Cosmetic Cupcake

I've complained about it before but the lack of access to make up brands in Australia drives me crazy. Plus the fact that the brands we DO have access to are ridiculously marked up! Many ladies use parcel forwarding services to purchase products from Sephora but I can never be bothered to. I've been wanting to get my hands on the Tarte Amazonian clay long-wear blush that have been all over beauty blogs for ages now. The lovely Tammie from Fad Hamburger very generously offered to pick them up for me along with some other make up lemmings!! She is such a sweetheart and it's been so nice getting to know her! ^_^ She's also terrible at enabling me so she also helped me get my first Dior Addict lipsticks which she loves and e.l.f eye primer too. The package took a while getting here but it finally arrived this week!!! Yay for new makeup in time for the weekend =D


Tarte Amazonian clay long-wear blush in dollface and natural beauty! Oh my these are just beautiful ♥ Look at that embossing!! I haven't used these just yet (had to take photos first of course being a beauty blogger!) but I have high hopes for them =)


My very first Dior Addict lipsticks!! *happy dance*


Dior Addict in Diorkiss and Urban which is a Sephora exclusive. I tried these quickly today and I know why Tammie raves about them. The colours are gorgeous and they feel fantastic! My wallet is weeping already because I know I'll have to get more!


Tammie also helped me purchase the e.l.f eyelid primer and she very sweetly included the e.l.f all over color stick in Golden Peach for me to try too!


Thank you so much for helping me fulfill these lemmings Tammie!! I think I'll be asking you to help me get more items in the near future Xp

What items are you currently lemming ladies?

Thanks for looking as always! Have a lovely weekend =)

I was lucky enough to win giveaways from another 2 lovely and talented ladies recently which is so exciting!! It totally made my month and the prizes arrived last week yay! I won 2nd prize in Michy from Original Wacky's giveaway and I was also one of the winners in Deniz from Emerald Sparkled's Born Pretty Store giveaway.


You might remember that Michy won my Polished Pink for October giveaway in October last year and we were both so shocked that I won hers! What are the odds. I squealed when I opened her package – not only are the polishes awesome but the strawberry lollies Michy included are some of my faves and are kind of hard to find here.


L – R: Claire’s Grape Popsicle, Wet n Wild Cheers and Tipsy. Michy featured similar scented Claire’s polishes on her blog and I was so envious. Now I get to try one out for myself!! =D


L – R: Milani Jewel FX Gold, elf Metal Madness and Matte finisher. The Jewel FX polishes have been on my wishlist ever since I saw swatches online and I can’t believe she included one!! She also included some very yummy smelling Lipsmackers balms =)


I was one of the 5 lucky winners to score a $20 coupon to Born Pretty Store from Deniz's giveaway. I've been wanting to purchase some items from there for a while so I got some pearls, striping tape and assorted fimo sticks to add to my nail art collection! I also bought some acrylic paints too =)



I can't wait to try them all out for my upcoming manis! A big thank you to both ladies for these wonderful prizes!

What exciting packages have you received in the mail recently?

Thanks for looking!

Time has just completely run away from me this last week leaving me barely enough time to complete the normal everyday things let alone leave me any time to enjoy myself! I've been polish-less for 3 days (OMG!) and today a patient asked me "Are you ok 'chelle? You don't seem yourself" whilst looking at my bare nails lol. It's kinda weird when people try to gauge what kind of mood I'm in by the state of my nails hahaha.

One thing that really brightened up my week was an AWESOME swap package I received in the mail from the very lovely Alice from Absolutely-Alice! I was so lucky to be able to swap with her, she is such a sweetheart and I'm so fortunate to have met her through the beauty blogger community =)


Look at all the wonderful goodies!! Alice - you included so many polishes from my wishlist eeeeeeeek! Thank you!


Everything was wrapped so nicely that I didn’t want to unwrap the goodies! It only lasted about a minute though and then I ripped into it lol. How cute is the silver and white heart paper??

