Empty Review: Daiso Cotton Puffs

Hey Guys!

Today I have an empty review of Daiso's Cotton Puffs.

OH EM GEE. These are absolutely amazing. No matter how many times you wipe each pad around your face, it won't break apart. I've tried the priceline and the target and the woolworths and countless other brands of cotton pads, but this by far is the best! I have to throw away the pad after I finish using, not because its separated into two parts, but because its too dirty to be used any further. And the value for money is amazing too. You get 90 in a box, and for 2 boxes the price is $2.80.

These cotton pads are also slightly larger than the standard circle ones. They are rectangle, and cover a larger amount of area. Especially useful, when wiping off eye make up and to apply your toner.

It is my holy grail cotton pad, and I will always continue to repurchase.

Let me know if you've tried them out.

What is your favourite cotton pad?

x. K

Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm

Hey guys!

An oldie but a goodie. I was in Chemist Warehouse today, and discovered they had just started selling my beloved Burt's Bees Lip balm. I used to use this, but after exploring new ones, I haven't used this in years. Oh, how I have missed this. The tingly minty feeling you get when you layer it on your lips is just to die for. I also appreciate the matte finish, this lipbalm gives. None of the glossy -where has it gone after 5 minutes feeling- you get with other lip balms. Extremely moisturising, apply it at night and say hello to soft supple lips :) I also like the fact that the ingredients are all natural- first ingredients are beeswax, coconut, sunflower and peppermint.

What are you're favourite lip balms?

Let me know :)

x

nail of the day

Hey guys!

I've got this new obsession with pastel cream colour nail polishes. This blue colour (shade 97, Absolutely Blue), I picked up from Essence quite recently for $2.50 AU at priceline. Bargain! After reading a few blogs, I was curious to try out Essence polishes, as they had some great reviews and are as cheap as chips.

I'm very impressed with this brand of nail polish. I use my trusty Sally Hansen Hard As Nails base coat (which by the way, I love) and a cheapy BYS top coat but this polish stayed on for 5 days with no chips at all. On the 5th day, the tips of my pointer fingers started chipping but it was very minimal. Very, very good quality. I used two coats of nail polish, to get the opaque finish shown above, that is the same exact colour as shown in the bottle. I am very impressed.

Have you tried Essence Nail polishes?

What did you think about them?

Any other products you would recommend?

Let me know :)

K. x

empties

hey everyone! a quick empties post of a couple of products i've used up recently :)

1. Palmer's Cocoa Body Butter, Ultra Moisturising Cream: oh my gosh, can i just say that this smells amazing. *sniffs product. I'm horrible at describing scents, but can i tell you, i could just sit here and sniff it all day. it smells exactly like the smell you sniff (LOL) when you walk into candle shops, ahhh smells so good. I've used many products from the palmer's range and right now im using the daily moisturiser ( a review will come later) but this product is amazing. Says its perfect for dry to very dry skin and that it will melt into the skin, leaving it silky soft and smooth with an even, radiant tone. can i say, i agree with this completely. I was using this product throughout winter, where my skin gets extremely dry and this just soothed it completely. I use it as soon as i get out of the shower, and slather this on my skin and boy, during the night i can occasionally get whiffs of this as im sleeping. obviously this has fragrance to it, so it might not suit suitable skin types but at the cheap price of AU$10.99 from priceline and all other pharmacies and supermarkets, this is well worth it. hydrates, moisturises and smells delicious :)

2. Nivea Rich Moisturising Body Lotion 400mL: Wow i cannot believe how long this has lasted me. I use it everytime I get out of the shower on my body, and its lasted me ages. I've already replaced this for another one because its my go to body lotion. Its not as moisturising as the Palmer's Cocoa Body Butter, but especially in the summer, I do not need as rich of a cream. This is good for over all moisturising. I love it, and its one of those products that i will use forever. Its so easy to use and i love the pump action, which keeps this product hygienic and no fuss. RRP AU$7.79 at priceline, but right now it is on sale for $5.99

3.John Frieda Collection Frizz-Ease Secret Weapon Flawless Finishing Creme: This product was okay for me. it says it instantly camouflages imperfections; leaves dull dry hair shiny soft and supple. I felt this product was too heavy on my hair, and left it looking ... like i had product in my hair. i only applied it to the ends of my hair, and it just made it too flat. i really didnt like it that much. I was hoping for a product that would help soothe my split ends but this was not it. i guess the heaviness is what is supposed to be the 'frizz ease' part of this product but heavy hair does not compensate for that. but as im reading the back of this product, perhaps i was using it wrong. maybe it wasnt a repairing product but a taming one, like for if you want to flatten down your fly aways. im not sure, i might give it another shot in the future. AU$17.99 at priceline and other pharmacies and supermarkets.

that's it for now.

