Contour Countess

So it’s been a week scene I have received my July beauty loop box so I thought I would do a little review on the products. Even Though it’s been a week playing with these products it may seem not long enough to review them.
Just don’t thinks there is anything that was ground breaking for skin if there was I would wait for a few weeks if the samples were big enough, let’s get in to it

BareMinerals – Lash Domination Mascara
This is a really nice mascara I’m impressed it doesn’t do much volume wise it does lengthen my lashes and I noticed that they have kept their curl, and I don’t use a lash curler EVER
Its also really light weight too on the lashes so you don’t even notice that you have it on.
I have noticed that the product has not flaked off like some known mascaras and I have sensitive eyes and sitting in front of a computer screens does tend to make my eyes watery and I have noticed this mascara hasn’t run at all, or transferred.
This is going on to my wish list I hope to use this one every day for work but I do like to have a little mascara collation and don’t really own one that is great for lengthening the lashes that I know I can wear every day.

Josie Maran – Argan Cleansing Oil
As a straight cleanser I used it with my clarisonic and it went straight through the brush and despaired I can see it working better if you were to use your hands for washing your face.
I invested good money on my clarisonic and I love it so I’m not going to change that for a 48 dollar product.
As a makeup remove it worked well it removed all my makeup with ease I did have to go back over it with my makeup remove to remove my mascara a bit more.
The scent I am not a fan off ether it’s like a orange citrus scent to be honest the smell reminded me of this bathroom cleaner my mum uses.
I won’t be going ahead to buy the full size as it did not work well with my clarisonic

Ren – V-cense Revitalising Night Cream
I’m a little impressed with this one too it was a really decent trail size I still have plenty to go so I will continue until it is all gone.
It is a really nice Night cream I do wake up and feel that my skin is nourished and soft I can tell that it does hydrate my skin.
I thought the scent was going to annoy me but no it’s not too bad and it despairs after about twenty minutes.
Would like to give it more of a go before I decided to purchase.

NARS: Liquid Laguna Bronzer:
This product applied so smoothly blended like a dreams so easy and the colour is not scary at all Very wearable for me being medium fair.
I did not need to build the colour as I just did a light application its winter here so did not want to go overboard.

The product did not look patchy and I applied it over my foundation I did notice that this did not strip or pull up my foundation underneath which I was surprised with. This product works just as well by itself with no foundation.
I think this will be a purchase for me for this summer, this product is going straight on to the Mecca wish list.
Looks like I have some shopping to do, Love CC xx

Okay, this one is a little random and no! I did not spend my hard earned dollars on purchasing this product I am no sucker I stole it from the boyfriend instead. I’m sure I’m not the only woman who did that I’m sure there were plenty of girls ransacking their man’s bathrooms draws to see if they use this.
 So for me naturally after seeing this plastered on every social media platform from YouTube to Instagram curiosity hit me it was there I had to try it , it wasn’t costing me a thing so why not.
So one of the main reason this is a good primer is one of the main ingredient is Glycerine which is found in most makeup primers anyway.
 I would say this is more of a water based primer I wouldn’t be hopping for any line filler or skin smoothing action with this one.
The product goes on nice and thin as you rub it in to your skin you can start to fill the tackiness , please don’t stress just yet it does go away after a few seconds of drying.
I didn’t find any resistance when applying my daily foundation it buffed in like normal, powders went on fine It didn’t look shiny.
The scent , Yes it smell’s like a freshly showed guy so if you don’t mind that smell then yeah your going to smell like that for most of the day.
So I did notice my makeup didn’t move at all just the normal fading of blush and contour my eyeshadow and liner were still there those products are surely the first to go on me I put that down to those products not the primer I honestly prefer my foundation to stay then blush / contour anyway that’s my preference only cause I can touch them up no problems.
I did see foundation movement around the perimeter of my jaw and chin , but I tend to rest my hands on those area’s so I will not be adding those result in to this review ( I don’t think any primer can hold up to that bad habit )
Removing it was no drama as well easy I use bioderma I fell that gets anything off.
Only thing is I wanted to try this product out for a week I got to the third day mark and I broke out like Justin Bieber during puberty so badly I had to stop there.

