NYX Lip Gift Sets - Review and Swatches

I recently saw that NYX has come out with a bunch of new lip gift sets. I think they came out with around  4 or 5 different sets and I purchased 3 of them, the Chunky Dunk Hydrating Lippie set, The Legends LipSet02 and Butter Gloss BLGSET03. I have to say these sets are quite amazing and especially for the price, $10.25- $14.25. I already love NYX lip products but now I have some new favourites.

The Chunky Dunk set comes with 4 lip stick/jumbo pencils ranging in shades from a pale pink to a darker brown nude. I had never tried the Chunky Dunk products before but I was amazed at the quality. They are super pigmented and go on so smooth. They feel very moisturising and as the products suggests very Hydrating to the lips. They are a good every day staple, something to throw in the handbag and you wont even need a mirror to apply.

The Legends Lip Set 2 comes with 5 lip glosses with a brighter shade range. First of all these lip glosses smell amazing and the pigmentation leans more towards a liquid lipstick / lip gloss hybrid with a high colour pay off. They glide on to the lips and have the perfect about of stickiness where it is not to overwhelming but enough to make them last. These lip glosses are perfect to either wear on their own or paired over a lipstick.

The Butter glosses have to be one of my favourite product from NYX of all time so I was very excited to try this set. It comes with 3 butter glosses with a variety of shades. The butter glosses like the lip glosses smell amazing the scent reminds me of a sugar cookie. The pigment is amazing and as the name suggests they go on like butter. They are very creamy however they still have a lasting power of around 3 hours.

BLGSET03
From top to bottom- 
Red Velvet, Tiramisu,
 Devils' Food Cake

"Chunky Dunk Lip set"
From top to bottom- Pink Bikini,
Cherry Smash,
Hibiscus Tea Punch,
Caramel Martini

"The Legends Lip Set 02"
From top to bottom- 
Classic Pink, Classic Coral,
Classic Red, Classic Fuchsia,
Classic Violet

After testing all these products my favourites would have to be the Chunky Dunk and the Butter Glosses. However, I do highly recommend all these products so I suggest you get down to Target and pick these up before they are all gone.

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~ Cass

Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil - Review

I use to think that the hardest thing about make up was trying to find a way to remove it all at night in the easiest and most effective way, that is until I came across the Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil. It is actually a dupe for the Mac Cleanse Off Oil for nearly half the price!

This oil works like magic you simply take a pump and massage it onto dry skin. You will immediately see your entire face of make up breaking down. Your eye make up will come right off even waterproof mascara!

Once you have rubbed it all in you can then add water and it turns into a foamy consistency to further cleanse the skin. Simply rinse off with warm water and your skin will feel amazing.

With a full face of make up 

After 2 mins of Cleansing
all make up is removed!

2 Pumps of the oil applied
to my dry skin

Another great thing about this oil is that it does not break me out or clog my pores. It has actually improved the way my skin looks as it now clear from all the make up residue and dirt that sits below the skin.

It is made from fresh flowers therefore the ingredients are all natural so there is no harsh chemicals that will dry out or harm your skin.

This has now become one of my favourite ways to remove my make up as it is quick and easy but still very effective.

Give it a try, would love to hear what you think!

~ Cass

Shaaanxo Colourpop - First Impressions Review

For months now I have heard great things about the Colourpop products. So when Shaaanxo collaborated, and the shipping was finally open to Australian and NZ, I was immediately on top of this.

I purchased the Shaaanxo collaboration along with 'So Quiche' eyeshadow and 'Punky' lippie pencil and lippie stix. Each coloupop product is $5 USD each and the shipping was around $13 to Australia. 

I first have to say the packaging is adorable and great quality. It arrived in a box with a personalised note and padding to keep the products safe in transit. 

Now to the eyeshadow, the Shaaanxo set comes with 4 eyeshadows, 2 matte and 2 pearlized.

From Left to Right- Deluxe, Rebel,
So Quiche, XO, Selfie

My first impression was that these shadows are amazingly pigmented and creamy. The picture below shows swatches of each colour with only one swipe in the product. However this photo does not do the colours justice. 

