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MAKE-UP

Make-up giveaway! Featuring Urban Decay, Stila, Jane, Island Girl and NYC

After an epic battle of wills (hold a blog giveaway vs KEEP ALL THE THINGS FOR MYSELF!), I'm finally posting this giveaway with a few spoils from my recentish holiday to Hawaii. There's two prizes to win, with everything purchased by myself with my own cash money. The UD and Stila items were bought from Nordstrom Rack and are seasonal limited edition items....

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NOTD - C'arn you Adelaide Crows! feat. Hello Darling, Essie and Ulta3

A quick post today, because I'm off to the pub to watch the fire of my loins, the mighty Adelaide Crows play against Hawthorn in the last AFL Preliminary Final for the 2012 season. If When the Crows win, they will be competing against the Sydney Swans in the Grand Final. And just perhaps , we'll see something other than the bloody rugby...

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1932 by Tabu - perfume review

In 1932, the original Tabu was created by Jean Carles for the Spanish company Dana, who wanted a fragrance a puta (whore) would wear. While originally prestige fragrance, it has dropped in status the last few decades, and now lines discount stores and Priceline.  Despite being priced at under $20, the original warm, spicy floral with a rich woods base still gives a lot of...

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skin

Dermalogica AGE Smart Skinperfect Primer SFP 30 - review and swatch

Dermalogica has recently done a reshuffle with their sun-care products ahead of the Aussie summer, as well as adding some new goodies to their skincare lines.  One new product, the Skinperfect Primer, has been aligned with the AGE smart line (I feel like the AGE bit is yelling at me), and although that name suggests it's only for the wrinkly, flapping-skin retirees amongst...

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hair

Pink hair roots!

Here's a quickie for you tonight! I wasn't planning on posting about this, but I was looking through some photos from a month or so ago and thought the hairstyle I wore was too fun not to share. I had a dinner event to go to and was having an "urgh, my hair sucks, and I hate it and everything it stands for"...

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Maybelline Fit Me foundation in Ivory 115 - review and swatch

Being an extremely pale lady, it's so hard to find a foundation that matches up with my skin tone (likewise, I can imagine it being hard with the limited shades available for darker skin). Like I'm so pale, that when searching for an example to compare my snowy visage to, the best Google could come up with is me. THANKS A LOT Most...

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hair

Bangin' bangs, it's a style shake up! The return of the fringe, thanks to Stevie English.

I'm no stranger to having bangs. As a wee Michaela, I had a long thick fringe courtesy of my Mum and a head-sized mixing bowl. Or bucket. Buckets also work. Cabbage Patch Kid and her doll ...

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Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel - review

My masking addicted has previously been documented here, so you know I just cannot get enough of that smooth of clean skin, marinate for 15, then rinse to a sparkly new face routine. Recently, I've been trialling the Papaya Enzyme Peel from Elemis, something that combines something I like (tropical fruits yeah!), with something I'm useless with (science, how does it work?). This is a...

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