My overall my thought

This product will not be my every day primer due to the brake out’s on day three
I will not go out and purchase this product as a primer even though it does work as a primer.
If I ever get stuck and need a urgent primer and don’t have time to order one that doesn’t react to my skin as much I will turn to it I know its there in my bathroom cabinet.
But I will say I think there is other products out there that work just as good and with reasonable price tag I think it was more of a hyped Product because it was so random
Love CC xx

Fell free to try if for your self available at all main supermarkets, Priceline , Chemist Warehouse

So it’s been a week scene I have received my July beauty loop box so I thought I would do a little review on the products.
Even Though it’s been a week playing with these products it may seem not long enough to review them.
Just don’t thinks there is anything that was ground breaking for skin if there was I would wait for a few weeks if the samples were big enough, let’s get in to it

BareMinerals – Lash Domination Mascara
This is a really nice mascara I’m impressed it doesn’t do much volume wise it does lengthen my lashes and I noticed that they have kept their curl, and I don’t use a lash curler EVER
Its also really light weight too on the lashes so you don’t even notice that you have it on.
I have noticed that the product has not flaked off like some known mascaras and I have sensitive eyes and sitting in front of a computer screens does tend to make my eyes watery and I have noticed this mascara hasn’t run at all, or transferred.
This is going on to my wish list I hope to use this one every day for work but I do like to have a little mascara collation and don’t really own one that is great for lengthening the lashes that I know I can wear every day.

Josie Maran – Argan Cleansing Oil
As a straight cleanser I used it with my clarisonic and it went straight through the brush and despaired I can see it working better if you were to use your hands for washing your face.
I invested good money on my clarisonic and I love it so I’m not going to change that for a 48 dollar product.
As a makeup remove it worked well it removed all my makeup with ease I did have to go back over it with my makeup remove to remove my mascara a bit more.
The scent I am not a fan off ether it’s like a orange citrus scent to be honest the smell reminded me of this bathroom cleaner my mum uses. 
I won’t be going ahead to buy the full size as it did not work well with my clarisonic.

Ren – V-cense Revitalising Night Cream
I’m a little impressed with this one too it was a really decent trail size I still have plenty to go so I will continue until it is all gone.
It is a really nice Night cream I do wake up and feel that my skin is nourished and soft I can tell that it does hydrate my skin.
I thought the scent was going to annoy me but no it’s not too bad and it despairs after about twenty minutes.
Would like to give it more of a go before I decided to purchase.

NARS: Liquid Laguna Bronzer:
This product applied so smoothly blended like a dreams so easy and the colour is not scary at all Very wearable for me being medium fair.
I did not need to build the colour as I just did a light application its winter here so did not want to go overboard.
The product did not look patchy and I applied it over my foundation I did notice that this did not strip or pull up my foundation underneath which I was surprised with.
 This product works just as well by itself with no foundation.
I think this will be a purchase for me for this summer, this product is going straight on to the Mecca wish list.
Looks like I have some shopping to do, Love CC xx

 We are friends so let me be totally honest…. I have a problem I’m a self confessed shopaholic but I’m fine with it. I have studied makeup received my diploma in specialized makeup, had to build my kit from scratch. 

Due to work commitments and the fact I have a child makes practicing makeup a little difficult due to time restraints. That’s not going to stop my passion for makeup as that’s growing with every pay check I receive. 
This is where I thought I could just become another beauty blogger, why NOT 

If there is one thing I hate more when it comes to shopping especial online shopping these day’s is wasting my money not only on unnecessary stuff that I pretty much don’t need because some 21 year recommended it on YouTube with their clear gentle skin. 
 I’m over here in my 30s with acne scaring working 9 to 5 with no time in the morning to do a Smokey eye for work cause I’m tired and slept in and have no time to do my hair, nor do I want any glitter near my eye’s as I just spent the day before sitting in front of a computer screen for 8 hours straight looking at spread sheets. 
Yep real life makeup problems. 

