Brands I wish were in South Africa- Chantecaille

Chantecaille is a luxury skincare and beauty brands that I have admired for a while. I cannot explain how beautiful their products are so I will just have to show you.

View their website (here) to see more of their beautiful products!

Brands I wish were available in South Africa- Sleek

Although Sleek is available on Zando in South Africa, their selection is not as great as the selection you can get in the UK. I have read on Sleeks twitter page that they are going to relaunch the brand in South Africa, which I am quite excited about. Here are a few of the things I would like from Sleek but are not available here.

The things I would really like from them is the blush in Rose Gold and the Blush by 3 in Sweet Cheeks. The Contour Kit looks promising too as it has a matte bronzer, something I have not been able to find recently.

Have you tried anything from Sleek? What are your favorite products?

A little blog appreciation

Last night, I told myself that I would probably not blog today because I knew I would be incredibly busy. Then, I received a tweet from the lovely Irina telling me I had won a giveaway on her blog!
I was so excited that I decided to do a little blog post on her.

She has an absolutely beautiful blog and she talks about beauty and fashion. She hosted her giveaway and I entered by chance and I won a Katy Perry perfume, a Body Shop blush, Body Shop eyeshadow and perfume samples (picture taken from her blog).

Please go and have a look at her blog (here) and follow her . She is incredibly kind and her posts are always interesting.

Storing your makeup brushes

For a while now, I have just been throwing my makeup brushes into a bag and hadn't realized how much damage it was causing my brushes. I thought I would share with you how I store my brushes.

The Marilyn Monroe boxes were a gift and I store my brushes in the last box. I keep my everyday makeup in the middle box and small things (cotton buds, cotton pads, swabs, etc) in the top box. I usually keep the perfume I am currently using on top so that it is convenient. On the right, you can see that I try and keep my brushes neat so that they do not lose their shape.

I found these ideas online and I thought they were clever!

Using a office spindle to store brushes and other small things (source) 

Using old jars and filling them with beads (source)

MAC Favorites

MAC has always been one of my favorite beauty brands and today I will be sharing my favorite products with you.

I use all of the products above on a daily basis. Ruby Woo is the perfect shade of bright red to compliment my skin tone and because it has a matte lipstick, it does not transfer off your lips. Their creme blend blushes are indreibly pigmented. I am currently using a shade called "Posey". The Fluidline is a gel eyeliner which is easy to apply and the shade "Blacktrack" is a very deep black. It doesn't smudge at all. Opulash would have to be my favorite mascara because it makes my lashes look naturally longer and thicker without any clumping. The 168 Contour brush is perfect for applying powder products onto your cheeks (I do not use this brush for the creme blend blush).

Do you have any favorite MAC products? Are you lusting after any?