Essie Petal Pink, Pillow Talk and In Stitches.

OPI Ali’s Big Break, Orly Thorned Rose and Snowcone.

American Apparel Echo Park, Peacock and Office. My 1st American Apparel polishes!!

elf Plum and Berry Pink.


So many wonderful extras and yummy treats! I've always wanted to try the Yes to Carrots range. The milk candies were delicious!


Alice makes wonderful handmade items and she very kindly sent me some! I love how she added the bows to make the hair clips more girlie. I now have even more bow accessories yay! Alice hand crafted the beautiful bracelet below from rose quartz and it is EXACTLY the type of bracelet I would snap up for myself in a shop! I am in love with the heart detailing and the heart clasp. And it's pink yay!


Thank you so much for swapping with me Alice! I look forward to our next swap =) Check out Alice's blog here! She does cute manis and has great tutorials for DIY projects. Please post more often Alice as I always enjoy reading your posts!

I have so many wonderful polishes from all my swaps that I haven't tried yet so I'm determined to get my untrieds down to 1 helmer drawer before I am allowed to buy anymore nail polish. But that's going to have to start from Monday because I'm heading to the city tomorrow to take advantage of the Illamasqua amnesty woot!

Thanks for looking! I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend =)

I recently did a polish swap with the very generous and lovely Anita from KONADomania. She sent me some great European polishes to try and I sent her some Aussie ones to try in return. I was so excited to receive it in the mail!!!!


Just LOOK at all the goodies she included!!! Thank you so much Anita!! You have really spoiled me with the fantastic polishes and all the extra goodies you included in the package =D Let me share with you the AWESOME items she sent me all the way from Slovenia.


From L-R
S-he polishes in 384, 387, 427, 399 and 426. I love these colours, they're just so bright!


From L-R
Catrice polish in Poison Me, Poison You! - gorgeous purple with shimmer.
Elf polish in Berry Pink - very pretty berry colour with shimmer.
Alessandro International polish in 263 - dark blue, almost black polish in the cutest bottle!
Essence colour & go polish in Underwater and
H &M polishes in U Must Have This and Liberty Girl - I’ve so wanted to try these out!! The bottles are so cute =)


Very handy sized bottle of non-acetone nail polish remover;
Alverde handcreme – this smells divine and is wonderfully moisturising but non-greasy which is a must for me. And it’s the perfect size for my handbag too! I think Anita read my mind =p
Essence nail polish corrector pencil – this smells so GOOD! And works absolutely fantastic too. I’ve used it on my latest manicures and it’s great! It's 50 times better than the one I've been using from Morning Glory stationary. I’m scared of using it up though, it’s just too good!


Nail stickers
2 Essence nail stamping plates – so awesome!! Thanks Anita =)
Essence nail jewels
Not pictured, but Anita also included a very sweet pair of earrings too.

Anita also included some dark chocolate (YUM!) and a fruit bar which my sister has hijacked though =p

My dilemma was which colour to use first! Anita suggested that I use a colour per day which is what I will do! My 1st NOTD using my new polishes is with H & M U Must Have This which is an absolutely gorgeous sky blue creme. I don't have very many blue polishes so I'm ecstatic to add it to my polish collection!


It was very smooth to apply and I found the brush really nice to use - I only had to do minimal clean up. Above is 2 coats without topcoat and it dries to a dullish sort of finish. It was quite quick to dry too which is fantastic! I just love the shape of these bottles, I want the whole collection now =p


I really didn't want to take away from the prettiness of the colour but I still had to do SOME nail art, so I settled for a snowflake on my accent finger using Konad plate m59 topped with Seche Vite. I received lots of comments about this colour at work today =)

Once again thankyou SO much Anita!! Please check our her blog KONADomania! Her konadicures are fantastic and she always creates so many polish lemmings for me.

Thanks for looking! And don't forget to enter my 50 followers giveaway!