I've realized concealers are honestly a godsend but also a nightmare like foundation to shop for *shock horror*
I have super dark under eyes and I know everyone says this but honestly the girls are badddd. I used to colour correct but gave up after I saw them peeking in pics :(. So I've come to  learn through trial and error that mixing concealers that are neutral-yellow undertoned works best to cover up my dark circles as well as give me that *bam i'm on 40k a year no stress bright under eye highlight*- a girl can dream,right !
Laura mercier flawless fusion concealer - shade 4N
This concealer is new to my stash but has been my go to. It's a little thick(we don't discriminate round these ends) but not like MAC thick is's somewhere in between a foundation and concealer. However I really like that because it means you don't have to use a lot. Consistency aside it super neutral which means I don't need to mix it with my other concealers and it also brightens my under eyes at the same time. My only complaint is whilst Mrs Laura killed the undertones it could do with a few more shades.

Maybelline fit me- shade 30
If you live in the UK then you know L'oreal and Maybelline are notorious for not stocking darker shades in store.I really wanna know why they feel the need to hold their darker shades hostage! but a couple of months ago I noticed the fit me range had 3-4 shades darker that I had not seen before(we praise god) and so I decided to pick it up, mostly though I use this to highlight since I'm in between and this shade was the most yellow out of the options available.

The fit me concealer is on the more wet/dewy/runny side which is why I like to pair it with my Laura mercier the two together give me the most flawless under eye pre-powder. Also the coverage is amazing and build able which is what I like with my concealers. And its under £10 which is great for my purse.

LA girl- Shade Fawn
OG alert if you don't know about the LA girl pro concealers then you gotta leave. These concealers have been so good to me especially Fawn its a color I can use all year round its the perfect golden/warm tone that works really well around my mouth. Also I love how blend-able the concealers are they're the perfect balance between matte and dewy concealers.
Glossier-  Shade dark( glossier seems to be color blind this color is so light Tomi Lahren could wear it)

I've already reviewed this here so i'm not gonna go in depth but I love this for all over the face. It's a very moist concealer so I think if you have dry skin you'd love, it's kinda like if a tinted moisturizer was made into a concealer with more coverage. Again like every other base product it could do with a few more shades which I know glossier is capable off!

Glossier Haloscope and Cloud paint (Topaz x Haze)

I've ordered from glossier before and even if you aren't interested in the brand you gotta give props to their marketing team. They've capitalized very well of a much loved concept, clean,fresh and dewy skin I mean who can resist that!

My first purchase of glossier was the stretch concealer and I loved it albeit the rubbish shade range( I will rant about shade ranges till I die !). I decided to buy a blush and highlighter after hitting pan on my sleek Cleopatra kit,I love liquid highlighter like the body shop drops(my absolute favs) so I though the stick would be similar. 
I also really wanted to embrace blush this spring/summer because I adore other black gals who wear blush It just compliments your makeup and brings any look together.
Topaz is a nice dark bronze shade perfect for any black girl its very sheer and oily kinda like a lip balmy texture which at first I hated I felt like I was applying glue on my cheeks. What I came to learn was that haloscope is designed for fingers, It blended beautifully once i started to use my fingers instead of a sponge. However I still think the product could be better firstly the color and actual product is nice if it was in a liquid form and a bottle it would be worth the £18 that I spent.
I'd still recommend it if you can push past the texture and application ! especially on bare skin with a little concealer on my face it truly makes me feel like their models on their campaigns.
The blush is probably my favorite of the two,firstly it's liquid(Yay). You also get a lot of pigment which you have to be careful with and it blends out like a dream as well as setting into the skin. With pretty much little transfer which is great since I'm an oily gal.

Glossier can be found 
here

Tatcha Skincare (Brand overview)

Tatcha is a brand that has  received a lot of love from big  you-tubers. I've never been  drawn to the brand partly due  to the fact I like to spend more  money on treatments items  rather than cleansers and  moisturizers.But since my mother got me these I couldn't complain! I've been using the   moisturizer and cleanser for  the past week and have had mixed feelings.

let me me begin with the cleanser I was so confused with trying to squeeze this out it's thick and the packaging doesn't really suit the texture of the product. The cleanser itself also has small elements of beads to exfoliate. I personally like using acid toners to scrub but I didn't mind it. My skin felt pretty great after and super smooth but I decided it worked better as a PM cleanser after a full day of make up and I'm in need of a deep cleanse.

Moisturizers are very boring products for me to use as long my skin is hydrated and not ashy I'm good to go. I've never bought an expensive moisturizer and don't plan to either I find moisturizers for combination skin pretty straight forward;lightweight and matte!
This moisturizer made my skin so dewy and a gal loves to look dewy let me tell you that. I also found it made my makeup go on so nicely there's time were my moisturizer messes up my makeup making my foundation look odd and not skin like.
This one however made my skin hydrated whilst not too oily which is great for my combination skin. I would highly recommend it to my oily girls too.

