Drugstore Makeup Haul - Cheap Buys from Priceline

Hello my geeky friends! Today I was lucky enough to discover that my local drugstore (Priceline) was having a 40% off all cosmetics sale. Since I am extremely tight on money lately, discovering this sale came at a really good time and since I have never done a haul post before I thought this would be a great opportunity.

So, like I said above I have been very tight on money lately so all of the products I purchased were already at the lower part of the money scale BEFORE the 40% discount so I got a total of 7 products for $36.41!! AND I ended up saving $24.48, ANYWAY lets get into what I got.

Savvy Mineral Powder

I have been wanting to invest in a translucent mineral powder for a while but they were always to expensive for me to justify getting so picking one up during this sale was an easy decision. It will be great to keep in my bag for oily skin days when its way to hot for to much foundation!

Bought for $6.00 (saved $4)

It leaves a really nice finish on my skin and since it is translucent it leaves a nice dewy type of colour to my cheeks, love it!

Savvy Black Eyeliner 

OK, so this actually isn't the exact eyeliner that I got, but I couldn't find a picture of the one I bought. Mine is just a simple black pencil with a smudger on the back, just a very nice staple to have in the makeup bag and I didn't previously have a smudging tool so it is like a 2 for 1 

Bought for $1.80 (Saved: $1.20)

For such a cheap eyeliner pencil I am super impressed with how it works! Sometimes you can buy a eyeliner pencil and it is really hard to draw onto your skin, this one has a nice creamy texture and smudges perfect with the smudging tool!

Essence 'The Lash Curler' Volume & Curl Mascara 

I was in need of a new mascara and the one I usually get was WAY to expensive for me at the moment (even with the 40% off) so I went for this one instead. I wanted on which would curl and volumise my lashes, so I have taken a leap of faith with this brand and OMG did it pay off!

Bought for $3.75 (saved $2.70)

This mascara works wonders! From the first coat on my lashes I could see a HUGE difference, and after I finished applying to both of my eyes I could have sworn I had applied fake eyelashes! The consistency is a bit wet so you have to be careful not to smudge it all over your eyes but this stuff is amazing and I definitely recommend it! 

Essence Eyeshadow Base

I have wanted to get a eyeshadow primer for ages. I find my eyeshadow slipping all over my face, especially since it is summer here in OZ and hitting the mid 40's is unavoidable (that's degrees Celsius!!). I will be interested to see how this one lasts out in the heat.

Bought for $3.06 (saved $2.04)

Out of all of the products that I bought this one is probably the most disappointing. I'm unsure if it came in different colours but it is soooooo orange that i just stands out from my olive skin tone. I am yet to wear it out in the heat so I cant comment on that yet, but I will be sure to do that when I get the chance to wear it.

Face of Australia Brow Kit

Currently I have been using a brow pencil and eyeshadow to fill in my brows and its OK, although my brows almost always end up shimmering from the eyeshadow and smudging from the powder. I've been looking for a cheap brow kit with wax that will help keep my brows tamed and clean cut!

Bought for $5.67 (saved 3.78)

I wish I had bought more of these! It works amazing! The colour is probably a little dark for what I am after but that doesn't bother me, I only wish I had bought more because I don't think this one will last me very long at all #addictedtofillingmybrows 

Face of Australia Black Liquid Eyeliner

I love this liquid eyeliner. It is was the first one that I ever bought myself and I have been missing it ever since my sister stole mine from me. When my sister took this one from me I decided to give the gel liner a go, since people have been raving about it, but it isn't my cut of tea. I'm glad I finally was able to buy this baby again!

Bought for $5.37 (saved $3.58)

Its perfect! That is all.

Rimmel Perfect Match Foundation

This is the foundation that I am currently using, so I thought I would stock up on it whilst it is cheap! I love it because it has some SPF to help protect my skin!

Bought for $10.77 (saved $7.18)


Have any of you guys tried any of these brands or products? what did you think? Let me know what your favorite drugstore makeup is! I love finding new products to use (especially cheap ones) also what did you think of my first haul post?

Thanks for stopping by and reading all of my pastel geeky friends, until next time. X

Diet Tips: Sweet treats using fruits

I love fruit as an alternative to lollies or sweets! 

Eating a diet rich in fruits as a part of a healthy diet can help with lowering the risk of heart diseases such as heart attacks and stroke. Most fruits are naturally low in fat, sodium, and calories and ALL fruits and none have cholesterol. 
Fiber in fruit can also help with digestion and proper bowel function ;) this will also help with flushing out all those unwanted toxins! As well as that benefit fruits full of fiber help you to feel fuller for longer with little calories! 

