makeup swap haul

i should have posted this long ago but i just came around to it so here this is.. i have been watching lots of you tube videos on ppl doing makeup swaps with other you tubers so i decided to do one and how i came around to swapping with the lovely Ashley was a long story but yeah i did a swap with Ashley aka leopardgirl8282 on you tube and she lives in Texas and me in Sydney. i basically just asked her for a mac blush(Melba) and a Mac lipstick(blankety) and the rest of the stuff were up to her :) here is the pictures of the stuff she had sent me



and to know what i got her watch this video


and do subscribe to her awesome channel and if you do pls tell her Melissa sent you
i loved all d stuff she got me and am happy i did the swap with her. she had sent me wayy too much stuff more than she should really have.

xmas celebration

time flies and i can't believe it's boxing day already.. this year i had a wonderful Christmas spending it with my bf at Blakehurst in his mum's house.. yeahh i received several awesome presents and i will post the pictures up soon.. the most awesome present i recived was from his mum. she gave the both of us a season pass to the theater which included 5 tickets to 5 different theater shows.. that's awesome:)

My bf gave me a evening dress and a pair of shoes to match and also a cute pair of boxers. i also received a cute angel and pearl bracelet from his nan and some other cool little gifts from his mum..

here are some random pictures from xmas.. will upload more soon..

unconventional xmas tree with presents under it at Helen's house



cute little xmas cupcakes



as for my bf i gave him a present that i knew he'd be heaps happy with. I gave him a nintendo wii :)) i'm happy and so is he.. Merry xmas everyone

it's my birthday

yayyy can't believe it's d time of the year again.. yeah i am turning 23 sob sob but yeah it's a unique birthday this year its 20/10/2010 something that happens only once in a lifetime :) anyway i had received 2 special presents from my bf earlier hehe he took me shopping and another one was a surprise he had gotten me earlier..

he had meant to give it to me today but he couldn't wait and gave it to me earlier hehe
More like he showed me the present and said he will keep it till later in the day. so yea i have to be good and wait till later before i can have it again. I will upload some pics when i get it later. i also had received some $$ and a swavroski crystal glass nail file from my bf's mum like two days ago. she's a sweetie. yeah thats all i had gotten so far will take pics tomorrow and upload it here :)

i will be going out to eat with my brother and some friends later so yeah hopefully will take some pics for u guys to see.

i will be uploading more pics and updates on my current makeup crazes soon have a great day people and i have included a random pic of my bf n i taken not too long ago :)

my current crazes

i've suddenly created an obsession for several makeup and beauty trends this winter

1. purple and lavender nails
i've gotten all crazy over purple nails i dunno why and my current colour in my current rave is the la. Girl metallic nail series in the colour millenium :) cheap and long lasting.

2. nude lips
i am a huge fan of nude lips and have several nude lipsticks from mac and revlon and my recommendation as from many other makeup gurus too will be the Revlon colour burst lipstick in soft nude. and another personal fav is the makeupstore lipstick in BAby.

3. peachy blushes
i love peachy blushes for the natural looking glow and i strongly recommend BYS mineral blush in Gentle pink and also my personal fav Inglot pan blush in the shade 20.

4. purple smoky eyes
i love being a lil different from the norm thus i love purple smoky eyes more than the traditional black ones :) i use several purple shades to achieve my purple smoky eyes and i highly recommend Inglot eyeshadows as they come in a variety of colours and has great pigmentation

my hair care products

its been a while i've pretty much been busy with uni n my work stuff but now i have the time to blog again :) ok so these are the products that i use on my hair. my hair is sometimes dry or oily depending and also coloured. :) i use several products that are used on a daily basis while some are treatments used as special hair care products and some are just normal styling products ok let's get started..



1. for daily shampooing i use schwarzkopf bona cure shampoo for coloured hair )2nd from the left). $16 purchased on strawberry.net and in my opinion this shampoo is alright nothing to great and honestly i've tried better commercial brand shampoos such as sunsilk. i also noticed that this product dries out my hair.. but i do love the other bona cure products that i've tried in the past

2. for daily conditioning i use the berry vitamin shampoo (3rd from right) it smells great and works great but i prefer my other conditioner

3. for special treatment i do change to a different conditioner and i use this aprox. 1-2 times in a week.. it's the bed head conditioner (2nd from right) as u can see it is the moisture maniac and smells great like peaches. it's a lil pricey $16 for a tiny bottle but its worth every penny and i highly recommend it.

4. i use schwarzkopf intensive hair care treatment as my leave in conditioner. it's a good and cheap treatment to keep hair from being dry especially before and after styling with hot styling tools. highly recommend this too everyone too (1st from left)

5. and finally when i get lazy and want to give my hair a rest i usually use the loreal spray in conditioner which is a good alternative to the dry shampoo. this product does wonders it is just spray it on and gives u the feeling of clean washed hair :) its cheap and is a must have in every girls hair care product collection

i do have many other hair care products in my collection and will hopefully do a review on them soon so just keep looking out for that

fav online shopping sites

hei guys i've recently been into online shopping and have several websites to recommend they're safe and provide good service

make up

www.strawberrynet.com
this site provides good and speedy service and sells discounted high end make up best of all it provides free shipping :)

www.maccosmetic.com.au
yeah the name says it all its mac cosmetics online store

www.smartpoppy.com.au
yeah sorry it's an australian site that sells certain make up products at discounted prices. bad thing is that they only have limited range of stuff

www.sasa.com
yeah it's sasa cosmetics that sells mainly asian beauty products..it's good as asian cosmetics are realy expensive here

www.crushcosmetics.com.au
yeah its a another australian site that sells a range of US cosmetics that are not available in australia
i.e NYX, BarryM

fashion

circle lenses
http://sweetvanitylens.blogspot.com
Australian based blog selling circle lenses.. speedy service and frenly owner :) totally a recommended fav

shoes
www.betts.com.au
australian based shoe store for betts shoes

gadgets
www.mimzthings.com
speedy service and discounted gadgets(i bought a mobile phone on this site)

my fav makeup brands

make up tutorials

i am pretty free these days n recently went tru some new makeup tutorials that i found nice n would like to try out
this is the link to it :)
http://www.bourjois.com.au/home/make_up_class/trendy_looks/spring_look_2009/vibrant_blue_reflections_for_the_eyes

hope that is an interesting one

recent haul

yayy it's been a while eversince i last posted a blog entry..
been busy with uni n work..
neways i recently had a small haul over a week n here are some of d stuff i bought and some of them are really my current favs

from L-R, the gloss benefit(chaperone), benefit lipstick(sugar cookie), artiste stippling brush, mj gorgeous wing, inglot eyeshadow duo & australis colour inject(lambada)

i have to say the colour inject lip gloss and the mj mascara is my current fav....
for now i need to constarint myself from buying any more cosmetics...:(