So the one thing I hate is spending money on makeup that is just plan crap! It’s pretty frustrating I feel like a kid at Christmas that asked Santa for a puppy and got one of those fur real dogs’s instead aww the disappointment. 

I live in Canberra being that it’s a capital city we do lack in some stores I do tend to purchase a lot of my makeup online pretty much due to this reason so being able to play with the collections before purchasing them is pretty impossible depending on the brand. 
I’m not rich enough to escape to Sydney every time a new collections comes out just so I can visit the wonderful world of mecca maxima to play with new collections and brands, wish I could though No I have to do my research too see if it is worthwhile. 

So maybe it is just more of a blog to learn from my mistakes, working 9 to 5 with a passion for make up and shopping Follow me and see what shopping regrets I have or maybe splurge’s , comparison’s and what has been a totally waste of money 

 Love always cc xx

When I laid this idea out for a blog post I was thinking it was going to go in one direction but it kind of went in a totally different one as one of the products surprised me.
Micellar water for me was a discovery one of many beauty products I came across not really knowing at the time what it really was about.
I will say one product has now replaced the three product’s I would use to remove my makeup which is a given cause I just don’t have time for that.
This post may seem a little one sided but I have spent more time with one of these product so I have been able to use in more way’s then the other.

Garnier Micellar Water
So I tried this product when it was new on the market in Australia and it was a waste of money then so we can all guess where my thoughts were going when thinking of this blog post.
So for the purpose of this post I purchased this again to try it out to see if it was as bad as last time.
I was expecting it to be crap and a waste of five bucks to be honest.
Was so surprised it actually was not bad it removed my makeup not to a full extent though still felt like there was some makeup left on my skin.
There is no scent to this which is great there was no sort of reside felling left over which is another bonus.
I was also surprised that my skin wasn’t left with the dry tight feeling after.
I did notice it struggled with water proof mascara and I had to add a little elbow grease when it came to removing my eyeliner. I did notice it reacted a little with my blemishes.
The removal process included light foundation + waterproof eye makeup = 3 makeup pads saturated
For thicker foundation that included 4 to 5 makeup pads saturated.

Bioderma Micellar Water:
Okay this product is hands down my Holy Grail product I think I actually would die if I didn’t have it.
I had this product given to me by a friend when I was studying makeup I can say now that I really had put this product to the test.
When I mean test, special effects, adhesive and waxy residue, calming the skin after latex
I have been using the sensitive one for some time now,
There is no scent with this product
It removes all my makeup with easy and I’m talking stubborn waterproof eye makeup including glue from fake eyelashes.
I don’t get that dry tight feeling ether after use, Can I say that feeling is a deal breaker for me.
The products has never reacted to my blemishes when removing my daily makeup.
I have never noticed this product leaving a residue ether after use.


The removal process included light foundation + waterproof eye makeup = 2 makeup pads just a little over damp
For thicker foundation that included 2 to 3 makeup pads a little over damp.

When I compare both of the products even though I haven’t used the Garnier product for long or given it a good testing.

I did notice I was using more of the Garnier product when removing my daily makeup then the Bioderma I don’t require as much of that to do the job.
For Garnier I would give it a rate 75% of it doing its job and the price point isn’t too bad considering.
I personally think you would go through the Garnier product quicker than the bioderma.

Still to this day I would give Bioderma a 100% I have used it on myself for a few years, as well as stocked it in my freelance kit.
You may think the price is a little expensive but I tend to buy the 250ml bottle and this one will last me well over 6 months and that sets me back $31.99

Bioderma can be found in all Priceline’s and on their website.
Garnier can be found pretty much anywhere, major supermarkets as well as target and Kmart ect and can be found in Priceline also.

I’m not one to jump on the YouTube collaboration band wagon but as I have been following Jacklyn for some time and she did not disappoint with her first creation of champagne pop.
I’m just in love with that every time I apply it and the fact that this pallet is a face pallet I already had the excuse there to purchase it, I actually didn’t have anything like it all ready.


