Best Beauty Products of 2015

Hey guys!

Well, here we are, at the end of another year! I feel as though this year I have come so far with my makeup skills. I’m not sure why I started this blog at the very beginning of my makeup addiction-and actually wrote posts about makeup. I did not know a damn thing! I am glad to see how far I have come though, just a reminder that we weren’t all born as mini Jaclyn Hill’s (big love girl).

I really wanted to do a post of my top beauty products of 2015. Now, this is necessarily products that came out in 205, rather products I purchased or first tried in 2015.

Anyway, I’m sure you get it, here it is:

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palettes

These palettes really got me into eyeshadow. Perfect for beginners as they’re easy to blend, and can achieve a range of different looks.

Loreal Brow Plumper & ELF Eyebrow Kit

I can’t believe I was ever someone who didn’t do their brows: crazy! These two products are the bomb diggity, I speak about them so often.

Sleek Contour Kit & ELF Gotta Glow

These are both incredible and super affordable! If you’re from Australia, you can buy Sleek on ebay! I got the ELF highlighter from iHerb!

Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation

This foundation is so good, especially for a lightweight everyday foundation that easy to blend. I use this every day at work.

Jordana Blush in Coral Sandy Beach

The pigmentation on this blush is insane! Easy to blend out too, in case you want a lighter look. I bought this in NZ but you can find them on Beauty Joint.

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

This changed the game for me: my eyeshadow does not smudge and is so much more pigmented. This is a must have for everyone!

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

I cannot say enough good things about this: so fricking good! Worth $50, yet is only $15: what more can I say??

Lip Products

I had three fave lip colours this year. From top-down are;

Maybelline Colour Drama in Fab Orange

Maybelline Colour Drama in Nude Perfection

MAC Lipstick in Twig

Mascaras

I have quite long lashes already, yet I cannot leave the house without mascara. I like HUGE lashes with length and thickness and both these mascaras provide that.

Maybelline Lash Sensational is the best drugstore mascara that I have ever found! It gives really big, semi-clumpy but not in a bad way. You can get this everywhere!

Jordana Best Lash Extreme is another great one! Lauren Curtis always uses this and I can see why! It makes your eye look longer which I love! You can get this from BeautyJoint.

Face of Australia Liquid Liner

Ahhhh! This liner is so fab! I love liquid liner and find it so easy to use! It looks so much better than anything eles,e super opaque and stays on all damn night.

Australis Cya Later Pores Primer

I use this primer everyday on my T-zone, im not sure as I don’t have Benefit Porefessional but I think it could be a nice dupe.

And the ultimate #1 product of 2015..

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Moisturizer

I swear I talk about this every post but it is so incredible and affordable! If you have yet to get this: get it now!

Hope you all had a wonderful 2015, see you in 2016! Be safe xx

Red Lips Collection | 12 Days of Xmas

Hello everyone.

Ahhh! It’s finally the last day of my 12 days of Xmas! Hope you have enjoyed the posts as much as I have loved writing them! This has inspired me to write more frequent posts!

Today I thought I would be a little Christmassy and show you all of my red lips! Red lip products are huge around Christmastime so I decided now would be a great time to do one.

I have nineteen all up, which means I need at least one more.

Here is a list of what a have:

(L-R)

Maybelline Colour Drama in Red Essential

Maybelline Colour Drama in Light It Up

Rimmel Kate Moss in 11

Rimmel in 166

Rimmel Kate Moss in 107

Rimmel Kate Moss in 111

Australis Go Long in Diva

Revlon Colourburst Balm in Striking

Revlon Colourburst Balm in Standout

Gerard Cosmetics in Fire Engine

Dragonberry in Ruby (melted when I tried to swatch it)

Models Prefer in Sweet Dreams

Mac Diva

Mac Ruby Red

Mac Miley II

Savvy Liquid Lipstick in

Rimmel Liquid Matte in Burning Lava

Rimmel Lipgloss in Big Bang

Have a wonderful Christmas! Xx 

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Collection | 12 Days of Xmas

Hello guys!

