Makeup Wipe Monday #12 Nivea Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes Dry andSensitive skin

Yo

I have recently been trying out the Nivea Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes Dry and Sensitive skin thus it is the focus of today's post.

These makeup wipes have a strong fragrance, the smell isn't too unpleasant though. The wipes are reasonably thick but thinner than most of the higher priced supermarket brands. They are decently moist though which you would expect from Nivea. The wipes take off your makeup with one or two wipes, one is not enough and two is too much, no in between. I don't think I really noticed that it was particularly good for dry or sensitive skin likes it claims it is made for. I found it strange that there is a  fragrance when it is for sensitive skin as they don't really go together in my opinion.

The price of these wipes are higher than most found at a supermarket and not what I would call budget friendly, they are middle of the range.

Would I recommend these? Yes there is no reason not to. Will I repurchase these? Maybe if they were on sale.

Briony xx

Shameless Selfies #4

Hi!!

You know I love the camera! There are some selfies from back in January most are from my cousin Mel's wedding.  Also meet my family and some of my favourites.

Lime Crime Velvetine in Suedeberry, packing for Brodie's trip to France! Haul of gifts here. 

After filming my top 13 Products of 2013 which actually was 14 products. Opps!!

Twinning with the bestie!

Mel and Dave's wedding! 

My beautiful Mother!

The father wearing the Panda tie I got from China. Just casually in Richmond colours ;)

My amazing sister!

My future sister in law and the mother to my favourite niece!

My super tall first cousin once removed, who is looking babe'n. 

lover lover

Don't take my selfies too seriously. 

My boyfriend.

Briony xx

Makeup Storage #1 Lipstick

Hey all!

I recently got a new set of draws from Ikea and I will be sharing this with you in a video soon but for now little by little as the draws are a complete mess. So today we are talking about my new lipstick holders. I got mine from eBay, I seriously should be banned! Here is my seller, I have used them twice once last year, one was broken and they replaced it straight away for free so I do recommend them.

(Sorry for the poor quality photo!)

I currently have 37 lipsticks which is crazy! Most of them are Revlon as I got given a cube (9 lipsticks) and eBay got me in bulk deal for 6 of the Moon Drop ones, plus some Lip butters! Then my other container is full of a mixture of brands ranging from high end to 'drug store'.

I just really like the way these look in my draws. It is easy to see the brand and the colour. It frees up room in my draws so that I can organise the draw with other makeup items. I really think that having my lipsticks arranged like this will help me use all of my lipsticks instead of just favouring the one colour.

Briony xx

Makeup Wipe Monday #9 CE Natural Essentials Aloe Vera Facial Wipe

Hi everyone! 

Today we are talking about the CE Natural Essentials Aloe Vera Facial Wipes. I had never heard about these before I bought them. I got mine at La Mania Direct at Essendon Fields and I will link the website here for in case you want to try the wipes yourself.

The wipes are made in Australia (yay!), Alcohol free, Hypo-allergenic and includes Aloe Vera as well as Vitamin E. All of these make the wipe sound pretty good before using them. Aloe Vera is always nice in skincare as is so soothing.

The wipes themselves are nice and thick which I enjoyed. However the wipes are slightly too dry for my taste. It takes two wipes to take off make up completely but it will do the job.

would I repurchase most likely not as the price was on the more expensive side and I think the Coles wipes are better in general. I would consider buying them again in the summer though because of the aloe vera.

Briony xx

Spotlight Sunday #13 Michael Todd True Organics Pumpkin Nutrient -Rich Facial Mask

Hey all

You may remember from one of my haul and feb faves I got a face mask from Michael Todd's last year. The  Pumpkin Nutrient -Rich Facial Mask to be exact.  The one I picked was an exfoliating one as I figured it would make my skin look better after the mask opposed to the usual where it draws out the toxins. I don't own a scrub or any chemical exfoliactors so I used this instead of them.

