All About Nude

While I was in Priceline on my holidays I managed to find this palette from Essence Cosmetics which I wanted when I purchased my other Essence items from Target but sadly they only had the candy palette which I have no interest in, nude all the way baby. I have told you of my love for Essence products time and time again, and this palette did not disappoint. It is called the All About Nude eyeshadow palette. It is in plastic clear packaging and contains 6 shimmer eyeshadows with one highlight shade, 2 pink shades, 2 brown shades and a deep plum/cranberry shade. 

The eyeshadows are quite good quality, not chalky at all in my opinion and were quite smooth and easy to blend. I wish there was more brown shades than pink but I guess I have enough neutral brown shades in my collection! The last time is quite good, I don't actually own a primer but I am sure they would have a better lasting time with one. I will have to try using them with my color tattoo as a base and see if they have a longer lasting time. 

This retails for $6.45 AU and does come in another shade which is candies and as I said does not interest me at all, but they are lovely shades just nothing I would wear out! It is only a limited edition so if you like the look of the colours I would definitely recommend you go out now and try to pick it up! 

Love Liz xx

Essence New In Town

I picked up two products a week or so ago from the limited essence range New In Town which is exclusive to Target. I really liked the look of quite a few things in this range, but I only picked up two items, one on a whim and one I was dying to get. 

I picked up the new blush, Blush Up! in shade 10 heat wave which is a striking mixture of orange and bright pink. This was the whole reason for my trip to Target, I have really been liking Essence products lately and I couldn't pass adding this baby to my collection for the mere price of $6.45 AU. This is really pigmented so I have to use a light hand and a big fluffy blush with this to avoid looking like a clown. Technically you could get three colours out of this blush, the orange, the pink and a mixture of the two however I prefer just to mix them. This is very pigmented and lasts for 4-5 hours on my oily skin which I think is great for the price! I would definitely recommend picking this up from Target while you can.

I also grabbed the XXXL Longlasting Lipgloss Matt Effect in shade 05 velvet rose which is a lovely muted pink colour. I don't own any other colours like this but I do really like it, matt lip products are not the best for my dry lips but it helps if I use a lip scrub beforehand and make sure my lips are moisturised. This is still moisturising but not as much as a non matt product. I don't consider this to be extremely long lasting, more an hour or two on my lips, without food or drinks. However for the price, $4.10 AU I think this is good quality, just make sure to have it on hand for touch ups. 

I did really want to pick up one of the eye palettes as well, all about nude, however they only had the candy coloured one which I would unfortunately never touch! If I see it I will probably grab it, after all it is only 6.45 AU, and really how many nude palettes can you have?!

Have you tried any of Essence's limited edition ranges?

Love Liz xx

Review: Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous Foundation

I purchased this foundation on sale the other day after hearing many people rave about it on Instagram and I was looking for a foundation to take away on holidays with me (if you are reading this now I am in Queensland yay!). I picked up shade 825 which I believe is called Buff Beige, I purchased this from Kmart so it was a bit of a risk as they no longer have any testers. It is a fairly decent match, a tad light but once my tan fades it will all be matchy matchy!

This foundation claims to be a foundation, primer and concealer in one! The back of the package even reads:

Lasting power of a primer, coverage of a concealer, and blendabillity of a foundation in one. Shine free.

I do believe this has a high medium coverage but not a high coverage, my Revlon Colorstay is higher coverage. I also find that I need to wear a primer underneath this, I do get shiny after 3-4 hours which is typical of me but it is better when I use a primer. However despite these slight drawbacks I really do like this foundation as something slightly less than my Revlon one, for going out for a few hours its great. I just wouldn't want to wear it for a full day, people with dry skin would probably be better off than those of us oily skinned gals, aren't we lucky! 

This retails here for $`56t9.95 AU however if you get yourself down to Priceline it is 40% the entire brand so you can pick this up for only $11.97!!!! (I hope this promo is still running when this is posted, if not I am super sorry)

Love Liz xx 

Review: Essence Metal Glam Highlighter Powder

I picked up this Essence highlighter from Priceline recently, I had wanted to purchase a powder highlighter during the Priceline 40% off sale but there was only a couple I could find and they weren't very appealing. I am ashamed to admit that this is the only powder highlighter I own, I only own a couple liquid and cream highlighters. 

I have wanted a powder highlighter for a while as I find cream and liquid are a bit hard to wear on my oily skin. I had considered purchasing one by the Balm, however I read a few reviews comparing this highlighter from essence to that of the Balm's Mary- Lou Manizer. 

This highlighter is part of a limited edition range by Essence so if you want to pick it up be quick, it is exclusive to Priceline so you will need to purchase it there. It retails for $5.35 AU which is ridiculously cheap for 9g of a powder product that will probably last me forever. 

The shade is 01 Gold Digger which is a lovely pale champagne colour. It is a metallic highlighter, it does not have glitter particles but it does look quite shimmery on the skin. This lasts for around 4-5 hours on my oily skin, drier skin would probably have a longer last time, but for the price I really cant complain.

I am considering picking up another one as I know this is a limited edition, however I believe Essence usually put out a highlighter every so often in their ranges so I will have to think about it! But this is a really lovely highlighter for the price so I definitely recommend grabbing one if you haven't already.

Have you tried anything from Essence?

Love Liz xx

My First Time In MAC

Hello Everyone!

So it finally happened, after much deliberating and debate I finally picked up my first product from MAC, I foresee this being a long and expensive love affair. I picked up the lovely Mineralize Skinfinish in Stereo Rose which is apart of their A Fantasy of Flowers, I was debating which skinfinish to purchase, and I decided that I should go with a limited edition one as the others would always be there! This is an absolutely love product, the MAC website describes the Mineralize Skinfinish as:

A luxurious velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish. Smooths on: adds buffed-ip highlights to cheeks, or an overall ultra-deluxe polish to the face.

Warning! This is a little picture heavy as I am just so in love and wanted to share its amazingness with you all.

This is more of a blush on my skin tone, it works really well as a highlight and blush in one when applied to the cheekbones and swept up to the temple. It is very shimmery so slight warning to anyone who does not love shimmer! It is a coral peach colour with gold veining through the powder. I havent tried this as an all over colour yet, I am a bit worried that this has too much colour in it to do that, but I may have to try that someday soon.

This lasts a good 6 or 7 hours on my oily skin, more with a primer and when used with a setting spray. I usually apply this with my Real Techniques blush brush but any fluffy brush would do. This retails for $47 on the MAC website and in store, it is however a limited edition but I would definitely recommend snapping this up if you can.

And for anyone that follows me on Instagram (@justalittlebitofliz) I do plan on purchasing some MAC eyeshadows in the near future, however they do not sell the pro palettes in store so I have to purchase online.

Love Liz xx