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“Join Romwe Official Fashion Bloggers in 2013” contest.

Win big (up to $130 in freebies!) and become an official Romwe Fashion Blogger.”

As a big fan of Romwe myself I thought there may be other Bloggers/Vloggers interested in this wonderful opportunity Romwe are offering :)

If you are interested in entering and becoming a Fashion Blogger then visit this link - http://www.facebook.com/Romwe.Fashion/app_451684954848385

Also ....

Romwe are having their annual 'Black Friday Sale' with up to 70% off storewide from 21st - 26th November so don't miss out on this one!!!! With free shipping worldwide what more can you ask for? 

Getting Organised!!!

It's been way too long since my last blog post!!! Life seems to have become incredibly full right now and the little spare time I do have disappears very quickly :) I think organisation is the key to getting everything done that needs doing and being organised has never been one of my strong points :( although I do try to be organised I tend to get distracted pretty easily too hahaha!!!! :D

Having my makeup in compartments inside my drawers does help and so does having special places for my brushes and other supplies, as long as I remember to put everything back where it goes there's no real problem. Forming good habits of putting things away can be a life saver when you're in a hurry and need to find something. If you're one of those people who leaves everything all over the place when they are getting ready to go out, try putting at least one thing back where it belongs every day, let's say your makeup brushes, be sure to put your brushes back every time you use them! Over the week it will become a habit to put them away and before you know it you won't even realise you're doing it!!! :) The next week, try putting something else back once you're finished, let's say your hair accessories/products, do the same thing all week (as well as putting the brushes away) and before you know it you will be putting other things back where they belong too.

It's all a matter of forming good habits, do something often enough and you will just do it automatically, whether it's a good thing or bad and this doesn't only work with 'tidying' it works in every part of your life, forming good habits that you want to have is just a matter of a little discipline and desire.

Now I need to get back in to the habit of writing on my blog so I'm setting myself a challenge of at least two blog posts a week, so let's see how I go!!

I hope someone finds this little post helpful in some way :)

Romwe is having a SALE!!!!

I love Romwe, what can I say, everything I've ever received from that store has been great in every way.

From now until 31st August Romwe is having a Summer Clearance Sale!!!

Discounts ranging between 5% - 60% and if your final total reaches $70 you can get an extra 15% off, that's 75% discount!!! So what are you waiting for ..... go to Romwe and check it out!!! :D

hahaha .... don't forget to read this in your loudest voice and imagine all the fluro blue bits flashing !!  :D

No seriously, you don't want to miss this sale, the dresses in the photo below are both from Romwe and are selling for $30.31 right now :)

Bellabox August, 2012 - Review :)

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted on my blog!!!! I'm not really sure how that happened but rest assured I'll be giving it plenty attention once again :)

Some of you may remember last year that I was subscribed to about four of the Australian Beauty Sample boxes, after many months of receiving some pretty wonderful things I decided that my poor little bedroom could no longer accommodate any more sample products :(


When Bellabox contacted me this month and asked me if I would like to review their August box and hold a Giveaway I was more than happy to say yes :D Unfortunately I only just received my box late on Friday so the Giveaway will now be postponed until September so keep a look out for that!!!

For those of you who may not be familiar with this sample box, it is a little box that you subscribe to and purchase for $15.00 per month and in return you will be sent 5 - 7 products (some full size) to try out.

Go Green

The August box was all about Green and Natural products, I'm pretty sure by now you would have to agree with me that this is the way to go when it comes to beauty products if you can.

So what did I have in my box you may ask :) I shall tell you .....

Firstly there was Ro's Argan Body Conditioner by Lush 45g - I really like this, it smells beautiful like most Lush products, it's said to smell of roses and lemon, I'm not quite sure if that's the smell I get but it smells lovely anyhow :) I've been using it on my legs and they feel silky soft which is great because the shorts are starting to come out now as the weather is warming up :) Love the little tin this comes in as it's very handy to just throw in your bag if your off to the beach!

