I’m famous on the innernets

Gross overstatement, but I have to give mad props to the kind peeps who have written about me and my blogs lately. Sure, they might be prone to exaggeration somewhat, but they make me sound far more exciting and glamorous than I really am, and I appreciate that.

The Makeup Case asked me about my nail polish collection, which, as you know, is my pride and joy. In the same way Michael Flatley insures his feet, I should insure my babies. Must look into that.

Bossy Beauty asked me about my career, my beauty must-haves and my nail polish collection (naturally).

Style Icons/Instyle for Hair asked me lots of questions about blogging. It was fun. I like talking about blogging.

 

Booty Parlor – for that sexy winter flush

- by Shay

While we’re all blustering about how cold we are, how chapped our lips are and how we can’t even feel our feet I thought I’d remind you dear readers of a couple of things I love about Winter.

I’ve always loved the sound of frost under my feet; the white breath that hangs in the air in the dark, still mornings; going on a holidays to the mountains and watching the sun glistening on the snow; slippers, mittens and dressing gowns; steaming hot bowls of soup and cold nose kisses with the one I love – I adore all of these things when it’s cold outside.

Another thing I love about Winter is ruddy cheeks! That naturally flushed look that makes you look like a soft, approachable and natural beauty. Sadly it rarely gets cold enough in Brisbane to bring out the natural blush in my cheeks, so I’m always looking for a cheats method to achieve the look.

This brings me to a product I’ve been loving recently – Booty Parlour ‘Get Flushed’ lip and cheek tint.

The number one thing that stands out about this product is the packaging. The creators have really put their thinking caps on and come up with a totally portable little sphere that is super light and easy to pull out of the smallest purse to reapply as required.

Unscrew the lid and you will be presented with the softest, most delicious smelling (my nose picks up candy red apples) balm. It’s smooth to apply and literally glides over the skin. I found it a bit drying on my lips, which is to be expected with a multi-purpose product, but on the cheeks it was like silk.

The colour is intense and very buildable. I was cautious when applying as it looks so pigmented, and I was right to take it easy. I simply smiled wide, took a quick swipe of the tint on my finger and blended, blended, BLENDED to smooth the colour over the apples of my cheeks.

The end result was a beautiful flush that looked so much more natural than any powder blush I’ve ever used.

Get Flushed lasted all day on my cheeks with a little wear towards the end of the day. I recommend setting the products with a light swipe of powder (either blush in a similar colour, or your face powder to tone down some of the pigment) to keep it looking fresh all day.

On the lips, it worked almost like a stain and looked beautiful and so girl-next-door under some shiny clear lip-gloss.

So now we’re over half way through Winter isn’t it about time you started to embrace the cooler weather before it’s gone for another year? Get Flushed Lip Tint is an affordable way to bring on your inner ruddy-cheeked beauty and will make you appreciate the cold so much more.

Booty Parlor Get Flushed Sexy Lip and Cheek Tint
Price: $19.95
From: Bootyparlor.com.au (if they’re out, try chemistdirect.com.au or hapsari.com.au)

For more of Shay’s reviews, check out her youtube channel

This product was offered to Stuff That I Bought for editorial consideration – for more details, see our disclosure policy
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Rolling out the welcome wagon

I am overjoyed, overwhelmed and overexcited to introduce you to two new contributors to Stuff That I Bought. Between here and The Nail File life can get pretty busy, and since I have some very talented friends I figure I may as well put them to good use *cracks whip*

Meet Shayna and Paul – they will both pop up here from time to time. No set schedule, no agenda, no formula. BUT they are both talented writers and funny people, and hopefully you’ll love them as much as I do (although not more than you love me – my ego couldn’t handle that kind of rejection). Paul will be looking after all the requests I get for men’s stuff and Shayna will be entertaining us with her own special brand of ohmygodilovebeautyproducts.

Hi Paul!

Paul is a Sydney-based writer, dilettante and lover of all things stylin’.  He has written travel and lifestyle pages for Belle magazine, and in a mixed career (that has involved marketing, research, magazines, uni lecturing and translating from Italian) he has written for other prestigious publications such as Men’s Style, Qantas the Australian Way and Australian Beer and Brewer magazine.
He’s also working on his first novel – so watch this space!

Hi Shay!

Shayna is an Interior Designer currently based in Bris-Vegas who was a budding journalist a lifetime ago. Add to that a life-long beauty addiction, and the result is her Youtube Channel jammed packed with Vlogs (video blogs) that centre on All Things Beauty Related. She finds inspiration everywhere and can’t help but express her creativity in a myriad of ways – even her facebook photos are works of art!

Make them feel welcome, include them in your circle at lunchtime and make sure they have someone to sit next to in class. We’re all one big happy family here!

Milky Foot – buy a pumice stone instead

Milky Foot: In a word… shit. But you probably want more than just one word, don’t you.

Milky Foot claims to be the effortless way to exfoliate your feet. You pop the booties on, leave them for an hour, and then over the following week the dead skin on your feet peels off and new, baby-soft skin is revealed. That’s all well and good, except my experience was pretty much the opposite.

First up, the booties are not exactly user-friendly. They made a heck of a mess on my (brand new thousand count) sheets, and there is something a little un-nerving about a gel that eats the skin off your feet being on your bed. There was a late night trip to the washing machine.

The instructions tell you that the peeling will begin five days after you do the treatment, but my skin started coming off after three, and that’s worth noting if you intend to plan the timing of your treatment around other feet-exposing events. By day four my feet looked like they had been hit by a cheese grater but the skin wasn’t actually falling off at all – I had to manually rub to get the skin off. Hot.

The skin was definitely at its worst fresh out of the shower – the heat and water soften all the loose skin and it was like a sticky film every morning. That said, it was also the easiest time to rub all that excess off – a minute of vigorous rubbing with a dry towel did the trick.

I figured after about a week there wasn’t much skin left to come off. I was wrong. I shed for a solid three weeks. It wasn’t so much flaking as patches rolling off. At the three and a half week week mark I learnt the hard way that you can’t use fake tan after you use Milky Foot – to say the result was ugly is an understatement.

It’s now over a month later and my feet are back to what they used to be. Not softer, not silkier, not smoother. My heels are as hard as they ever were and frankly it was a whole lot of anguish for nothing.

Milky Foot
Price: $25.99
From: Chemists
Why you need it: Your call, buddy. I know friends have used it with positive results, but I was not impressed.

For those of you who want to be grossed out, I have put two pictures below…