Mini October haul

Mini Makeup Haul

Here's some pictures of my mini-haul from strawberry net!

Both prodcts I purchased in the 'unboxed' sale, they were shipped without boxes but were protected.

Only took about 5 days to get here and postage was free!

Calvin Klein Foundation - Soft Beige

Scott Barnes Pressed Powder - Petal

Each were under $15!!

Natural Glamour Bronzer Review

 Natural Glamour Bronzer Review

You can buy this product from Chemist Warehouse and Priceline for about $18-$20.

 I love this product! this is obvious because I have a backup!

Pros: looks natural not muddy or dirty

Comes with brush which is good (Could be thicker tho)

Decent colour variety available

Cons: More on the pricey side for drugstore (But worth it!)

In the colour SUMMER

MUA Glitter Eyeliner Review

 MUA Glitter Eyeliner Review

You can purchase these liners from MUA's website for 1 pund each (Approx $1.50 AUS) Postage, regardless of order size is 7 pound.

Pros: Good consistency (except silver)

Decent staying power

Very cheap

Very glittery

Cons: The silver one has seperated into two as clear in picture.

I would say these are great products except for the silver one. It's useless.

Purple, Pink, Gold, Silver

Models Prefer Blush Review

Models Prefer Blushes Review

These blushes are available at Priceline in Australia for about $12.

Pros:  - Decent Pigmentation

- Buildable

- Pretty cheap

Cons: -Small colour range

-Slightly Chalky

-Only stay on for about 4 hours.

Colours: Desk to date (top), Beauty addict.

Calvin Klein Lipgloss Review

Calvin Klein Lipgloss Review

Above : My 6 Calvin Klein Lipglosses

Pros:

1.Brilliant colour payoff on 5 of them.

2.Stay on all day.

3.Variety of colours available.

Cons:

1. A little bit pricey but worth the money!

2. Not impressed with the lightest shades colour payoff. (Incogntio)

You can buy these in Myers and David Jones as well as some chemists.

I personally got most of mine in a 3 pack for christmas. 

Left-Right

(barely see this one)Incogntio, Dazzel, hush, oolong, radar, sensation.

MUA Lipstick Review

MUA Lipsticks Review

Above is my collection of MUA lipsticks, I have 7 in total (Dah).

Pros of this product -

1. Brilliant colour payoff even after one swipe (bellow).

2. Great texture, they feel really nice to apply.

3. They last about 3-4 hours, so if you are at work you only have to touch up once.

4. SUPER CHEAP! These retail for 1 pound (Approx Australian $1.50) on MUA's website, postage regardless of order size is only $7!

Cons-

1. how long this product stays on your lips could be better, 8 hours would be perfect.

Colours after one swipe

Top-Bottom (then one on the side)

Shade 15, Shade 6, Shade 4, Shade5 , Shade 16, Shade 14 and Shade 3

Bad Products

 Worst makeup brushes of MY time
~ELF essential brushes ('dollar line')

I know what your thinking. A dollar? What do you expect from a one dollar makeup brush?

Well, just to clear the air, these brushes retail for $4 here.

And I do believe these brushes are worth $4 if you are just starting out with makeup.

However to save like-minded beauty gurus/artist/enthusiasts some time and money, I am listing these brushes here.

These brushes shed, they are not soft, they do not blend easily and worst of all they scratch your face while using them.

Save your hard earned $ and spend it elsewhere.

~ SIGMA extravaganza brush collection

(I do not own these brushes as I do not have a spare $300 to spend on 18K gold brushes.)

My friend actually owns these brushes and I have used them a few times when at her place, I have also watched many negative reviews on Youtube and agree with what was said.

Firstly, the brushes shed like crazy, its RIDICULOUS.

Secondly, they don't apply the products in a great manor.

Thirdly, I would not pay more then $50 for these brushes because they pretty much suck for the price.

