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Friday, December 11, 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Fotd 31: 9.12.09

Todays Look:
Select SPF15 foundation in NW20
Studio Touch up Stick in NW20
Golden bronzer
Bobbi Brown Sandstone shimmer brick

Material Gold creme eyeshadow as base
By Jupiter mineralize eyeshadow all over lid
Your Ladyship pigment as highlight
Glamourgold glitter eye liner on lower lashline
Lustdust glitter over Glamourgold
Smolder eye kohl for all black liner

Cute-ster lipstick
Prize Petal lipglass




Monday, December 7, 2009

Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothie!


Clinique have come up with a brilliant idea that combines a lip glaze with stunning colours, an spf, and antioxidants. In time for summer! What a PERFECT combination of ideas! These new babies are moisturising and feature tons of important antioxidants like vitamin c, acai berry, and pomegranate. These smell delicious and come in 10 summery sheer shades.

RRP: $37
Available from Clinique counters


My Picks:
Pink Me Up
Nude-tricious

Bobbi Brown: Cabana Corals


This is Bobbi Browns summer collection named "Cabana Corals". With coral being one of spring/ summers hot trend shade this collection is perfect!

Shimmerbricks: $90
Nectar (repromote from currently released "mini" shimmerbrick collection)
Pink Quartz (repromote from Pink Quartz collection with silver metallic casing)



Lipsticks: $42
Guava
Cape Coral
Coral Reef (metallic)
Coral Glze (metallic)
Calypso Glaze (metallic)



Lipgloss: $42
Coral Sand
Golden Nectar
Sunset Beach



Rouge Pot: $45
Cape Coral




Credits to Temptalia for pictures.

Bobbi Brown: The "mini"collection cont... mini review

Nectar:


Plum:


Sandstone:




So these are the pricy litttle gems that Bobbi Brown have come up with as the new mini shimmerbricks that I talked about previously. These are so beautiful but tiny. 3g to be precise compared to 10.3g of the original shimmerbricks. They are also very heavy. Like, twice the weight of the original, if not more... The packaging is very beautiful and "luxe" if you will, in a shiny, darker platinum shade. I honestly don't think these will be purse/ bag friendly due to the weight even though they are fun "purse" sized. They are very rich in pigmentation though which makes them totally worth the price tag. I swiped the plum on my hand and you wouldn't expect them to be as pigmented as they are. They may be small but believe me, a small amount of product is going to go a looong way!. If you're interested in these and could only pick one, I would say go for the plum. The plum is a unique shade as I don't believe BB has released a plum shade before. Sandstone is actually a repromote, (which I already have hence me saying/ thinking there's no need to get this one...) and Nectar is actually going to be re-released in an upcoming collection, but full sized.


Shades: Sandstone
Plum
Nectar

RRP: $120 each
Available from Bobbi Brown counters.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Fotd 30: 17.11.09

Todays Look:

Select SPF15 foundation in NW20
Studio Touch up stick in NW20
Shy Beauty blush

Sea Me shadestick as base and lower lashline
Vanilla pigment as highlight
Strike a Pose eyeshadow all over lid
Plumage eyeshadow in crease
Blue Herizon liquidlast liner on upper lashline
Light Blue glitter over Blue Herizon
Rebelrock Blue pigment on lower lashline over Sea Me
Lancome Flextencils mascara

90 Degrees slimshine
Cresent lipglass



Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Fotd 29: 16.11.09

Todays Look!

Select SPF 15 foundation in NW20
Studio Touch Up Stick in NW20
Love Rock Mineralize blush

Girly Pink CCB as base
Satin Taupe eyeshadow all over lids
Dark Devotion eyeshadow in crease
Vanilla pigment as highlight
Rapidblack Penultimate liner for upper lashline
Hyacinth eye kohl on lower waterline
Teal pigment on lower lashline

Deverish lip pencil
Classical lipstick
Moonstone lipgelee



Monday, November 16, 2009

October Favourites

Body
Wash: Cherry Blossom and Vanilla body wash by Cussons Pure Effects (this is sooooooo good and beats most other CB scents!)
Moisturizer: The Body Shop Cherry Body Butter (yes I'm LOVING Cherry scentedness right now!)
Tanner: Johnsons Holiday Glow moisturising tanner
Scent: CK In2U and Marc Jacobs Daisy

Hair
Shampoo: Garnier Fructis for coloured treated hair
Conditioner: Garnier Fructis sleek and shine
Styling: Tresemme products

Face
Makeup remover: Johnson's makeup wipes
Wash: Dove foaming cleanser (yes! I know its bad ethics!!!)
Exfoliator: MAC Volcanic ash exfoliator
Day moisturiser: La Mer moisturising cream
Night moisturiser: La Mer moisturising cream

