Australis Cosmetics AC Gems Limited Edition Velourlips Collection

my love of Australis is forever growing, I am steadily building a collection of their makeup that I'm actually quite impressed with, gone are the days of cheap, over priced makeup that was often sold at Kmart, Australis has really picked up their game, especially in following the liquid matte lipstick trend. On point shades such as blue, white, and all the colours of the rainbow thereabouts. I'll show you my growing collection of these velour lipsticks and I hope you enjoy them.

 I'm a lipstick junkie, seemingly these are my crack and I can never have too many, my lipstick collection is beyond 50+ lipsticks. But my go to favourites lately have been Australis. Their price, shades and quality literally can't be beat. I currently have 6 shades, a relatively small collection perhaps, but its growing steadily. I walked into Priceline yesteraday and thought if they had Rad-elaide I would purchase that in a snap, I noticed they had a 30% off sale on Australis so I picked up Rad-elade for $7.99 and the rest I picked up for $5 as they were on clearance!

 As expected Full-moon stone was the hardest to apply and work with, it came off streaky and needed multiple coats, it took about three coats to get an opaque cover that I was happy with, I'll probably end up using this shade as a mixing medium, or eye liner. The blue and green were stunning, and Radelade I'm in love with.

 I do love a good lipstick, and these are amazing quality for the price, and the fact they have such unique colours.These are supposedly in comparison with the NYX liquid lipsticks, but the formula is a little thicker.

The shades I have on swatch top to bottom are the ac gems limited edition and three standard lipsticks. Out of the limited edition range I picked up Full moon-stone, To-paz or not to To-paz, Em-Ruled city. I also got Shanghai and Maliboo, of course I also picked up their latest release, Rad-elaide.

I'm going to try and hunt down the last shade in the batch of limited editions which is Quartz and All but Radelade is somewhat similar.

Have you got a growing collection of velour lipsticks? what are your favourites? are you sucked into limited editions like I am?

hugs Jess

Face of australia lip quench pink champagne

Hello all! today I am so in love with this formulation of this lipstick I am about to show you! its the Face of Australia lip quench lipstick in pink champagne. It's such a pretty colour and the formular is like butter but so pigmented.

The lipsticks have shea butter and johoba oil mixed into the lipstick which conditions the lips and helps keep the colour on.

The finish of these colours are intense, pigmented, yet creamy and smooth, they last a good couple of hours without needing to touch up, and best of all they don't cling to any dry patches, and soothes sore dry lips, if any of you are like me having chronic dry lips you'll be happy about this!

 The colour is muted however its strong after a couple of wipes. It glides on effortlessly and wears well throughout the time on the lips. No drying, no feathering.

 I am just in love with this colour, it reminds me of fairy floss, or cotton candy, and its such a great every day colour.

 The packaging is sleek, and standard, and for $9.99 a great all round price, for a great all round product.

have you used any of these lipsticks yet from Face of Australia?

Hugs Jess

Lancome lipsticks I'm addicted to

Hello lovelies, and I do hope you all had a fab Christmas and holiday period. I cannot believe its nearing the end of 2014 already!  I have to admit, I have a lipstik problem! I'll show you my latest problem because I have a growing collection. I have at the moment at least 30 lip products so these that I have in the next picture aren't even all of them.

 I was actually gifted a lot of these by my generous friend, Angie as she was going through her make up. So she's actually sparked my addiction in lipstick because before that I had probably only five lipsticks in my collection. And yes I have actually since, gone out to purchase lipsticks!! I know its terrible. But once fallen down the rabbit hole, its very hard to get out again isn't it?

 These four are my most worn lipsticks in the bunch so far, I've only had the lipsticks for about a month though.So we'll see what happens through out time. Lancome, Physicians formula, Sonia Kashuk and Stila.

 These two however are my to die for shades that are so well worn lately that I just can't seem to get enough of them. Sonia Kashuk,  and Lancome. I had never tried either brands before so these were very exciting. The Sonia Kashuk one is a limited edition one I believe. The Sonia Kashuk shade I believe from what I can work out is  red lip matte. And the Lancome shade is coquette. Both are lovely shades that I'm addicted to wearing.

I love the packaging on both but especially the lancome because it has that little magnetic snap and the gold and black, it makes me feel very fancy.

What lipsticks are you addicted to? would love to know!

hugs Jess

Designer Brand Eternal Colour Perfect Pink Review

Hello again there lovelies! today I purchased a couple of things from Designer Brands as I was filling out a script at the chemist, because if I purchased 3 things I got a free gift. Well I saw that they had 50% off certain things so I got three new lipsticks. I believe they were $4.99 each with the half off price.So I think that's a pretty good price tag for a drug store branded lipstick. I've been wearing it all afternoon and I gotta say, that already I am impressed!

First off the colour, its lovely, especially for a pink because normally I steer clear of pinks, however this is right up my ally as it is a cool toned pink. It's called Perfect Pink. And it was one of the free items that came in the box of goodies.

A rich, full and intense pink with a cool undertone that is unique and lovely, a rarity in my collection of berries and jewel tone lipsticks!

 The colour is truly lovely, I really think it brightens up my whole complexion and I think for its bargain price you can't go wrong. The name of this range of lipstick in Designer brand is Eternal Colour and my gosh these are pigmented. You will not be disappointed with these lipsticks one little bit.

 They are a dream to apply because they are a really creamy formulation which I love in a lipstick as I hate the tugging sensation that some can cause. They actually leave my lips feeling conditioned which is a rarity in lipsticks. These lipsticks have Vitamin E in them so no wonder they feel like they nourish the lips so well.

 The swatch itself was easy to apply, no double swatching needed to get the pigment to show up. I really love this almost a fuschia colour.

 The packaging is sleek, tightly made so it doesn't feel like it will come apart and make a horrible mess in your handbag which is another rarity with the cheaper lipstick brands. So Designer brands have really amped up the game I think.

 The lipstick has lasted me about 4 hours without needing to retouch it, so I'm so glad I have a couple of these now. I'll certainly be picking up a few more shades whilst the sale is happening. Also note how funny is it that the pink pretty much matches the roses my hubby surprised me with today? wasn't that sweet?

What are your thoughts on Designer Brand products or their lipsticks? have you tried them?
Merry Christmas!
hug
Jess