Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• Inexpensive
• Wide range of colours in Bella gel powder range
• Cruelty Free
• Shimmers, mattes and satin mattes in the range

This was my first experience with a Milani eyeshadow which I bought from Beautybay a British beauty shopping site.  I also purchased two other shades - Bella Rouge which online looked red but is actually a beautiful magenta with gold sheen and Taupe a matte shade. 

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This colour is beautiful gold shimmer green, it looks very high end.  I found at least for me, it works best with applying it with a finger straight to your eye.  I tried using it with several different brushes natural bristles and synthetic, wet the brush with setting spray and got decidedly average results especially when compared to simply applying with your finger.  This shade also reminds me of an anaconda in the Amazon jungle lol.



With the other two colours I purchased in the single Bella format, the shimmers definitely apply better and look better with the finger application.  Honestly I would prefer using a brush so I don't have to wipe off my fingers every time. If you set your eyelid with eye primer and powder this product does not layer well at all.  I have tried different powders to set it with to no avail.  However, no primer and no powder will give you vastly better results.

The product is housed in a gold plastic, transparent top lid component, and the product is in a concave dome.  It is not powdery so no fall out if you use a brush.  The product itself does not get affected if you use the wet brush method as some shadows go strange after repeated use with those products on its surface.

I recommend this product but you need to find the best way to apply it for you.

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Milani

• Cruelty Free NO
• Fragrance Free YES
• 6.4 mls
• $23.95 AUD 
• Lengthening, volumising with definition
• Natural bristle brush
• Does dry out fast

UPDATE: Unfortunately, the mascara formula goes dry and very clumpy within a month or so.  On the other hand, you should not keep using a mascara for longer than three months so there is that to take in consideration also.

In Australia it can take so long for us to get regular drugstore products that other countries have had for so much longer.  This mascara caught my eye, and I snatched it up! Having heard it compared to the Too Faced Better than Sex mascara it was a must buy!

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The packaging is a direct rip of the Better Than Sex packaging but instead of pink L'Oreal uses rose gold.  This mascara has a bristle brush and the rose gold tube component is lovely.  The brush head is very similar to the Too Faced Better than Sex wand and the formula result is so much the same but I have to say that Lash Paradise is just that much better! I have heard that this formula may dry out quicker than most so will have to monitor how soon that happens.  The formula is that perfect not too wet not too dry, but just right goldilocks style! I love this mascara as much as I love wearing false lashes and I think both product types have their place.





This is a legit winner! Holy grail status!


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L'Oreal

• Cruelty free NO
• Fragrance Free YES
• Squeeze tube
• Drugstore price
• Two colours available

My skin is fair with pink undertones and freckles oily/combination and currently 38 years old.

This is my first liquid highlighter by Maybelline.  It was on sale and I thought perfect chance to try it out!

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This highlighter is in a squeeze tube and is available in two colours an iridescent pink and a golden version.  You can use your fingers or a sponge for best application I feel.  I used two squeezes of the tube to get the level of highlight I wanted.  I was in love with this until I saw the ingredients list and it had denatured alcohol as the fourth listed ingredient.  Usually, I can smell high amounts of alcohol in products but I didn't think it was obvious in this product.  As a result, I would not advise using this product every day or too regularly as the type and amount of denatured alcohol that is present in this product will irritate and damage the skin even if you can't see the damage people!

Here is a photo of me wearing it on top of the Revlon Youth Fx Fill + Blur foundation 110 Ivory (review to come soon)
So, I really like this type of highlight with no glitter in it, it is just metallic.




I do recommend this highlighter but with caution because of the amount of denatured alcohol it contains.

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Maybelline

• Cruelty Free NO
• Inexpensive 
• Plastic bristles

This is my second Cover Girl mascara product, I don't really associate great mascaras with Cover Girl as much as I do with Maybelline who have had a lot of success with their mascaras, although a few of their recent offerings have left a lot to be desired.

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The Super Sizer mascara is housed in a turquoise tube with neon yellow type.  The colour is very black.  It has the distinctive 'mascara' smell which isn't perfume like just mascara ingredient smell.  It doesn't bother my nose.

At first, I wasn't sold on this mascara, I wore it a few times and left it for awhile.  I picked it up again and it looked a whole lot better than last time! That does happen with mascaras as I am sure you have found for yourself; the formula gets better once exposed to oxygen.

The formula is more dry then wet, so you don't have to wipe off excess unless you want to on the wand.  The wand is plastic bristles and some people don't like those and prefer natural bristles.  The wand has a twisty three sided design and if you roll your wand a certain way it is meant to help with the look of application.

I have poked my eye a few times when trying to get into the inner corner of my eyes so please be aware of that.

What it did for my lashes was separate them and define them which looks very nice.  It is not volumising and gives a little bit of lengthening.  The colour is good but as I have blonde brown lashes I always want mascara to be deeper in pigment.


Cover Girl is a drug store brand, but in Australia the prices are around $15 - $21 dollars for mascaras from brands like Cover Girl, Maybelline, Rimmel etc.

I definitely recommend this mascara, if you aren't loving it in the beginning then let it alone for a few weeks and try it again and you may be pleasantly surprised!

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