I have a group of sweet girlfriends that get together perhaps once a month or so for food and a good catchup, sans men and babies. Anyway, a few nights ago we had that catchup, hooray!

We covered our usual array of topics in no particular order: Shopping, men, kids, shopping, reality television, cooking and life in general. However there was one question that I meant to ask them and I completely forgot all about it once I got there and got engrossed in the fact that one of them had just bought the cutest jacket from a boutique waaayyyyy out in the sticks at Stones Corner. Which means that this weekend I'm heading to Stones Corner. (And yes, I know, it's just down the road, try catching a bus from Woolloongabba to Stones Corner though - hmmph!)

Okay, back to the point. In the last four days I have run out of all my makeup essentials. My sunscreen/foundation is almost empty, I used the last of my bronzer on the weekend, and my eyeliner broke in half and cannot be salvaged. In what is an unprecedented event, my entire makeup bag is in need of an overhaul. Sure, I could just go out and buy the same stuff I had before, but what if I’m missing out on something great?

  

I don’t want to spend my life wrapped in a Napoleon AutoPilot primer bubble and miss out on a blessing that could cover my uneven complexion and make me appear fresh faced and impossibly dewy.

So before I just run off to Priceline or David Jones or Myer all willy nilly, I’d love to know what makeup products you use and love. Like the ones you truly love. I don’t want to know about the lipstick that you kind of like but could live without or the mascara that’s just okay. I want to know the products you can’t live without. The ones you will buy over and over again because they are worth the money.

I will anxiously await your input, but in the meantime I’m working out how to stay at home all day and avoid mirrors because the world isn’t ready to see my winter skin without a little bit of bronzer.