Australis Colour Inject Lipstick

Hey all,

Lately ive been playing around with a few Australis lipsticks because i am obsessed with their colour range ! i want every single colour from the range because what i have noticed is that they are all quite universal colours that can warm to most skin tones and suit most complexions which is a big plus ! Ive decided to do a quick review on my favourite colour from the range in the shade 'Salsa'. Its a fresh summer toned lipstick which is a mix between a bright coral and pink and its just really pretty.

The application of the lipstick is quite smooth and easy to apply, and they are an absolute bargain at about $10 mark ! The lipstick applies with a gloss in the formula but once it starts to wear away, the gloss disappears but the lip colour still remains which is good because you can wait a little longer before a touch up is necessary.

Get your hands on these lipsticks at your local Target, Priceline, Big W or Kmart... At this price, youd be silly not to atleast have a browse

Love Suzie xx

I think im blushing ! :)

Hey dolls,

Now that summer has ended in Australia i find myself pushing my bronzers into the back of my blush drawer and reaching for blushes as i love the pinky cheeks in winter for day and a darker maroon toned blush for an evening look.

So theres a few which im a little excited about this winter so i figure id list them all and describe them and hopefully post a photo by tomorrow because surprise surprise i couldnt locate my camera !

Here we go.. by day time im loving, Benefit blushing bride which is actually an eyeshaddow but its like a really nice pale pink which is a little bright and warms so nicely to your skin tone but it doesnt have the best staying power, but maybe cause its an eyeshaddow and not necessarily meant to be used as a blush ?. However, it is really silky though which i like so sometimes i just use it over a cream blush to help the staying power.
 Maybelline Dream Mousse blush in the colour number 20 which is a cream blush in a really pretty pinky peach colour which gives such a nice natural glow with a bit of colour. This one stays on forever because its cream based which i then set with a translucent powder.
The next two are both from American Beauty and are medium pink toned in Flamingo and Apricot Twist which i bought forever ago and never used them and now i loveeee them ! I was very surprised by these ones because i got them for $2.50 each from a beauty outlet store so i thought at that price they would be complete duds, but oh how i was wrong.. The colour range is pretty good with about 15 different shades to choose from and the staying power is great. I definately recommend these.

And by evening i swear my Mac's matte blush in fever which is a darker maroon colour and the best way to describe it, is something between a bronzer and a blush and cause its matte it shows up beautifully in flash photography especially..

While im on the topic, I might aswell do a quick recap on the bronzers that ive been using through summer. I used an Australis bronzer by day which had a bronzer on one side and a highlighter which was soo shimmery on the other side which was so convenient cause i used it all as a bronzer and eyeshaddow when i was in a rush cause it had a highlighter all in one. Alternatively during the day id use my Stila bronzer in shade 2 or for a more natural look id use Mac matte bronzer in coppertone which is a medium type brown. For an evening id normally reach for Mac Mineralize Skin Finish in Deep Medium or my Napoleon bronzing brick which i think ive repurchased atleast 6 times so far- its an oldie but a goodie !

I think i might end this here before i publish a book by the time im done with the bronzing and  blushing blab haha..

Speak to you soon..

xxxx Suzie xxxxx

Favourite product of February: Lipstains !

Hey guys,

Im doing my favourite product of February and i went lipstain crazy last month. I  used to think lipstains only came in colours like red and burgandy but freaked out when i saw they came in like mauve purplish colours and pinks and just cute colours all round.
I bought quite a few actually.. well a few is only two so i suppose i bought three times of a few lol.
Ill tell you the best bits of each one and my faves and ill post pictures at the end that ill look for online cause im really not bothered going upstairs to look for them and take photos haha !
So my absolute favourite is the Rouge Hi-tech lipstain by Borjois which i got in two different shades of red which i loveee ! They just look so natural on your lips and the packaging is so cute with a little sponge tip applicator in a nail polish type of bottle. Im not sure if you can use this as a lip and cheek stain but ive used it on my cheeks too so im going to say yes to that.
The Covergirl Outlast lipstain and the Revlon Just Bitten range are pretty much the same now that i think of it, marker type of application tip, with a lip balm on the other end. I wouldnt recommend the Covergirl ones, the two i bought both dried out within about 2 weeks but the Revlon ones have been good since i got them. These arent anything really special or exciting but the application is alot easier especially when your in a rush for something or somewhere and i found they were the ones that won their place into my handbag.
The Napoleon Set lipstain and lip plumper duo worked really well for me, it plumped and coloured so what else could i ask for ! These are cute in the classic NP set white packaging in a lip gloss tube.
The one ive been using alot lately is the Australia brush on lip and cheek tint which i actually really like the taste of and it does as it claims, it has a cute little brush applicator so its just like putting gloss on with a lip brush and it blends really nicely into your cheeks so thats an A+ !
Lastly, most expensive of the lot is the Benefit benetint which i love because the packaging is too cute, its like one big nailpolish bottle. It really does the same job as all of the above, no product will stay on forever so you will eventually need to re apply it like the rest. My advice would probably be, save yourself a few pennies and buy one not so pricey as the benetint.

Until next time,
love Suzie

xxx