What's Been Happening #1

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope you all had a safe and wonderful weekend! Monday tomorrow... I know we are all excited to go back to work.............. not really.

Anyhows, I've came to realised that I am SO behind on monthly favourite posts! The last time I've whipped up anything favourite-related was an overview of 2011 favourites, can ya believe? Since then.. no monthly favourite posts at all. 

Holy whack-a-moly. And on a similar note, it's already July in a blink of an eye! Time is going by sooooooo fast!

Back on track, to make up for the favourite posts, I think I'll do mini catch-up posts (which will cover favourites!) instead since I don't even use THAT much make-up to whip up monthly favourite posts, ya know? I really wonder how the beauty YouTubers can do monthly favourite videos.. cray cray. 

Leggo. 

Current nails: A bit dull for my liking, but I think it's oh so beautiful.. L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Nail Lacquer in Blue Reef. 

Hot reads: I really enjoyed reading Valerie's [ponikuta.com] post 'On People Finding Out I Have A Blog'! Hilar! If you're a beauty blogger, you will most likely know what she's on about!

Most recent favourite product: Savvy by DB's eyeliner in Brilliant Bronze is just amazing to wear as a smoked-out eyeliner! 

New product: I've recently tried L'Oreal Paris' Lumi Magique Foundation and its medium coverage somewhat shocked me! Thought it'd be more full..

Most excited for: A series of collab posts that I've planned out with a few beauty blogger friends: Alice, Amanda and Tezza! Hope our readers will like it!

Wanting to try: Real Technique brushes which are now available at Priceline, but I'm planning on a make-up ban soon!

As always: I love and will never skip Tine's Bloggie Wednesdays posts! 

Wishing everyone a wonderful start to the week!

Saturday/Sunday Steals #21 -- A $5 Haul

Hi everyone!

It's been a holy golly looooooooooooooong time since I've updated my weekend steals. I think the last time I updated was May and that was because I haven't been getting alot of items from the markets.. so Im not willing to post about a haul of two or three items.

I'll make sure to do a collective post for that, but today's post features some products I've purchased only for 50 cents each!

I've got...

Nivea's Summer Beauty Firming Gradually Tan Body Lotion in Fair-Medium. I actually have never ever used tanners at all. I'm not sure if it will be okay to use this as a body moisturiser.... I don't know. Probably not? But I might give this a try sometime.. maybe. 

I also got Bomb Cosmetic's Handmade Soap in The Refresher, which is a UK brand. I'm not a big 'soap' person, but this does look interesting and it's cheap, so why not?! Maybe this will make me change the way I feel about soap?

I purchased two of Sportsgirl's Here Today Tanned Tomorrow Gradual Self Tanner. One brand new and sealed and one somewhat used. I gave the brand new one away and I'm left with the somewhat used one.. I'm not sure if I'd ever bring this into use... Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.. I'm just a lil happy hoarder, k?

And there were also some items I purchased without checking! Something was wrong with me that day that made me think they were all *brand new* or have only been used a few times. I purchased Sukin's Body Lotion as I'm wanting to try out new products from the brand, but there's only about 1/4 of the bottle left! Silly me, but for 50cents and the hygienic packaging, that should be okay! 

I also got this Essie Nail Polish in Hi Maintenance. Holy moly, when I googled it, I found out it was from Essie's Spring 2008 collection which is.. It's ok. It's just a nail polish!

More Sukin products (yay!!).. Their Eye Serum. I'm actually finishing up my Burt's Bee Radiance Eye Cream, so it's nice to be able to try Sukin's one! 

There was two of Sukin's Hydrating Mist Toner, so I purchased them both! It's an okay product and I'm hoping to review it soon. I think the main reason I wanted it was for the handy, re-useable packaging. It'd be great for me to contain my brush cleaner!

One last product I purchased was Dermalogica's Clean Start All Over Clear spritz which was actually expired! So I cleaned out the product inside and I love love love the spray bottle! I'm not sure what I'll be using it for, but it will be handy for something!

Happy lil hoarder is me  ^_^

Rimmel Lasting Finish Nail Polish in Misty Jade Review & Swatches

For my previous nail posts, they've all been pretty dark and dull colours, so today's gonna be something bright and summery/springy! Yay!!