I hope you enjoy my recipes and definitely give them ago! These recipes will also be in one person serves :) ENJOY

Winter Warmer Fruit Treats

Cinnamon Baked Pear
Ingredients: 
1x brown pear, 1/2 T-spoon brown sugar, 1 T-spoon cinnamon
Method: 
-Preheat Oven to 180 degrees, Cut pear in half and place onto a sheet of tin foil large enough to wrap the pear in.
-Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon then wrap up in the tin foil. 
-Bake for 15mins. Test to see if it is soft enough by poking a skewer into it, if not leave for 2mins more until it reaches the desired softness.
-Open and put into a bowel - ENJOY

Soft Microwaved Cinnamon Banana
Ingredients: 
1x Banana, T-spoon Cinnamon
Meathod: 
-Cut up your banana and place into a bowel, sprinkle with cinnamon 
-Place in microwave for 30 seconds - ENJOY 

Watermelon Yogurt-Ice 
Ingredients: 
1 cup watermelon, 1 table spoon low fat yogurt, 1/4 cup water, squeeze of lime
Method:
-Pure watermelon, mix together with water, yogurt and a squeeze of lime
-Pop into freezer, wait for it to freeze 
-Once frozen pulse through a food processor and ENJOY

Citrus-Infused Strawberries 
Ingredients:
-1 cup strawberries
-1 t-spoon sugar
-1 squeeze lime juice
-1 squeeze orange juice
Method:
-Cut strawberries in half and mix together with all ingredients.
-let sit in bowel for 10mins then ENJOY

Frozen Grapes
Ingredients:
 -1 cup of your favorite grapes
Method: 
-Place in freezer and wait until frozen then ENJOY 
- So simple but totally delicious!!

I hope you guys enjoy my recipes and give them a go! Whats your favorite fruit recipe? I would love to know what they are and give them a go! 

Talk Later xx

My New Diet: Tips and Tricks for Weight-loss

Over the last 5 years (since leaving school) I put on a lot of weight. 11kgs to be exact.

I really started packing on the kg's when I moved out of home. I begun drinking alcohol almost every night (I know very bad habit) and of course when you drink you eat. 

Considering how bad I ate and drank i'm not really surprised that I put on weight and unfortunately I don't have a very active life style. I don't enjoy exercising and I don't have a gym membership for this exact reason, but I figure it's not impossible to loose weight without exercise.

So the time has come for me to start my diet. I will be making weekly blog posts about it, to keep myself accountable! and posting any new tips or tricks I pick up along the way. I personally get a lot of my inspiration from Asian girls/women. They are always super slender and just generally beautiful (SO JEALOUS) so a lot of my tips and tricks will have an Asian diet inspiration. 

Tips and Tricks for Weight-loss

These are all things that I am going to start doing to aid in my weight-loss journey

1. Drink more tea (preferably green or oolong) 

Not only will this aid in hydrating your body but you can get so many tasty tea flavours!

Aim to have between 4-6 cups a day, this will help with curbing your cravings as well as increasing your metabolism and giving you lots of antioxidants. 

Switching from a fizzy drink to a green tea can save you up to 140cal per glass!!

2. Eat more colourful vegetables

lettuce, sweet potato, zucchini, carrot, cabbage, asparagus, red onion, cucumber, spinach, baby spinach, broccoli, cauliflower- i could go on! Try to make these vegetables the main section of your mean. You can do this by replacing pasta with steamed cabbage or stringed zucchini, or by grating a cauliflower to use instead of rice.

3. 'Hara Hachi Bu'

This is going to be the hardest for me. Hara Hachi Bu is a Japanese saying which means 'eat until you are 80% full'. If your over eat then you are stretching your stomach meaning it will take more to fill it up the next time! Just eat until your feeling content not stuffed.

4. Have fruit as a sweet

Replace sweets such as lollies, ice cream, candy etc. with fruits such as bananas, mangoes, grapes, apricots etc. I have been doing a lot of research and found that there are so many ways you can use fruits to make a yummy sweet treat! I will have to make another post on it because it will take up to much space if I was to do it now!

5. Eat lean proteins 

Obviously lean proteins are better for you than their fatty counter parts so stay away from sausages, ready made burger patty's, rissoles etc. I have a lot of information about this so I will be doing another post in a couple of days to give you a lot more information!! but for now I will be sticking to chicken breast and chicken mince (it is some of the leanest source of protein out there and very easy to get a hold of)

6. Switch to unrefined carbs

If you love eating rice - switch to a brown rice, your having bread? - switch to a wholemeal or a rye bread and if you need to have a big bowel of past - change it to a brown pasta. Unrefined carbs are better for us because they are un-processed, keeping in all of the good stuff. 

