Yaby dramatically neutral palette - swatches

The Yaby dramatically neutral palette is possibly my favourite (and most used) eyeshadow palette. I never leave home without it when doing weddings (or any makeup for that matter), It's so compact yet I have 40 colours in the palm of my hands with a variety of different finishes that covers anything from a natural eye to a smokey eye. The pans may be small but the shadows are so pigmented and last forever because you end up using less. If you do happen to finish a colour it can be replaced with another colour, genius!

Makeup Studio Australia Durable lip fluid swatches

Recently I've been putting my brides onto the Makeup Studio Australia's Durable lip fluids which promise to be waterproof, smudge-proof and kiss-proof. Usually I give clients a variety of lip products to choose from as everyone is different but I just haven't come across anything to be as long lasting as these lip fluid and gloss combo.

They aren't cheap at $38.90 a pop but essentially you'll be getting two items, a lipstick and a gloss. Its a double ended wand with colour on one side and gloss on the other. Colour is applied with the doe foot wand and once it's completely dried you apply the gloss with its brush wand which locks the colour in place and gives it a natural or high gloss shine depending on how much you apply. They come in a variety of colours and I always suggest that if it's a colour you can see yourself wearing everyday then it would be worth it to invest for your wedding day as touching up is as easy as reapplying gloss. You can always use other glosses with them but unfortunately it doesn't have the same staying power but still longer than a normal lipstick.

Aroha & Derrick's Engagement shoot

Today I came home to a CD in the post from Photographer Bree of Life in Still Photography. The photos were from Aroha and Derrick's engagement shoot, that i'd done makeup for a few weeks ago. Yay. Everything about the shoot from the lovely couple to the flowers and location are amazing! So I just had to share, you can find the rest of the photos from this shoot on Bree's blog.

Photographer: Bree Vracic

Flowers: Poppies Flowers

Makeup: Yours truely :)