Revlon Mix & Mingle Lip Palettes & Ulta3 matte lipstick

I recently bought some more lip products for a BARGAIN @ Terry White Chemist and want to let you guys know about them before they're all gone!

Firstly, they had these Revlon Mix & Mingle Lip Palettes for A$2.99 a pop!  To be honest, I had never ever come across these before....so I thought "why not" and bought two of them - one in "260 R.S.V.Pink" and "270 Tango with Mango".





As you can see, each palette contains 3 different colours. The point of this "Mix & Match" Palette is to give you a palette of lip glosses which each colour can be used on its own, or you can "mix and mingle" the colours to create a "one-of-a-kind" lip colour to suit your lips!



You can see that most the colours have a very sheer look so they're really easy blend with each other as compared to having a lot of really strong colours that bring out a weird dark colour when blended together!  The champagne colours in the 260 palette looks great on its own because it gives a tinge of gold to your lips! Pretty :)

The lip gloss itself is of a slightly thick texture, and is slightly sticky (like most lip glosses). I don't really like having lip gloss on my fingers so I prefer to use a lip brush instead!

The other bargain buy I want to introduce to you guys is the Ulta3 Matter Lipstick.

I had seen this brand previous in the Terry White chemists and some other pharmacies and thought "WOW.SO CHEAP."

The nail polishes are like $2 and the lipsticks are like $3-4!!!!! I thought to myself, 'there is no way something so cheap can be any good'. Typical shopping mentality.

But then, I had a closer look this time and saw that the range of colours in the lipsticks was just unbelievable! They have two types - Moisturising and Matte. I didn't have time to try the testers so I just grabbed a colour ("Harem Pink") which I thought "hmmm I don't really have this kind of colour in my lipstick collection" and bought it (since it was only $4, there was no hesitation involved).

The lipstick case is very simple - a black cap and a clear plastic base.





The colour is a really bright pink...with a rosy tinge - kinda like a "brink pink" colour!



and when I tried it on...

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!

The colour came out so well and so matte! Usually when I try on matte lipsticks, the cracked on my lips become so defined... but with this lippy that didn't matter - you couldn't tell that my lips were chapped at all after application.

The staying power was also quite decent :) :)

For $4.....it actually was similar to a lot of the more expensive lipsticks I have (quite similar to the M.A.C lipsticks...which are like $30+)..!!

I am for sure going to go back and buy more colours...which I aren't in my collection of lipstick colours!! Hehe :)

So if you feel like "splurging" on some lipstick and buying lots of different colours of lipstick to vamp up your lippy collection, head to a Terry White Chemist and look for the Ulta3 stands!!  Seriously, for $3-4 you can buy 10 colours and it will only cost you $30-40...the price of one high-end lippy.

Click here to read more about the Ulta3 brand.

D xx

Sheer Gloss Lip Crayons by Face of Australia

It seems like there's a fad going around recently - crayon shaped lip glosses/balms.

Maybe it's because it sparks the little child inside us - remember those days when you were young and all you did was draw on sketchbooks with fat crayons? I sure do :P

So I've been seeing all these ads around the city promoting the Clinique "Chubby Sticks" in the shape of a thick crayon and thought "oooooh cute!". Nars and Boobi Brown also have similar lip crayons as well.

Anyways, today I strolled into Priceline (as I always do) and ventured towards the hidden back section that nobody seems to go to and found these "Sheer Glosses" in the Face of Australia stand...and they look just like...thick crayons!! Super cute!



The glosses come in a pack of 3 and have cute names as well - Macaron, Cupcake and Sundae.





When you put them on, the texture is actually much lighter than you'd expect...maybe it's because I had the texture of a real crayon on my mind when I tried it on hehe.  You can see it by the sheerness of the texture as applied on the hand below:



My favourite colour is Macaron (just like the food hehe)



Cupcake is a cute pink, and sundae is a very classy mocha colour. As all of the colours are rather sheer, you could probably wear all of them on any occasion!  I'm planning to wear them to work :)





The pens have a wind up applicator so that you never actually have to "sharpen" these babies!

