I Went Up North!! - What Was In My Travel Makeup/Liquids Bag?

Hello all!!!

In the time between my last update, and today, I have flown up to nothern ontario. And have flown back home to southern ontario!

I had a BLAST. I met with a bunch of First Nations youth, and got a lot of info to take back home!

Anyway! Since I was only there for a handful of days I flew Carry On! And I figured I'd show you all what I brought with me!

This is what was in my liquids bag! There's a few things here, that didn't NEED to be in here, but I put them in just to be safe!

I brought:

Shampoo Sachet
Deep Conditioning Hair Mask Sachet
Devacurl Mist-er Right Curl refresher
Alterna Caviar CC Hair Cream
Face Wash
SPF50 SunBlock
MAC Eye Shadow Primer
Essence Make Me Brow
Hand Sanitizer
Sephora Make No Mistakes Concealer
The Ordinary Vitamin C serum
Body Cream
Squeezey Tube Tinted Lip Balm From First Aid Beauty
SuperGoop SPF50 setting spray
Smashbox face primer
Cover FX face primer
Elizabeth and James Nirvana Rose perfume
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream
Sephora Wonderful Cushion Foundation.

Now onto the products in my travel makeup bag!

Elf Mad for Matte 1 palette
Colourpop Thirsty Girl, Nillionaire, Valley Girl, and Peekaboo Super Shock Shadows
Marc Jaboc's eye liner pencil
Benefit Boing Brightening concealer
Essence brow pencil
Clinique chubby stick
BITE liquid Lipstick in Supreme
Colourpop Mars Blush
MAC Qukstik Cream Blush Duo
ELF Bronzer
Wet N Wild Precious Petals highlighter
Clinique Black Honey Pop Blush
Clinique Pressed blot powder
Cover FX mattifying setting powder
ABH Stick foundation
And lastly, Supergoop SPF Powder!

For brushes, I brought:

Powder brush, Buffing brush, angled blush brush, Synthetic stipple brush, Eye brow comb, Lid Brush, and a Crease Brush!~

What do you pack when you fly carry on? What would you pack!?

Five Day Work Trip - What's In My Travel Bag?

Hello all!! I'm back yet AGAIN with another whats in my bag type post.

This time, I'm traveling to a hot, humid, and muggy part of Ontario. Where I'll be for 5 days for training. And It's SO humid I'll have to shower every night, and wash my hair at least once from sweat (Gross? I don't care, Women sweat!!!) So I wanted to show you all what is in my "bare necessities" bag!

I'm ALSO bringing my tried and true long lasting makeup! I'll be in training/group from 6am to 8pm every day. So I need my makeup to last until I take it off!

For my makeup, I am bringing:

A mini sample container of all over facial primer
A mini sample container of MUFE Mattifying primer. (I only use this in my T zone and on my cheek bones)
NYX Conceal and Correct concealer in Medium - for under eye correcting
L'oreal Infallible Total Cover Foundation in 305! - This is the longest lasting foundation I have, and I only need a SMALL amount of this to cover my cheeks and jaw!
Tarte Shape Tape in Light Medium Honey - for under eye concealing
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder - for all over the face setting
ELF Blush,Contour, and Illuminating palette - I have two highlights in the top, one for the cheeks and one for setting my undereye. Then a matte bronzer from the contour palette, and then a matte cool bright pink for blush from the blush palette!
Sephora Gel Cheek Ink In Peony - It's a liquid sheer blush that I like to use under powder blush to make it last longer!!
Tarte 12 hour Blush in Sweet - It's a warm shimmery pink!
ELF Mist and Fix - Gotta have setting spray!!!
ELF Mad for Matte Palette - It has a Matte Bone shade, A matte Transition, A Matte Crease, and a Matte Deepener for me!
Colourpop Nillionaire Super Shock Shadow - I love this for a quick and easy shimmery eye!
Revlon Photoready Eye Art in Topaz Twinkle - I love this silvery taupe cream shadow!!
L'oreal Infallible Shadow in Hourglass Beige - I love this on the inner corners and on the lid to look more awake!
Too Faced Shadow Insurance - The only eye primer that works all day for me!!
Essence Lash Princess Mascara
ELF Neutral Brown Brow Pencil
MAC Waterproof Brow Set - my favourite brow gel!!!
LUSH Santa Baby Lip Tint - My all time favourite, holy grail lipstick. It lasts a good 12 hours!
Maybelline Color Blur in My-My Magenta - Its a cool hot pink. It lasts and lasts!!
Tarte Birthday Suit Creamy Matte Lip Paint - my perfect nude!

