The best Christmas gift set ever! theBalm

Hi all,
If you are a last-minute type of person, keep reading! Christmas is three days away and I have the perfect gift that anyone would love to receive! It is theBalm Bold & Bronze Cosmetic Kit. This is one variation of the gift set; there is also the Bright & Pretty Cosmetic Kit.

This is perfect for any girl because it contains the perfect trio of products, which come in a super-cute cosmetic bag. This bag is so handy and great for travel. It even has a spot to hold your brushes.

The first product is the Betty-Lou Manizer. This is an multi-use powder which you can use as a bronzer, eyeshadow or luminizer. I love the packaging of this.

The next product is the Tall, Dark and Handsome Mascara. This is a great mascara which leaves your lashes looking long and voluminous. I love this!

The last product is Cocoa My Coconut Plump Your Pucker Lip Gloss. The gloss is a great size and is gorgeous in colour. The shade is just so pretty. Also, it has a yummy chocolate scent!

This set is great value. It retails for $49.95 but is valued at $81.85. It is so ideal for a woman who you want to spend a bit more on. They are bound to love it. You can purchase this from David Jones. You better get your hands this gift set because it is FANTASTIC!

I will be doing review on each product individually.

Lush's Emotional Brilliance!

Hi all,
I have heard all about the Lush Emotional Brilliance line and I was quite surprised that Lush was making cosmetics. It was awesome! So I had to try it out myself.

The first product out of the three I have is the Lush Liquid Eyeshadow in Intuitive. The base softens really easily into the skin and is made of soothing rose petal infusion, almond and jojoba oils. It also contains Cupuacu butter which helps to set the colour pigment nicely. I really like the sounds of this! The packaging of this product is cohesive throughout the Emotional Brilliance line and is really unique. The bottles are quite cute! The applicator is a sponge-tip and makes it quite easy to use and apply the product. The colour Intuitive is really nice. It is a shimmery lime green and is similar to Buxom's Stay There Shadow in Shih Tzu. The shade has such variety as it can create a bold look and a natural one too. The quality of the product is great. I quite enjoy the consistency and how smooth it glides on. Also, the shadow stays and has quite good lasting power.
RRP $24.95

 

 

Another product is the Lush Liquid Eyeliner in Control. The base contains the same ingredients as the liquid eye shadow - soothing rose petal infusion, almond and jojoba oils and cupuacu butter. This is a benefit as they seem like great ingredients and work together really well. The packaging is the same as the product above which adds a great cohesion to this new line. The applicator is a thin liner brush which makes is super easy to apply the liner and build up the thickness of the line. The shade Control is a great eyeliner colour. It is dark blue. This is great for a dramatic or natural look. Again, the quality is really lovely. It is quite long lasting and glides on so well. I really like it.
RRP $24.95

 

 

The last product from the Emotional Brilliance line is the Lush Liquid Lipstick in Confident.
The formula of this product contains a skin softening base. This base is a blend of organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax and rose wax. These ingredients are super softening and soothing on the skin and carry pigment really well. Again, I love how you can control the amount of subtly or drama you want by building on the colour or sheering it out. The packaging is cohesive with the rest of the line and is really cute. The colour Confident is quite nice. The shade is a dark rose colour. I think it is matte but it may have a slight shimmer to it. I have have said several times throughout this post, the quality of this product is superb. It goes on really well and stays on the lips for a long time. One thing that I really enjoyed is how it didn't dry out the lips. When you blended it out, it acted more as a lip stain. This is a great product.
RRP $24.95

 

 

All the products from the Lush Emotional Brilliance line are great. You should definitely go check them out.

Ulta3 Review: Mascara, Eyeliner and Lipsticks

Hi beauties,
I am excited to review four products for you from the brand Ulta3. So let's get started.

The first product is Ulta3 Liquid Eyeliner in Black. The packaging is simple but super cute featuring a predominately black tube with white flowers. It contains a lot of product for a liquid eyeliner which is great. The product comes with a very fine applicator, making it so easy to apply. The formula itself is quite long-lasting and smudge-proof. I think Ulta3 Liquid Eyeliner is ideal for putting on the lash rim with mascara. You get a nice and precise application with this product. The product retails as $6.95 which is fantastic for an eyeliner of such great quality. I mean this a superb product without the expensive price tag.

The next product I'm reviewing is the Ulta3 The Big Mascara in Very Black. Again, this product features the same cute packaging but is more shorter and wider than the liquid eyeliner. The applicator is really nice and great for volumising the lashes. The mascara creates big, thick, long and luscious lashes. It makes you look wide-eyed. The formula doesn't smudge. I think that this mascara is really well worth the small fortune you pay. For $6.95 you are getting a really good mascara.

The final product from Ulta3 is Ulta3 Lipstick in Tickled Pink and Light Candy. These products are really great. The packaging is simple and nice. The lipstick actually has a nice scent to it which is a plus. The formula doesn't dry out your lips and is not really thick. Light Candy is a lovely cotton candy pink and Tickled Pink is a true pink. They both contain shimmer in them and are really nice shades that match any look you are wearing. Again, it retails for a great price at $3.95 but is so good in quality. I think they are both so natural and are lip products that I will definitely be wearing regularly.

Light Candy

 

 

Tickled Pink

 

 

 

 

I love Buxom lip glosses!

Hi everyone,
A while ago, I went to Hawaii! It was fabulous. Again, I was able to go to Sephora which is amazing. I love everything they have to offer. I had a list planned out of everything I wanted to buy, but of course that did not go to plan at all. I am kind of happy it didn't because I bought two Buxom lip glosses that I will never regret buying.