Any more tatcha products I should try let me know !

the foundation struggle.

So after my latest foundation purchase I felt compelled to write about how hard it is to buy foundations when you're a non-white woman,up until 2 years ago I didn't realize how big of a problem it was.And with the Fenty launch it was pretty obvious that a lot of brands simply didn't care to make darker shades.
Although I somewhat have improved on my understanding on foundations especially how to pick out your shade and what formula works best.It's still not easy to buy. I know almost all of my black friends have some restrictions and have to spend twice as much. So I have put together a little guide to make it easier.
Undertones

The most important thing to know when buying foundations is learning your undertone. It took me a while to figure out but I have a yellow undertone with golden hues. There are many charts you can find on google but the best way I've found is to match foundations to your chest especially if you have uneven skin tones. Undertones are determined by the under layer of your skin there is also the whole checking your veins thing but I find that confusing this is the best chart I've found.

Formulas

Foundations just like skincare comes in different variations I've found what works best for me is dewy foundations that are lightweight.If you have oily or combination skin then opt for matte foundations like MAC studio fix, Estee lauders double wear and Urban decay. For dry skin then dewy foundations help to hydrate your skin whilst providing a tint , Bobbi brown and NARS are very popular for their dewy foundations as well as Giorgio Armani luminous silk.

My verdict + experience 

For me I've trialed many foundations and what works best for my combination skin is dewy lightweight foundations. The Nars one scores highest for color match and formula. Often when I find a foundation that has great reviews and a winning formula it always falls short on the color range.So if you're a black girl opt for looking at the shade range first and the formula second it saves you heartbreak,trust me !

The ordinary foundation is pretty much a bargain not only is the formula beautiful and skin like/lightweight it also has pretty good shade range and is separated into undertones making it easier to buy online. 

New to me is the Milani foundation which I unfortunately messed up with shade selection (My fault for once again ordering online and getting overexcited) However in my defense this mixed with the ordinary foundation is workable and could possibly be my summer shade. The Milani is a lot thicker then the other two but it gives you the coverage you need.I don't want to say it's full coverage because I could still see some of my marks around my mouth.

Personally I don't mind because I always layer my foundations and use a lot of concealer to get the coverage I like. I don't like anything that's heavy or thick so no double wear for me.

Shades, NARS ADL- tahoe,The Ordinary 3.0Y, Milani,Golden Tan 10

Let me know some of your WOC approved foundations !

The beauty wardrobe#1

For the past 6 months my love affair with makeup and skincare  has been as inconsistent as UK politics. I've found my skin as it gets paler shows many signs of marks,blackheads and pigmentation things that I can happily forget during the summer months. Alongside the stress of university I've neglected my relaxing beauty rituals and swapped them for body lotion on my face and a second hand clay mask past down from my sister; I know I can sense the ''really'' sis vibes from every beauty lover across the globe.

Fear not my fellow beauty junkies this last two months I've been making an effort so much so that I'll be trying to do a seasonal post on my beauty wardrobe, I'll be sharing what I'm loving and why ,as well as some new purchases.
To kick off my first beauty wardrobe I'll begin with my never ending love affair for skincare !    
For skincare I've been using some new things from The Ordinary I picked up their vitamin C and lactic acid.  Last summer I had a really huge breakout around May which is unusual for me and was left with a lot of marks around my face the lactic acid worked for me last year so I knew where to go this year round. As for the vitamin C , winter has left me looking very pale and dull so I spend most my mornings trying to figure out how to fake the glow.  From the body shop again a repurchase is the holy grail *video vixen voice* ride or die and I mean in every sense of the term if I was to be sent to an island ( stares into the abase) I'd take this baby with me not only does it give me super smooth skin which is much needed for a makeup lover it also overtime has helped to exfoliate away my breakout scars. 

 A newbie to me is this toner from a Korean brand I instantly ordered it once I saw that it had salciylic acid. Bummer because the percentage for the salcylic acid is so low but so far I like,its a hydrating toner which I'm not used to but its important in the colder months to layer up on your skincare so in that case I won't say no.

For make up I purchased my first ever eye-shadow palette (the morphe 35O doesn't count since it did me dirty and I'd get more pigment out of the soil from my garden). The Huda Beauty minis is truly perfect for the Gals like me who a) can't do eye-shadow very well ,b) and as a result have commitment issues to palettes and are left finger wavering over the purchase tab on beauty bay !.
 The palette is super tiny but has all the colours I need for day-night not that I have much of a social life but hey I can pretend right !

For my lips I've been dying to find the perfect red I have two toned lips so I find red lipstick always looks orange on me. The Sephora lipstain in 01 had been on my list for a while and lucky for me my friend picked it up in Sephora. Its quite possibly the most comfortable lipstick I've ever worn.
To wrap it up I have to give a shout out to body oils its so much easier for me to lather myself in oil then body lotion and the garnier beauty oil is perfect it leave your skin moist and soft and smells beautiful too!