About a month ago, I was pleasantly surprised by a surprise parcel from L’Oreal Paris. It contained a massive selection of products as used on the runways at L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) by key makeup artist, Rae Morris. Among other things, it contained a selection of lipsticks from the L’Oreal Paris Color Riche Made-For-Me Lipstick Range. These lipsticks are ... Read More »
I’ve heard of BB Cream, but what on earth is CC Cream? CC Cream (Colour Correcting Cream) is supposed to be the next generation of BB Cream (Blemish Balm or Beauty Balm). Where BB Cream is generally marketed as an all-in-one facial cosmetic product to replace serum, moisturizer, primer, foundation, and sunblock, a CC Cream should by definition, offer all these ... Read More »
In conjunction with MBFWA (Australian Fashion Week), Maybelline teamed up with uber-cool design duo We Are Handsome to release a limited edition Color Sensational Vivids Lip Color range. The We Are Handsome edit has 3 shades in total – 904 Vivid Rose, 906 Hot Plum and 910 Shocking Coral. The limited edition range comes presented in beautiful blister packs bearing ... Read More »
Australis has just released the latest addition to their stable of popular lip products – their Go Long Longwear Lipsticks. Available in 8 shades, Australis claims that these lipsticks last for 8 hours. Here I’ve broken down the 8 shades in alphabetical order. Boho: Boho is a creamy mid-tone nude. In the tube, it’s the colour of milk chocolate, and ... Read More »
Glitter. I love it. So you can imagine my delight when I was recently sent the up-and-coming Glitterati collection of polishes from Face of Australia. This collection is a set of 8 polishes, all glitter based! The collection contains 5 glitter polishes in a clear base, and 3 squishy jelly glitter polishes. Well, if I’m being fair, 2 squishy jelly ... Read More »
I was recently given the opportunity to try a brand spanking new foundation from Elizabeth Arden – a brand I have never tried before. I have to admit, I had some preconceived notions about the brand, mainly thinking of them as having a more mature demographic, and therefore not really being suitable for me. Well, maybe I was wrong (or ... Read More »
I remember the makeup brand BYS when it was Be Yourself, and very clearly marketed at 12 year olds (I may have been about 12 at the time.) If I’m being perfectly honest, I haven’t looked at the brand since, until just last week, when I received 2 lovely parcels in the mail. One contained glitter polishes that I am ... Read More »
Product Breakdown: Fake Up is the brand new undereye-specific concealer from Benefit Cosmetics, and it’ll be launching on Australian counters from the 20th of April. Unlike Benefit Cosmetics’ previous ventures into undereye concealers, Fake Up is designed for dehydrated undereye areas – a particular problem in warm climates, and polluted areas. The extra hydration that Fake Up promises is delivered through ... Read More »
Product Breakdown: My feelings about Revlon Lip Butters are no secret – I think they are a reliable and easy to wear lip product that work well for days when I don’t want to think about my makeup. I am not passionate about them, and I was very happy with my little collection of 4 shades. Then I read this post over ... Read More »
Product Breakdown: BITE Beauty High Pigment Pencils are, as the name suggests, a highly pigmented lip colour in the form of a twist-up pencil. Today I’ll be taking an in-depth look at the BITE Beauty High Pigment Pencil in the shade Grapevine. Pigmentation: When a product is sold as a “High Pigment Pencil”, you have certain expectations about that product. ... Read More »
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