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!!!

The Makeup Store

Left to right: Translucent powder, Foundation, eye primer, loose powder


I FINALLY tried out the products from "The Makeup Store" which i brought on the school makeup trip!!!


The foundation felt SO nice on my face but it definitely more of a sheer coverage..... so i now have a sheer cover foundation and a heavier one (the MAC foundation that i originally had).

The loose powder was ok, it is a very fine powder but it just didn't have the staying power that i am used to. but as i said before all the products still feel really nice on the face. Sometimes i find that the MAC ones are a little heavy and tend to make me feel like my pores are building up dirt....

The eye primer was AWESOME!!!! it literally made my eyeshadow stay put COMPLETELY....!!! Even after 12 hours it still stayed put and i have tried everything i can to make it stay that way but nothing ever did til now!......

I LOVE these shimmers but am yet to find a really good base colour for me...... everything i try is either too white or too pink..... i am still on the hunt! ;p

Anyways that's all for me.... a really short one..... and i'll end with this REALLY daggy photo!!!!

hEHe!>;p

You Know What Time it is??? ;p

It's that time of the week again.... time to change my nail colour and today it is :

China Glaze "Flying Dragon" from their Ink Range:


I have to say i am quite impressed with how the color came out..... cos it looks quite bright in the bottle but i put 3 coats and it's like this really deep purple with blue and red flecks. It's funky without being too over the top and cos i work in a bank can still get away with wearing it! ;p

CHINA GLAZE.... "OMG"

Today i painted my nails with the China Glaze nail polish called "OMG"... it's from their holographic range... i LOVE these cos of the way they look in different lighting....and yes they are a bit dodgy (my nails not the product) as i am left handed and can never do the left hand properly! ;p

I promise i will eventually do in depth designs and product review etc but right now just don't have the time.....