taryn k.

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My name is Taryn. I'm in my twenties. I come from the land down under. I'm married. I work full time. I like pretty things. My favourite food is watermelon. I hate dancing. I like to talk. I tend to contradict myself. I hate snails. I like you for reading my blog.

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27 July 2012, 2:21 PM

wasting time and money

Ooh, I did a spot of shopping. It wasn't my fault really - I went to the shop to get some baby photos developed, being the proud and attentive mother that I am, and the wait was forty minutes. And how does one amuse oneself in a shopping centre if not by shopping?

Clearly my daughter is, in fact, my daughter since she seemed to quite enjoy the shopping experience. She sat up in her pram, quite happy looking around for the first half an hour and for the second half, she just went to sleep. Not a peep was heard from her! This made for a happy mummy.

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in 25 Bad To The Bronze. I was actually looking for those lip crayon things when I went into Priceline, but I couldn't find them. Perhaps they have not yet been released in Australia? At any rate, I'd been meaning to check out the Colour Tattoos for a little while, so I picked up this one - apparently it looks like Rubenesque Paint Pot from MAC, but I don't own that so I can't really comment.

What I can comment on is the fact that this product is damn long lasting! I swatched this at around 1pm today, forgot about it and went about my business, had a shower (utilised my bar of soap) AND IT IS STILL THERE. Impressive. I'm very excited to try this on the actual eyelid (as is the intended application) tomorrow.

I also grabbed a refill of the Loreal Telescopic Mascara - this is the Clean Definition version, which I use for my lower lashes and have done for the past three years. I'm not a fan of this mascara for my upper lashes as if doesn't give a very full effect (not that the product claims to do such a thing, so that's by no means a fail or anything).

Not sure when I'll use this home colour cream, but if I feel like darkening my hair on a whim, I am now fully armed and capable. There;s no reason I selected this particular brand, I just liked the colour the best.

Ooh, prettttty. The triangle and the heart ring were only $4.00 each - bargain!! The pink stone ring was around the $10.00 mark, so I was a happy chappy. There were quite a few nice, trendy pieces in Diva at the moment, I might pop back in a couple of weeks for some wristwear :)

And lastly, a couple tops from CottonOn. Nothing too flash, but I don't currently have a loose fitting white t-shirt (and that's a basic, so it's practically a sin not to own one) and the maroon knit was only $10, so really, it would be silly to pass that up. Eh, who needs excuses, I haven't purchased new clothes in around nine months!

Labels: CottonOn, Diva, Factorie, Hair, Hauls, Jewellery, Loreal, Maybelline

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20 July 2012, 4:40 PM

Ooh...New Make Up

Argh! I posted this haul a couple of days ago, but due to some technical error (or plain old fail) when I used the iPhone Blogger app, all my witty words (as well as all the not so witty words) were all deleted. Sigh. I shall have to start again, since I took the time to take pictures and all.

I placed this strawberrynet.com order back when I was still pregnant and it arrived the day after I got home from the hospital, which was a lovely surprise. I was really pleased with this order - I think I've found a few staples for my collection.

Packaged up oh-so-pretty - with the exception of the CK Lipstick (it was a free gift with order, so they obviously skimped a bit there haha)

Five seconds after I got my hands on it - none of this save-the-paper-for-use-at-a-later-date silliness.

Ooh, pretty black packaging.

Calvin Klein - Delicious Luxury Creme Lipstick - #112 Orange Too. I love this. Strawberrynet pretty much always has a promotional free gift with purchase and at the moment it happens to be Calvin Klein lipsticks. I've been wanting to try orange lipstick for a while now, but have been too scare to pay the money for one in case it turns out to be a disaster. But I love this one. It can be applied either to be quite sheer or to be quite opaque, whichever takes you fancy.

MAC - Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation - NW25. I am also quite impressed with this product. I've been using it to set my liquid foundation - the light coverage just isn't enough for my problem skin. I also much prefer this to a translucent powder for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.

Haha, my demonstration of how I place a brush onto a pan, in case you weren't sure.

Elizabeth Arden - Color Intrigue Gel Eyeliner with Brush. Now I haven't tried any of the cult favourites (ie. MAC, Bobbi Brown, Maybelline), so I can't really compare this to other gel eyeliners. But as a stand-alone, I'm really impressed with this product. It applies like a dream, the brush is a nice quality, and the gel itself is quite pigmented and didn't smudge on my lid. Thumbs up, Elizabeth Arden.

MAC - Eye Kohl - Smolder. Eh, I wasn't really impressed at all with this, especially since I always seem to be hearing about it on youtube. It's okay, but I found it smudged (when I wasn't trying to smudge it) and that is a big negative for me. I won't repurchase this again, but I will probably use it all up.

And just as an added bonus:

I bought these pants on the day I initially posted this haul...so Wednesday, from Factorie. It turns out none of my pants fit me at the moment - my maternity jeans are too baggy and my regular pants, well sadly, I have the dreaded muffin top. The only solution is to buy more clothes. Shame. These are the Baxter Jean and I chose them in the colour Baby Pink, much to my husbands dismay (he just doesn't geddit). I haven't had a chance to wear them yet, but when I do I'll try to take some OOTD photos, pending the approval of the baby haha.

Hope you're all looking forward to a terrific weekend! Until next time!

Labels: Elizabeth Arden, Factorie, Fashion, Hauls, MAC, Online Shopping