For Face Brushes I am bringing:

A flat paddle brush for under eye concealer
MAC Duo Fiber Brush for cream blush
Real Techniques Export Face Brush for Foundation blending
Real Techniques Small Powder brush for Powder
Real Techniques Contour brush for highlighting
ELF Angled Cheek Brush for Blush, and Bronzer!

For eyes I'm bringing:

A synthetic flat shader brush - for the cream shadows
A Urban Decay Double sided brush - I use the small pencil side for lower lashline work!
Anastasia Duo Sided brush - For crease work
MAC 217 - to blend everything out!

This is the skincare/toiletries I'm bringing!

Mouthwash/Tooth Paste
Hand Cream
Coppertone Clearly Sheer SPF50 for face
Paula's Choice Sport SPF50 for my shoulders/chest
Atelier Cologne Bergamote Soleil for my perfume - it's a bright yummy lemon scent!
SPF30 Lip balm
Day Facial Moisturizing Gel - It's a super light gel, that hydrates just enough but doesn't make me greasy!
Night Facial Moisturizing Lotion - Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing lotion!
Deodorant - A MUST!
Clinique Eye Cream
 LUSH Silky Underwear Powder - I am wearing shorts and dresses the whole time I'm there, so I need this to keep the chub rub at bay!
Yes to Grapefruits Exfoliating Wipes - For moring facial cleansing
My usual Walmart brand makeup removing wipes for makeup removing
Night Time Squeeze Tube lip balm
Super Goop SPF50 Setting Spray

This is what is in my "shower" bag!

Dry Shampoo
Solid Bar Soap For the body
Face Wash
Face Scrub
Leave In conditioner Spray - for clean hair, to moisturize it.
LUSH Sea Salt Spray - For second day hair
Heat Protection Spray - I'm planning to show up with straight hair, and then re flat Iron it the second day
Two in One Shampoo
Conditioner
MULTIPLE Hair Ties
Deodorant
Razor
Light Body Lotion!

This is what I'm bringing, Cosmetic/Toiletries wise!! What do you think? What should I add or tate out?  

What's In My Convention Bag? - Anime North 2017

Hello friends!! When this post goes live, I'll be in Toronto for 3 days at a convention!

As some of you know, I'm a cosplayer who goes around to different conventions in my area! I dress up as my favourite video game characters!!

This is my 5th year. And I'm taking a laid back approach. And I'm only doing two cosplays for the 3 days!

I thought it would be fun to show y'all my favourite products for conventions. I'll be out in the sun and the heat from 8am to 11pm. SO I NEED my makeup to be SOLID!

This is the toiletries I'm bringing:

Makeup Removing wipes - Good for morning cleansing, removing makeup, removing body odor and sweat!
Tampons - I'm rooming with a few people who get periods, so you gotta be prepared!
Hair brush
Two SPF50 Sunblock lotions - one is a wet skin one, that gets stronger when you sweat or get wet. and since I'll be sweating I'm wearing this for sure!
Moisturizing Cream face mask
Night time face lotion
Foaming face wash
Hand cream
Brush cleansing cloths - to make sure my brushes are clean between days
Tweezers
Body Wash
Extra hair ties
Nail Clippers
Squeezy tube lip balm
Morning face lotion
Dry Shampoo
Hair Spray
Deodorant

This is what I'm bringing in a small zippered pouch, to go in my brothers back pack:

Extra Deodorant - again, I'm a sweaty stinky person!!
Back up Lash glue - I'm wearing falsies and I feel more safe with this!!
Mini Powder brush
Mini Tube of SPF for my neck/hands/body
Spray SPF for my face
Touch up Concealer - JUST IN CASE my foundation does get patchy after 12+ hours, I can top it up!
Mattifying powder
Blotting sponge
LUSH Silky Underwear powder - I'm wearing a skirt, and I get bad chub rub! So hopefully this will help!
Two back up Phone chargers
Tampon - just in case another person at the con needs it!!

