Bourjois Paris Sucre Spring 2012 Collection

Spotted this collection around 1-2 weeks ago. Although it seems a bit out of place in Priceline because of the way it's set up, the bright colours still caught my eye. Priceline seems to not carry the pink eyeshadow and has 2 different mascaras rather than one.

A little display box with the products sitting neatly inside.

After trying the Anti-choc No-chips polish last time, i am in love with them! They are very pigmented and dry quite fast. Usually 2 coats is all i need for perfection. I'm not a fan of the slanty brush though. I always miss one corner of my nail and i have to go cover the undried parts to get into that corner which leaves potential for clumpy polish.

Currently Bourjois at Priceline has a spend $25 and over to receive a free gift with purchase.

I couldn't say no to the polishes because the colours were too cute. At $13 each they are still pricey considering i can get O.P.I for $12 at ProNail supply. But there was a GWP so it was all justified!

The blush and 2 eyeshadows

swatches!

The blush is very nice and pigmented unlike most Bourjois blushes. It is a very pinky coral with shimmer from what i recall. The eyeshadow pots are super pastel and remind me of macarons!

 Here is what i got :)

The 2 limited edition polishes. RRP$13.00

This is what was included inside the GWP. An eyeshadow palette (pinky brown tones), mascara and nail lacquer in Magenta Show. Valued at $62.

I've used these polishes and they're nicely pigmented as expected. Spread on like a dream. And the colours are way too cute. I think i need to get backups! I hope i find a store that's not sold out. My total for the 2 polishes was $26 which just qualified from the GWP. I might consider getting the blush later too :)

Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation Review

Got my hands on this a few months ago but haven't gotten around to using it till recently. And i hate to say it but i absolutely HATE this foundation. It is very thick, doesn't spread and has no coverage at all.
I can always tell how well the foundation spreads by the little hairs above my brows. With the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundations i can't see the foundation on my face when i smooth it all out. But with this Rimmel foundation, there are clumps and dry looking patches on my face.
Not only that, it doesn't spread yet is thick like a cream. I found the best way to use it is to pat it into my skin like a night cream. It clumps up on little hairs on the face and you can add more to fill in the gaps but it feels so thick already so i wouldn't want to do that.
After managing to get it on the skin without it being patchy, i was sad to see no coverage at all. On my freckles i can understand why, but on the minor pinkness in my skin? NO foundation has ever let the redness show through.
In conclusion, this foundation is horrible. It is more like a tinted moisturiser yet worse because it doesn't spread nicely either. It might work better on oily skin i suppose but the coverage is 1/10. It works great if you want almost no coverage and look natural but as i said, it clumps up on fine hairs on the face so you're better off with a tinted moisturiser.
I'm around NC20 in mac and the shade 100 Ivory matched me pretty well. Usually i got for the light-medium shades so i'm pretty surprised 'ivory' suited me. Maybe the Bourjois foundation is just too amazing and my standards have gone through the roof? :)

Massive Mixed Shopping Hauls :)

I've somehow got lots of beauty shopping photos in a folder and yet no interesting story behind them. So i thought it would be fun to just throw them all together in a post :)

Firstly is the Lush Buttercup gift box which i got from a friend for my birthday a while back.

I love the smell of the Honey I Washed the Kids soap, but sadly it is a soap and the filmy feeling it has really annoys me. I'm too use to my Dove cream beauty bar and sadly soap will always feel grimy to me :(

Next up is the Shu Uemura Morphorium Blue Palette! I've been unattentionally trying to collect these lovely Shu Uemura palettes for a while now. I only had 2 so i was super excited to spot this at David Jones. It was reduced and on sale for around $60 also! I know the colours aren't colours i will use. And i would only be buying it to 'collect' it but i just couldn't say no! It was too pretty. And hunting down these palettes is hard work! I know because just a few days back i managed to score the Shu Uemura Reindeer Kiss XXXX palette. I found it online and i'm so glad to get my hands on it. The packaging is the prettiest packaging i've ever seen. It was not cheap on eBay but it is rare and i had to have it! Again, the colours i will be unlikely to use but it is too pretty to say no to :)

The swatches are amazing as well. Super soft silky powder and amazing pigmentation. Shu Uemura is definitely one of my favourite beauty brands.

Next is a lipstick i picked up from Chi Chi. I love Chi Chi products as well. They are an Asutralia brand and i've found their eyeshadows to be extremely high quality. That's why i decided to try their lipsticks earlier this year and got Hollywood Heiress. I love the colour and it is very moisturising on the lips. However it doesn't have very high staying powder as most cream lipsticks and tends to slip around during application. They retail for around $18.95. Target had a few shades on sale for $10 so i picked up the shad Flirt which is another cream lipstick. It is a lovely colour but sadly a little too dark for my liking so i don't see myself using it as much.

After my first TheBalm haul from David Jones, i was shopping with the bf and ended up getting the Down Boy Blush as well. Of course i got another sample goodie bag with my purchase :) This was all paid for by a giftcard so i didn't feel too guilty about it. I still had $4 left on the card so the week after i decided i might as well get the third blush and collect them all... sadly when i got there i realised they had the Hot Mama! blush too. I couldn't decided which i should i did what i always do, and got both lol Paid for them seperately and picked up another 2 goodie bag. At this point i realise i'm just hoarding but it's already done! hehe

TheBalm's Meet Matt(e) palette

David Jones Beauty Deluxe Sampler Goody Bag :D

These are the O.P.I minis i got from the goodie bags. I think i got a very nice selection. I'm super excited about the brownish one because Bobbi Brown has a limited edition polish out right now that's exactly the same! And this was the only one in all the goodie bags so i'm happy :)

I ended up picking up some more polishes with the $10 off Bourjois at Priceline this month. I stopped by Pricelines randomly to pick these up. As you can see i ended up getting 3 of the same shade because i wasn't keeping track. These were normally $12 each but i got them at $2 with the voucher. Amazing bargain i think :)

I also picked up 2 lipsticks. Both in the same shade 06 because it's super lovely. It is also 100% natural which means it does smell a little funny but nothing that bothers me. If you've used Dermalogica products and don't find them an issue then you'll be fine with this lipstick. Staying power is not too bad on this and goes on quite nice. Not too drying but nothing like a lipbalm of course.

During the adorebeauty.com.au sale a while back where they had 22% off. I did some hauling myself but because i'm on a tight budget, my bf offered to get the Clarisonic Mia for me which i really wanted. Normally RRP$150. The site sells it for $135 and with 22% off it came down to $105! So much cheaper than in store. I have used it once and am not too impressed yet. It doesnt feel like its really getting in there and scrubbing but i'm sure it's suppose to be gentle enough on the skin. I'll see after a few more uses :)

Lastly is some Essie value packs and holiday mini set i got from Myer probably 2 months ago. The value packs are definitely worth it at $17.95. Cheaper than the cost of one polish!

Also a random photo of my nails :) China Glaze Tinsel Town with O.P.I's Serena glam collection polish, forgot the shade name.. this was a bitch to take off and i got finger cramps doing so! I'm reluctant to wear glitter polishes for a while now hehe

Will be doing another post later tonight i think! See you soon :)