An email I get often from international readers goes something like this: I’m visiting Australia for the first time and would love to check out the beauty products that you have there. It doesn’t only have to be Australian brands. What would you recommend? To be honest, the last thing I’d recommend are non-Australian brands [...]
A Warm And Sunny Complexion with Clarins’ Splendour Summer Bronzing Compact
If there’s one item in my makeup arsenal that I’ve yet to use on a regular basis, that would be bronzer. By the way, do you want to know when it was that I actually started using bronzer? It was early this year. Just this year! So for the years that I’ve learned about and [...]
L’Oreal Nude Magique CC Creams in Anti-Dullness and Anti-Fatigue: When Colour-Correcting Goes Into Overdrive
When L’Oreal Australia launched their Nude Magique Anti-Redness CC cream, the first thing on my mind was: where the heck were the other two CC creams? They were the ones I wanted to try! I didn’t understand why they only launched one CC cream and not all three back then (testing the market, perhaps?) but [...]
A Serum Under Ten Bucks? You’d Better Believe It Exists
When it comes to skincare, probably the most expensive item in one’s skincare routine is the serum. It’s the one that packs the most punch, has the best and most concentrated ingredients and targets areas on our skin much better than regular moisturisers will. So when I discovered a serum that does a pretty good [...]
Discovering My Ideal Summer Foundie in AVON’s Ideal Flawless Invisible Coverage Foundation
Is it just me or is AVON really stepping up their game in improving the quality of their makeup? Remember that funny gadget of a mascara from AVON that I reviewed last month that I thought was pretty good? Whaddyaknow, I discovered something else from AVON that is also good. In fact, make that GREAT. [...]