7. Eat lean snacks

Spread some tzaziki dip over some crackers = Yummy!! Make up some jelly and pop some fruit in it to keep in the fridge, have a couple of your favorite nuts/seeds with a cup of your favorite tea, have a cup of soup with a piece of brown bread. Ill make a post about low cal snacks as well. 

8. Carry a bottle of water EVERYWHERE 

If your out and about and staring to feel a bit hungry, pull out that drink bottle and take a large drink! you might actually be thirsty instead of hungry OR if you are hungry it will satisfy you long enough for you to get home and make your next meal or grab your low carb snack.

These are all things that I will be doing in my weight-loss journey! if you have any questions or worries just post them in the question box and I will reply as soon as I can!

MY WEIGHTLOSS STARTS NOW AND SO CAN YOURS!!

REVIEW + GEO XTRA ASTER VIOLET CONTACT LENS

Hi everyone 

So this is my first blog post ^-^
I received my Solution Lens coloured contact lenses and I thought my very first post could be a review! This is the first time that I have tried Solution Lens's, I am trying on the Geo Xtra Aster in Violet.

Solution-Lens has so many different lenses to choose from, in the Geo brand alone there were over 20 different types to choose from so you are spoiled for choice! You also get free international delivery, free lens case PLUS a free gift! I think that this is totally amazing, it includes the lens case, which I have forgotten to get before (not a very smart thing to do!) AND you get a free gift!
HOW COOL IS THAT?!?

So when I received my parcel today the first thing that I noticed was that even the envelop was cute! it had 3 cute little puffy stickers and it definitely made me sequel as the postie handed it over to me!

As soon as I opened the package I was greeted with some super cute things! First off, the cute little bear pen. GUYS YOU PUSH ITS EARS DOWN TO MAKE THE PEN COME OUT IT IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!! I was also met with a cute tiny woven basket, which you can see is holding my contact lenses, and i also received some instructions. 

 

I then opened the little woven box and was greeted with even more goodies! I felt so spoiled! I got my free lens case (which was really good quality), a pair of super cute FREE strawberry stud earrings (which were a total surprise! and made me super happy), and then my lenses. 

These stud earrings are actually perfect for me! I cant wear any metal type earring because my ears start going all gross, but these are made from some kind of plastic making them PERFECT for my ears! I wouldn't have been able to find a pair of studs like this if I had tried!

ANYWAY ~~ onto the actual lenses 

The lenses I received were the Geo Xtra Aster WT-C11 in Violet.

Basic Info:

Diameter 15.0 mm

Water content 38-42%

Base curve 8.6

1 year disposable (recommended use for 4-6 months)

Perfect for both dark and light colored eyes

I think that these lenses are super cute! The violet colour shows up nicely in the naturally lit photographs and the 15.0 dia defiantly makes my eyes appear bigger!




Colour/Design: I have to say I am a little disappointed with the vibrancy of the colour. If you follow the link to the lenses which I purchased you will see that the image they give as an example has a very bring purple colour, which is one of the reasons I chose this lens. Since I purchased these lenses to wear for my Khaleesi cosplay I was hoping for a little more vibrancy. I think because I have blue eyes the purple was more visible but I think if you had darker eyes it wouldn't show up as well.

Enlargement: I am a big fan of the 15.0 dia! anything larger than that and I struggle to put them into my eyes! But I believe they do their job in making my eyes look larger. I also did some eye enlarging makeup (without lashes), if you would like to see me do a tutorial on that then I would be quite happy to post one for you guys.

Comfort/Application: I think this really just comes down to what your used to. I always struggle to put in contact lenses! If you need any help with inserting them then click here ~ this is the one that I first followed and it really helped! It always takes some time for my eyes to get used to having something in them so I have to wait about an hour before I do any makeup or anything like that. But I found these lenses just as comfortable and easy to apply as I have found other lenses.

Overall: Overall I'm pretty happy with them. They were relatively cheap and I got some cute little free gifts! I cant wait to wear these with my cosplay and when ever I feel like it!

Solution-lens offers great customer service, and their website is neatly organised by brand and by colour! They always reply to their emails really quickly so go check out their website and if you have any questions just send them an email.
They also have a permanent circle lens give away, which I think is really cool! You can find all the details for the here.

I hope you guys enjoyed my first blog post, I know it was really long and I apologize for that but please leave any feedback for me it would mean a lot xx