Collective Haul - Lush, MAC, Zara & More

Here is a collective haul starting from a while ago, I just didn't have time to put the haul up then because I was busy with exams and now I have just accumulated stuff since them. 

Also a little update: Now I am finally on school holidays so I will try to post more. I had just finished my year 11 and year 12 subject exams and then I started year 12 because my school starts the next academic year early, however I was just too busy to post then too. However I have a lot of ideas and the second part of the Spring Favourites video is coming, I'm just in the process of editing it right now. 

MAC Perfectly Plush Brush Kit: Essential

(190 Foundation Brush, 129 Powder/Blush Brush, 275 Medium Angled Shading Brush, 266 Small Angle Brush and 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush)

Lush Snowcake Soap

Tag: 10 Products I'd Repurchase If All My Makeup Disappeared

This tag has been spreading like wildfire on the beauty community, although it has died down a bit, I still find it super interesting. It's basically about if you lost all your makeup and could only buy 10 products, what would you buy? This was actually super hard for me because I often change products depending on the weather or just my mood haha although I do have some essential products that I absolutely love. It's also really fun to read/watch other people's tags because it shows what your favourite or essential products are.

I was tagged by Amy of the great blog http://prettypinklipss.blogspot.com.au and her Instagram is @amyppl to do this tag on Instagram (@amywenting) and I thought I might do a proper blogpost about it on my blog.

I tag anyone who wants to do this, it's actually a really fun tag in my opinion and allows you to try and think that if it came to only 10 products, what you would get for makeup.

Products:

Mini Haul - Clinique & Real Techniques

A few things that I had ordered online a while ago had arrived in the mail recently and boy, was I happy! Also, I'm sorry if I have been unresponsive for a while, it's because I have exams ongoing for the next three weeks and I've been studying a lot so I don't think I'll have time to post, but after november the 7th, when all my year 11 and year 12 subject exams are over, I will be posting more!

Real Techniques Core Collection

I have had my eyes on Real Techniques brushes for ages but I just couldn't be bothered going online and ordering them (I know that sounds totally stupid). I recently just went for it and bought the Core Collection. To be honest, I only really wanted the Buffing Brush but I do enjoy the other brushes too! A first impressions post will be coming soon. Also, I know they are sold in Priceline but they are super overpriced, I bought mine off iherb.com and it was still cheaper including shipping!

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel

I have been using the Moisturising Lotion for ages but I can only use that in the cooler months of the year when my skin is combination dry, but with spring coming in and me finishing my Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream, I wanted to get a moisturiser for when my skin is combination oily and I didn't want to buy the Bobbi Brown one because I wanted to try a cheaper alternative. I actually bought this off sasa.com because it's a lot cheaper and combined with some stuff my Mum bought, we could get free shipping!

September Empties

This is actually my first ever Empties post. I've never finished a reasonable amount of products in a month for it to be at least a tiny bit worthwhile to post about.

Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Clearing Moisturiser. This is probably my 2nd or 3rd bottle of this. This moisturiser is fantastic for oil control and helps to battle breakouts at the same time.
The Bobbi Brown Hydrating Face Cream is my favourite basic moisturiser. This is my 2nd pot that I've finished and I love it! It's great for combination skin because it's good at keeping the skin balanced.
This is probably around my 10th bottle of the Body Shop Tea Tree Oil. I love this for smaller breakouts and it's not too harsh because you don't want to freak your skin out by over using super harsh acne fighting products.
I love the Batiste Dry Shampoo Fresh, it's just so great at making my hair still look good on the 2nd day. I think this is my 3rd can and I keep buying it. The white residue doesn't bother me too much, even though I have black hair, I can just massage it in. I have really oily roots but this works fantastic and it's cheap! I also love the scent, I'm extremely picky when it comes to scents in hair products and I love this one, but I'm too scared to try the other Batiste scents because I probably won't like them.

Mini Beauty & Fashion Haul

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Beige

Neutrogena Makeup Remover Wipes 

Leggings from Witchery

Top from Rusty at Planet Surf

Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Spot Treatment Gel and Clearing Moisturiser

China & Hong Kong Haul

Hi everyone! It's been a really long time since I last posted. I was on vacation to China & Hong Kong and then when I came back, I was going to post this haul earlier, but I was so busy with homework and then I got really really really sick on my birthday haha, what an unlucky coincidence. I'm still sick right now and it will take months for me to fully recover, but today I felt a bit better so I thought I might put this up. I also have a mini haul at the end which is just from the holidays but in Melbourne. 
Oh and do you prefer Helvetica or Arial? Just in case you aren't sure, this is Helvetica by the way. 
Oh, and this is a whopper of a haul (:

Tiffany & Co. Bracelet I didn't actual buy this, my very lucky aunty and uncle won it in a raffle at Christmas dinner, and I'm so thankful that they gifted it to me. This is actually my first ever piece of Tiffany jewellery.

