Autumn/Winter Must Haves 2014

Hey Beauties,

Lets get back into the spring of things. Put the past, in the past, and lets focus on the future.

Before I start, I just want to state a short message:

I am going to start making YouTube videos again. I made videos around this time last year, and at August I stopped. But I'm going to begin again, and link it with this blog. However. My YouTube username is totally different to my blog. And I am not going to make another Facebook Page for my YouTube fans, so I've converted my page for both accounts. You can like that here. My YouTube channel can be viewed here so make sure you are subscribed!

Anyway, today's blog post is all about my picks for this Autumn and Winter. Now, it doesn't feel like Autumn yet, its been boiling hot still, and today it began to rain and was a tad cloudy. So I'm hoping it becomes colder because I just want to wear some damn jumpers!

We'll start off with my Lipstick Picks.

L-R: Maybelline Color Sensational - Berry Beautiful 941,  OM She - Grace, Essence - More To Love 57, Rimmel Kate Moss - 04

L-R: Rimmel, Essence,  OM She, Maybelline.

For the colder seasons, I love a good darker, raspberry lip colour. It seems to compliment my pale skin colour rather nicely, but some colours, do make my already stained yellow teeth (Gross, I know) appear more yellow.

Maybelline Color Sensational: Berry Beautiful I'm pretty sure this shade is discontinued as I haven't seen it in store, and I just bought this from a lady at the market. But I love this shade so much. Its a shade I'm pretty sure I will be reaching for a lot in the upcoming months.

Essence: More To Love I'm pretty sure Essence has recently discontinued this shade too, but I haven't actually worn this yet, as its a bit glittery, but I'm sure I will wear it on those days where I just want a hint of red on my lips, as it doesn't show up that vibrantly. (On image, that was with a few layers.)

Rimmel Kate Moss: 04 I love this shade so much, But I don't really wear it too often as it does make my teeth yellow. So when I wear this, I usually just dab and blend with my fingers, and with the slight pink of my lip colour shining through its just perfect. image with it on here

OM She: Grace I have a feeling this is either a new, or old shade. As I didn't see it at Priceline yesterday. But I got this in my last bellabox, and I love this shade. What I love more is the fact that its a little bit darker than my favorite lip colour ever. (Essence All About Cupcake) and this smells so good too.

For lip Liners...

This has no shade name, but its by the brand Smooch. Which my Mum just picked up for 50cents at my local pharmacy. Its creamy, lasts for ages, and its just great quality.

Now I'm a nail polish junkie (Collection coming next week!) So I have a few favorites!

Rimmel Salon Pro: Punk Rock Okay. I totally reccomend these nail polishes. They are great. It lasts about, 4-5 days I'd say? and its very easy to apply as well. I have 2 from this range and I will be buying more.

Essie: Bahama Mama I love this nail polish. I think this is going to be the most worn on my nail:s this year. Its a perfect shade, and gold and silver can match it really well.

Rimmel Metal Rush: Bronze Princess  I painted this on my nails last night. And on my other nails I have Australis' Trackie Dacks, and thats already started chipping, even with Seche Vite on top. But Bronze Princess hasn't. And it only required 2 coats.

Rimmel 60 Seconds: Aye, Aye Sailor I love this nail polish, well I love all my nail polishes, duh, but this one in particular is different to all the other ones I own. I don't own a navy blue. And this one is just amazing. I love to pair this with Sally Hansen's Celeb City. Perfect combination.

Ahh...Eyeshadows. I have a few that I will think I will be reaching.

Bobbi Brown Creme Eyeshadow: Burnished This creme eyeshadow (or cream however you spell it) is very similar to Maybelline's Bad to the Bronze. So thats the reason why I love it. And last year, that was my statement piece, so I reckon I will repeat that.

Rimmel Smokey Eyes Quad I only use the black and grey out of this quad, but I love it. This was my first eyeshadow set I bought and have used, and its probably past its due date, but I don't really mind! (How do you tell if it is out of date?)

