Nails | Revlon's Popular

This nail polish by Revlon is called 'Popular' and it is absolutely gorgeous! B gave me this nail polish for my birthday and I think it has to be one of my favourate nail polishes! Popular is a light pink / mauve colour that contains glitter! It goes on really smooth, as this polish contains glitter I was expecting it to be difficult to apply, but it actually applies very easily. Popular takes three to four coats to become opaque and I used the Sally Hansen Nail Shine Miracle as a top coat!

 Hope you enjoy this quick post! 

xox D

IMATS Sydney Haul 2012 | Darcie's Edition

This year Brooke and I were lucky enough to go to our first ever IMATS !! We attended IMATS Sydney and had a full on but fun day, flying to Sydney and back in 24 hours! We had so much fun looking around, swatching products and of course purchasing!  This post is going to be my (Darcie's) edition of our IMATS hauls! Hope you enjoy !

MAKE UP FOREVER 

Makeup Forever '5 camouflage Palette Cream' in 'No.1'

Makeup Forever 'Aqua Cream' (Pot)  in 'No.16' and ' Aqua Shadow' (Pencil) in '20E
The Swatch on the top of my hand is the 'Aqua Stick' and below it is a swatch of the 'Aqua Cream' '

Makeup Forever 'Smokey Lash Extra Black Mascara'

INGLOT

Inglot 4 Palette - Clockwise: 420, 397, 402, 30
(Picture in top right is also in the same placement as each eye shadow in the palette)

Clockwise: 420, 397, 402, 30

HAKUHODO

Hakuhodo Eye shadow Brush in 'J5523'

CROWN BRUSHES

Assortment of Brushes from Crown Brushes  

SCOTTY'S. BEN NYE, BEAUTY POD & KUU KONJAC

VICTORIA'S SECRET

At the Sydney Airport on the way home we stopped by Victoria's Secret. Victoria's Secret is really hard to find in Australia, the only one I have found is the one at Sydney Airport. Brooke and I booth purchased a Body Splash. 

Body Splash in 'Honeysuckle & Jasmine' 

SOME PHOTOS!

Brooke and I in front of the IMATS sign!

Brooke and I with a view of Sydney IMATS in the background

Sydney IMATS Ticket Wristband

MAC Tendertones: Tread Gently & Purring

The MAC Tendertones are part of the Shop MAC, Cook MAC Collection, which came out earlier this year. I love the MAC Tendertones and I really wish they were part of the permanent collection. I love the fruity scent that they have, it is like a strawberry, watermelon, kiwi scent that reminds me of summer. The Tendertones are extremely moisturizing and leave the lips with a glossy finish. They also contain SPF 12 making it perfect for the summer, protecting your lips while looking great! I was lucky enough to pick up 2 of the 4 MAC Tendertones earlier in the year, Tread Gently and Purring. 

 Tread Gently is a sheer yellow balm that contains micro-shimmer. This is my favorite and most used Tendertone, as it is very wearable while still looking nice. As with all the Tendertones, the smell is amazing and it leaves your lips extremely moisturized. I also put Tread Gently on every night before bed as it leaves my lips soft and nourished for when I wake up in the morning. 

 Purring is a orange colored balm, that when on the lips is a peachy, tangerine color. Although it looks really bright in the jar, it is very sheer on the lips, making it a really wearable lip balm. The smell is of course amazing and again it leaves my lips soft and nourished.

The MAC Tendertones are one of my favourite lip products ever and I would definitely recommend purchasing them if you get the chance! Hopefully MAC will bring them out in a limited edition collection soon or even better add them to the permanent collection. 

Dx

M.A.C Favourites : Eyeshadows

Today I'm going to do a post about some of my favourite MAC Eyeshadows!! I love all of my MAC Eyeshadows but the three that I wear most are All That Glitters, Follow your Fantasy and Cloudburst. These colours are very wearable and blendable colours, with Follow Your Fantasy and All That Glitters been a great colour for the lid and Cloudburst the Perfect glittery colour for the crease.

