Estee Lauder Double Wear Review

Hey lovelies,
Sorry I haven't made a blog post in quite a while i've just been extremely busy with school and work but now that its coming to the end of the year and i've almost finished school I will be getting back into posting regularly!

So lets get into today's post
This post is a review on the Estee Lauder double wear foundation. I have been wanting to purchase this product for over a year now and I am so excited and happy that I finally have! This foundation is my holy grail. I am in the colour Desert beige and it is a perfect match for me. It covers up my redness and blemish scarring so well and it seriously lasts all day long. I took a sample pot of this foundation with me on a recent holiday to Fiji to test out how it wears in heat and humidity and I have no idea how but this foundation lasts even in the weather in Fiji! The only negative is that it smells quite strongly like paint and also it doesn't come with a pump however i'm sure there are pumps you can buy separately to fit on.
This foundation retails for $50 and I purchased mine at an Estee Lauder Counter in Myer. I really recommend you go try it out and if you go and get your colour tested the staff will be more than happy for you to get a sample :)


Thanks for reading
Hannah xx

Benefit Haul!

Hi lovelies 

I am so excited! I finally received my package from benefit. I am not a person that feels the need to spend ridiculous amounts on makeup. I am normally quite happy with having mainly drugstore products because i feel that drug store products are sometimes better quality than high end products. But I felt like spoiling myself and purchasing my first ever benefit products. I decided to get them off the US website because the price of buying them in australia is ridiculoulsy expensive. In total for my order i paid $125. If i got each of these products in Australia it would of cost me a whopping $270!! Thats a saving of more than half the price. Plus i also got free shipping on my order since it was free international shipping on orders over $125.
The customer service was really great. I got an email to say my order was confirmed and also another one when my order was shipped. It only took 5 days for me to receive my order which was really great! 

Now for the part that you've all been waiting for.... What I ordered!

First off I got the cult favorite Porefessional. I didn't really think I had very noticeably large pores but honestly after using the porefessional i can see a Huge difference in the way my makeup goes on, how long it lasts and also how it looks on my skin. I love this so much and I now know why everyone raves about it so much 

Next up is another favorite amongst beauty bloggers Hoola. I had been tossing up between purchasing this or Nars Laguna and I am so glad i got this! It has changed the way i bronze and contour. I cant explain it very well but this is just the most perfect shade and its just so amazing . I dont think I will ever need another bronzer or contour product. 

Next item is another popular one... They're real mascara and also a deluxe sample of the push up liner. First off as soon as my spending ban is over the first thing I am purchasing is the full size liner. It is amazeballs!!! It is so black and so easy to create the perfect wing! As for the mascara... Im not too sure how I feel about it yet... its not amazing but its not bad.. I will continue to try it out and see how it goes. The annoying thing about these two is that they are a bitch to remove!

Next item is Gimme brow in the shade light/medium. I was tossing up between which shade to get but im so glad I got the lighter one! This prouct is really nice and easy to use. I like using it ontop of my essence eyebrow pencil just to set my brows and make them look fuller. 

Next i got Bo-oing concealer. This concealer is the shit. It has the best coverage for any concealer i have ever used the only negative is that at the moment it is a tad too dark for me but it'll probably be perfect when im tan in summer. 

Lucky last is posie balm.. This is so adorable! and it smells like roses what more could you want?! I am yet to wear this on my lips yet but the swatch is very pretty and im sure it'll be a great everyday subtle pink colour :) 

Thankyou so much for reading 

Hannah xo 

Spending ban- How I am saving my money

hi lovelies, 

today's post is going to be a bit different to my typical makeup/beauty posts. 

Recently I have been purchasing a whole heap of makeup products and I realised that I have so many products that I haven't even used or opened up yet in my drawer. So to give my credit card a rest I have decided to go on a makeup spending ban.. 

Now when I say spending ban I'm not banning myself from buying beauty entirely I'm just going to limit the amount of money I spent on products. I am also trying to stop buying products that I don't acually need. I have a written up a list of products that I want to eventually get around to purchase throughout this year and possibly next year and I will only purchase items off this list... 

My ways to save money on my makeup spending are: 

1.Wait for sales. If I want a product that is from the drugstore I know that priceline, target, Myer etc are always having sales every few weeks so it is definelyy worth waiting a few weeks if I can get that certain product 30 or even 40% off. 

2. Use up one before buying another. I currently have about 5 different Mascaras opened and I honestly think it's such a waste because they end up drying out or going gross before I can finish a whole tube.. so my new rule is I will not buy another type of the same product until I have hit pan on another or have entirely used it up. That way I am getting more use out of the products I currently own 

3. Shop my own collection. Sometimes I get bored of using the same old products everyday so by mixing it up a bit and using different products that are stashed at the back of my draws is a great way to rediscover amazing products and save money. 

