Weekly nail: Polka Dots and Glitter

Im sorry that these posts may seem to be starting to get a bit repetitive, but I really like pastels and I really like polka dots! I decided to give MUA's Pistachio Ice Cream another go, because there are a few colours of their polish I want to get when I'm in England, and so far I've hated this polish. It's safe to say that the reason this polish is so bad is the brush. It's so hard and leaves streaks. I put it over Face of Australia Castle On a Cloud (I accidentally painted all my nails) and it was perfect in one layer! I'm still not happy with the colour, i'd rather more green (although, against the purple of Castle on a Cloud it looks quite green) but now they've changed their brushes I'm keen to try out more colours. I also finally bought some of the new face of Australia glitters! I wasn't able to get them during the 75c Kmart sale, so I only bought 2. I used Heart of Glass over Castle on a Cloud and I'm pretty happy with it. Obviously I would have preferred of it had more glitter, and more hearts (I did 3 coats on both my middle fingers and no hearts were seen) but I bought it after reading many reviews, so I can't really complain! I'll have a post up later this week with the other polish I bought, Studio 54, which I'm over the moon with!

MUA Pistachio Ice Cream, Face of Australia Castle on a Cloud and Heart of Glass.

I've only got 3 days left of work now, and I leave the country next week! The boyfriend and I had our goodbye drinks to see some friends before we left and it was seriously so fun! We had so many friends show up, and even though I'm going to see most of them again before I leave, it was nice to hang out with them. I've got a pretty full schedule this week. I'm going to get ice cream on Wednesday night with friends, dinner with work friends Thursday, a 21st on Friday, going up to Sydney for the day on Sunday, then I'm having coffee with a friend on Monday and then going to dinner with some other friends. Not sure when I'll have time to hang out with my family, or even pack my bag! (Just kidding, I did most of my packing last night because I got too excited and I'm going to just leave everything in there!)

April Favourites!

This month I found it really hard to stick to 5 products, because I've been loving using so many products this month. So I cheated a little bit, and found 5 groups of products, hehe. I know a lot of these products are really new, but they're so great they've definitely earn their place in this list.

Sailor Klerr's 1st Giveaway! Closed!

Today I thought I'd do something a little different to my usual Monday NOTD and finally post my giveaway! I've had this in the works for a while now :)

When I started blogging I really didn't expect anyone to even read my posts! It was just something to do with my spare time (ok, to procrastinate from doing uni work). I've really enjoyed blogging and I want to give something back to my lovely readers by hosting a giveaway.

Unfortunately this giveaway will only be open to Australian residents (sorry!)

Prizes up for grabs! (click links for reviews/swatches of products)

MUA Undressed, Glitterball and Pretty Pastels palettes

MUA Lipstick in Juicy

MUA Shimmer Kisses Bronzer

Essence Cherry Girl Blush Asian Sensation

Face of Australia Budge-Proof Gel Eyeliner in Blackest Black

Australis Lick the Icing lipstick

Surprise nail polishes! I'll buy these based on polishes the winner wants/doesn't have.

Almost all of these products were purchased with my own money - Others are regifted because I have doubles and I want my spares to go to people who really want them or haven't used them before (I though I'd be truthful here, I'm really not trying to be stingy but I do want these items to go to good homes)

How to enter:

You need to follow via GFC OR Bloglovin' and comment below, including the name you follow under, email address and tell me what posts you like seeing here the most in your comment! (3 entries)

Earn extra entries (include what name you follow under and blog address in your comment):
 Follow on twitter: @_klerr (1 entry)
Follow on instagram: @klerr (1 entry)
Add a link to my giveaway on your sidebar using picture above (3 entries!)

Entries close exactly 1 month from today (11th April). The winner will be drawn using random.org, and announced and notified soon after.

Good Luck!!

My MAC lipsticks! Swatches and comparisons

I've been meaning to do a post about these for a while now. I was given 3 MAC lipsticks for Christmas from my lovely friends and I love each of them! I received Vegas Volt, Angel and Ruby Woo, all of which are colours that were on my wish list. FYI this is going to be a long, picture filled post :)

Review: Face of Australia Budge-Proof Gel eyeliner and Glamourous Lashes waterproof mascara

I bought both of these products while in Brisbane for Soundwave. I've wanted to try the Budge-Proof Gel Liner since I found out about them before they were released last month, and I wanted to get a waterproof mascara that I could wear to Soundwave. I didn't want to spend a lot of money and Face of Australia had a sale at Big W.

January Bellabox

Yep, it's Bellabox time. I'm a little late this month, I got my box last Friday, but I just didn't care that much about what was in this months box and I wanted to use the products first (well that never happened!). This month the box is full of Australian products.

