ulta3 Autumn lip and nail collection: review and swatches

Have you been to an ulta3 stockist lately? The cold weather hasn’t hit Sydney yet, but ulta3 have a new vampy autumnal collection out… First up, the polishes! Red Velvet – Red jelly polish. It’s a really nice classic with a twist – the jelly finish makes it look extra shiny!Blackberry Tart – Another classic colour with a jelly finish. …

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Face of Australia Lasting Looks Lip Creme swatches and review

I’ve had these beauties banging about in my handbag for a while, but haven’t gotten around to showing them off until now! Cult Aussie drugstore brand Face of Australia released these excellent lipsticks near the end of last year. The Lasting Looks Lip Cremes are vividly coloured, smooth as butter lip products with hardcore moisturising power, thanks to vitamin E …

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OPI Brazil Collection swatches and review

OPI’s Brazil collection is a vivid mix of bright cremes. I’ve got three of them to show today, as well as the liquid sand textured polishes. Amazon…Amazoff is an intense greenish teal. It’s like a greener version of Orly Teal Unreal – richly pigmented, smooth as butter and requires 2 coats. OPI Scores a Goal! is a dusty maroon creme. …

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Essence Metal Glam collection – swatches and review

Essence’s Metal Glam trend collection has finally reached Australian shores! It will be appearing in stores in March. Here’s some of the offerings: First, what always gets me excited in the Trend collections – the makeup! Naturally, the makeup in this collection is super shimmery and metallic. From left to right, I’ve swatched Gold Digger highlighting powder ($5.35 – mine …

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Concealer creasing comparison 2.0 – Collection 2000 vs MAC

After my original concealer creasing comparison here, I did some digging around to see if there were other concealers that could compare to MAC Pro Longwear. I’ve had a terrible run with MAC breaking me out (and my skin is pretty hardy), so I wanted to try my luck with other brands. I also disliked the packaging of MAC Pro …

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Face of Australia Glossy Lip Crayons – comparison swatches

I posted swatches of the fantastic new Face of Australia Glossy Lip Crayons last week. Since the smooth moisturising texture is one of my favourite lip product finishes, there are quite a few similar products in my collection, so I thought I’d show you guys some comparison swatches. First up, against other brands: Face of Australia’s Pecan Pie is a …

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Miss Ashleigh Nail Polish review and swatches

**Make sure you’ve entered my 2nd Anniversary Giveaway – closes in two days!** Here’s yet another new (to me, anyway) Aussie indie brand – Miss Ashleigh. Miss Ashleigh is run by a lovely chick called Ashleigh (surrrprise!), and they specialise in lovely workhorse cremes and shimmers, though in recent collections there have been some stunning glitters and thermals as well. …

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Sportsgirl Eye Like It palette – review and swatches

Sportsgirl has been an essential destination on my clothes shopping trips since I was a teen, but their beauty selection has grown in the past few years from a paltry selection, to a droolworthy range that wouldn’t look out of place at a drugstore. Their SG accessories store is also tantalisingly close to Town Hall station in Sydney’s CBD, so …

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