So does this packaging look familiar to you? Black lowercase text, cute story, bright content and sweet scents? I'm always a little resentful of copycat shenanigans trying to Jedi mind-trick me into buying the wrong brand, but in this case it worked. I nabbed three of these Smith Street Market body products at Coles while buying yogurt on my lunch-break, no doubt attracted by the philosophy inspired packaging, but also the crazy delicious sounding scents. Chocolate-bullets? Milk bottles? So there, a trillion times over.

The little house boxes are pretty cute and would make a sweet gift for friend. I picked up body washes in musk sticks, milk bottles, choc bullets and pineapple. I also got the body lotion in choc bullets.

Confession time! I haven't used a pump 'n' foam style cleanser since my mother, the Nutrimetics obsessive gifted me six of theirs, all in tween friendly flavours like melon/cucumber, papaya, green tea and my favourite, fruity fig.

I enjoyed them (mostly for the sugar-pumped scents), but after two years getting through them, I moved on to creamier pastures and left foaming fields behind.

Enter Biotherm! The brand has had some real winners with me. I've loved their Aquasource range for my boyfriend, their BB cream and their primers, and coupled with a price-drop, they've moved in my list of trusted products.

Figuring it deserves at least a test run, I picked up their Biosource Self-Foaming Cleansing Water for a spin.

HELLO LADY!!! It has been SOOOO long! I lurve what you've done with your hair/lips/lashes/nose/nails/Medusa-like nest of snakes. I know I promised to talk sooner, but I was like moving house, well teeny studio apartment really, and I technically have no internet outside of work because phones lines and blaaaah, so I'm now being all crafty-like at Starbucks and nursing an Americano for 4 hours to get my precious cat video fix. Ok, and looking at Karlie Kloss's nudie Vogue Italia photos wistfully, then closing my laptop whenever someone walks by because they might think I'm a skeezy peeve.

And now beauty blogging again too. Cat videos are only slightly above blogging in my Squeeworthy Scale of Excellence.

So anyways, here's my first try of one of those newfangled BB creams all you kids are speeding around in these days. Alas, to the band wagon, I am tardy once again. Nevertheless, I shall press on!

Keep saying 'violent'

Candied violets, iris, snore

Christmas best seller

That's not Natalie Portman, but Nine d'Urso, daughter of Inès de la Fressange

Top: Scones! Bottom, L to R: Yogurt Creme Brulee, Opera Cake, Flourless Carrot Cake, Chocolate Caramel Slice and Raspberry Macarons

Grrrrr!

I followed Jenna's instruction on Jezebel (jezebel.com/5825805/how-to-paint-your-nails-with-a-charming-leopard-print) and seeing I actually had similar colours to what she used, borrowed the colour scheme too.

I used two OPI colours, Lincoln Park After Dark and the light blue from their Shrek Minis collection. The hot pink is a cheapie from maybe Target, Modelista's Flash Nails line.

They say: This intensive, yet gentle oil-free serum features powerful technologies to address the look of every key sign of uneven skintone:

Triple-Optic Technology provides skin with a brighter, more luminous look from the very first application. CorrectTone Technology visibly reduces uneven skintone in 2 weeks, while anti-oxidants help prevent its re-appearance.