Beauty Misc

BB Cream – What’s all the fuss about?

I’m a little behind the ball with this post – BB creams have been carving up the beauty market in the last few years! But I figured this would make the perfect blog post as I’m quite regularly asked “what the heck is a BB cream?” and “what BB cream do you recommend?” So here we go! (more…)

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How to fix a broken eyeshadow or blush!

imageI was mortified when I dropped my MAC eyeshadow on the floor (it was the colour ‘Brun’, in case you are interested).  At NZ$38 a pop, it was an amateur mistake. Unfortunately it was an eyeshadow I used every day (not on my eyes, by the way, on my brows, it’s my favourite brow powder).

But I’d heard that broken eyeshadows/blushers can be fixed and I was up for that!  So, after a five minute investment of time on You Tube to witness this first hand, I bolted to the chemist to buy some rubbing alcohol ($6) and presto – my eyeshadow is (almost) as good as new.  To be honest, the colour now it’s fixed is slightly lighter, but it works just fine. I’m rapt.

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