Favourite Summer Lipstick: Benefit & Napoleon Perdis

My favourite thing about summer is the amount of events and fun stuff we girls get to do, which means more opportunity to be made up and love my lipstick!

1. Napoleon Perdis…Artemis

This is gorgeous. It’s a fun girly pink and I feel so feminine wearing it about town. It’s fun, flirty and playful, just what a girl wants to be in summer. I love Napoleon’s lipsticks, they are creamy, nourishing and long lasting and very affordable.

2. Benefit…Espionage

A yummy deadly cherry shade. Not quite a red, not quite a plum. It’s what I wear when I want to be noticed and look a little lethal. I also love that it is nice and build-able, you can go from a sheer burst of colour to vampy vixen in no-time!

3. Napoleon Perdis…Olympia

A nice deep mature pink. It’s what I want to wear when I need to look like a lady without looking like a frump. Work functions, meetings, coffee dates. It’s a very versatile colour that goes with everything.

4. Benefit…Rumour

A nice soft shade..what I wear when I want to play up my eyes or look like I haven’t made the effort when I clearly have.

I love these!What’s your go-to summer lippy?

Napoleon Perdis DeVine Godess RRP $35 AUD and Benefit Fill Finish Lipstick  RRP $18US and $34 AUD

Review: Benefit Sugarbomb & That Gal

I am so excited about reviewing these for you! I purchased them from the US store as they were part of a Christmas gift pack and I’m so glad I did. They have both become part of my everyday routine and That Gal might just be a HG product.

First up, Sugarbomb. The clever people at Benefit have combined four gorgeous colours which when swished together give me a fabulous summer glow that is just stunning. I have gotten quite a few compliments wearing this and it will be high on my list of favourite summer products!

Now as excited as I am about Sugarbomb it is That Gal that I absolutely adore. It performs beautifully under my makeup and I have been told it makes me look younger and my skin is lovely and dewy. The amazing thing is I have just as many compliments when I wear it instead of foundation with just a slick of gloss and a swipe of mascara.

I love these!What’s your favourite Benefit product?

Sugarbomb RRP $28 US and 51$ AUD and That Gal! RRP $29 US and $ AUD

Haul: Benefit Cosmetics

This week has been crazy busy and I promise you a decent post when things have settled a little IRL and I can breathe, but for now its a shorty and a sweety! I arrived home today after a loooong day at the office to find my much anticipated Benefit Cosmetics order had arrived from the USA!

Why the USA? Well, if you have been living under a rock you may not realise they offer shipping to Australia among a million (okay, slight exaggeration) other places in the world. Spend just over $100 bucks (easy to do I assure you) and shipping is FREE! I was mighty peeved when a week after I placed my order they had a family and friends 20% off deal (if you want to be informed sign up to their newsletter) but when I compared the savings to what the products retail for here in Melbourne I was still way in front. The only downside to USA shopping is the excruciating wait for new goodies, but alas…patience is a virtue after all!

I would have loved to show you how gorgeously wrapped my package was but in my eagerness (is that even a word?) I ripped and tore like a wild animal. So until my next swatch and review post you get the promo pics scattered thoughout this post…I got all of these gorg goodies!

Help feed my obsession…What overseas sites do you love that ship to Australia without having to go through a parcel forwarding service?

Now, for the exciting part…I am giving one lucky one of you the chance to win some Hello Kitty goodies… Click here to enter!