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LA Girl Blush // Review, Swatches & Comparison

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I bought these L.A Girl blushes from IKatehouse not too long ago and you may remember me saying I wasn't too sure about them, because it was so hard to find good swatches at the time so I wasn't sure what I would be getting. The shades I got weren't really unique so I thought I would go through my collection and see what they compared to. L-R: L.A Girl Blusher in Nectar, Just Pinched  If you can see on the picture on the left, the flash captures the coral colour and golden sheen of Nectar, and the medium pink with slight shimmer of Just Pinched. The shimmer in both of these blushes are barely noticeable, and they pull more matte on me. Packaging: Cheap feeling plastic compacts with a lift up mirror & brush underneath the product. Pigmentation: Sheer, takes a few swipes from the pan to show up. Texture: Not buttery soft but not hard, with satin/ shimmery finishes. Price & Where to buy: $2.99 on Ikatehouse.com , Beautyjoint, Cherryculture for $6 but on special for ...

MAC Samples// Swatches & Comparisons

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A little while ago I came across a website that sells MAC lipstick, pigment, paintpot samples & more as well as their own brand that takes after the name of the website, Her Body Needs. There are so many lipsticks from MAC that I "need" but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have anything too similar already, but I wish I had replaced some samples with others instead. L-R: Vegas Volt, Honeylove, Impassioned, Candy Yum Yum For $3.79 you get .5 grams of product, which is what you can see. Looking at the amount of product I think you'd be able to get about 10 swatches out of it. MAC lipsticks are US$15 full sized which are 3g each so that's $5 a gram where the sample is $7.58 per gram, which means $22.74 is what you would be paying full price if you went off of the samples pricing. So really you aren't getting the best deal but as these retail for $36 in Australia it is best to try a sample just in case you end up not liking it! L-R: Vegas Volt, Honeylove, ...

Nyx Eyebrow Cake Powder // Review & How To

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 Ever since I ran out of my E.L.F Eyebrow Kit ages ago, I have been just using the dark brown eyeshadow from the Sleek Storm palette, and after I hit pan on that big time I went to the darkest brown in the Wet n Wild Vanity Palette. But I have been wanting to use an eyebrow kit for the longest time now, so I thought I would give NYX's eyebrow cake powder a go, and have been using it for over a month now. Packaging: Quite bulky but still small & good for traveling, has a see through lid that opens on the left side, which is annoying when you are right handed. Texture: Wax is thick but not chunky & holds brows in place, although mine don't usually go hay wire. The powders are like regular eyeshadow. Color Selection : Black/ Gray, Dark Brown/ Brown, Taupe/ Ash, Auburn/Red, Brunette & Blonde. I have it in Dark Brown/ Brown, which I am glad I got because I like my eyebrows quite dark. There is only a very slight difference in the 2nd colour being slightly warmer & l...

Collective Clothing Haul // Cocolatte, Dissh, BlueJuice & More

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Firstly I am so happy to announce that I am featured on Ms American Pie's Beauty blog for the month of May, yay! She always has really insightful & well written posts & super creative makeup posts & on top of that she is such a darling. You can check out the post & her blog here . Back to the post, I want to apologize for the lack of quality in the pictures. I am sort of contemplating buying a better camera but we shall see! & I know I am not meant to be buying anything, but I have certainly slowed down lately. It is way too hard when I see a good special. And I am still trying to build up my staple wardrobe collection so that is mainly what this haul consists of. Cocolatte This is a clothing brand that is featured quite regulary on Ozsale , and they have single clothing items or packs of 2 with different colours, for a very cheap price. I bought these thinking of my summer holiday coming up in the US for very comfortable traveling clothes. There are always new...