June Favourites Part One: Beauty

Today I am sharing my Beauty favourites from June! At the end of exams I had a major beauty splurge in Mecca Maxima and in various drugstores, so I have heaps of new products but today I decided to share with you guys my favourites.

1. Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser
This gel like formula feels absolutely amazing on my skin and makes applying foundation so easy! And it really does erase my pores.

2. Maybelline Brow Drama Eyebrow Mascara in Medium Brown
I’m not really into super dramatic eyebrows, so I chose the lightest colour of this product. While I’m not sure if the darker colour would be suitable for those who love dramatic eyebrows despite the name of this product, I love how this brow mascara sets my eyebrows in place all day as well as giving them a natural looking tint.

3. Revlon Colourstay Foundation
I’ve been watching heaps of Kathleen Lights on youtube recently (if you haven’t heard of her and are a make-up junkie, you will fall in love with her channel) and she raves about this foundation being her favourite drug store foundation. And I can see why! With my skin drying out during these winter months, I chose one for dry to normal skin. This foundation doesn’t cling to my dry spots and builds up to a full coverage, it’s perfect for winter!

4. Nyx Baked Blush in Journey
These blushes are subtle but pretty and I like how they’re not too sparkly. The colour I got is a cooler pink so looks really pretty on the skin in winter!

5. Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese
These jumbo pencils have great pigmentation and look great as an eyeshadow base. I’m interested in trying this colour as a highlight too!

6. Too Faced Candlelight Glow Highlighter
I am in love with this highlight! It’s as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside (it’s packaging)! There are two colours inside including a pink and yellow based highlight. Both look so pretty on my skin and while this is the first highlighter I’ve bought, I definitely feel this is an amazing product!

7. Too Faced Natural Matte Palette
This is my FAVOURITE beauty item of the month. The colours of this palette are amazing and they blend better than a chocolate milkshake. It’s such a versatile palette as you are able to create soft looks for the day time and dramatic looks paired with a cat eye liner flick for a night look.

8. Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Again this month I have been loving the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. I included it again as I have been loving it even more since the formula has dried up slightly after opening it a month ago. It’s a lot easier to apply now and my eyelashes look longer and thicker for it. Does anyone else find their mascaras work better for them about a month after opening? Let me know in the comments below if you also have this dilemma!
I hope you all enjoyed this post, and look out for part two of my June favourites where I’ll be talking about my favourite accessories of the month!
Kelly xx

May Beauty Favourites

So when I was home two weeks ago I had a massive splurge at Mecca Maxima. It was the first time I had bought beauty products from there, and I think I’m hooked. I’m just dreaming of next weekend I’ll go home and hopefully be able to buy more amazing beauty products! So it is no surprise most of the products have landed in my beauty favourites this month. I know it’s not technically the end of the month but I’m so excited to share them with you!

1. Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Medium/Deep Matte Bronzer
As new beauty guru I only just discovered the how amazing this chocolate-smelling, cheekbone enhancing bronzer really is! I used this bronzer in my previous post, and hope to use it for an event next week so I may have to upload a selfie just to show guys how amazing it product is!

2. Manicare Eyelash Curler
My old eyelash curler was a cheap one from the supermarket, this one curls my eyelashes nicely without pinching my eyelid. Such a great investment!

3. Too Faced Anti-Crease Eyeshadow Primer
I’d never used eyeshadow primer before but after hearing heaps of great review about using eyeshadow primers in general I thought I’d give too faced’s primer a try seeing as I was in Mecca Maxima. It was fairly cheap - only $26 - and gives such a stunning result. It literally keeps my eyeshadow looking fresh all day. I’m in love with it! Although this is the only primer I have tries, I definitely recommend it!

4. Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Edgy Emerald
I really like the colour tattoo series and this would have to be my favourite colour of the lot! It’s such a pretty mermaid colour and I wore it in my last post!

5. Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
I’ve been a devoted lover of the Maybelline Colossal Mascara for too long so I decided to branch out and try a more expensive mascara and I’m glad I did! This mascara seriously pumps up my eyelashes without clumps. I also found it’s more glossy than the Colossal and the hourglass brush shape makes it easier to reach the smallest lashes. The only drawback I’ve found is that it seems to rub off quicker than my Colossal mascara - however still a newfound favourite!
Hope you all enjoy the end of your week! I know I will, now that I’ve completed an exam I had today! Yay!
Kelly xx

April Beauty Haul

Hope you have all had a great week! Mine has been super busy with two uni exams and an assignment due, but I’m super happy I still had time to put this post together. I’ve never done a haul post but I love watching other bloggers haul videos on youtube and reading them on their blogs so I hope you too enjoy!

1. Simple Moisturising Facial Wash
I couldn’t find my regular face wash by dove on the shelf in the supermarket this week so I figured it was the perfect opportunity to try something new, and this Simple face wash did not disappoint. It’s really moisturising and calming to my skin while also refreshing it and I would definitely recommend it! Also a bit cheaper than my previous face wash which is always a bonus.

2. Batiste Dry Shampoo in Cherry
I’m sure many of you already take advantage of the wonders of dry shampoo but this month was my first time trying it, and I love it! It smells amazing and it’s a lifesaver in between washes! A must have!

3. Freeman Avocado and Oatmeal Clay Mask
Okay, so I bought this a few months ago but I have run out hence it will be part of my beauty purchases in April but this stuff is absolutely amazing! Probably my favourite face product, it tightens my pores and my face feels super soft every week after I use it!

4. Cleansing Beauty Wipes
I don’t use wipes too often but my sister started using these cheaper generic ones from K-mart and they are just as good, if not better than branded face wipes, definitely a win!

5. Rimmel Colour Rush Colour Balm in Make Me Blush
This beauty product was also inspired by sister and this product is perfect for daily wear when you want something in between a lipstick and lip balm and I love the colour!

6. Mac Retro Matte Lipstick in Ruby Woo
This was my biggest splurge in the beauty department this month, but 100% worth it. I’ve never come across such a bold coloured lipstick. I bought it from Myer in Sydney and can’t wait to attend some fancy events to wear it out! You can check out my trip to Sydney here.

7. L’oreal Infallible Eyeshadows in With a Twist/Blinged and Brilliant
I already had another one of these eyeshadows in a different colour that I absolutely loved, so when I saw a buy on get one free on these how could I resist? These eyeshadows are super pigmented and stay put for the entire day. I can’t wait to try out the violet coloured one!

8. Maybelline Palette in Twilight Rays
Another bargain buy. I haven’t yet tried any shadows from this palette but arn’t the colours beautiful?!
Will you try any of these products? What items have you splurged on this month? Let me know in the comments below!
Kelly xx