Friday, September 30, 2011

I Got Tagged: Lipstick Tag

After being tagged in May by Trammie, I've finally been able to actually do it :) haha

Thanks for the tag Trammie ♥

And I shall begin....

Lipstick Tag

How many lipsticks do you have?

When you were a child, did you use your mother's lipsticks?

No! Considering my mum's reaction to my nails getting painted in year 4... I think if I ever did play with any cosmetics or nail polish of any kind I would have gotten smacked!

How old were you when you bought your first lipstick and what was it?

I actually bought my first lipstick when I first started this blog.... So last year in May :) When I was 17.... Haha. I bought two Revlon Colour burst lippies hehe, two for the price of one!

What is your newest lipstick?

Sportsgirl Lippies in Fruit Tingle, Fushia Splash and Juicy Watermelon. Which were all gifts from Amanda!! She's so sweet aww I love all the colours :)

The most expensive lipstick I have ever bought...

Ummmm....... I think it was the MAC lipstick that I bought purely to get my pictures on photobucket up and running again (as mentioned in this post) :| Haha $18 buckeroonies :)

And the cheapest?

I'm pretty sure it was the BYS and Ulta lippies, which were 2.99... or 3.99 each? I needed a red lippie for a party and I couldn't decide which one to get so I just grabbed every affordable one :p

What's the most bizarre thing you have done with a lipstick? No interesting stories here :( Haha I haven't done anything od with lipstick

If you had to recommend a lipstick, which brand would you recommend and why?

All of my lipstick are similar brands so I don't have much to compare to, so out of the ones I have I would only recommend the Sportsgirl lipsticks as unlike my other ones, their lippies actually last and aren't drying at all.

Pink or red lipstick?

On me, I'd prefer pink! But I'm starting to like red a lot more :) Hmmm... I'm not sure haha

Favourite pink? I can't choose just one, so many!!! I'll choose 2... hehe

It'll have to be NYX in Tea Rose for a light pink and Sportsgirl Lippie in Juicy Watermelon for a bold pink!

Favourite nude? NYX in Circe definitely!!!!!!

Favourite red? NYX in Snow White which is a dark red and BYS in Crimson Joy which is a brighter red :)

A short review and swatch of both these products here

Favourite unusual shade? NYX in Power- A sort of Purple-ish pink nude shade and Sportsgirl Lippie in Fruit Tingle which is is a orangey-light pink shade

Favourite dark shade? The darkest shade I have is NYX in Snow White!

I tag the following bloggers:

Jenny from Jenwoonani

Amanda from Thaitales

Tezza from Myteeefine

Cindy from Oriental Expresso

Celeste from Becoming beautiful

Sophie from Pseudo-hero

And I tag the rest of you!

Leave your link in the comment box if you do this tag :) I'd love to see your responses!

xo, arsyparsy

♥

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Event - Day 1: IMATS + ABBW

Hi!

Over the weekend IMATS and ABBW were on :)

ABBW was held by the lovely Jacie (youvegotnail) and Kimmi (plasticdiaries), with many months they had put into preparation... It was actually happening!!!! They did an amazing job at making this weekend a success!!!! It was the first Australian Beauty Blogger Weekend event ever! So I was super excited to be one of the many 85 beauty bloggers attending.

I spent ABBW with Tram, Tezza and Amanda.

Amanda was only able to come at dinner though because she had work earlier on throughout the day :(

It was awesome meeting Tezza for the first time after knowing her from blogging for a while, I was excited to hang out with Amanda and Tram since we hadn't properly done so... ever!

I got up at 5am, but I wasn't the slightest bit grumpy about my lack of sleep because I was pumped for the rest of the day so that's okay :)

But what sucked was that I forgot my camera at home *dammit* I didn't want to make you all suffer if I took the pictures with my phone.... So I don't have any pictures to post :(

I wish I could have visually invited you all on the trip with me though... Words will have to suffice.

We went for registration at Novotel and afterwards all met outside IMATS. We waited for quite a while so we snapped a few photos.

Garnier goodies box we got from registration :)

Hi girls :')

Pictures taken from Trammie!

We proceeded into IMATS and I was so excited! But dissapointed that I hadn't researched earlier on what I should have purchased. I ended up purchasing two brushes, only spent $7!

