February Favourites

Its that time of the month (not that time) the time for MONTHLY FAVOURITES! (In my head that was an announcer so I hope it was in your head too).

This is my first time doing a monthly favourites on this blog so I thought I would include a whole range of things, starting with makeup since this is a meant to be a makeup blog (ignore the pitiful amount of makeup related blog posts this month). So here we go;

Makeup Favourites

I haven’t been going all out with makeup this past month because I just haven’t been getting up early enough to do anything. But these products have been making regular occurrences in my day most days this month.

Chi Chi Nudes palette, I reviewed this palette in November last year and I still use it regularly so I’d say that definitely gives it a comfortable place on the favourites list. I usually use the two lightest shades for my lid and inner tear duct and the light brown colour right next to them for my crease to give my eyes some depth.

Model Co Fat Lash Mascara. I got this product in a Bella Box to try out, it’s a nice black mascara that gives me fuller lashes but doesn’t make them longer. This might not suit a lot of people but I have naturally long lashes that hit most sunglasses I wear which is pretty painful if I’m not careful.

Elf High Definition Undereye Setting Powder. ELF recently started selling their products in Kmart across Australia so I naturally went and loaded up on some of their products I hadn’t tried before and so far this is my favourite. I have to wear glasses when I read or use the computer so I have to make sure I set my foundation properly or it rubs off in a very unattractive shape on either side of my nose. This does a perfect job of keeping that makeup in place.

Instant Age Rewind Primer. I have huge pores (from a really bad sunburn when I was in primary school I think) so I have to be very vigilant when putting on my foundation over my nose. This primer is a silicon based primer so it fills in all the pores and leaves my skin pretty smooth. I don’t love the texture but after a while it stops feeling greasy and it certainly doesn’t look greasy.

Natio Eye Makeup Remover Gel. This stuff is great for removing  heavy makeup, liquid liner and mascara. I just put a little bit on a square of toilet paper and all my makeup comes right off. Not sure how it would work with waterproof makeup since I don’t actually wear any.

Revlon Photoready Flushed Blush in Flushed Rougissant 200. I am a big fan of the photoready line by Revlon so when I saw Kmart had 2 of the photoready blushes on sale for $10 I grabbed them. This pink one is the one I use the most. It blends into the skin really smoothly and looks really natural despite looking really bright and scary in the packet.

Hair Favourites


Edward Beale Moroccan Gloss Argan Oil leave in treatment. I put a small (very small) amount in my hair after every shower and combined with product number 2, Moroccan Argan Oil Treatment, from Coles I’ve noticed that my hair is a lot less dry than normal though it is still more dry than it should be.
Other Favourites

I haven’t had a lot of time to read recently because of work so I’ve taken to reading Manga again because it’s quick and easy to read. My favourite Manga has to be Sailor Moon (one of my favourite animes from when I was a kid too). As tends to be the case with TV and anything it bases it’s shows on, the manga is nothing like the anime but I still love both. 



I’ve recently gotten back into quilting after putting it on hold for a few months. I’ve been making this beautiful embroidery Geisha quilt for my mum using various satin fabrics. My favourite part of the whole thing would have to be the cherry blossoms, they’re just so pretty.  



I’m not usually one to take pictures of my food since I’d much rather just eat it but I was very proud of my first attempt at making Omurice which is a Japanese-western combination of fried rice and omelette.  It’s really delicious which is surprising to me since I don’t really like egg (except in cake). 

So that is where I plan to leave this post. What have been some or your favourite things of the month??