Make-Out 2013?

Yesterday i came across some make up de-cluttering videos from this Youtube User  I tend to watch these dehoarding type of shows when i feel overwhelmed with how crowded my room is. Granted that my room is a tiny shoe box, surely i can find a way to keep things off the floor?

And when it comes down to it, my room is just literally filled with too much make up and too much products.
I hate looking at my vanity and it's covered completely with stuff. A good day is when there's a small empty surface for me to put a cup of tea.

Make-Out 2013 was started by the youtube user to stop buying more unnecessary make up. Which has been floating in my mind constantly since last year. I would not say i have WAY too much. But i do have too much. The problem is when you can't keep all your make up in one place and it ends up scattering into a few sections.
I've got my top vanity drawer filled with 2 layers on make up, and besides my other 2 clear cube style thingies being filled with make up. I don't want more than that. But i do have an extra 2 boxes of make up right now so i want to use those up or cut those down. If they don't have a spot where they should be, i shouldn't have it. My skincare is another issue. If i like something i tend to buy lots of back ups. And i never even get around to using up the first one before i discover something else i like more. So this is it. I will ban myself from buying certain types of products.

Body lotions (I have enough to last 5 years even if i do use them everyday)

Exfoliators (they take a long time to go through)

Pencil type eyeliners

Lipliners (because i don't use them at all)

Lipgloss (because i don't use them at all yet have like 50 of them)

Blush (I think i will allow myself to buy ONE it's an amazing peach or baby doll pink from a high end brand)

Lipsticks in any shade other than nudes (i have every shade in the lip rainbow and i don't even touch them!)

Mascaras (i went off them for a while as they were too messy to take off by lazy me but i have started again since i have 30 new ones sitting around)

Firming eye cream (I have 20 tube back ups of my MD Visage ones so i will only allow myself to buy Moisturizing eye creams since i have felt the need for them lately and only own one Lancome one)

Nail polish (I hate nail polish. Its messy. It kills my nails. I have when they chip and i'm too tired to re-do them. Yet i have enough to seem like a nail polish hoarder too. This makes me really sad)

Toners (It doesn't seem like i have a lot but i do. In all kinds of brands possible hiding here and there so i forget i have them)

Perfumes (Nope don't need them. I have all the ones i've ever loved and L has bought me a lot of perfume sets which sit inside my wardrobe unopened! I may let myself repurchase my Body Shop Japanese Cherry Blossom one which i'm more than halfway through but i did have a Cherry Blossom one for L'occitane not long ago so only if i find them drastically different)

Face powders (they really do take forever to go through just one)

Bronzers (My God. There was one time i realised i hoard everything but bronzers and that kept my mind open to letting myself buy them... bad mistake)

Brow pencils (have a few and they last foreverrrr)


I think i can go on forever. So all i can purchase is: Nail polish remover, Body scrubs which i use everyday and buy as i go.
Shampoo and conditioner. I had a lot of bottles sitting around and i've done a really good job this year at using most of it up. I'm at the point where i think i might actually be OUT of shampoo. But i know i have 2 bottles somewhere. And that's it. I think i will try buy shampoo as i go now. Since my hair has been going through changes lately and nothing has kept it the way it use to be.
Oh another one is shower gel! Around 2 years ago i was out of shower gel. And i wasn't working then so i just needed a cheap one which would just do the job ok and it was so hard to find. I went without shower gel for a week. I did have scrubs and bath bubble gel to use but i ended up hoarding a few bottles and at this point still have 3 left. So no shower gels!

So thats:
Nail polish remover
Body Scrubs
Shampoo (decided on no conditioner as my hair was great when i didn't use them. I'll use hair masks instead)

That's a pretty short list :( I hope i find other things i can add to it but for now, i don't need so i won't buy any products.
I want to spend my money on other things like food and that super pretty necklace i've been eyeing. $90 for a necklace? No way. But $90 on make up feels like a no brainer? I can change :) I can feel the want to change more and more each day :) Does every make up collector/hoarder eventually get to this point where they feel enough is enough? Let me know if you guys have felt the same way.

