MY FIRST CREDIT!!!!!

I was a makeup artist on an independent music video clip a while back and totally forgot about it. One of the girls who was in the clip is also a friend of mine on facebook and she had posted the clip up. After the clip ran they had credits and low and behold...... MY NAME WAS ON IT!!!

I was so excited.... i totally wasn't expecting it to be on there..... bu there is was in all it's glory!!! I just had to share it!!! ;p

Here's the link http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=98183305175&subj=570330194

Weekend Spoil.....

On the weekend after work i thought i would stop past the local beauty supply store and buy some nail polish. For some reason i have this need to buy polish instead of cosmetics.... very strange...

So i bought, from left to right, Rainbow, Awakening n VII in China Glaze nail polish and i also got a Benefit lipgloss for free with a magazine.

NOTD: VIII



Benefit Lipgloss in : "Didn't Hear it From Me"

This gloss smells like vanilla and is smoothing on my lips. The downside of it though is that after wearing it for the whole day it actually left this film on my lips which looked kinda dirty... ewww ;p But all in all it was for free so i am not too fussed....



And this is my FOTD...... this is what i looked like today.... well before work anyways!

Xmas Set,,,,, or for the Makeup artist.......

NAPOLEON PERDIS XMAS SET: "Kiss Miss"


While i was on my lunch break i walked through DJ's andnoticed all the xmas present ideas in the beauty section and i stumbled upon this cute little set of Lip Lacquers!!! They were so CUTE and were $45 AUD for the 5 set.


These are THE best lipglosses ever. They are super thick but not sticky and last for ages!!! The oter thing i like about it is that the glitter in the gloss is so small that it doesn't look tacky!!! These would be a perfect idea for a gloss addict r makeup artists as they provide some variety without itbeing too costly.

Left to right: Lolita Lane; Tropical Lust, Love Shine (my FAVE) Pink Lemonade, Bitten Rouge

Bitten Rouge

Pink Lemonade

Love Shine

Tropical Lust

Lolita Lane

China Glaze FYI

Today i had to repaint my nails so i randomly picked a bottle out of the big stash that i have and picked..... China Glaze "FYI"... and the results are below.... (please excuse the badly painted nails as i have gone over my skin... ;p)

Harajuku Lovers Fragrance..... "Music"

So hubby and i went shopping AGAIN!!! ....... and i walked past a cosmetics/fragrance discount store t Brand Depot called "The Perfume Connection" (and might i add it has BETTER products and a better layout than the original store in the city) and i saw Gwen Stefani's new range of fragrances. I had seen them at DJ's in a set (which was better value, all 5 for $130) but i just couldn't help myself so hubby let me choose one today that he would buy for me and i LOVE them they are too CUTE! Just like it says on the lip of the box "A Fatal Attraction to Cuteness"


Actually on the way home my hubby said to me "you like the fragrance more cos of the packaging... you got sucked in" and yes i hate to admit he is right....The smell is so fruity but fresh! Which suits me!!! I am so inlove with it and the packaging is gorgeous!!

The website describes it as "A delicate floral. Sparkling. Yummy. Juicy"

Top: Sparkling Pear, Clementine
Mid: Sweetpea, Jasmine Sambac, Honeysuckle
Base: Sleek Woods, Vanilla and Skin Musk

I can't wait to collect the rest of them..... maybe i'll get the set tomorrow...... hehehe ;p

NP Set

(L) Island (R) Hawaii

Today hubby DRAGGED me to the shops (i know was it opposites day today???) and we stopped by the local Target when i noticed that it was 25% off makeup today! WOOT!!! ;p
I decided to have a look at the newly launched NP Set range by Napoleon.... now i know Napoleon cops ALOT of crap from makeup artists around here but i really like his Lip Lacquer lipgloss range so i thought with a discount why not try the other range?

Island
Hawaii

So i bought 2 lip glosses "Hawaii" and "Island".... they both smell SO YUMMY and feel so nice on the lips. I like the fact that it doesn't feel drying on my lips and it is super glossy, although not as long lasting as the lacquer range. The 2 shades look very different in the packaging but when they are put on they are very similar and natural looking which is the style i like.

After having a quick look over the packaging though i noticed that this product is made in China... whereas his lip lacquers ($35) are made in USA....
Even though i only bought these at $16 each (RRP $22) i find that that is alot to pay for glosses made in China when i could've bought something exactly the same for only $2 or $3 at Cos Cut down the road.

Overall though, i think they are a nice gloss with a SWEET taste,cute packagin too... not too bad for the discount price but would i buy it again? Probably not.I'd rather fork out that little extra to get the better product.

RANDOMS

just some random piccies of my makeup over the past couple of days.

The photo just below was taken with a shimmer type makeup and my hubby thinks the matte foundation (which is the one below this one) looks better but i can't tell much of a difference?



