red lips & life tips

Laying in bed after an 8 hour trip home. Came into my room & lets just say this : dairy products left out + australian summer = curdled milk, including mould. Turns out in my hurry to get out the door I left a cup of tea on my desk. Open windows & copious amounts of air freshener later, I'm all good to sit in my bed without scrunching up my face in disgust. I'm all about the progress, people.

Moving on!

More lipstick! I went back the day after I bought Chichi's VivaLaDiva 'Status' lipstick (a few posts ago)-an amazing orange-red colour-hoping to buy more at their still half-price $9.50. However instead of the range of interesting colours i expected to find, they all seemed to be very similar colours, and the stand was almost cleaned out meaning many weren't available - & I ended up going home with Yummy Mummy, a pretty just-pink, nudeish shade that I was lucky enough to find wedged behind the lipglosses.

A few days after that, I found myself back in Target craving a pure red shade.  When I went back before, I'd gotten that 'red lip' fix and felt bored by the other reds....but when I went back again it was to hunt out the vibrant 'Exhibitionist' colour - the perfect pure vibrant red. While I was there, I found myself attracted to Corporate Femme's slightly darker hue- reminding me of the shades commonly used in old vampiric movies, and in femme fatales of the 90's. So I picked that one up too.

and this lipgloss, and this lip primer kit. they were both half price (lipgloss about $8.50, primer $9.50). The lipgloss is such a pretty colour in the tube, brighter and more transparent than in this photo...but that translates to a pinkish sheen on lips. It smells amazing, like candy (& doesnt taste too bad either...don't judge me). 

This is the case for the primer - this is the point where I start to dislike Chichi's packaging design. The design is okay in the cardboard box for it, pulling on a bit of a retro vibe, but... dotting your eyes with lips? Really? I did that shit when I was 13/14. & while I admit I still occasionally 'dot' them with an 'x', I just cant see this as a good idea for makeup packaging. Combined with the hot pink & the 'You are beautiful' in a font I swear I was obsessed with when I saw it in Totalgirl magazine (again, 12, 13 or 14 at this stage) it comes off as a casing for play-makeup for young girls.

The inside of the packaging is okay...I like that it has a mirror (which is currently smudged over with primer in what appears to be a jarring incident before I had even opened it...grrr). It has a brush to apply the primer (I personally find this brush a bit useless, it doesnt seem to suit the shape of lips & as the primer itself appears a bit grainy, I think it needs to be softened by applying it with a finger), and a 'neutral' coloured lipliner (which appears to work well enough, and is definetly very handy). I'm not sure how useful the primer actually is, but it  does smell amazing.

mmmmm...soo....perdyyyy

i DO have photos of exhibitionist on, but my sister''s camera is dead & I'm way too lazy to charge the battery right at this moment.

now onto the 'Life Tips'.

A post by Gala Darling prompted me to think about my 'morning routine' (which, to be honest, currently consists of dragging myself out of bed, forgetting breakfast & going out/lazing around) and add some things in to help me be more productive, energetic & healthy this year.

View Gala Darling's post here , because its full of good ideas if you need some help making the most out of your days.

The little steps I'm taking to change my morning routine:

• get up earlierrr  - this is going to be so difficult given I've just turned 18 & can go clubbing.
• take cool showers -sounds like a bizarre form of self-torture, but the benefits are pretty numerous -softer, less dried out skin, less likelihood of flaring up eczema, closes pores & leaves hair silkier...sounds like total bullshit but you can google that shit, & I actually tried it this morning and found that when I got out of the shower, I felt good, refreshed, I didnt even need to put on moisturiser and my hair went from extremely beach tangled when i went in, to nice and smooth and easy to brush out. Even if you start with a warm shower, and gradually lower the heat so its cool, the benefits will still be there to some extent.
• drink water with fresh lemon juice -immunity boosting, good for your skin....google that shit too.
• dry body brushing- this one made me laugh when I saw it on the gala darling post, but I'll give it a go. 

do you do or know anyone who does any of those things? What do you do in the morning to prep yourself for your day?