Recent Favourites.

Motives 10 Years Younger Makeup Setting Spray by Skindanavia, this has been amazing for banishing the cake face effect. The winter winds have completely thrown off the texture of my skin and nothing sits right unless I give it a quick spritz of this. For a flawless effect, spray after foundation and powder, using the same powder brush just pat over any wet areas to smooth out the skin. SK-II Facial Treatment Essence, a little bit of luxury I have added to my skin care to give that extra bit of moisture. Cold winds have caused a lot of dehydration around my eyes and tops of my cheeks and this has just helped maintain that moisture. Cargo Blu_Ray Powder #20, this isn't by any means an amazing powder but I have been choosing this over any other pressed powder in my collection. The colour matches me well for now and sits comfortably on the skin. Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush 'Exposed', an extremely versatile colour that matches every look and any occasion. I love neutral pink slightly brown blushes. Benefit Dallas and M.A.C Sunbasque are a few others in that similar colour range. Really great for a whole variety of skin tones. Motives Essentials Brow Palette, includes two shades a clear wax. I love this palette for my brows, since changing my hair colour my beloved Thunder Brow Cake was getting much too warm. This palette is the perfect shade and I love how versatile it is too. I did a brow make over and a beauty pageant over the weekend and this suited a whole variety of hair colours and skin colours. Hurraw! Early Grey Lip Balm, organic, vegan and smells quite nice too. I picked these up from iHerb along with another in Root Beer for my boyfriend. Root Beer smells much tastier but they both feel quite nice on the lips. A cute novelty I have been enjoying. Lancome Hypnose Mascara, I recieved this as a gift from my training in Melbourne. I can really understand the Lancome Mascara hype now. For years I was an avid user of the BiFacil and not much else but this has got to be one of the best mascaras I have tried. I have decently lengthened lashes but they lack a curl and most mascaras will make the lashes droop. This holds a wonderful curl and gives the right amount of volume and length.


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March Favourites 2014

March marks the month of my birth and the start of my favourite season autumn, so it's a fairly good month. I must admit that this month I haven't worn too much makeup and when I have the looks were quite simple, So picking out my favourites was a little bit of a struggle, but i've managed it.

My friend recently went on a trip to America and the sweetie picked up the Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed for me. I had actually passed on this during my own trip to Hawaii in October, but reconsidered it when I had another chance at it and i'm so glad I got it this time. It has instantly become a favourite because it is so easy to use, extremely flattering (I would imagine on plently of different skin tones) and suits a whole host of different makeup looks. MAC MSF in Comfort is something I've had for years, I picked it up in Boston in 2010 and for so long questioned why on earth I bought it. But i've finally found love for it and i've been using is plenty. Since it has a soft shimmer running through it, I love using this as a golden peach blusher/bronzer - It adds so much warmth to the skin and its so lovely.

During Christmas I picked up a few lippies from Giorgio Armani and have been in absolute love. I can't understand why their lip products are so underrated because the formulation of the lip laquers are so comfortable, pigmented and beautiful. Pictured is the Giorgio Armani Lip Laquer in 504 and it is definitely my kind of lip colour - It is actually more of a pink/berry colour and I love wearing this with just mascara for a really fast and put together look. M.A.C Satin Lipstick in Rebel, is another one of those really good lipsticks that you can just slap on for an instand 'look'. This I can imagine would be on a lot of autumn/winter staple lists. I always feel so badass wearing this colour and whilst i'm not huge on M.A.C lipsticks, the formulation of this is so nice, pigmented and smooth - I also don't get any lip peeling with this one. Definite thumbs up.

Lastly, Clarins Beauty Flash Balm - this has quickly become a staple in my makeup routine and sometimes my skincare routine. My skin is an annoying combination of dry/normal with dehydration usually between my brows and sometimes around my mouth. I just smooth a thin layer of this on before my foundation and it instantly gives my skin a boost of radiance and an added layer of moisture. It's one of those products that the industry just loves and you don't really understand the hype about it until you buy it, use it, then stop using and once you stop using it, it hits you like 'ohhhhhh, that's what it did'. Really hard to explain but on my skin it works wonders. I use it here as a base in my Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk review.

So those were my March picks. My brother will be going to America in two weeks and I'll be doing a fairly large haul - buying products for my professional kit and killing some high end lemmings for my self.

So let me know below, what were your favourites for the month of March. I'd love to know and maybe try a few of them out too!


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