Then we have the Eye of Horus Liquid Define Eyeliner, this is labelled as non-smudge and waterproof, I had this eye liner on for about 4-5 hours with really good results, it hadn't smudged at all so that's pretty good in my mind. This was a full sized product :)

USPA Organic Wild Thyme Foot Pumice - I haven't had a chance to try this one out yet but I will very soon, the smell is a little ... um ... not so nice so I haven't been eager to use it, hahaha but luckily my feet are far away from my nose so it shouldn't be too much of a problem when I do (I hope) :D

Next up was the Luk Beautifood Lip Nourish, this feels lovely and moisturising on the lips, mine is in the tan colour and once it's applied it's pretty natural looking (sheer). There wasn't any labelling on the tube but after reading up on it the reason was that it's not even in the shops yet!!! Wow, one of the first to try it that's nice :)

Then there was the Aveeno Daily Moisturising Lotion which worked very nicely on my arms, we all know after winter our skin can feel a little dry when you put the short sleeves on so moisturiser is a must to get it looking and feeling great, I have no problem with this product at all, and it's fragrance free which is a bonus :)

There were also sample sizes of the EmerginC skincare products which I haven't tried yet, it really is hard to get a good idea about skincare products from small sample sizes, to me you have to trial these products over a few weeks to see if they really work well for you. The packaging was pretty cute though :) More samples of the Daily C Vitamin Powder, there were a couple of sachets of this, I've tried this and it doesn't taste 'tragic' which is nice, hahaha .... If you like these types of drinks you would probably enjoy them a little more, they are sugar free with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives in them :)

and lastly, there was a bonus 'free with purchase' offer of a bottle of Bodhi Me Hand Wash to anyone who purchases from the Bellabox store in the month of August!!!

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Well there you have it, I must say it was nice to receive this little box again and it was also nice to try out some things I haven't tried before :)

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You can visit the Bellabox website HERE
and their Facebook Page HERE

Thank you Bellabox for sending me the August box, I really enjoyed my little samples!!!

Time with a good friend ...

It's strange after you leave school, you're starting a new life really and all the school socialising from past years come to a close. This is all good of course, it's life and it's getting out there in the real world and living your life but sometimes it's a little lonely ... I mean I have plenty of people to talk to and there's my family and my wonderful boyfriend but occasionally you really miss the friendship groups of your school friends.

Whenever I get the opportunity to catch up with someone from school I do, it's good for me because it's someone different to be with and have a laugh with. We may not all get to hang out as much any more or do things as a team but we are still in each other's life to a certain degree.

Last week I got to spend the day with my best friend Juanita, we do this every so often, get all glammed up and head off to take pictures of each other, so much fun!!! :)  This time was extra special because she's just had her braces taken off and looks amazing (she always has), she also allowed me to do her makeup for my portfolio (practice makes perfect) and best of all we had such a great time together.

We headed off to one of the local beaches in the area and posed and strutted for the camera, haha :D we even grabbed a ladder from her dad's shed and used it as a prop ... did we get some strange looks? You bet we did haha, but we didn't care, as long as we were having fun.

The theme of one of the photos was like opposites, we each wore the same dress from Romwe.com, Juanita in the black version and myself in the pale pink. The contrast with her blonde hair and my dark hair worked great and we were very pleased with the photos.

The weather was absolutely perfect, we have the best winters in the world here in Queensland, I mean look at that water!! :) and the day was perfect.

Remember to make time for good friends because they are a wonderful refreshing change to everyday life :D

Romwe Winner and Outlet Clearance Sale!!!

The Winner of the wonderful World Cup Giveaway from Romwe.com was ...

kingabojanska @ hotmail . com

Congratulations!!! :D

Also, just a quick note to let you all know that Romwe has a sale on right now with savings up to 75%, also if  your order is over $60, you can get extra 15% off til 31st July. 

