Paw Paw Lip Butters the Natralus Way ;)

Paw paw ointments are such a staple in anyones bags, and we were lucky enough to be sent some *flavoured* paw paw lip butter by Natralus. These babies are in tubes of 10g each, with cute typography on a brightly coloured background- easy to find when everything else in your bag is pretty much black haha. 

Beauty Addition 018: Korea

After our overseas trip, we never got around to fully post about our overseas haulage. In Korea, we both hauled quite a bit (what's new), and we each ended up sending a box full of clothes/shoes/makeup back home. We all know our hauls can get overwhelmingly ridiculous at times (like in this post) which is why we are going to split this up, but hopefully this can somewhat satisfy that inner hauler in you and save you money LOL. 

Best Aussie Products

The 26th of January marks Australia day, and in true Aussie form, we thought we'd pay tribute to our favourite home grown products!

Ulta3 Lip Paints

If you live in Australia, you'll know that Ulta3 is most famous for their affordable nail polishes and lipsticks. Not only are they incredibly cheap but they also come in a ton of shades. Being a fan of Ulta3 lipsticks, we were naturally more than happy to review two of their lip paints*!

Lipsense

According to SeneGence, LipSense is it's premier product and is unlike any other conventional lipstick, stain or colour on the market. It is a liquid lip colour, claiming to be long-lasting, moisturising, waterproof with no smearing or rubbing whatsoever! From these descriptions, it promised to be the ultimate lip lovers product and we were very excited to try it out! We were sent the LipSense set which includes the Liquid Lip Colour, Moisturising Gloss and an Ooops Remover.

March Favourites

In our recent giveaway, we asked what kind of posts you would like to see from us, and the overwhelming response was monthly favourites. We don't change up our routine too much hence why the lack of favourites posts on our blog, but here's to giving it another shot! 

Beauty Addition 015: Priceline 40% off Cosmetics

If you are a long time follower & have been keeping track of our hauls, you know that when a sale comes along we can't help but resist. This was no exception when Priceline had their 40% off cosmetics sale on the 11th & 12th of March. This time we decided to buy online, mainly cos it's easier and to the avoid the disappointment of sold out products in-store. So at 12am Tuesday morning (keen much?) we jumped on the website to put in our order. At that time however, Priceline hadn't updated their sale (obviously they don't take the start of sales as seriously as we do lollll) so we ended up ordering in the morning :)

Models Prefer: Lips

If you live in Australia then you'd know that Models Prefer is the range of cosmetics that has been developed by Priceline's beauty team, providing quality products for less.  We recently had the opportunity to try out some of their products and today we're bringing you our thoughts on some of their lip products including the Moisture Lust Glossy Lipstick, Infinite Colour Lipstick and the Infinite Colour Lipglaze.  

Savvy in Bali

Even though summer has just arrived, my internal desire for that perfect dark berry Autumn lip is continuing. I've heard many positive reviews about the Savvy Long Lasting Matte Lipstick so I decided to pick it up in Bali with the Priceline 40% off sealing the deal. 

Yogurt Tinting

From time to time, I go through phases where I'd go nuts and purchase a bunch of korean makeup.  I got my hands on these two during one of those phases- from Gmarket.  In short, Gmarket is basically a korean ebay, but all the items you buy from various sellers are sent to the Gmarket headquarters and packaged altogether in one parcel to be sent out to you.  The shipping is by kg, and the price has increased quite dramatically compared a few years back, when I purchased this.

Beauty Addition 009: Lipstick Republic

Date Ordered: 8th August

Date Dispatched: 12th August

Date Arrived: 13th August

In light of celebrating Lipstick Republic reaching 3000 likes on their facebook page, they generously offered 20% off storewide :D Obviously we have issues with controlling our spending, so it didn't take much for us to make a cart and check out with the goodies that aren't readily accessible in the land down under.

Giving a Little Love

Thanks to the constant promotional emails from Urban Outfitters, I crumbled under temptation and placed an order.  I came across the famous NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams whilst browsing around the beauty section; and at $12 for the trio…how could I say no?

This trio set contains the shades Tokyo ("delicate baby pink"), Antwerp ("natural nude") and Addis Ababa ("flashing hot pink").  They contain 8mls of product, and all have the same rich & creamy vanilla ice-cream scent, which disappears when the product is applied.

All the following images can be enlarged via clicking on them.  I left the lip swatches unedited (aside from a few brightness tweaks) to give a true idea of how they look & sit on the lips.

Cabana Glama

Cabana Glama is one of Benefit's boxed sets with a tropical holiday postcard themed packaging that I purchased earlier this year.  

The box is relatively sturdy containing the Some Kind-a Gorgeous foundation faker, Hoola bronzer, eyeshadow trio, Posie tint, complete with a mini bronzer brush, double ended sponge and a mirror embedded in the lid.

In terms of the packaging, it feels slightly heavy and bulky, but I really appreciated the little blue strips of ribbon that stuck out underneath products for products to pop out a little more easily.

to Jam or not to Jam *

As winter arrives, I find myself feeling a bit more ‘daring’ to try darker lipstick shades.  Arbonne Cosmetics recently contacted us about their premium range of products made with botanical ingredients.  I picked out ‘Jam’ from their lipstick range, which claims to be “intensely hydrating and moisturising, allows wearers to achieve long-lasting beautiful lip color, with added health benefits”.

Kate 101

Recently the Rimmel Lasting Finish Matte lipsticks by Kate Moss hit the shores of Australia! 

We used to only have the "Lasting Finish by Kate Moss" range that was in black packaging and red writing, but now we have the matte versions in red :)

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm vs. FOA Sheer Gloss Lip Crayons

We recently got our hands on the much hyped Revlon Kissable Balm Stains, *hooray*!
So we decided to do reviews for both the Face of Australia (FOA) Lip Crayons and the Revlon Kissable Balm Stain together, since the underlying concept is pretty similar: a cheaper alternative to Clinique Chubby Sticks lol