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

Online Purchases HAUL

Hey guys whats up? Recently I have been going CRAZY for online shopping. I don’t know why but everyday I’ve been buying things. February 2^nd I decided to go on a spending ban. No makeup, little shoes/clothes. I’m writing this on the 4^th and since I’m not going to have any hauls up this month, if I stick to my plan, I wanted to do an online shopping haul.

Hope you like, and wish me luck.

Beautybay.com

I had heard a few people talk about beautybay and on the first of January I went on and made my first order. It took a little over two weeks to arrive, which isn’t too bad. I purchased: Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade in Ebony and Beautybay concealer. They have free shipping to Australia when you spend over $19 which is pretty damn good in my opinion.

iHerb.com.au

I am a huge lover for iHerb. I think I’ve purchased from there 4 times but they are the best place to buy Real Techniques brushes and Elf products. They ship really quickly and their shipping is pretty cheap. I bought: Real Techniques Powder brush, RT sponge, Elf Blush Brush, Elf complexion brush, Elf correcting concealer, and Elf HD Undereye Setting powder.

Catchoftheday.com.au

I downloaded the catchoftheday app as I saw someone on Instagram post about and within 10 minutes I had already made my first purchase. I bought this L’Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Blinged & Brilliant, a L’Oreal Colour Riche lipstick in the shade Pearly Praline, and this Elizabeth Arden Lipstick in Autumn. I was very impressed with how fast the shipping was and I think I will definitely order from catchoftheday again!

I love online shopping and once my month is up, I will probably continue doing it a lot.

xxx

Welcome 2015

Howdy everyone! Well, this is my first post of 2015. I feel as though I should say generic things like “2014 flew by” and “wow I haven’t seen you guys since last year!” What I am going to say, is I hope 2015 is joyous for you, remember that the world is your runway and no matter what you try to do, try your best and that’s enough to succeed.

I know New Year’s resolutions are so dumb and that if you really want to do something, you should just go ahead and do it. I completely agree, but despite that, last year I actually set myself a serious one (not like previously, where I had basically just told myself each year that I should get a boyfriend). Last year was a big one for me, I graduated high school, I got my license, and I genuinely just knew that last year would be very important. I decided to take a photo a day, upload it to a private Instagram, and the end of the year print all the photos out and put them in a book. I am so proud of myself that I actually completed it. 

Here is a montage of some of my favourite parts (obviously I cant show all):

2015 is hopefully going to be filled with love. I haven’t made a New Year’s resolution this year, but I do have a couple of goals that I’d quite like to do this year (without the pressure of being a “New Year’s resolution.”)

-Stop being so bitter. Life isn’t about showing your negativity, despite your beliefs, spread the love.

-Buy a new computer. You know that yours is out of date, you know you need to get a new one, just do it, go and get a new computer. You deserve it.

-Save your money (kind of contradicts the above point), sometimes you don’t need to spend $25 on KFC chicken nuggets, no matter how god damn good they are.

-Blog more. I love my blog, and I love writing and photographing things for my blog and I want to do more of it in 2015.

-Drink more water, eat healthier and do exercise. You are young, allow your body to be that way too.

-Don't be so secretive. Finally tell someone (your sister), about your blog. It isn’t going to be as big of a deal as you’ve been making it out to be.

-Travel, and be more “in the moment” than “plan 8 months ahead”.

-WWPD? What Would P****** Do? (I can’t say the name due to confidentiality, but it is a certain teacher who influenced your life a hell of a lot last year.)

I know it seems as though I have a lot of goals, but if I half-completed all of these, I would be pretty damn happy.

A note to people reading: make 2015 your year, you are worth so much and deserve so much self-love. Respect yourself and peace out. *peace sign emoji*

Kelsie, xxx