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Makeup...

Happy Chooseday Everyone!

Yesterday while going through my favorite blogs, I came across Pink Peonies post called "How much does your face cost?" and I thought it would be an awesome idea to see how much we actually spend on Makeup daily.

Here is my list of all the items that I use most mornings...

(From left to right on the photo)

1. Makeup For Ever Star Powder #930 ~ R295

2. Makeup For Ever Star Powder #902 ~ R295

3. Makeup For Ever Compact Eyeshadow #92    ~ R330

4. Makeup For Ever Compact Eyeshadow #309 ~ R330

5. Inglot 10 shade Eyeshadow Palette ~ R890

6. Stila in the moment palette ~ R395

7. Stila in the light palette ~ R395

8. Physicians Formula Highlight Powder ~ R195

9. Catrice Sun Kissed Bronzer ~ R55

10. Kryolan Setting Powder ~ R70

11. Essence Brow Styler ~ R35

12. NYX Super Skinny Liquid Eyeliner ~ R129

13. Smudge Highlighter pencil ~ R30

14. Essence Kajal Pencil Black ~ R15

15. Essence Kajal Pencil Brown ~ R15

16. NYX Eyeshadow base ~ R99

17. LA Girl Gel Eyeliner ~ R39

18. Essence 16 Hour Concealer ~ R30

19. Garnier BB Cream ~ R70

20. Catrice Infinite Shine Lipgloss ~ R55

21. Essence Lip Pencils ~ R15 each x3

22. Catrice All Round Waterproof Mascara ~ R45

** please note that I don't wear all this makeup everyday, but this is more or less what I uses weekly.

My total is: R 3887.00

Wow! Holy Cow! I never realised that it was so much! Oh well... :)

Love Shalane
xoxo

Celeb Style Tuesday - Demi Lovato

Love Demi!

Good Morning Dolls

A new feature on my revamp of my blog will be my Celeb Style Tuesday… In this blog post I will post a collage of my weekly favourite celeb style icon. This will be local and international celebs.

My first celeb is Demi Lovato. She seems to have grown from young girl who used to cut herself to an amazing young woman who knows what she wants. Her style is very eclectic and she seems to go from boho chic to rocker without any hassle. I love that her hair style is always very natural, not over styled and done up.

What do you guys think of Demi? Let me know in the comments.


Love Shalane
xoxo

How to clean your makeup brushes tutorial

Step-by-step tutorial...

Hey Dolls

I hope you had a great weekend…

Today I'm going to be showing you how to clean your makeup brushes. A lot of ladies don't know how to do it, but it's not actually that hard.

Things you will need:

1. Dirty Brushes
2. Baby Shampoo (it is the gentlest for. the hairs of your brushes)
3. 100% alcohol (can be bought from your local pharmacy)
4. Towel
Method:

1. Firstly, let the water run just a little bit, then wet just the bristles of your brush. (Whatever you do, don't let the silver part and the handle of your brush get wet. This will loosen the glue that holds your brushes together and your brushes will be ruined.)
2. Next squirt a little bit of the baby shampoo on the palm of your hand.
3. Taking your brush in your hand, gently make small circles with your brush and create a lather.
4. Once you have finished, run the water again, and again wetting only the head of the brush rinse the shampoo from the brushes. (Make sure you rinse all of the shampoo out of the brushes.)
5. Taking a towel, gently squeeze out all of the water. Don't swirl the bristles around.
6. Lay them off the edge of a counter with towel underneath, to stop them rolling around.
7. Once they are done, spray the brushes with 100% alcohol. This will kill all the remaining bacteria from the brushes.

Hope you enjoyed my short, but easy tutorial.

Have a lovely day.

Love Shalane
xoxo

When it rains, look for rainbows...

Inspirational Monday

Morning Dolls…

I have been on and off from my blog like some Hollywood relationship, but I have realised that I actually really love it so I proposed and it happily accepted. It was a short engagement and we eloped. We are now happily married and you will now be seeing me regularly, like every day.

