City Break Make Up Essentials

Good morning guys! So I know I recently spoke about my travel plans for the year and well I have just added another destination to the cards. Yep that's right, I've booked a whistle stop trip to Dublin for 2 nights and I fly out on this Wednesday!

Although it was a bit of a spontaneous booking, I have always wanted to go to Ireland and thought when better to go than the present? My sister & I have been talking about going on a girly trip together for some time now so we just thought d'ya know what, lets just go ahead and book it, otherwise it's never going to happen!

So this will be the shortest trip outside of the UK that I've ever been on. I've been to Edinburgh before but we drove there whereas this trip involves me hopping on an hour long flight. Ever since I booked the trip I have been pondering as to what to pack. I'm notoriously known for my 'over packing' for holiday's so I'm sure I will somehow manage to fit a weeks worth of clothes into my cabin case. For this little trip though, I seriously need to be as minimalist as possible and not let my over-packing tendencies creep in. Clothes wise I was thinking of taking 2 casual day outfits such as leggings and 2 jumpers then an evening outfit in case we decide to go anywhere fancy. In the make up department I thought I would agree on one base that is long lasting but not overly heavy. Due to cabin bag restrictions I'm going to have to decant my Foundation & liquids etc into travel containers which I'm a bit miffed about but it can't be helped really.

So here's the plan:

• For the Base I'm taking a little pot of my YSL Touche Eclat Foundation for day time and a little bit of my MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC 25 to contour with in evenings.
• I've managed to agree on one Eye Shadow palette for the 2 days away and I've gone for the Charlotte Tilbury Dolce Vita Palette. It's small, compact and can take me from day time to night time. 
• Concealer is a must for this trip as my flight is at silly o'clock in the morning and I'm guaranteed to have tired looking eyes!
• I'm taking the Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow to add a bit of colour and radiance to my skin. 
• Benefit Gimme Brow & Browzings is a must. I'll use the Gimme Brow but add a bit of the wax from Browzings for evenings to create a stronger brow. 
• For the 'one job does it all' Mascara, I'll be taking a miniature version of the Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara. It's my newest addition to my Mascara miniatures so it would be rude not to use it!
• I've given my self two options when it comes to lips - MAC Russian Red for evenings and the Clarins Lip Perfector to wear in the day - teamed with Pillow Talk of course. 

Keep an eye out over the next week or so because in true WLDN tradition, there will be a Travel Diary popping up on here very soon!

Have you been to Dublin before? What places would you recommend to visit?