Sticks & Stones

I know it's almost been 2 weeks but as long as it's still February, right? (I always seem to be late, lol!) But I still wanted to share my day-to-night makeup that I wore on Valentines day/ night.... because I can! Not that I need one day out of the whole year as an excuse to wear pink ;) ~Day As you can see I kept everything in the colour family, starting with my eyes using mainly Inglot, my cheeks & my lips, but I didn't want an actual pink lipstick, this is more on the purple side which matches half of my eyelid! Products Face: Rimmel Wake Me Up, Garnier BB Cream. Nars Laguna Bronzer, ELF HD blush in Headliner, Nyx Blush in Peach Eyes: MAC Painterly Paintpot, Nyx Eye Base in White Inglot AMC Shine 39 [light pink, inner lid, lower lashline], AMC 74 [purpley-pink, outer lid, lower lashline], DS 460 [crease, light brown],  P 393 [highlight]. Maybelline Master Precise Eyeliner, Nyx JEP in Milk [waterline], La Splash Miami Beach [lower lashline]. Essence I <3 Extreme

I'm such a dork but I'm so happy to be a part of the Australian beauty blogging community. Jessi from Jessi in Wonderland has recently created a Facebook group so we can all "meet" together & support each other and share our love for all things beauty. I think it's awesome, thank you! Click the picture to join. & be sure to invite every aussie beauty blogger you know! xx And as a sort of tribute I would like to share my fave Aussie youtube guru's, about 6 months ago I started getting into them and watching them on youtube and I've found a lot of aussie talent on there! So please go and check them out, especially if you're looking for new gurus to watch! In no particular order.. Chloe Morello a beautiful, talented aussie with a sweet personality... she has gorgeous tutorials! Lauren Beautyy Does lots of sexy clubbing makeup looks, great for a younger crowd to watch but also for any ages Karima Mckimmie A newer talented youtuber, her videos ar

Why hello darlings <3 As mentioned in my haul post here , I received the Stila In The Light palette as a giveaway prize winner, woo! This is a gorgeous palette with pretty wearable neutral colours, hope this review is helpful! A quote on the inside of the lid instead of a mirror.  Packaging This palette is in a light but sturdy cardboard packaging with a magnetic lid. There is no mirror which is a bummer as I am quite used to using the one on whatever palette I am using at the time,but it is not a deal breaker. On the back of the palette has the names of the colours, which is a little bit annoying to turn the palette over to see what you are using until you get used to the names. It also comes with a full sized smudge stick that has it's own little compartment under the shadows with a pull out ribbon. Eyeshadows Colours : A range of neutrals reminiscent to those in the Urban Decay Naked palettes, there are 4 matte and 6 shimmery shades and are good for day time natural makeup l

Hey sexy ladies <3 This is another double post this time featuring neutral eyes & pink lips... both the same concept but very different looks. I will always love this combo! There are so many types of pink lipsticks not to have fun trying them out ;) ~Look 1 This day I wanted to define my eyes keeping it fairly natural, and I wanted to try out my Vau Beauty lashes out. And I was in the mood for some bright pink lips so Viva Glam Nicki was the go! Natural Lighting ~Products~ Face: Nars Laguna, Mac Lightscapade. I can't remember what I wore on my cheeks sorry :( But it is probably Bourjois Blush #16 because it is so light & glowy. Eyes: Stila 'Kitten',UD Naked1 'Naked','Buck', 'Gunmetal', 'Creep'. Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner. Lips: Nyx 'Dolly Pink' lipliner, MAC 'Viva Glam Nicki' I started out with Kitten on the lid and blended Buck into the crease, using Naked to soften it. Using a tapered blending brush,

I've been waiting a while to receive all my packages that I ordered around the same time so I could put them into a collective haul-style post this time. I've been using some of the products in my FOTD's so I'm happy I can finally show you properly, now! Cherry Culture Nyx Eye Shadow Base in White, Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp Nyx Black Label Lipstick in Nude La Splash Glitter Splash (names below) Cherryculture.com has regular specials & I'm pretty sure I got these Nyx products between 15-25% off when they are a good price anyway. The glitters were $5.99 each, and they have the biggest range! I can definitely recommend these glitters, and I've used them in a couple of looks and you can see how glitter can also be wearable but then also dramatic (obviously!! It's all up to you how it turns out ;)). I found this website has extremely quick shipping as I ordered these not long before beauty joint but I got them 2 weeks before!  Giveaway Prize  Techn