I do have to admit though that the foundation does last longer with the matte foundation as opposed to the dewy finish.

Anyways that's about it really.... not much to report! Till next time lovelies! ;p

SYDNEY TRIP number 2 with HUBBY!!! ;p

So Hubby took me to Sydney for a weekend trip since he has been working 3 jobs and i have been workin 6 day weeks plus doing night school and we haven't really spent any quality time together in a while.

The Friday night before we left, the apple iPhone was released in australia and hubby got one. So he wanted to go visit the apple store in George St, Sydney....

When we got there we couldn't believe how many people were still lining up to get an iPhone! The line was all the way around the corner and weaved in the store. Then when you went upstairs it was just as packed. You could barely move.




So anyways what i looked at was The Makeup Store and MAC.... (of course)

I didn't really buy alot of colour cosmetics but i was on the lookout for a really nice chocolate brown pigment and a black pigment. AND i found them at the makeup store!!! WOOT

THis is what i bought!


In it's boxes from left to right:

Back: MAC brush cleaner, Make Up Store primer, Make Up Store matt foundation in Vanilla, Make Up Store face mist, Make Up Store Cleansing water

Front: Makeup Store face powder, MAC blush, Makeup Store pigments, MAC Lustreglass and Makeup Store flat top round rouge brush.




Same as about but out of the packaging!


Makeup Store pigment in "Devil Dust" and "Celebration"

Micro loose powder in "Chocolate Milk"


MAC blush in "Style"
MAC Lustreglass in BEAUX (my FAVOURITE colour!!!) , Makeup Store Face mist (it felt SO good on my face and smelt so GOOD!!), Makeup Store Cleansing water - this stuff takes makeup off so EASILY and it made my skin feel super soft!!
Makeup store primer - this stuff feels SO smooth and light not like other ones i have used previously PLUS it's in a pump bottle as opposed to a squeeze bottle , Makeup Store Matt foundation.
Mac brush cleaner: pretty self explanatory! I know some people say it ruins your brush etc etc but i like to know that all the bacteria on my brushes are gone! ;p
And finally swatches: MAC blush in Style, Makeup Store "Celebration" and "Devil Dust"

Another one.......

Here's another piccie of a friend's makeup that i did on the weekend..... i also straightened her hair!!! it was SO LONG and glossy but ya can't tell in this piccie!!!

Ballroom Trial

So tonight i did a trial makeup on my friend for her ballroom dancing and i gotta say i really enjoyed it!

I used to do it a LONG time ago and not stress about it, but now that i am studying it i get really stressed out about whether i have done it right or not. I was really happy with the first one i did.


So this is the BEFORE shot!


And this is the AFTER:




The reason she is holding the piece of material (is NOT cos she is a dag or that i thought it was cool ;p ) is because her dresses have not been made yet and we needed to be sure that the colours we had chosen were correct for the dress she was wearing. I LOVE these colours on her cos it makes her eyes look more green and stand out more.

In hindsight i probably should've taken more pics with her eyes shut etc so you could see the design and also so i could critique myself but it was just too late. Right now it's 1150pm and we only just finished and i also have to work tomorrow morning (BLURGH on a SATURDAY!!!). But i guess i can do all that stuff on the day and at least we weill have the dresses to get the full effect!

The next look was a bit of a blunder!!!! We just totally picked the wrong colours. The colour of her next dress is BRIGHT orange... like NEON! (eg the colour that is in the bottom left of the picture below) We needed extremely bright colours but the ones that i had just were not working so i will have to go and buy some or find something quick smart from my old kit!

Otherwise i think i did okay but i know i can do better!!! I am sure it will be fine on the day as i have done this for her SO many times...
Anyways good night all!!! Hopefully i get some sleep!! All in all a good trial!!! She was happy so that's all that counts!

China Glaze..... "QT"

I redid my nails again today!!!......i have been quite sick and had the past 2 days off to do nothing... i couldn't sleep cos i kept coughing my guts up and not being able to breathe cos my nose got blocked *bLuRgH*

A chance to show off my *bLinG*bLiNg* ;p
Once again it's from the China Glaze "OMG" collection!! It's got that great holographic thing again!

Tomorrow i am doing a trial for my friend for her ballroom dancing comp so hopefully i'll be able to upload some pics soon!

WISH LIST......white ghd

I totally want one of these white GHD stylers but i already have an original one so i can't justify spending $300+ again on a new one just for anew colour!!! :(

Maybe if i'm good this year santa will buy me one!! hehehe

my new babies!!!! ......................................

I finally got my dream brushes...... a set of MAC brushes!!!!! ;p YAY ME!

It's probably old news for all you other cosmetic addicts out there but it took me a while to save for it... especially since being newly weds, rent going up, pay cut and stupid gas prices!!! >:(

But i just wanted to show them off!!!