Not pictured:
Bandaids, Tylonal, Glasses cleaner, Wall plug in, for when the phone chargers are dead!


For Base makeup, I'm bringing:

Hard Candy Smoothing primer
MUFE Mattifying primer
MUFE Conceal/Correct palette
L'oreal Infallible total cover foundation
ABH Stick foundation
NYX Dark circle corrector
Tarte Shape Tape
MAC Set powder


For Cheeks I'm bringing:

Tarte 12 hour blush in Paaarty
ELF Blush in Twinkle Pink
Colourpop Highlighter in Flexitarian

For brows i'm bringing:

Annabelle brow to go powder
ELF Eye brow pencil
Essence make me brow gel


For eyes I'm bringing:

Mascara
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
ELF Matte eye shadow palette
Two MUFE artist shadows - a glittery light yellowy white for the lids/inner corners, and a glittery brown for the lower lashline.
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer - supposed to be with the cheek products picture. But I forgot!


For Lips I'm bringing:

Since I'm doing two different cosplays/characters, I need two different lip looks. So I'm bringing

Colourpop London Fod Satin lip - Lasts through meals, and isn't super super drying.
Colourpop Bossy Lip pencil
NYX Lip primer
ELF Lip Exfoliator
Blistex SPF30 lip balm - For under both lip looks.
Jack Black SPF25 lip balm + FRESH Sugar Nude tinted lip balm -  I dont like the way the Fresh lip balm looks on it's own, so I'm going to mix it with the jack black lip balm to sheer it out, and make it more natural looking!


What I'll be wearing:

These are the two characters I'll be dressed up as,
Mitsuru Kirijo From Persona 3
and
Penelo From Final Fantasy 12!

I'll make sure to share photos of my time at the con, on either snapchat or intagram!
-Snapchat - goddamnitshanny
-Instagram - Goddamnitshannon

What did I pack with me for a week long trip to America!!

Hello friends!!!! As you read this, I'm already in AMERICA!

I used to travel across the boarder often as a child. Because I live about an hour and a half away from the boarder in Niagara, we used to go to the States and shop all the time.

But then they put the passports in affect. And we stopped!

But my first ever passport showed up in the mail five days ago! So naturally, we planned a last minute trip!! :P

I wanted to bring one duffel bag, and that's it. As there's not a lot of room in the car we took!

For makeup I wanted to challenge my notorious for overpacking self. So I got a very small bag, and I used that for my makeup for the week!

This is the small bag I chose, It's a small leather purse that I took the cross body strap off of. It clips shut!

For base, I'm bringing:

Paula's Choice Oil Controlling "primer" put into a LUSH sample pot.
Deluxe sample of Urban Decays Optical illusion primer
ABH's stick foundation
MUFE conceal and correct palette
NYX's dark circle corrector
Benefit's stay don't stray sample (as a primer for my concealer!)
Hard Candy Glamofluage
Rimmel Clear complexion translucent powder

For cheeks I brought:

Physicians Formula Argan Wear Bronzer in Light Bronze (when packed on it turns into a shimmery bronzer, but with one layer it's a highlight on my skin tone!)
Essence Pure Nude highlight
ELF Blush + Bronzer duo.
Tarte amazonian clay blush in Paaarty

I packed my usual every day brow products with me, Essence make me brow, and Annabelle brow to go kit!

For eyes, I'm bringing:

Too faced shadow insurance, Essence lash princess mascara, a quad of matte brown crease/transition shades, two colourpop super shock shadows to go with the quad. Tarte tartelette tease palette, ELF wine not smudge pot cream shadow to go with the tarte palette. Two different pairs of falsies, lash glue.