I know it is very cliché to have a Monday Inspirational post but I like starting my Monday morning with a quote or phrase that will help me through the weeks' rough times.
This weeks' quote is "When it rains, look for Rainbows. When it's dark, look for Stars."

For me this means something like there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. So basically always look for the something in the bad situation that will give you hope. Even if it's the smallest piece of hope! There will always be a small star or light rainbow…

Enjoy the week ahead ladies…

Love Shalane
xoxo

Before and afters

Reddit Before and after picture

Fanous models Before and Afters.

Hey Dolls

I don't know if you ladies have seen the photo above doing the rounds on social networks like Reddit (where it started), Facebook, twitter… So here is the story. The photo was posted on Reddit by someone called Water_anus. The photo shows a picture of a woman's before and after, having had her hair and makeup done. The one on the left shows her without makeup on and I would say she is a beautiful woman. She has a beautiful face and beautiful hair. The second photo shows her after having her makeup and hair done by a professional makeup artist. Yes her eyes do look amazing now, not that they didn't before, but it just shows the talent of the makeup artist. Her hair was also styled beautifully.

Now this photo has caused such a debate amongst the users of Reddit, some saying that "This post shows to not trust one's looks," and that wearing makeup is a betrayal. Some are praising the makeup artist and hair stylist for the amazing work that was done.

So where do I sit on this debate? I don't think that there was anything wrong with what was done to the lady. I think every now and then a women deserves to be given a makeover. Not that she needed but maybe she just wanted to feel special?? And people want to get their panties in a knot about this ladies before and after, when most of the models look kinda the same in their before and afters. So why aren't they judging them… My thought on this is that we shouldn't judge a woman on how she looks because I can bet you know when we all take our makeup off, we all look kinda like she does in her before photo…

I would love to hear what you ladies think about this story.

Have a lovely week!

Love Shalane
xoxo

Garnier BB Cream for Oily to Combination Skin

Garnier BB Cream Packaging

Garnier BB Cream Sleek Tube...

Hey Dolls!

So on Saturday I popped into Clicks to go and get the Garnier BB cream for oily to combo skin, as I was already using their normal one, but it was just to oily for my skin!

What I loved about the product at first glance is the tube. Its small and thin and although it contains 10ml less than the original, you don't need to use as much!

What they say:

Anti-Shine
Blurs skin tone & imperfections
Evens skin tone
Moisturises
SPF 20 UV Protection

Contains:

Ultra-absorbent Perlite
Mineral Pigments

What I thought of the product:

I love this product. It was easy to apply and matched my skin tone effortlessly! Within a few seconds I could see the size of my pores minimise and my skin tone looked clearer. (I have small pigmentation marks under my eyes from my pregnancy) At about lunchtime when I usually would have had to use blotting papers to take away the oiliness, I had absolutely no shine or oiliness. My skin doesn't feel tight, which it thought it would!

I would recommend this product to anyone who has combo or oily skin. If you are looking for a little bit more coverage I suggest using this as a primer and then layering your normal foundation over it.

You can buy Garnier BB cream for combination to oily skin from Clicks or Dischem for only R69.95!


Have a lovely day!

Love Shalane
xoxo

Hunk of the Week #2

Sebastian Vettel! HOT!

No 1! 4th time World Champion! 

Hi Dolls

So I have chosen 2 hunks for the week.
My second choice has to be Formula 1 four time Champ, Sebastian Vettel! I have to admit that I have always had a thing for racing guys, with their racing overhauls tied around their waists. They just look so hot!

Ok, sorry back to Sebastian. This past weekend in India, Seb took his 4th consecutive World Championship. Wish is really impressive and makes him even hotter. A guy with so much passion and determination! And also really down to earth, in a meeting with him after the race, the interviewer asked him who he dedicated his win to - and he said he would probably dedicate it to his parents, his girlfriend... But most likely his girlfriend!

A guy who does that is a gentleman and a hunk in my book. You don't get guys who are dedicated to his work and to his family and girlfriend anymore. Glad to know there are still a few good ones left....

Have a lovely day all!

Love Shalane
xoxo