It's hard to fathom that winter is already upon us; just yesterday it feels like I pulled down my Christmas tree and begun the new year but here we are, almost half way through 2015. It's been a great year for me so far and May treated me kindly enough - the winter coats were brought out and I began working longer hours so time to play with my beloved beauty products was scarce, so true favourites formed easily and were oft reached for.
I'm still enjoying the lip products I discovered recently - the sheer terracotta MAC Hot Tahiti, the wearable essence Cool Nude and the seriously on-trend essence Lip Pencil in Satin Mauve (which was recently ruined down to a stump by an old-school pencil sharpener - whoops!) I've been pairing them each day with my new obsession - the Max Factor Crème Puff Blush in Nude Mauve which deserves a full review of it's own.
Each day has seen me reaching for an essence Long Lasting Eyeliner of some sort - I have every shade available and love them all dearly, but most frequently worn is Hot Chocolate, Berry Merry and Hot Scorch. I've also taken to keeping my rollerball of Elizabeth & James Nirvana White in my purse for daily touch-ups, though I daresay Nirvana Black would also feature had I not misplaced it in my beauty room. The strangest favourite for the month of May would have to be my Invisibobble* - I tie my hair up in a knot around the house while cleaning or lounging around and these are cute and fit my thick long hair nicely.For special occasions I've been using this sample sized YSL Volume Effet Faux Cils Shocking Mascara* which may be the tube that brings me over to the dark side of expensive mascaras...I've also been using and loving Colourpop Cricket dusted over my lids for a nice deep purple look. I still haven't decided how I feel about my Colourpop goodies yet but I will post my haul for you shortly.
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| Max Factor MAC Hot Tahiti essence Cool Nude essence Satin Mauve Colourpop Cricket |
June looks to be a good month for me - I plan on saving a bit more than usual with increased work hours for the month and a trip to the Myer beauty section is hopefully on the cards for a mid-year pick me up! -Emma
*Provided for consideration. Honesty, always.
Ooh so many wonderful favorites :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that Essence lipstick and that MAC lipstick looks wonderful :)
That ColourPop shadow looks amazing... ahh I wish I could get my hands on some ColourPop shadows and lippiestix :D
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Thanks Anna - hopefully Colourpop will begin to ship to you soon!
DeleteI always love hearing about essence products, I didn't realise their eyeliners were so good. I think I'm going to have to give them a try. Will also look out for the colorpop haul, interested to see if added shipping costs make the products worth it.
ReplyDeleteI am seriously in love with their eyeliners, have been for a very long time now :)
Delete*sob* No Max Factor in Canada! We had them a long time ago. I wonder why they left.
ReplyDeleteAnd the twinkle from that ColourPop in the swatch is just gorgeous.
uhh that sucks, I always assume Canada would have all of the brands since it's so much closer to US than we are here in Australia! Seems silly.
DeleteThere are a lot of US drugstore brands that aren't here! Not that we have to have them all, but the US always has more than anyone, lol.
DeleteI really wanna try some Essence goodies, havent tried any makeup from them. I really wanna buy the Elizabeth and James White perfume
ReplyDeleteI regret not buying a full size Nirvana White last year in Sephora, don't know what I was thinking!
DeleteSo many gorgeous favourites. You've convinced me (you among the rest of the internet!) to actually try ColourPop... they look so nice! xx
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I was so excited to receive all of my Colourpop bits and am loving putting them to the test!
DeleteEvery time I see Colour Pop I get excited - their eye shadows are the most interesting product I've seen in a while!
ReplyDeleteThey are such a strange texture! I've been dusting Cricket over my shadow for PM and it's great, so different to everything else I own
DeleteI am so itching to do a Colour Pop order, their products look so pretty. I love those Max Factor blushes too, definitely a dupe for the Hourglass ones.
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