Personal Perspectives

As you know I had a list. It was rather long and of course things got added onto it as I visited not only Sephora (pictured above) but Walgreens, Walmart. MAC and Macy’s. Please keep in mind that I had put myself on quite a serious “No-Buy” before our holiday because I knew that I wanted to get a lot of products.

YSL Glossy Stains – #2 Brun Glace & #3 Brun Cachemire

I have wanted these for the longest time. Every time I went into Myer I would look at these, swatch them and tell myself I had to wait until we went to the US. These are still a high end item at $US34 (but compared to $AUS50) they were a bargain. I can’t wait to start wearing these when I go back to work – it will make the fact that my vacation is over easier to deal with.

L’Oreal Colour Riche Shine Caresse Wet Shine = #174 Rose Taffeta & #181 Sheer Linen

I picked up these two when I was in Walgreens ($US10.49)

NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil – #9106 Club Mix

I’ve wanted one of these for ages as well. These are gorgeous and I really liked this colour when I swatched it in Sephora.

Dior Addict Lip Glow

I’ve had my eye on this for ages as well. Given that my Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Lip Protectant is two-thirds of the way used, it won’t be long before this becomes my lip conditioner of choice! I’ve read so many great reviews – I hope my lips love this formula.

Dior Addict Extreme – #316 Incognito

A holy-grail lip product for me. I needed a spare so I picked this up.

NYC Smooth Proof 16H Lip Stain – #492 Never Ending Nude

Just wanted to try this one. It smells like the permanent colour markers I used at school (Children of the 80s/90s – you know what I am talking about!!)

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain – #005 Crush

Jodi from Goo Roo Beauty rocked this lip colour in her February Favourites video so while I was in Walgreens I purchased this for $US9.49. It’s a great colour and lasts for hours!

I promised myself that I wouldn’t go overboard with eyeshadows as I have a lot of great holy grail products and palettes in my collection and I need to use and appreciate them. I did however have a few things that made my short list that were influenced by some of my favourite Online Beauty Gurus…..

Her Late Night Cravings

Ladies – you are responsible for my first Wet N Wild purchase! And of course it could only be the gorgeous eyeshadow trio - Walking on Eggshells. What a great recommendation – these colours should be in everyone’s beauty bag!!

Tanya Burr

Miss Burr – you are responsible for the three MAC eyeshadows: Shroom, Shale & Vex. I saw your lovely tutorial on Daily Mix using Shale & Vex and I had to have these cool tone colours. Shroom has been a staple in my beauty bag for years and I needed a spare! Tanya also managed to convince me that I needed a couple of extra MAC 217 brushes in my collection ($US 21 compared to $AU37). I also picked up a spare MAC 224 brush as well.

Beauty Broadcast

Emily talks often about the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils and so I picked up #604 in Milk for my inner corner.

Lisasz09

Lisa has raved about the Sephora Airbrush 55 brush and so I wanted to try it. I’m looking forward to testing it out with my mineral foundation.

Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Tint For Eyes – #04 Ample Amber

I have no one to blame for this purchase. I wanted to try one of the Chubby Sticks for Eyes as I am such a fan of the Chubby Sticks for Lips so this purchase was always going to happen!

What can I say…..I’m a bronzer and highlighter girl as you know and so I thought I might as well ‘go hard or go home’ so I added some blushes to the haul as well:

• Hard Candy So Baked Bronzer #129 – Tiki
• Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush – Exposed
• Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzing Powder with Real Cocoa
• Too Faced Candlelight Softly Illuminating Translucent Powder
• Milani Baked Blush – #06 Bellissimo Bronze
• NARS Blush/Bronzing Powder Duo – Orgasm/Laguna

So let’s be clear. Foundation was not on the list. But yet, here it is….

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light

I love my Estee Lauder Invisible Fluid Makeup so why wouldn’t I love the Double Wear Light? Didn’t take much convincing did it? For the times when I need more coverage and more staying power. Can’t wait to try it and review it.

This wasn’t on the list either – I just picked it up as I was waiting in the queue at Sephora. I’ve read good things about Tarte products though so thought I might as well try it – Tarte High Performing Naturals:

• Clean Slate Poreless 12 Hour Perfecting Primer
• Amazonian Clay BB Illuminating Moisturiser
• Gifted Amazonian Clay Smart Mascara

These were also an impulse buy:

• Josie Maran Bear Naked Nail Wipes
• Tweezerman Studio Collection – Exclusively for Sephora: Pink Perfection Petite Tweeze Set

My splurge items were from the Chanel Counter at Macy’s. I’d had my eye on these for months – eagerly reading all of the blogs and reviews. They are just gorgeous and I’m glad I have them both in my collection. A more detailed review to come!

• Chanel Illuminating Powder – 2013 Collection
• Chanel Pure Brillance Pure Shine – #69 Merveille

WOW! Didn’t I have a fantastic trip?? I’m very excited about all of the above and I’m looking forward to trying them all and writing some blog posts for you all.

PP

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