For lips, I packed:

MAC Twig - a nude
LUSH's Santa Baby - an orangey red (my holy grail lipstick!)
Clinique's Heftiest Hibiscus - an orange
Aveda Nourishmint gloss - a clear shimmery gloss
Joe Fresh Lip Cream in Fuchsia - a hot pink

Those lip products should fit any situation!


For skin and hair care, this is what I packed:

This is an overview of everything I put into my skincare and haircare bag!

I have:
Hair serum pumped into a travel bottle.
A hair clip (I have a brand new pack of hair ties, but they're in my purse!!)
Cetaphil moisturizing lotion for night
L'Occitane shea hand creme
Paula's Choice Non Greasy SPF50 sunblock squeezed into a travel bottle

I have a mini bottle of waterproof eye makeup remover
four sample sachets of Paula's Choice moisturizing face wash (to remove my makeup)
LUSH's no drought dry shampoo powder in a lil black lush sample pot.
Mini Dove + care men deodorant

Clinique Foaming face wash (for my second face cleanse)
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing gel for my morning moisturizer
Avene Sleep mask to use ontop of my night time moisturizer
My holy grail squeeze tube lip balm.
LUSH's dusting powder (to pat between my thighs, to get rid of Chub Rub!) in a little black smaple pot
A comb
LUSH's Sea Spray to revive my curls after sleeping on them!

I have my LUSH square tin, which is full of small chunks of soap, and a bar of face soap for the morning.
I also have some of my MAC Brush cleaner in a The Body Shop spray bottle! I'm planning on washing my brushes while being here!



Here are the brushes i'm bringing with me:

This is all of the face brushes I packed!

From left to right:

Highlighting brush
Colour correcting buffing brush
Foundation buffing brush x2

Paddle brush to pat out my under eye concealer
Powder brush
Under eye setting brush
Powder brush to buff in any powders.
Angled contour brush

Blush brush!

These are all of the eye brushes I brought!

Blending brush
Setting brush
Crease brush
Pencil Brush
Blending Brush
Thin/Pointed Crease Brush

Angled Eye Brow Brush
My beloved MAC 217
Upper lashline eye liner brush
Eye brow/lash comb
Lid brush


For clothes, I brought: Shirts, Blouses, Cardigans, Dresses, Dress pants, High wasted pencil skirt, Leather booties, Running shoes, and my Pea Coat!

Thanks for packing with me!! :D

What's in my travel skincare bag? (Yet another post on travel!)

Hey all!!

I know, I KNOW, another (!) post about travel!?

But I wanted to share with you all what I bring with me whenever I go some place overnight, or for a trip!

This is my skin care bag, it's very thin and compact. So it fits into back packs, carry on's etc, so easily!

Here is everything that I squish into the bag!

I feel like we're friends enough here for me to mention I bring tampons with me. I have a medical condition called Polycystic ovarian syndrome. Which means I'm extremely irregular. AKA I'll go six months without menstruating. SO! I need to be prepared for anything! So long story short. I bring enough tampons for three a day for however i'll be away from home!

I have very long, curly, thick hair! So I take a small durable brush with me, and some salt spray. I try and sleep with my hair in a bun or tied back, so my curls get the least smooshed and flattened. But in the morning, I'll fluff my hair out and spray it quickly with some salt spray to revive the curls!

I poured some of my cream face wash into a Marcelle sample container to wash my face in the evenings.

I have a small 25ml tube of Avene moisturizing face mask, that I like to use as a face cream at night after washing!

I have a 1.0 Fl oz tube of Dr. Jart+ Water drop lotion that is lightly hydrating, so I prefer to use this in the morning under makeup!

In yet another Marcelle travel container, I have some of my favourite Paula's Choice Non Greasy SPF 50 Sun block!

I have my favourite, heavy duty lipbalm. As I find my lips love to dry out whenever I travel!

I usually take a travel sized deodorant when I'm only gone for a few days, if it's like a week I'll bring a full sized one (I find the mini ones like to break and snap!) I'm currently using the Dove Men + care one, and it keeps me fresh smelling!