Make up
Concealer: MAC touch-up stick NW20 and select cover up in NW15
Foundation: MAC Select SPF15
Blush: MAC Shy Angel (thought somebody stole this baby!
Bronzer: MAC refined golden bronzer.
Highlight: Bobbi Brown shimmerbrick in Pink Platinum
Eyeshadow base: MAC shadestick in Shimmersand
Eyeshadow: MAC One Off, Strike A Pose and Smokey eyes palette from Magic, Mirth and Mischief
Eye pencil: MAC Smolder kohl (always a fave!) and Rave pearlglide
Mascara: Lancome Flextencils in black
Lipstick: MAC Up The Amp and A Rose Romance
Lipgloss: MAC Jingle Jangle dazzleglass and Moonstone lipgelee
Finishing Mist: MAC Fix+ Rose and Charged Waters.
Nailpolish on my toenails: OPI Merry Midnight
Nailpolish on my fingernails: OPI Alpine Snow matte

Thursday, November 12, 2009

OPI Holiday Wishes


Meet & Jingle ~ A rich crimson that loves to mingle
Crimson Carol ~ You'll want to sing about this rosy-red shimmer
Comet Loves Cupid ~ Classic Red
Dear Santa ~ Please bring me this glittering holiday red!
Glove You So Much ~ Almost as much as this burgundy
Smitten with Mittens ~ A burgundy glitter to warm your fingertips
Ginger Bells ~ A Yummy shade of gingerbread
Shim-mery Chic ~ A gorgeous glimmer of bronzed glow
Sapphire in The Snow ~ A deep jewel toned violet-blue
Merry Midnight ~ Blue Violet, with a starry, multi-hued shimmer
All A-Bordeaux The Sled! ~ Dash in for this luscious shade of wine
Holiday Glow ~ Charcoal grey glowing with a touch of silver








Xmas at Clinique

Xmas time at Clinique... So many awesome gift packs each year and this xmas there are no exceptions. These are my top picks for xmas gifts to give to good friends and the mums! Can't forget the mums!!!


High Shine-to-go

Simply irresistible: a candy box brimming with 12 glistening shades of Long Last Glosswear SPF 15. Juices lips with 8 hours of lasting shine. Moisture makes each one more mouthwatering. Protects lips, too, with SPF 15.

All 1.3ml

RRP $59



    Lash Impact

    In this mascara giftpack you'll get 4 cute sized mascaras of Cliniques best mascaras in a beautiful purple bag...

    ~ High Impact Mascara Volumises, Lengthens.

    ~ High Impact curling mascara coaxes lashes to their most upturned look.

    ~ Lash Power mascara vows to look pretty 24 hours.

    ~ High Definition lashes deliver extreme length, definition.

    RRP: $60



    Long Last Shine

    Long Last glosswear SPF 15 juices lips with 8 hours of lasting shine. Moisture makes each one more mouthwatering. Protects lips too, with SPF 15. Here, 4 glistening shades to match your every mood, all in a pretty pink bag.

    ~ Cabana Crush
    ~ Kissyfit
    ~ Airkiss
    ~ Fireberry

    All 2.3ml
    RRP: $50

    Precious GHD ~ Xmas!



    • GHD ~ Precious

    • Black and silver baroque ghd Precious IV styler – complete with 2 year manufacturers warranty
    • ghd Travel hair dryer – Get real heat on-the-go with the 1000W travel hair dryer that packs the power
    • ghd Heat resistant roll bag – Keep your ghd hair straighteners and styling accessories safe with this cool looking bag
    RRP: $339
    Available at all good hair salons




    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper MAC AIDS spokespersons!


    Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga have been named the latest faces of the MAC AIDS Fund. The newest campaign, dubbed “From Our Lips,” will break on Feb. 25. MAC Viva Glam "Gaga" Lipstick and Viva Glam "Cyndi" Lipstick, $14** each, will launch in North America on March 18 and globally throughout the month, with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to the MAC AIDS Fund. The MAC AIDS Fund has invested more than $150 million to organizations in more than 67 countries since its founding in 1994.


    Sourced from www.wwd.com


    **Lipsticks will be $35AUD

    World Aids Day is December 1st.
    So everybody buy a shade to support this worthy cause.
    As always, MAC donates 100% of all sales towards the MAC AIDS foundation.
    Visit http://www.macaidsfund.org/ for more information.

    Saturday, October 31, 2009

    Fotd 28: 31.10.09 ~ My Halloween Look!

    So we don't celebrate Halloween here in Australia like people in the US... but I like the holiday as people get to dress up and eat candy... so it's completely fun and I decided that I would do my makeup in honour of halloween. Because I had to work and we have to wear a uniform I couldn't get completely dressed up but I did my makeup!

    I used: (all MAC unless stated otherwise)
    Select SPF 15 foundation in NW20
    Select Coverup in NW15
    Mineralize Skinfinish natural in Light
    Pleasantry mineralize blush
    Tippy blush
    White glitter
    Pink glitter
    Reflects Very Pink glitter
    Blacktrack fluidline (for the leopard print)

    Fresco Rose paintpot as base
    Pink Opal pigment as highlight
    Light Side of Rose Suites duo e/s all over lid
    Dark Side of Rose Suites duo e/s on inner corner
    Blacktrack fluidline on upper lashline
    Smolder on lower lashline
    Lancome Flextencils mascara

    Rebelrose lipstick
    Extra Amps dazzleglass



    Friday, October 30, 2009

    Style Black + D'Squared haul and makeover...