Thursday Night Haul - Clinique Myer Gift With Purchase GWP February / March 2013

Hello hello :)

I received the Myer beauty catalogue in the mail the other day and saw there was a nice Clinique GWP happening. I haven't tried much from them besides their DDM moisturizing lotion and the soap cleanser. I also have one of their concealers and blush which i love. So while i've been wanting to get their concealer in the proper shade, i decided now was the right time. However my first visit was to my small local shopping centre and there wasn't much to look at.
Last night while i was in the city i managed to pick up 2 things and the gift with purchase :)
I was looking around forever and Clinique is just not the brand for me. It's the brand my mother uses. The skincare is very basic and so is the make up. They only have a million different foundations on offer but besides that i was confused at what i should get.
The line smoothing concealer i really wanted didn't come in a suitable shade. The ones light enough were too pink toned and the closest yellow one was way too dark and similar to the one i already had.
So i picked up their All About Eyes Concealer in 01 Light Neutral. This was the perfect shade for me. It swatched really thick which is what i liked but dried down very dry which was a little concerning.
After circling around almost 20 times i decided to try their cream liner as well. I wear eyeliner pretty much everyday. It was a practical choice :D
The cream liner looked very glossy and gel like. Not like MAC or any other gel liner i've tried. This has good reviews besides being easily used up so i'll see how i like it :)

And the exciting part, the GWP!

Included is:
Youth Surge Day SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer 15ml
Youth Surge Night Age Decelerating Night Moisturizer 15ml
7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula 30ml
Take the Day Off Makeup Remover For Lids, Lashes & lips 50ml
NEW Quickliner For Eyes Intense in Black 1.1g
Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in Mega Melon 1.2g
High Impact Mascara in Black 3.5ml
Floral Bag

Purchased:
All About Eyes Concealer 01 Light Neutral $36
Brush on Cream Liner True Black $37

I was told when purchasing that the eyeliner in the gift doesn't wind down and only up. When i came across the Clinique's Facebook there was a lot of comments on this as well. I guess maybe that's why it was included? It is pretty much full size and glides on amazingly smooth. It does take a while to dry down and is definitely not Intense Black. It shows almost a dark blue and when i swatched the blue one and black together they were almost the same. I wore it to work today and really liked it. Usually i liquid line and then gel line over and have a hard time getting a full thick line but this worked super well. Line once and it was done :) I quite like it. If only it was more black.

Overall i think this is a great GWP. The Chubby Stick is a really great neutral red shade. All those lip colour pencils are very popular at the moment and i've just not been keen on trying them. But maybe after trying this one i will understand why everyone loves them :) I'm not usually a sucker for Clinique's GWP but this one included some good make up items which is what i'm after more. Most Myer's i've been to still have plenty in stock!

Some other stuff i've purchased recently as well:

Nude By Nature Ultimate Heroes Kit

Scored this for $15 at Priceline! It was down to $25 and they had $10 off Kits :) I'm so glad my friend told me about this!

Chanel Perfection Lumiere 20 Beige swatch

Got the Chanel Perfection Lumiere Foundation in 20 Beige. I forgot which one all the youtubers were raving about and i only remembered the word Lumiere. And unfortunately for me, all Chanel Foundations were something Lumiere! After numerous swatching, i liked the Mat Lumiere most but at the last minute i asked the sales assistant which had most coverage and this was suppose to be Medium - buildable to full coverage.

I have tried this and besides making my complexion extremely glowy, the coverage is lacking. I like to glow but i like to cover my freckles also. And this doesn't do it. It isn't buildable either like she said. Even redness which i hardly have shows through. Not a fan and i'll be staying away from Chanel foundations if this is what their medium to full coverage foundations are like! It was $82 from memory and i wish i spent the money better elsewhere :( It feels thick also. I rate this 4/10.

Speaking of foundations, here is my mini Ozsale haul of Bourjois Foundations.