And the best thing is - it only cost $14.95 for the pack of 3 at Priceline! (Chubby Sticks cost $35 for one!)

So if you're looking for a budget alternative to the Clinique Chubby Sticks, why not try these? :)

D xx

Revlon Lip Butters and Cleansing oils!

Following on from my previous post on my Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle, I have 6 more Lip Butter shades to introduce you to :)

They are (from left to right): Berry Smoothie / Cupcake / Creamsicle / Cherry Tart / Lollipop / Sweet Tart









These lippies are the perfect combination of a lipstick and a lip balm - they are very pigmented but also provide the moisturizing effect that many lipsticks fail to provide.

My favourite in this batch would have to be "Sweet Tart" because it such a fun, flirty pink colour ;) If you're looking for a more day-to-day colour - go for "Berry Smoothie".

I apologise for not having any lip pics - I'm not a big fan of taking pictures of my lips with lipstick on them to show how the lipstick looks on MY lips because they're going to look different depending on your natural lip shade and also the shape of your lips and the color of your skin!

So my suggestion is to drop into your nearest pharmacy or retailer that stocks Revlon and try these beauties out for yourself :)

I also recently received a Sulwhasoo Cleansing Oil from my bestie for my birthday - I tried it out at a friend's house who had this and it worked really well.



For those of you that have never heard of Sulwhasoo before, it is popular Korean skincare brand formulated with Korean medicinal herbs to "promote harmony and balance" in the skin. The products are usually very gentle on the skin, but work really well - especially for mature skin (my mum always uses Sulwhasoo products!). But that doesn't mean that its any less effective on younger skin - although you may be a bit adverse to the herbal smell of the products...

I currently also have the Shu Uemura Cleansing oil and the Innisfree Apple Juicy Cleansing Oil.



The Shu Uemura cleansing oil is probably one of the more famous cleansing oils - and they come in lovely coloured bottles! *LIKE* I have the pink one, which is meant to be "fresh" and for acne-prone skin because it acts as mattifier. This has a more thinner texture when you apply it to your skin, but once you put water on it, it turns thicker!

The Innisfree Apple Juicy cleansing oil is probably on a lot of Korean girls' HG (holy grail) lists because its cheeps and effective. It also has this fresh, zesty apple scent which will leave you feeling happy just by smelling it! This has a thicker texture when you apply it, but then becomes thinner when you apply water on it.

So which one is the best? To be honest, I think all of them do the job very well :) the Innisfree cleansing oil is quite famous in Korea for being the best budget cleansing oil and we all know how popular the Shu Uemura one is (especially because it comes in different formulas for different skin)! The Sulwhasoo one is new to my radar and I have to say it works just as well as the other two!

I used to never use cleansing oil before because I was always afraid it would clog up my pores and give me pimples. But I after I started using them occasionally after nights out (so when my face was full of makeup) I realized that they actually work better than using cleansing wipes because the oil blends with the makeup to deeply penetrate the layers of makeup on your face that you can't see with your eyes (especially the foundation!)

So if you haven't tried using cleansing oils previously, you should look around for some samples to test out on your skin :)

Toodles!

D xx

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Revlon Lip Butters - A$21.95 RRP (around A$7-12 on eBay)

Shu Uemura Skin Purifier high performance balancing cleansing oil (450mL) - A$110 RRP (A$83 on cosme-de.com)

Innisfree Apple Juicy cleansing oil (150mL) - around A$10 RRP in Korea (around A$16-22 on eBay)

Sulwhasoo cleaning oil (200mL) - around A$25 RRP in Korea (around A$50-60 on eBay)

Fashion Weekend outing!

Hi peeps!

For my sister's birthday I managed to get my hands on tickets to the "Fashion Weekend" (presented by SHOP til you drop) which was held at the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park! So we went to it on Sunday and so here is my spiel!

