Maybelline Dream nude air foam foundation first impressions

On Sunday we took a trip to Target and I picked up on clearance the Maybelline dream nude air foam foundation for $15 at Priceline they have all face foundations for $15 so not a bad saving. I thought I'd use today as a first impressions kind of thing on the foundation. When searching for a new foundation if I am  going to pay full price I do my share of research. Also known as reading other blogs, then I go out testing swatches and color matching and then I'll buy it if I'm 90% happy cause you cannot be 100% happy till you have tried it. So with clearance items I usually just pick them up on a whim.

 I choseig the shade creamy natural 200 and I think the best thing about this foundation is that it has spf 20 in it which is great for my sun loathing pale skin

 It is light to medium coverage but is quite buildable and on my skin which is combination dry is seems to wear through the day well I think on oily skin it would be troubling and slip off.

 This is what is looks like on me at the end of the day, it covers redness, but I do need extra concealor to hide blemishes but what I do like is that it really evens out my skintone and complexion and doesn't feel heavy.

have you tried this? so far I'm happy with it. May just become my every day wear foundation.
Jess

Covergirl Eye Enhancers Eye Shadow Kit 4 Colors #205 Tropical Fusion review

Hello lovelies, a stunningly sunshiny day today for us! been loving this kind of Autumn weather we have been having. Perfect for doing things outside without wearing too many layers! anyhow I am reviewing this little eye shadow quad from Cover girl. So I'm going to use this one more to step out of my comfort zone and will wear it tomorrow when I volunteer at the thrift shop which I've started doing in the last couple of weeks.

Covergirl Eye Enhancers Eye Shadow Kit 4 Colors #205 Tropical Fusion

I picked it up because I wanted try some bold and bright colors as I tend to go for the usual safe colors as well I feel safe wearing them such as browns, beige and so on. I haven't worn this much however I am surprised at how much pigment is in each color. I picked this up from Target for $3 when they were clearing out a huge lot of make up. I thought well for $3 why not?

 Indeed why not? well I have used so far the orange, the teal and the blue just not the lime green even though it is rather pretty. Just not sure how well it will suit my skin tone maybe if I use it to enhance another look as a pop of color with other muted colors perhaps. The colors do seem to compliment each other however would you wear them all at once? probably not. But great for a colorful Spring or party look. 

The swatches look so pretty! so vibrant however this eye shadow in particular is a tiny bit chalky but still easy to blend. I do like using it even though it does have a chalky issue. 


It consists of four bright shimmery shades, because they are not as vibrant on the skin as in the packaging I do think it would wear well for day time use, especially if using a lid primer to begin with. The product does stay well on my lids however oily skin might have trouble. 

My thoughts is that I'm glad I didn't pay full price but I'm not sorry I purchased the product. It's nice to have a variety of different colors but they do not par well with each other as a whole, individual colors look best on the lid or as a pop of color blended with a muted color. 

Over all I give this product a 5 out of 10 

What are you trying to get out of your comfort zone? 

Jess

Winter lip care products for chapped dry lips

Hello all! woke up tired and a bit sore today however I wanted to show you my favorite lip products for the cooler months or for any time your lips need that extra bit of care! I know if I don't use these on a daily basis my lips are dry, chapped and often times sore. So I found my  lot of products that I love using and I know they are not only budget friendly but products that do work.

Here we have Australis mint conditioning lip gloss, in Mrs Mellonwellens mellon (yes that is what the shade is!) dermal lip balm, Maybelline baby lips in anti oxidant berry, Nivea pure and natural  chamomile and calendula, nivea fruity shine strawberry.

I keep these products handy on my vanity in this cute little china basket.

 swatches of the Australis lip gloss, dermal lip balm and Nivea fruity shine

These products are all under $10 and I know they work especially well after I do a lip scrub. 

What products do you use? 

J

Wildlife day

My first non beauty related post!
be aware cute animals coming.
Hello all I am back from our day of work placement and gosh what a day for our very first day, started at 10am and we began by shoveling out the muck from the Kangaroo and wombat pens. Then we cleaned out possum cages and fed baby Kangaroo's which was so very sweet.

By lunch I was starting to feel a bit achy not used to a shovel! haha but was worth it, we pulled off bush ticks from this wombat that I made friends with. Her name is Molly and I was lucky to find two abscess that were very much infected in her. We took her to the vet, one got lanced and we were on our way back where I found the 2nd abscess and wen't back to the vet but they were closed. As the vet didn't use a local to numb any pain we drained it ourselves, my hubby lanced the infected abscess and I pushed out the infected pus. Poor thing felt a lot better without it all out. (yes of course we had given permission from our manager to help the wombat in such a way) we basically did what the vet would have done anyways.