I actually got more than pictured but lets try to not look like a make up hoarder. I got my favourite Healthy Mix ones all in shade 52. I decided i liked this version more than the gel serum one because that one was way too shiny on my skin during summer. I make me look like i was greasy. And i have dry skin! With the foundations at $10 a piece, i picked up the heavier coverage Flower Perfection Foundation also. They're so pricey in shops that i've been reluctant to try it. But now i have and i must say i love it :) It is a tiny bit thicker but the coverage is aweeeesome. I feel like i can skip concealer with this on. I just love Bourjois foundations so much now :)

Calvin Klein Lipgloss in 32207 Georgia and 32206 Euphoria

Picked these up ages ago but i had swatch photos in my phone :) Got these from Chemist Warehouse. They seem to have stopped stocking CK cosmetics. Not that they stocked them properly. 

They were always in tiny baskets with mixed stuff thrown together. I don't like lip gloss but when i saw these colours i had to have themmm. Their lipsticks are amazingly nice as well and also their eyeshadows! I've managed to collect a few eyeshadows which are amazing quality and a few blush brushes. The eyeshadows were on clearance for $2! OMG?? And i bought every single one that wasn't broken or touched. There were a few nude cream shades that even when i swatch now, i could just die staring at them. Chemist Warehouse no longer has them anymore so it must have been a temporary thing which didn't last very long.
Myer has had a new Calvin Klein cosmetics section for a while now. Maybe i will stop by next time but the packaging isn't tempting at all. Looks like some kind of white spaceship toy. Has anyone tried them? Are they any good?

MOR Marshmallow Set :)

I love MOR because they have the prettiest packaging i've ever seen. And their marshmallow scent makes me dream off into candyland.

I finally got my hands on their pricey perfume! For the same price of the perfume alone, i got a bonus hand cream and soap bar. I'm only a little sad i didn't get the box for the perfume because it is super pretty! I have a habit of collecting their stuff and never using it. It displays nicely on my vanity table hehe

Revlon Xmas Set 2012

I got this gigantic Revlon gift set around 2-3 weeks ago. It was normally $79 i think on sale at Myer for $39! It was part of their Boxing day clearance sales and they had so much of these available! The amount of products it comes with is insane! Not to mention it includes one of my favourite pencil liners normally $20+.

I picked up 2 sets and gifted some of the products to a friend :) Myer is completely sold out now but David Jones does still have a few for $55 on sale. I love sales :)

Mecca Cosmetica Nars Haul :) 

Eyeshadow Duo in Grand Palais (Limited edition)

Can't remember when i picked these 2 up but it wasn't too long ago. I got the nail polish in the bright yellow and the eyeshadow duo.The polish goes on super pigmented and the staying power is wonderful. I've had this on my toes for 2 weeks and took a long time before it started to chip. It's so hard to find a bright sunny good quality yellow polish! I love this :)

O.P.I Haul!

These i believe are a mix from the Spiderman and Skyfall Collection :)

I got these a longggg time ago but i haven't got around to using them. The colours are amazing though. Also Myer has started to stock O.P.I and i've been watching the stands slowly fill up with super pretty colours :)

I can get O.P.I from my local Myer now which is nice hehe

Live and Let Die, On Her Majestys Secret Service, Just Spotted the Lizard, Number One Nemesis, The World Is Not Enough

So pretty :)

Illamasqua Neutral Palette

I can never resist a neutral palette. That metallic shade makes me melt.

 Illamasqua Neutral Palette Swatches

Essie Haul!

Haute As Hello, French Affair, Nice is Nice, Topless & Barefoot, Van D' Go, Neo Whimsical, Mod Squad, Mucho Dinero, ??? (sorry i forgot what this was)

I actually have most of these shades in mini versions and when i saw a Essie sale pop up on buyinvite.com.au, i decided to pick up the shades i loved the most. Everything came packed in lots of bubble wrap and very fast too. I love Haute and Hello and Topless & Barefoot. Just can't get enough of these nude pastel shades! Essie is definitely my favourite polish brand :)

And these are the shades my sister picked up:

Nice is Nice, Topless & Barefoot, Waltz, Da Bush and Absolutely Shore

Ok i think i've included most of the things i've been meaning to post about and i can peacefully go on without thinking about how much i need to blog about!

I did pick up the Chi Chi Nude palette today but i will leave that for another post! Have a lovely night :)