Collection: Skin Products

Morning Beautifuls,

Welcome to my ‘Collections’ posts where I categorise and explain to you all the items – good and bad – that I own. As these are really fun to organise and snap, I think I’ll make this its own category potentially doing a few ‘Collections’ post. So keep your eyes peeled for them!

I thought I would kick it off with my Skin Make-up Collection as this is probably the most basic and less complicated of all my collections.

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This is my full collection of skin products mainly focusing on concealers (I mean, there are six of those), powders and blush. The only reasons there aren’t many liquid foundations is the fact that I have absolutely no idea what tone my skin is. Hence the overload on concealers.

Onto the products though. As I said previously, I own a few concealers. The two W7 concealers are different colours and use to be the love of my life. The light/medium was perfect for my under eyes and the medium/dark was great for covering up my spots. However, my love of these concealers was overtaken by the Rimmel Hide-The Blemish Concealer. This has a great cream consistency and works wonders on my horribly dark undere yes. I bought the Australis correct pallet to try out the green and purple shades that are meant to reduce reds and darkness. I like the purple better than the green but cannot wear them by themselves – if I wear them at all, I usually put them under the Rimmel Concealer. As for the Maybelline – that is the completely wrong colour for my skin. Although it works wonders as a cream bronzer!

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Liquid foundations – I only own two and they are completely different from each other. The Profusion foundation is the one I wear on nights out for that extra cover-up and is pretty good. Blended well, it looks nice but it takes a lot to blend and buffer so isn’t the perfect ‘fast-line’ foundation. The Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse has been my recent makeup purchase. I literally bought it two days ago as I loved the feel of the cream foundation, however have not had the chance to wear it. Definitely give you an update on that when I finally coat it on my face!

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As for powders, I have a few of these as I use them on a regular basis as a foundation. My first ever powder was the CoverGirl powder and is incredible as a starter makeup item. Now, I use the W7 Sheer Loose Powder and am loving it at the moment. However, I usually mix this with the Australis Correctional Coverage Powder and the W7 Pressed Powder, using the former as a highlighter and the latter as a bronzer. I just find this works really well with my skin and keeps my skin make-up routine very simple (and powdery).

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The final skin products I have are my blushers and bronzers. These are the least used products in my whole collection, only coming out on special occasions. To pick between them would be a crime as they all have their nights out, however I love the orangy sets of blushes rather than the pinks (as you can probably see from my collection).

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This brings me to the end of my Skin Product collection! I hope you enjoyed and I hope you have the most amazing week ahead of you!

Keep smiling and stay awesome,

🌟 Kay Anne🌟

12th Blog of Christmas: Food!

Morning Beautifuls,

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I honestly hope that you had/are having an incredible day however you are spending it!

Christmas is a time of joy, happiness and love, to understand what you have will never go away. It is a time for appreciation of 2014, of all the things that happened, because there are always incredible times for you to remember. It is a time of bonding, of saying ‘thank you’ to those around you, who have positively shaped you in every way possible. Who helped you become who you are today.

So I really do hope you are spending your Christmas in the best way possible. Obviously, including food. Lots and lots of food. I find it really cool how different families have different traditions at Christmas – it really does show the diversity and wonderfulness of this world!

Therefore, for the 12th and final blog of Christmas, the blog posts to see…

  • Twelve Festive Foods
  • Eleven Sparkly Lights
  • Ten Christmas Bon Bons
  • Nine Christmas Carols
  • Eight Advent Samples
  • Seven Beauty Products
  • Six Christmas Outfits
  • Five Festive Hairdos
  • Four Present Ideas
  • Three Homemade Cards
  • Two Christmas Films
  • And a pretty awesome Christmas Tree

Yup, today I’m going to share with you twelve of my family’s staple Christmas foods. It’s been ages since we have had a Christmas at home – usually we’re off on some crazy adventure, doing the mass family Christmas party on Boxing Day. See what I mean? Unusual traditions.

But this year, we changed it up, spending the days up to Christmas travelling, coming back for Christmas and Boxing Day before leaving again for another unknown adventure.

However, wherever we are, whether we’re in the middle of nowhere, up at Uncles’ and Aunts’ houses or stuck somewhere overseas, we always try to stick with some kind of traditional festive food. Seeming that it is 9:30 at night and I am practically boiling in my shirt and shorts, our Australian Christmas feast is going to be on the cold side of things. Yes, I’m talking about the shrimp on the barbie.

FYI, I have never heard anyone call them that here. They’re prawns. Not shrimp! But I guess that makes it food number one on our traditional Christmas food list. Prawns.

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Going in a crazy weird order, we always have to have some kind of salad, usually consisting on the Christmas-y colours – our reds and greens. As it is Christmas, we might as well get all festive with our food just for corny, comedic effect. This means carrot, tomatoes, celery and cucumber!

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Now I don’t actually have pictures for food number three and four. Mainly because they got eaten before I could take a picture. Thanks family. But another staple for Christmas is Mince Pies and Fruit Cake. I remember growing up my Grandma every year used to make us a Christmas Fruit Cake no matter where we were or where we were going. Before we went away, we would go over and pick it up, taking it with us just to eat on Christmas day. Oh, her house used to smell like fresh Fruit Cake, making Christmas seem so real, so perfect, so alive. Even now, both those traditional Christmas foods are a staple to our table. Just don’t forget the custard!

Cheese platter! You cannot have a Christmas at our house without a cheese platter! They are the best things in the world and usually consist of Gouda, Tasty, Camembert and some kind of cream cheese… usually chives! Yum, yum, yum! They disappear within seconds at my house!

