2012 Makeup Favorites

Now that the craziness of Christmas and family has subsided it's time to get back to blogging! And what better to do for my first post of the New Year than a recap on my 2012 favourites. I discovered some really great products in 2012 which I think will be staples for a long time. So here they are!!

Urban Decay Naked Palette II

I literally use this every single day that I put makeup on (which is most days). It's so handy to have everything you need for so many different looks all in one. The quality and pigmentation of these shadows is just amazing! 

NARS Laguna Bronzer & Penny Lane Blush

This bronzer is hands down the best I've ever tried. It just gives the perfect glow without being too shimmery and glittery. The blush is a cream blush and is the ultimate natural rosy colour, you need to make sure to apply a powder blush over the top so it doesn't melt off though (especially in the Australian heat!)

M.A.C Cooling Liquid Powder - Truth & Light

This was actually a gift from a friend Wakako, you can use it all over your face but I think its the perfect highlighter. 

M.A.C Prep + Prime

This is a salmon based colour correction pen for getting rid of dark circles. I have terrible dark circles and this stuff works wonders! It is a strong salmon colour to counteract the purples and blues under your eyes so you need to make sure to apply your foundation over the top. 

Revlon Colourstay Foundation

This is my all time favourite foundation that I have tried so far, I've gone through about 5 bottles of this!  It has very build-able coverage, so you can choose to have a lighter coverage or more full coverage. I use number 180 Sand Beige.

Sigma F84 & P86 Brushes 

This is what I like to use to apply my foundation and concealer. I use the Angled Top Kabuki F84 for foundation and the Precision Tapered P86 for concealer. They give a great finish and the angles are so unique and perfect for application!

Covergirl LashBlast Fusion Mascara

I don't like wasting money on high end mascaras and find that everyone I've ever bought was disappointing. Covergirl make amazing mascaras for a fraction of the price so save your money for something thats worth paying the extra for!

DollyWink Liquid Liner Pen

This is a Japanese brand liner and is my all time favourite. I think I paid under $20 and am yet to find anything that beats it! It handles well and is easy to use and very pigmented.

M.A.C Eye Kohls in Smoulder and Fascinating 

These liners are nice and creamy and will last you forever. While they come with quite a high price tag in Aus (I paid about $40 each!) they are definitely worth the money! Particularly Smoulder, my friends are forever wanting to borrow that one haha.

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Last but not least, I couldn't live without my Urban Decay eyeshadow primer! This is what makes my eyes last through 11 days at work without a smudge! A must for any makeup lover.

Let me know what your 2012 faves were in the comments below so I can check them out! 

Xx

Recent favorites

Hi guys!

I was going to do a monthly favorites but being the 12th already I thought it was a bit late haha. So, seeing as I haven't posted in a while I thought I'd just make it a recent favorites :)

So here's what I've been loving makeup-wise lately!

Urban Decay Naked Pallet. I use this everyday!

Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow in Not Just Nudes. These colours are sooo pretty and blend really well.

Revlon lipstick in Petal (096). This is just my daily lipstick :)

M.A.C blush in Margin which is a really pretty peachy bronze frosty colour.

M.A.C 219 pencil brush. I bought this kinda recently and I use it everyday I do my makeup, it's such a handy brush.

M.A.C Magically Cool Liquid Powder in Truth & Light. This was a gift from Wakako, you can use it as an all over face powder but I love to use it as a highlight. It gives your skin a gorgeous dewy look, and it feels like water when you put it on!! <3

That's all the products I've been loving lately, let me know what you think in the comments below :)

Thanks for reading!

Rachel xo

February Favorites

Hi guys! February is finally over (it's the hottest month of the year in Australia) and it's finally starting to cool down. Being the end of the month I thought a February Favorites post would be fun :) So here are my favorite products for Feb...

Firstly, I have a new mascara I got from the chemist, it was only cheap, like $10. It's the Maybelline Pulse Perfection vibrating mascara, and it would have to be my new favorite mascara! I have tried both drugstore and high end mascara's and I find there isn't much difference so I usually go with drugstore.

My next favorite is actually a repurchase, but I stopped using it for a bit and now I'm back to using it so I thought I'd include it. For my daily make up I like to just use concealer on necessary spots (under the eyes, on any redness or imperfections) and then I use this powder all over my face. It gives a really flawless finish. This one is by JQC Cosmetics and it's a pressed powder in medium beige.

Then I have a new Mineral Powder blush by Maybelline in soft mauve. It's a really pretty darker pink.