The product does have the warning not for sensitive skin which I ignored, however my housemate tried this out and she felt like the product was burning her. If you have any fresh or open pimples the product will sting your face. I feel a tiny bit of a burn but it is not an bad one for me, just one that shows that it doing something. It also claims moisturise and nourish which is nice.

The smell is pretty strange in all honesty it smell like meat and tomato sauce sandwiches that I had as a child. Which sounds so weird but it isn't bad and maybe it is something else from my childhood but that is what I think of each time! When you put it on your face it looks like you have used Doritos as your foundation, a super hot look if you ask me!

This product makes my skin look and feel amazing the day after using it, which is why I love it so much. I have even had my boyfriend comment on how good my skin looked after using it, which is a sign of a good product to me.

Would I repurchase this product for sure! I am keen to try more Michael Todd products soon.

Briony xx

New Videos! GRWM and March Favourites!

Hey all!
I have posted two videos this week! Yep that's right I am trying super hard to get in a routine with my videos! I want to upload at least once if not two videos a week. If you have any suggestions for days let me know below!

Get Ready With Me for one of my close friends 21st Birthdays! I use false lashes in this one so get excited. '

March Favourites! This one is a little late in the month but I have been super sick this week and edited it late. Oh well it is up now! I am keen to share my favourites with you this month and I have included some non-beauty product.

Please watch and subscribe!

Briony xx

New products April 2014 #1

Hey all

This week I recently got some new Clinque products. I went for cult favourites really, I'm sure you have all heard of them.  I had to share anyway I am that excited. 

Firstly I got Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm. I have been lusting after this ever since I finished my Antipodes Grapeseed butter Cleanser. This one is talked about a lot in the blog and YouTube world, so was something I just had to try myself. I recently have felt lost with my skin care routine as my skin is slowly becoming more like it's normal self after treatment (minus the acne, for now). It can feel like I am not taking care of it properly do I am excited to have a new high end product to motivate me with taking better care of my skin. 

The other talked about product I picked up is the Bottom Lash Mascara. I'm awful with putting mascara on my bottom lashes and when I try I don't think it looks any good, I'm hope this mascara will make me a pro while giving my eyes an extra pop. This isn't an essential product to anyone's makeup collection but I am worth it, right? 

I also got two samples while I was there and they are the clarifying lotion and the liquid facial soap. I haven't heard that much about either of these products. Only that my mother raves about the lotion. Looking forward to trying them out and letting you know how they are. 

Briony xx

Update: The internet will soon be back in life

Helllo to all my lovely readers! 

As you may know I recently moved and with that comes the long annoying wait to get things installed. The 10 business days are almost up, big thanks to Australia Day for making the wait longer! So regular posts will be starting again when it is finally installed and I will be able to actually upload videos on my YouTube channel! I have a get ready with me from New Years Eve that should be going up later in the week. Late I know but I moved, also better late than never. 

Some exciting news for me too! I finally finished my Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Degree! I am so excited and nervous about what is to come! I will have a lot more time for blogging now so watch out for that. 

Love all of you and will blog soon I promise! 

Briony xx

Spotlight Sunday #10 Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation

Hey lovelies 

I finished my Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation. I really enjoyed the foundation. It has slight shimmer/ glitter particles. Which aren't very noticeable on your face but I would put the foundation on the back of my hand before I used a brush. The foundation on my hands when in the light would sparkle, like Edward Cullen lol. 

I would say that this is a light to medium foundation. It would cover my pimples pretty well but I would still need concealer on blemishes and on those annoying dark circles. However I really enjoyed the look of skin when wearing this foundation. I think the shimmer does make your face glow slightly which is a nice effect when you are feeling blah. 

I would highly recommend it and I plan on repurchasing this product also. 

