New to Aus

Things have been changing in Australia. We’re finally getting access to more and more products that I’m used to see only on the internet and having for fork out for shipping and then wait 2-4 weeks to actually get the products. On the upside it’s like getting a birthday present because by the time it gets here I’ve completely forgotten what I ordered (yes even after 2 weeks). The two brands I’m talking about of course or ELF and Nyx, too low end US brands (or drug store brands as they say across the ditch). I am not new to either product. ELF has shipped to Australia for a while now (I think they had a distributor here because it didn’t take long to get them) and Nyx I bought off US website Beauty Joint but now I can get them here, just down the street. No more shipping!
I went shopping today, because it’s Saturday and I can, and I bought a few things from ELF and Nyx I thought I’d share with you.

Target started selling Nyx some time last year, not sure when because I discovered it by accident just before Christmas, and I’ve bought a few things from them now including a gold jumbo pencil and now the Nyx Eyebrow Powder in Auburn/Red. I’ve never used a brow powder, hence the strange shading of my eyebrow in the picture bellow, but I really like how much smoother the colours are when you use a powder. Normally I use a Maybelline Define-A-Brow which I believe is discontinued now, which is the perfect colour for my brows but sometimes if I’m in a hurry I’ll miss blending out a line with the pencil and it will drive me nuts all day. I don’t think I’ll have that problem when I use a powder. This kit comes with a light colour, a dark colour, a small angled brush and a small brow wand and a wax which is meant to keep your brows in place all day. I’ve used this once but I have to say I really do like it. It costs $9.95 which is only $3.95 more than the US. 

In the same trip I made a pit stop at Kmart and bought myself a few ELF products. ELF has only just started coming to Kmart stores and when I got there the price stickers were still being put on the shelves (I think I got in the lady’s way). ELF has been pretty easy to get in Australia for a while now because they’re website ships from Melbourne using Australia Post and only costs $7.89 standard anywhere in Australia which is pretty good. I went there hoping not only to find ELF but also that they would have one of their kabuki brushes which I want to try but alas they didn’t have one. So instead I bought the dramatic lashes kit, the natural lashes kit and the cream eyeliner in coffee. I’ve never actually tried fake lashes but at $3.00 a pop I thought it was worth giving it a try. The eyeliner was only $8.00 which I thought was pretty damn awesome for a liner. I have found it a bit difficult to use however but I suspect that’s because I’m used to using Maybelline’s Master Precise liquid eyeliner so it didn’t go on very neatly but I will practice. It came with a tiny angled brush which I just can’t be bothered with, it’s too small to hold comfortably so I used one of my own normal sized angle brushes. I haven’t used the lashes yet mostly because I have no idea how to use them, so I’m going to go watch some YouTube videos to work it out.

All in all I’m pretty happy with the products I bought but more than that I’m happy to see more international brands (in this case US companies) moving into the Australian market and not charging exorbitant prices. I love Nyx and ELF in general and can’t wait to try more of their products in the near future and hopefully see more familiar but hard-to-get-in-Australia international brands on shelves soon.*
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* This was not a sponsored post at all though this paragraph sounds like one.