Tiffany & Co. Necklace with snow hat charm This is actually one of my birthday presents. My Mum promised to buy me something from Tiffany, as I didn't actually have any, until my relatives won the bracelet lol. I wish they had a guitar or something, but I love this snow hat so much!

Holiday Wishlist

All I want for Christmas is... a looooot of makeup. Haha.
So I'm going to Hong Kong and Shanghai these holidays, and I'm excited to do some serious shopping. Especially because Hong Kong makeup is so much cheaper than Australia, I plan to get a huge bunch of stuff, so here's my wishlist:


MAC Lipstick in Fanfare (cremesheen)

MAC Lipstick in Twig (Satin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSx1w9tKnEg&feature=player_embedded

MAC ES in Twinks

MAC ES in Mulch

mac-mulch-eyeshadow-mulch-2.jpg

MAC ES in Quarry

Far left - Quarry, 3rd from left, Twinks
temptalia.com

MAC ES in Expensive Pink

Nars Blush in Amour

Nars Multiple in G-Spot

temptalia.com

Nars Concealer

beautylish.com

Nars Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

Benefit Benetint

sephora.com

Benefit They're Real Mascara

weheartthis.com

Marc Jacobs Oh Lola Perfume

marcjacobs.com

Revlon Colorstay Foundation

revlon.com

or
Makeup Forever HD Foundation

makeupforever.com

Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Spot Treatment

beautyheaven.com.au

Clinique Chubby Stick in Woppin Watermelon

Clinique Lash Power Mascara

allure.com

What is on your holiday wishlist?
Thanks for reading and stay happy everyone!
Amy

What's in my bag?

Apparently this is a tag, so if you want to, feel free to do this as well!

I am obsessed with this bag, if you saw the previous bag I showed, I loved it and it's kind of the same style, you know, a satchel bag, but it wasn't real leather and was pretty good quality, but this one is awesome! It's real leather and it's a bit bigger so it fits my kindle and stuff if I want to bring it. I also like that this brand isn't that well known for their bags, so not everyone in the world will have one of these.

The bag is from Wittner Shoes.

The bag's length, sorry that I was in my pajamas. 

Products in the front product.

Everything in the front pocket is for easy access.  So I have some Kleenex tissues, Kleenex flushable fresh wipes, Botanical Creations Pink Grapefruit 'waterless hand cleanser' and Priceline emergency lips wipes which I actually use for removing tons of makeup swatches from my hand when I go beauty shopping.

What's in the front mini pockets in the main compartment. 

 My iPhone 4, earplugs, Soft lips lip balm in Vanilla which I take with me everywhere, Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm in Smoothing Cherry which I always keep in this bag and some Hollywood Make-out mints, and no I don't have these because I make out with everyone lol.

What's in the main compartment

 My Amazon kindle (optional), Sony camera in a Kikki K case (optional), makeup bag from Clinique, house keys with Disneyland California key chain (in the zip pocket at the back) emergency period bag from Clinique, Purse from Fossil.

What's in my makeup bag

Hollywood Stain Remover, Vera Wang Princess Rollerball Perfume Oil, Sugar Baby Fragrance de Luxe in Pink Grapefruit roller ball (I always keep perfume because this is one of the things that I always forget or don't have time to apply it), Body Shop Tea Tree Blotting Tissues, Hair ties and bobby pins, Models Prefer hair brush and mirror compact, Flourish Glossy Lip Tint in Azalea w/ Clinique Moisturising Gloss Balm in Raspberry and MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Petting Pink (again, I always forget or don't have time to apply lip products but I always like having some colour)


That's it, I hope you enjoyed that and you know, ummm, have a nice day! (:

August Favourites

August just finished, no more winter which is good and bad, it's sad because no more skiing :( but Spring and warm weather is just round the corner. (:

Okie dokes, let's just get into it.

1.

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser SPF 20 Oil Free in Sand - This tinted moisturiser is stunning, it's the best tinted moisturiser I have ever tried, and it has a really good coverage for tinted moisturiser. It's fantastic and feels very light and I wear it everyday to school.

2. 

MAC Something Special Creamblend Blush - I received this in a giveaway from daydream amy for her 100 follower giveaway, she is one of my favourite bloggers and I think her blog is just amazing! Anyway, this blush really is awesome, I like the colour more than my MAC Ladyblush, it's a little more orange toned which I prefer for my skin tone, I always wear it with my NYX blush in Peach which makes my perfect blush colour, I love it any wear this combo everyday to school.

3.

Inglot Loose Translucent Powder in 211 - I've been using this with a blending brush to set my under eye and prevent my mascara/eyeliner for smudging. I learnt this awesome tip from makeuptips- tumblr. 

4.