Briony xx

Beauty Goal

For the rest of the year I have a pretty simple beauty goal. To use sunscreen everyday I am going outside. I do wear foundation with SPF however I find myself not wearing make up more often then not. My day time moisturiser is currently inconsistent so putting on a sunscreen daily will make sure my skin stays undamgaed from the sun and looking more youthful. As it is a well known fact that sun damage ages skin, since I am now 22 I am wanting to become more caring and kind to my skin. There is no better time to prevent wrinkles and skin damage than before it starts.

Will you join me? 

Briony xx

Nails of the Week #1

There are my nails for this week. Rimmel London Salon Pro Kate in 711 Punk Rock. I am still pretty bad at painting my nails, but I am improving.

Skin update September 2013

So Tuesday I met with my dermatologist. I am currently really happy with my skin. I have no fresh break outs only old scaring still. It is easily covered with foundation. I haven't even been using concealer lately. I am so shocked how different my skin now looks compared to old pictures of me.

I have a tutorial that I filmed a few months ago that I never finished editing. My skin has so many bumps on it in the footage. Even with my foundation and concealer the skin looks gross as you can see heaps of bumps on my forehead. I am a bit up in the air as to whether finish editing that video and upload it. Let me know what you think. 

Back on to seeing my dermatologist what he said was that I only need stay on the medication for another two months. Which I am so excited about. Since the pimples are gone I am now just working on getting rid of the redness and scaring. Two months will be amazing to be off the treatment and I will post about it  and film a video.

I also asked my dermatologist about the Clarisonic as I have been dying to get one. Pretty much I got told me to not get one. He said pretty much if you wouldn't put it on your privates that you shouldn't put it on your face. He did see that I had a need for it either. So I am really unsure on whether I will get it once I finish my treatment.

Briony xx

Sample Queen!

I have so many samples at the moment. So I am going to start using a sample a week at least and post a mini review on my blog. It will free up a lot of room in my storage and I will hopefully find new products I love. I will not be able to tell you where each sample has come from as it is difficult to remember but most likely it is from a sample box.

I am thinking of posting these on a Wednesday as that is a day where there is a gap in my blog. I will still have posts that are not in a series of course! Just I enjoy series on here as it helps me keep focused on what to blog about and when. 

Also on a little house keeping note I finally changed the time on my blog so now if I schedule it will be on Australian Melbourne (Sydney's too) time. I have no idea why it took me so long. 

Briony xx 

Flashback Friday #3

Hi Lovelies 

It's Friday yay! If only I wasn't a poor uni student who spent her weekends working, sigh. To celebrate that it is Friday were are going back to 2009 with my amazing friend Brodie again. We liked to dress up and take lots of photos okay. As you will learn we were not camera shy at all, we even have an old joint YouTube channel which one day I may let you watch for flashback sakes or maybe not as you may think I am INSANE! 

Teasing our hair was lots of fun to be honest on the night and then torture the next day! Why did we do it? Well I was under the impression we were so high end. It was inspired by magazines like Russh which I adored at the time, I swear I had so much money back then! It could have also been slightly inspired from our school product that we had been in, Brodie was one of the stars! The production was set in an era similar to Sweeny Todd. 

The top picture not my favourite I look very dead in my opinion however the other two I still like. I really like the big bow on the side of my hair. It maybe just before it looks so in place with the massive hair. The second picture is really not about the make up as it such bad quality you can barely see our faces! 

The bottom picture I appear to have blush on! Yay!! Not as much as an embarrassing photo. Since I don't think the make up is too horrible. However really not my style at all now. I think Brodie looks stunning in them like usual she was born a pro in my option, lucky thing. 

I love the white eye shadow in the corner of the eyes that Brodie and I have. I think it still looks good and sometimes use it now. However I don't do it that often these days as I don't have a white eye shadow I like as much as I liked one then. Any recommendations? I would love to know if you have found a perfect one! 

I am hoping that their is not too many more pictures where I look emo but who knows apparently I had a phase even though I was in love with bright coloured clothes during that time! 

Briony xx 

Any pictures that you have that you don't know what you were thinking?