Maybelline is a huge brand, and have a lot of hits. I will do a full post of Maybelline soon, but today I thought I would show you one my absolute faves from them, their Colour Tattoos.

These are cream shadows are pigmented and smooth. I would definitely recommend them, especially for the price!

The shades I have are:

Too Cool

Barely Branded

Bad to the Bronze

Inked in Pink

Pomegranate Punk

One day left of my 12 days of Christmas, hope you have enjoyed so far!

Have a good night xx

Top 3 Primers | 12 Days of Xmas

Hey guys!

I love primer. I feel as though it helps my makeup immensely and makes it so much easier to blend. Although primer is definitely the part of my makeup collection that lacks a little, I still wanted to show my top 3 primers.

Here we go:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect

This primer I have rated third, as it lacks in a smoothing effect, but helps your makeup to stay in place all day. It minimizes blemishes and is orangey in colour, however; blends translucent on the skin. Overall, is a fantastic primer that is super convenient to get your hands on.

Model’s Prefer Liquid Light Primer

This is a super good primer for brightening. On mornings when I feel dead, but need to be somewhere; this ones my girl. Super easy to blend, and feels great on the skin! However, this is only available in Australia (sorry international peeps!)

Face of Australia Face Base Primer

This is my number one as it is everything. It’s a clear-ish liquid and feel so soothing on the skin (especially if you wake up with a break out). This is everything I need in a primer, really helps blend your foundation to a non-cakey looking masterpiece. Love this so much! (Also not available overseas-sorry!)

There you go! My top 3 primers! We’re almost at the end of 12 days of xmas-have you seen all my other posts? Xx 

The Balm Nude'tude Palette Swatch | 12 Days of Xmas

Hello Everyone.

The Balm is a brand I was super excited to try. I’ve had this palette for a little while so I thought I’d do a swatch post. I’ve never done one of these for eyeshadow before.

These shadows are so creamy and blend so well. The shimmer shadows are very pigmented. I would definitely recommend this palette, as it is so affordable.

Anyway, here’s the swatches:

Hope you liked xx

My Current Wishlist | 12 Days of Xmas

Hey guys! I love reading other blogger’s current wish lists, as it gives me an insight into what is online at the moment and maybe introduces me to new websites.

I thought I might do one, and since Christmas is almost here, this could also work as a super last minute Christmas ideas list!

I will hopefully buy some of these things next year!

Urban Decay Naked Palette 1

Smashbox Full Exposure Palette

Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick

Kat Von D Shade & Light Contour Kit

Kat Von D Monarch Eyeshadow Palette

Becca Highlighter in Moonstone

Tarte Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette

Morphe Brushes Palette (non-specific)

There are some of the new beauty things I’ll be on the lookout for next year, what are some of yours?

All the love xx

Top Five Lipsticks (Dec, 2015) | 12 Days of Xmas

Hey guys!

So I’ve done one of these before, yet I’m doing it again. I have a lot of lip colours so my top five always are changing. These are my favourites at the moment-enjoy!

Four out of five of these are mattes. I love mattes, I just believe they look better. I hate shimmery lipsticks (why do they exist?) however, I love Mac’s Cremesheen formula.

Anyway onto it:

Maybelline Colour Drama in Fab Orange

Mac Crosswires

ChiChi Cosmetics in Social Climber

Mac Twig

Maybelline Colour Drama in Nude Perfection

Those are my top five lipsticks at the moment, hope they gave you some inspiration to treat yourself.

:)

Music Recommendations | 12 Days of Xmas

Hey guys!

I love music, just like everyone else in the world and I also love reading music recommendations. There’s something weirdly personal about telling people your favourites artists, or songs and it feels as though there’s a lot of pressure to enjoy someone else’s music taste.

My Actual Love.

Anyway, I wanted to share some music on here that I adore and would 100% recommend to everyone.

Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better) -Felix Jaehn

This is such a cool song I love the tempo and the singer is really talented! This is quite a recent release so I have no doubt you have probably heard it on the radio.

All Too Well –Taylor Swift

This just has a lot of emotion and is the only song I can listen to over and over.

Backseat Freestyle –Kendrick Lamar

I recommend this Kendrick song first when talking about him, despite there only being 1 good version to listen to on YouTube.

