REVIEW: TOO FACED MELTED LIPSTICKS IN NUDE, PEONY, FUCHSIA & BERRY

As with a lot of the products I purchase, I had been watching a lot of rave reviews about the Too Faced Melted Lipsticks on You Tube before I committed to buying them.

In 2014, Too Faced released a limited edition Melted Kisses set that 4 mini Melted Lipsticks in the shades Nude, Peony, Fuchsia and Berry. That did it. After all the rave reviews I had been reading, I couldn’t help but purchase this little set that seemed like such value for money.

I’ve been wearing them for many months now so I have come to know them very well before writing this review.

Do I like them? They’re ok. Although they do have their good features, I haven’t found that they meet the expectations that I have of them after reading and watching so many wonderful reviews.

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REVIEW: ANASTASIA BEVERLEY HILLS BROW WIZ

When Sephora opened in Sydney, the Anastasia Beverley Hills Brow Wiz is one of the products that I was most excited about purchasing.

Until I purchased it, I had been consistently using the Essence Eyebrow Stylist Kit and was very happy with it (click here to read my review and it will open in another window). 

Nonetheless, I still find the convenience of a pencil brow product very appealing and I had only ever read good reviews of the Anastasia Beverley Hills Brow Wiz.

I was a little nervous. It isn’t cheap and my only other experience with brow pencils was with drugstore brow pencils and they are just never quite right.

Fortunately, the Anastasia Beverley Hills Brow Wiz has been a great purchase.

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REVIEW: MILANI COLOR STATEMENT LIPSTICKS IN PRETTY NATURAL, PLUMROSE & UPTOWN MAUVE

I think that I have been watching and reading reviews of the Milani Color Statement Lipstick line for about 2 years now and I have never seen or read a bad review of the line. So of course my expectations were high when I finally made my purchase of Pretty Natural, Plumrose and Uptown Mauve.

It is really hard not to have high expectations of a product when you have been reading such good reviews of them for such a long time. The risk of course is that the product can never match up with those high expectations.

Did these meet my high expectations? I have been wearing them exclusively for two weeks now and I am a little confused by my reaction to them.

I think that the best way to describe my feelings is to say that “the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts”. Aristotle may not have had lipstick in mind when he said that but it nevertheless seems appropriate when I consider my opinion of these lipsticks.

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BITE BEAUTY AGAVE LIP MASK: CHAMPAGNE

I’m just going to come out and say it. I have dry lips. Like, really dry lips. They look dehydrated and can often become a little flaky. Most lipsticks will emphasise the dryness to a certain extent, even long wearing lipsticks don't tend to last too long and it means that I am very susceptible to the dreaded lipstick ring once it starts wearing off.

I do try to use lip balms but the reality is that they rarely seem to have any great impact on the dryness beyond some temporary relief. What I really want is something to help the dryness go away.

In comes the Agave Lip Mask by Bite Beauty.

I think at the time I purchased it I had seen only one review of the Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask on You Tube but it was a really positive review that had got me all excited that this might be the product to help me with my dry lip problem. I was also just generally curious about the brand because one of my favourite You Tubers, Emily Eddington from Beauty Broadcast, is always raving about Bite Beauty lip products.

So, when Sephora finally opened in Sydney (yay) the Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask was one of the first things that I looked for (once they finally let me into the shop). I was hoping to buy the original but by the time that I got there the only one left in stock was the Agave Lip Mask in Champagne.

Has it fixed my dry lip problem? Is it all that I hoped for?

Yes and no. I think it would be fair to say that I have a love/hate relationship with this product.

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BOBBI BROWN CORRECTOR

Image from Bobbi Brown website

Thank goodness for this little miracle.

I have dark circles under my eyes. I mean really dark. It’s definitely as a result of genetics thanks to my father’s side of the family. I also have a toddler and am pregnant at the moment which only makes the circles even darker.

For years I had been concealing them with little effect. No concealer ever seemed to do the trick of covering the blue and because of my eye condition anything that goes under my eyes is going to have a longevity problem.

I would say about 12 months ago I started seeing a lot of reviews on you tube for the Bobbi Brown Corrector – a product designed to cover dark under eye circles.

After seeing so many positive reviews I decided to take the plunge and try it myself.

I haven’t regretted it and I can confidently say that the Bobbie Brown Corrector has quickly become a holy grail and it is one of the only products that I can say I use on a daily basis.  

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