Torquay, Bells Beach, the Lighthouse (OOTD)

Cotton On Skirt, Valley Girl top. Adidas Watch. Tiffany Necklace, Rayban Sunnies.

This is what I did a lot of the holiday - twitter! I got in trouble a fair bit.. haha

The beaches are absolutely amazing. I had the best best time!

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Before and After Melbourne Haul

Before I went to Melbourne I bought a set from Travel Style Mavens Ciao Bella, and although I wasn't clever enough to buy it in time before I left, it was a lovely surprise waiting for me when I got home. I love that it is real leather, it is absolutely beautiful. I love the packaging that it came in as well, super cute!

On my last day in Melbourne I went to Daiso - the Japanese shop where everything is $2.80. Everything. It was amazing. I was on the hunt for some cheap Asian Cosmetics to play around with, and boy did they deliver! Plus, the little orange pencil case was just cute as, it is bright orange, what is not to love? The lipsticks are quite waxy, but they appear to be pretty long lasting, once I have tried them out I shall keep you posted. Plus, the eyeliners are pretty cool, one is a flat square foam brush, the other is a thin brush. I am pretty excited to try these, again, I shall keep you posted!

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Manic (ure) Mondays Take Three

Final installment of the Manic Mondays series, on my Maybelline nail polishes. Part one = here, part two = here.

Dark Plum is a beautiful black purple. It has a better formulation than the Urban Lemon, Party Blue and the Green, which means that it was much easier to apply. Two coats gives you a very opaque, dark purple. Perfect for standing out!

Coral Rose is another colour with a light orange shimmer fleck through it, but this again somehow made the formula much better, and an awful lot easier to spread without patchiness. In fact, this polish has the easiest application of the lot.

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Packing for Melbourne

My red robe must come with me. I am going with my boyfriend after all ;)

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Another to add to the collection...

Mimco Turnlock Travel Wallet (Black)

Beautiful, isnt it? I realise that the title makes it sound like I just skittishly went and bought this, with no real thought or feeling. Quite the opposite, I have been dreaming about it for weeks, finally when Mimco had another flash sale I figured that I better pounce! This is the Mimco Turnlock Travel Wallet in Black. I bought this one as a wallet to keep my spare cards in, because my wallet isn't big enough. I think it's too pretty to chill out in my bag though, plus my phone fits in it! I think this may just become my new clutch bag... In any rate, it is amazingly beautiful, and I kinda just feel like cuddling it. I cannot believe it is finally mine...

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Oh Australis, you have pleased me again.

I mean, just look at my Tag Cloud and you can see how many times I have reviewed their products. Once again, I am obsessed with an Australis product. This time, it is the Show Stopper Gloss Sticks, in particular the colour of Hoola Hoop, although the next time I head to Priceline I will be picking up a couple of the other colours me thinks. This product is that good.

The Gloss Sticks are basically lip tints, which give you a brightly coloured finish with a slight gloss to the look. The tint however lasts for AGES, which is the reason that I love this product so much. I have a tendency to lick my lips a lot, especially when I am eating or drinking, which is something that I didn't notice until I started wearing lipstick all the time and wondering where the hell it always disappeared to. This tint last remarkably well through my lip licking (ewww, sounds so gross haha) although the colour does start to fade after 4 to 6 hours of wear, depending on how much you have eaten. The gloss disappears pretty quickly, leaving the lovely tint for those of us out there who aren't a big fan of lip gloss - my hand is up.

I love this lippie very much. The only negative that I have is that when it starts to come off it leaves a ring around your lips, which is almost impossible to get off without makeup remover. Reapplication of the gloss stick hides this somewhat, however you don't get as perfect finish as when you first apply it. Small price to pay I think, for me finding a lippie that actually stays on my lips without feeling like paint.

This product featured in these two FOTD posts, if you are wanting to have a bit more of a look: one, and two.

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My last day of holidays Outfit of the Day and Face of the Day

Last friday was my last day of holidays before I started prac this week, and I spent the day running errands, before going to a friends party. For once it wasn't deathly hot in Brisbane, so I wore my midi skirt. This was basically a chance for me to play with my new camera, and a chance for me to discover that I really need to clean my mirror!

OOTD: Cotton On White Square Shirt, Dotti Skirt

FOTD:

Yes, I realise that it is super powdery, but I live in Brisbane, and this was freshly applied. If I had of given it ten more minutes to soak in/for the humidity to get it before taking the picture it would have looked perfect. Ten minutes after that and it would have slid off my face haha. Also, please ignore the half wet hair.

Invisible Zinc ESP facial Moisturizer
Invisible Zinc Silk Shield Foundation
Revlon Age Defying Concealer
Australis Creme Blush in Flirtatious Pink
SLA Loose Powder
Inglot Bronzer in #80
Rimmel Punchy Taupe Eyeshadow
Rimmel Professional Liquid Eyeliner
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Maybelline Brow Pencil in Dark Blonde
Australis Gloss Stick in Hoola Hoop

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Manic (ure) Mondays Take Two

Here is part two of my Maybelline Nail Polish swatches.

First up: Urban Lemon. This polish is a very bright lemon colour (funny that). Again, it was incredibly hard to get an even application with the polish, because it is so runny - I am sensing a theme here with these polishes. Again, as you can see by the picture you get a pretty patchy finish, similar to the other two polishes.

Second: Urban Orange. A really bright orange with a slight shimmer fleck through it. This one was a bit more true to how I like to apply nail polish - one thin coat and I am gone. I applied two for benefit of the camera however. This is a very pretty colour, however I am not a massive fan of shimmer, so I would prefer if this had more of a flat colour, similar to the other three that I have swatched. Formulation is a zillion times better for this polish however!

In an attempt to get a better image of the shimmer fleck I went outside. In return all you get is a picture of how messy the edges of my application were. I am so dodgy at nail polish application!

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Something fun for your Saturday...

Last night I went to a friends 21st birthday. The theme - 80's prom. It was amazing, everyone got really into it. Here is a few photos that Tim and I took in a little pre party photo shoot.
PS. Finding an 80's prom costume is not has hard as you might imagine... embarrassing haha

Illamasqua Pigment, Benefit Loose Powder in a Go Go Girl. David Jones Lipstick in Whisper Pink.

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