April Favourites | elliewoods

April Favourites is up!

Finally my internet has decided to return to me and work as faster as ever, which is quite convenient for myself. Due to the fact that I have a pile of work to do and need to finish :|

However as it has only just returned I have not really been organised with what I was going to write this week, so I thought I would do what I usually tend to do in these circumstances and link you to my new video that went live yesterday! :D

My April Favourites! 

http://youtu.be/PBIOLMlO0vk

Top 5 Drugstore Lipstick | elliewoods

For today's post I thought I would let you guys know my favourite Drugstore Lipsticks!

(L'oreal Project Runway, Rimmel Kate Moss, Revlon Colourburst, Australis Color inject, Maybelline Colorsensational)

Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Finish and Lasting Matte Finish

The best drugstore lipstick, so great in fact that I believe it could be considered a high end lipstick. So I have purchased nearly every colour from this range, if that doesn’t show how good it is then I don’t know what will. There is a shade for everyone in this range, going from the lightest nude to purple. There tends to be a tiny bit of transfer after eating, but the color on the lips does not budge in the slightest

Revlon Colourburst

This is one of my favourtie nude lipsticks. Because it is such an everyday wearable, my lips but better lipstick. The formula is so creamy so it glides on smoothly. Has a good staying power without drying out the lips. Only downside of this lipstick is that they have now discontinued the shade, however if your lucky you should be able to find it on ebay!

Australis Color inject lipstick

With an infused SPF 15 whats not to love about this lipstick in the summer!.

Is a smooth, creamy and light weight formula that is easy to apply, can be sheer however is a buildable coverage.

Leaves the lips feeling moisturized for hours.

I actually sometimes use this instead of a lip moisturizer/butter in the day.

Maybelline Colorsensational

Goes on so smoothly without leaving any residue. Is a creamy formula that is fairly moisturisering with a satin finish. As far as longetivity goes, they can last around 4-5 hours without eating or 1-3 hours if eating. The thing that I love the most about this product has nothing to do with the formula in the si=lightest, it is actually the vanilla smell of the lipstick.

L’oreal project runway lipstick

The texture of this lipstick is nice and creamy but stays in place. This lipstick glides on easily with even coverage after only one application. This also leaves my lips feeling smooth and soft and does not dry them out in the slightest. It does last well on the lips, lasting around 3-4 hours before needing to be touched up. So people believe that this product smells weirdly but I don’t find that in the slightest.

eek I did it again! | elliewoods

So I had some really good ideas of what to blog about this week.

However time has gotten away from me and I am now sitting here on a Sunday night at 11:36pm (I was laying comfortably in bed on my phone when I realised that I had forgotten to post this week.

So next week expect me to pick up the slack and there shall be quite an exciting blogpost to read, to make sure of this I will even write it tomorrow! (ooo look at me being all prepared) 

So instead as it is quite late I shall leave you with this weeks two videos! 

 mid – week video! - SELENA GOMEZ INSPIRED MAKEUP - http://youtu.be/EA1NB4YZzQM

I just uploaded a new video! – SKINCARE & RANDOM HAUL - http://youtu.be/_s1B7-ePLK8

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Forgotten Products of February | elliewoods

At the end of January I sifted through my makeup collection and found a abundant amount of makeup which I had either forgotten about or have stopped reaching for. That is when I decided that I would at the start/end of every month take out the products that I haven't been using and put them in a box next to where I do my makeup. So instead of opening my makeup draw I will hopefully go to the box. Which I hope means that in turn I use some of the products that I have been neglecting.

So without further ado these are the products I will be using all month long!

LIPGLOSS:

I would have to say that lipgloss for me, isn't really essential for an everyday look. This means that I tend to either lose a lot of them or that their little box of glosses just go untouched for what seems an eternity and I hardly ever get round to using them. Meaning that this takes me forever to actually finish one lipgloss.

 (Boe - Milk Chocolate, BYS Duo Gloss - Chocolate & Vanilla. Essence Lipgloss - Big Night Out & JQC - Kiwi & Vanilla Gloss)

LIPLINER/STICK

 Now this is probably one of my most used lot of products, however because whenever I tend to go shopping I pick up a new liner/ chubby stick or lipstick, I do tend to lose track and stop using some of my older products and op for those newer ones.

 (BYS lipliner - Ice Pink & Australis Show Stopper Gloss Stick - Fairy Floss)

MASCARA:

Of course mascara is a girls best friend when it comes to your lashes. Anything to make them fuller and longer is great in my books and I am always tending to try something new and find the perfect mascara where I just think "yep! thats my mascara!" so whilst I do like these mascaras they aren't up there in my favourites so they do tend to be overlooked quite often.

 (Rimmel Scandaleyes Show Off - Black, Max Factor Lash Extension Effect - Brown/Black & Revlon Photoready 3D volume - Black)

 EYELINER:

So for a while (about a month) I completely stopped using liquid eyeliner which meant that I had my eyeliner collection started to look a bit full. So because I began missing my winged eyeliner I whipped them back out and these where the ones I realised that I tended to overlook when selecting my eyeliner so I thought they would be perfect to put in my february box!

