Monday, September 17, 2012

Get to Know Me Tag!

I was tagged by the lovely Connie :)
This is the first Tag I've done on this blog so thanks for the Tag Connie!

1. Do you have any pets? 
Haven't had one for awhile now.

2. Name 3 things that are physically close to you: 

  1. My iPhone, I always carry it with me everywhere I go
  2. My laptop, I use it everyday, it's my baby!
  3. Dollywink Liquid Eyeliner, Use it everytime I go out, though it's running low I try to only use it during the days that I do sports (fridays)
3. What's the weather like right now? 
Cold! It's night time so I'm assuming that it isn't that windy.
4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed? 
I don't drive but I've been in a car accident before.
5. What time did you wake up this morning? 
Around 8-8.10am
6. When was the last time you showered? 
Approximately 30 minutes ago! :)
7. What was the last movie you saw? 
World Without Thieves, saw it during Chinese class today.

8. What does your last text message say?
WHAT'S FOR DINNERRR
9. What's your ringtone? 
My phones on vibrate
10. Have you ever been to a different country?
Yeah! Went to Macau when I was little
11. Do you like sushi? 
How can this be a question, who doesn't love sushi?! 

12. Where do you buy your groceries? 
Safeway and Coles :)
13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster? 
No
14. How many siblings do you have? 
I have one brother
15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?
Laptop
16. Where do you live? 
In the city of Melbourne in Australia!
17. Do you wear contacts or glasses? 
No, but I want to wear glasses though :(
18. Do you color your hair?
Yes, it's brown at the moment, going to color it another color soon maybe!
19. Tell me something you are planning to do today. 
Have to do my English homework since it's due tomorrow and I haven't even started... (i'm such a procrastinator)
20. When was the last time you cried? 
I don't remember, I cry a lot haha
21. What is your pizza topping? 
Hawaiian with chicken and margherita  
22. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers? 
Cheeseburgers!
23. Have you ever had an all-nighter? 
Not really, but I was so close to having one except I slept on the last hour. (had nothing else to do but sleep)
24. What is your eye color? 
Dark brown
25. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke? 
Coke tastes sweeter to me than Pepsi so yes!

I'm pretty bad at tagging people so I tag everyone who reads this and hasn't done it yet! 
If you've done the tag I would to read it :)

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Maybelline Color Tattoo-Tough as Taupe


I'm pretty sure most people have heard about the Color Tattoos and its amazing "24hr wear" and the range of colours. I personally really wanted the taupe color seeing as though I have never owned a taupe eyeshadow and it was also non shimmer/glitter and I have a thing for matte eyeshadows!



Purchased this at Priceline while it was on sale for $9.56!
Got the one in 35 Tough as Taupe. I heard some other countries had different names and packaging to the Australian one? 
Contains 14oz/4g, quite a lot of product for my use.


The bottom of the Color Tattoo has the sticker on it. I like how it's in a jar form as it is a lot easier to store in my makeup drawer. But I found that the bottom of the jar was kind of wasteful since it was just 1cm of emptiness that could've been filled with product or just removed to make the jar a lot more smaller.


In flash
Accidentally shoved my fingernail in it... :(
The colour looked like a dark taupe colour, its great as an overall lid color or a base aswell!
I use it on my lids and sometimes with some sheer black shadow on the outer corners.


When you dip your fingers in in the product actually looks more darker than what was in the jar. 

As for the product it did crease a very very small bit on my lids (I have very oily lids so no surprise) after around 6ish hours, which is amazing for my lids, if you have normal lids it would definitely stay on your lids for along time, maybe 24 hours. But the creasing I didnt mind since it isn't noticeable unless I close my lids. (the skin above my crease fold over my lids so my eyelid is pretty small), but when I used this product on my lower lashline it faded and smudged. 

As for the pigmentation it does look like what it looks like once you dip your fingers in it. It's also build able and dries matte! 

Swatch:



I would give this product a 4.5/5, it didn't last on my lower lashline sadly.
I would definitely repurchase this though!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

NYC Color in Peachy Keen



For those who don't know, I got this from Super Purdy's Giveaway!
I've been wanting to try this colour for awhile when I got it, so I got around to doing it.

