myOOTD | saints+secrets dress

I’ve been a bit MIA and it pains me to see that my last post was in January!
Back to university and work has taken up majority of my time since the summer holidays, but I take full responsibility in neglecting one of my hobbies that I’m so passionate about.

My inspiration to get back to my blogging was from, non other than my beautiful best friend. During this weekend she reminded me how happy blogging about my beauty passions makes me feel. This weekend I played with makeup, I picked up my camera and the ambition and love all came rushing back.

With this post, I thank you. I promise to make you proud. I love you.

Photo Credit: from my best friend who is the inspiration to keep going.

Dress from Saints+Secrets bought from Myer Melbourne

Until next time,

myReview – Bourjois Push Up Volume Glamour Mascara

Did anyone else catch Priceline’s two day 40% off all cosmetics sale, three weeks ago?!
Well I did and I was like a kid in a candy store!
While I was there I picked up the new Push Up Volume Glamour mascara from Bourjois and can I just say, you’re going to want to see these before and after photos!

Now I can’t remember how much the RPR is and this particular mascara is not listed on the Priceline website, however a mascara from Bourjois normally retails from anywhere between $20.00 to $25.00

The mascara is 0.20 fl.oz. and claims “uplifting volume without clumps, silky formula and high resistance”. It it not waterproof and has a super soft bristle brush applicator.

Now a brief background on my eyelashes. They’re short, thin and naturally point straight down with a slight curl at the tips. Pretty much the opposite of what we all want in lashes.

On these photos I have NO eye shadow, NO eyeliner, NO filters and I have NOT curled my lashes.
I applied two coats of the mascara and immediately noticed my lashes appears thicker in volume, darker in colour and curling upwards! Check out the before and after photos and see for yourself!

myReview: I’m REALLY impressed with this mascara! The fact that this is only two coats with no eyeliner and I didn’t curl my lashes at all, it’s a new favourite for me!

Until next time,

myLipstick Secret

Want to know what these lipsticks have in common?

Well, I’ll tell you. They all have a little secret hidden at the bottom of their tubes.
Word around the makeup community is that, the Ulta3 lipsticks (which you and purchase from selected Chemists) also come with lip gloss on the bottom of the barrel. I was a bit skeptical at first considering they were still new when I bought them but I decided to try it out and lo and behold there it was!

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I then decided to see if other brand lipsticks had the same hidden treasure. I didn’t have any luck with my Innoxa or Cover Girl lipsticks and frankly I didn’t want to push it, just in case it broke the lipsticks all together. I did manage to find that lipsticks by Savvy and NYX also had little pots of extra lipstick on the bottom! Out of the three NYX lipsticks that I had, only one of them had extra lip product while the others had some type of coloured rubber in the pot.

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Go through your lipstick collection and try it out for yourself! I would advise not to go crazy pulling apart all your lipsticks though. Remember if it’s hard to pull apart it probably wasn’t meant to be.

Until next time,