I finally decided to try a dry shampoo so I got this Tresemme one for oily/straight to normal hair. This one smells really good, it's kind of citrusy. My hair gets oily very quickly because I touch it a lot when straightening everyday so I love that this makes my hair last longer between washes :)

Next is a fashion piece. I went shopping with my boyfriend a number of weeks ago and I saw this bag and wanted it so bad for Uni but I'd already spent too much money that day haha. But last Friday my boyfriend went back and bought it for me as a surprise! He's so sweet :) It was from Forever New which is one of my fave stores, and was $70. The material is so soft but still really strong so I don't feel like it will break with all my books in it!

Then I got this lip gloss from NYX, it doesn't seem to have a colour name on it though which is weird... It just says Sheer Gloss. It's a really pretty nude pink and I love it because it is matte rather than shimmery, and it smells like grape! yum :)

This was in my daily skin routine post but I wanted to include it here too. This is the green Garnier roll on for you eyes and I absolutely love it!! It really helps with bags and dark circles and it makes your eyes feel really awake!!

 Lastly is my little cutie Molly!! She my favorite all the time though :P Hehe

Well thats all for today, I hope you enjoyed the post and thanks for reading!

Rachel xo

January Favorites

It's about that time for a monthly favorites post! Here were my favorites for the month of January.

1. Revlon ColourStay foundation in 200 Nude. This is a full cover foundation which can be a bit heavy, so to balance that out I only apply it where needed (where I would usually put concealer).

2. This was a gift from a friend and I ended up absolutely loving it. It's a face scrub brush from The Body Shop, I use this with my face wash every night and it gets off all my make up which I didn't realise was being left on my face every night!

3. The Body Shop's Coconut body butter, which was a gift from my awesome friend Emmy :P This smells sooo good :) I use this on my legs mainly because it's so thick it lasts a really long time on your skin.

4. DKNY's perfume Be Delicious. This came in a twin pack, I got it for Christmas, and it smells like red apples! It's my favorite perfume at the moment. 

5. Rimmel blush in 001 "Santa Rose". This is the perfect if u want a pink blush but don't want it to be like a bubblegum pink. It's a sort of muted pink and has a slight shimmer without being over the top. I wear this everyday!

6. This says 4 on the pic but it was meant to be number 6! It's my black Kohl eyeliner from MAC. It's my all time favorite eyeliner! It goes on really smooth and lasts all day :)

7. MAC paint pot in "Bare Study". While this is a great base for your make up, lately I've been using for more of a natural look buy applying some on the middle of my lid, the inner corners of my eyes, and my brow bone. This opens my eyes up and gives a soft dewy look. 

8. Lastly I have my Sedona Lace Palette! If you haven't noticed from recent posts, I'm in love with this palette haha. I first heard about this from a review on Anna Saccone's blog. I like to use bronze colours for everyday and purples or grey colours for night.

So those are my January favorites! What were your favorite things for January? 

Thanks for reading :)

Rachel xo

September favorites

Hi everyone!

Well as I said when i first started this blog, it's hard to update a lot while I'm at Uni, but as of last Thursday I'm finished until March! I'm so excited to be finished for the year :) So I thought to celebrate I would do a September favorites blog!

So first I have Rimmel's 60 seconds nail polish in Princess Pink. This is a very very light pink colour which I think is perfect for summer (it's currently summer here in Australia).

This is a new concealer from Rimmel which I have been trying out. I love it so far, it doesn't go on greasy and covers dark circles really well which is perfect for me because mine need lots of coverage!! haha. I got mine in soft beige.

Then I have my everyday mascara. I have been using this one for a while now because I quite like it. It is The Body Shop's big and curvy mascara and it definitely lives up to its name, I never have to put on more than one coat :)

Next I have a blush called A Floral Affair by Revlon in the colour Peachy Keen. As you can see I use this one a lot lol. I think it creates a perfect rosy cheek without being too glittery so its perfect for day time. And then I have my Lancome Juicy Tube! Juicy Tubes are awesome because they require minimal reapplying :P They also make your lips  super glossy which looks great in summer.

And the last two are my Body Shop Soft Hands Kind Heart hand cream which I use every night before bed, and my eye drops. I don't have contacts or anything, these eye drops are just kind of a refresher drop. They are Japanese and just amazing, it's like mouthwash for your eyes!! haha. This brand is Rohto C3.

And I couldn't not add this photo! lol. My little puppy Molly got a new haircut on Tuesday and she looks so cute! Who knew there was a puppy under all that hair haha <3

Well, thats my September favorites, I hope you enjoyed reading and I'll post something again soon!

Cya!

Rachel xo