NARS Orgasm v Natio Peach Glow

Okay, so... SERIOUSLY. What is with people saying that these two are dupes for each other? Buy Peach Glow if you want a cheap dupe for NARS Orgasm? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These photos are in absolutely no particular order, I just wanted to STOP the madness!



My Makeup Collection

Okay so I haven't posted since last JUNE! So I thought I'd do a post which I like reading about on other people's blogs/YouTube. Makeup collections!

Not that anyone will probably care, but I just want to say that I am NOT a professional AT ALL! This is just my pretty small collection of products that I use on myself (or that gather dust). I am in no way trying to show off, I just thought this would be fun.

Please excuse my crappy commentary under each photo!

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The drawers I store my makeup in are from Officeworks. They are the clear Keji drawers and are $13.98 if I recall correctly. I have two sets - and they are stackable as you can see! They have three small drawers and one large one.



This is all of my beauty related stuff (minus hair products and a few different deodorants!)

On top of the drawers I store most of my moisturisers and perfumes and some palettes stored in file organisers. The palettes I have up here are 3 coastal scents (shimmer colour/matte colour/warm colour) and the Urban Decay Naked palette (original).

 In the top drawer I keep all of my mascaras, eyeliners and fake lashes. As you can see this drawer mainly consists of drugstore products, but I have the occasional Stila Smudgepot and MAC Fluidline. Also... I have lots of unopened/unused things in this drawer! I rediscovered a few mascaras by doing this blog post!

 Next, I keep my smaller eyeshadow palettes and single eyeshadows as well as my eyeshadow primers. This drawer consists of a mix of drugstore and high end palettes inc Nars, UD, Smashbox, Chanel, Dior, Stila and Sephora. Favourite high end would probably be Chanel Ombres (?) in Nymphea (unfortch discontinued!) and UD Jones. Favourite drugstore is the Maybelline Diamond Shine (I think it's called) in the orangey/bronzey shades.

 This drawer has all of my 'face' products, minus foundations. So, blushes, bronzers, illuminators etc are all in here. In case you are wondering, the 3 NARS shades I have are Crazed, Orgasm and Luster.

I feel like this is my drawer of Sin. LOOK AT ALL THOSE FOUNDATIONS! I will NEVER get through them all! Holy mother. And hidden up the back there are TWO unopened MAC foundations. One Studio Fix Powder in C4 and the Studio Fix fluid in NW25. I was matched in store to NW25, but it oxidises like crazy and makes me oompa loompa ish. My powder colours I have are NW25, NC25 (2 of those!) NC30 (opened but unused) and C4. I don't know what it is about my skin but it sure seems to fluctuate! Sometimes the NWs look way too pink so I use an NC, sometimes NC looks awful and NW looks best.



 Now, my Lips drawer. Probably the product I have least of. I am useless at applying lipstick. Absolutely useless. So, I just have a random collection of lip products I've accumulated over the years. Only one real high end lipstick there, Chanel Rouge Coco Hydrating Lip Colour (phew!) in Teheran. As I suck at applying it, I tend to go for drugstore products so I don't waste my money! Oh, oops, just spotted a YSL Golden Gloss there too. That's high end. These are very nice.

This drawer is full of my eye brushes. Stila, Sigma, Ecotools are the main brands I have. Along with Priceline cheapies.

 Here are all my 'Face' brushes. Not a very extensive collection as you can see. Favourites here are the small Ecotools kabukis. I use one for buffing liquids, and the other to buff my Studio Fix. Traditional foundation brushes pale in comparison!

Here are all my nailpolishes. Lots of them are Ulta3 and BYS which I find are both excellent as long as you use a top coat!

So, there you have my makeup collection. Nothing impressive, just thought I'd put it out there!

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Hmm, personally - finally in my last semester of UNI! Yay! Nothing much else is new.

EM.

3 months??

I can't believe it's been 3 months since I last posted... Time has absolutely flown. I have managed to complete yet another semester of uni, and have made a lot of new purchases. I've copy and pasted my recent purchases from my short-lived Tumblr (much prefer the dashboard here) which is below this post. So far, I've received the MAC foundation, and the hair curler. I'm still waiting for the Naked palette and the Sigma brushes... I can't wait!

Since I made that post I have made two small purchases.

Chanel Rouge Coco Hydrating Creme Lip Colour in 76 Sari Dore. It's from the Summer 2011 Collection. I just tried taking a few pics of swatches but the flash washes the colour out and does not do it justice. I will get around to doing a review on it and include some pictures then. But my initial thoughts on it are... I LOVE IT! It is a perfect coral-y, pink-y, bright but not overwhelming colour. And that Chanel lipstick smell is to die for. Next on my wishlist is Teheran.

I was inspired to buy a new lipstick after seeing the 'Are you a lipstick or eyeshadow person?' thread on VF. It got me thinking - I always put effort into my eyes but then abandon my lips. No more! In fact I am excited because it means I can put in less effort on the eyes and then focus on the lip colour. This should drastically reduce the time it takes me to do my makeup for special occasions.

I've also bought Revlon ColorStay Liquid Eyeliner in Blackest Black. After watching youtuber emilynoel83 use it and rave about it i bought it for myself. It was about $25AUD (so wayyyyyyy exxy for what is considered drugstore) but to ease the pain i had $10 on a Westfield gift card which i put toward the purchase.

