Skin Care Routine

My Skin care routine 

Skin care is a very personal thing! It is also what I believe to be the most important step to having flawless makeup. Its amazing how much your skin can change from day to day or even year to year. Your skin can be impacted on what you eat, how much sun you get, wether you took your makeup off last night before bed, how much sleep you got and the most common one we know effects the skin the most, DRINKING WATER .

Knowing all of this I still struggle day to day avoiding/ completing some of these steps. I no I should drink more water but that is something I definitely struggle with, also getting enough vitamin D has been challenging. One thing I thought I was on top of was my skin car routine. UNTIL I went for a microdermabrasion and was shocked with what my beautician had to say. I have been unhappy with my skin for a long time so my girlfriends got the microdermabrasion package for my birthday and it was life changing. I have noticed the biggest difference since going. I have large pores that I have fort with for over 10 years now and thought I was doing he right steps to clean them out…. I was wrong! 

I went to EllaBache hear in Perth for my consolation, she studied my skin and the results she had found where mind blowing for me. The one I was shocked about the most was the amount of dead skin I had. This shocked me because i religiously use face masks and exfoliation treatments that I thought were helping my skin. The second was that I was very dry in some areas however very oily in others. I had always been told my skin was oily hence always being creams for oily skin. She did say its hard to treat my new found skin problems because its almost like I need to different moisturisers one for the dry and one of the oily. Third was that my skin was very rough this was a light bold moment for me I had always know this however didn’t know how to explain it. She hit the nail on the head with that one. 

Since going to 2 treatments my skin has changed. I have updated my products and have honestly noticed a massive difference. It is so simple my routine now and my skin feels so beautiful afterwards. I was telling my beautician that sometime I would do a mask and a cleanse and still feel bums and gunk on my face. This was because the products I was using were just cleaning the top layers of my skin and not penetrating down into my new skin. I was effectively just cleaning my dead skin. Let me just add my skin care wasn’t just drug store some of it I had invested in and cost me a lot of money. 

I now have a three step process without all this fuss and all creams no harsh beads ect and I could not be happier and have now referred friends there. 

One thing I have learnt is that ur skin is an organ it is constantly changing and we need to look after it. 

ELF vs NARS

I have always wanted to do one of these on my blog so when I saw that Elf had come out with a perfect dupe for the Nars duo in Laguna and Orgasim I thought it would be perfect for my first one.

Obviosuly from the brands there is a very big price difference between the two. My overall opinion is that the Elf blush and bronzer is just as good as the Nars so if you can not afford to try out the Nars please dont miss out and try the Elf.

Left is Elf Right is Nars 

The bronzers are nearly assact. I cant even tell the difference of which one I prefer. The colours are almost the same the texture and the way it looks on my skin is flawless with both. The only little difference is that I think the Nars one does stay on my skin a little longer.

With the blushes the organisgm is a little deeper in colour but there is not to much of a difference. On this skin they both look incrediable applying the most perfect blushy pink colour. Both blushes are super pigmented and apply beautifully on the skin. Again like the bronzer if we are getting really picky the Nars one stays on longer than the Elf. The blush from Elf also has a little more glitter in it so if this isnt your thing than go with Nars

I find myself using the elf one on a daily basis, especially the bronzer, with a price point of under $15.00 it doesnt matter if you go through it.

If you are picticular with packaging like I am I bet your thinking that the Elf wouldn't be as nice! But in fact there are both the same in my opinion.

Overall if your on a price crunch than defitiley try out the Elf one but if you like to splurge on a quality product than the Nars is for you!

Imats Sydney 2014

Imats Sydney

Wow I have been planning this trip for months and cannot believe it is only days away! I am so excited to be going to Imats Sydney this year.  I am so excited to look at the exhibitors, buy makeup and meet other beauty insiders and bloggers. Like I said I have planned this holiday months ago so it doesn’t seem real that it is nearly here. I am going with  my boyfriend Nathan ( Nathan won’t be coming to Imats though, I couldn’t do that to him lol ) So we will be leaving on Thursday night and arriving around 8.00am on Friday morning. Imats is on Saturday and Sunday at this stage I have tickets for both but not sure if I’ll go both days but I do have tickets for both.

For anyone who doesn’t know Imats is a International makeup and trade show. Imats is hosted all over the world from Sydney, London, LA and New York. With amazing exhibitors of all the hottest brands of makeup and anything beauty related. Not only is the best makeup there but also the best Makeup artists and makeup professionals hence my excitement to go and meet some incredible people in the industry.

I would love to meet any of you so please let me know if your going!

Make sure you go check out the site www.imats.net

Stay tuned for lots and lots of pictures, hauls, videos and blog posts coming your way!!!