 Here is Molly recovering in her treatment pen

 little Joey I had just fed

me snuggling Molly
what did you get up to today?
J

favorite eye shadows Maybelline

Hello all on this wet Saturday! today my partner and I start work placement for our studies at the Wildlife shelter! we are both excited and nervous, I'll be packing a lunch including thermos of hot coffee and snacks and sandwhiches and bringing our plastic poncho's as well oh and not to forget my gumboots. Yes its that wet lately.

Make up wise I have been loving these quad eye shadows which I hate to admit I have had for donkeys ages, are you meant to keep eye shadows for this long? I think I've had them about 4-5 years! is that some kind of make up sin?

Anyways onto the eye shadows!

First do excuse their condition they do knock about in my cosmetic bag and handbag so they are not pristine and lovely however I still love these.

From bottom right and going clockwise we have Maybelline Expert wear in Designer chocolates . Maybelline Expert wear in enchanted forest and Maybelline eye shadow in (sorry can't find the name packagine has rubbed off) 

These eye shadows are still great quality, long lasting especially if I wear an eye shadow primer before hand and I think the packaging is ok, it does the job and are more sturdy than some other packages I must admit! 

I tend to go for these kind of muted colors, they are easy to blend, if a little chalky but nothing to major that a blending brush cannot fix. 

I don't even remember what I paid for these its been that long and I can't find info on one of them either haha. 

I do have newer eye shadows by the way for those that were wondering! these just tend to be my favorites that I adore using. Like old friends. 

What are your favorites? 

J

Favorite red lipsticks

Hello all on this dreary wet Wednesday! I thought I would brighten up your day with a post about my favourite red lipsticks and one nudeish lipstick that I just love wearing! I never used to be a lipstick girl as I was only a lip gloss girl, but now I've fallen down the rabbit hole and am lost in the arrays of colors, textures and brands that lipsticks come in. Can anyone find me? maybe I don't want to be found!

First off the products I have been wearing.

 A bit of a mixture there regarding brands, my favorite out of the brands is the Essence 50's reloaded lipstick I paid $1 for it when it was on clearance at Target I'm loving to use it however I don't have a back up of it and don't want to run out of it either! The shade is 01 back to the 50's.

 My next favorite is the Australis pout paste (I don't like the name but I love the product) for some reason pout paste irks me. Sadly the color name has disappeared from the packaging however its a bright red and I just love it. Not for the faint hearted!

I also have been using the Australis show stopper glossy stick in hoola hoop which I love wearing on school days as its not as bold. I have also been wearing the Rimmel london 077 Asia the only nude I feel comfortable wearing because I tend to look washed out wearing them. Especially brown nudes!

 Swatches top of hand to bottom, Essence 50's re loaded lipstick, Rimmel London 077 Asia, Australis pout paste, Australis glossy stick Hoola hoop.

What shades have you been wearing lately? I really love a bold lip especially in red, not so much a pink lippy girl but reds and berries I do love wearing. I think they brighten up any day don't you? I will most likely be adding more to my collection today as I'm going shopping with my bestie and will be checking out the make up stands.

What do you do to cheer up a deary rainy day?
J

elf make up cream eye liner, mascara and brush

Hello all! last night I went to Kmart and was surprised to see that Elf is back in Australian stores again! a couple of years ago Target stocked elf I think it was 6 or so years ago and then they stopped.. So I purchased the black cream eye liner as I'm a sucker for cream/gel eye liners and this one is $8 in Kmart. I also purchased the defining and lengthening black mascara; by elf and their elf professional defining eye brush. I always thought that having eye brushes for different tasks were a bit of an over talked about topic how wrong was I! I used it today and was please with the results, makes it so much easier (yes I know rather late to the show with that ha ha)

 I am in love with this brush already, its so soft, easy to use and totally makes the job of cr
eating eye looks easier, I paid $3 for this one too. The brush is light, but not flimsy and not too long a handle either. They do have some of their studio range, this is the basic range so I will look into those products as I'm interested in trying out their cream eye shadows and matt lipsticks. Their eye shadow Quads are still the same from years ago and I do have a couple of them in my stash.

I am already in love with this mascara, its a liquidy formula and I love the wand, it doesn't clump and its not hard to apply. For $3 was very happy with this purchase. I think the packaging is quite nice really, its sturdy and easy to open and close which I guess is what we are after. It's not too cheap looking but realy we aren't paying for the packaging we are paying for the product.

you can see the top of the lashes where I bodged the application a little because it was my first go at using the mascara and wasn't sure what the formula would have been like however the lengthening properties of this mascara I am thrilled with! it sets/dries quickly too.

I'm going shopping on Wednesday will be purchasing more elf products! I am also going to go to Terry white chemists because I've read things about Ulta3 going more into make up and want to pick up some eye shadows from them.
watch out elf here I come! J