    To launch Style Black, Myer Adelaide did makeovers to help promote this new collection. I decided to get a makeover while I was there to do my shopping. This collection was one that I was anticipating for sooo long and couldn't wait to get my hands on! These are the goodies that I got + what I bought from D'Squared and pictures of my makeover below!

    Blackfire glimmerglass
    Volcanic Ash exfoliator
    Black Knight lipstick
    V greasepaint stick
    B greasepaint stick
    214 brush
    Cinderfella mineralize eyeshadow
    Blue Flame eyeshadow

    Both stores in Adelaide and the website were all sold out of Young Punk mineralize eyeshadow so I rung my mum in NZ to see if she could get her hands on one for me. Out of the 3 stores she called only one had it, so I owe her big time for getting it for me... and as far as I can see, it looks like everyones after this shade and is the most popular item from this collection, so THANKYOU so much mum!!! You're the BEST! xx




    My makeover from the gorgeous and very talented TESS!
    Studio Sculpt foundation in NW20
    Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
    Pink Swoon blush

    Seedy Pearl eyeshadow as highlight
    Black greasepaint stick all over lid as base
    Young Pink mineralize eyeshadow all over lid
    Stars 'n Rockets eyeshadow in crease

    Currant lip pencil
    Midnight Media mattene
    Black Knight lipstick
    Bling Black glimmerglass




    Tuesday, October 27, 2009

    OPI ~ Alice In Wonderland



    Alice In Wonderland will be coming to our screens next year, and to celebrate such a cool movie, OPI has joined the team and come up with 4 amazing shades to accompany the wikidly neat characters. Mad as a Hatter they say... Why Don't you follow me down the rabbit hole... *wink*

    Available in Late January/ February
    RRP: $19.95
    Available from David Jones and good salons.


    Shades:
    "Off With Her Red"
    ~ Honoring the Queen of Hearts with this hot red that will empower you!

    "Absolutely Alice"
    ~ Following Alice on her journey with her beautiful blue dress matching her sparkling blue glitter nails!

    "Mad-as-a-Hatter"
    ~ Show how mad you are by wearing this black-glitter mess that is sane in a land of crazy!

    "Thanks So Muchness"
    ~ A beautiful red shimmer that you can be thankful for owning!


    More pictures...





    Random Alice In Wonderland bits you might not know ...
    ~ To go down the rabbit hole is to take drugs...
    ~ Alice's Last name in the original movie started with D... Making her Name Alice D... Translation: LSD (yes this movie was all about drugs...)
    ~ Mad-hatters were common in the "old" days... They were called mad-hatters as the people who made them, did so in buildings with wooden floorboards that weren't sealed properly and mercury (from where ever) would fall into these cracks, and over time, these men would breathe the mercury that was in the air making them go crazy...



    Massive thanks to http://glossy-kiss.blogspot.com/ for this information. Go check out her blog now!!

    Bobbi Brown: The "mini"collection

    Okay so here's a sneak peek at some Bobbi Brown Shimmerbricks that will be coming out in the near fture if you're from US, and probably mid next year for us girls down under! (A Looong wait!) These are too cute and I KNOW I'll be getting them! Well have a looky look!

    Mini Shimmerbricks in: Plum, Sandstone and Nectar



    Another pic from the same collection!




    Thanks to http://glossy-kiss.blogspot.com/ for pics and the update on all things shimmmerrr...

    Lola By Marc Jacobs


    I have to admit, I have a bit of a crush on Marc Jacobs... He is one of the *many* men I'd like to go on a date with (promiscuous - no, lusting - yes), so naturally, to get closer to Marc I'll happily try out his perfumes in order to seek one I like in order to say "I smell of Marc Jacobs..." You get my point though, I love the guy. So, I tried this, and was instantly hooked. I like floral scents and yes, I also buy perfumes for the bottle (LOL), and this one is gorgeous! After wearing this for a while to find the bottom note, I notice it is very vanilla-ry. OMG YES! I think I've found the dream perfume! Well, for this summer that is! I love Vanilla and have not found a nice one yet! Well HELLO baby, where have you been all my life. You're mine and I'm taking you home this minute!!

    Description: Marc Jacobs Lola is a warm, floral scent with a signature note of fuschia peony. Fruity top notes of pink peppercorn, pear d’anjou and red grapefruit deepen to the fuschia heart, which also contains rose and geranium. Base notes of vanilla, tonka bean and creamy musk finish the scent. The bottle is violet with a curvaceous silhouette and is topped with a unique cap fashioned into a rosette in fuschia, berry and plum.


    50ml ~ $120
    100ml ~ $160
    Body Butter ~ $50
    Body Lotion ~ $40
    Shower Gel ~ $40
    Myer are also doing gift packs for xmas where you get a 50ml bottle, a body lotion and shower gel or a 50ml bottle and a body butter for $160.