Friday, July 15, 2011

Vintage Cosmetic Advertisements

I love viewing vintage advertisements; below I have put together a collection of classic vintage cosmetic advertisements – these would look beautiful framed and displayed in a bathroom or makeup room.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

NOTD - Ombre

Image source: The Beauty Department
Featured a while back at The Beauty Department, the ombre trend (the graduation of similar colours, light to dark) has been seen through fashion, hair and now nails.

To rid the “Winter Blues” I thought I would add a pop of colour onto my nails in the trend that is ombre.

I used a variety of pretty pink polishes to create this cute, colourful and fun look.





Nail Polishes



L-R: Nicole by O.P.I in Berry Sweet, Rokk96 in Candy Floss, Nail It! In Fruit Tingle, Nail It! (name unknown), O.P.I in Tutti Frutti Tonga.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Pretty Palettes

I love the convenience of a palette and these pretty palettes are next on my shopping wish list…
Catwalk I-Kit JK by Jemma Kid

Featuring an eye primer, two highlighters, five beautiful neutral shadows and a wet or dry eye liner or shadow.
$39.95(AUD) from Kit Cosmetics
Romance Set by NP Set

Create that “in love” glow with this complete makeup set containing 18 colourful eye shadows, 4 blushes and 4 lip glosses.
$39(AUD) from NP Set Cosmetics
Nars Blush Bronzer Trio

All of NARS must haves in one little palette: Orgasm blush, Albatross highlighter and Laguna Bronzer.
$55(USD) from Kiss and Makeup

Benefit Brow Zings

Create the perfect frame for your face with this palette. Contains a gel and powder to allow you to perfectly sculpt your brows.
$55(AUD) from Adore Beauty

Love Her Look – Blake Lively

This Gossip Girl hottie knows how to rock the natural beauty look. Blake uses oranges, nudes and lots of black voluminous mascara to accentuate her gorgeous good looks and glowy complexion.



 




All images sources from Google Images.

Napoleon Perdis Haul


I have always been a big fan on Aussie Make-up god, Napoleon Perdis and I hear he is doing great things in the US at the moment through tweets of people who loved the NP booth at LA IMATS.

Napoleon offers a great range of runway worthy makeup products that is fab quality but also falls within the mid to high price range – so when I discovered 20% off Napoleon Perdis products at Terry White Chemist on two occasions, I couldn’t help but grab a few bargains.

Mosaic Bronzing Powder



Love this matte bronzer - swirl your brush in the combinations of beiges and browns to create your perfect summer (or winter) sun kissed glow. Less is best, start off with a little, then slowly build to your desired glow.

NP Set Lip Gloss Compact in Vanuatu


Peachy, glossy and wearable what more could you want? Maybe tube packaging? As a free gift with purchase, I can’t be too picky, can I?

Auto Pilot Pre-foundation Skin Primer



As the great Napoleon Perdis said “Not to prime is a crime”. Love this primer as it makes my skin silky ready for a smooth make-up application.



Colour Disc in Irid Taupe

Love this as a crease colour or to lightly line my lower and upper lashes.

Colour Disc in Grape

Beautiful colour huh? Just not sure how I will wear it yet… any ideas?

Eye Patrol in Private Desert

Love my pinky gold base colours; this one has slight gold glitter that adds an added sparkle.

Swatches

L-R: Private Desert, Irid Taupe, Grape

June Favourites



It’s that time of the month again where I dig through all my favourite beauty products used within the month of June.

I apologise that I am a week or two late with this post (or with any or my other posts) I have been a little off lately but I’m hoping to get back into the swing of blogging soon xx.

Napoleon Perdis Mosaic Bronzing Powder



An oldie but a goodie, this matte bronzer has made it’s way into my everyday makeup routine as I use it to lightly dust all over for a sun kissed glow – great for the face and neck.

Inglot Freedom System Quad Palette


With the Inglot Freedom System you can create your own palettes from a vast collection of colourful face products. I chose these colours as they are my perfect everyday lid, crease, highlight and liner colours and are richly pigmented and smooth and buttery to apply, for more information on my selected colours see my post I HEART Inglot.

Benefit Stay Don’t Stray 360 Eye Primer



Works a treat on the lids as an eye primer but this month I have been loving Stay Don’t Stray as a primer for my under eyes and on troublesome areas to ensure my concealer applies smoothly and covers those nasty imperfections all day.

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin

Applies as a gorgeous pinky gold, this little magic primer potion intensifies eye shadow colour and ensures shadow stays put all day (or night) with no creases.  

NP Set Lip Gloss Compact in Vanuatu



A beautiful glossy peach, perfect to top off any everyday natural makeup look.

MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel



I’m only new to the illuminator craze but I’m now totally hooked. I love pink rebel as gives a nice pinky gold glow when applied to highlight areas (cheek bones, brow bone and bridge of nose).

Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat



My O.P.I Top Coat was on its way out and I have read great things about Mega Shine and have not been disappointment. Mega Shine speeds up drying time and allows polish to last chip free for days while giving a beautiful clear shine and it’s a cheaper alternative to O.P.I. – Love it.  

O.P.I in Russian Navy

Really loving dark nail polishes in these cooler months and this colour is a deep navy with shimmers of purple and goes so well with my winter wardrobe.

St. Ives Apricot Scrub in Invigorating



I have been using this scrub since forever and I love it as it’s a quite gritty scrub, great for both face and body and provides a noticeable smooth result.

Clinique Colour Surge Eye Shadow Duo in Beach Plum



This month I have been slowly introducing colour into my everyday eye looks. I particularly love these two colour combinations – the sandy gold really makes the plum pop.

(Top of the palette is Blushing Blush Powder in Smouldering Plum)

Lanolips Lemonaid Lip Aide



My saviour against winter chapped lips! Lanolips Lemonaid Lip Aide provides an instant moisturising effect and smells of lemon tarts – delish!

Monday, July 11, 2011

FOTD: Parisian Skies

Hi everyone! I threw together this face pretty fast for the 4th of July since Baby Peaches let me have 20 minutes to play with my face. I'd just ordered Parisian Skies from MAC's Bloggers' Obsessions collection so I figured why not check it out. It's the perfect night blue sky color without looking too blue.


Face
Lancome Dual Finish Foundation Powder Matte Buff II
YSL Touche Eclat #2
MAC Pink Cult blush
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Petticoat

Eyes- All MAC unless noted
Urban Decay Virgin (highlight and inner corner)
Vanilla(all over)
Parisian Skies(lid)
Wedge(crease)
Powerpoint Eye Pencil Engraved
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Lingering brow pencil
Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

Lips
Marquise d' lipstick




We ended up celebrating the 4th over at the inlaws house with a BBQ and fireworks. They have an amazing view of like 4-5 displays throughout the county. The Duke of Puke slept through the entire thing.

What did you end up doing for the 4th? Or was it just another Monday for you since you don't live in the states?