March 10, 2012
A fitting end to Summer, with my February favourites all bright and shiny and fresh. I used these products consistently throughout the month of February, and now I’m ready for the cooler months to start settling in so I can dig out my favourite Autumn/Winter products. My favourites in February were: Bath + Body Works Aruba Coconut Body Lotion, MAC Face & Body Foundation in N1, MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study, Bloom Nail Polish in Flamingo Sands & CO Bigelow Blueberry Rose Salve.
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March 4, 2012
Due to Project 50 Pan, this post should have been called ‘things I bought but probably shouldn’t have’ but oh well, we all slip sometimes. I purchased the Aquolina Pink Sugar fragrance on a whim after receiving a sample of it with a Sephora order, and I don’t really know what I was thinking. I also purchased Taylor Swift’s fragrance ‘Wonderstruck’ in rollerball form and although it’s incredibly sweet, I love it. I finally purchased MAC’s Trax eyeshadow, after wanting it for over a year now and last but not least I bought a replacement Lancome Hypnose Mascara for when the tube I’m currently using runs out. Not too bad as far as hauls go, but not great. There are three things here that I could have easily lived without, but three unnecessary things purchased in three months isn’t too bad.
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February 13, 2012
Belated favourites, again! My most reached for products during the month of January were: Maybelline Instant Rewind Concealer in the shade Fair, Haus of Gloi Pumpkin Butter in Litchi Milk Tea (so much so that I used the whole jar up), Revlon Lustrous Lipstick in the shade Temptress, China Glaze nail polish in the shade Flip Flop Fantasy & MAC Blot Powder in Light.
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January 16, 2012
December is always a busy month, what with me being COMPLETELY F*CKING OBSESSED WITH CHRISTMAS and all. I love Christmas, just ask anyone in my life and they will no doubt regale you with tales of how I baked them cookies and made them listen to that one Bing Crosby Christmas album three thousand times. Due to me being so busy with Christmas, I tend to keep things in my routine pretty simple and use less of a variety when it comes to beauty products than I normally would. My most reached for products in December were: Bath + Body Works Twisted Peppermint Body Lotion (I use this exclusively in December so now it will always remind me of Christmas… perfect), Muppets for OPI ‘Gettin Miss Piggy With It’ Polish (this makes for a great Christmas nail when layered over OPI Red), Bloom Lip Gloss in Shine, MAC Eyeshadow in Orb & Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso aka the most perfect blush to exist, ever.
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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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July 12, 2011
Once again I find myself with very few items on my “I NEED THIS OR I WILL DIE” list this month, but of course I was able to rustle up four items that I would certainly be more than happy to own. These are -
01: MAC Blot Powder – For some reason I have been really curious about this lately. I’ve heard great things about MAC’s blot powder and now I’m curious to try it for myself. 02: Seven Wonders Detangling Moisture Spray – My hair has been a knotted wreck lately, and I don’t know why. I don’t have 1 detangling spray in my repetoire and as I am loving the rest of the Seven Wonders range I figured I might as well give their detangling spray a shot!
03: Biotherm White D-Tox BB Cream – I have been trying this out after being sent a small sample by
Adore Beauty and I have to say, it’s amazing. I can’t wait to buy a full sized tube for myself.
04: Ultraceuticals Even Skintone Serum – I ran out of this over the weekend and nearly wept. It’s one of my holy grail skin care items and I have a hard time living without it! Must. Replace. Immediately.
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July 7, 2011
I have never reviewed this product, though it has been one of my holy grail lip items for quite a while now. The MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Petting Pink was the first ever MAC lip product that I purchased, and it holds a special place in my makeup collection (and heart, awwww) because of this. In essence, it’s a tinted lip balm. But it is one of the prettiest rose pink shades I’ve come across and it smells delicious (a subtle sweet vanilla scent). What more could I want in a tinted lip balm really?
The lip conditioner applies thick and smooth and keeps lips in great shape throughout the day. I have lips that are probably smack bang in the middle of the pigmentation zone so the pink of the product does still show up on me, and looks lovely. The MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Petting Pink retails for $28 AUD and is available for purchase from
MAC Cosmetics online.
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