 The colour is more on the pastel orange side than a peach colour.
I love wearing pastel colours during spring since it just looks happy to wear :D


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Ecotools Power Brush


After using a sponge to apply my powder for quite awhile, i was always wanting a powder brush to apply my powder but i never got around to doing it because of the prices ($10-$20). I popped into Priceline a few weeks ago and decided to go buy the Ecotools powderbrush (i want a Ecotools collection :p) it costed me $17.99 which was out of my budget, but i was in a spending spree mood. But it was all worth it because it was a good quality brush. (come on it's Ecotools!)


What I love about Ecotools is that the brushes come in a reusable pouch (I just store it away) and the brushes are also earth-friendly and cruelty free! Each brush pouch has a green tip on each with different tips to be green! (very useful) and it also tells you how to use the brush. What I didn't like about the pouch was that it was securely shut, so if you have grippy fingers or long nails it would come in handy. I mean it's good that it was secure and all but it hurt my nails afterwards.


So the brush is synthetic and was very soft, when I first got this I was running this over my face. But the sides of the brush hairs feel a bit rough, it didnt matter though since I wasn't going to be using the sides. If you can see in the picture the brush is angled which helps to get every nook and cranny, also can be used to apply blush and bronzer!


Pros:

-Good for the environment!
-Soft at the tips
-The packaging is simple yet attractive to me
-Comes with a pouch which would be handy if you're travelling!
-Applys my powder evenly
-Versatile, you can apply your blush & bronzer with it (I use it to contour my cheeks)
-Hasn't shedded on me

Cons:

-Expensive, but it is worth it!
-Hard to open the pouch.

Showing how much product it can pick up.
Im not exactly a makeup brush expert since this is the first powder brush I've got. 


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Essence Kajal Eye Pencil- Neon Sweetie


Months ago I went shopping at Target and never got to do this review, since I never ended up using this eyeliner daily, but I did use it one day while finding a new eye look.
So Essence is usually found at Target and Priceline, I found this at Targets bargain basket filled with Essence products, this eyeliner was $1 so I bought 2 since my favourite colour is yellow and I love eyeliners!
It claims it has high precision application and is long-lasting.

I found it pretty odd how they were the same colours on the packaging but on the product one was a lighter yellow than the other. 

Pros:

-Pigmented
-Soft
-Easy to apply
-Colour is buildable

Cons:

-Didn't last long, if you touched it it would fade almost immediately!
-The colour is discontinued I think, I can't find the colour anymore.


Swatch:





Monday, September 3, 2012

Nails of the Week!


This weeks nails I finally stopped my procrastinating ways and did Totoro Nails!


Totoro has probably been my all time favourite movie! I remember watching this film when I was little and watching most of the studio ghibli films. It's a great childhood film! I probably have an obsession with Totoro now.

Left-Right: Clear, Midnight, Lily White, Earl Grey and base coat.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Haul!


Went out yesterday to go buy a lace skirt at JayJays but sadly they ran out so I went and bought some stuff to cheer myself up!


Australis Deodorant Body Spray- $3.79 @ Priceline

I was walking bad to the checkout when I passed the deodorant section, I went to see if Impulse was on sale but then I saw another deodorant which was around $2 cheaper than the Impulse deodorant, the Australia! They had a range of different smells but the Vanilla Dream caught my eye because it was yellow and smelt so nice, like vanilla. Smells so yummy!


Maybelline Color Tattoo in Tough as Taupe- $9.56 @ Priceline

Saw this on the Priceline catalogue on sale and I was so tempted to buy them all but I really wanted the taupe colour since I really never owned a taupe colour and the colour looked so natural on the lid so I finally bought it!



Rubi Lulu Beret in Lemonade & Soft Grey- $5 each @ Rubi Shoes

I have never owned a beret before so I was really excited when I saw this on the Cotton On website! They were $5 each so I went in store at Rubi Shoes and found them at the back where the saled items go, most of the grey berets were marked as $10 but I found on at the very back behind the yellow berets marked at $5. Can't wait to wear them out!