(e.l.f liquid eyeliner - black. Rimmel Exaggerate Eyeliner - Black & e.l.f Brightening Eyeliner - Coffee) 

EYESHADOW:

When it comes to eyeshadows I always tend to steer towards natural colours, this is because I hardly like to step out of my comfort zone when it comes to shadows and it is a bit daunting for me to picture myself with greens and blues on my eyelids. So as you can see I stick to browns, blacks and golds. These however in the recent months haven't gotten much use. Because as it is Summer in Australia, I have tended to just use nude shades on my lids. So to get back into the swing of things I selected these few shadows and lets hope I get some use out of them!

(e.l.f beautiful browns eyeshadow palette & Max Factor - Onyx)

(Beauty Attitude Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil - Golden & Revlon Colorstay - 500 Addictive)

 (Rimmel Glam'Eyes Quad - 001 Smokey Noir) 

BLUSH:

It always seem to me that I can never really find a nice and natural looking blush when it comes to drugstore products. This means that I will usually buy a blush and not use it for quite some time until I test it out a bit and discover the perfect way to wear it on my face without it looking to over the top. This however also means that (because I'm to lazy) I stick to those products that I love and enjoy and leave many in the draw until I'm bored or just want a change. This is why I have chosen these two as whilst I have wore these before, I still find myself never reaching for them and this month I tend to get a lot of use out of them!

 (Smooch Blusher & Savvy Classic Blush - Silky Pink)

BRONZER:

Usually just like blush, with bronzer I tend to steer towards high-end products this is because they tend to be less orange when applied to the face and have a all over more natural look to them, especially when it comes to contouring and such. I have chosen these two for this month as I feel that they are constantly overlooked in my collection and never seem to be the products that I first reach for or even think about using.

 (e.l.f Warm Bronzer & Beauty Attitude Blush, Bronzer & Highlighter) 

POWDER:

Whilst I have a few powders in my collection I always tend to never use any of them other than my Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, this is because it does everything I need a powder to do and whether I am going into the city for the day or off for a night out I know that it will fight to keep any shine away. That is why I thought as I am trying to use neglected products this month I would pull out two powder and get the most out of what little is left of them. (and there is very little left in both)

 (Maybelline Mineral Power - nude (light) & Avon Loose Powder - Translucent)

CONCEALER:

I seem to have over my fair share of concealers, so in order to free up some space I have chosen two concealers this month to use and these two are just the perfect combination for a full and even coverage for both dark under eye circles and any blemishes you might need covering up. 

 (Maybelline Cover Stick - Yellow (under eye dark circles) & Essence stay all day concealer 16 hour)

  FOUNDATION:

With Foundation as it does with most Bloggers and such find a foundation that they love but then a bigger and better one comes along and the rest get forgotten. Now this tends to happen to me quite a lot especially when it comes to drugstore foundations. For a few months they will be everything I want in a foundation, the perfect colour, the perfect consistency, it will sit nicely on my face without becoming patchy or shiny. However then either the weather changes or the balance of my skin changes and then I'm off looking for a new foundation again. However at the moment I have pulled these from the back of my collection and they seem to be doing everything that I want them to do. 

(Revlon Photoready Airbrush - Nude & Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation - Soft Beige)

What products are you wanting to use this February? or let me know if you have done something like this and how it went :)

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SAVVY Cosmetics | elliewoods

A little while ago my local Priceline was having a massive 40% all cosmetics. So of course I had to have a little wander in there and pick up a few things I have never tried before.

Whilst in there I found the SAVVY cosmetics stand. SAVVY is a makeup brand that is exclusive only to Priceline, so you can't pick this brand up from anywhere other than at a Priceline store. Now SAVVY is quite a cheap brand as it is but I thought with the extra 40% why not give it a try. So I picked up a blush and three lipsticks and I will definitely be trying out more from their range in the future!

SAVVY have four different shade choices when it comes to their classic blush, so I picked up the colour silky pink and I can definitely say it lives up to its name! The blush formula is just so silky and smooth and applies beautifully to the skin. This blush usually retails for $4.99, which is amazing considering that it is so pigmented meaning that you only need the tiniest amount on your brush in order to get a great strong flush of colour.

The three lipsticks that I picked up weren't the colours that I originally wanted to purchase as I had been looking online before I went into the store, however I went on the last day of the sale, which meant a lot of things had already sold out. So I picked the shades, sand, cinnamon and plum. These lipsticks retail for the same price as the blush at $4.99. They are very creamy, moisturising and will stay on the lip for a reasonable amount of time, however they can tend to smear due to them being so creamy. I tend to apply a lip liner before using these lipsticks and then only applying a small amount and that does tend to stop this from occurring.

 If you are in the market for a new blush I would definitely say to check out the SAVVY stand at your local Priceline. However whilst the SAVVY lipsticks are nice and moisturising and do have quite good colour payoff, I probably wouldn't purchase more of these lipsticks, just because they do tend to smear and aren't convenient when going out.

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