facing mecca

One of the most empowering things of my existence is going shopping - what's better? Going shopping with your best girl friend for make up and getting to try some new goodies, and walking away with some of them too!

I love going to Mecca Cosmetica, and I especially adore going there with someone who knows what's good (which is Clarissa btw) and worth to try. I loved going through and looking at all the new releases and trying products out. When I visited Mecca last time, I was wanting to get Smashbox's Brow 'Tech to Go' brow shadow pot, however they had sold out and I was wanting to get a higher end eyebrow product, as my current eyebrow shade is far too light for my natural brow colour. 

One of the lovely Mecca ladies tested out the Smashbox Brow 'Tech to Go' on my brows, and Clarissa said it was a great colour match and told me to go for it, which I did. I'm always filling in my eyebrows because I was not blessed with thick hair or a lot of hair in my brows, so the Smashbox Brow 'Tech to Go' will be perfect.

The second thing I tried out was the NARS Pressed Powder. I have never tried NARS before, and Clarissa has their concealer, and adores it so much, and I feel like NARS is a high end line and I really wanted to test out something simple to start off with. I swatched 'Desert' and it matched well. I liked how smooth the powder was, and that it's going to help with shine. One of my bigger concerns with powders and foundations is that they don't settle into my pores too much around my nose, and I liked that the powder was smooth yet not too fine that it would settle and make my pores super obvious.

The last thing I tried was Pharrell William's 'Girl' perfume, and oh my gosh it's amazing. It's a perfume that isn't really going to fit into like a 'floral' or 'fruity' category, it's got such a mix and smells amazing on skin. Clarissa and I both tried it and it smelt different on both of us, it's worth trying out.

Other things on my Mecca wishlist are the Dipytque Candle in 'Bailes' because it's a minimal classic, and the ghd Creative Curling Wand, because rose gold is my jam and I have dead straight, thin hair and mama needs some curls.

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The week that was | 23.02.2014 |

Oh my goodness it's been such a huge two weeks! I feel guilty for not updating as much as I would have liked to, but it's early Sunday morning and I have a little time to myself to catch up.

Over the last month or so I have been working super hard to try and find design work in any way I can, and I have been very lucky to score some freelance, part time work at Guide Dogs Australia. Guide Dogs Australia are a fantastic charity, working to bring essential services to those living with a vision impairment, as well as facilitating the training of seeing eye dogs, which I'm sure most of us have seen out and about. Working with Guide Dogs has really opened up my world view, and seeing the amazing things a human being can achieve, no matter what hand they're dealt in life. The work this charity does is amazing, and it's so gratifying to be a part of it.

For the moment it's a few design tidbits here and there, and I'm loving the atmosphere and work I am able to do. Having a reason to get up and go in the morning is something I have really missed since finishing up at uni last year, and getting out and about is always a refreshing thing.

Below are a few snap shots from the last few weeks:

Beautiful flowers on days out and about ♡

Getting pretty with pastels!

Visiting Mecca Cosmetica with my girl Clarissa on a girl's day out ♡

My beautiful Marc Jacobs logo ring from my love ♡

Library lovin' in Manly!

Working hard!

And probably one of the biggest surprises of the last week...

A brand spanking new Macbook Pro!

Not going to lie to you, it's about 1.34am on Sunday morning and I am still staring lovingly at this masterpiece. Mum surprised me and took me into the Apple store before work & asked me what I thought about this laptop & I was like yeah it's a great machine- durr, next thing I know we're walking out with it for me! I am truly spoilt ♡

That's the weeks that were for tonight/this morning. Stay tuned for a recent haul, featuring a cool/freaky looking phrenology bust, and plenty of stationery!

Stay fab~