What sort of beauty blogger has never walked out of MAC with a black bag full of goodies? Me! that’s who! Well, until recently that is! I didn’t dislike MAC but the inflated Australian prices and the number of orange, cake faced MAC devotees hanging around the counters at the local shopping malls (let me stress I’m […]
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That will last and last… I love a glossy lip but find that I often need to keep applying and keep applying all day. Applying a pigmented product on the go can be tricky and messy (I hate colouring outside the lines) so I find that using a couple of layers of sheer product makes […]
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Only in the beauty world could a long lasting stain be considered something good! And today’s post focusses on comparing two long wearing, rose coloured staining tints. In one corner we have the cult beauty product from Benefit, Benetint and in the other a relatively new comer on the Australian beauty scene Thebalm with their […]
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So.. it turns out I like highlighters I was recently tagged by Lipstick addict to show all my favourite highlighters. I guess you might say that I’m a bit of a highlighter/illuminator afficionado! I have quite a collection of sparkly, shiny and shimmery items in my collection that help me to maintain the illusion of my inner […]
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The other day I posted about the differences in quality of stylo or “felt tip” style eyeliner pens. Today I’d like to show you a great “dupe” that not only matches but might even surpass the quality of a high end product. Meet these two. Stila smudgestick in the colour damsel and covergirl Ink […]
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and something in between. There are some makeup items that i will pay top dollar for and then others that i tend to fail to see the value of. Foundation for example I don’t mind shelling out on but what about eyeliners? I’ve spent lots of money on these in the past to find […]
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I was tagged the other day by Lipstick Addict to do a Lipstick themed post. In the past I havnt really been a big lipstick (in its truest form) fan. preferring more sheer finishes and therefore have stuck more to gloss formulations however, with lip products coming so far in terms of finishes and formulas […]
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3mls? 3metres? No! 3 months! I have a confession to make. Despite having lived on this Earth for a full 32 years, I have only JUST figured out what this symbol on products means (ok it was a couple of months ago.. but that is not that long ago!) Yes! That little container with […]
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- February 21, 2014
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Do you have a favourite concealer? I do.. well I have lots of favourites as I find that concealers are one of those products I tend to collect as I’m always looks for my HG product and they all seem to be good at different things! Here is a quick run down of all the […]
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Today on the kissiest of kissy days I decided to “road test” this Max Factor lipfinity lip colour in the very valentine colour of “hot” that I was sent to try out. I have used similar “long wear colour” products before and had found them quite drying and flakey so I was interested to see […]
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Here is a dirty little secret… I suck at eyeshadow! Well, I feel like a suck at eyeshadow! In reality I’m probably not that bad at it but I tend to stick to neutral eyes or a wash of cream shadow (think color tattoo; barely branded) and red/pink lips because lips are so much quicker […]
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Imagine my delight when a few months ago the Pantone colour of the year was announced and was ‘Radiant orchid” Why the excitement? Because only a few days earlier i had ordered the newly released Lollitint from Benefit cosmetics. I waited patiently for my order to arrive from the U.S so that i could play […]
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Photo taken from http://www.cargocosmetics.com/ Confirmed to me yesterday by a lovely sales assistant in store at my local Mecca. This is the top secret release that they were hinting towards on their facebook and instagram pages. Cargo cosmetics are the cool Canadian brand of cosmetics known for their excellent “back to basics” packaging (think basic metal […]
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