The ticket gave us access to the fashion show (featuring many high profile and up & coming Aussie designers) and also heaps of freebies and access to the VIP lounge :)

Basically the Hall was filled with stands of various Aussie designers with special discounts on their merchandise just for the Fashion Weekend.  Some of the designers included Ginger & Smart, Shakuhachi, bec & bridge, ksubi, camilla and marc, Shilla, White Suede, Kirrily Johnston, Little Joe Women, Nicola Finetti, Samantha Wills and the list goes on!

There was also a Napoleon Perdis stand with make-up sessions & a lash bar, a Sally Hansen nail salon and a Toni&Guy blowdry bar!

Here are some shots of the Hall from the VIP Lounge:





I have to say the best part was definitely the fashion show. We had a very good view of the models where we were sitting so it was a good way to see what the clothes looked like and also really good to see the actual fit of the clothes as well (although my figure is no way near as good as the models!)

bec & bridge





ginger & smart





Nicola Finetti





I really liked the Miss Unkon pieces - they were really girly and just so LOVELY!





LOVE this outfit!! Goes really well with the braided hair :)





Rachel Gilbert







Camilla - wasn't particularly my style..



Jets - cute, bold & sexy swimwear! must start exercising more to get myself ready for a bikini ;)





Kirrily Johnston



Talulah







Amazing how the models look so good in flat boots!!!!

So at the end of the day, I only ended up buying a Napoleon Perdis Make-up set because to be honest, it was quite difficult to try on the clothes because they had like one change room for each stand and the event was pretty packed!

Check at the different hues in this Make-Up Palette! It was only $15 (usually $39.95). 18 eyeshadows, 4 blushes and 4 lip glosses!



These are some of the freebies we got :)







Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to get our free manicure because all the spots had been booked out. I was a bit disappointed :( Oh well.

Will I go again next year? Probably not - I guess I didn't really like the whole warehouse feel of the event...thought it would be a bit more classier! I guess if they have other amazing designers next year which weren't include in this year's line up I might decide to go because some of the discounts on certain labels was just so great!! Especially because we were there on the last day, the discounts were even bigger! So only time will tell if I end up going next year :P

If you're interested, check out this year's website @ www.fashionweekend.com.au

D xx

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070512.

Hello peeps!

Today I received another box of goodies from Gmarket (to brighten up my Monday - such great timing!)

Here are some of my purchases:









The best thing is that all these only cost like $76 altogether including shipping!  I find it so hard to buy things in shops now...because I look at a $80 blouse at Forever New and think "hmmmm I could buy 4 blouses for this price!" (although it still doesn't stop me buying things that I love at first sight :P)

I also received the Revlon Lip Butter that I ordered from Ebay not long ago.  These Lip Butters are the quite the hit at the moment in Australia (I went to Priceline a week ago to buy one and they were SOLD OUT!) but they're also super pricey - A$21.95 each!  After reading countless US blogs which kept talking about how they were like US$7 a pop (US $7.49 on Ulta.com...too bad they don't ship to Aus), I was like "do I really want to pay $22 for these?".  And where I do I go to solve these problems? YES, EBAYYYYYYY!

So I ended up paying around $11.50 for this one from "Surf'n'Junkie" on Ebay.



The colour is soooo pretty! :) I'm really liking the dark rose pink kind of colour these days - I recently bought a Clarins lipstick (A$44) in "Tea Rose" and think its such a lovely, yet classy colour - and it goes on a smoothly too and lasts for a decent time (so I guess its worth the $44!)



You can see that the Clarins one is a little more pinky-er and lighter than the lip butter - so I am very happy to have both lippies in my collection!

I also did a little bargain hunting today and found a little treasure of a clutch hiding in the sale section of Sportsgirl :) I noticed it under a bunch of other bag and thought "ooooh very stylish" and looked at the price tag and OMG it was $9.95!!! (originally $39.95) - so I just had to buy it.



they also gave you a long strap as well so that you can wear it as a side bag :) as you can see the strap was a tad bit long so I had to make a knot to shorten it :P



So today was a very happy Monday :)

D.

p.s. are the pictures coming out elongated on your screen? if so, leave me a comment and I shall look into it! xx