The pearlized shadows have the most incredible metallic finish with a sparkle to it, yet the glitter is not chunky or patchy. It is the perfect consistency and applies so well to the eye lid. I have found it is best applied with my ring finger to achieve the best pigment. 

The matte shadows are so smooth and so easy to blend, except there is no fall out. The colour just glides through the crease and creates such an amazing look with ease. I have found the best application is with a fluffy blender brush such as the Sigma E35. 

From Top to Bottom- So Quiche, Selfie,
XO, Deluxe, Rebel  

From top to bottom- Lippie Stix 'Punky' , Lippie Pencil 'Punky

For the lip products colourpop have created matching lippie pencils and lippie stix. You can purchase the matching products or be 

creative and alternate to create an ombre lip. I purchased the matching set of 'Punky.' 

The lippie pencil is very creamy and does not tug on the lips when applied. It is easy to both the line the outside of the lips or alternately fill in the entire lip surface. The colour is such a perfect pink it is not to bright but at the same time still has an intense colour pay off. 

The lippie stix is also very creamy and slides onto the lips. It matches the lippie pencil perfect and creates a perfect pink lip. I have found that with both the lippie pencil and lippie stix they have a long wearing ability and will last for up to 4 hours. However,  I have found you need to be 

careful when applying not to twist it up to far as it could likely break off. 

From top to bottom- Lippie Pencil, Lippie Stix  

Overall, I am very impressed with the colourpop cosmetics and the people behind it. They have great customer service and I will continue to try new products from them. 

~ Cass 

The beginning - Everyday Makeup Routine

Hey everyone,

Welcome to my new blog! I have decided to create a blog where I can share my interests and aspects of my life with the blogging community. I aim to write about beauty, DIYs, cooking and lifestyle events.

A few things you should know I am 21 and from Melbourne, Australia. My skin is fairly normal with the exception of hormonal breakouts.

As this is the first post I thought I would start of with something simple like my everyday make up routine.

 

I like to keep my make up to a minimum on the day to day basis. In order to do so I begin with the hourglass mineral veil primer.  This is perfect as it has a purple tone to it in which cancels out redness. It also makes my skin so smooth and keeps my make up lasting all day. 

Next up is concealer and my favourite one is the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer in the shade 'fair clair'. It is perfect for covering up dark circles and making the under eye area appear much brighter. I then apply some of this to the top of my nose, the centre of my forehead and my chin. Once blended i move on to powder.

I first set my concealer with the Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Finishing Powder. It is finely blended and does not add any extra coverage so therefore it does not look cakey.

I then use the Tarte Amazonian Clay Full coverage Foundation on the rest of my face. This is a powder foundation however it applies smoothy and does not have a powdery finish. It looks more like an airbrushed finish and is fast & easy to apply so is perfect for everyday.

I then move on to blush and bronzer. My favourites of the moment are  Nars Laguna Bronzer and Mac Springsheen Blush. The Nars bronzer is the perfect shade, not to muddy or to orange, it gives you the perfect bronze glow. The mac blush is a rosey pink with a slight gold shimmer. It is not intense and I have found it goes with almost every make up look. 

 On the everyday I do not tend to use eyeshadow, instead I use the Nars bronzer and apply that with a soft blender brush in the crease to create some dimension without being anything to intense.

I then fill in my eyebrows using the Anastasia brow wiz in the shade soft brown. This has to be the easy brow product. It applies so easily and fills in all the gaps so quickly. I have brown hair with some lighter highlights and this colour matches perfectly. I then set it all with the essence brow gel.

 Next up is mascara and my favourite of the moment is the tarte lights camera flashes mascara. It creates lots of volume and length without looking clumpy. It lasts all day and does not flake off however when it comes to removing it is not difficult. Simply comes off with make up remover. 

Finally it is lip time, my go to everyday lip product is the revlon colorburst matte balm in the shade 205 Elusive Insaisable. It is the perfect everyday shade and can be applied on the go with no mirror needed.








So there you have it my everyday make up routine. There is a few products involved however I have found when I need to get ready fast I can do this look in 10 mins.
Thank you for reading and I look forward to continuing blogging.

~ Cass