Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water Review

Hello my wonderful little cherubs - my philosophy lecturer called us that the other day and I found it quaint. I'm here to gush about the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water. I've never tried Bioderma, or even considered buying it since its so overpriced; A 250ml bottle of Bioderma at Priceline is $30. I've just used waterproof makeup remover in the past, namely the L'oreal and Garnier ones which have worked pretty well, and occasionally grapeseed oil which I bought on a whim after hearing it removed waterproof mascara instantly. Grapeseed oil did remove waterproof mascara more easily, but still not as easily as I had wanted, plus the oil did get in my eye a bit which wasn't pleasant.

The Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water does what the grapeseed oil does minus the irritation. It doesn't irritate to my eyes at all. It removes makeup with one swipe, waterproof mascara takes a bit longer, but it's a few less swipes than the waterproof makeup removers I've used in the past.

It's on offer at Priceline at the moment, if you haven't tried it already, go get some :)

Easy natural makeup

For Easter, I went out for a buffet dinner with my family and family friends. By the way, the seafood buffet at Conrad Jupiters is divine. Basically, any buffet that offers oysters is divine in my opinion. Anyway, I thought I'd do a natural makeup look since I didn't want to look too overdone and I thought I'd share how I achieved it.

 So here's the look:

And here's what I did.

I always do mascara first because this happens whenever I put on mascara. Such an attractive look.

I added a champagne eye shadow all over my eyelids and in the inner corners of my eyes.

Using a light hand, I added a dark brown colour to the outer two thirds of my eye to create some definition.

Add a thin line of eye liner. Not going to wing it out, just continued on from my eye shape.

I ran out of time to finish recording each step, but I added foundation, blush, filled in my brows and chucked on a lip stain.
Badabingbadabum. Done. :)

Products used:
L'oreal false lash telescopic mascara (waterproof on top lashes, non waterproof on bottom)
Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Branded
Rimmel eyeshadow quad in Brixton Brown (the medium brown colour)
Maybelline Master Precise liquid eyeliner
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation (53)
Guerlain blush (its me mam's)
Rimmel eyebrow pencil in Black
Revlon balm stain in Vivacious

New Look Haul

Last year, I was internet window shopping, as you do, and I ended up ordering a package from River Island full of great discounts. I've been trying to find the same success since then, but I couldn't really find enough great priced clothes at River Island to justify the shipping charge. Last month, it occurred to me that maybe I should try New Look. From the title of this post, I'm assuming you already know what followed.

Light blue jumper - really fluffy, but I worry about how it'll wash. (Size 12 for an oversized fit)

From the men's section, but fits me quite well. (Size XS)

  Because everyone needs a striped top in their wardrobe. (Size 10)

 

Denim skirt that's a bit too tight around my hips but loose around my hips. Still love it though.

(Size 10)

The colour of these boots are a bit lighter than how they appear, so I look a photo with flash to show the true colour.  (UK size 5)

When I saw these boots on the website I nearly died. They're supposed to be real leather, and it is, but after seeing it in person, its just reconstituted leather which probably wouldn't last that long and it came with a dent in the leather near the toe. But they were so beautiful on the site and they are so beautiful in real life, I had to get them. They satisfy my longing for a a pair cherry red docs which I've wanted for forever. I refer to them as my Arctic Monkey boots as I've decided that these are the boots I'll definitely be wearing to their concert. (UK size 8)

My order came in two packages, the first package arrived after 10 days and I was ecstatic as I expected it to take 2 weeks, but it was only half my order. So after a few days of waiting and no package, I emailed customer service if there were two packages or if I had only been sent half my order and they replied quite promptly saying that there were in fact two packages. The next package came a week later. Can't wait for the weather to cool down so I can wear my new boots everywhere. And I mean everywhere.

Arabella's got some interstellar-gator skin boots

 

YAASSSS.

I've never really been a person who would spend money on concerts, they've always seemed to be a bit of a rip off for me. The only two bands that I had decided I would ever pay for would be the Backstreet Boys and the Arctic Monkeyx, and unfortunately I missed the Backstreet Boys when they toured last year. AND KEVIN WAS THERE :( Anyway, I swore to myself that I would see Arctic Monkeys if they ever toured and somehow despite the release of their new album, I didn't think they'd tour Australia anytime soon. Obviously, I was wrong. I don't know when tickets were available, but one day I googled Arctic Monkeys tour dates out of a mix of boredom and procrastination (thank god for boredom and procrastination) and I discovered that tickets were available! Sadly, most of the tickets were sold out, but I still determined to go.

It took me a week of pestering my friends to find someone to go with me to their concert, sadly none of my friends knew who they were and I was getting more and more anxious about the tickets selling out. Finally, I found a friend who agreed to go with me after I made her listen to them and when she agreed I swear I could've heard the angels singing. I did unfortunately get seats which are near the back, but I'm just so excited do to go I don't care. :o)

Collective Haul - Asos and Dragonberry

Dragonberry is an Australian franchise that stocks, I think, mainly Australian brands. They had a nothing over $10 pop up sale, so of course I had to go, and I'm so glad I did. My mini Asos order also happened to arrive today, so I thought I'd combine the two.

But first, Dragonberry! Everything was $10 and it was a buy 5 get one free. I've listed the brands underneath.

Angel biba

Mika and Gala

Mika and Gala

And now for Asos

 New Look hoodie, available here. Size up! I went with chest measurements (cause its a mens) and thought, 'that's about right', and now its very tight around my hip, though its fine around my chest (yay). Also it was on sale for $22, and I needed a hoodie, so this was it.

 Rimmel's eyeshadow quad in Brixton Brown, and Bourjois Foundation in 53 - light beige.

 Monki ring + also another chance to show off my nails (in love with the colour).

So pumped about the Dragonberry haul, most of the pieces I would have happily paid more than $10 for such nice pieces. I'm kind of addicted, its a two day sale and I'm going again tomorrow.

Nails #2 - Mashmallow pink

I've seen light pink nail polish popping up a lot on youtube, especially Essie's Fiji. I normally stay away from pink nail polish, but after seeing how nice it looked on other people, I wanted to try it. I didn't own any light pink polish, and I didn't feel like buying a new bottle of polish, so I mixed my own colour. I poured out a dollop of white nail polish and added a few drops of rose pink polish, borrowed off my mum, mixed it up, and voila - baby pink polish.

Because I had mixed the polish out in the open and I had my fan on, the polish started to dry/clump which made it hard to apply. I added the Sally Hansen Instra-dri top coat on top and it smoothed out the polish and gave it a nice glossy look. Loving this colour now that I have it on my nails, I might go out and get a shade like this.

Australis Velourlips in Tok-i-o

I was in Priceline the other day and Australis was on sale. I'd seen reviews of it online, and the velourlips just called to me, so I picked up the purple one.

Sorry about the shaky picture, I didn't realise it at the time

This product dries in seconds, its amazing. It goes from liquid to super matte, so matte that when I took a sip of water, there was barely a stain on the cup. Because it is so matte, it can be quite drying, so I would definitely wear a lip balm underneath.

I love this colour, it makes me feel like I'm a Disney evil queen and oh so badasss. They retail for about $9.95, I got them for $6.95.