September Product Haul

As mentioned from my previous post I went a bit crazy on allcosmeticswholesale.com, these are the products I purchased,

• Smashbox Gold Mine Palette $7.99
• Too Faced Lash Injection Mascara $10.99
• Nars 'Iceberg' White Eyeliner $13.99
• Dermablend Cover Creme in 'Chroma 1 - Rose Beige' $9.95
• NYX Lip Smacking Fun Colors Lipstick in 'Orange Soda' $4.00
• Stila Primer $1.99
• OCC Lip Tar in 'Feathered' (White) $13.00
• OCC Lip Tar in 'Hoochie' (Magenta) $13.00
• OCC Lip Tar in 'Tarred' (Black) $13.00

(Please note prices listed above are in USD as listed, conversion for AUD was obviously cheaper with exchange rate)

All up my order came to 109.90 inclusive of the $22 shipping.

I cannot stress how happy I am with most of the products. Shipping was prompt (took about a week from the US to here in Melbourne).

Thought I'd give a run down on each of the products although, I'll be uploading a few looks and swatches including them shortly, I'll add an illuminating look for pale skin after this post.

Smashbox Goldmine Palette

Seriously could not be happier with this product, Smashbox really hit the nail on the head with their illuminating products, having owned Artificial Light illuminator by them I did have high expectations for this palette. But seriously, for $7.99 I was over the moon, I would admittedly pay ten times the price. It comes with two compartments, one part lipgloss and cream illuminator (perfect for brow bones) and the second compartment powder illuminator perfectly for highlighting/contouring looks or anything you want to enhance.

Too Faced Lash Injection Mascara

I have always heard incredible things about this mascara, probably the most hyped up mascara I know of. Although I wasn't too happy to be honest, as it is 'Extreme thickening, tube building mascara' I think it might be too harsh on my lashes personally (I have ridiculously long lashes) and it kind of just builds up too quick with a small layer and goes astray looking too spider like. Although I do love the wand, and I think it's very smart of them to formulate the scent of an orange juicy smell in it so people can detect its longevity and be able to know when it has gone off. Would recommend for people with shorter, sparse eyelashes but probably not the best for myself, was very happy with the size (13.5 mL) for the price although!

NARS 'Iceberg' White Eyeliner

Absolutely fantastic! Then again what can NARS possibly do wrong? Very pigmented in comparison to other white eyeliners I have used, sharpens well (doesn't break and fall apart in other words ha) And lasts on your waterline! Opens your eyes up tremendously. Recommended!

Dermablend Cover Creme

So so. I don't think I've played around with this too much as I favor a few concealers but I think I prefer my Ben Nye concealer palette a bit more due to the user friendliness. The Ben Nye is a bit easier to work, the cover creme is a lot drier. I did expect a lot more due to hearing this is incredible for all skin conditions, but I no longer have acne so I can't really state my opinion on the coverage over lumps and bumps etc also when worked well it does cover freckles and redness.

NYX Lip Smacking Fun Colors Lipstick in 'Orange Soda'

I do love the colour of this, it reminds me of a bit more sheer nudey Limecrime 'Cosmopop' (hence why I bought it) I'd been hearing good things regarding NYX but never really purchased anything from them, I think I may have a purple eyeliner floating around somewhere but didn't really use it. The coverage isn't fantastic and it doesn't really last but hey, what can you expect for $4. Although seeing as I have very dry lips a lot of lipsticks tend to flake, this didn't at all. You could see the dryness underneath although it kind of just sits on top. Pretty colour although!

Stila Hydrating Primer

Only used this on my lids so far, I keep forgetting about it and putting my foundation on then kicking myself for forgetting. This is only a tiny sample size, I don't expect anything too great also, just seems like moisturizer for me. But on my lids I do rate it (my eyelids are the driest part of my face). This was so cheap due to the SPF being expired in the formulation but the actual primer itself is not off. For $1.99 who even cares!

OCC Lip Tars

So I purchased the much raved about lip tars in 'Feathered' (White), 'Hoochie' (Magenta) and 'Tarred' (Black). I haven't really tried feather alone as I primarily bought it for mixing but it works so well for mixing to lighter colours and accentuating your cupids bow/highlighting to make your lips look fuller! Hoochie is incredible. Such a bright, in your face colour, I got so many compliments whilst wearing it. The smallest bit goes a long way with these. You only need to apply a dot with a lip brush/angle brush (keep in mind your lip line as it does bleed excessively). I would highly recommend a lip liner in either a colour to suit the lip tar or a clear waxy one to stop the bleeding as mine bled quite a bit outside my natural lip line. I had it on from 7am til 3am and I didn't have to reapply once throughout the whole day working, eating and then socialising that night which is incredible for me! 'Tarred' is just your standard black, you do need to work it a bit more/use more product than the colours but all blacks generally need a bit of building to get the most opaque pigment possible. Still super impressed with the products! Will swatch soon!

But seriously, upon saying all this, I do really recommend allcosmeticswholesale.com especially if you're in Australia like myself and products are three times the price. All amazing brands at incredible prices, some just because they have 'tester' stickers but have never been used... prepare to spend a lot but still save yourself a bunch!

xo