Makeup Madness !!

So much has been going on lately I have been neglecting my beloved Blog! However I am trying to be more regular. I have said this before but until you make Youtube videos you don’t understand how long it takes to prepare red ready, set up, film than edit than upload. Like one 15 minute video can take over 5 hours of planning and putting together. I don’t know how some people do daily uploads.

Anyways an update! I am still building my house which has taken a long time but since the slab went down it’s seem to be flying up! Nathan and I are so happy its finally coming together as he have picked out everything so long ago we have forgotten what we picked! Regardless it’s a very time consuming process, plus my Youtube channel plus working full time! I honestly can’t wait to put my beauty room together I have so many pieces of furniture ready to go to assemble. It’s so funny because I basically have all the furniture for my beauty room but yet don’t have a couch or dining table! See I have great priorities. I am so excited to do a room tour and film not sitting on the floor but actually at my vanity.

Here are some of my latest videos !


Nail Polish Collection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Ao4wq0iBk&list=UUkys7XIIS72HLYDQRl9Yd5A

Brown Smokey Eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqRcJ5yqBeM&list=UUkys7XIIS72HLYDQRl9Yd5A

Lightning Whitening- Dial a smile review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05f33inXRyM&list=UUkys7XIIS72HLYDQRl9Yd5A

50 Facts about Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LAlbU_ptA&list=UUkys7XIIS72HLYDQRl9Yd5A

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Hi everyone

So I believe an apology is in order I have been neglecting my blog posts lately as I have been putting all my time and effort into my videos. Wow you wouldn’t believe how much goes into each and every video and makes me have a new found respect for major beauty gurus! With that said I would love for you all to check out some of my latest videos if you haven’t already. I am waiting to get to a certain amount of subscribers and I will be doing a GIVEAWAY so make sure you subscribed to my channel to see when that comes up!

 

Everyday Makeup Routine-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu6Q-JZfHBM

Drugstore Haul -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUYxq3MJykQ

Maybelline Color Whispers-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DQvPKIiMc

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone for all your kind words it means the world!!

 

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Birthday Festivities

So as the title suggest I just had a birthday! I am a birthday lover. I love celebrating, mine, friends and family no matter who I cant help but celebrating with them. This may not be a shock for some people but I am a Pisces, we are renowned for being very passionate about birthdays.  As long as I can remember Birthdays have been special for me, definitely more than any other holidays or celebrations in the year. I feel that with other celebrations there not as individual, as most people are celebrating them with you and it’s not so special. Don’t get me wrong I love Christmas and Easter but there something so more special and personalised about birthdays, a day just for you.  

So not like we need an excuse to get together, but I did organised a night out for my friends and I. As I haven’t been going out that much lately I wanted to go to a cocktail bar and just relax, have a dance and some delicious drinks with my dearest friends.

When it came to my outfit I went shopping with an open mind, surprise,surprise though I ended up with a black dress. When I tried on this dress I knew straight away that this was what I was wearing. I literally said to my friends Kate and Pauline this is it from the changing rooms happy with excitement. 

 

Now we know I am not shy from some dramatic, statement costume jewellery.  So my friends helped me pick out a beautiful necklace that had some gorgeous bright blue stones on it. I loved how it looked with the dress. I added some blue into my eye shadow to enhance and make the colour from my necklace pop.

I hope you loved this post please check out my Youtube Channel and subscribe!

Suzie

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Lip stains

Ok so let me first say these have been a statement and a must have for me for the past year! I first stumbled across these on my trip to America and they have literally changed my life. I can not say enough good things about this product.........

 

 

The Loreal lip stains

Colours

188 Coral tattoo

184 Rose on and on

 

　

Honestly you must try these! I am a girl who touches up her lipstick twice a day, so adding this product underneath my fav lipsticks has been incredible. I don't know if this is just my but I feel that my lipsticks don't stay on that long, no matter what brand I try. However by adding these underneath or even just by themselves for more of a natural,effortless look there perfect. I also love these stains by themselves for the perfect hint of colour without going cray!

Do yourselves a favour and go try them out!!!! let me know what you thought!

Lip srcubs

Hi everyone so I have just posted a video on my Youtube Channel for DIY edible Lip Scrubs! These are not only for your lips but you can use this all over your body to get rid of any rough or cracked skin. I have noticed since using it how much longer my fake tan stays on for  but surprisingly how much longer my lipsticks stay on! I don't think I noticed how dry my lips where until I started wearing darker shades of lipsticks, now that I am wearing reds and darker pinks my lip scrub is a staple before applying.

 

Make sure you go check it out!!

 

 

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