Mini Package Swap

Apologies for the bad lighting!!! I'm working on a new flatlay location :)

The beautiful ms.winnie was kind enough to send me some goodies from The Face Shop in Sydney! We decided to make a little package swap out of it, so watch out for THIS parcel to you in the post Winnie!

Not having The Face Shop in QLD, I was excited to get my hands on some Asian face masks and eye masks. I've had a couple of good ones from W Cosmetics in Indooroopilly, but it's a bit of a hike from where I live so I don't get them often.

Interestingly, there's a Snail mucus mask!!! Sounds kinda scary but we will see what it does for my skin :)

I really want to focus on skincare this year and get myself in a better routine, so here's hoping these motivate me a little more.

I feel super lucky to be part of an online community that supports, shares and cooperates in such a friendly way. 

I'll be working on some collabs with some really cool people in coming months, so start tuned! 

J x

FULL LIST OF PRODUCTS RECEIVED (Thanks again Winnie! Excited to try them all)

- Appelles Apothecary Shower Gel: Lemon Myrtle, Sandalwood & Rosehip

- Appelles Apothecary Shampoo: Blue Mallee Eucalyptus & Lemongrass

- Appelles Apothecary Conditioner: Sandalwood with Kakadu Plum

- Appelles Apothecary Vitamin B5 Skin Lotion: Mandarin peel, Rosemary & Cinnamon bark

- The Face Shop: Green Tea Toner & Lotion kit

- The Face Shop: Collagen Essential Mask Sheet 

- The Face Shop: Raspberry Roots Collagen Eye Patch

- The Face Shop: Smile Foot Mask

- My Beauty Diary: Cooling Mask

- Otaku: Chamomile & Collagen Mask

- Etude House: Smooth & Firming Snail Mucus Face Mask

Massive Beauty Haul! - Mecca Maxima, Kiehls, Sephora

The stash pre-unpackaging!

The wait is finally over - I checked out Mecca Maxima's Urban Decay launch!

(Did not get first 100 freebies - devastated!!!)

Also took a trip to Kiehl's, and been saving my Sephora Sydney mini haul for this blog post.
Check out what I've picked up this month:

-The Line Up-

We were treated with free water, museli bars and reading material.
First 100 in the line got a makeup bag with deluxe samples - I was number 106! Cue frustration.
I ended up with 2 deluxe samples with purchase, though - Perversion mascara, and the usual eye primer that comes with Naked purchase.

 -The Haul-

I deliberated whether to get Naked or Naked 2 (already own Naked 3), but the colours in the original swayed me.
I feel like I will probably get Naked 2 at some point in time though (who could resist). Same deal with the Naked Basics range, I loved the matte shades in Naked Basics 2.

No swatches of the Naked palettes, as I'm sure there are a hundred on the internet somewhere.
I did swatch my lip products though (sneaky Too Faced purchase happened), photo below!

The original Urban Decay Naked Palette

Urban Decay Naked Basics 2

Urban Decay Sheer Revolution Lipstick Sheer Streak

 This UD lipstick colour caught my attention and I could not say no! So. damn. pretty.
Texture reminds me of Maybelline Whisper range, or the Revlon Lip Butters but more durable. So, it does have that gloss factor to it.

Seems like a hydrating flush of colour - pretty keen to take it for a test run! Standard packaging, but I'm loving the signature UD purple.

Also picked up Too Faced Melted liquid lippy in Melted Velvet.
Have been wanting to try this for A G E S.

So many tempting colours, but I picked a Winter shade so I can play with it in coming months.

The squeezable, doe foot applicator could get messy, but I'll give it a go!

I'll keep you posted on the outcome of these two lip products, as I'm sure you're intrigued about the hype as much as I am.

Oh - got two lip liners on a whim as well. Nothing exciting, just for staple purposes - details in the swatch below:

L-R: UD Sheer Streak, Too Faced Melted Velvet, Rimmel Lip Liners in 004 Indian Pink & 049 Natural.

 -Kiehl's-

Wanted to try out two skincare products I cannot stop hearing about (Zoella, I'm looking at you)!

Midnight Recovery Eye gel, and Blemish Control Daily Skin-Clearing Treatment.

Sales woman also threw in samples of the Creme de Corps moisturizer, and Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleanser.

Again, will keep you posted on the outcome!

 

-Sephora, Sydney-

Obsessed with masks lately, picked up a Honey Mask from Sephora.

Got overwhelmed with the product range, panicked, and ended up picking up Sephora blush Pink Flush, and Sephora cheeks & lips Brilliant Jumbo 04 Vintage Pink.

Not really sure if I love them, but I'll see how they go haha!!!
Was super overwhelmed, and had a friend waiting so didn't take my usual time swatching, etc.
When in doubt, go for the subtle, neutral tones!

 

Did you check out the Urban Decay launch today?
Or got any favourites from Sephora Australia?

Let me know :)

J x