The code is: clearance15%

Loosing My Brushes!!!! Sedona Lace 'Vortex' Brush Review

I love my makeup brushes, I really do!! I waited a long time to get makeup brushes and now that I have them I really appreciate them, so you can imagine that loosing some of them is pretty tragic :(

Some of you may know that I’ve been doing a Makeup Course which means that I was travelling to Brisbane with my bag of makeup goodies, I have a lovely Zuca Bag which holds everything nicely enough but my problem was my brushes, the brush belt I had just wasn’t cutting it, I’d roll all my brushes up in it after doing my work but when I came to get them again next time some of them had fallen out and found new homes amongst all my other stuff or they were just missing :( urghhhh!!!! So frustrating >:(

This is when I set about looking at a few sites in search of something better to store my brushes in. I still needed a brush belt and I didn’t want to be moving them out of one thing and into another all the time.  I watched a couple of youtube videos to see what was around and then came across something that just might work :D

The ‘Makeup Artist Brush Belt with Zipper’ by Sedona Lace looked like it just might do the job!! YAY

Photo property of Sedona Lace

I have a couple of makeup pallets from Sedona Lace which I find great, I have the 28Neutral Pallet (which I love) and the 10 Blush Pallet and I’ve reviewed them both earlier last year so when I realized they had this handy little brush belt I was very happy :) 

I decided on the ‘Vortex Professional  Makeup Brushes with Brush Belt’ because like I said, I’m missing a few of my brushes and they needed to be replaced, also, it’s good to have a nice supply of brushes in my professional kit.

The complete set of brushes with brush belt sells for $79.95

The brush belt alone is $19.95

The brush set alone is $69.95

The zippered brush belt is amazing, it keeps all my brushes safely in one place while I’m travelling and nothing falls out, it’s faux leather (of course) and has a really good sized adjustable belt. The zip goes all around three sides and keeps your brushes safely inside. I would have like the belt to be about an inch bigger just because I do have a lot of brushes (like most makeup artists) and maybe he belt could have adjusted more to fit smaller people better.

The brushes themselves I’ve been trying out for a few weeks now, I actually removed all my other brushes from my bedroom so that I would only use the Sedona Lace brushes and see how well they really worked. You can see that I’ve been using them in my last few videos.

I must say I was very happy with their performance, I only had a problem with the eyebrow brush being a little scratchy. My favourite brush would have to be the angled/bent liner brush, it makes applying eyeliner so much easier.

These brushes have had very little to no shedding. It’s common for most makeup brushes to shed a little when they are new and maybe the odd hair or two during their lifespan so the shedding on these brushes  was nothing out of the ordinary.

The kit comes with four (4) face brushes, eight (8) eye brushes and a lip brush. You can purchase it with or without the brush belt and I do think that they are great value for the money.

Brushes included

Jumbo Fan – FB01 – Face Brush

Tulip Contour – FB03 – Face Brush

Dome Contour – FB05 – Face Brush

Flat Top Buffer – FB07 – Face Brush

Universal Blender – EB09 – Eye Brush

Flat Synthetic – EB11 – Eye Brush

Synthetic Blender – EB13 – Eye Brush

Pointed Crease – EB15 – Eye Brush

Brow Spoolie Duo – EB17 – Eye Brush

Bent Liner – EB19 – Eye Brush

Detailed Shader – EB21 – Eye Brush

Angled Detail – EB23 – Eye Brush

Capped Lip Brush – LB25 – Lip Brush

Please remember that these are called ‘Professional’ brushes for a reason, they are not your basic brushes, this is not a kit you would probably buy for your first brush set but rather an ‘add-on’ brush set to complete your range of brushes.

The packaging was very secure, they arrived in a well padded box with the brushes in a nice organza bag. They also come with a pamphlet which explains what each brush is used for.

Here’s atutorial where I’m using all the brushes from the kit, there’s also a Giveaway to some lucky viewer for the ‘Vortex Professional Brush Kit with Zippered BrushBelt’ in this video which closes on 3rd August, 2012.