MAC Haul

As I've been reading more and more beauty blogs these last few weeks, my list of MAC products grows rapidly.

I ordered some things from the online store in a moment of weakness and the rest I went and picked up a day later because patience is not a quality I possess.

My online order included the 'Teddy' eye khol pencil, which is a beautiful bronze shade, a pencil sharpener (to go with my pencil, duh), lipstick in 'Lustering' and my favourite by far the Illustrated by Rebecca Moses face kit in brown.

If you're a MAC lover like myself and you live in Aus you of course know that all their products cost double than what they do overseas. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw this palette, which contains a blush (Melba), four eyeshadows (Orb, All That Glitters, Smoked Sepia, Showstopper), two lipsticks (Ravishing, Myth) and a double sided brush. If i were to buy all these products separately it would have left my poor uni arse living on 2 minute noodles and crackers for a week, so this was a pretty BIG bargain. Highly recommended.

The other products I got in store were the 'Mythology' eyeshadow, blush in 'Blushbaby' and the '217' brush which I haven't tried yet but I'm sure it will be AHMAZING.

My list is still longer than the river Nile I can assure you. 

The Newbies #1

My week consists of working and going to uni so the only thing I REALLY look forward to is my deliveries. Especially, if its new makeup that awaits me at my door. I don't know, its like a magical beauty guru who knows exactly what I like and want brought me my new toys, and I forget that I was the one that clicked confirm order over a week ago. 

Don't judge me, you do it too. 

Nars Radiant Creamy concealer in Light 2 Vanilla

Nars blush in Deep Throat (LOL)

Nars Bronzing powder in Laguna

Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow pencil in Bad Girl Bronze

Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara

My other products are my old faithfuls. I mixed the Verve shadow from my Naked2 palette with my bronze pencil and blended which created a nice neutral colour as they're both quite strong on their own. 

I only get my Nars products from Kiss and Makeup , if its something like foundation, I colour match in the stores here first. 

Product Exile

I'm always keen to try new primers or any product that claims it will make my makeup last for long periods of time. So you can imagine my excitement when I had discovered that Benefit had come out with their new Stay Flawless 15- hour Primer. I'm HUGE fan of Benefit cosmetics, their cute packaging sucks me in more times than I'd care to admit, and I'm an avid user of the Porefessional as you could have guessed. 

So, long story short I have exiled this product straight out of my beauty bag for several reasons:

1. It's glue-stick application form makes it harder to get product in the smaller bits of your face like under eyes and around nose etc.

2. Once I put it on my skin it felt extremely tacky which I did not like

3. I like to tap my foundation on with a brush then blend outwards, this primer was so sticky that I couldn't blend much at all and left my whole face very blotchy

And lastly after much struggle, I realised there was nothing I could do to save my makeup and had to take it all off and start again. 

I've read a lot of reviews on this before and after I tried it and the general consensus is that its working for every other woman out there, so why not me?!

What do you think of Stay Flawless?

July Favourites

Recently I've been inspired by beauty blogs such as What I Heart Today, Essie Button, Makeup by Camila and Lisa Eldridge Makeup. I find myself spending hours on each one, watching tutorials and adding to my forever growing, gonna-send-me-broke list of cosmetics that I want to try. 

Because I LOVEEEEEEE makeup so much I thought I'd share with you guys a few products (it was really hard to pick a few) which I'm in love with this month.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Fluid Foundation: I wear foundation every single day and it was really important I found one that's very matte once it goes on, smooth, and is long lasting throughout the day. 

Sigma F80 Flat top Kabuki: The holy grail of foundation brushes, allows you to apply your makeup within seconds and blends fantastically.

YSL Touche Eclat Concealer Pen: A must. So lightweight and great to keep in your bag for touch ups.

Nars blush in Orgasm: Very subtle and gives you a really pretty glow. Definitely would recommend to everyone.

Nars Translucent Crystal Light Reflecting Loose Powder: A great matte finish to your makeup and leaves your skin feeling very silky and smooth.

M.A.C Lipstick in Please Me: Goes with everything!