Californication –RHCP

I love songs that have smart lyrics; they’re well-written and seem as if they discuss 20 topics.

Ghost –Halsey

Seems as though she’s been killing the game recently, this is a jam.

Girls Like Girls –Hayley Kiyoko

Honey, Honey –Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia

Love Me Like You –Little Mix

They’re so talented and this song really shows it.

Only –Nicki Minaj

Same Old Love –Selena Gomez

Wild –Troye Sivan

Young Volcanoes –Fall Out Boy

Does Your Mother Know –ABBA

The Bitch is Back –Elton John

Daniel –Elton John

Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me –Elton John

Romeo & Juliet –The Killers

My Sharona –The Knack

Hot In Herre –Nelly

Anyway, these are just some of my absolute fave jams! Hope you listen to some of them xx

Burgandy Smokey Eyes + Natural Face | 12 Days of Xmas

Hey guys!

I never do makeup tutorials on here as it is super hard to show how to do something through photos. So a warning that this tutorial will be justified that you already know how to blend and all.

Anyway, I have really been loving burgundy colours on the lids so I thought I’d show you a tutorial for this kind of burgundy smokey look-hope you like! PS: Sorry about the dates!

First, I moisturize. Obviously this is the most important thing to do. I use Neutrogena Water Boost and it is incredible! My fave!

Next I prime. I see such a huge difference when I prime, it’s so much easier to blend foundation. I use the Face of Australia 3 in 1 Face Base. This product is alright, good for a basic smooth look. I also used Australis Cya Later Pores, for my T Zone.

I mix my foundations as I can never find the perfect shade so I mix all my foundations with this super light Rimmel Match Perfection. I predominately used the Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous as it has a natural yet flawless finish that doesn’t feel heavy on the skin.

I blend this in with my Beauty Blender, this is keeping with the natural feel of the look, as a beauty blender prevents the foundation from layering on the skin.

I next concealer, I’m using two as I need to be able to cover all of my flaws. I used the Collection Lasting Perfection under my eyes and Maybelline Fit Me Concealer on spots.

I set my concealer with the translucent powder side my Sleek Concealer kit. I had never done this before and I loved it!

Gotta make me matte, I powder this holy grail everywhere, I cannot live without this product it us so good omg. BTW: It’s Rimmel Stay Matte in case you didn’t know.

I then powder a little, it’s summer here in Australia so I try hard not too over powder, I just do a little. I used Australis Fresh and Flawless.

Next I filled in my brows. As I was trying to achieve that natural/sorta look and I want the focus to be on the eyes, I used a brow pencil by Rimmel. One eyebrow looks so bad and the other needed to be longer, I should’ve use a pomade buy ya know, we’re all still learning. I also used the L’Oreal Brow Plumper to make these stay in place.

I try so hard to contour, but just lightly to make a little difference but to look as though I haven’t. I love the Sleek Contour Kit-so good!

Now: onto the eyes!

I got this palette from eBay and used a brown shade in my crease to begin with.

I then took the shade Cherry Cordial from the Too Faced Original Chocolate Bar Palette and put this all over the lid and blended the edges.

Next I used the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk to deepen the shade. I just blended this out with my finger.

I also use an ELF Blush in Mellow Mauve to blend the edges of my eyeshadow, I used this as a transition colour as it is quite purple-y.

I used the other Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette and took the shade Licorice. I lightly placed this in the outer corner and blended it outwards.

I then went and highlighted my browbone and cheeks with the ELF Blush in Gotta Glow.

I’ve had this Australis liner in Morning Haze for so long yet I swear I’ve never used it. I used this on my bottom lash line and blended it out.

Finally, I did a cat eye look using the Maybelline Hypersharp Liner which is super easy to use! I can’t explain it!

I have no clue why I’ve done it in this order but I then applied blush which was the NYX blush in Pinched.

I slapped on a Gerard Cosmetics lipstick in 1995 and applied mascara (which I didn’t put on in the pictures-again!) and I was ready to rumble!

Hope you liked the look!! See you all tomorrow xx