Everything that was in my box. Including a card about their bellababy box (did anyone else get this?)

What I got:

NatioPure Minerals Skin Perfecting BB cream in Medium (Sample RRP $14.95 for 50g)

 This cream is useless for me. I'm so pale that even in the middle of summer I'm still way too light for anything labeled medium. I haven't actually tried it, I doubt there would be any point. Ok, I will use this to see how the formula is, because I haven't had much luck with BB creams yet, and this one is Australian and not too expensive.

Swisse Body wash with Vitamin B3 and Macrobiotic Sea Minerals (30ml Sample, RRP $14.95 for 250ml)

I haven't tried this either, but I really liked the Swisse hand cream I got in my November box so I should like this. It has the same scent as the hand cream, which I quite like. I'm going to use this for traveling.

You Me and Everybody Cool it Aloe Vera Gel (100ml fullsize, RRP $8.95)

So far this summer I've managed to stay sun-safe and not get burned (Ok, I got burned a little once, and that was only from driving around town so it doesn't count!) and I plan to keep smothering myself in sunscreen so I don't get burnt. It's actually pretty impressive I've only been burnt once, especially because I spent a whole, really hot day at a water park without shade and didn't get burnt then. Anyway, I guess that means I'll be using it as an after shower moisturiser like it says on the bottle. It's not sticky and is pretty cooling.

Mode Nail Polish in Rave'n (15ml fullsize, RRP $2.45)

I haven't tried Mode before, and seeing as I'm not allowed to buy nail polish anymore I'm happy with receiving ANY nail polish! I do actually like this colour. However, it does seem a little similar to one I already own, Essie Fear or Desire, but maybe a tad more fluro. See swatches below. I do love the other colour (hot stuff) a little more and wanted to buy it off their website to make shipping free for some new  4me polish remover pads, but neither product was there.

Essie Fear or Desire on first 3 fingers, Mode Rave'n on pinky. Sorry about the chipped polish.

Face of Australia Makeup Purifying Cleansing Wipes (24 pack fullsized, RRP $4.95)

I haven't used these yet because I want to use up my other face wipes before I open another packet. I'm happy to try these as I'm not impressed with my current wipes (Swisspers Aloe wipes).

Overall, although I can use almost everything from this box (except the BB cream sample), it hasn't impressed me. These are all pretty boring products, except the cheap as chips nail polish. I'm also a bit peeved that some people who got the same box as me got a decal included. Although that's not something I would use, it's a bit unfair that they received more products. I am contemplating my subscription, as I'm trying to save money to go live in England for 6 months, and spending $15 a month, regardless of how insignificant that amount is, on products I don't need and am not wowed by is a waste of money.

What did you get this month? How happy are you with how the Aussie beauty box subscription companies are running at the moment?

What I won: Sweetaholic Beauty's Christmas Giveaway

I recently won my second ever blog giveaway, which was Jasmine from Sweetaholic Beauty's Surprise Christmas giveaway! The prizes were a surprise up until the winners were announced which was exciting. She's also hosting a Valentines Day blog swap, so head over and check out her blog if you're interested (blog swaps are always super fun!).

Here's what I won - I've also managed to try a few of these things out already!

MUA Undressed: I already have this palette and love it! I'm still undecided if I should keep this as a backup or give it to someone (I love giving people products that I love). I'm going to the UK at the end of May and my palette will probably last till then. See swatches here.

Essence quattro eyeshadow: In the picture on Jasmine's blog it looked like the quad I already had from Essence, but I was pleased to find it was different! This is a grey-toned neutral palette with 2 matte - the lighter shades, and 2 slightly shimmery shades - the darker shades (The shimmer didn't come up in either photo, sorry) . I love my other quad so this will definitely get a lot of use.

Lush Snow Fairy: I wanted to try this but never got around to getting it (I never go into the City where our only Lush store is), so I'm so pleased to get a chance to try it. It smells great, like the bubble gum lip scrub. The sweet smell means it's not something that you could use daily, and it leaves a really nice scent on your skin which isn't as sweet as from the bottle. A little bit of this also goes a long way.

Costal Scents Kabuki Brush: Yay! I need a new kabuki brush! This one is so soft, and it's PINK!

Face of Australia Once in a Blue Moon polish: This is another product I already own and love. Again, I may keep it as a backup (although I doubt I'll ever finish my first one because I have so many polishes), or give it away to share the love. See NOTD with this polish here.

Daiso Body Wash Mitten: I've been meaning to get something like this for a while so it's great I won it. It's quite soft so it'll be ok to use regularly.

