New Products (2010 Beauty Award Winners)

I bought these products a few weeks ago, all of them except for the purple glitter are winners of the 2010 Australian Beauty Awards. I can't really be bothered giving a description about them. They are all really good products and I highly recommend them. I now use them all regularly, especially the lip plumper by model co. If I ever get around to making videos, I'm sure these products will pop up and I will tell you all about them then.

New Stuff!!

Went a bit crazy today and bought all these products. I've tested them all except the lash blast length mascara by covergirl. The colossal volume express mascara by maybelline is fantastic, it could even be better then covergirl lash blast which is my favourite mascara. The colossal mascara gives heaps of volume and separates the lashes... bold lashes without clumping, perfect! I really like the two lip glosses, they were really cheap, something like $2 each. They both have great colour, shine and taste. Not a huge fan of the revlon photo ready foundation, I feel it doesn't give me enough coverage but if you have good skin I think it would be good as it sits well on the skin. I will continue to use it, maybe on days where I want my makeup to be less full on. I love the nail polish, it's sally hansen HD in hi-res. The colour is a really nice deep pink and is ver shiny. It also came with the double duty polish, which is a strengthening base and top coat. No idea about how long this nail polish will last and if it chips, I've only had it on for an hour, I'll give an update on it soon.

PURPLE!!!

What I used:
• Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
• Maybelline Coverstick
• Maybelline Mineral Power Finishing Veil, Translucent Loose Powder
• Revlon Eyeglide Shimmer Shadow in Pearl 01
• Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette
• Revlon Diamond Lust shadow in Lavender Unleashed 615
• NP set Eyeliner Paris
• NP Neo Noir Liquid Liner in black
• Maybelline Unstoppable Eyeliner in onyx
• Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Mascara in Glam Black
• NARS Orgasm Blush
• Chi Chi Real Minerals Bronzer
• MAC Lipstick in Satin Myth A39
• TBN Lip Gloss in Nude Shine 935

How to get this look:
1. Apply your foundation. I used my fingers as I was trying to go for a dewier look.
2. Apply coverstick to your eye area and also translucent powder.
3. Apply some of the eyeglide shimmer shadow to your lids using your finger. If you don't have this product, it is a shimmery, shiny very light pink creme shadow, so use anything that is equivalent.
4. Use a light purple shadow over the entire lid. I used the second row, eighth column in the coastal scents.
5. Then take a medium purple into the crease. I used the fifth row, seventh column in the coastal scents.
6. Use a dark purple in the outer corner of the lid. I used the fifth row, eighth column in the coastal scents.
7. Over the dark purple use a tiny amount of black shadow to intensify look. I used black from coastal scents.
8. Dab a small amount of the diamond lust shadow into the inner corner of the eye and use as a brow highlight. The diamond lust shadow is a very light shimmery silvery purple.
9. Blend shadows using a blending brush.
10. Use pencil eyeliner on top lash line and go over with liquid liner, this gives a smoother finish. Create wings with the liquid if you like that look.
11. On the bottom lash line use a crayon liner.
12. Apply Mascara.
13. Apply blush, I used the NARS as a cheek highlighter and the bronzer for the bottom half of the cheek and then blended them together.
14. Apply lipstick and gloss.

Australian Beauty Awards 2010

BUDGET FOUNDATION
Light: Maybelline New York super stay 24hr Makeup $21.95
Medium: Revlon PhotoReady Makeup $36.95

MASCARA
Best volume: Dior DiorShow Extase Instant Oversize Volume Mascara $52
Best lengthening: Clarins Wonder Perfect Mascara $42

EYELINER
Estèe Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Eye Pencil $38

LIPSTICK
Revlon Matt lipstick $21.95

FACE MOISTURISERS
Best facial night cream: Avon Anew Reversalist $59.99
Best facial day cream: Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturiser $19.99

BODY MOISTURISER
Nivea Body Touch Of Happiness Body Lotion $6.25

SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER
John Frieda Root Awakening Health Infusing Shampoo and Conditioner $15.99

HOME HAIR DYE
Garnier HerbaShine Hair Colourant 510 in Ash Brown $14.95

I have never used any of these products. I'm tempted to try the Dior mascara but at $52 I don't know if it's really worth it, even if it is the best mascara, its so unaffordable considering that mascara runs out quickly. I also want to try the Revlon foundation and lipstick.

Random Favourite Things for June

Just a few things that i bought/discovered this month.

• NARS orgasm blush- I've heard people mention this before as a really good blush, it's one of NARS most popular products. It's a very nice shade and I've heard it lasts a long time. It's quite expensive, around $60 but well worth it.
• Napoleon Perdis Neo Noir Liquid Liner Black- It's kind of like a pen, so it's very easy to apply, although it is not very liquidy. A good product for getting a precise line. Very affordable at around $25
• Joanne mercer Darcie boots in black. Very cute ankle boots. They are $229.95 but are on sale at the moment so I paid around $110.
• www.djxtreme.co.uk really good website for r&b and hip hop mash ups and remixes

That's about all for this month. I'm going to upload a new make up look hopefully within the next few days.

Bright Mermaid Looks

Look Number 1
Light blue on inner half of lid, light purple on outer half of lid, dark purple in crease and light pink in the middle.



Look Number 2
Light blue on inner half of lid, slightly darker blue on outer half of lid, dark purple in crease.

Coastal Scents 88 Palettes

My new favourite things! The other week I purchased these two palettes off eBay. The one on the left is the shimmer and the one on the right is the warm. They are both from coastal scents and you can order them online from coastal scents or eBay (much cheaper). These are surprisingly cheap, you can get them for around $30 each. I love these eye shadows, I've only had them for two days and I've already done over six looks. I can't really tell you what their quality is like, I'll need to test them out for a bit longer but so far so good. Each has 88 colours so there is an endless amount of looks that can be created.