5 THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY THIS WEEK

1. The Autumn leaves falling.
All the leaves are falling from the trees, and to me its just so peaceful and beautiful. I walk to uni everyday over a field now covered in leaves, and it made me appreciate how beautiful nature is.

2. Tea time.
Theres nothing better than a nice cup of hot tea. It's just the perfect thing to make you fell cosy and warm inside. The perfect pick me up on cold winter days.

3. Our new kitty- Blaze.
We have seemed to have adopted a stay adorable black cat at my boyfriends flat. He started coming in ever once and a while to have a nosy around, and now he is pretty much permanently living with us. We don't think he had a home before, and was a stray, so we started to feed him and got him nice and healthy. He is so cute and it's just really lovely to have the little guy there to cuddle.

4. My new black coat.
It was time for a new coat! and we all know the felling you get when you are wearing a nice brand new piece of clothing for the first time. My coat is so nice and warm and I can wear it with so many outfits!

5. Generosity
I have been fortunate enough to come across some situations this week where I have experienced generosity. If it was paying for a meal,  or to getting free samples at the drugstore. It really makes me think how lovely people can be.

I hope you enjoyed :)

Dana xx

WET AND WILD MEGA LAST MATTE LIPSTICK COLLECTION

Im am a huge lover of these Wet and Wild lipsticks! Not only are they super affordable they come in a nice large range of colours, and the formula is great. These guys retail for $1.89. So cheap!! The pigmentation is great creating a nice opaque matte finish on the lips. Due to the Matte finish these lipsticks do tend to be slightly drying like most Matte formulas. But an easy trick is to place some lip balm on your lips before placing your lipstck on top. You will still get that nice matte look but with no dried up lips.

My most used one, and my all time favourite colour is 903C Just Peachy. It is my go to every day your lips but better colour! It lasts for most of the day with me only having to re-apply ever once in a while. For the price and formula you can't go wrong with these. If your a girl on a budget, or a just a lipstick lover, I highly recommend you give these a try.

I have done some swatches for you and photographed the lipsticks to show you some of the colours available in the collection. I don't have the complete collection but I think I'm pretty close!

Left to Right

• 968- Pinkerbell
• 901B- Think Pink
• 903C- Just Peachy
• 905D- Smokin Hot Pink
• 969- Carrot Gold
• 970- Purty Persimmon
• 909D- Coral-line
• 910D Red Velvet

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I hope you enjoyed :)

Dana xx

APP OF THE MONTH: THE HUNT

The hunt is a app for all you fashionistas out there! 

It is an interactive app where you can post pics of items you want, and other fellow people on the app can help you out by telling where to find the item and how much it is. The idea is genius! I can't get off the app! 

Not only can you upload what you would like people to find. On your feed you can see other clothing items that people are on the hunt for and help them out if you know where to find it. You can directly link webpages straight for the internet so you can go buy it then and there. I can't believe we haven't seen anything like this before.

I highly recommend giving it a download! You will probably find yourself constantly on it looking at the new hunt popping in your feed. It gives you so many fashion ideas and if you like something you can go follow the hunt and wait till when someone finds it. The app gives me heaps of inspiration for different outfit ideas and also some extra much needed staples to add to my wardrobe.

I love it!!!

I hope you are having a good day :)

Dana xx

WISHLIST #2

Hey Lovelies

I hope you are having a good day!

Its wishlist time again! Where I show you what I'm currently wanting to get my hands on! I have a couple beauty items and also some fashion items to show you.

First off I really want to get my hands on the Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation. I have heard so many amazing thing about it. Its just so expensive :( Another makeup want, that also has a large price tag on it is the YSL Rouge Volupte Lipsticks. They have the most beautiful shades in the most beautiful packaging but are in the $60 range :( They are defiantly going to be a future birthday present to myself. I keep going into the store to swatch them. They are just so luxurious.

When it comes to body care I have had my eye on the body shop scrubs. I love there body butters so I cant wait to get my hands on one. Pink Grapefruit it my favourite scent!

If you read my last post on my Essie nail polish collection you would already know some shades are already on my wishlist. This is the shade Chinchilly with is such a lovely winter shade, and I don't have one quite like it.

You can't go wrong with the benefit boxed blushes. I have four of them and they are all lovely. The shade Dallas caught my eye as it is quite a bronzed shade, something that I don't really have anything like in my collection. I really want to give it a try, and have a play around with it.

When it comes to fashion I am in love with the Fedora style black felt hats coming in fashion. I need one in my life! I just love how they complete a look. A perfect accessory for winter. Especially as I cant pull off beanies.

They say every girl needs a white shirt. Unfortunately I'm still on the hunt for my perfect one :( But I'm going to keep looking! They are so simple yet can work with so many looks making you look sophisticated yet effortlessly chic as well.

I hope you enjoyed :)

Dana xx

ESSIE COLLECTION

If you haven't herd of Essie nail polishes before I don't know what world you are living on! Essie has a huge range of nail polishes in an array or beautiful colours. I find myself wanting more and more and my collection keeps growing!

