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

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)

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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

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Today at work I was told I looked like a schoolgirl - I guess that is a compliment given that I'm turning 24 soon.

I asked why - and apparently it was because of this blouse I was wearing:



 

I bought it off ASOS for $53.06 and I love it! I wear it quite often :P

I have also admit that nearly every day after work I drop into the Priceline which is near my bus stop and browse around to see if there's anything I "need" (just an excuse).

Today I found out that there was a deal on at Priceline for Bourjois (Spend $19 or more and receive a mascara and lip gloss worth $42 for free!). I just couldn't resist.

So I bought two blushes - funnily enough the blushes were on sale so I managed to get my hands on 2 for $20 :)





Apparently the blush covers are designed by artists Juliette Buré and Nathalie Lété - they are super cute (you will realise that I have a massive obsession with France and Paris).

I also received in the mail today one of my Revlon lipstick purchases from Ebay (from beautiful_on_a_budget_with_darci).

The colour is "Coralberry" (I'm so into coral lately) and it was only $8.43 with postage!



(The actual colour is a bit more pink that how it shows up in the pic)

And to top it off I also got two deliveries from Gmarket (Korea's "Ebay") - a navy jacket and a coral / cherry red skirt! Altogether these cost like AUD$30 including postage. What a bargain :)





Well that is all for tonight...didn't realise how much effort was required in making a blog post! Serious admiration to all the amazing bloggers out there <3

D