Crown Blending Fluff Brush

Royal & Langnickel Brow Brush

The brushes were unbelievable cheap!!! I was so amazed!!! Maybe this is how people in America feel everyday when they walk into the beauty section of their stores :)

After a while, Tezza and I decided to take a break and went to relax at the Royal & Langnickel suite they had restricted only of ABBW members, aww it was such a nice little place where we could drink, snack and have a little chat :) We could have even gotten our nails done there! I really wanted to get mine done but I had no credit so I would have been lost if I did so... haha

I looooveeee orange juice! Yum yum yum.

Picture taken from Tezza :)

When leaving the suite, we were given a bag..... I opened it up and I was super excited to find out that it was a Royal & Langnickel Green Line COMPLETE Brush Set!!!! It had an interesting cover :) Made of corks kinda.

The brushes were so soooooffffttt!!!! All of them!

We went to wander around and check out the stalls again..... And saw Pursebuzz a few metres away... All of us were completely shocked! Omgg she was sooooo tall and gorgeous!!! We went up to chat to her and have a photo and she gave us all the cutest bows! She has the moooost adorable accent ever and she's so kind! ..... I think I can write an essay about her but lets stop here.

Awwwwwwwww ♥

Picture taken from Trammie!

After IMATS, we went back to Novotel for a seminar by Beauty Directory. They had introduced us to Trishave and Pure Therapy and had given us generously given us samples for each. I think it was interesting about the amount of information they had provided to us about it! After hearing it, I just wanted to try it straight away. There was also a panel where they gave us their tips on how to deal with PR's, which I thought was quite interesting!

Trishave is a shaving range which produce a range of products for both men and women. Their products are beneficial for sensitive skin and are used to sooth and soften the skin and prevent ingrowns. I thought it was interesting that there was SPF included in the products which are to be used after shaving. I was surprised cause I had never seen their products before! But I am eager to try it out :)

We were also given Pure Therapy samples, they create products for hair and skin care which are also used for skin conditions and sensitive skin.

Upon leaving, they have given us a white bag with a white box..... And I wonder what was inside :)

A mirror!!!!

A massive improvement from my $5 one from Cabramatta... hahaha *passes it down to my sister

Aww I love it! It has a grip and double sided mirror which is a close up on one end :)

It even had 'beauty directory' on it, which I thought was pretty cool :)

After the seminar we had a few hours of spare time then had gone down to Establishment for the Dinner hosted by Maxted Thomas :)

Tram and I were luggaging a tonne of goodies around, I still had bruises on my shoulder and arms on Monday but it was well worth it!

Tezza had gone home as she wasn't feeling so well which was a shame :(

Amanda came after work, but Tram left half way through the event due to an unfortunate event :(

Amanda and I :)

Picture taken from Trammie!

I really have no other pictures of the event..... But it was awesome! There were so many brands there, we were given many products (which I cannot wait to try!) And the dinner was a great way to end the night!

Good night everyone,

it feels really late... But it's only 11!

I've been sleeping early lately :) Super proud of myself...

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend as much as I did!!!

xo, arsyparsy

♥

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Tutorial: Purple + Green Eyeshadow Look

Hi!!!!!!

Only a week away from ABBW, awww I'm so excited :'))))

I saved up some money (including selling my defqon ticket) to spend some mulla there!!!

Well Monday I have an assignment due, I finished it all off today! I'm so proud of myself :) So I decided to play with some makeup yayyy. And again, I wanted to try out green eyeshadow! (And hopefully not fail this time...) After an hour of slapping colour on my face............. success!!!!!!

I'm really happy with the results... Between doing it, I was thinking ughh I look like a clown again :(... but I kept going... And lashes really do make a difference! :)

The results! Yay :)

So while I was going along, I took photos of each process hehehehe just to help a brother out ya know.

Now I shall begin the tutorial! (I hope this helps...!)

Step 1. Put on a base. I used Australis Concealer in Dark all over my lids up to my brows

Step 2. Choose a dark purple (I used a purple shade from NP Set... crushed to bits :'))

(2nd to the right)

Using your eyeshadow brush, start from the outer corners of your eyes and brush inwards!

Step 3. With a lighter purple... (I used a purple shade from NYX for your eyes only in Mysterious Brown Eyes)

(bottom on the right)

Brush this shade from the inner corners upwards (in line with the dark purple shade)

Step 4. Using a greeny jade colour (I used a NYX for your eyes only in Mysterious Brown Eyes)

(Bottom, second last)

Using your brush, brush it on the bottom 1/3 of the eyelid

Step 5. Use the dark purple eyeshadow from before to blend in the green and purple together

(I also used this step to darken the crease!)

Step 6. Go over the purple parts of the eyelid with another purple shade.. I used a maroony-purple colour and went over the top half and outer corners of the eyelid