Review: Too Faced Pink Leopard Bronzing Powder

Too Faced has so many amazing products, with there fun packaging and products that do what they say they are going to do they are hard to go past!
This bronzer is really great and pretty. I mean just look at it!! Too cute! First and foremost let me say, the brush in the little drawer is USELESS, so don't even bother using that, get yourself a nice big fluffy brush for this. It's quite luminous and I am more likely to use it as a highlighter than a contour. It works a charm. The great thing about this powder is that it's sooo fine that when applied it looks more like you have use a liquid. Another great aspect is that it has the pink sections that really means you won't look orange or ruddy- ever!

For this gem: 4 stars!

Review: BECCA Aurora Pallette

Oh swoon! This is an amazing little palette! I love love love every little aspect of it! Let me go through each item and tell you why!

Eye Colour Wash, Madras: The perfect colour for a softer smokey eye if you don't want to go down the matte black route. I love to use it with a black pencil liner or a plum. It's a bronzed plum colour with a hit of shimmer to make your eyes sparkle! 5 stars

Compact Eyeliner, Aubergine: If I was to name this colour, I'd call it Heather. It's not reaaaaly dark enough to warrant the name Aubergine in my opinion, but it is gorgeous none the less! Works back perfectly with the Madras Eye Colour Wash. I use a thin liner brush dipped in water to apply it along the upper lash line and it looks smashing. This would make green eyes really pop! 4 stars

Creme Blush, Terracotta: Just stunning! The colour doesn't look all that exciting in the pan, but a quick swipe of this on the apples of your cheeks and you are the freshest, prettiest gal in town! Just too too delicious! I like to use Benefit Georgia over the top of this to 'set' the colour, this works well and Georgia has very little pigment and doesn't effect the amazing colour. 5 stars

Creme Eye Colour, Ametrine: Love the colour, but don't love the staying power. The colour is one of the best contour colours I have ever seen. It's a soft pearly pewter and it mimics the colour of a 'shadow' on skin amazingly well. The staying power is okay in the world of creme eye shadows but still not perfect and I find that I need to give it a bit of a blend with my finger every couple of hours, to me it's worth it for the colour. 3 stars

Nude Lip Gloss, Hibiscus Tea: Wow. Great colour that will work on almost anyone! The texture is the right amount of stickiness and lasts and lasts. 5 stars

Dual Ended Brush: The longer flat side works absolute wonders with the gloss. It's perfect for getting right into the corner of the lips. The smaller side is great for smudging any eyeshadow along the lash line. 5 stars

All up I have to give this palette 5 stars. It really is one of the most useful make-up palettes I have ever owned.

Get The Look: Scarlet Johansson.

This is one of my absolute fave looks on Scarlet! So soft and pretty but not too 'barely there'. Here's how I would re-create this one:

First I would prime with Clairns Beauty Flash Balm. Here Scarlet's make-up looks fresh but not too too dewy and I think BFB is the perfect place to start. Make sure you 'pat' on your BFB or you will run in to trouble! Next will be your foundation, for this look I would choose something of a medium weight and for me that would be Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation in your appropriate tone. No need to powder over this one, which is such a bonus. Then I would say she has a very light contour of bronzer under the cheekbones. Don't go too dark with your choice of bronzers here, and maybe go with something luminous such as Too Faced Leopard Bronzer. For the cheeks you will need a nice soft peachy blush such as Harlotte Peach Frenzy.

Now for brows. It's so important to this look that the brows are beautifully groomed, and I'll say it once and I am sure I'll be saying it again, but go for Smashbox's Brow Tech in an appropriate shade for you and you are on like Donkey Kong!

For the eyes you need to start with a great primer and I won't go past Too Faced Shadow Insurance, not only does it stop creasing but it makes the lid ready for shadow and blending is much easier. Then you want to apply some Jemma Kidd Define Stay Put Eyeliner pencil in Pitch, very softly along the upper lash lash line and on the bottom water line and smudge using the smudger on the end of said pencil. Then pat some BECCA Cream Eyeshadow in Ametrine into the contour of your eye socket. Then BECCA and eye colour wash in Madras smudged along the lower lash line and again on to the contour but this time take it further in to the outer corner and smudge along the upper lash line as well. As for mascara, keep it on your top lashes only and use Too Faced Lash Injection Pinpoint to get every lash lash coated!