The two I have are diamond lip glosses. This means that they have extra sparkle than the normal ones. It just so happened that I like the colours of the diamond ones. By the way, there are only two diamond shades. The first one I got was Clair which  I bought to pair up with my MAC Viva Glam V Lipstick (let me know in the comments below if you are interested in me doing a review on it). It is a really natural pinky/mauve colour. Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Polish in Clair doesn't exactly match the MAC lipstick but I paired them together because I wanted a more pinky lipgloss to go over the top. I find that I can wear it over the lipstick or by itself.
The second lip polish I bought was in the shade Starr. I think that this was a impulse buy because I purchased it on the last night. Even though, I wanted to explore more brands, I was attracted to Buxom's line and lip products. Starr is more of a dark pink/red colour which I would wear just by itself for a natural look.
The formula is really nice. It has a vanilla scent to it and plumps your lips. If you don't like the slight tingling feeling on your lips, then this gloss is not for you. I don't really mind it, so it is great. I think the product lasts long your lips too. The packaging is really nice and sleek. I would have to say that this is my FAVOURITE LIP GLOSS EVER!

Rushed Mornings? Beauty Shortcuts

Hi beauties,Don't you hate those days when you wake up late and rush through your beauty routine, missing out on steps, but still turning up late to your destination? Me too! Well, here are some beauty products that make it (nearly) impossible to run late.

1. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
The first skincare shortcut is a cleanser. I like this cleanser because it is gentle, suitable for all skin type and even removes light make-up. The time saving quality of this product is that you can use it without water. How handy?!

2. Trilogy Vital Moisturising Cream SPF15
This product is of high quality and doubles up as a moisturiser and sunscreen. It cuts down time and you don't have to be putting on two layers of creams.

3. Batiste Dry Shampoo
This product can be your lifesaver. Normally, if your hair is really greasy or dirty, you would take a shower, which takes up time. With this product, you can just spray all over and it refreshes your hair. It makes you feel confident and you can just have the shower when you get home!

4. Maybelline Fit Me! Powder
The first make-up short cut is a powder/foundation. This powder is really good and has a nice consistency. It takes more time to use a liquid or cream foundation than a powder foundation. So it doubles up to give you a matte finish and good coverage.

5. Hard Candy Fox in a Box
This product is so good for a short cut. The powder has four shades so you can use it as a blush, bronzer, highlighter or just for some colour. All you need is this compact box for a nice, glowing face.

6. Australis Lip Butter
The last shortcut is a lip butter. Australis had created a really nice lip butter that is so moisturising and has cute packaging. The shades give a subtle but nice colour to your lips. You are moisturising your lips and giving them a bit of a tint at the same time.

Australis Loves Limited Edition!

Hi everyone,
This post is about the four new limited edition products from Australis!

Colour Inject Mineral Lipsticks

RRP $12.95

So I am not really going into the product itself but more about the colours that are limited edition. So there are two Limited Edition Colours; Hustle and Hula. If you have tried the lipsticks, you know that they are super moisturising and are named after the colours of dances. Hustle is a soft apricot colour and Hula is a peachy colour.

Nail Colour
RRP $7.95
As you know I quite like the nail colours from Australis. You can check the review here! I think they are good quality and these shades are really nice. They are both matte shimmer nail colours which makes them limited edition. Flip Flops is an electric blue and Vampy is a sparkly velvet red. The shades suit warmer and cooler seasons and go well together for Australia Day nails. They are really nice!

These limited edition products are available from February to July 2012! Head to Big W, Kmart, Priceline, Target and selected pharmacies now!

ILoveThisBox.com.au January Box Review

Hey beauties,

So I have got to try pretty much everything in the January Box and I was pretty impressed!

As always, the delivery and customer service was awesome. Also the box is really sturdy and functional as usual!

 The inner box is strong and attractive. I think it is a really great size box too!

 I think the Australia Day theme was so very great! It was innovative and cute and also is symbolises ILoveThisBox's pride to be Australian.

 Again, I felt the card was very welcoming and informative as it included details such as LovePoints which reminds me to complete the surveys etc. I really love the Aussie heart on the card. It is so so so cute!

 The back of the card is so detailed yet brief. I knew all about the products without me reading on and on and on!

I loved the sticker as the heart is so cute. Last month's box had the normal sticker for Christmas. So I thought that this was great. I also loved the tissue paper and packaging.

 The Tip of the Month was a great new addition. I think they are useful and handy to have. This tip was very informative.

 The angled eye-shadow brush was nice. I didn't get to use it a lot but when I did I found it easy to use and was quite soft. I liked it very much.

 Linden Leaves Herbalist Rosemary and Cypress Shampoo is probably the product I used the most. It had a really thick consistency which I found was very nice and unique. I loved the herbal smell and it definitely lathered up nicely. This makes a perfect travel size shampoo. It left my hair feeling so healthy, soft and smooth.

 This lip balm I didn't much but it was quite good. The Strawberry scent was very yummy and lovely. Olive by Langlois lip balm was moisturising and definitely did the job of hydrating the lips. The packaging was simple and compact. I really like how the lip balm is made from olives.

 The next product in the box was the Revlon Nail Polish. I found that I couldn't really wear the shade Emerald City as it didn't go with events, outfits etc. I did try it on and the shade was quite nice. The polish was very easy to use and apply. The formula instantly evens out nail surface and brush marks and is chip resistant.

 The Revlon Eyeliner was the final product and I loved it. The colour Very Violet was great. The product was so nice to apply as I felt it glided on. The consistency was really creamy which I really loved. I also liked the smudger too!

So that were all my thoughts on the January Box. I hope you enjoy!