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Saturday, 21 January 2012

Brands Exclusive Giveaway!

Hey Girls, we have a little giveaway for our lovely Australian readers for a $50 voucher for Brands Exclusive. I've posted about them previously when I talked about getting my Wildfox shirts on sale. Brands Exclusive is a website that hosts sales for different brands and products at ridiculously good prices. They have a huge range of womens fashion to choose from and currently they have a ton of great designer clothes on sale including a bunch of cocktail dresses, from brands like Josh Goot, Minty Meets Munt, Ksubi, J Brand, Karen Walker Eyewear, and a lot more.

To win the $50 voucher here are the rules:

You must be following us via Google Friend Connect (we will check)
Comment below with your name, email address or blog url and tell us what you would spend your last $50 on
It is open to Australian readers only

The best answer will win and we will pass your name on to the Brands Exclusive team and they will send you the voucher!

Disclaimer: We are not being compensated for this giveaway it is strictly for our readers only! Good luck girls xo

This giveaway closes on the 30th of Jan so comment below before then to be in the running!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!!!! Thanks to everyone who entered <3

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Review: Kate Moss for Rimmel London

So if you know me well enough you know I'm an avid lipstick wearer and much prefer a lipstick over a lipgloss. This Christmas I was lucky enough to get some of the Kate Moss Rimmel lipsticks from my lovely boyfriend (who managed to get my favourite shades). I got four of the colours and I was so exited when I unwrapped the gift. I got two shades of red, an orange and also a dark purple all of which I absolutely love.

I wanted to share my thoughts on these lipsticks for other lipstick lovers out there, these are a must have. The stand out of these lipsticks was the formula they're all really creamy and leave a really nice satin finish which didn't dry out my lips even after prolonged wear. The lasting power of these lipsticks is also really good especially for a 'drugstore' brand. I found I only had to re apply in minor spots a few times during the night when I wore the purple one. As for the range of shades they have nine to choose from ranging from dark berries to nude. I'm quite pleased with the shades I received and they do have a really good colour payoff. One coat in some of these is plenty, but if you like more they're easily buildable without going cakey. I'm also in love with the packaging it's so sleek and minimal, but the signature in red makes it look much more classy.

Pros:

Great colour range - nice and bright
Decent price of $12 - 15 AUD
Really Pigmented
Lasting finish
Creamy satin finish
Sleek packaging
Buildable colour
Easy enough to remove
Scent is really fruity/candyish

Cons:

As you can see from the photos you don't get too much product in the tube (I've only ever worn each of them once at most so far)

I give this lipstick a solid 8 out of 10, and I wouldn't definitely buy a lot more given the chance and when I run out of my favourite shades.

Below are some tips and must have items for a lipstick wearer!

1. Paw Paw Ointment, 2. Lush Lip Scrubs, 3. Cotton Tips, 4. Lipstick (duh!)

I find it's best even if you don't have noticeable dry patches to always exfoliate your lips before using lipstick no matter what the formula. I love using the lush ones because they smell really nice and taste like sugar. I have the Bubblegum and the Pow Wow, I much prefer the Bubblegum as Lush hasn't quite perfected the formula of the Pow Wow as the top of mine when I opened it was rock hard. So after you exfoliate you will want to sink some moisture into your lips I use Paw Paw Ointment but you can use any chap stick or lip balm that works for you. The next step is to apply lipstick you can use a brush and liner if you need but I never have any to match the shades of lipstick I own (I need to get some) but I usually just apply straight from the tube and use the cotton tips to fix up anywhere where you may have gone outside the lines of your lips.

I hope you all enjoyed this review and my tips for wearing lipstick! I'm off to Sydney tomorrow to see A A Bondy at the Sydney festival and Megan and I will probably take some OOTD to put up here when we get back. Hope you're all have a great day!

Friday, 16 December 2011

Instagram + Life Updates

Life update through photos on Instagram. Do you guys have it? If you do comment with your username so I can follow you, otherwise my username is @circustiger. I love it!

Left to right: 1. The Flaming Lips @ Harvest, 2. Conor Oberst @ Harvest, 3. Daisy Print Shorts, 4. Moving house, 5. ACDC Lighter, 6. Moustache Bandaids from Urban Outfitters, 7. Reciepts, 8. Skinny Cow Icecream, 8. Stormy Sky, 9. My new clothes room, 10. O.P.I on my toes, 11. Hair Treatment 12. Laundromat, 13. Nike Free Runs I want, 14. Skirt I bought, 15. Boyfie, 16. Mint Water, 17. Cosmo, 18, Makeup before Bright Eyes, 19. Outfit before Bright Eyes, 20. Cocktails, 21. Bright Eyes, 22. Cider, 23. Cider, 24. Macbook love, 25. Sad Face, 26. Pretty Little Liars Book, 27. Vinyl Collection

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

The Iconic

Hey everyone, I'm so sorry I've be absent on here I have been so busy moving house, and we've had no internet for a while (bad excuses but oh well I'm here now.)

Today I wanted to share a post about a new Australian online shopping site called The Iconic (like we need more temptations right? haha) that has launched in the last couple of months that brings us brands like Bluejuice, Ksubi, Minkpink, Stylestalker, Lonely Hearts, Wildfox and Shakuhachi just to name a few of the many brands they have on offer. The range they have is insane, they have items for all price ranges and tastes from the casual girl to the more fashion forward, they even have clothing for men. I know I've already picked out a couple of key items I'm going to buy.

Here is a bit of what The Iconic say about themselves:

THE ICONIC is Australia's newest and most exciting online destination for fashion and

foot wear and was launched approximately a month ago. Bringing you an Australian lens on global trends, THE ICONIC will offer the best in men's and women's global fashion and footwear.

WHAT MAKES THE ICONIC UNIQUE?

Guided by fashion expert and former Project Runway Australia judge Sarah Gale, THE

ICONIC will feature regular trend reports, style tips and everything you need to know to

create the best looks. "I'm so excited to be part of this new venture. It's wonderful to be able

to showcase the best Australian talent and international labels on this new platform. Online

retail is definitely the future within this industry," Sarah said.

Pretty cool hey? I've used the site a couple times and found it really easy to navigate, I really don't like when online stores don't have buttons where you can limit the search of what you are looking for like size, colour, type etc. So I'm glad they incorporated this in, because it makes for an easier online shopping experience.

Below I've put together some of my favourite items from the store, things I will be getting my hands on in the future.