Makeup Haul

Recent Beauty Haul

This has 2 layers, you shake the bottle to mix the fluids and then apply it to a cotton pad/ball to clean your eyes.  Works well but was slightly irritating to my eyes if I rub them afterwards.

All day eyeliner?  Not really, seemed to wear off within an hour!!!

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lip Liner in "Wine".  Lasted less time than my Avon Glimmersticks for lips liner.  Meh great colour, crap wear time!

Miki is a cheap drugstore brand aimed at the tween/teen set.  I got Navy eye liner and Black Mascara 2 for AU$5, pretty good.  The eyeliner I haven't been able to use properly, it's a liquid one and I end up looking awful, I need to practice more!!  The mascara is nice and works well!

Maybelline EyeStudio Palette in Taupe Temptress.  Great palette, good colours!!

Avon Simply Pretty eyeliner.  Looks great on, nice soft look for day or night!

Models Prefer Ready Set Gorgeous mega palette from Priceline AU$40 (RRP AU$50)

So far with the small experiments I have done, this is a winner.  Great pigmentation of shadows, lip gloss was pretty and it even has pencil eye liners, blushes and eye gels!  Here is a look I tried recently using this palette for the lips, cheeks and eyes!

Models Prefer Magnifying Mirror

Models Prefer Magnifying Mirror

I bought this mirror last week as I needed a magnifying mirror with lighting as well.

I bought it at Priceline for AU$30.  It runs on a 9V battery.

The mirror itself feels nice and sturdy with a decent amount of weight in the base so it doesn't feel like it will fall over easily.  It has 2 mirrors, you just flip the bezel to which side you want - normal or magnified.

The light is OK, it could be brighter.  I will keep it for a little while longer and see how I go.  

The other Vanity mirrors I have seen that are similar but run on mains power cost AU$30-50 more than this one.  

It magnifies 3x which isn't a huge amount but I have good eyesight, so I just want the magnification for makeup touch-ups not to actually see to apply the makeup, which I know is an issue for some people.

The ones I looked at in other shops had 10x magnification.  Just so you know, brace yourself if you look in a 10x mirror, I nearly died of fright seeing my pores like that!!!

If you are curious about magnifying mirror reviews there is a very good one on YouTube by Angie of HotandFlashy.  She goes all out to give in depth reviews of products she likes and dislikes.

All up I like this mirror for the AU$30 price tag.  It does the job and looks quite nice sitting on my table!

Do you use magnifying vanity mirrors?  What do you think of them?

Swisse Responded!!

Cut'n'paste of their response below!!

Thank you for your email regarding Swisse Polish Face Exfoliant and Palm Oil.

We are happy to advise that Swisse Skincare products do not directly contain palm oil as an ingredient, however, some ingredients are derived from Palm oil;

• Cetyl alcohol is derived from coconut oil. 
• Glycerin is derived from coconut and palm oil. 
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate is derived from glycerin and Palm oil. 

Swisse Wellness are delighted to inform you that we use certified sustainable palm oil, produced from palm oil plantations that have been independently audited and found to comply with the globally agreed environmental standards devised by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is an international non-profit association that brings together conservation groups and palm-oil firms and will not certify oil grown on land that was deforested to farm the crop. 

These stringent sustainability criteria relate to social, environmental and economic good practice. We use only raw materials suppliers that are signatories to this agreement and use sustainable palm oil in their materials. We would like to note that Swisse Wellness has officially been granted formal acceptance as a supply chain associate into the RSPO - the RSPO is a global body set up to help monitor and control the sustainable use of palm oil throughout the world. 

Furthermore, Swisse Wellness has committed to ensuring that any palm oil sourced for any of our cosmetic products is sourced from RSPO certified providers. 

If we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our friendly Naturopathic Customer Service Team on 1800 SWISSE.

We wish you a healthy and happy day!

CLED! ("Celebrate Life Every Day!" That's the Swisse Team Spirit!)

Claire-Elyse EdenNaturopathic Communications and Customer Service

Isn't that great!?!?!  Superfast reply too, so I take back my earlier post and will link to this one in it.  Good Job Swisse!

Cleanser-geddon!

Cleansers!

Just wanted to share the cleansers I am using at the moment!

The BE Creamy Cleanser I just got from Priceline for $3.49.  I bought this in preparation to use with my new Clarisonic which should arrive next week.  I was slightly annoyed when I read the ingredients to see that Cetyl Alcohol was ingredient number 5, oh well, fortunately so far it hasn't been drying to my skin, which is good!

I got this product for $6.49 from Priceline.  I saw on Youtube channel gossmakeupartist that the only thing you need to get rid of blackheads is to cleanse as normal and then use a product with Salicylic Acid in it to help clear the sebum from the pores so it doesn't oxidise and cause that black dot we all love to hate, you just have to use it on the affected areas each day and should see an improvement, will keep you updated!

Last but not least I have started using Swisse Polish Face Exfoliant twice a week in the shower to try and brighten my skin.  It works well.  It has a thin, runny consistency with very fine grains in it.  Be sure to rinse this off thoroughly otherwise you end up with a sandy residue on your skin when you are dry.  However I was dismayed to see it uses palm oil, this means poor old Orang-utans have their homes cut down to make palm oil for these products.  I won't buy any more of this product.  In fact I just emailed the company about this subject, I hope they will consider it and respond.  UPDATE! They responded here

Face Mask Trial #1

I thought I'd give this "ready made" face mask a go last weekend. They cost like $8 from Priceline. I found it was extremely wet and slimy and my skin felt weird and tacky afterwards, definitely a no from me!