Essie nail polishes have a great formula that makes them long wearing and true to colour. Essie is much loved thoughout the beauty community, and is known as one of the best nail polish brands out there.

Today I'm going to show you the nail polishes I have in my collection, and also a couple I want to get my hands on!

Top Row Left to Right

Ballet Slippers
Fiji
A Crewed Interest
Neo Whimsical

Bottom Row Left Top Right

Cascade Cool
Big Spender
Knockout Pout
Watermelon
Clambake
Borrowed and Blue
Van D'Go
Haute as Hello
Carousel Coral

Colours I have my eye on

Chinchilly
Bahama Mama
Splash of Grenadine
Wicked
Cocktail Bling

I hope you enjoyed :)

Dana xx

SUMMER CONCERTS FLASHBACK

Oh how I miss the warm weather lounging in the sun with a nice cold drink in hand. Now its thermals, coats, blankets, and a freezing cold flat :( I am defiantly a summer person I despise the cold but here I find myself living in a place were the average temperature is 5 degrees 99% of the time! I need to move to the tropics!

The only thing I like about winter is the skiing! But that only happens around once a year. The rest I hate. For me there is no cosying up by the heater with a nice warm hot chocolate due to the extremely high cost of running it. Nore is there a fire as they are banned in the city. It more me shivering holding my hot water bottle with 3 blankets on not wanting to get out of bed all day!

Everyone has there own opinion on what season they like. Mine is for sure summer. I love the heat! A slight gust of wind and I immediately have goosebumps. I get very cold very easily! IN the summertime you get a tan, the suns always shining, your skin and hair look healthier, you spend a lot more time outdoors. What more can you want.

Here are some snaps I took of the Big Day Out a summer concert thats happens every year in Auckland. Its one of the main concerts we have in NZ, with people gearing up for next years one as soon as this years one has ended. It was a particularly nice day that day so I thought I would show you some snaps. Im jealous of everyone one in the Northern Hemisphere. This is what you have to look forward to! For all of us in the Southern Hemisphere we can just reminisce to get us threw the cold winter!

Dana xxx

ELF BRAND FOCUS

Clear eyelash and brow Mascara

Lip Crayon in Pink elephant 

Lip Exfoliator 

Hey Lovelies

Elf is a super affordable makeup brand that offers a huge range of products with some definite gems in the range. I going to show you guys what I have from the the Brand Elf and do a little review for you on my thoughts on the products, and If i would recommend them of you. There are some definite hits and misses with the products available, which occurs with most brands, and its always good to hear other people opinions so you know you wont be wasting your time and money.

Elf prices range from around $2- $10. For makeup its hard to find much cheaper. The low prices makes it easy to play around and try thinks out. Exactly what I have done today. So lets get on to it!

Lip exfoliator 
This packaging is genius! Its what made me want to buy it in the first place. There is nothing quite like this on the market, well not that I have found. I own the Lush Lip exfoliant with is great but I find it can get a little bit messy and is unhygienic to apply. This makes it so easy, you just apply it like a lippy, and it is great for on the go . The product is grain like pieces imbedded in a balm. It can get a slight bit rough at times so you need to use a gentle hand. I love using thing before putting on my lippy to make sure my lips are nice and smooth!

Elf Eyebrow Kit in Ash
This little kit consists of a gel and a powder. I don't tend to use the powder as it is slightly to light for me, but the gel works very very. It gives my eyebrows a nice defined look and also the gel texture helps to set my brows into place. I like to use this when I want a more dramatic look. When I'm wanting a more subtle look I tend to stick towards my powder or pencil products.

Brow and Lash Mascara
This stuff is a $1.99, and wow was I impressed. It works just as well at keeping my brows in place as my Anastasia Brow gel. My eyebrows don't budge all day. I don't particularly use it on my eyelashes but one side of the tube does say eyelashes and one eyebrows. To be honest I think both sides are the same product. I use both sides for my brows and get the same results.

Jumbo Lip Gloss Stick - In Pink Umbrella
This is a really lovely your lips but better shade of pink. It is a great colour to use when your going for a natural day time look. It is quite sheer due to the gloss consistency but is easily buildable. In the picture I am wearing a couple layers of it, which is my preferred look.

Waterproof Eyeliner Pen- In black and Coffee
I had such high hopes for this but unfortunately was so disappointed!! There is heaps of hype around this on the internet with people comparing it to the Stila Waterproof stay all day Eyeliner. But sadly it is no way near comparable to it. The first disappointing thing about the product was the colour. Coffee was blacker than the shade black? In the image the top shade is coffee? The difference shows even more in real life. Not only was the colour bad, the stay power was awful, and they were no wear near waterproof. As soon as I applied them they started bleeding, and after waiting for them to dry I did a smudge test to see if it smudged and it sure did. You can see the difference within the two pictures. I would much rather pay for my Stila one as that thing doesn't budge and truly does stay all day.

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I hope you enjoyed :)

Dana xx