What's in my Handbag: Hand Luggage Edition.

Bag - Zara

I love a good ‘what’s in my handbag’ youtube video or blogpost and so I’m back this time with the hand luggage edition. Last September while I was interning I did an ‘Intern Edition’ that you can find here.

This is the hand luggage I’ve packed to take on holiday with me! It’s a long-haul flight hence the copious amount of stuff and the only two things I haven’t photographed are my pair of socks and my knickers, because really who needs to see those?

Passport, Travel Docs, Purse and Travel Money  – Booooring. These really should be the first things you pack, right?

Notebook and Pen(it’s in the bag)  – In case I have to make lists, I’m a compulsive list maker, or if a wave of inspiration hits me. Whichever.

Magazine, Book, Glasses – You can never have too much reading material for the airport and flight. Well I can’t anyway.

Digital Camera – I’m usually the resident picture taker on holidays.

Ipad – I will get to at least level 100 on Candy Crush on arrival.

Deo and Face Wipes – To freshen up after a long arse flight.

Nail Polish – For touch ups.

Nurofen Express – On long flights I always seem to get tension headaches, which I’m guessing is due to dehydration, so painkillers are a must.

Lotion, 8 hour Cream, Bobbi Brown lip and cheek tint – to counteract the effects of the drying plane atmosphere and make me look semi-presentable on landing.

Comb, Hair bands and Hairpins – To put my hair up when it’s annoying the crap out of me.

And there you have it, my hand luggage, I know, it’s riveting stuff.  While I’m away I’m going to try and post outfits of the days so stay tuned to the ol’ blog!

Love Keeks xo

Face Base

Primer - bareMinerals - £19

Hey Darls!

Last weekend I repurchased my favourite foundation primer, which as you can see, is Prime Time by bareMinerals (Bare Escentuals). I fell in love with this primer mid last year at the same time I fell in love with the bareMinerals foundation as my lovely mother bought me the starter kit when she was in duty free and I’ve been hooked ever since.

While I’ve still got a bit of the foundation powder left, my primer finished a couple of weeks ago, and I’d been putting off repurchasing as it’s like £20 pounds for a 30ml bottle, which I find hard to justify (it’s like 75p per 1ml – yes I did the math). But I found putting the powder on without the primer, it didn’t set as well on my skin.

You only need the smallest amount, and the 30ml bottle comes with a pump, so you only need one pump of the good stuff. It comes out in a gel/serum like consistency and you apply it to your cleansed/moisturised face with your hands and wait for a minute to allow it to set in. Once it has, it literally makes your face feel like silk, the first time I used it; I kept stroking my face (I’m not even joking). It evens out the texture of your skin, and as a result makes your foundation powder apply more evenly and stay put longer. I honestly cannot recommend this product enough, in spite of the price tag.

I must say that I think this primer works best with powder/mineral foundation, but I have tried it with my L’Oreal True Match foundation once, and it did the job, but not as fantastically, probably because it was created as a part of a mineral make up collection.

Daily Moisturiser - Elizabeth Arden

The other face base product I wanted to share with you is this Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream ‘Intensive Daily Moisturiser”. I actually didn’t buy this; it came as the ‘free’ gift from a magazine subscription I got, but I was excited, as I love the regular 8-hour cream and I absolutely love this moisturiser. It smells exactly the same as the regular stuff but actually is a cream, not a weird-lard-consistency-non-cream like the regular stuff. I’ve only used it for a couple of days, so I can’t make a confident decision on it just yet, but I’m liking it so far and I’ll keep you guys informed.

This has been a rather long post, but I really wanted to share my opinions of these products with you, especially the primer!

Hope you’re having a gorgeous weekend!

Love Keeks xo