Lovisa ring: This was the surprise Jasmine mentioned that she didn't show when she announced the winners. This isn't the kind of thing I'd usually wear but I can see it growing on me.

Montagne Jeunesse Very Berry face mask: This is a moisturising and cleansing mask with blueberries and cranberries. I've been meaning to try one of these masks and it's great this is a moisturising one as I have very dry skin. I also love cranberry scented things at the moment!

Daiso false eyelashes: I've only used false lashes once before and we didn't really get along (this was many years ago), so it will be interesting to see if I can get them to work this time around.

Coral Polish.

After my last (last as in previous, and because I'm no longer allowed to buy polish) nail polish haul, I've had a look through my nail polish collection. It's grown enormously over the last 6 or so months, and I'm starting to get a lot of similar colours. I've had a bit of an obsession with corals lately, meaning I've collected a fair few coral polishes. Here are the 6 corals (or close enough) that I have in my collection. I do love all of these, but I am still on a hunt for the perfect coral (which would be OPI Tropical Punch, which is discontinued and I can't find it online). However, these will tide me over until I use up some polishes and am allowed to buy more again.

OPI - I Eat Maily Lobster. This is my favourite of the 6. I got this for Christom my Dad (my sister had also bought it for me online but Dad didn't know, woops) after I've been wanting it for months. It's the darkest of the 6 and also has a slight gold shimmer to it.

Essie - Cute as a button. This is my second favourite colour. It's more of a pink toned coral. However, it's probably my least favourite formula of the lot, with an annoyingly small brush and long drying time. I'm not a fan of Essie's formulas, but I do like the colours once I've actually got them on my nails.

Ulta3 - Watermelon. This is the darkest coral I own, and my favourite of my Ulta3 polishes. I've talked about how much I love Ulta3 before so I don't need to say any more.

Rimmel 60 Seconds - 415 Instyle Coral. This coral is more orange toned. It also was the polish that went on the most un-evenly.

Australis - Todays News. Ok, this one might not be exactly a coral, but I'm adding it in because it reminds me of tropical punch. I prefer my corals to be more pink toned than orange, so I think this is a fantastic colour.

Face of Australia - Would you Like Some Orange Sherbet. Ok, again, not a coral, but if the Australis polish is included I thought this should be. I like the pink tones in this orange (which, ok, I may be imagining) so to me it's kind of a pastel coral. Click here for NOTD using this colour.

Clockwise from thumb: Today's News, Cute as a Button, Instyle Coral, I Eat Mainley Lobster, Watermelon.

NOTD: pastel rainbow

(l-r) OPI Italian Love Affair, Face of Australia Would You like some Orange Sherbet, Rimmel lasting finish Misty Jade, Face of Australia Blue Moon, Australis Peek-a-boo.

Ever since I painted my nails like this, I can't stop looking at my hands. I think doing rainbow nails is a really great idea when you can't decide what colour to paint them, but you're too lazy to do any nail art. I did 2 coats of each polish (except Blue Moon which has 3) and used Seche Vite as a top coat. It's stood up surprisingly well, this photo was taken after a long shift at work unpacking stock (which usually destroys my nails). I might put OPI Rainbow Connection over the top when it starts chipping, but at the moment I'm content with it as it is.

I also bought some Ulta3 yesterday, which I can't wait to use (although I'm not excited enough to take off this manicure) and share. I've been lusting after the China Glaze Holiday Joy collection, but found a few lookalikes from ulta3.

What do you think of different coloured nails? And what polishes are you lusting over at the moment?

November favourites

December already!? This year has gone crazy fast. I've been pretty busy the last wek with parties, working and finishing the last of my uni assessments (it looks like I've passed all my units this semester, so I get to graduate!!!). Everyone seems to have already done their November favourites posts, but better late than never.

I had a whole heap of favourites this month, which I think is a combination of buying a whoooole lotta new products, and finally having a job where I can wear make up without it smudging off and my face getting covered in chocolate powder. I guess these are the products I've used the most.

Nude by Nature tinted moisturiser in nude beige. This has been my favourite thing to put on my face this month, it's light so great for the hot weather we've had this month - along with the sun protection.
Benefit Total Moisture facial cream is a real good face cream. It feels so nice and doesn't irritate my skin. This is a sample and it doesn't have much left and I'll be sad when it's finished (it's too expensive for me to buy again in the near future).
The Body Shop Cranberry Joy hand cream. I love this range! So so much! I love the ginger sparkle too but I like the cranberry a little more (probably because of my love for cosmopolitans). If you haven't smelt it, get your butt into a Body Shop ASAP! The smell reminds me of when I was in the UK for Christmas 2 years ago and it snowed - so it reminds me of the good bits of Christmas (I'm usually the grinch, but having a white Christmas was really amazing). I've yet to buy anything more from the range - only because I can't choose what else I want and I don't want to buy everything. Also, if you use the cranberry and the ginger hand creams together it smells even more amazing.