Benefit Erase Paste Concealer in Medium No.2 - I have mentioned this concealer, before but this is just showing that I always come back to this concealer. It's just so great for under the eyes and conceals great!

5.
Tony Moly Gel Liner in Brown - This eyeliner was also in the prizes from daydreamamy's giveaway and I love it as well. She claims that it is better than the Bobbi Brown gel liners which I was thinking of getting. This gel liner is super creamy but doesn't smudge and stays on really well, I am in love with it.


6. 
Ardell Brow Sculpting Gel - I've started fixing my eyebrows this month. I haven't yet been brave enough to wax the bajillion of strays that I have on my eyebrows (reason why I don't tweeze) but I have trimmed them, and I set them with this. This is a really cheap brow setting gel (the Maybelline Great Lash Clear mascara is really hard to find in Australia) and it works great!


7. MAC ES Satin Taupe - I bought this eyeshadow back when I went to Australia, but despite all the hype, I never really hopped on the bandwagon. But I found a tutorial on YouTube by aleexandraaxo and I love the way that she uses this eyeshadow. I use to think I could just use it as a crease colour, but I always had other alternatives that I prefer, but I never thought of using the eyeshadow in this way. I also used it in a recent evening eye look tutorial. 


8.
Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara in Black Brown - I LOOOVE this mascara, I always use it on my bottom lashes or tinsy lashes on my upper lashes, and it's smudgeproof!


9. Prestige Eyebrow Definer in Black Brown - This is the first ever eyebrow pencil I have ever bought, it was recommended by makeuptips- again, and I love this! I feather it on my eyebrows for a really natural defined look.

10.
Nail Kit - I was gifted this by my family friends in Sydney (I live in Melbourne) and when I first got it, I was younger and I didn't really know what to do with it. But now a lot of the things in this are super handy, and it's all in one cute butterfly mini 'folder'. It comes with nail clippers, eyebrow scissors (which came in handy when I started neatening up my eyebrows!), tweezers, some funny shaped mini spoons LOL and a nail file. 

11 & 12. 
Stila Lip Glaze in Apricot & Grapefruit - I've been loving one of these lipglosses with the next lipstick, it's a really cute natural look, and I like it more than my old Revlon Color Burst combo, but I can never pick between these two lipglosses, and they smell AMAZING!


13.
Maybelline Pure Shine Lipstick in P12 - I got this in Hong Kong and I haven't seen it in Australia, but it is the most gorgeous angel pink! 


14. 
Clinique Superbalm Moisturising Gloss in Raspberry - This was definitely a surprise love, because my other Clinique lipgloss but it's a different type and it's super sticky, but this one is amazing, and is not sticky, and the colour works great with the next product.


15.
FlourishBathBody Glossy Lip Tint in Azalea - I have shown this before but I just love this combo! This is the combo that I always keep in my bag, because I always accidentally forget to put on or don't have time to put on lip products. This combo is just a really nice and flattering colour for my lip and skin colour and I LOOOOOVE it!

16 & 17.

Botanical Creations Waterless Hand Cleanser in Vanilla Brown Sugar and Pink Grapefruit - If you're from America, then you probably know that everyone has Bath & Body Works scented hand sanitisers, and I want them so much, but unfortunately we do not have them in Australia, but recently Priceline released scented hand sanitisers, and I've been using them all the time, and today I just also bought the Peach one. 

18.

Sugar Baby Pink Grapefruit Fragrance de Luxe - This perfume oil is awesome, and as you know, I looove the smell and taste of Grapefruit, so this is just awesome smelling haha. 

19. 

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Daily Face Sunscreen Lotion SPF30+ Oil Free - I finally found an Oil-Free face sunscreen with high SPF.

20. 

Kit Design Award Pomegranate & Pink Grapefruit Lotion - I voted in the designs for the new release of the Kit lotion so I received a free sample. I loooove this lotion! It feel's really light and non greasy but it is so moisturising, and it smells fantastic! Pomegranate and Pink Grapefruit are my two all time favourite fruit smelling scents, which is such a coincidence. 

Wow, 20 favourites, what a coincidence.

Other:

• Pottermore! Just saying that I got early entry (: I'm in Ravenclaw WOOT, I freaked out when I got into Ravenclaw and my family thought I was weird, haha. Add me, I'm PhoenixNight176 (:
• The Cat Empire album - The Cat Empire
• John Mayer, I've always loved this musician but I'm back to loving them more!
• One Republic album - Waking Up
• My Amazon Kindle! YAYAY! I'm cheating because I got this in early September, but I just have to mention it. 

I guess that's it. (:

Also I might be doing a What's In My Bag post, because I found my perfect bag. But I'm thinking of doing it in video form but I'm not sure, what do you think?

What are your August favourites?

And what do you think of the new Blogger layout?