HAUL // Australis Cosmetics 50% off Online Sale

Over the weekend, Australis Cosmetics had a 50% off sale on everything on their online store. In all honesty I didn't even realise they had an online store, I knew they were stocked at Priceline and Big W and not much beyond that. But who am I to resist a half-price sale!

I filled up my cart with pretty much everything I had wanted from Australis. There were a couple of things which I wasn't too sure about so I googled reviews and adjusted my cart so I ended up with 9 things in all. The total came to $106.55, but with the discount code it came down to $53.28 (shipping is free over $50).

Firstly I would just like to note how quickly shipping was. When you place an order they say it should take one week for it to be delivered. I ordered at about 9.30am on the Saturday, and expected it might take a bit longer since they would be busy with all the orders from the sale but 10am on the Wednesday my packaged arrived, delivered to my door by AusPost.

Back in summer I had purchased a Velourlips Matte Lip Cream in the colour Rio-D which is a vibrant coral-orange colour which I actually find to be very wearable (as long as I've got a tan). I was impressed by the product, too. I was interested in trying the other colours - there are 5 all up- and thought this was the perfect time to snap some up. 

Australis Velourlips RRP $9.95 each

The colours I purchased are Par-ee (beige nude), Mal-i-boo (barbie pink) and Ny-cee (red). The only one I don't own now is Tok-i-o, a bold purple shade, which is just not something I think I'd feel comfortable wearing.

I ordered the Mineral High Lights in both Pearl and Gold, as I have no idea what will suit me better. Confession: I am completely new to highlighters. I'm not sure if liquid highlighters are the best place to start but fingers-crossed I don't come out of this looking like a discoball. These both look like nice colours and I've heard that one of them is a dupe for Benefit's High Beam.

Australis Mineral High Lights RRP $14.95 each

I'm yet to share with you all what my biggest beauty struggle is... My brows. I'm a natural light blonde and my eyebrows do indeed match my hair colour (if not even lighter). I'm not a big fan of overly dramatic brows either, so I'm constantly searching for brow products which are just the right shade. I bought the Tint My Brow in Blonde, which I believe is essentially a coloured brow gel and an Eyebrow Pencil in Light Brown. On the website, the light brown pencil appeared less warm-toned than the blonde - hopefully I picked the right one!

Australis Eyebrow Pencil RRP $7.95 and Tint My Brow RRP $9.95

Last but not least I ordered the Make-up Finishing Spritz and Matte Out Mattifying Face Base (primer). I've heard great things about Australis' finishing spray and had been planning on picking it up for quite awhile but hadn't gotten around to it until now. I'm still not sold on Matte Out - there are mixed reviews about it online - but curiosity got the better of me with this one, I want to see if it works for me.

Australis Make-up Finishing Spritz RRP $14.95
and Matte Out Mattifying Face Base RRP $13.95

Also in my box was a free 'Lip Trio' with a lip exfoliator, moisturiser and gloss, and a 25% card for Le Tan online store.

I give Australis a big thumbs up for making quality products at affordable prices and also because they are 100% cruelty free! For anyone interested in checking them out, here is their website: http://www.australiscosmetics.com.au/home They only ship in Australia (sorry international beauties). Did you get anything from the Australis sale? What are your favourite Australis products? Comment and let me know! Becky x

Meet Me // Becky

Hi everyone!

I thought I’d give myself a quick introduction, I'm new to blogging but plan to give it my best shot!
First things first, my name is Becky. I'm 19, turning 20 in about a month and I am a born and raised Australian. I currently live with my partner and our two cats – Eve, who we have had for about 15 months and Toffee, who we only brought home this past weekend. They are both RSPCA shelter cats and both beautiful tortoiseshells.

While my furbabies are my life, I’m also interested in an array of other things.  I try my hardest to find the motivation to get to gym at least 3 times a week where I do a mix of weights and cardio. Once a week I take a yoga class and volunteer at the RSPCA. I work part-time at a supermarket but aspire to get into an administration-type role, although at this stage I'm not really sure on anything.

In the past year or so, I've really gotten into make-up, thanks to Youtube.  Before this I only ever really knew the basics – foundation, powder and mascara – but now I am so amazed by all the different techniques and products you can use. I have a small but growing collection, and if you asked my boyfriend I'm sure he would tell you I'm addicted to buying new products!

Another hobby of mine is games; I'm certainly not a hardcore gamer by all means but I enjoy playing certain games for fun. Some of my favourites have been/are Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Fallout 3, Portal 1 & 2 and Skyrim. Most of the reason I started playing games because of my lovely partner (who is more of a ‘hardcore gamer’). Occasionally we'll play things together and often I watch him play through games on the xbox and PC.

This covers most of what I'm all about, hopefully over time more of my personality will start to shine through my new blog.

Becky x