Halloween Skull Makeup Tutorial

With Halloween in a few days I thought I would share a tutorial with you all.  I wanted a more realistic skull rather than the more cartoon skulls or day of the dead skulls.  I didn't want to stick with the plain black and white.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out so let me show you how I did it.

Halloween Glow In The Dark Nail Art Tutorial

Halloween is my favourite holiday hands down...pun intended.  It's a shame that it's not really celebrated in Australia but I think each year I see more and more Halloween items in stores.  It seems to bring out the creativity in people and takes them out of their comfort zone if only for one night.  

I'm a little old for trick or treating but I celebrate it every year and this years theme is skulls.  So I hope you enjoy my tutorial for glow in the dark Halloween skull nails. ☠

Bellabox - 2nd Birthday - October 2013 - What's in my box this month? ;)

It's that time of the month....Bellabox opening time ;)  October celebrates the second year of Bellabox. Happy Birthday!  They also teamed up with the stylish girls at They All Hate Us and included at least one of their five favourite beauty products in each Bellabox.   

Bellabox is a $15 monthly beauty subscription box and if you would like to sign up or know more visit here.

Makeup Remover Wipes - How much money are you throwing away?

Image created by Mel for littleblacklipstick ©

A few years ago I purchased makeup remover wipes about once a month.  I tried different brands at different price points and then settled on the Neutrogena Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes, Night Calming 25 pack, these were the ones that were said to remove waterproof mascara.  I found that, for me, they did the best job of removing my makeup but they didn't remove everything. I would still follow up with a cleanser.  

November InStyle magazine with bonus Napolean Perdis blush, lip gloss and mascara!

Just letting you fellow Aussies know that the November edition of InStyle magazine comes with bonus three full size Napoleon Perdis products valued at $82!  That's a pretty amazing deal for the cost of the magazine which is $12.95.  The sealed issue contains a Napoleon Perdis light peach/pink cream blush (no shade names), light peach/pink lip gloss and  a lashes to lashes black mascara.  All the products come in their own plastic protective packaging and these are the only colour selections available with the magazine.  

Rimmel Haul

Hey guys! Hope you all had a great weekend!  Just a small Rimmel haul for you today.  A little while ago asos.com where having 30% off all Rimmel products so I decided to pick a few things up. 

iHerb Haul

Hey guys!  Hope you're all doing well.  Just a small haul for you today but I also wanted to talk to you about one of my favourite online stores.  iHerb sell nutritional supplements, healthy products and more importantly, makeup.  Some of the brands sold at iHerb include:

• Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman (here)
• elf Cosmetics (here)
• Physicians Formula (here)
• Eco Tools (here)
  

$5 MAC Rebel Lipstick Dupe!

Hey guys!  On the weekend I found myself in Kmart and made a beeline to the cosmetics as every makeup junkie does.  I saw that they had all Rimmel Lasting Finish lipsticks on special for $5.00 (this special ends on the 16th of October 2013. Usual price $9-$12).  Rimmel lipsticks are one of my favourites so there was no way that one of them wasn't coming home with me!

I scanned the available colours and decided on #120 Cutting Edge a beautiful dark berry shade.  I arrived home, applied it and thought "this reminds me of my MAC Rebel lipstick!"  I quickly grabbed my MAC lipstick and swatched them.

What's In My Makeup Bag? Weekend Away

The weekend just passed was the Labour Day long weekend and the perfect excuse to squeeze in a little weekend getaway.  I thought you might like to take a peek in my makeup bag and see what I took with me. 

It was more of a chilled out weekend in so I didn't need a lot of makeup.  I have to say I'm impressed with myself as seventeen makeup products are nothing compared to what I would usually take away with me.  This has to be some kind of record so I thought I would document it! ;)

Mirenesse Glamm Box - September 2013

Mirenesse is an Australian brand that specialises in makeup and skincare.  I have not tried anything from the brand but have wanted to try a few things from them.  I had heard about their Glamm Boxes a while ago but considering that I had a Lust Have It subscription (which has now lapsed) and now more recently a Bellabox subscription (see my September Bellabox review here), I thought it was a little excessive to throw in yet another subscription.