Favourites June 2011

Here are my monthly favourites finally - sorry about the delay but I had to reinstall my picture editing program on my new laptop before posting. Oh yes I said new laptop....and I LOVES IT! Anyway onto the good stuff:

Foundation: Bourjois Healthy Mix was my foundation of choice for this month - mostly as I was trying to consistently use it to write a review - see how I sacrifice myself for you guys? lol

Blush:Physicians Formula Shimmer Stip in Vegas Strip.While this is meant to be used as a bronzer it can be used lightly to add some colour and sheen (no glitter here) to the skin.

Powder: Rimmel silky powder. This is a hero product for me and it's almost empty. I am yet to find a foundation that this powder doesn't suit.

Eyeshadow: I was lazy last month and rarely wore eyeshadow. I feel to put in a favourite here would almost be misleading

Mascara: I popped open my last tube of NYX Doll Eye Volume mascara. The wand on this mascara reminds me of the wooden tools they use to get honey out. I prefer the lengthening formula but for $7US this is a nice, dark, non-irritating formula. 

Lipstick/Product: Revlon Colourburst in Icy Nude. I only purchased this late in the month but this shade is STUNNING. While the price on these is crazy for a drugstore product I purchased it with some found dollars so the sting was small.

Skincare: My skin was prone to breakouts and was bitchy for the whole month. Palmers Gentle Daily Cleanser with Milk Proteins and Antioxidants made my face clean without upsetting what was a pretty out of sorts face already.

Hair: Biolage Volumatherapie Shampoo and Conditioner. I have loved these, gone off them and come back around just in time to empty them out again. Lovely product for fine/brittle hair in need of some volume.

Perfume: Truth time - when I am stressed, sick etc... the first things to go for me are fragrance and eye shadow. I only wore my perfume while I was away for work and the one I took with me (and glad I did) was Giorgio Armani's Aqua di Gioia. This is a lovely perfume and I am a big fan.

Other: I have 2 products for this section:

• Chapstick 100% Naturals Lip Balm in Botanical Medley - Canberra made my lips as dry as hell and this sorted them back out. It smells nice and was pretty cheap - it's now permanently in my hand bag.
• Skin Food Aloe Sun BB Cream SPF 20 PA+ - I blame Jade for this purchase and do so happily as I jumped merrily onto the BB band wagon. If you have read my blog for 5 seconds you've probably seen me bitching somewhere about coverage for redness and SPF. This has both and made my skin feel as soft as it did when I was young(er). Gorgeous product - please go and check out Jade's review if you are interested.

What were your favourites of the month?

Favourites April 2011

When I went looking for my last favourites post I realised I haven't done one of these since OCTOBER. I think with summer and each emergency that happened (the floods, the cyclones, the earthquakes, the fires, the nuclear emergency, now tornadoes etc...) and specifically because of the nature of my 'real job',  my focus has been everywhere except here. Lucky for me I eventually come back to seek comfort in my stash (or try increasing it) when times get tough.

April has been a craptacular month for me personally, I've spent it battling the stress of a starting a new job, finishing my old job, constant hay fever (pick a season already Adelaide!), sinus infections, laryngitis and attempting to eat my weight in chocolate. As you can imagine this doesn't scream out "you look pretty" and my favourites really reflect that this month - think comfort and wanting to look less like death warmed up.

Foundation: This month I was testing FOA's Liquid Mineral (review done) and Bourjois' Healthy Mix (review coming) Foundations but when I had a choice I sought comfort in Maybelline's Dream Smooth Mousse (review coming).
Blush: MAC's Tenderling.
Powder: Rimmel Silky Loose face powder - I am yet to use a foundation this doesn't work with.

Eyeshadow: I was all over the place this month, often wearing no eye makeup so I could freely rub my eyes but my favourite look was from Physician's Formula Eyeshadow Trio in Baked Spices (review coming).
Mascara: MAC Opulash ( you guess it ....a review is coming)

Blush: MAC's Tenderling
Lipstick/Product: Hands down this was FOA's Mineral Lip Shine in Twilight Glow - such a comfort product and I just love them (a review is coming very soon but for now a swatch)

Skincare: Oilatum Natural Repair Face Cream (review coming)
Hair: Was too tired to care - sorry but as long as it was clean it was good enough for me.
Perfume: Oh perfume I remember you...I was completely scentless this month. I was very much looking forward to trying Su's fragrances but was too irritated to wear anything at all. I even had to switch back to a scentless soap from my usual body wash. MASSIVE SAD FACE!
Other: This is the Zoya month. After obtaining their Intimate Collection from eBay I have done a few orders for other shades from nails etc (I have a problem!) and I am very impressed. There are some NOTD pics to come from this collection very soon. This collection can be split into two groups for me - the purples and the others.

  From left to right: Dove, Gemma and Jules (the others)

  From left to right: Dannii, Marley (my fav) and Caitlin (the purples)

What were your favourites of the month?

Second Impressions - a review of Rimmel's Glam'eyes Mascara

This has been reposted from my livejournal

I obtained a tube of Rimmel's Galm'eyes mascara as part of a freebie deal Rimmel were offering at the time. I tried it once - ended up with mascara all over my eye lid and promptly labeled it a dud... no wonder it came as a freebie.

Well today... inspired by finally starting to feel better... I decided to look at it again. Firstly I noticed the bush - it has two long sections (like a comb) and opposite those it has two short sections (this part looks like a lash blast brush). Ah-ha.... I think I realised my first mistake... twirling the brush around on my lashes = big mess.

This time I used the longer sections to coat and lengthen my lashes - a good result. I then tried to use the shorter section but again more practice may be required here.

Anyway all of this to show you what happened to my lashes.... pretty pretty.

I should also note I put some of Sassy Minerals Pixie Sprinkles all over my lid (oh I heart this eye shadow).



And now with eyes open....



And the brows... I know... a job for next weekend.