ADVENTURES IN MAY: Make up

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

MINI SEPHORA HAUL

Hello to October and Spring! Can you believe there is only 2 more months until the end of 2018! And also, how crazy to think in 3 months time we will all be in a new year, 2019! What I'm most looking forward too at the end of the year is our summer weather! I'm honestly so over the cold and raining weather were having at the moment in QLD, Australia. Today I'll be sharing with you all a mini Sephora haul. These are all new products to me, which I'm looking forward to using them in the next couple of days!

1. Fenty Beauty - Full-Bodied Foundation Brush 110

2. BECCA - Liptuitive Glow Gloss

3. Benefit Cosmetics - Hoola Lite Bronzer

4. Benefit Cosmetics - Hoola Quickie Cream-to-powder Contour Stick

Have you ever used these make up products before?

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THE PERFECT BRONZER FOR SUMMER

Recently, I have discovered this ah-maaay-zing new bronzer for using during the summer days. I've been using this bronzer all summer, it honestly has become one of my favourite bronzers. Don't get me wrong or anything I still love and use my all time favourite Benefit Hoola bronzer but my second favourite would definitely be the Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess bronzer in the shade, light.

This bronzer has a beautiful matte finish and it comes with a curved brush to ease the application when applying to your cheeks and jaw line. I do have to let you know that this bronzer is fairly large in size, and the packaging is very practical and slim and is also very easy to open. The pigment is a sheer to a very buildable medium and I find this perfect for a summer bronze make up look.

What is your favourite bronzer to use?

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MY SECRET TO DWEY SKIN

Have you ever wondered how some girls can achieve that ah-maay-zing dewy skin glow?! Face it, we all want it and at some point, we tried our best to get it by slathering on glitter filled make up products (guilty) but then we usually end up looking like a disco ball. Definitely not CUTE! But I did recently discovered this brilliant product by Cover fx. The Custom enhancer drops in the shade - Sunlight.

By adding this product in either your foundation, primer, serum or moisturiser, it gives you a nice strobing, highlighting or bronzing effect. But it depends on which shade you get because there are six to choose from. Four are illuminators and two are bronzers. You can definitely use this product over the top of your powder for a blinding highlight thats if you are in the mood to feeling a bit extra.

This product is a bit on the pricey side, but it's totally worth it! I definitely see myself buying another bottle this year. You can also achieve this dewy look by using other products such as coconut oil! Yes coconut oil is amazing for literally everything even for make up!! Just dab a little on your cheekbones, brow bone, and across the bridge of your nose, this adds a dewy, hydrated finish.

Have you ever tried this product before?

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A MINI M●A●C HAUL

It's been a while since I bought any make up from MAC or Mecca Cosmetics and Sephora. MAC is still one of my all time favourite make up brands and when I heard that MAC was doing the National Lipstick day offer where you spend over $100 online you get a free lipstick, so I thought might as well buy a few small things that were on my Wishlist.

I'm a massive fan of MAC's Mineralize Skin finish, I already have it in Soft & Gentle and Lightscapade and now in Gold Deposit. I use the mineralise skin finish nearly everyday so I wanted to try out another shade and hopefully one day I'll end up with the whole collection.

For the National lipstick day at MAC I got the free lipstick shade in Faux, which is my all time favourite lipstick shade. I also (finally) got my hands on the Extended Play Lash in Endlessly Black. I've heard so much about it and has you known by now that it is (supposedly) the best lower lash mascara.

And Lastly I picked up the MAC Eye Khol in Fascinating shade, which is an all white eye liner. I wanted to change up my make up look a bit and I know it looks great with a winged eye liner and a bold lip too. I also received an complimentary sample, the MAC False Lashes Extreme Black mascara, looking forward to trying it! Hope you enjoyed reading this mini MAC haul!

What is your favourite MAC product?

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MINI LIPSTICK CHARMS | CHARLOTTE TILBURY

Summer is just around the corner and so is Christmas!

Charlotte Tilbury has bought out this year again for christmas, the set of three mini lipsticks, which are so adorable and is the perfect stocking filler. It's small enough you could tote around the whole set in your bag (yay)! The set includes three K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipsticks in the shades; So Marilyn, Penelope Pink and Bitch Perfect. The lipsticks are quite, tiny.. like really, really tiny! I was a bit stunned when I first saw them, due to how expensive they were. But the lipsticks sets are perfect, if you never tried any Charlotte Tilbury lip products before. The formula of the lipstick are amazing and also are creamy and pigmented.

What are some of your favourite Christmas sets this year?

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August Favourites

Hello lovelies,

Spring is just around the corner in Australia, and the weather is getting warmer which makes me super excited. I'm looking forward to the summer months especially going to the beach and soaking up the sun and getting sand between my toes and getting ice creams!

I thought I would share my most used and favourite products in August!

BEAUTY

+ Hourglass Ambient - Lighting bronzer in "Luminous Bronze Light"- Im a big fan of Hourglass blushes and powders. The bronzer is soft and blend-able and is beautiful and luminous on the skin.

+ Si Giorgio Armani perfume - This is my all time favourite perfume scent, it is a chypre scent which is a contrast between a fresh citrus and woody musky smell. Si perfume is long lasting and I definitely recommend to invest in this perfume even though its quite expensive, its worth it.

+ Hourglass Ambient - Lighting Palette in "Dim Light | Incandescent Light | Radiant Light" - I love everything about this palette. Its easy to dip a fluffy brush into and apply to the face! Its perfect for travelling and I mostly use Dim Light and Incandescent Light shades for my face.

