BLOGLOVIN'

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I have heard about Bloglovin' for a long time but had yet to really investigate what it was.

I first started blogging about 5 years ago on my other blog: Page Turners. If you are ever looking for a good book to read I highly recommend heading over there and checking it out.

Anyway, back in the day I followed other people's blogs just through blogger, which worked fine.

Now that I have started blogging again I found that that particular system just didn't seem to work as well for me. So, I started following other people's blogs on Bloglovin'. I have an app on my phone so that all I need to do if I find a blog that I like, is to hop on the app, search for the blog and start following it. So far it has been working really well for me.

Today I decided that I needed to get my act together and claim my own blog., which I have now done. So if you are looking for an easy way to follow My Red Lips and Freckles you can click on the Bloglovin' link in the side bar and whether you use Bloglovin' on your desktop or on your phone, you will be able to receive notifications whenever I put up a new post. Anything to make our lives that little bit easier, right?

ESSENCE EYEBROW STYLIST KIT: MY BROWS BUT BETTER

Image from the Essence website

I think that the Essence Eyebrow Sylist Kit was the first kit of brow powders that I ever purchased.

I've always been more of a brow pencil kind of girl. Mostly because of the convenience. I always found the pencil faster because you didn't need a brush and more convenient because you could easily just put it in your bag for top ups if required during the day.

The problem was that all of the brow pencils I had purchased were from cheaper brands and the colours were never quire right and the longevity was never quite there.

Not one to give up (and not one to buy a more expensive product if I can find a cheaper one that works), I thought that I would branch out and try the Essence Eyebrow Stylist Kit after seeing it reviewed by Goo Roo Beauty on her You Tube channel.

It is a decision that I never regretted. This is my go-to brow product. I LOVE it.

Read on for the review. 

HAUL: BOBBI BROWN, NARS, HOURGLASS, TOO FACED, COVERGIRL

I have been on a bit of a spending spree lately.

I tend to go through phases. Sometimes, I am just content watching You Tube videos and reading reviews but when it comes to actually buying anything I just feel a bit… meh *shrugs shoulders*. Nothing calls my name.

Then I will somehow enter into a new phase – a buying phase – where I feel an imperative to own everything I see and read about and to hell with the cost (well, not entirely, but you know what I mean).

The last couple of week have been one of those buying phases and the result is small but satisfying collective hall primarily from Mecca Maxima aka makeup heaven.

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.

Read on for the review. 

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.  

Read on for the review.