October 17, 2011
I am
one of those people who has never been confident wearing bronzer. There is something about the harsh contrast of ghost white skin and a brown toned bronzer that can just look… well, revolting. Short of bronzing my whole face (and then my white neck looks a little bit strange), it seems to be impossible to properly blend the brown shades into my skintone and keep things looking natural. In short, I have never been able to make the bronzer work for me. And then the
Face of Australia Pressed Powder in Bronze rolled into town.
I am yet to attempt to wear this in the day time, but at night time it works a treat. (Please note that I did apply this to my face with a very light hand – anything too heavy would have looked far too obvious on my skin. Also note that I have the pale grey pallor of a 3 day old corpse, so no doubt it would look different on those with a healthier skin tone than I.) The Face of Australia Pressed Powder in Bronze contains light shimmer that looks wonderful under lights and makes adding extra highlight to the cheeks unnecessary. The Face of Australia Pressed Powder in Bronze retails for $11.95 AUD and is available for purchase from
these stockists. (note: I was sent this product for consideration for review)
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October 12, 2011
The more I think about orange lipstick the more horrible of an idea it seems, but lets just imagine for a moment that wearing orange lipstick is totally rad and roll with it for the entirety of this post. I first saw the Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Siren gracing the gorgeous face of
Jen at My Funny Valentine and as I’d mentioned in a previous post, I decided that the colour might not be the best for me. It would appear that I’ve since changed my mind because I purchased this lipstick during a Target shopping spree during a recent lunch break. So apparently orange lips will now be a go-to-look for me this summer. Okay.
The colour is surprisingly wearable and makes for a fun alternative to a red lip for night time. I have already posted a review of the
Super Lustrous Lipstick in the shade Coral Berry – and the formulation of this shade is the same, and just as good. The wear isn’t too bad, but it doesn’t last more than a few hours at a time so re-application will be required throughout the day or night depending on when you’re wearing it. The Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Siren retails for $21.95 AUD and can be purchased from pharmacies and department stores Australia wide.
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October 3, 2011
I first spotted this blush on a lunchtime jaunt to the MAC counter with a co-worker, and immediately fell in love with it’s bubblegum pink prettiness. I wasn’t completely sold right away though, and took a little bit of time before deciding to purchase the blush online. I am very happy now that I have it in my collection, and although I haven’t worn it as much as some of my other products I do really love the shade and the blush in general.
It is a very lightweight blush and it takes quite a bit of building up before any colour shows, so I don’t think this blush would be too well suited to those with skintones much darker than mine. The colour does look lovely on fair skin though, and shows as a very light, bubblegum pink. At first I found the blush hard to work with because the formulation is super lightweight, I had a hard time figuring out how to apply it (note: I usually either use my beauty blender or stippling blush when applying cream blush) but in the end I worked out that applying with fingertips is the most effective way. The MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy retails for $40 AUD (and is in fact out of stock on
MAC Australia at the moment) but I purchased mine online from MAC USA for $19.50 (plus shipping) via a parcel forwarding service.
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September 26, 2011
I needed a new peach-toned lip gloss so I hot-footed it over to the Bloom website to have a browse, because I was also interested in buying one of their sheer colour creams (which never eventuated btw but that is a whole different rant altogether). After checking out the colour range of the Bloom glosses I decided that Wanderlust was the one for me. And right I was because this gloss is beautiful, and exactly what I was after.
The gloss is richly pigmented but is sheer enough that I can wear it comfortably for day time despite my weird phobia of wearing brightly coloured lip products to the office. The gloss is quite thick and ‘tacky’ feeling on application, but I don’t really mind that as I know it just means that the product will last a lot longer on the lips. I really really love this gloss and will definitely check out more colours from the range in the future. The Bloom Lipgloss in Wanderlust retails for $25 AUD and can be purchased online from
Adore Beauty.
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September 21, 2011
Isn’t that one of the prettiest palettes you’ve ever seen? The
Napoleon Perdis Ultimate Contour Palette is from the Romeo and Juliet inspired ‘Love Unleashed’ collection and was released as part of the brand’s sponsorship of the Australian Ballet. The palette contains a contour shade, a blush and a highlighter and is designed to give you “a-list cheekbones”. I don’t know what a-list cheekbones are, (my cheekbones have yet to be invited to any sort of red carpet event or date a Jonas brother) but this is a gorgeous product and I am
loving it.
Because the colours are so heavily pigmented I can see them working for a variety of skin tones, and they work best on fair skin if applied with a light hand. They also last exceptionally well throughout the day (the blush in particular) and don’t require much in the way of re-application throughout the work day. The Napoleon Perdis Ultimate Contour Palette retails for $45 AUD and is available for purchase from
the Australian Ballet online store. (note: I was sent this product for consideration for review)
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September 19, 2011
During my recent trip to Sydney, I stumbled across the b collection by Bloom counter at Target. I’d heard about this collection but had never had the chance to play around with it in person so I was pretty excited to find the counter (though slightly disappointed that there weren’t many products left on the shelf). As always, I went straight to the blush and immediately reached for the gorgeous peach-pink shade Yarra Valley. I then spent about 5 minutes trying to figure how to operate the packaging. Once I had wrestled it open I fell in love with the formulation of the blush, and the colour.
The formulation is very similar to the new MAC Cremeblend blushes in that the blush applies quite sheer, but is easily buildable. The colour is absolutely gorgeous and looks very natural on fair skin (I built the colour up quite a bit in the above swatch). I’m not sure how well it would show on a darker skin tone, but as it’s buildable I’m sure it could be easily layered show more colour. I am loving this blush and guessing that it will be getting a lot of wear this spring. The b collection by Bloom Cheek Tint in Yarra Valley retails for $19.95 AUD and can be purchased from Target Australia.
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September 15, 2011
There was an extended period of time before the NARS Hollywoodland Soft Touch Eyeshadow was released to the public that I was utterly obsessed with the product. It popped up in every press release regarding makeup looks for various Hollywood starlets, mocking me with its perfection. Despite the fact that I literally have 5 or 6 champagne eyeshadows sitting unused in my collection, I knew that I simply NEEDED THIS EYESHADOW. As soon as it was released in the US, I ordered it online (thanks to handy parcel forwarding) and eagerly awaited it’s arrival. It arrived. I loved it.
I already own one of the Soft Touch Eyeshadow pencils so I knew what the quality would be like, and was pleased that Hollywoodland kept up the same standard. The eyeshadow is very smooth to apply and wears well, (though I tend to only use eyeshadow pencils along the edges of my eye like a liner rather than an all over lid colour, so I’m not entirely sure how it goes with the crease factor). This is a really beautiful highlighter colour, and I’m really excited to start wearing it again this spring/summer. The NARS Hollywoodland Soft Touch Eyeshadow retails for $58 AUD and can be purchased from
Mecca Cosmetica (or for $24 USD from
Kiss & Makeup NY if you’re feeling thrifty).
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