What were your empties this month?

Any of these products you've tried before?

Would you purchase these products again?

oh yes, for my Australian readers, regarding my last post on real techniques. I would highly recommend you not to buy them at priceline but online at iherb.com. they sell these brushes at US prices ($17.99 for the core collection) and if you search online you'll be able to find many discount codes for first time buyers. shipping is $6.00 or $4.00 on orders over $40.00. I would recommend you buy them from there :).

talk to you guys soon.

K. x

real techniques, by samantha chapman

hey guys!

so a little fun fact about me is that i go to fitness first a couple of times a week for yoga. near my fitness first there is a priceline that i drop into all the time after im done.

so after watching xofemmebeauty's video on how samantha chapman's (a youtube beauty guru and real life make up artist) brushes are now available at priceline, i was curious to go in and have a look. sure enough, there they were, just sitting there in their little pink box with the iconic gold (core collection), pink (face, although im not too sure) and purple (eye brushes)  handles on full display. Bending down to take a good look, i first noticed stippling brush that was so raved about on youtube. i took a look at the price, and it was somewhere around the $20 dollar mark, which considering Australian brush prices, is not too bad for a high quality brush that i could use for foundation. Sadly, i did not have any spare money on me at that moment, so for that day the brushes had to pass.

So the next day at school, i was chatting to some of my friends about the samantha chapman brushes and discussing how i was going to purchase the stippling brush. However, my friend recommended to me that i should just buy the core collection. not only is it better price for value, but it also came with a foundation brush and the buffing brush that many guru's used for buffing in foundation. 

the next week after yoga, i made my way to priceline. I was not too sure whether or not to purchase these brushes full price, because priceline always has sales going on. however, when i went in, i saw the real techniques range on sale :D LOL the core collection RRP was somewhere around 44 dollars (sorry for the approximation) but it was on sale for $38.25. So, i decided to take advantage and purchase them.

YAY :)

buffing brush, foundation brush, contour brush, detailing brush

 So the collection comes with a buffing brush, a foundation brush, a contour brush and a detailing brush as well as a brush case that doubles as a stand.

so this buffing brush was probably the brush i was most excited about. for almost 10 dollars, this brush is absolutely amazing. i know, online you can get it cheaper, but it was just so much easier buying it a priceline. the bristles are very dense and soft and feel very very nice along my face. i used this with my skin 79 bb cream, and it seems to blend pretty well. to be honest, the package says to use it with mineral and powder products, and youtube guru's tend to use it with liquid, which my bb cream is neither, but it seems to do the job pretty well.

 the detailing brush is 'precision cut to effortlessly conceal problem areas or use with lipstick'. i cannot comment on this, because i have yet to use this brush. i know that sounds bad, but i have my nude concealer brush that i am perfectly content with, so i see no need to use this one just yet.

sorry about the dodgy editing, i wrote glitter instead of polish ==;

 the contour brush to apply bronzer and highlight. so i dont have a bronzer at the moment, i know BIG SHOCKER, but its next on my to buy list. any good recommendations? its once again very soft. and the shape of this brush fits into your contour extremely well. very excited to start using :)

lastly, the foundation brush. absolutely love it. the point allows me to get around my noise and under my eyes really well. it almost doubles as a concealer, if im lazy and i cant be bothered switching brushes. its a little small for my face i find, so i find the buffing brush takes less time, but still manages to give me a flawless finish. 

so thats my overview on the samantha chapman real techniques brushes. for roughly ten dollars a brush, i think its well worth it, considering how manicare brushes as well as model prefer brushes are either equal to or more expensive than these, and considering how popular these brushes are in the UK, i dont think you can go wrong.

So what do you think about these brushes?

Have you tried them?

What brushes would you recommend?

Let me know.

K. x