Monday, October 31, 2011

Lip Quickie! featuring Revlon Cherries In The Snow

Yesterday I mentioned how I was trying to go through my backlog of swatches etc I did yonks ago, well here is another!

Firstly, I apologize but this lippie isn't readily available at the usual Revlon stockists I believe it was a limited edition but it certainly is available on Ebay for a couple of bucks!

I first saw this lipstick on one of Cami Loves Kiwi's videos (check out her channel, she is awesome!) and while our colourings may not be similar the colour was just so beautiful I wanted to have it in my collection. It's just the most gorgeous deep raspberry colour and so perfect for winter, It needed to be mine.

So you can imagine my excitement while out on a trip to Paddy's Markets with the boyfriend looking for Transformers accessories for his car, I made him stop to look at the beauty stands which generally sell discontinued items pretty cheap and there it was amongst a bunch of other Revlon lippies.. CHERRIES IN THE SNOW!! wheeeeeeeeeee! So I hauled ass to the sales person and paid my $7 for it, yep $7!

So here it is in all it's glory! There is also a matching nail polish as well but I do think that is a permanent item with Revlon.







 

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Smokey Eye feat. SAX Cosmetics

I'm finally trying to get through a backlog of photos I took months and months ago with the intention of blogging them all then, but that didn't happen! So here we go... from the vault :)

SAX cosmetics is a brand i'd never really heard of before, I was sent a lovely package from Sweaty Betty PR containing a bunch of SAX goodies and I thought the best way to showcase some of the products was to do a complete eye look featuring 3 of the products I received.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="The goods - SAX Creme Precision Eyeliner, SAX Wonderlash Dramatic Volume Mascara & SAX Eye Lux Eyeshadow Quintette"][/caption]

SAX Creme Precision Eyeliner - Platinum - RRP $12.95AUD

When I opened this eyeliner up I was so excited about the colour, it's a colour I don't have in my collection and grey/silver colours work really well with my blue eyes. Even swatched the colour is absolutely gorgeous.

Unfortunately, being an awesome colour just wasn't enough. I found the pencil to be quite hard and it dragged along my skin which is not something I enjoy when it comes to applying eyeliner because that area is so sensitive.





SAX Wonderlash Dramatic Volume Mascara - RRP $17.50AUD

Mascara... Oh how I love what thee does to my eyes! I'm a pretty simple girl when it comes to what I look for in a mascara. I like it to give me a bit of length, a bit of volume, be black and not flake during the day.

Being that this mascara is a Volumising mascara means I won't get the length I like but if the volume is there then thats enough. This mascara is nice, but not mindblowing. I will definitely continue to use it until it's finished but it won't replace my love of other mascaras...read Maybelline Colossal Volume & Covergirl Lashblast.

SAX Eye Lux Eyeshadow Quintette - Smokey Denim - RRP $14.95AUD

I love palettes! Yep i'm a lazy girl who likes her colours pretty much picked out for me so I don't have to think about what i'm going to pair with what. The Smokey Denim palette comes with all the colours you need to complete a smokey eye look, featuring a matte black, shimmery gray, shimmery blue and a couple of highlight colours it makes your smokey eye a total no brainer.

While these colours aren't right up there with the most pigmented eyeshadows i've used (MAC, Inglot, Urban Decay) what I did find is they were an absolute dream to blend and work with, so for the novice make up applyee (haha i love making up words) these are a good starting point. I do recommend getting some decent brushes though, sorry but the sponge tip applicator they put in these palettes are rubbish.





Now if we put all of these products together what do we get, the following smokey eye! I used all of the shadows in the palette, the eyeliner and the mascara, I also know i'm not the best at applying makeup but it's fun to try a few new looks sometimes :)





SAX Cosmetics can be purchased from various Pharmacies in Australia.

Please note these products were provided for my consideration, for more information please read my disclosure policy.

Monday, October 10, 2011

September Favourites

Hello world! I filmed a September favourites on the weekend so have a looksie if you are interested in seeing what I was loving in September!

 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Cheap & Cheerful! NYX Trio in Nude/Taupe/Dark Brown

What feels like a gazillion years ago I placed a pretty massive order through Cherry Culture for a bunch 'o' Nyx products and i'm still making my way through all the stuff I got. It was cheap, There was a discount code...you know how the story goes!

I purchased a few different eye products of theres including a few trios, this one is by far my favourite of the ones I did pick and the others have now moved onto new homes where I hope they are being loved and appreciated. Of course the one I love the most is the most neutral trio I purchased... typical!

So let's get into the nitty gritty, these shadows are pretty awesome. They blend easily, are quite pigmented and last on the lid (with primer of course). The colours work perfectly together for what I like to call a "work eye" and that's exactly what I mainly use this palette for, keeping my super shimmery/glittery shadows for nights out.

On the look i've done here i've done a wash with the lightest colour (nude), put (taupe) in the crease and (dark brown) in the outer corner. While this isn't the most dramatic look it is really perfect for the office.

At time of posting this trio is available on Cherry Culture for $5.99USD & Crush Cosmetics for $11.25AUD

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="NYX Cosmetics Eyeshadow Trio - Nude, Taupe & Dark Brown"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="NYX Cosmetics Eyeshadow Trio - Nude (That little smash in the corner was made by me)"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="NYX Eyeshadow Trio - Taupe"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="NYX Eyeshadow Trio - Dark Brown"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="On the eyes with no flash"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="On the eyes - with flash"][/caption]

Have you tried and loved any NYX products? I personally think they are a great brand for such a low price point! It's such a shame it isn't so readily available to us in Australia.

 

Monday, October 3, 2011

ABBW2011... IMATS 2011... What a weekend!!!

Okay it's been a whole week now and i've come down from the high and also recovered from the weekend that was made up of awesome!

If you didn't read my previous post I attended IMATS as well as the first ever Australian Beauty Blogger Weekend along with 85 other bloggy buddies! all of whom I didn't get a chance to meet, networking is hard yo! To those who I did meet it was wonderful meeting you and hopefully if this becomes a yearly thing I will slowly get through and meet every single blogger! :)

The weekend kicked off with our first activity being IMATS! wooo! Shopping time! I'll be posting a haul video soon, i didn't pick up as much as I did last year and I think that had a lot to do with there being a ton more people there then last year so it was a bit harder to get to some stands.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="545" caption="Me with Angie from An Obsession With The Fabulous & Julie (aka Teacup) from Beauty Snippets, with a much needed Starbucks fix!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="Madness at the Inglot stand!"][/caption]

I did manage to get my first Inglot palette, which I will share in my haul video :)

Oh look who Angie and I bumped into! It's Pursebuzz!



After a bit of shopping we got pampered and fed in the Royal and Langnickel suite provided especially for us! Boy were we spoilt!

Stay tuned for more posts on the amazingness that was the Australian Beauty Blogger weekend!

Images taken by Liz Giacco for The Australian Beauty Bloggers Weekend, and are not to be reproduced, republished or reused without inclusion of this credit. Images remain the property of The Australian Beauty Bloggers Weekend.

 
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