It was my 23rd birthday last Saturday, hooray! Why am I talking about my birthday? Birthday gift cards of course!
Besides from the usual suspects of Myer, David Jones and Country Road, a new beauty popped up this year. A nice little Mecca Maxima gift card to the
tune of a sweet $100.
So last Sunday I went in and just wandered around
swatching everything on the back of my hand in a lipstick induced trance. After
I left, the back of my hand looked like a Jackson Pollock piece. I waited
a week to write this post so I could use all the products everyday and see how
they measured up.
Clinique Chubby Stick in Woppin' Watermelon
I am already a massive fan of the Clinique Chubby Sticks;
I have about 3 floating around in my handbag, 2 stashed in my car and a couple
more in my bathroom. I prefer these to lipsticks in the daytime as they are hydrating and
create a natural looking lip colour without being over the top. Very
similar to another chubby stick I have in Curvy Candy but minus the
sparkle, Woppin' Watermelon is the perfect daytime shade of pink and I
don't have a bad thing to say about it. Go pick one up right now. I'll sit here
and wait, off you go.
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner
in Intense Black
According to Stila, this eyeliner is 'waterproof,
easy to use and lasts all day', and for once a cosmetics company isn't sugarcoating things. I tested this little beauts staying power last night when I fell
asleep with my makeup on after one (or five) too many Beefeater London Dry Gins with
Indian Diet Tonic. And when I woke up this morning smelling of gin, Dior, and a
little bit of regret, it was still in tact. That is until I rubbed my eyes and
smeared it everywhere but considering that I applied it at 2.30pm Saturday and
woke up 8am Sunday morning, and that is pretty good in my opinion. I usually
use the Maybelline Eye Studio Master Precise Ink Pen in Black, which is a
pretty good dupe at a fifth of the price of Stila. Both come in a felt tip pen style
that make it so easy to use, especially when doing a fabulous cat eye. The
Stila has a lot more staying power; the added feature of being waterproof and
the colour is a lot more intense. I'll still continue to use the Maybelline
liner for everyday outings, but for a long night out, your best bet is the
Stila liner.
Nars Sheer Matte
Foundation in Light 2 Mont Blanc and Nars Foundation Pump
Oh Nars, why are you that guy? You
know the guy I’m talking about. That shifty guy who sells a foundation
separately to the pump. You hang around with the other baddies like Estee Lauder
who just don't make a pump for their foundation at all. No one, and I mean no
one likes to have to carefully pour foundation on to the back of their hand to
apply it with a brush. That aside, the colour of this foundation is a perfect match for me,
absolutely spot on. Which is saying a lot because many foundation brands don't
cater for either really dark or really light skin tones. If your one of those
sun kissed, spray tanning, olive skin toned beauties, the foundation world is
your oyster. Tip? DO NOT APPLY THIS WITH A BRUSH. I used my favourite, the Real
Techniques Expert Face Brush and it looked dreadful. Absolutely dreadful and
super streaky. It's one of those foundations where you have to get back to your
inner kindergartener and apply with your fingertips. Which is super messy and I’m
not a fan of, so it loses a lot of points for that. It's also a very light
coverage foundation, so if you're having a bad skin day, steer clear as this
foundation will not show you any mercy.
Bonus off topic story
When typing up about Nars being that
shifty guy, it reminded me of a story from my third year at Uni. I was waiting
out the front of building 80 (RMIT represent!) to meet a friend for dinner
after a late night economics class when i saw a father and his daughter who
must have been about five, who were obviously waiting for someone as well.
Then, next thing you know this guy who looks like the Unabomber in a crazy long
trench coat comes up and starts talking to this little girl and her father who
were both visibly disturbed. "Want me to show you something?" he said. Then he starts to open up his coat, and I
obviously assume that he is going to flash them. Nope. He opens up his coat
flasher style, to reveal all these pigeons. In his pockets. Pigeons in pockets.
Like some sort of weird Roald Dahl story. Oh Melbourne, you are crazy charming.
Emphasis on the crazy.
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