February Favourites

It's my favourite time of the month - monthly favourites. This month, I started working a full time job and I've found myself reaching for products that I know work. The products in this post are relatively day-time, work-friendly products, but I adore them and have been reaching for them on a daily basis.

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20
I picked this concealer up in February (see post here) and I absolutely adore it! I have a nice combination of dry under eyes where you can see the lines under my eyes with any concealer but this. The hype around this concealer is true - and if you have been considering purchasing this concealer, I recommend doing so.

Garnier BB Cream for Combination to Oily Skin
I'm sure I've mentioned this BB Cream before. I have dry skin, and I've tried the original Garnier BB Cream and hated it. I decided to pick this up one day because everyone seemed to love it, and although it is for combo/dry skin I figured it is a BB cream, so it will be moisturising. I was right. I've just repurchased this, and this has been my go-to for face makeup during the week.

MAC Syrup 
Another new product to my collection, and I absolutely adore this lipstick. It is mauve, but because of the lustre finish I find this extremely flattering for work. It is a no-fuss lipstick as well, I can apply it without a mirror if I need to. Absolutely adore this lipstick, and I do want to try out more lustre lipsticks from MAC.

NYX Dewy Finish Setting Spray
A repurchase product. They offer this in Dewy and Matte, so a majority is catered for. This sets my makeup in place and I find it to work relatively well in keeping it in place all day. As long as I still have eyebrows by the end of the day, I don't care what the rest of my face looks like.

NARS Laguna Bronzer
I've hit pan on this - and I'm quite proud of myself. In the beginning, I was a bit iffy with this product, but I love it and it blends beautifully, and looks natural. I cannot imagine my everyday makeup routine without this, and although it is included in the One Night Stand Blush Palette (see review here), I will be repurchasing a full size when I run out of this one.

And those are my favourites for February! What have you been loving?

What I've Bought Recently #1

Firstly, I want to apologise for my absence on this blog. Two weeks ago I started a full time job, and I need to get into a routine where I am able to post frequently. I've just been extremely tired after work, and on the weekends.

I thought I'd start a new 'series' on this blog where I feature new products I've bought recently - and lately I've been on a bit of a MAC high, not that I'm complaining at all! These are the majority of new products I've added to my collection.

Let's start with MAC 

First, a repurchase item - MAC Strobe Cream. The pro stores offer travel sizes of some products, so I picked this one up again. I love this, especially when my skin is more on the dry side to add some extra luminosity. I do tend to use this on top of another moisturiser once it has set in, though. 

I picked up the travel size of the MAC Cleanse Off Oil/Tranquil. The lady at MAC said this is the one more suited for dry skin. I've only used it a few times, when I have really stubborn eye liner and eye makeup on, and it works well. So far so good.  

 MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20 is something I've wanted to pick up for ages, and I finally did - and I am so glad I did! If you want a concealer THAT WILL NOT CREASE, even if you have super dry under eyes, some lines under your eyes, this is what you need to purchase. This has become my favourite under eye concealer.

MAC Costa Chic is such a summery colour. Both a friend and I picked this up when we saw it at MAC. This is a frost finish, but it doesn't appear too much of a frost when swatched. I want to do a review of this lipstick, so expect that soon! 

I really just liked the look of MAC Syrup. This is a lustre finish. I purchased this and Jubilee about 2 minutes after I found out about my new job because I thought I would need some work appropriate lipsticks. This one is on the purple side, but because it is a lustre it isn't too strong in the purple colour and quite a nice shade of Autumn and Winter in my opinion. 

MAC Jubilee is another work appropriate lipstick I picked up, more on the nude side. It is a lustre finish also, meaning it isn't super pigmented but quite moisturising. 

MAC Amber Lights eyeshadow - an eyeshadow I've been eyeing for a while now. It's absolutely gorgeous. When I finish filling my MAC palette, I'll put up a review of the palette and all the shadows I have. 

The NYX Dewy Finish Setting Spray is another repurchase item. I picked this up when NYX was first introduced into Target, and I love it. It's only $14.95 and a good quality setting spray for the price. 

The Essence Maximum Definition Volume Mascara is something I picked up in Target because it is relatively cheap and I actually adore it! The brush is nothing spectacular, but it it awesome at separating lashes. 

NYX Butter Gloss in Apple Strudel is another product I picked up because I liked the colour of. It reminds me of the Viva Glam Nicki gloss by MAC, and on top of a nude lipstick, I love this. Alone it works well too, although I'm not the biggest gloss girl. 

Sinful Colors Easy Going is a nice light pink shade I picked up for the new job. But once getting to the office, I realised everything is pretty casual (and was told so), so any colour goes! 

When I was in Melbourne last month, I picked up this Loreal Infallible in 013 Burning Black for $5. This is a dark red/black shade. I haven't tested this out yet, but the shade is absolutely gorgeous.  

When I was in Target picking up the NYX and Essence products, I saw this Loreal Infallible in 033 Tender Caramel in the clearance bin for $2. It reminds me of MAC Cranberry, and when I do get around to testing it out and it is similar, I might do a blogpost on it. 

And those are most of the recent products I've added to my collection - I'm sure some will pop up in favourites very soon! Thanks for reading guys! I've really missed this, so I'm going to try my hardest to be more consistent with blog posts.