Lingerie

Being a part of the itty bitty titty club you have the luxury of purchasing cute dainty bras and bralettes without needing to worry about support. It's all about the cute!

I've recently been researching and purchasing from boutique lingerie labels based in Australia and New Zealand. 

These include;

Hopeless 

Hatsumi's Laundry

Lonely 

Christie Nicole 

Her Pony

        Hopeless

Hopeless Lingerie is based in melbourne and all hand sewn and created to order. I absolutely love this brand and just feel so sexy in the things she creates. 
Pros: Australian made, amazing quality and fabrics and the owner is such a lovely girl!
Cons: because she's picking up momentum globally the wait can be rather long...up to 8 weeks. However SO worth the wait <3 

(side note on stitching that's visible in image 1 - was drunkely out and pulled retardedly hard on the stitching and popped a few out - my dodgy skills trying to fix it on a sewing machine are visible haha) 

Hatsumi's Laundry 

Hatsumi's Laundry is also based in Melbourne (must be something in the water!) My collection of her products is growing rapidly and for good reason. Her gorgeous creations are sexy, cute and beyond comfortable! The white cloud chamber bralette as pictured below was my first piece and omg, the love for it! 

Pros: Great quality, Made in Australia and very quick delivery

    Cons: The products are on limited runs - so once it's gone, it is gone sister! so you have to jump in         whilst you can! 

Lonely 

Lonely is a company based in New Zealand which i only discovered maybe a month ago. With many gorgeous products designs and range of colours it's something i'll definitely be investing more money into! 

Pros: It's in NZD therefore a bit cheaper over here in Aus, quality is outstanding, even though i have zero boobs i feel so secure and comfortable due to the 5 clips at the back (as pictured) and the packaging is super cute!

Cons: The only con i've found so far is that the strap material for the underbust likes to catch fluff. I mistakenly wore a jumper just over it and it covered it in maroon fluff so i was bummed - it has come off but kinda still there :/ 

 Christie Nicole 

This brand i haven't researched a lot as of yet, but the brand comes out with some very gorgeous bralettes. 

Pros: Australian Made and the quality is top notch

Cons: This bralette in particular has a leather underbust and it does not stretch at all. Therefore as it is a smidge too small i can't wear it as it wont expand with me. :( This isn't to say her other bralettes don't as I have no clue - i'm just saying that this particular one has no room for being 1cm past the sizing reccomendation. 

Her Pony

Her Pony again based in Melbourne is a gorgeous boutique with a wide variety of clothing. My favvie is the yellow daisy print bralette so cute and gorgeous on! When they released the pink I just had to have it :3 

the first image is a much more delicate lace pattern which sits very well on a small bust. 

Pros: Great fabrics and well stitched, very reasonable pricing (avg $20-$30 AUD)
Cons: I haven't found any cons with the pieces whatsoever - if anything it's a con that she hasn't released matching panties to go with them! 

 I hope you all go out and have a good look through these brands online and purchase your own gorgeous handmade lingerie. I recommend browsing through bigcartel for lingerie shops as this is how I find most of my lingerie these days

Emily x 

Illamasqua

Pale people and make up commonly do not mix. It is forever too yellow and in my case, all the top brands such as  MAC, NARS, Dior, Benefit...the list really does go on, they do have a range of lighter skin tone based foundations yet always with a yellow tinted base. Having heritage from Scotland and Ireland naturally I have a very pink complexion. So you can imagine the struggles. 

It is from reading reviews and many hours walking around shops that I came across the best thing ever.

Illamasqua

I'd heard of this brand many times before however, more in relation to their collections of Nail-Polish. Taking a leap of faith one day I asked to be colour matched and heaven forbid I actually perfectly matched one of their Skin Base foundations. Needless to say I was ecstatic! 

Another important factor is that this brand has brought it's prices inline with how much it is overseas. Being in Australia 95% of all International make up brands mark the price up anywhere from 60% - 150% as compared to US or EU prices. For Example the angled brush only cost me $27 AUD whereas at MAC I would've paid at least $45/$50 AUD for the same product. Not belittling larger companies such as these - but you would receive a lot more business if the prices were slightly more reasonable but again this is my personal opinion. 

So here we have a small collection shot. Containing;
* Angled Brush
* Blusher Brush
* Precision Gel Liner - Colour Infinity (Black)
* Eye Brow Cake - Colour Thunder (Brown)
* Satin Primer
* Skin Base Foundation - Shade SB 02

 Both the primer and foundation work wonderfully together to create a soft tone, that makes the wearer look luminescent in their own skin - not a cake faced twat. 

 Now this baby has become my new friend. Using the angled brush my eyebrows have never looked better. Naturally my eyebrows are blonde and I've actively made the decision to tint them often. This helps keep them looking nice :)

Now this baby is bloody amazing and so worth it. It has the largest amount of product within it ON THE ENTIRE MARKET of gel eyeliners - so you actually get what you pay for here guys.

Using the angled brush it goes on like a dream and it stays there!
I was always so frustrated with the pen style eyeliner pens as the nib was forever drying out after only a few uses ( even with putting the lid back on immediately ) so this is my first good quality gel eyeliner and i'm never going back!

Now this Angled brush is the most accurate i've found on the market so far. Generally speaking the Angled Brush will usually be slightly longer than this and I've found that a longer brush actually disables you from getting a good line but that's my personal opinion. This brush is quite short and easy to manoeuvre and each line is perfect - every time! Cleaning the brush is obviously important as I use it for both my eyebrows and eye liner so using any good quality brush cleaner is a good idea. I currently use the MAC brush cleaner.  

Emily x