L-R Follow Your Fantasy, All That Glitters and Cloudburst

L-R Follow Your Fantasy, All That Glitters and Cloudburst

Follow Your Fantasy

Follow Your Fantasy is a shimmery, golden, nude, peachy colour, that was part of The A Tartan Tale Collection by Mac. This colour is perfect for the lid, the pigmentation is not fantastic but it is buildable and once finished it looks incredible. I love the shimmery finish of Follow Your Fantasy!!

All That Glitters

All That Glitters would have to be my favourite eyeshadow! I LOVE this eyeshadow, the golden, shimmery, champagne colour is perfect for the lid and inner corner of the eye. The finish is amazing, i love the pearly, shimmery finish All That Glitters has! If I could recommend one eyeshadow, it would definitely be All That Glitters. It is perfect for every occasion and has great colour payoff! 

Cloudburst

Cloudburst is my go-to crease colour! I love how cloudburst has a tiny bit of glitter, making it different from your average black eyeshadow! The pigmentation is fantastic and it works with every lid colour! 

L-R All That Glitters, Cloudburst, Follow Your Fantasy

L-R All That Glitters, Cloudburst, Follow Your Fantasy

 Love Dx

Nails: Butter London, Knackered

Recently I have really being liking Butter London Polishes, so when i made an order on Adore Beauty I new I couldn't checkout without a Butter London Polish in my cart! I decided to chose the color called knackered, FleurDeForce mentioned this on her blog a while back I thought it was the most amazingly gorgeous color!  Knackered is a duo-chrome, holographic polish with hints of glitter! Depending on the light the polish can either look a lavender color or a greeny color! 

Although once applied this polish is gorgeous, it does take a lot of coats and hence a long drying time as the polish is incredibly sheer. The polish applies smooth and I experienced no Streaking!  I used the Revlon Quick Dry Base coat as a base coat and the as a top coat I used Sally Hansens Insta-Dri Top coat.  By using this top coat it does help quicken the drying time and creates a clean. glossy finish! I would definitively recommend trying out knackered, even though the drying time isn't the quickest, the amazing, unique color that you get in the end is totally worth the wait!  Love D! x

MAC Casual Color: Lip and Cheek Color in Relaxation

 I recently made a MAC purchase online and of course I purchased the product I'd been craving since the Casual Color Collection was released: The Casual Color Lip and Cheek Color in Relaxation!! I love this product ! It is a really pretty dusty pink / cool mauve color, which looks great on both the lip and cheek! It really looks natural and 'casual' when wearing it on both the lip and cheek. I really love wearing Relaxation as a blush as it looks very natural, it just gives you that  light and natural flush of color! When wearing it on the lips it is the perfect light pink, it is not to dark or light and goes really well with my skin tone. 

The formulation is really creamy and when wearing it on the lips it keeps them moisturized and soft. I was worried that when wearing Relaxation as a blush it would leave my cheeks looking shiny/oily, but that wasn't the case at all! I stayed really well on my cheeks and just left a natural look with no shine!! I just can't get over how natural and light this product feels! I can definitely see my self just wearing Relaxation as a blush and lip color, with a tad of mascara, I'll be good to go! I would definitely recommend buying a Casual Lip and Cheek Color, I really want to pick up some more!  It is definitely a perfect product for those 'Casual' days! 

 LOVE D xox

Nail: Touch of Red (M.A.C Hey Sailor Collection)

When I heard about the M.A.C Hey Sailor Collection I knew I had to pick up a few things! One of the things I purchased was the Nail Lacquer called "Touch of Red". Touch of Red is the first M.A.C Nail Lacquer that i have used and i can officially say that I'm impressed! 


This Polish is a great red! Its shiny, glossy and i love the way it looks. I feel like its a very classy and sophisticated color!  It does take a few coats to become completely opaque, but this polish has exceptional shine and gloss.I didn't experience any streaking, and the polish lasted 3 days before i experienced any sign of chipping. Of course a great top coat plays a huge role in this, I used the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Polish. On the M.A.C website it states that this Nail Polish has UV Protection and conditioners, this can only be a positive :) ! 

Overall I love this polish and if you can get your hands on it I highly recommend it!! 

You can Purchase 'Touch of Red' on The M.A.C Website and at MAC Counters at David Jones and Myer. 

LOVE D!