Covergirl Lashblastvolume mascara. This is my go to mascara at the moment (and I have 7 mascaras!). I won it in a facebook comp and am so glad I got introduced to it. It makes my lashes huge.

Revlon colorburst lip butter in Peach Parfait. This gives a subtle reddy pink colour to my lips with a nice shimmer. I think everyone knows why it's here, but I've been using this colour more than strawberry shortcake.

MUA undressed pallet. This is my first neutral palette (and first neutral eyeshadows) and I've been using it a lot. Shades 2 and 9 are my favourites. Read more about it, and see the other shades here.

(l-r) Revlon lip butter, MUA undressed shade 2 and 9.

Face of Australia Pastels nail enamel in Would You like some Orange Sherbet and Castle on a Cloud. This range has been a huge hit, and is perfect for spring and summer. I picked up these, along with blue moon, but I've found myself using these ones more (I can't choose a favourite though). The photo below is 2 (relatively thick) coats. Usually they're quite hard to get looking opaque and even, but today they went on really easily.

Honourable mentions: Australis colour inject mineral lipstick in honky tonk, Palmolive strawberry smoother body butter body wash, and 4me nail polish remover pads.

NOTD - sparkle on a cloud.

I used Face of Australia's Castle on a Cloud from the new pastels range, and Revlon's Silver Dollar from their metallics range. I used masking tape as a guide.

I like how these colours look together, but I don't think they're different enough. For some reason, my bottle of Castle on a Cloud seems a lot more purple than every other bottle I've seen. Not that it's a bad thing though! I'm really loving Silver Dollar, and I can't wait to do this look with it and a whole bunch of different colours - I'm thinking FOA's Once in a Blue Moon, Rimmel's Misty Jade or Australis' Peek-a-Boo.  

New lip products

(l-r) Australis colour inject mineral lipstick in Honky Tonk, Face of Australia lip quench in Lychee Crush and Essence stay with me lasting lipgloss in Me and My Ice Cream.

As you can see from my recent lipstick wishlist post, I've been wanting to try honky tonk and lychee crush. I managed to get honky tonk during the priceline 20% off sale, and, after a lot of searching, I found Lychee Crush at Big W. Honky Tonk is such a nice coraly pink colour, and it's not too in your face so it's good for every day wear. Unfortunately it doesn't last very long, only a couple of hours, and isn't so great for dry lips. I don't really need to talk about Lychee Crush, seeing as everyone ever already owns it, but I am super happy with it. I haven't actually bought a lipgloss in ages. I had some when I was in high school, and since then I've always thought of them as messy and sticky (of course because I used to buy cheeeeap brands, and back then they were horrible). This one is just the right about of glossy and not too sticky. It also has a really nice colour and is good for putting over pinky lipsticks or just by itself. I especially liked how cheap it was (less than $5!).

Australis honky tonk.

Face of Australia Lychee Crush

Essence me & my ice cream.

(l-r) honky tonk, lychee crush and me & my ice cream.

Wishlist: Lipstick

I  have a tiny collection of lipsticks. Currently most of my lipsticks are reds - and mostly really cheap ones (except for one Chanel one, which is not even my favourite!). I own 3 other colours, 1 is Australis lick the icing, and the other 2 are bright pink shades that I won (and are pretty much exactly the same).

I feel it's about time to branch out and try something different.

1. Face of Australia lip quench in lychee crush  2. Australis colour inject mineral lipstick in honky tonk  3. MAC lipstick in venus  4. MAC lipstick in vegas volt  5. Lime Crime lipstick in retrofuturist.

I've been really digging nudes and corals lately, and I'm planning to get my hands on lychee crush and honkey tonk in the near future (yep, the staples for Aussie girls. I've been looking for lychee crush everywhere recently and haven't been able to find it). I have a friend who bought her first MAC lipstick recently and raved about it. Right now I'm not willing to spend $36 on a lipstick (yeah what?! $36!? ps I got my Chanel one duty free in Hong Kong). However, when the time comes (ok, when I next travel overseas and can get it duty free/in a cheaper country) these are the two shades I'd love to try, they're not all that different so either would do. They're both lovely corally colours.  Ok, so the last one on the list is another red. But it's such a nice red, and I've heard so many great reviews about it that I could justify adding it to my collection of other reds.