It's Rimmel London's Lasting Finish nail colour in Misty Jade!

I've picked up this polish [and a few others] not too long ago when Big W had their '$3 off Rimmel sale'! Pretty awesomezzz! Hopefully they'll have it again, so I can grab a few other shades too!

Misty Jade is a light, cool-toned green with a nice spice of cyan -- very cute, and springy! I love it, but if you're a regular reader... You know I don't really like green on my nails! Not flattering in my opinion, but I loveee seeing them on others!

The brush is just your average sized brush and is fairly easy to work with, but unfortunately, the formula isn't exceptionally great. It runs quite thin, so for an opaque coverage, you'll need to layer alot.. which I totally didn't expect! In addition to that, it applies pretty streaky and somewhat uneven :/

Misty Jade lasted a good 3-4 days on me before it starts to chip, which is okay in my opinion, but isn't what I'd expect from a 'lasting finish' polish! Right now I'm just hoping the other shades I purchased will somehow not be as thin and streaky. Brrr.

Are you a green nails lover?

Yes? Check out Tine's post!

Are there any nail colours that you think look awesome on others, but just doesn't seem to work for you?

I'd love to know! Leave me a comment below! ^_^

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Nail Polishes retails $5.95 at Priceline, Big W, K-Mart, Target, Coles and selected pharmacies nationally. Available in 16 shades!

Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Sweet Tart Review & Swatches

I know I know! My review is superrrrr late! So sorry! I'm sure you've had enough of review posts of these lip butters, but it's my time to shine!!!!


I've purchased Sweet Tart along with Cotton Candy, Peach Parfait and Tutti Frutti yonks ago when they first arrived in Aussie here with their 'Buy 1 Get 1 Free' deal at Priceline!

Sadly, the only shade I really do use is Sweet Tart... *super sad!*

I love love love the packaging! It's so pretty with the quilted pattern and I love how each categorized shade such as berries, reds, pinks and corals have their own different coloured packaging!

Getting to the point, Revlon's Lip Butters are generally best described as "the hybrid of a lipstick and lip balm", in which today's Sweet Tart is all about. 

Sweet Tart is a really nice poppy pink on the lips, with a glossy finish, faking healthy plump lips! I thought it'd apply more sheer as a tint and the shade would be more subtle, but the formula itself is quite pigmented and buildable with a buttery texture. Keep in mind that these lip butters should always be stored in a cool environment to avoid.. breaking melted balms and smeared tubes..

It glides on without grip and doesn't drag -- almost like a lip balm! Although it's very moisturising, I love that it has very little slip, which is a plus for me! I honestly cannot stand lip products that will feel like they can smear any minute! 


All in all, I really love the texture, pigmentation and how moisturising the formula is, but on the downers..


The wear time is very average. On my lips, Sweet Tart can last  up to 2.5 hours before it starts to go off, but with the pretty packaging, I'm actually more than happy to whip it out and re-apply! However, it fades from the inner [for me], so if I don't take good notice, it'll almost look like a bad lip lining job!

That's not all though!

These lip butters are pretty damn expensive over here in Aussie.. we're talking about $21.95 a pop! Holy golly..

Anyhows, swatch time (read: camwhore time! hehe)

Daylight

Flash

I'm actually not too sure why Sweet Tart is so cool-toned on me, but.. ya. :/

Anyhows, because it's a tad pricey, I'll only be at these Lip Butter stands if there's a really good deal!

What are YOUR favourite Lip Butter shades?!!?

Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butters retails for $21.95 at Big W, Target, K-Mart, Priceline and other Big W stockists. 

Make-Up Don't: Have too many colours!

Hey there beautifools!! ^_^

I've been longing to share with you some tip posts and I've finally got to it. Hehehe... I've been quite lazy lately. All day playing the Sims 3, but that's ok! My sim is gonna become an A-List celebrity soon! Yay!! 

I'm so silly!

Anyhows.. without further ado, let's quickly get to one of the most important thing that we should all bare in mind when it comes to applying make-up!

Playing and changing up the usual make-up look and routine is fine, but try to keep all features in the same colour suit! Obviously, if you're wearing a red lipstick, you don't have to go monochromatic and do red eyes (yikes!) and red cheeks, but you can always try to find other shades which compliments the bold red lip. It'd be a start to avoid this:

Smoky navy blue eyes, apricot cheeks and a bright fuchsia lipstick? I don't think so!

