My October favourites

Sorry I realise that I am pretty behind with some of my posts (had a death in the family a month ago) but hopefully I will be able to get back on track soon.

My top 3 favourite products were;  Ingobeau Ultra Skin Power Z Cream, J Cat Wonder Lip Paint, and Lailly +36.5 Steam Pore Pack. Oddly enough these are all items I have received from oversea make up box services, and probably won't be able to repurchase without some difficult in Australia.

INGOBEAU Ultra Skin Power Z Cream
This is a lovely rich moisturiser cream which I have been using as a night cream. It is also an anti wrinkle cream, which normally break me out a bit but has not. I have really enjoyed using this but sadly when I received this product it had a short shelf life remaining. As a result I have been very liberal with my use of this cream (I've even been using it on my knees occasionally), it is a bit of a shame that I have to get through this item quickly.

J CAT Wonder Lip Paint in 'Always Late, Rabbit'
I love this purple colour and received some lovely comments when I wore it which is always nice. I tried this on for Halloween because I thought if there was any day I could get away with wearing bright purple it would be Halloween. I thought that this wore well, and loved the colour. I am pretty sure that this is a cheaper version of the OCC lip tars, which I haven't used so I can't compare them to each other.

LAILLY +36.5 Steam Pore Pack
This is an amazing facial mask, which gives a hot steam effect to open up your pores and clean them out.When I use this product my face feels tingly and warm, not something that I have ever experience with any other face mask treatment and afterwards my face feels so clean. I received this in a Memebox (Korean makeup box service) and love it, however I don't know how I am going to find another one these to purchase since I live in Australia and Korean beauty products can be a bit tricky to find over here.

Lip Factory June 2014 review

Lip Factory is a USA based beauty subscription box that costs $22 USD and for international shipping it is an extra $4 USD to $10 USD depending on which country you live.

It is an expensive box when I factor in the international shipping but since they are mainly full sized products or products that are either more expenisve in Australia or harder to find here, I think Lip Factory is good value.

I've had two boxes from Lip Factory earlier in the year and I have always been impressed with them, so when I knew that June was their birthday month I signed up again. Normally subscription boxes do something special for their birthday boxes so I tend to subscribe to them. For June Lip Factory subscribers received 8 full sized products, yay.

What was in my box:

JCAT Wonder Lip Paint (RRP $4.99 USD)
This was a bonus product in the July box since not information about this lip paint is included in the box's product card. Mine came in the purple shade 'Always Late Rabbit'. These wonder paints look similar to OCC Lip Tars. I really love this shade but sadly I don't think it is practical to wear. I do sometimes wear purple lip colours but never ones that are this bright, a part from dress up parties I don't really see myself having much of an opportunity to wear this. I might buy a OCC lip tar that I can mix with this lip paint so that I can create a more wearable colour.

ECO-LIPS Eco-Tints Lip Balm (RRP $4.50 USD)
My lip balm came in the tint sugar plum which is a purple shade. I've used this a bit and I like it, this keeps my lip moisturised. 

BEAUTY ADDICTS Sweet Lips Gloss (RRP $17 USD) x2
Subscribers received two of these lip glosses in the colours lilac and ginger. They are a bit of shimmer in them and are slightly sticky.

PARI BEAUTY Eye Shadow (RRP $11 USD)
I received this in a green shade. To be completely honest I don't really wear eye shadow, or if I do it tend to be a neutral shade. I might try and be adventurous and give this eyeshadow a go.

PALLADIO Shadow and Liner Crayon (RRP $6 USD)
My eyeshadow/eye liner was in the shade raspberry which I would describe as a dark dusty pink. I've given this a try and it is okay but not really to my taste since I prefer neutral eye shadow colours.

OFRA Lip Liner (RRP $13 USD)
When I was removing this lip liner after swatching it I found it a bit difficult to remove (I needed to really scrub it off) which is making me think that this lip liner will be very long lasting. I tend not to use lip liners unless I'm going out somewhere special but I'll probably use this in the future.

PALLADIO Brow Fix (RRP $6 USD)
This is a clear wax pencil that tames your brows. I don't really use brow products, but I have been trying this out for the last two days and it is okay. My brows aren't too bad normally so I don't see a huge difference in their appearance. I'll probably just use this since I have it.

Swatches of products in natural light

 Left to Right: Jcat Wonder Lip Paint in Always Late Rabbit, Eco-Lips Eco-Tint lip balm in Sugar Plum, Beauty Addicts lip gloss in Lilac and Beauty Addicts lip gloss in Ginger.

 Left to Right: Pari Beauty eyeshadow in Eco-friendly, Palladio shadow and liner in Raspberry, OFRA lip liner in Cherish.