Recommendations

Best M.A.C Products

1. Mac Mineralize Skinfinish

2. Mac Cremesheen Lipstick - Ravishing

3. Mac eyeshadow - All That Glitter

4. Mac Satin Lipstick - Snob

5. Mac Mineralize Satin Finish Foundation



Bad Products

Makeup Forever HD Foundation

NEVER AGAIN!

This foundation is absolutely terrible!

This foundation has received nothing but positive feedback throughout the beauty community, which I do not understand. But I am here to change that, this foundation suck.

Its expensive and hard to purchase in Australia, but WORST of all, it makes your face incredibly oily!

Yuck.

This foundation may work for you, but it does not work for me.



Bad Products

Mac Paint Pot

~Rubenesque

This product has a lot of great reviews out there, but I suggest not to believe the hype. However, this product may work for you. Or maybe I possibly got a dud.

This was my first Mac Paint Pot and was very disappointed with it.

The pigmentation is pretty pethatic, like come on M.A.C? We pay about $30 for these here.

The consistancy is creamy and smooth to touch, but it doesnt translate to your eyes at all.

The colour comes of very blotchy on my eyes, and everytime I have used it, I blend it like crazy to try and fix the blotches, but this doesn't seem to help.

If your looking to buy M.A.C products I deffinatly suggest buying something else.

Bad Products

 Flirt Rock-N-Rebel eyeshadow trio

~ Pink Rocker

To start this post, I would just like to mention the terrible packaging of this product. As you can see in the picture on my kitchen bench, the packaging looks pretty cheap, nasty and tacky.

First off, these eyeshadows are very chalky.

Secondly, The colour pay off is pretty bad.

As a result of this, the shadows appear dull and rather ugly on your eyes.

Thirdly, The product is quite rough when it should be a smooth consistancy. Thus makeing the product vey hard to blend.

The Darkest shade is not terrible, but not great either. I am not sure as to how much this product costs overseas but here, it is deffinatly not worth the money for one wearable colour.

Bad Products

 Smashbox Lash DNA mascara

This product has four 'fatal flaws' as I shall call them.

These are :

• It makes my lashes look thin, not thick and beautiful like you expect from a mascara.
• It hardly adds length.
• It makes my lashes feel brittle and dead.
• And finally, its way over-priced. At least for us Australians. 
  

  

Although this product is bad, I do think the idea behind it is great.

The wand is really quite nice and the package is sleek.

This product would be fine for school or a work environment where heavy makeup is not accepted, as it only adds a slight benefit to your lashes. Oh, and have money to splash out on a mascara like this

Bad Products

Covergirl Natureluxe Foundation

My sister purchased this foundation a while back and really loved it, so I decided to try it out seeing as it was 40% off at a local store.

I must say, this product is not what I hoped for.
I like a medium-full coverage matte, or slightly glowy foundation.

I do NOT like to look like I stuck my face in a deep fryer. This foundation made my skin terribly greasy. I do have oily skin, but not to the extreme this foundation makes it look.

The foundation does not provide any coverage   whatsoever either which makes it pretty much.. well.. useless.

Of coarse this foundation would probably be fine for anyone with dryer skin and a great complection, but for me, it just doesn't do the job.

Bad products

Too Faced Natural Eye Palette 

~ Nude beach shadow 

This pallete as a whole I must say is great, beautiful colours that have a gorgeous texture and great pigmentation. The palette is completely appropriate for everyday wear.


However the Nude beach shadow is wretched! And to be brief, here is a list of my issues with this shadow:

• The fallout is RIDICULOUS, whenever I use this shade I end up with glitter all down my face, which is not a good look.
• This fallout is bad for my pores. Sooo.. Uhm.. thats bad too right?
• When I use the shadow and get as much of the glitter out of the shadow as possible it looks the same as one of the other shades in the pallete, which just seems like a complete waste of money.

WHERE TO BUY IN AUSTRALIA? :
Myers & David Jones                          :       $55-$60
Skinccarestore (online)                        :       $34.95