Anne Marie (AKA Girl Friday) is a trained make-up artist who loves to blog – which is great for us because we get to read all her top tips! She says she’ll review just about anything, with 100% honesty, so we decided to catch up with Anne Marie to get some of her 100% honest advice:

What is your best budget beauty buy?
For make-up I have repeatedly sung the praises of Essence I <3 stage eye primer as I think it is better than the Urban Decay Primer Potion but at a fraction of the price. For skincare I am a massive fan of Ziaja which can be purchased from Originalbeauty.ie as their products are all very good and very affordable!

What is your top make-up tip?
That less is more – being CAKED in foundation is not a good look and go for either bold eyes or bold lip but not both!

Most girls have much-loved lipstick – what's yours?
I'm a massive fan of a red lip so Urban Decays F-Bomb is a favourite for that but if I want to go for something more understated New C-id Damson is a firm favourite.

What was your very first perfume and what are you currently wearing?
I was the era of  'So..?' and Exclamation!!' perfumes. Currently I am loving Vanillary from Lush.co.uk or Beyonce Pulse

You're only allowed use three make-up products for the rest of your life – what are they?
Skin 79 BB cream, Inglot eyeshadow palette and NYX lip butters.

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