[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s so often the case that brands and products designed for younger consumers end up being more than suitable for those at the other end of the age spectrum. It looks like Troublemaker is a very good example of that. As an older beauty customer, there’s a lot that I’d leave to the little Troublemakers but there are some very key picks that your purse will love that are more than perfect for my make up preferences.
First up is the Cushion Blush in Press Play – sweetly peachy and extremely light on the skin, my advice is to probably use a brush rather than the cushion if you like to have more of an understated look. You only need a little bit to achieve a flattering, face brightening look – when I used it, I felt it had brightened up my whole face and it lasted very well – all day, really.
I topped it with a whisper of Plot Twist Highlighter in Spiralling which is a very sheer pink that brings light to the cheeks in a non-overt way. Again, you only need the tiniest amount. I put some on my lids as well (same brush as I used to apply) and hello, awake again!
It’s not that long ago that I wrote a feature on clear, shimmering lip glosses – who had the best of hardly any available from any brand? Chanel. And it was discontinued – I just happened to have an old one here. There really aren’t many of these around but a clear, shimmery gloss is one of the most useful things you can have in your make-up bag. You can wear it on naked lips to make them look juicy and lightful – when the light hits, you have a delicate, iridescent shine that’s almost nothing and also everything and you can wear it as a topper to bring any matte or satin shades into glam mode.
So, if you put nothing else into your beauty edit, I’m 100% recommending Bubble Trouble Gloss in Elijah Clear (I’d actually wear any of the 4 available shades in a heartbeat) with its little kick of lime for flavour as that understated but elevated lip look that you can wear with anything at all. You can ignore that the packaging, while very cute, is supposed to be something like a fidget toy – that thought never even crossed my mind and therein lies the difference between Generation Still At School and Generation Seen It All. We are poles apart in so many ways but a gorgeous, shimmering, clear gloss can so easily pull us together no matter who it is ‘meant’ for. I’ll shut up about it now other than to tell you that it’s £4 HERE. Yes, you read that right
Cushion Blush is £5 and Plot Twist Highlighter is £4.