+ Mac eyeshadow in "Expensive Pink"- Is a beautiful peach gold duo chrome eyeshadow. Its stays on all day definitely great for going out at night and I love how it makes my hazel green eyes stand out.

+ Mac eyeshadow in "Phloof!"- Is a creamy off white with a bit of pink undertone and a frost finish eyeshadow. Love using this eyeshadow everyday, I'm a big fan of shimmy pink and sliver eyeshadows!

+ Mac Satin Lipstick in "Faux"- is my favourite lipstick ever. It is a great everyday nude lipstick that has mauve undertones hidden - its a great Kylie Jenner inspired lip.

+ Zoeva brush in"126/Luxe Cheek Finish"- An amazing brush for apply any blushes on your face and its definitely worth getting it. The brush is really soft and gentle on the skin.

+ Soap & Glory Smoothie Oat, Sugar & Shea Breakfast Scrub -The scrub is a light brown sugar grain texture paste and it has an amazing scent and it makes me want to eat it, everytime I use it.

OTHER

+ Casetify iPhone 6 Case in "Anemones + Roses" - Got this case on Tuesday and I'm in love! Its my second phone case, because my first one, was a transparent clear hardshell case from Apple which got damage from me always dropping it. It was time for a change and Casetify has beautiful phone cases which I definitely recommend if your looking for a new one!

What have you been loving this month?

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ZOEVA Makeup Brushes | Rose Gold Vol. 2

A few weeks ago, I was debating whether to get these ZOEVA brushes or not. After reading so may good reviews about these brushes on blogposts and hearing about them on many Youtube videos, i decided to get them, and I'm SO glad I did. I also was debating on which volume i should get from the rose gold collection, either volume 1 or 2. I decided to get 2 because I know I'll get more uses out of these brushes then the other set. I'll anyway end up getting the rose gold set volume 1 later in the year!

Lately I've been obsessed with the rose gold trend, my room is slowly transforming into a rose gold interior! (and i love it). The brushes are incredibly soft, and the colour of the handle is a perfect cream with a stunning rose gold top. ZOEVA even added great detail to the handle of each brush too, individually etching the charm design and Rose Golden. A beautiful rose golden pouch comes with the set which fits each brush and its perfect for traveling.

The ZOEVA Rose Gold Luxury set, volume 2 includes:

♥ 104 Buffer brush

♥ 109 Luxe Face Paint brush

♥126 Luxe Cheek Finnish brush

♥ 226 Smudger brush

♥ 228 Luxe Crease brush

♥ 234 Luxe Smoky Shader brush

♥ 317 Wing liner brush

♥ 322 Brow Line brush

Do you have any of the Zoeva brushes? What are your favourites?

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Lipstick Must Haves

From left to right: MAC Velvet Teddy, MAC Honey-Love, CHANEL Rouge Coco '19 Gabrielle', MAC Faux, MAC Myth.

Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last blogpost! Today, I wanted to share with you guys some of my favourite must have lipsticks. Lipsticks are my go to make up item when the weather starts cooling down, I think its beautiful in the fall and just adds an extra level of sophistication to any outfit. The quality of the MAC and Chanel lipsticks are amazing, unlike others I've tired and the lipsticks are truly worth the investment. I definitely want to buy MAC Ruby Woo, Rebel and Brave lipsticks! I uploaded a new YouTube video, check it out HERE.

MAC Velvet Teddy MAC Honey-Love

MAC Velvet Teddy: is a great nude-y lipstick and is one of my favourite nude lipsticks because of the balance of peach-pink- brown tones. It doesn't appear too pink or too brown, just a 'natural' lip colour.

MAC Honey-Love: has a matte finish. The colour is a pigmented medium beige nude with a tinge of salmon and pink. I think its one of those nudes that will work well with everyone!

CHANEL Rouge Coco 'No.19 Gabrielle'

CHANEL Rouge Coco 'No. 19 Gabrielle': This is a great bold statement lipstick. The lipstick gives quite a matte finish with a little bit of sheer in it. It will look good on all skin tones.

MAC Faux MAC Myth

MAC Faux: is a nice pink colour that has a satin finish. It's definitely not a bright pink, it's slightly a dull pink colour and has been my go to lipstick lately.

MAC Myth: has a satin finish. It is a gorgeous pinky nude lipstick, great for a natural make up look!

What are some of your favourite lipsticks?

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My Everyday Makeup

Happy Tuesday!

I thought I would do a blog post about the make up I currently use on a daily basis.

I tend to switch up my products by using different foundations and changing the colours like blushes, lipsticks and eyeshadows. It really depends on the mood I'm in and what I have planned during the day and evening. Lately I've been doing the 'natural' makeup look, rocking with a nude lipstick and sometimes a winged eye liner too! These are the current products I'm using;

Nude by Nature BB 5-in-1 Miracle Cream in "Light"

Nars Sheer Glow in "Mont Blanc" (Light 2)

Mac Concealer in "NW15"

Too faced Foundation Powder in "Vanilla Crème"

Benefit Blush in "Dandelion"

Nars Sheer Light Blush in "Albatross"

Naked Urban Decay Basics in "W.O.S" & "Venus"

Tarte "Lights, Camera Flashes" Mascara

Benefit BAD gal liner waterproof in "Jet Black"

Mac Lip Pencil in "Soar"

Mac Lipstick in "Faux" (Satin)