Friday, 1 November 2013

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!


OOTD

2nd November 2013




  • Floral top from Damart $20 I think
  • 7/8 Denim Pants (Emerson Brand) Big W $15 I think
Makeup today:
  • Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer by L'oreal
  • Rimmel BB Cream 9-in-1 Skin Perfecting Super Makeup SPF 25
  • Tried a new powder today CoverGirl Advanced Radieance Pressed powder shade 110 Creamy Natural.  This powder feels great on my skin but the BB Cream and the powder do nothing  to even out my complexion.  :(  Back to the drawing board methinks!
I bought the CoverGirl powder because they marketed it towards "aging skin", I think I need a better foundation.  Will continue to check into it!

OOTD


1st November 2013




  • Paisley Dress from Rockmans $69.99
  • Navy Shrug also Rockmans around $20-30 I think?
  • Wedge slides from Big W. $20
  • Red Leather Bag from Damart, has a detachable shoulder strap! $50
My make-up was kinda crappy, but I am trying out different things.  Today I wore:
  • Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer by L'Oreal $29.95 from Priceline
  • Rimmel BB Cream 9-in-1 Skin Perfecting Super Makeup SPF 25 in Light shade - can't remember how much I paid for it, also from Priceline
  • Avon Smooth Minerals Foundation Loose Powder SPF 15 in Shell shade
  • Avon Glimmersticks Lip Liner in Pink Bouquet
  • Avon Smooth Minerals Lipgloss in Crystal Coral
Although it doesn't show up much here, my makeup looked AWFUL after an hour. Oily/shiny... plus it made every pore and line in my skin look HUGE, not sure what the culprit is here either.

Could be the BB cream maybe (just started using it) or the Smooth Minerals powder which does end up looking bad after a while on me.  I think I might need a stronger foundation or better powder...?  I also find the Primer isn't really doing that much for me, I pile it into my forehead creases and they look just the same as if I didn't put anything on them...?


... in the beginning

Hi there!

Welcome to my little corner of the interwebs.

I created this blog as I hope to have something worth sharing with others out there about fashion, personal care, skin care, cosmetics and perhaps other random thoughts and ideas that spring to mind.

Some of this will be me having a whinge and a rant, however I will try and be constructive about my whinging and ranting :)

About me, well I am a health professional employed full-time at the moment.  I am divorced, have one child (a girl) who is turning 14 soon (YIKES), I also have a mortgage, 2 poodles and my dad lives with me since my mum passed away almost 2 years ago.

The last 5 years have been particularly hard for me.  I separated from my ex-husband, had a brief dalliance with alcohol abuse and generally fell into a hole.  I smoked cigarettes heavily on and off for years too.

A couple of months ago I kind of looked in the mirror and thought "God you look OLD".  I'm 38 years old and I think I look 50.  I have deep horizontal lines running across my forehead, those lines running from my nose to my mouth and the lovely little "11" lines between my eyebrows.

"Oh" I thought, "I'm just being too hard on myself".... Then a co-worker made a comment about my "wisdom lines" and I felt so upset, she didn't mean to make me feel bad but by crikey I felt awful.

I have been Googling and You-tubing like crazy ever since, researching everything from Botox to BB Creams trying to get a feel for fixing my face.

I hope to share procedures, products and gimmicks I have tried and hopefully had success with on here and perhaps get a dialogue happening with my readers!

So, that's why I started this.  Join me on my journey, share your thoughts and pages with me, we can learn so much from each other!