Other products I am loving at the moment:

Joico Colour Endure Violet Shampoo

picture from joico.com

I LOVE THIS! IMO it beats Matrix so silver HANDS DOWN! It's far more pigmented and much less drying (although, beware - it still is NOT what is considered a moisturing shampoo).

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Gentle Exfoliating Facial Scrub

picture is my own!

As you can see... I've almost squeezed the death out of this! I love it. My only gripe is that some of the exfoliating particles are way too big and a bit scratchy?! It's very moisturising, removes makeup well, and does NOT leave skin with that tight feeling. It has not broken me out at all despite the formula being quite heavy. I will definitely be repurchasing this!

(it has a flip-cap on the lid, but I have unscrewed it to get the dregs of the tube out!)

I'm not on uni holidays, so I hope to get around to some regular posting!

Post from my tumblr...

Recent purchases

When I went through all my stuff to see what I’d bought recently/what’s on its way to me, I got a shock to see just how much money I’d spent. And this is just beauty related items. So as ashamed as I am, I’m also excited! I love stuff!

In no particular order:

Maybelline Extreme Wear quad in Designer Chocolates






pic from maybelline.com

I haven’t bought a low-end palette for a very long time - in fact I don’t have any others in my collection and can’t remember the last time I bought one. (Apart from the Coastal Scents ones! they don’t count!) I picked this up from Woolworths for around $12. I’ve only swatched it on fingers but the colours seem to be nice and pigmented.

Urban Decay Naked Palette






pic from hqhair.com

I’d heard the hype about this palette so when it came on hqhair.com for $41 AUD (using a discount code) I couldn’t resist. Thank god for the strong Aussie dollar at the moment.

MAC Studio Fix Powder






pic from maccosmetics.com.au

I got this in shade NC25. I’ve used it before and when I saw it on Strawberrynet for $31.50 AUD I bought it. I got matched to NW25 in the liquid foundation but oh my god it’s so RED and unnatural looking on me. I stupidly bought it in store as well. $49… ouch. Needless to say it’s still in its box.

Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue






pic from Strawberrynet.com

I love this fragrance! I first bought it 8 years ago and have picked it up intermittently ever since then. I hadn’t used it for about 3 years and saw it on Strawberrynet and couldn’t resist! From memory I think it was about $85AUD for the 100mL. The smell brings me straight back to my last year of high school. Isn’t it amazing what the power of scent can do?

Assorted Sigma brushes… I can’t remember which ones exactly. I think a few eyeshadow brushes, a pencil brush and a blush brush.

Babyliss Ceramic Conical Curler






pic from ry.com.au

No, it’s not something naughty! Hehe.
Have given up trying to curl with my ghd, and I saw a few awesome tutorials on YouTube using one of these so I bought one for myself. It cost $71.86 AUD, but I used a discount code for 10% off.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick - Coral in Gold. Am undecided how I feel about this yet! The staying power doesn’t seem to be that great. Picked this up from Kmart, was $10 AUD - must have been a promotion

MAC Mineralize Blush in Dainty - love this! Got for about $22 AUD from Strawberrynet.

Moroccan Oil Light






I picked this up when I had my hair done last week. Love the smell of it and my hair feels awesome after using it! $50 AUD - yes I realise I could have gotten it cheaper online!

Yay, it’s Friday and we have a long weekend in WA!

Too bad I have uni exams.

Dear Blog,

I promise I haven't forgotten about you, it's just that I've been really busy with uni work recently. Don't worry, I've still done plenty of online shopping and bought shoes, clothes and makeup which I'll put up here as soon as I have another spare second.

Love,

Emma

Waiting Game

I love ordering things online, but I hate when they seem to take forever to arrive. I'm incredibly impatient. Currently I'm waiting for 2 ASOS orders - the one I posted about before, and also another order (I'm hopeless) of a skirt and a pair of earrings, and 2 Sigma Beauty orders (yes, I made another one). I want to have them right away!

I haven't ordered any cosmetics (or purchased in store) since I blogged about my ACW order. That is such an achievement for me, because usually I get the urge to buy something at least once a week. Most days I make up mock orders, but then once I get the guilts I close my browser and do something else to distract myself. I think I am getting to the stage now where I have found products that I am happy with and know how to apply them properlyish.

The Chevron City to Surf is on again in about 5 months time. I have already started to train for it, and by train I mean only doing a mere 3.5km run per day. The weather in Perth has been atrociously hot and HUMID the last 19 days. It's still been 32C when I've gone for a run at 7:30pm. I'd love to run in the mornings but I am a grump in the mornings and won't get out of bed if my life depends on it. I will increase my distance when it cools down a bit, but my fitness is already a little better.

Bedtime!

ASOS etc

I bought this off asos.com today:

It cost 21GBP but I had a 10% off code. And there's FREE SHIPPING! That eases the pain somewhat.

I also bought these: (top - Sigma E30, bottom Sigma E10)

 

pictures ripped from sigmabeauty.com 

I wanted to get the pencil brush as I've been wanting the MAC one for a while but couldn't justify the price, and got the fine liner brush because I've heard it's an excellent dupe for the MAC 210.

Today I had a lovely fish and chip lunch in Fremantle. Then a gigantic icecream at Baskin Robins. I swear that Baskin Robins serves you so much more than any other BR! So I was feeling pretty fat after that, which made me decide to go for a brisk hour long walk along the river in South Perth.

Our city is beautiful.