Make Up On Tour - Travel Make Up Bag

I'm off to Berlin on Saturday and I've just started packing all my stuff ready to go. Being a make up hoarder and a beauty blogger has meant that narrowing down my make up collection to travel with is one of the hardest things I've done in a long time. I'm not going to bore you to death and talk through every product so instead I'll give you a run down by category and hopefully that will be make for a shorter post. Hopefully.

Base;

I like to have 2 options for foundations - a more sheer & natural option and a matte, full coverage one. I think that having them both covers you for all situations without being too over the top. Concealers are a little more tricky. I use concealers for a bunch of stuff like colour correcting, brightening and actually concealing blemishes etc so narrowing that down was hard. In the end I decided to take a similar approach to my choice of foundations and bring one from each end of the spectrum. I have a heavy duty one for breakout emergencies and a brightening one for daily make up usage. Choosing blushes is easy because I have so many blush palettes that are perfect for travelling aaaand most of them have a highlighter and bronzer in them too so I'm all good on that front! After much deliberation I narrowed it down to one powder; the MAC Natural Skinfinish. Although it's not great at making my make up last a lifetime it is wonderful at keeping oil under control without making anything look cakey. It's a pretty good all rounder. And lastly, primer. I doubt I'll use this as I hardly ever reach for primer but it's nice to have it if I need it for whatever reason.

Lips & Eyes;

For eyes I'm taking 2 small palettes. I don't think I'll even bother with eye shadow but for nights out it's nice to have them if I want to make a look a little more dramatic. Mascaras were also kind of difficult, I opted for 2 after much consideration - one for bottom and one for top lashes. And for my eyebrows there was only ever one choice; ABH's Brow Wiz (obviously). Last of all is lipsticks! I decided on 3, 2 reds and a pink. I'm a huge red lipstick wearer so it only made sense for me to take at least one but I threw an extra one in my bag "just in case" and the pink is more for variety than anything. I like to be prepared, can you tell?

I guarantee I'll get there and have forgotten a vital part of my make up routine and be completely distraught, but for now, that's all I can think of. Also if you're interested in this adorable wash bag it's from Alphabet Bags, which you can shop here - link, and they have extremely generously hooked you up with 15% off with the code HOORAY15.

If you have any recommendations for things to do, places to eat etc in Berlin if you've been before (or you live there) - please, please let me know!

Are you an excessive make up packer or do you travel light?

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