October Favourites

Ok, so where did that month go?  It happens every year.  Sudden it's the start of November, we have The Melbourne Cup and the next thing it's Christmas.  Really?  I don't even want to think about it.

This month I did a fair bit of Op shopping for my OOTD shoots, which I'm having a fabulous time doing, and gradually this space seems to be more about fashion, but I did pick up a couple of new things.  Here is a small handful of things I am loving this month.

How awesome is Washi Tape!  I have a few rolls of it lying around, left over from my card making days, but these two gorgeous selections I found on a UK website called Fox and Star.  The burgundy one with the flowers is a brand called Maste and the birds are Mt ex.  I am planning on decorating bits of furniture, using it when wrapping presents (probably using it on plain brown paper), and perhaps using it to stick random things everywhere.  It's great that you can remove it and reuse it, if you're careful.





I've been using this lip balm by Glamourflage for a little while now, ever since I got it as a bonus in a gift pack, (see my post on it here)  It is part of a collection of gorgeously named beauty products, each with it's own femme fatale on the label with her own personality and individual story.  This is Daisy and she's a cherry lip balm and is absolutely delicious. 

I don't normally wear nail polish.  It's impossible with kids.  If you manage to find fifteen minutes of uninterrupted time to put it on it's a miracle, and it's even more miraculous if you can find an added twenty minutes of uninterrupted time to wait until your polish dries properly.  But despite that I do like to paint my toe nails when the weather starts to warm up.  How hideous are feet?  Somehow a little bit of colour on your toes seems to make sandals look so much better.  Anyway, at the moment my toes are this gorgeous red, which is a darker, more 'blue' red shade (rather than an 'orange' red) and this gold looks really nice on too.  So nice in fact that I have even been wearing it on my fingers!  Yes, I risked the kiddy-smudge and have been putting it on my finger nails.  What a concept!  These two colours I picked up at my local chemist where they stock Natio, which is an Australian brand of natural skin care and cosmetics.  It is really affordable and they have some lovely things.  This red is called 'Mystic' and the gold is 'Aura'.

My final favourite for the month is my beloved 'Cowgirl' magazine that comes to me every second month all the way from the USA.  I actually need to renew my subscription but this is a great magazine, with lots of fashion, beauty, décor, homes, horses and inspiring women, with plenty of cowboy boots thrown in for good measure.  I just wish it came out every month!

 

What have been your favourite things for October?









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A Little Glamourflage



Ok, so lately I've had to have a complete overhaul of all my makeup and skincare products because...well...I've kind of had things for way too long.  And I mean years too long.  It's disgusting. 

It's because I run out of me time.  I know it is.  It's certainly not because I am a hoarder.  In fact I'm great at throwing things out.  Probably too good at it actually. 

So here's where I thought I'd replace all my boring skincare and makeup with fun products.  Namely those with super cool packaging and those that smell amazing.  The reason....so maybe I would look at moisturising as a fun thing to do instead of something that is taking five minutes out of my life when I probably should be doing housework or taking care of the kids. 

I need to have some R and R some time.  Maybe this is a way to force a bit of pampering onto myself?!



So....this is Glamourflage and it is the most fun in skincare I've ever seen.  I stumbled across them a couple of years ago when I was living in the middle of nowhere in New South Wales.  They have gorgeous products and the packaging is so quirky.  And sexy! 



I needed a new face cream because the one that I got the other week is just not right for me.  See it here .  I do like this one, but just not so much on me.  I also needed a new body cream because I threw out two last week that were WAY past their use by date.  They smelt funny.  And they looked at me funny when I took their lids off.  In the bin with those.

Anyway I discovered that it was actually better value for money to buy the Spoil Yourself Gift Set because it ended up costing less than buying these products separately, and I also got a little candle and the gorgeous Daisy Delight Lip Balm within the set.  It's cherry flavoured.  Need I say more.



The whole lot came in the most beautiful box.

The Vera Vamp Body Cream has a lovely pearly sheen and it smells like tropical flowers. The Luscious Lucy Face Cream is exactly that.  It smooths on really well and is not too heavily scented, which is definitely something I prefer in a face cream. 

The Lip Balm is definitely a bonus.  The cherry flavour is divine. 

Hopefully after a while of using these products I will end up looking like these gorgeous gals on the lids!  Hmmm...maybe not!



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