IMATS 2014 Haul

Last Saturday, myself and two friends went to IMATS Sydney (a little too early in the morning, if you ask me). With the thought of not spending too much money, I purchased items I can't necessarily find on the shelves in Australia. In this post, I wish to show you the items I purchased and received. In the coming weeks, I will have reviews of individual products as well. On to the haul!

(I absolutely adore the Lime Crime bag, fyi)

I was really excited to take a look at the Ben Nye products. I ended up picking up the Neutral Set Colorless Powder, which I believe worked out to be $15.

I also had a look at the Lipstick Republic booth and the SauceBox Creme de la Creme Palette that I have been eyeing out for a while was available so I decided to pick it up - this one was $35. 

An item I have been dying to try out for a while is the Make Up For Ever Aqua Brow, which I got in the shade 30. I have used it a few times and so far I love it - but I will have a review up of it shortly. From Make Up Store, I picked up two Eyedusts (for only $13.50 each!) - in Umber and Extravagance. They are pigments from what I have gathered, and the shades are gorgeous. A review of these two will also be coming up!

The Lime Crime booth was very exciting! I picked up two Velvetines - Pink Velvet and Wicked.

I've tried out both colours the past week and absolutely love them - I'll probably end up buying all the Velvetines. 

I also picked up a few tools - a Precision Duo Foundation brush, a spatula, and a metal pan. I also picked up empty stackable containers, which I thought would be good to put some pigments in and include in my kit. 

I also picked up a Royal and Langnickel Black Patent 26-Compartment Brush Belt - and it was only $10! This will definitely make doing makeup on other people easier with the brushes all in one place around my waste with this brush belt. Super excited to use this!

And lastly, Karissa Pukas crashed IMATS and was handing out $3000 worth of lashes from her brand, Socialeyes Lashes! I got the Alluring and Minx lashes - and am super excited to try them out! 

Now that I know what to expect, I think next year I will seriously be stocking up on brushes for my kit! IMATS was such a fun experience, and there were so many great brands available that aren't readily available in Australia. Were you at IMATS Sydney or attended any IMATS over the world this year? What did you pick up?

Thanks for reading, 

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Clarins Eye Quartet Mineral Palette in 09 Odyssey - review and swatches

My beautiful best friend gifted this to me for my birthday back in July. I have had time to play with it since then, and am ready to write a review! So, get ready blog readers - this may be the prettiest palette I own!

I absolutely adore the packaging of this palette. All the Clarins products I do own have super adorable packaging, and in my opinion are the best brand to splurge on!

The palette consists of four shadows and two smaller brushes. The shadows are mineral based and can be used wet or dry. There is a medium brown with shimmer, a darker brown with shimmer, and a beige-gold with shimmer. But the star of this palette is the indescribable gold shadow.  It looks like it is loose leaf gold, very strange consistency - but surprisingly enough has minimal fall out. 

Because all shadows are shimmery, this palette is not ideal in creating a look by itself. But paired with something like the Urban Decay Naked Basics, you could create many looks! The pigmentation of these shadows is amazing (especially the gold!) and the shadows are super smooth. With a primer, these shadows last incredibly. Once summer hits, I can imagine myself getting a lot of use out of these shadows. The lighter brown and the beige are great shadows for work, as well! The palette also consists of a mirror, which makes it great for travel and is always an added bonus!

These Clarins eyeshadow palettes never disappoint. Hope you guys enjoyed this review, and look out for many more - I'm trying my hardest to bring more posts to you guys!

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MAC Dodgy Girl - review and swatches

The one thing I can never have enough of is lipstick. From the recent MAC Kelly Osbourne collection, a lovely friend of mine gifted this beautiful lipstick to me. This lipstick is described as a "light lavender" and has a matte finish.

Although described as a matte finish, I find this more of a satin-matte. It is a matte lipstick, but not nearly as drying as other matte lipsticks I own. 

(MAC Dodgy Girl)

(L to R: MAC Dodgy Girl, Lime Crime Airborne Unicorn)

Although this is a bit more out there for some people, I love wearing this lipstick. Because it is matte but not nearly as drying as some matte lipsticks, I find it can wear well throughout half the day without needing a touch up. It does lean a bit more pink when compared to other purple lipsticks (like Airborne Unicorn), but I adore this lipstick! It is quite similar to Airborne Unicorn, but next to each other you can see the difference.

If light purple lipsticks interest you (or any purple, really), I'd recommend checking this one out if it is still available. 

Thanks for reading, and I promise it won't be such a long wait until my next post!

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