Everyone should love a nude lip. I live in nude lips, I have a drawer brimming over with nude lipsticks, and I constantly find newer, better nude lipsticks to covet.

But over my years of trying new lipsticks and rediscovering old ones, there are a few products in my lip product arsenal that I've discovered really works for me. Here are my favourite products, listed in order of application, for your reading/viewing pleasure.

And trust me, this really works.

The first thing you need to do is prep that canvas. You need to hydrate and moisturise those lips, and make sure that you remove all lip flakes.


My go-to everyday lip care product (this is something I discovered about a month ago and have been using non-stop since) is the Kanebo Sensai Cellular Performance Total Lip Treatment*. I am convinced that this lip treatment was sent straight down from heaven, because it worked miracles on my dry, chapped lips (I always have dry, chapped lips). Now, I know a lot of lip care products that can restore my chapped lips, but this is the only product that also made them look plump, moist and, for lack of a better term, juicy. My lips started looking better than they ever had, and I became hooked. I usually apply this before bed as a sort of lip mask. It works a right treat, and I think everyone should own this!
Side note: You are also meant to apply this product on the skin around your lips (and I'm guessing this is why my lips looked so plump and juicy) because it actually helps to restore the skin in that area and reduce and prevent the formation of pout lines.


Then comes the 'chuck-in-your-purse' lip care product that has been my fail safe for about a year now - the Simplicité Angelica Lip Care Balm. This lip balm is light and non-greasy, and lightens the colour of the lips just a little bit - perfect when applying nude lipstick. It is moisturising and convenient to carry around, and I love the light texture that makes it so easy to apply and wear.

Now it is extremely important to remove all flakes and chaps in your lips when you apply any sort of lipstick, and there is an easy way to do this. Before you start applying any makeup to your lips, slather on a thick layer of this lip balm onto your lips. Then, move on to the rest of your face. When you finally come back to the lips, take a cotton bud and rub it onto your lips in small rolling motions - this will catch any chaps in your lips, and the lip balm will have softened these flakes enough so that they will be easy enough to remove.

Moving on to the actual makeup application, here's what I do achieve the perfect, full nude lip.


Lip liner is not essential, but is perfect when you want fuller lips, or want to correct uneven lips. It provides a nice base for your lipstick to stick to, and makes it easier to apply your lipstick because you know exactly where it needs to be applied (I don't use lip brushes and apply straight from the bullet with nude lipsticks, as they are more forgiving than darker lipsticks). My favourite nude lip liner is one from No 7 - their Perfect Lip Liner in Nude. It is the perfect colour for most lip and skin tones, and is affordable enough that you can use it everyday to colour in the entire lip without feeling guilty about it.
In the picture tutorial below, I applied the nude lip liner to only one side of my lips, to show you the difference between the lips before lip liner, and after.


Next, apply your nude lipstick. As I mentioned before, nude lipstick can be applied straight from the bullet because you don't need perfect lines. Another thing I like to do is rub the lipstick in a little at the edges, because this gives you the illusion of a fuller lip by 'erasing' the lip line and allowing the overall lip shape to 'extend' a little bit. My absolute favourite nude lipstick is the Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color in Blush Nude*. This is a gorgeous beige colour with a hint of pink, and isn't too light, so it won't wash you out. I recommend this for anyone with skin tones from the very lightest to about medium, and if you have dark skin and are a fan of light-light lips, this still won't wash you out as long as you have a lip liner well-suited to your skin tone applied underneath. Tom Ford is available on counter at David Jones both in Melbourne and Sydney.


Finally, if I really want to highlight my lips, I apply a lip gloss. My current favourite is from Candy Doll, because these sticky lip glosses are really long-lasting and hardly require any touch ups at all. The colours are moderately pigmented and add just the right amount of colour to nude lipsticks, if that was what you were looking for. I personally like layering the darker pink lip gloss on top of my beige lipstick, because then it gives you that 'milky pink' look that I adore. The only people I wouldn't recommend these to are people who live in windy areas, and who like to wear their hair down. Your hair will stick to it like it was super glue.
The amazing Candy Doll range is available at Sasa and Watsons outlets, as well as online on Tokyoniki.com.

Below, I've attached a little picture of my overall lip routine, I hope you enjoy it!


So that is more or less my full, nude lip routine! I hope you guys found a useful tip or two from reading this post, and if you have any questions at all, let me know :) Thanks for reading!

* These products are available for purchase online with worldwide shipping at www.harrods.com.

Hi guys! I finally have my eyebrow tutorial to share with you - it took a really long time to edit and upload, so sorry! It is also a bit longer than I expected because I was rambling a little, but I hope what I put in the video helps you guys :)

If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments and I will get to them as soon as I can. Here's the video!



Products mentioned:

Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Express Kit in Brunette
SAX Perfect Brow Shaping Kit
Tweezerman 2012 Fashion Color Slant Tweezer in Geranium


A few things that I didn't mention in the video:

My favourite way to do my eyebrows is with a brush and eyebrow powder, but on days when I need to be quick, I have a couple of eyebrow pencils that I really love.

For eyebrow pencils, I look for pencils that aren't too creamy, but creamy enough to draw straight, strong lines to outline by brows before I fill them in. Here are a few of my favourite pencils:

Shu Uemura H9 Eyebrow Pencil in Seal Brown
Kanebo KATE Lasting Eyebrow W in BR-3 (purchased in Malaysia, but you can buy them online on eBay)

I am not a big fan of felt pens, because they don't define my eyebrows as strongly as I would like, but if you want to just fill in some areas or like a light brow, then the felt pens would be the perfect option for you. Unfortunately, because I don't use these products, I don't have any recommendations, but I heard the brow pen from Suqqu (a Japanese brand of cosmetics) is amazing.

I hope you guys found this video helpful, thanks so much for watching! I would also really appreciate it if you could 'Like' and share this post with your friends ♥

Hi everyone! I'm reviewing one of my favourite facial soaps today - The Kanebo Freshel Clear Soap.

I've been using this for about 2 and a half months now, and I really love it!

My skin recently did a 180 on me and went from dry to completely oily-combination. That meant a product overhaul - changing skincare from heavy, super moisturizing to light, oil-free.

One of the products I picked up was this foaming cleanser. I loved it from the moment I started using it!

Appearance

Another foaming scrub in a squeeze tube. It's easy to dispense, and of course, I keep it out of the shower to avoid that cold water collecting in the cap. It looks pretty posh too, with pearlescent white packaging and minimalist design.

The cleanser itself is thick and white, and obviously foams nicely.


Fragrance

This product is infused with clay, so it smells a little funny, but the smell doesn't linger on your face, so it doesn't really bother me.


Performance

A clay-infused foam cleanser is meant to draw the oil from the skin to prevent excess sebum and oil production throughout the day.

I only use this once a day, in the mornings, because using it twice in a day would strip your face too much of the oils, and cause you to produce more. Also, I recommend using this together with a hydrating, oil-free moisturizer to provide the proper hydration that your skin needs.

I think this cleanser works really well! I love that it keeps my skin less oily in the daytime. I usually need to do a little powdering by mid-afternoon when I'm out, but after using this for a while, I haven't had to do any powdering, which I love!

This retails for about RM 27.90 (if I'm not mistaken) at Sasa in Malaysia. It's not readily available here in Australia, but you can probably order it online at a decent price :)