Last but not least you need to do your lips! I recommend Georgio Armani Armani Silk lipstick in Shade 16 for an almost perfect match here. Then put a blob of Too Faced Status Gloss in Private Jet in the centre of the lips for that glossy plumped up look!

So you might not be blessed with Miss Johansson's perfect looks but you can have her make-up look! Have fun!

Review: Stila Sheer Colour Tinted Moisturiser

This one is a recent purchase for me. I have to say I have really enjoyed using it this week! I have quite dry skin so I need to layer a moisturiser underneath this product, but that's nothing new for me and tinted moisturisers!

It's lovely and sheer as the name would suggest and the colour bare is just perfect for my skin tone. It just dissapears on to the skin.

While it does not have a heavy coverage, it does have a reasonable amount for a tint. Enough for me on a work day anyway. I do find that I have to powder it slightly to avoid shine, but I would do that with almost any foundation.

It could have done with an SPF of 30+ and that is probably it's biggest fault. I just don't understand the point of SPF 15, I figure... why bother?

So for me this one gets 4 stars!

Review: Too Faced Shadow Insurance

I used to be a the world's biggest fan of Benefit's FYEye to keep my eyeshadow in place all day and it worked just fine! I had two issues with it though, the fact that it would dry out and the pot was a little unhygenic in my opinion.


Then I found this little gem. It really is perfection in a tube. You just apply it and let it set (I usually put it on at the beginning of my make-up application, so by the time I am up to doing my eyes it leaves the perfect canvas). Not only does it make sure that your eyeshadow doesn't creep in to the creases but it makes application of your favorite shodows soooo breazy! It's smooth and even and ready to go! So it does everything I could ask and get's rid of those little hassles I had with FYEye. Five Stars from me!

My Holy Grails of Make-Up

I am a fully fledged beautyista and I adore every aspect of it from skin care to fragrance to bath and body, but I have to admit that my first love and the thing that brought me into the world of all things beauty was Make- Up. Here is a list of some of my very favorite things!


Primer: Smashbox Photofinish Primer in Apricot

Light Coverage Base: Invisible Zinc Tinted Day Wear- Light

Medium Coverage Base: Jemma Kidd Light as Air Foundation- Ultra Fair

High Coverage Base: Georgio Armani Designer Shaping Cream Foundation- 4

Pressed Powder: The Balm Sexy Mama Powder

Loose Powder: I have yet to find one that I love

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Powder Blush: NARS (when it come to blush I can't choose just one shade)

Cream Blush: BECCA Lip and Cheek Cremes (see above)

Brow Shaper: Smashbox Brow Tech- Taupe

Eyelid Primer: Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Pencil Eyeliner: Jemma Kidd Define Stay Put Eye Liner- I love all the colours, but the Peacock is especially special!

Gel Liner: Smashbox Gel Liner- Caviar

Liquid Liner: Haven't found one I love yet

Eye shadows: MAC- there is no way I am picking a shade!

Mascara: Too Faced Lash Injection Pinpoint

Lip liner: Benefit D'finer D'liner

Lipstick: MAC Mattene- Shame they were Ltd Edition

Lip gloss: Too Faced Status Gloss- Trophy Wife

I think that's it, but I might be editing this in the future!

Stockings, the bane of my existence.

At my place of work, along with lots of fun little 'rules' I have to wear stockings (well pantyhose, but I hate that word so I say stockings) and I really think there is nothing worse. I hate the with a fiery passion. They make my legs itch, they won't last one wash (even in a lingerie bag), they are expensive, they are uncomfortable, you can't wear peep toes with them... basically they suck.
I have found some that i find okay and they are the Wicked Control Tops, I am still going through them at a rate of about 2 per week, which sucks but they are at least comparatively comfy and they have a nice glossy sheen that makes your legs look nice.
Here's the web address http://www.stockingsonline.com.au/categories.asp?cID=142

First thing's first...

Welcome!

I am writing from work for the very first time. Tres exciting. One thing I do have to say (because I am wearing them today) is that every girl should own a pair of killer blue heels! Well, I have two but that's not the point.

Seriously, you would think "Oh, blue is not that versatile and won't go with everything" and you would be dead wrong. They go with a whole host of other colours! I swear! http://www.tonybianco.com.au/product.asp?page=8&categoryID=37&productID=746 Here are some fab ones!