows are either shimmery or has fine specks of silver glitter in them, which is fine if you don't mind them but I personally love my mattes. Considering they're only GBP4, I really couldn't complain because even without any matte shades, they still work very well!

Swatches - Top row

 

Swatches - Bottom row

I'm surprised they didn't put any black eyeshadow in this palette but that's fine with me because I hardly ever use black. The darkest shade here is a deep red-brown and it complements the other colors very well! I also noticed that the lighter eyeshadows along with the golds tend to be the creamiest. 

Also, did you notice how some eyeshadows tend to crumble when you dip your brush in the shade? The excess eyeshadow will just fly everywhere all over the palette and it's always a hassle to clean up. Well you won't have any of that problem with this palette. They hold up really well and rest assured, has a minimal amount of crumbling. Again, considering what you paid for! 

Me wearing shades from the Heaven and Earth palette

The Heaven and Earth palette is perfect for everyday use and I really recommend it if you're looking for something that you can use all week or even a whole month with only that one palette. There's enough variety of colors for day time makeup as well as darker colors for transitioning it into a night time look. The compact casing is also good for travel!

MUA eye shadow: Day and Night

Shala bought tons of MUA eye shadows last year and I only kept one of em in my drawers. I never bother to use it because it looks grey and honestly I don't like using grey shades on my eyes. Finally took it out last night to try and I was totally taken aback by it! I love it now and felt guilty for not taking it out to use earlier wtf

MUA eye shadow in Shade 12

It looks like a metallic grey color with maybe a little bit of brown in it but when I swatch it, it came out like this:

MUA eye shadow in Shade 12 swatch

It came out more like a purplish brown and I have nothing like this shade so I'm very glad I picked this color out of around 20 of these MUA eye shadows!

I played around with the shade and ended up with a night look and a day look. Plus it's CNY which means I have an excuse to use makeup day and night!! :p

Night time makeup 

 Used the eyshadow on my lids and a burgundy eye shadow on the outer v.

 

Somehow the eye shadow looks greyish here!

Day time makeup

 

Used the MUA eye shadow on the outer corner and a lighter shade in the inner corner. 2 eye shadows only because I lazyy

 

The only problem I have with this eye shadow is that it doesn't blend as easily as my other eye shadows. But it's good for packing on colors because it's super pigmented! Plus only GPB 1!! That's like BND$2 wtf so cheap!! Y U NO sell here in Brunei?!?!

 Never underestimate the power of a $2 eye shadow! :p