Natural beauty with Clinique! *

Not too long ago I worked on an exciting collaboration with Clinique all about their new skin care campaign. I was able to offer you guys the chance to get yourself  a free Clinique product and to tell you all about the fabulous free gift you could get if you spent a certain amount of money on Clinique products at Boots. Well, I’m back with another brilliant Clinique offer for you, and to tell you all about their latest campaign, how to create the No Makeup makeup look, an exciting collaboration with designer Jonathan Adler and how you can claim more freebies- thanks to me!

After receiving a fab skin care treatment for my last collaboration with Clinique, this time around I was fortunate enough to receive a makeover! I’m pretty rubbish at doing my own makeup- I can’t do a cut crease or contour to save my life, I usually just slap on some sparkly eye stuff, make my face as glowy as I can and then think I’m good to go. However, Clinique advisor Beth took me into her safe hands, ready to do a ‘no makeup makeover’ on me. The aim of the makeover, in case it wasn’t obvious, was to create a gorgeous, natural look that I could recreate everyday using very few products that made it look like I was almost wearing no makeup at all, literally just enhancing my natural features.

Beth sat me down ready to remove any makeup I was wearing- luckily, I had none on anyway, as I’m quite comfortable going out without any makeup on (because I’m a natural beauty, obviously…) so that saved her a job! She wanted to start with the base, so she used a product I had used at my previous Clinique appointment, the Clarifying Lotion, to get rid of all the dead skin cells and dirt from my face. I’m always fascinated by how much dirt comes off of my face, even when it looks totally clean! I mean, it’s gross…but fascinating.

After this was a cream that she used as a base for the look which made my face soft and ready for a makeup, as well as creating a ‘fresh’ looking glow that looked healthy and nautral, and not too overboard. I believe this was the ‘moisture surge’, pictured above.

Next up was my foundation, which Beth got spot on, just by looking at me! Honstly, it was the perfect colour match to my skin tone. I was beyond impressed! The foundation glided on with Becca’s fingertips so easily, and was very light and blendable, as well as buildable if I wanted thicker coverage- not that I needed it! One layer was just fine. She started from my nose and swept outwards to cover my face, then once she’d rubbed gently with her fingers she used a brush to blend it in and make sure there were no ‘tide marks’.

Following the foundation was my favourite beauty product; highlighter! Anyone who knows me will know that I think you can never have too much of a glow! Beth didn’t go overboard with the highlighter for this look, just did the ‘Clinique C’  around my temple and cheekbone. It created a nice, dewy glow around my face. She drew the ‘Clinique C’ directly to my face with the Clinique chubby stick highlighter, then used her fingers to dap it in, although she said this could also be done with a brush, it is all a matter of personal preference.