goodies & jolie & deen

Welp, needless to say January has been an exciting/splurge month.

I finally picked up the Bailes candle by Diptyque, and the NARS Pressed Powder in 'Desert' from Mecca Maxima (also how exciting is it that Urban Decay is going to be in Mecca stores in late March I am SO EXCITE).

I have seen every trendy person and their mother with a Diptyque candle and I love the scent of the Bailes candle, so I went and picked up one for myself online from Mecca; I procured my NARS Pressed Powder on my recent trip to Mecca a few weeks ago and I'm really excited to road test it.

I also upgraded my phone to a 6 Plus, and it is glorious in all his bigness.

Lastly, I can across a beautiful boutique called Jolie & Deen. I've seen a handful of bloggers with some of their pieces and after sussing out the store (and spending far too much time being slack jawed at their jewellery collection) I picked myself the Bow Cuff and was so tickled to receive it in the mail. The shipping was super quick and it came packaged in a beautiful box and satin pouch to protect the bangle.

I love the simplicity of the lines and how wearable it is. I love matching it with a clean crisp button shirt, black jeans & flats - very easy to wear. I was happy with the price of the bangle and its postage was very reasonable for the quality of the piece.

Be sure to check them out.

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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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holiday wish list

It's that totally joyous time of year again, and as the holiday season fast approaches, I love looking at all my saved wishlist items and pretty much staring at them adoringly for long periods of time (wait, you guys don't do that? Huh... must just be me! Joking, everyone does it.)

This wishlist is a combination of fashion, beauty, and things for the home. My biggest wish on my wishlist is the Rae Morris Magnetic Brush Starter Kit. I saw beauty Youtuber Chloe Morello review a number of the Rae Morris Magnetic brushes and I was just frothing at the mouth (sorry, that's totally gross) over these amazing brushes, and how clever it was to have them be magnetic to display and store them. I have one of Rae Morris's make up books and it helped me so much in learning about make up, and tips & tricks, so I'm keen to at the very least try out her brushes.

What's on your wishlist?

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