I was planning on posting this as my May
favorites but things happened, my Internet went down, my laptop was getting its
annual checkup and before I knew it June was almost over and I missed out on
that socially acceptable block of time that allows for monthly favorites. (Side note: OMG! Where has the year
gone!?). But I was thinking and all of these things that I've loved in May,
I've continued to use and love every other day. So I'm here to present a post
that essentially talks about the stuff I've been loving lately.
For someone who lives in Australia a lot
of makeup or cosmetic brands aren't available to us on this massive island, or
it's excessively overpriced. However, feelunique.com was having a sale a few
months ago so I decided to take advantage of the International shipping and
place my first order. I treated myself to various items in the Zoella beauty
range including Zoe's "Favorite things" makeup bag, "Hey
Roomie" reed diffuser and "Wonderhand" hand cream. I have
to admit, despite me forgetting to include the first two in the photos (Whoops), they are all equally amazing. The
makeup bag is cute, a lovely size for fitting my essentials in for a weekend
trip and is made of a sturdy material so I'm not worried if it will split at
its seams when overfilled with one too many lipsticks. The reed difuser has
taken up residence on my bathroom vanity ensuring the room smells good all day
everyday.
Although Australian winters aren't as cold when compare to,
say, the European or American winters, I've learnt that taking extra care to
moisturize during winter helps to avoid having sore, dry hands by the end of
the season. I've realized that I've developed an endless selection of creams
but it seems that, this season, The Zoella Wonderhand is the one that has taken
the top spot next to my bed. The Shea makes it so moisturizing, it smells
lovely, it looks so cute and it was priced reasonably well even after the
currency conversion.
Next on my feelunique.com haul I have to
include the Real Technique Bold Metal brushes in numbers 100 and 101. For the
past year I had been using mineral loose powder makeup but have recently
decided to convert back to liquid foundation for multiple reasons, but more on
that later. I went in search for a brush that I could multitask with because
who doesn't love a good multi-tasker. I had looked into a Sigma 3DHD kabuki
because the shape looked very interesting but I refused to pay USD$40 in
shipping for USD$30 worth of product. The 101 gave me the triangular shape that
I can use for the curves of my face, under the eyes and around the lips whilst
the flat edge works to distribute and buff the foundation across the flats of
my cheeks and forehead. The 100 brush I used for both pressed and loose setting
powder to get a nice matte finish. I had originally fallen in love with the
Hourglass Powder Brush until the $100 price tag broke my heart into a million
pieces. The 100 RT Bold Metal brush is completely different in structure but
still applies powder very well.
Where I need a foundation brush,
foundation is needed. As I mentioned before I’ve recently gotten back onto the
liquid foundation bandwagon. I had changed to mineral powder at the start of
2015 because of extreme breakouts and I needed time for my skin to heal and
recover. I walked into Mecca and the lovely makeup consultant sat me down and
ran through various different foundations and we spoke about key ingredients,
formulations and amount of coverage required. I eventually settled on trying
out the Too Faced Born This Way foundation. It’s an oil and paraben free medium to full coverage foundation. SO far it’s been working great. I mainly wanted a
foundation that will stay put on my face all day without it clogging my pores.
I have since learnt the necessities of a setting powder and regularly washing foundation
brushes. Too Faced offer an impressive variety of shades in which I do believe
they’ve recently added six additional shades to the collection. But Born This
Way has become my daily foundation and I don’t expect to be changing that
anytime soon.
My next item I had been following closely on Instagram and gushed
every time I saw it. I love a beautiful eye shadow palette to brighten up my day
and Tarte’s Tartlette 2: In Bloom palette was all the colours I wanted for
winter. Those gold and bronze shimmers and earthy maroon mattes with a well
thought out selection of light and darker shades made me envy anyone who lived
in a country they shipped to. HOWEVER, Tarte announced their entrance to worldwide
shipping and I was literally jumping around the house. A few weeks later they
were having a sale and if you haven’t already noticed, I can’t just let a good
sale slide on by. My friend and I pulled together and bought a haul of Tarte
makeup including multiple Tartelette palettes. Since then I have combined some
of the colours with my UD Naked 2 and Stila Eyes are the Window Soul palette. I
must also add here that every time I open this palette there is a subtle sweet fragrance
that reminds me of the Too Faced Cocoa collection and it kind of makes me crave
chocolate.
I could go on for an eternity about items that I’m loving this winter
however I believe I should leave it here. I know I’ve been pretty slack with
uploading but this blogging thing is so new for me and I have no clue if this
will ever been seen by anyone but if it does, leave a comment and tell me some
things that you’re loving this season! I do like a good chat.
But until next time,
Michelle xo
