Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Hope you are all having an amazing day with your family and friends and received many many pressies lol.

I'm having a very lazy Christmas as usual. I had a bit of a sleep in, then opened all my presents with my family and I've been watching movies and eating all day. I'll probably go to bed early tonight to prepare myself for Boxing Day shopping!! and I'm also working, so it's going to be a killer day tomorrow.

Anyway thought I would share my Christmas pressies I received today.

I got Kylie Minogue - Couture eau de toilette from my aunty.


My sister gave me a Conair light-up makeup mirror. I've been wanting a makeup mirror for ages!


She also got me this train case from Inglot, with a bunch of goodies inside.



+ Inglot black eyelash curler
+ Inglot travel brush kit
+ Inglot Long and Curly Mascara
+ Inglot Milk and Tonic Make-up Remover Wipes
+ Inglot Eyeshadow Palette with 6 shadows


Enjoy the rest of Christmas everyone!

8 Question Tag

I was tagged by the lovely Dawna from Beauty and a Budget about a month ago to do her 8 Questions tag. (I'm so sorry Dawna for taking SO long!!) Anyway, here we go!

1. What book would you recommend we read ASAP?

I'm actually not a big reader at all. I hated reading books all through primary school and high school. Whenever we had to pick out a book to read I would pick out the skinniest looking book possible. I was just really lazy. I'm a great law student aren't I? lol

2. When is your favorite time of day on a typical Wednesday?

When I still had uni, my Wednesday would begin really early because I live quite far from uni so it would take me a while to get there. Wednesday was one of my shorter uni days this semester so I would finish early around 2:00pm. On my way home I would normally do a quick round of Melbourne Central shopping centre. I LOVE to shop.

But now that I've finished uni for the year, Wednesday is spent chilling out. I'm pretty much a professional couch potato. I can sit and do nothing for hours and hours.

3. How do you feel about getting/being married?

I would love to get married. Definitely want to marry the man of my dreams and spend the rest of my life with him. And of course I would love the magical wedding, beautiful dress, etc. lol =P

4. Who knows more of your secrets than anyone else?

That's a toughie. It would probably be a toss up between my older sister, my best friend and my boyfriend. It's really hard to choose just because I think each knows more about certain things than the others. So they pretty much know different secrets.

5. Where do you go to unwind?

I love going shopping, so I would say a shopping centre. I like shopping on my own. I find that very therapeutic and I think it's important to spend time with yourself. I also like going to my bedroom, laying a bunch of my eye makeup on the floor in front of my mirror and experimenting with looks. It's a creative outlet for me.

6. Why do you get up every morning?

Because if I didn't, it would be crossing the line between lazy and just strange? lol... I don't know really. I guess it's the feeling of wanting to do something with my day or with my life. Although some days I wish I could just lay there.

7. What are your plans for Thanksgiving (or November 25th if you don't celebrate)?

Well we don't celebrate Thanksgiving down here. Since I'm doing this tag super late, I had to refer to my diary to see what I did on the 25th November. According to my diary I was working lol. Nothing special.

8. Whose face would you like to spit in tomorrow if you could without any bad consequences? : ]

Oh wow...lol. There are a number of people I hate for numerous reasons, some for good reasons and others for petty reasons. I know this is horrible but sometimes I judge people pretty quickly and it isn't that hard to get on my dislike list.

But if I had to pick someone right now...hmm... High school was good to me, however I did have my share of rough moments. I would pick those people, who at some stage of my high school life, picked on or bullied me or my friends or spread rumours about me.

That's all the questions =) Thank you Dawna for tagging me. They were really fun and interesting questions to answer. Anyone who wants to do this tag, I tag you!

MAC Viva Glam Cyndi review & swatches

This was SUCH an impulse buy for me. I rarely purchase high end makeup at all, and when I do it often involves a lot of testing, thinking and planning because it is a lot of money after all. Especially with the ridiculously high prices on makeup here.

Anyway, so I had a $10 voucher to spend in Myer's fragrance and cosmetic department. Initially I was just going to spend it on something random and cheap, around $10, so I would basically be getting a little somethin' for free. But then I thought "how often do I get a $10 discount on any makeup I want?" Eventually I decided I would grab a MAC lippy. I had no idea what shade I was going for or what look I wanted so I was kinda just grabbing shades willy nilly lol. Then my eyes came across Viva Glam Cyndi and I remembered all the videos and blogs I had read ranting and raving about this baby. It didn't look particularly spectacular in the store, it was just ok, but I grabbed it anyway. Here, MAC lipsticks cost $35AUD.


When I got home I tried it on again properly and I fell in LOVE! MAC's site says that it is a "light coral-red" however I find it more like a pinkish red. It doesn't have any shimmer. The colour isn't that unique, but I find the smooth, slightly sheer, lustre finish is what makes it so amazing. The more you apply, the more red it appears, so you can control the intensity. I like to apply a few good swipes to get a kind of 'natural red lip,' if that makes sense.


I've read that this baby will be discontinued in February next year! It's a real shame that I decided to try this out so late, I know like every blogger was going nuts about Viva Glam Cyndi and Gaga quite a while back. Now I know how much I've been missing lol. I think this lipstick is definitely worth trying, especially for those who want to start venturing into the world of red lips but are still a bit scared about going all out.

I can't believe the two MAC lipsticks I have are limited edition lipsticks, hence are/will be discontinued. I really need to get onto the permanent lines lol.