Let’s talk packaging,
This pallet had me at gold, I am a sucker for gold at the moment, but the white and gold it just looks luxurious. The packing is a durable plastic it does not feel like it’s going to brake in my hands it has a closure on it which is easy to use but isn’t going to come open when traveling.
Can we talk about the amazing sized mirror which is the size of the pallet it’s self its very clear and handy to use while doing your makeup on the go and it doesn’t make the pallet top heavy it’s not going to fall out of your hands. My only pet peeve is due to the pallets patent gold I do tend to see my finger marks, that’s my own issue though.

With the highlighter pop pans as they are sitting of center to a pallet may drive the OCD laddies a little crazy but it does come in handy when holding whilst doing your makeup as your thumb doesn’t dig in CP pan.
Overall it’s a decent size, the pan size for both highlighters are very generous, blushes are a little bit smaller but they are still big enough that you can fit your standard blush brushes in.


Champagne Pop, ( CP )
Do we even need to discuss I’m sure there is a million reviews on this one alone all over the net so I will not bore you with this one. Yes it’s the same as the original and we love it.

Prosecco Pop, ( PP )
God dam it really is the sister just a more golden based, it just slides on to your skin, the shimmer is there, it’s a dream – sadly due to winter this little puppy will not get a workout from me until summer and due to my pale skin I don’t think I will be rocking this one in the day time I think I will reserve it for night time outings.

Rose Spritz – Luminous Blush
Now I’m under the impression this is not one of her creations and more of a Becca limited blush as it is not getting released in to the split pans but flowerchild is by reading the description this maybe a renamed version based around flowerchild they both have similar descriptions.
But Jesus I need this blush in my life every day, the pink and the gold reflex is my jam.
The consistence its self is on par with the high lighters, maybe a little bit creamier.
It applies like a dream on the skin and blends out. It looks scary in the pan and wouldn’t be for someone who doesn’t like the gold reflex but I can guaranty its no gold glitter so we are winning with this one.

Pamplemousse – Mineral Blush
To be honest I saw this one in the pan and thought I’m not going to wear this one ever.
This is the blush for the ones that hate the reflex , matte pink looks scary but just a tap of your brush in the pan is pretty much all I needed , again another shade that will become useful in summer when tanned.
For a mineral matte blush consistency is smooth, blends well and the pigment is there to back it up.

Amaretto – Mineral Blush
To be hones this one would be the most useless shade in the pallet, and I feel that this maybe the feeling that some would question prior to purchasing.
It in fact has a little bit of a pink undertone which I was surprised with it’s still not a shade I can rock during the day.

I do have further plans for this shade in summer as it would make a pretty bronzer if you mix it prosecco pop (for me I will have to be tanned) and may have to use this combination for night time outings.
It does swatch as matte shade with a pink undertone, texture is soft a smooth and blends like a dream also.

In the description on the back of the box it states “you can create endless combinations “
I do 100 percent believe this and if you look at with an open creative mind I thinks this is how the pallet can work and be used diversely this pallet brings out my creative side I hope it brings out the creativity in others as well.
Congrats to Jaclyn she has done it again,I only wish it was spring / summer so I could go all out and use it to its full potential.

As this pallet was $52 in the states it’s an absolute steel, think about it you can’t buy two Becca highlighters for that amount.
For the Aussie laddies it’s really hard to determine Sephora’s prices the best of times especially with our dollar I have tried to research on the price and the word on the street is that it may be more along the lines of $92 dollar’s but it is a big chunk of money to part with. But again the CP Becca highlighter in Sephora Aus is $64 dollars so for an extra $28 dollars you’re getting three blushes, and extra highlighter it isn’t too bad when you think of it that way depending if it does sell for that amount. Sephora always loves to surprise us with their pricing.


The new Jacklyn x Becca collection will be released in Sephora Australian stores and online on Monday the 11 of July.

Get excited



For the up and coming release to Australia
The Jaclyn Hill X Becca - Champagne Pop collection 
face pallet....... Yes get excited.
I will have a full  review up on the blog Sunday 10th of July.

Don't for get to save the date - pallet will be available exclusively to Sephora Monday 11th of July

Love CC xx