So there you have it.. so far I think I've been doing really well.. over the month of July I only purchased two makeup items (covergirl foundation and chi chi eyeshadow pallete) and made one iherb order and all the items were off my wishlist

I hope you enjoyed reading this post ❤️

have a great day/night xx 

Iherb order- Real techniqes and Hurraw lipbalms

Hi lovelies,
I was so impressed with my last order from iherb that i decided to buy a few more products.
I order the real techniques sponge, and the expert face brush and i also ordered 2 Hurraw lip balms.
I think I was most excited about the sponge because i had heard really great things about it and I don't have anything like it in my collection. It really has lived up to the expectations. I love it so much. It blends my foundation flawlessly and it is really easy to use to blend under eye concealer as well. I really recommend picking up this sponge . I also got the real techniques expert face brush. This is my new favorite foundation brush! it just makes it so easy to apply and it doesn't leave behind any brush lines or marks.

I also got two Hurraw Lip balms because I have seen many youtubers such as Shaaanxo rave about them. To be honest I don't actually like these lipbalms as much as I thought I would. They're still great and they do moisturize my lips and they whole vegan and cruelty free thing is great. I just feel like they have a funny scent to them even though they are both different 'flavours'. You can purchase them at David jones for around $8 i think but on iherb they are only $3-4 so I recommend buying them online.

Thanks for reading lovelies

Top 5 winter lipsticks

Hi Lovelies,

Todays post will be about my 5 favourite lipsticks for winter.
In winter I like to wear darker bolder colours that I wouldnt typically wear everyday in summer.
My lipstick collection has almost tripled in size in the past 6 months so i thought i would show you the top 5 lip products i have been reaching for this Winter.
1. 

Rimmel Kate moss lasting finish no. 29 

this such a gorgeous deep pinky purply shade I love it so much. I really like the formula of these Rimmel lipsticks 

2. revlon balm stain in smitten 

I really love these balm stains I hope to get the entire collection of them one day 

3. another Rimmel lipstick in the shade no. 32 

this is a orange peachy colour is so pretty and ware able 

4. is my favourite of the bunch, Jordana matte lipstick in classic nude. I own two or three of these lipsticks and for the price they are such great lipsticks and also they are one of the only 'matte' lipsticks that doesn't make my lips dry and flaky and they're really comfortable to wear. this colour is a brown/dark nude it's so gorgeous 

 5. lucky last is revlon super lustrous lipstick in fuschia shock. this is just a really shiny fuschia pink colour so gorgeous 

so there you have it, those are the 5 lipsticks I have been using the most this winter 

I hope you enjoyed reading 

xx 

BB Cream

Hi Lovelies,
If you follow me on instagram you would know that i am a huge BB cream fan. I would say that i wear them more than i wear actual foundation because i prefer a more natural light makeup for school and work.
BB creams or Beauty Balms are supposed to have many benefits for the skin while giving you a light coverage. some of these benefits include :
conceals imperfections
minimises the appearance of pores
evens skintone
smooths skin
helps fight against blemishes
all while giving an all day natural coverage to the skin.
Three of my favourtie BB creams i own are the:
Maybelline Dream pure BB cream- I have raved on about this quite a bit and it is my go to product. I use this almost every day and i love it. It is espically great because it has salysillic acid in it which helps fight those nasty breakouts

Rimmel Matte BB cream- This one is a more recent purchase and i really am enjoying it so far. I dont think that it has that much of a 'matte' effect but it is still a really nice BB cream.

Garnier Miracle Skin perfector- This is my first BB cream and i have been using this for 2 or 3 years now and i still love it so much. I have gone through about 4 of these and i will continue to repurchase it.

I do have a few more but i dont really use them as much or i dont really like them so these are my Top 3 BB creams
I usually apply these with a moisutriser or primer underneath and then set with a powder just to make it last all day long

Thanks for reading xx

Chi Chi Classics eyeshadow pallete

While wondering around the city the other day i couldnt help but notice there was 25% off Chi chi cosmetics. Of course i couldnt resist the sale so i decided to finally purchase my first chi chi eye shadow pallete. These are raved about constantly so i decided to see what the fuss was about. I got the classics pallete to start off with. 

This pallete is fantastic! 

the colours are crazy pigmented and so easy to blend. There is a wide range of different looks I can create with this pallete and these is a great range of matte and shimmer shadows. 

I really reccomend these palletes and I will definetly be going out and purchasing more.

ps. sorry for the crappy photo I had horrible lighting 

thanks for reading xxx