I'll still be updating on Twitter and Instagram as @LatherRinseRpt (you can pry social media from my cold, well-moisturised hands), and I hear all the high functioning members of society like my Facebook page. I'm still open to more brilliant shopping suggestions here, especially as I'll be picking up a little something something for a future giveaway!

x Michaela

Tomorrow, the 21st of July, is my 25th birthday! Exciting, right? Right! And to celebrate this tremendous, global event, Lush is launching their new colour cosmetics range, Emotional Brilliance.

(This may not be true. The birthday bit is, but I may be fibbing about Lush timing a new release to celebrate it. Their loss)

Anyway, birthday schmirthday, the collection has the sweet theory behind it that people are drawn to colours because of how they appeal to your subconscious. All the product names relate to different characteristics.

The line is huge, with thirteen Liquid Lips, two no-smudge Liquid Eyeliners, eleven Cream Eyeliners and six Cream Eyeshadows, with each bottle holding 8g. There is also two Skin Tints and a Face Powder. Phew!

The products are displayed in-store on a super cool colour wheel, where you select the colours you're drawn to, then find out what kind of product they are and what trait they represent.

Confession time! Never have I ever used lip liner. Not once. I consider lip liner to be the sole reserve of older church-going women who pair it with faded lip colour and copious pearl clutching.

But (and there's always a but), I happened across a Sportsgirl sale which was dropping lip liners for $2.99 which is so cheap, I'm basically saving money by buying one. That's pretty much what I understand with my year 10 Applied Maths knowledge anyway. It's like FREE money!

Last time I got my Color Bug on, I had some smart arses Twitter users point out that it's a lot cheaper to achieve the same pop of colour with the chalking technique. "Michaela, you're wasting your money," you said. "It's much easier using chalk, so easy that even Lauren Conrad can do it," you said.

You  lied! Not only did they cause the Boyfriend to give me some serious side eye when he saw me furiously rubbing chalk into my hair, but it was ridiculously hard to get even a slight tint going. Either the American brand pastels that Conrad used at the above link are softer and easier to use, or I've just been outfoxed by a box of chalk.

You might have noticed that Toni&Guy have totally redone their at-home hair care line. I'd never tried the range myself, but had spent countless hours restocking those red bottles in my past life as a David Jones retail drone, in-between those loooooong hours walking between the OPI stand and Aesop counters. Total retail zombie.

Anyway, through the new Hair Meet Wardrobe campaign, the styling products have been repackaged and organised into four style collections - Casual, Classic, Glamour and Creative.

No surprises that my favourite collection is the casual line (casual's really just code for half-arsed, right?) as casual is pretty much my approach to fashion and beauty, and if it needs ironing or can't be applied with fingers, it can GTFO.

My pick from the range is the Sea Salt Texturising Spray, which combines my love of beachy waves and covering everything in salt. Like hot chips. ZOMG how good are the hot chips with truffle oil and parasen from Charlie & Co.? I ate a massive bowl at Pitt St Westfield the other day, then did that sneaky thing where you run your finger around the inside and lick it to get all that salty goodness. I'm super classy.

Anyway! Sea salt texturising spray!