Instagram is my obsession lately. Follow, like, comment, share photos. It’s got all the best parts of twitter and facebook, yet it’s so clean and crisp. No chatter. It’s all about the images. And as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Here’s what I’ve been up to lately…
What have you been up to? Are you on instagram? Find me @rosemaryslade and let me know what your username is. I’d love to check out your pics.
Happy Friday lovelies!
Rose xox
Well, we’re having some time apart. As much as I love my current foundation (and really, I do), I just feel like I haven’t had the chance to experience everything that’s out there. So we had a serious discussion about our future together on the weekend.
Me: We need to talk.
Foundation: That sounds… ominous.
Me: It’s not you, it’s me! Really, you’re wonderful.
Foundation: Are you breaking up with me?
Me: I think we just need some time apart… to figure things out.
Foundation: But I’ve given you everything you ever wanted: long wear, great coverage, a matte finish.
Me: I know, and I love you for it. I’m very happy and comfortable with you. But maybe I need to try some new things. How will I know you’re the one for me if I’ve never tried anything else?
Foundation: (sobbing) Well don’t come crying to me when your face is all shiny and you start breaking out!
There were tears, and some makeup remover was spilt. But I think I’ve made the right decision. Maybe I’ll realise that my current foundation is the love of my life. Or maybe I’ll find something even better. I need to play the field a bit. See what’s out there. And reassess what I want.
So I started at the top, with a little luxe foundation haul. Chanel Perfection Lumière and DiorSkin Forever. Let’s enjoy our freedom and ogle these gorgeous foundation bottles for a moment.
Right, I think I’ve successfully run that metaphor into the ground.
Wish me luck on my quest for the perfect foundation!
What’s your favourite base? Do you have one? Or are you a player? Let me know. Leave me a note, stop by facebook or tweet me!
Rosemary xox
As those of you who follow me on twitter or instagram will know, I’ve spent most of the past week out on photo-shoots for my magazine Luxury Weddings. Shoots are one of my favourite parts of my job. On occasion, the gown designers will stop by to say hello and watch as we photograph their gowns. This photo-shoot was no different, and I had the pleasure of chatting with two incredible designers: Lora Eliss of Lora Eliss Couture and Patty Panatou of Basilica Couture. When Patty returned later, to retrieve her gown, she surprised and delighted both me and my colleague Kimberlee with some unexpected kindess. She brought with her a thank you gift: two beautifully packaged Badgley Mischka bags.
The contents of which were a beautiful Glamorous Shower Gel and Glamorous Body Lotion. What a wonderful gift! And even more so because it was completely unexpected. They smell absolutely heavenly. Like softly crushed rose petals scattered in the rain. Floral and fresh and deliciously decadent. I can’t wait to use mine!
It’s the little things that make a big difference to me. Saying thank you, smiling, being friendly and surprising people with unexpected kindness. It made my week.
How was your week lovelies? Were you blessed with some unexpected kindness? Or did you surprise someone else with a spontaneous gesture? Let me know. Leave me a note, stop by Facebook or tweet me, I’d love to hear your stories.
Rosemary xox
I’ve been going through a bit of a love affair with lipstick lately. I never used to be a lipstick girl. I always wore gloss. But ever since I reviewed Maybelline’s Coral Fever I’ve become a bit infatuated and invested in many new shades. One of my favourites lately is an NP Set lipstick called ‘Boston’ (RRP $22.00, 4g) which I picked up *accidentally* while looking for BB Cream. The colour is a lot darker than I’d usually wear – I tend to go for light pinks, nudes and pretty peaches, but the minute my friendly local Napoleon Perdis expert, Ellen, put it on me I was hooked.
Now NP Set don’t have a website yet, so I don’t have anything to compare my experience to. But I’ll give you the best bits. The packaging is cute and fun, the pink palm trees on the NP Set lipsticks always make me think of California, hot summer nights and holidays. The white shiny plastic tube is immediately distinguishable among my other lipsticks, which mostly have black tubes.
My favourite feature of the packaging is a little reservoir of the same colour in the top of the cap, a wonderful idea because just when you think you’re out… guess what? There’s a little more left!
The texture is oh-so-creamy and deliciously moisturising, to the point where I will actually reapply it even when it doesn’t need reapplication. My lips feel so soft and saturated every time I use it and I’ve found that the moisture seems to carry on even after the colour has worn off. It has a very slight lipstick smell, which honestly doesn’t bother me in the slightest. The colour is one I really never would have chosen for myself, but the minute it was on, I was in love. It’s a creamy, rusty, brownish pink. Quite difficult to describe without using their words actually. “Cream Ginger” is the perfect name for the colour.
Above is a swatch of the lipstick, taken with a flash indoors. It represents the colour quite accurately, I found it difficult to capture the depth of this colour without using a flash. The beautiful glossy sheen lasted about an hour for me, and the colour for around another two. It will require reapplication after you eat or drink, but thems the brakes with a gorgeous moisturising lipstick like this one. Hands up if you actually mind? Nope, I didn’t think so. And now for my favourite part… the pout.
Below is the product on my lips, shot with a flash.
There are a whole list of things I love about this lipstick, most of which I’ve already mentioned. But two that I haven’t. 1. It makes me look a lot more tan than I actually am and 2. it makes my teeth look really white!
In short, I absolutely adore this lipstick! Wear it with a tan, a smile and a bounce in your step.
NP Set Lipsticks RRP $22.00/4g are available from David Jones, Target and Napoleon Perdis salon stores.
Are you a lipstick girl or gloss girl? What’s your favourite lip product at the moment? Let me know! Leave my a note, stop by Facebook or tweet me.
Rosemary xox
Happy Friday! Making me happy today… is a constant stream of beauty, in the form of models casting for our next round of shoots.
The thought that there may still be some Summer yet to come
How great your face feels when you just wear lipstick
New jewellery from Lovisa and Diva
The incredible range of colours in Illamasqua‘s Intense lipglosses (discovered on a beauty research expedition)
My to do list for the weekend:
1. Sleep in
2. Get a really gorgeously deep and dark spray tan
3. Trial my two new luxury foundations (more on this soon)
4. Buy fresh flowers
5. Drink wine in the sunshine
6. Read all the new magazines I’ve bought
What’s making you happy today? What’s your to-do list for the weekend? Leave me a note, stop by Facebook or tweet me.
Sydney’s dreary weather can do nothing to drown my positivity this week. I’m starting work on my new magazine baby Luxury Weddings and having an absolute ball. Helping to make my week wonderful are a few new favourites.
My lips are loving being doused in Lanolips Lip Ointment with Colour SPF15 in Rhubarb. This baby is gorgeously moisturising, non-sticky (thank goodness) and has a super pretty flush of natural colour, perfect for the office. kikki.k’s colourful felt tip pens are making my to-do lists fun, and the rainbow colour range is brightening up my notebooks and making it easy to find key points and actions from meetings.
The Natural Confectionery Company chews are perfect for my 3pm wake-up call. I’m a real sweet-tooth and I feel better about treating myself to something made from real fruit juice, with no artificial colours or flavours. The wild blackcurrent flavour is my favourite.
Lanolips Lip Ointment with Colour SPF15 $13.95 available now from David Jones, Myer, Priceline and selected pharmacies.
kikki.k coloured felt tip pens 10 pack $12.95 available from kikki.k stores and online.
The Natural Confectionary Company Chews available from supermarkets.
What are you loving this week? Leave me a note, stop by Facebook or tweet me.
Rosemary xox
p.s. all the above products have been purchased with my own finances. I have not been compensated for mentioning them.