Too many different contrasting colours on the face can make you look quite funky and instead of being flattering, it can really make you clownish and unnatural!

I guess some people do get away with it, depending how well blended the features are, but so many don't! Anyways, whether you do get away with it or not, let's just avoid it altogether!

Tell me! Have you ever been a victim of clownish and mismatching make-up?!

(I promise I won't giggle!)

For me, I know I certainly have -- definitely during my younger years! At the time, a blush was a blush and nothing more! Of course, I didn't care and know about colours and didn't know the best thing to do was to match it up with lips! Yikes!

Dream Analysis/Dictionaries

Hi y'all! A bit non-beauty related today, but I just wanted to share with you what I've been up to. A bit personal, but I think the topic itself is pretty interesting since I'd like to hear about what you do too!

So I've been having heaps of weird (very weird!) dreams lately and to briefly share one with ya..

Just a few nights ago, I had a dream of me protecting a crowd of people inside an old village house. We were surrounded by some of my highschool friends (loool!). I managed to use a bamboo stick and killed him...... <insert very gore-y and disgusting details of how I killed him>.

..and of course, sometimes a few dreams here and there of Mr. Channing Tatum and Big Bang. Shhh.. Moving on..

What I actually do when I wake up is.. straight away jot down the keywords on my phone's notepad, so I don't forget.

I feel like a freaking psycho/serial killer with a notepad that says all these strange words!

After that, whenever I have time during the day, I jump onto DreamMoods which is a great website for learning more about common types of dreams. What's cool is that they also have a Dream Dictionary which helps to gather together the meaning of your dream(s). Heh. So I'd just go through all the keywords and gather together all the information and analysis provided.. Here we are!

(edited and cropped, not full definitions)

I can't say I'm a big believer in these dream analysis, but holy cow they're interesting! Also very entertaining and sometimes, reminds and hints me to evaluate what's happening right now in my own life!

Does anyone else analyse their dreams? :P

Johnson's Moisturising Day Cream Review

Hi everyone! After so many nail polish reviews, here's something different! A moisturiser review! Yippee!

I've been using the Johnson's Moisturising Day Cream since end of April, so that's a really long trial time for me to finally put up a review post! Yikes!

Truthfully, the main reason was because I couldn't find anything I didn't like about it! So I kept trialling and trialling, and finally came to a conclusion of overall thoughts about the product.


Eager to know? Read on!


Jonhson's claims that their Moisturising Day Cream will provide your skin the moisture it needs with quick absorption, leaving it soft and supple without feeling too heavy.

Johnson's Moisturising Day Cream is a jar-packaged cream moisturiser with a quality ensurance seal. I think the jar is actually pretty cute, although it's not very sanitary. :S

Anyways, this cream moisturiser moisturises really well and is somewhat soothing. Nothing special with its absorption times -- pretty average rate of time frame.  

Although it's creamy, it feels quite light-weight which was pretty surprising for me! Adding to it, no matter how much more moisturiser I layer on, the weight will still remain just as light-weight which will come handy for those Winter days when my skin needs ALOT of moisturiser to do!

My favourite way to store this is on its side and in the fridge! It'll feel sooooo refreshing and even more soothing when applied in the morning and as the cream moves to the side, I won't need to dip my fingernails in, but use the back of my nail to scoop out some product! 

One slight downer I've noticed that when too much is applied to the skin, it can leave this very (very!) slight greasy layer/feel on the skin which although is probably unnoticeable to most, I thought I'd just point that out.


Besides that and the not so sanitary packaging, the cream doesn't contain SPF which means it can be used as night cream, but on the other hand, you'll have to use an extra product for sun protection in daytime. I don't really mind since I always use my own SPF product anyways.

In the end, it's of nice quality, the amount provided is overwhelming (fully filled jar!! Talk about releasing your inner Asian :P) and the price is just awesome! ^_^ $6.59 baby!

What do you think?

Johnson's Moisturising Day Cream retails for $6.59 at leading supermarkets, variety stores and pharmacies nationally.


Disclaimer: This product was sent for review considerations from PR, however, it does not influence our opinions at all. This post features our honest and truthful experiences. Please refer to our disclaimer policy.