Hi lovers! Y'all know what today is, the (dreaded to some) Valentines day!! (at least it is where I am ;)) In case you haven't noticed I've been trying to name my more "exciting" makeup looks.... even if they do come out tacky-sounding! When I did this last week it wasn't meant to be for anything special but as I was writing this post I thought.... well what better time to post it! I was planning to do a verrry similar look for v-day anyway (I have a day and night version planned :P) This was playing around with my La Splash Glitter (Haul post coming up, hopefully when I receive my next beauty order! Hurry up yo!!) & my Inglot eyeshadows again, finding out that I can make pretty combos using a brighter lid colour & browns throughout the crease. These glitters can be used sort of in daytime looks, depending on what you call daytime (can be a bit more dramatic for me :P) and adding just a touch makes for a pretty sparkly look :D  ~Products~ Face: The usu

Every now & then Woolworths has some of their cosmetics on sale. I've been wanting to try these mascaras for ages now so I thought I may as well pick them up and add them to my backup collection. Keep in mind this was a couple of weeks ago so they wont be on special still, but keep a look out for next time. When I was on my "spending ban" I was going to buy Falsies flared but I put it back right before checkout because I felt guilty and I didn't want to cave that easily. Maybelline One By One, Maybelline The Falsies Flared I need your help in telling me which one I should use first?? As I use my mascara waay after the recommended expiration (btw I haven't had any bad things happen, yet!) it takes me forever to open a new one, as I already have 2 main ones on the go .... I am leaning towards One by One as I haven't had a defining mascara in a while..... hmmm let me know in the comments, please! But pleaase don't tell me you hate them, because I don'

 I've been trying to use my Inglot eyeshadows a bit more lately and wanted to do something sunrise-ish and then I remembered I had a glitter that would go perfectly with this look! As you can see with my eyes open it's not very noticeable and then bam! I kept the rest of the face & lips quite light toned although I think it would look nicer with a coloured lip. ~Products~ Face: Rimmel Wake Me Up, Garnier BB Cream Revlon Hushed Blush in 'A Floral Affair' Nars Laguna, Mac Lightscapade Eyes: Mac Painterly Paintpot Inglot 'P 407' , 'DS 495',' AMC 60', 'P 393', Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy, La Splash glitter 'Lava Dust'. Nyx Slide on pencil 'Green Papaya', Nyx Slide on Pencil 'Sunrise blue', MUG 'Shimmer mint', Inglot 'P 428', Maybelline Master Precise, NP Set black eyeliner, Essence I <3 Extreme volume mascara, Max Factor False Lash Effect. Lips: Nyx Black Label Lipstick 'Nude' After I applied m

Hey lovely ladies <3 Ahh I have so many FOTD's to catch up on, it feels like I haven't posted a proper one in forever! So I will try to post them all close-ish together. I have been doing similar looks lately with bronzed & highlighted skin and "clean" eyes and I've started taking my pictures in different lighting as well. These 2 FOTD's have nothing on the lower lash line which I've been doing a bit more as it makes my eyes look more feline, awake & refreshed. (so I think, anyway!) Stupid hairs in my face >.<  ~Products~ Face: Rimmel Wake Me Up + Garnier BB Cream NARS Laguna, MAC Lightscapade, Jordana Coral Sandy Reef blush Eyes:  MAC Painterly Paintpot Stila 'Kitten' [1st half of lid], Makeup Geek 'Sensuous' [Rest of Lid], MUG 'Purple Rain' [outer V], MUG 'Burlesque' [crease]. MUG 'Vanilla Bean' [blending] . Maybelline Master Precise + Napoleon Perdis Black e/l to intensify. Lips: Milani 'Ros