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I’m half way! Number six is our traditional Coconut Ice. Every year, at Christmas, someone in our house makes coconut ice – white and pink! It is the best! Again, it wouldn’t be Christmas without it! I am hoping you all know what coconut ice is… if not, you are definitely missing out!

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Number seven is a healthy hit – usually because we feel a bit sweet-toothed after all the coconut ice we have managed to eat in record time.

It is tradition at our house that Christmas is the first time we usually buy and eat all the stone fruit – obviously spurting slightly from then on. Peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, apricots, you name it! This is the time of year we have them all! Breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Which ties in nicely with food (or drink) number eight. Punches. Every year I like to make a concoction of whatever drinks we bought for Christmas, adding fruits and ices and colours depending what the cupboards hold. This year I kept it simple – and cool – with a sparkling apple juice with cherries and a cloudy sparkling pear juice! These were really quick to make as they only consisted of the juice of my picking, soda water (for a fizz!) and some sliced fruit! Quick, easy and refreshing!

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We up to nine? I think so. Ice-cream is a necessity in our house at Christmas. Usually, we eat so much at lunch that by dinner we don’t want anything to eat, settling down with a bowl full of our favourite ice-cream, watching a Christmas movie as a family. My favourite ice-cream, you ask? Hands down Cookies and Cream. Nothing can beat that!

Breakfast. My favourite meal of the day. Homemade pancakes.

What can I say except yum! Especially with banana, drizzled in maple syrup and cream…

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Number eleven is something I always have, regardless of the weather (and is probably a factor contributing to my overheating at the moment). You cannot, and I repeat cannot, have a Christmas without a warm beverage of some type. Mine, you’ve probably guessed it, is a hot chocolate – extra marshmallows! I mean, Christmas only comes around once a year!

Number twelve is my favourite! Cupcakes!!! This is one thing I always bake for Christmas every year, making certain I make enough to take anywhere we plan on going around Christmas. If you invite me over, don’t be surprised if I come armed with cupcakes.

I have to admit, some of my favourites this year are not that Christmas-y, but they sure do look cute! Sheep cupcakes! I can pass them off as Christmas cupcakes, I’ll argue with you if you try and disagree. The shepherds who visited Jesus had sheep. Hence they are Christmas. I mean, how cute do they look!

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I guess, that is it. I have come to the end of my final Christmas blog. wow, I’m going to miss doing these blogs.

I really hope you have had the most amazing Christmas, wherever you are, however you celebrate.

Merry Christmas! May it be the best one yet!

Kay Anne

xx

9th Blog of Christmas: Carols

Morning Beautifuls,

Bit more of a lazy blog than my usual ones, but since I’ve been in a Christmas song mood for the last two weeks, I thought I would share some of my favourites with you today!

On this 9th Blog of Christmas, the blog posts to see are:

  • Nine Christmas Carols
  • Eight Advent Samples
  • Seven Beauty Products
  • Six Christmas Outfits
  • Five Festive Hairdos
  • Four Present Ideas
  • Three Homemade Cards
  • Two Christmas Films
  • And a Pretty Awesome Christmas Tree!

Don’t feel in the Christmas spirit yet? Give a listen to these nine Christmas songs and you should. If you don’t… well, fine then Scrooge.

1. ‘Little Drummer Boy’ by Jars of Clay

2. ‘White Christmas’ by Human Nature

3. ‘Feliz Navidad’ by Jose Feliciano

4. ‘Frosty the Snowman’

5. ‘Silent Night/O Holy Night’ by Human Nature

6. ‘Silent Night’ by Taylor Swift

7. ‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’ by John Lennon

8. ‘Baby Its Cold Outside’ by Glee Cast

9. ‘Deck the Halls’ by Relient K

I love Christmas songs! If it wasn’t weird I could listen to some of them all year long! Don’t worry I won’t. It makes them extra exciting for Christmas!

Don’t mind me as I replay these clips over and over again.

Ah, Christmas is just around the corner! So close!

Keep smiling,

Kay Anne

1st Blog of Christmas: The Tree

Good Morning you incredibly beautiful people!!!

How are we all on this lovely day? I am amazing. I’m finally on holidays, Christmas is just around the corner and today’s weather is the most incredible weather in the world! This has been a very good day. Even better – the icing on the top – I get to write this incredible blog post!!!

Wahoo!

This is Day One of the Twelve Blogs of Christmas! I am taking a break from present thinking, listening to my Christmas songs on repeat while writing this blog and I could not be happier!

So! For my First Day of Christmas, the blog post to see…

Is a pretty awesome Christmas tree!

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Every year, I get to theme our Christmas – last year it was all miniature theme, this year I was in the mood for a Aussie Christmas. Which obviously mean an Australian Christmas tree with red, gold and green colouring both in baubles and tinsel! Plus, you can never forget the lights!!

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I love theming Christmas – It makes it really fun and easier to decorate, especially if you are like me and have thousands of baubles and decorations to pick from. This way, each decoration gets its turn out of the box without making the tree too crowded!

We then have our traditional Christmas train which we have been putting out for as long as I can remember… Why is it a train? I have no idea, but the reindeer are super cute!!!

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So thats our decorations for Christmas so far!!! I have to admit, I do love putting up the cute, perky Christmas things around the house – especially as it gets closer to Christmas and I am FINALLY allowed to use the Christmas tablecloth and serviettes! Yay!

Hope your Christmas is going incredible so far! (If I had the opportunity to use a reindeer OR snowman emoticon here I would).

Say tuned for Day Two!!!

Keep smiling and keep merry,

Kay Anne