makeup

so yesterday i did a little makeup shoot with my friend to add to my facebook album so that i can get more people wanting me to do their makeup.
the shoot doesn't have an exact theme but we just did a whole bunch of looks...here's how it went...

red lip

neutral eye

heavy brow

pin up inspired

smokey eye

bronze smokey

bronze smokey

khaki green and bronze

peacocky

hopefully i can do more of this type of thing in the future so that i can do some more makeup looks but also can practice my camera skills for uni :)

teppie.xx

breath...

ok so i have a real issue with bad breath. i'm not one of those people who thinks the person is an alien for having bad breath because i know it happens at everyone at least once!
i feel that if a person is brave enough to tell you that your breath stinks or you have something in your teeth then they are a good friend, so i now carry around a big tub of whitening mint chewing gum in my bag.
this ensures that neither i or the people around me will ever have bad breath!
remember that a person can never fully smell the full extent of their bad breath, so when in doubt, a chewy never goes astray!

teppie.xx

long break.

summer is officially over in australia but it's still boiling hot here in perth!
i haven't blogged since early december because quite frankly, i forgot...
i have started university and i am studying education and photographic and screen arts so basically i am going to be a teacher who does film and photography on the side. so far i love it! i have made heaps of friends and it's so much easier than school and you go for way less time :)
i also started teaching dance 2 afternoons at a school in perth to years 2-5 and i love that too! it's great that i can join teaching and dance together because they are some of the things that i love in life.
so much has happened since my december post.
christmas was great, the whole family came over and we had a really fun day.
then it was my 18th birthday which was so much fun! i went out clubbing for the first time with friends and ended up having a really good night.
then new years ever came around and a friend and i went to see a band called Scenic, who are from perth! they were so good and they are going to record in europe soon so hopefully they will be big before we know it!
then in january i went to melbourne with 2 of my good friends and it was one of the highlights of summer. we went for around 10 days and stayed in urban central backpackers which was so much fun! and we spent too much money and ate too much sushi and drank too much every night!
then i just basically worked and went out for the rest of summer until i started uni in late february :)

i'm sad to see summer coming to an end but quite frankly we haven't had rain in 61 days and it's been stinking hot (our hottest march on record) and i am sooooo ready for some cold wind and rain ;)

theteppie.xx

mac makeup

i just found out today that my local shopping centre has opened a mac counter! before i had to travel at least 25 minutes into the city to get to a mac counter which meant i usually just ordered online. now i can drive less than 5 minutes! and now i know the exact shade i am buying before i actually buy it.
it's my birthday at the end of december so i had a few friends over for a brunch and i got 2 more things...woodwinked eyeshadow which i had wanted for sooooooooooooo long and then well dressed blush which i also really love. i also ordered dark deed from the venemous villains collection and it is SO good! i love really dark and really bright lipsticks but i have never owned a dark one, now i finally do! yay.
i also got money from one of my friends so i am going to buy black track fluidline because i have wanted that for a long time!

i also received my foundation and powder and my espresso eyeshadow and russian red lipstick a few weeks ago too :)

can't wait to go check out the counter in the next few days!
teppie.xx

bio-oil update

this stuff is AMAZING! there is no other words for it basically.
ok so i could possibly have the driest skin on the face of the earth and when i miss a day my legs already look like they are going to crack open or flake away...this was until i used bio-oil!
my mum got me hooked on this stuff around winter time when my skin was getting even dryer than i thought was humanly possible and i'm obsessed!
i use it every day after my shower(s) mainly on my legs and arms, i also like to put it around my eyes when i go to sleep (i have really bad hayfever so the constant rubbing my eyes is not very good for them) and when i wake up my face is fresh and feels great!
i don't think i could ever stop raving about this stuff because it is literally giving your skin a drink!
love it love it love it love it love it.
my second 60ml bottle is on it's last legs and i am definitely going to get the bigger one next time, if only it came in 1L bottles!
teppie.xx

hair detox

right now my hair is the longest it has ever been, with it falling to around my waist. so i have had to take extra care of it seeing as i have not had a hair cut in long over a year now.
during winter and spring i wanted to see what difference a "hair detox" would make to my hair and whether styling etc was really bad for it...well, it is.

i have not dyed my hair since around june and have minimalised my styling of it (curling/straightening) to only when i am going out and not for everyday. i have also never blow dried my hair as it always looks really dry and brittle afterwards.

this was fantastic! my hair is currently at it's longest and probably it's healthiest. i have no split ends what so ever and my hair seems stronger and shinier than it usually is.
so even though i have been walking through life for the past few months with regrowth and half wavy half straight hair, it has paid off.

now when i return to my hairdresser, who i have dearly missed over the past 5 months, i will not have to have a whole heap of hair cut off and maybe "just a trim" will actually be just a trim this time!

i don't want to have my hair cut at all because it is in such healthy condition but it has been growing at different rates so it does look a little bit thin towards the ends :(

i have booked a colour and TRIM in for 1st december and i'm waiting in anticipation for my hairdresser's reaction to my ever growing hair and it's condition!
teppie.xx

something that really annoys me

ok so early this year i went to mecca and bought nars orgasm blush and the woman conned me into buy an $83 blush brush from prescriptives...it is a really nice brush and it works really well...i don't use it that often so i have only washed it once and the other day i go to use it ANDDDDDDDDD it fell out of the handle...this really annoys me because you can get any brand of brush that will end up giving you a similar result and i finally get a good quality, expensive brush and it falls apart.
i am so annoyed...