THE TOO FACED CHOCOLATE BAR EYE PALETTE

It was becoming abundantly clear that I didn't exactly have a large selection of eye shadows to create looks with for work. So I made the decision that I was going to invest in a palette. At first I thought that the Urban Decay Naked 3 would be the one. I love the tones in it, however when I thought about it, I reckoned I could get a lot more variety out of the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette. One birthday celebration later, it became mine. So, thoughts and feelings....

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: MAKEUP

The most exciting part of the gift guide is ready for you guys. I'm not *making this up.* I've picked out some slammin' deals. Some of these sets are worth so much more than they're valued at so I hope you find something good!

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: SKINCARE

Part two of the Christmas Gift Guide is here! Next up we have skincare. I've put together an array of skincare items ranging from stocking stuffer sized to full fancy gifts. So get ready to gift up your friends and family or... let's be real... TREAT YOSELF.

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: BATH & BODY

It's that time of year again my friends. Time to drain your bank accounts and adorn your friends and family with lavish goods. That's right, time to drown them in festive bubble bath, smother them in lusciously scented oils, and spritz them in the finest perfumes. This year I'm starting nice and early with a three part gift guide: bath & body, skincare and makeup. Beginning with bath & body.

6 BANGING BEAUTY TOOLS

Banging. What a revolting word. My gift to you. What we've got here today are some top notch beauty tools. I love a good beauty tool. They make life so much easier. Got a unibrow? Not anymore. TWEEZERS. Got excess facial hair? Not anymore. TOUCH UP RAZOR. How 'bout those blackheads? I don't think so. BLACKHEAD EXTRACTOR. You get the picture. Onto the six tools that I've picked out.

PROJECT: TRY ALL THE FOUNDATIONS

I've been working on a little project of late. A project I like to call “try all the foundations.” Seeing as I now have access to almost every high end foundation on the market, I figured, why not take advantage? Each day I take home a sample of a foundation and the next day I put it to the test. I'm only part way through my trial, but if you guys like what I'm doing I'll do a part two and maybe even a part three. I've got nine foundations to run you through now. A little background on my skin: it's combination (quite oily through the t-zone), sensitive, I get some breakouts, a little bit of flaky skin from retinol use and bit of redness throughout my cheeks.

FASHION GRUNGE

I've been digging the grunge look lately. I have to wear a fair bit of makeup to work and I'm not usually a glam kind of gal, so it's kind of slapping a face on while still being me. After all, you know, I like a little I don't give a shit bad-assery. Lols, like I could be bad-ass. So I'll take you through one of my go-to grunge looks.

OCTOBER FAVOURITES

I have warn more makeup in this month than ever before in my life. While I might be dying to scratch it all off my face by the end of the day, the actual process of experimenting and playing around with it has been loads of fun! I have so many favourites for the month, but I'm forcing myself to narrow it down to just six.

SEPHORA GRATIS HAUL: OCTOBER

As I've mentioned more than once now (I'm quite good at beating a dead horse, if I do say so myself), in the beginning of October I started working at Sephora. One of the perks of working there, aside from being surrounded by makeup (which is simultaneously quite dangerous) and receiving a discount, is that you get sweet, sweet gratis. Theoretically, the idea is to give the employees a chance to try out products and be able to speak with experience, but also, how can I put this elegantly?... we likes the stuffs. So I wanted to show you guys the stuffs that I received in October's gratis. I shant go into too much detail because that'd be a monster post. I'm spoiled rotten, I know.