I keep a small pot of my favourite LUSH Dry shampoo in here. As I find it's MUCH smaller and more reliable than canned dry shampoos!

I bought a mini bottle of eye makeup remover from Sephora. And I really like it! It's super gentle, and doesn't sting my eyes. But it removes all of my eye makeup and my brows!

Lastly, I always keep a pack of Face wipes. When I'm at home I normally don't use face wipes to remove my makeup, but this is so much easier when traveling, as they can work to remove makeup, sweat, dirty sticky hands, etc.

This is just from a 4 day trip, and keep in mind i'm "high maintenance" so everyone "needs" different things!

If i'll be gone longer than that, i'd take a small sample of shampoo, with some conditioner poured into a travel tube. Some moisturizing hair balm/cream, and i'd bring a small amount of my BHA poured into a travel bottle, with my acne treatment tube thrown in as well!!

What skin care do you bring with you when you travel?

What's in my travel makeup bag?

I'm going off to Toronto in a few hours, and i'll be there until monday late afternoon. And while I'm there, I'll be doing some public speaking and all that jazz, so this is my "I want to look professional and alive" makeup!!

This is my travel makeup bag!! It's just a basic two story bag!! I like this bag, because it's big enough to fit my Z pallet, and it fits everything I need in it, it also has the top zippered part for my brushes to be safe and not all bent and beaten up!!

These are my face brushes I use every day, From left to right, we have a Buffing Brush for my foundation, a angled cheek brush for bronzer, a small flat foundation brush I use to pat out my under eye concealer, a fluffy blush brush, and a big powder brush!

These are my every day eye brushes!! From left to right: A angled fluffy for setting my eye primer/highlighting my brow bone, a fluffy blending brush, a smaller eye lid brush for the inner corner, a thin pencil brush for work on my hood, a bigger eye lid brush for my outer eye lid, an angled brow brush, and a spoolie!

I always keep cotton swabs in my travel makeup bag (i'm known to cough or sneeze while my mascara or liner is drying it's TRAGIC) I ALWAYS keep hand sanitizer with me every where, and my makeup bag is no exception! I have long, long hair. I keep 2 hair ties on my wrist every day, and I have at least two in every bag!!

Moving onto makeup! These are my tried and true primers. I use the elf green primer on my cheeks and on the edges of my nose to correct redness, then I pat the Makeup Forever mattifying primer onto my forehead, between the brows, nose, chin, and smile lines. I usually apply my eye primer while I do my face primer. So I'll squeeze out a small amount of Too Face Shadow Insurance and pat that onto my lids!

Here is my base products! I'm testing out the Maybelline Fit Me foundation stick, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I'm bringing my tried and true Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+ Foundation. It oxidizes to a more orangey shade on me, but with blending it down my neck, and the way I keep my hair, its not noticeable. But I always mention that just in case! Then we have my favourite concealers! Maybelline Fit me, which I love for my cheeks. And Hard Candy Glamoflauge, which I use a PIN HEAD amount of to cover BOTH undereyes. Then we have my Sephora brand Matte Perfection Powder foundation, which I use to set my whole face!

This is my Z pallet, I'v recently spoken about this. So I wont get too in depth. But after setting my face, I'd go in with one of the blushes in here, and the highlights. I also go in and do eye shadow after I do my blush and highlighting!!

Next we have my two current mascaras! I'm using the Revlon one on my upper lashes, and the Makeup Forever one on my lower lashes! They both give me the drama I love, and neither smudge or flake!

This isn't anything special, y'all know my brow routine already. But I have my Essence Make me brow, and my Annabelle brow to go kit. Also, just in case because I'm wearing matte lipsticks, I threw in ELF lip exfoliator!

Lastly, we have the lip products i'm bringing!! I'm bringing my mint Jack Black lip balm, MAC Rebel, A Joe Fresh Lip gloss in Wine (It's a sheer tint!! Not super vampy at all!) Maybelline Colour blur in Plum me? I think that's the name. And LUSH's Santa baby which is my all time favourite lipstick!


That's all that's in my travel makeup bag for this weekend!! What do you think?