Rimmel: Dusk This is a matte brown that I like to apply to my lids on lazy days. It applys well and lasts throughout the day, which is great!

Maybelline Colour Tattoo: Electric Blue I haven't used this very often, but I think I will start to create some smokey eyes with this as I love the colour.

Urban Decay's Naked Palette I find that this palette has the best colour selection for the colder months. Its easy to make various smokey eyes, and you can create many, many looks.

Last, but certainly not least. A must have for everyone:

Moisturiser. You need this baby in your life. I never used to use this until recently, and its just magical. This one is the Cetaphil one, I only got this because it was reduced in Coles (Still in date though) but I have tried the Thursday Plantation one, which I will be doing a review on very soon!!

What are your key items for this season?

Keep Smiling,

xobrontie

Summer Must Haves!

Hey Beauties,

So I know that Summer arrives a while ago, but to be honest, it has only just started to become warm in Tasmania. Cause apparently this year is meant to be the coldest year we have had or something like that. But when I am posting this, it has been 35 degrees, and during this week it is meant to stick between 23 - 31 which is absolutley beautiful. I've been waiting (and dreading) for this weather to come about.

Why dreading? I'm seriously more of a winter girl than a summer girl. I don't like tans, and I don't tan, I hate the sticky feeling, I hate the fact that I sweat, if its a warm day with a top of 25, its fine, but over that I just - Nope. Don't like it. And I know, how un-Australian of me! But we all have our own opinions, right?

So heres what I've included. Some things aren't pictured in the...picture, mainly cause it was late and I really could not be bothered trying to set it all up, but I think you get the overall idea.

Sunscreen: This is a definate must have for the summer. You don't want to be getting burnt (Unless your like me and get burnt even when you have sunscreen on e.e) and you want to be protecting your body from the rays of the sun. I'm showing the Banana Boat Mineral Protect Sunscreen which I got in my Bellabox a few months back.

BB Cream: You don't really want to be wearing heavy, cakey make-up in the summer time, so its probably best to wear something lighter. If you have a light foundation thats fine too, but I'd prefer the BB Cream as its pretty good for the skin. I'm featuring Maybelline's Dream Pure BB Cream with 2% Salycilic Acid, which is my chosen favorite.

Sunglasses: No one likes squinty eyeballs, lets just face it, not that attractive, sunglasses are another great way to protect yourself from the sun, I'm unsure where I got mine from as they were purchased second hand, but I think they may possibly be Jay Jays (They look like a pair they would sell in my opinion)

Cardigan: This is one item not shown in the picture. I'm only suggesting a cardigan as it may cool down of the night time, and, I don't know if this happens anywhere else, but at Tasmania, our beaches get freezing. So its just a good little extra to have just to have as a just-in-case item.

Long Lasting Lipstick: You don't want to be re-applying your lips while your at the beach, heck, your lipstick would most likely get sandy while at the beach so why would you take it in the first place? Beats me. Anyway, I've included the only long lasting lipsticks I own, which are both from the Rimmel Kate Moss Collection, The black one is in Shade 04, which is a dark purple, my very first lipstick purchase (I went through a goth phase, okay!) and I think the other one is in 104 or 106, its the nude pink shade - Yes it was going to be in a giveaway but I've decided on another one.

Thongs: Flip-Flops, Sandals, whatever you want to call them, I call them thongs, these are a must have for hanging down at the beach. I suprisingly only have 3 pairs, 2 of which are mens (I find them comfortable I cannot stand womens ones) Wait no I own 4, I forgot about my seafolly ones, whoops.

Hair Accesories: Hair ties, bobby pins, hair bands, whatever. I've recently had my hair all cut off - post coming soon about that, but I know what its like when its summer, and its boiling hot and all your saying is "HAIR GET THE F#$K OFF MY BODY" so it just makes sense to put it up right?

Anyway, they are my main essentials for summer. What would your main item be? Is there something I forgot, there probably is.

Keep Smiling,

xobrontie