September Favourites

Let's not even mention what the date is (considering I did that last month...)

Here are my September favourites! A few of these are actually products I've had for a while and never really loved... until now! 

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Taupe
• Covergirl Trublend Fixstick in L1-4
• Chi Chi Metallic Eyeshadow Stick in Solid Gold Dancer
• Rimmel London Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Lipstick in 03
• Essence Bloom Me Up! Shimmer Powder

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Taupe

The one, the only. There's no mistaking Anastasia as a favourite for brows, with good reason. The Dipbrow is creamy, the taupe colour is spot on for light blonde or cool toned hair, and it outlasts anything else I've ever used on my brows. I use this everyday, and it is very, very versatile - you can use it to just fill in tiny spots in your brows, or go all out and pretty much redraw your brow, if you wanted to. The only issue I have with this (which may be user error since I haven't heard any others with the problem) is that the very centre of the product seems to have dried up slightly and is now no longer as creamy as the outside parts. However, I've just been working from the outside and ignoring the issue, hoping it will go away... I'm not sure if this is because I didn't store it lid side down the first week or so, or just bad luck, or I didn't put the lid on properly one day or something, but it is a small error I have found in an otherwise great product.  A favourite for September, and likely for a while to come.

Covergirl TruBlend FixStick in L1-4

Top: blended swatch. Bottom: unblended swatch.

I didn't have high expectations for this concealer, only because I seem to have better luck with liquid concealers rather than cream, but I was pleasantly surprised with this product. The pink undertone makes it perfect for concealing my blue under-eye circles, and because it's in stick form just makes it really quick and easy to use. It's twist up (thank goodness) which is just a godsend after the issues I've had with jumbo pencils (see below...). It's highly pigmented, and blends in well, but seems to disappear easily if you over-blend. From what I've experienced, it has fair staying power, although I struggle noticing staying power of concealer because it gets used in conjunction with foundation (obviously) so if it disappears I always wonder what role the foundation underneath played in that. Nevertheless, if you're looking for an easily portable concealer to chuck in your bag for touch ups or for travelling, and you aren't looking for a heavy duty concealer, Covergirl might have just made your perfect product.

Chichi Metallic Eyeshadow Stick in Solid Gold Dancer

Heavy swatch in natural light.

This is one of the only eyeshadow pencils I own that seems to actually be of a fairly "eyeshadowy" consistency when applied. Very different to, say, Rimmels Scandaleyes Pencils, this Chi Chi pencil is seriously metallic and quite dry to the touch (not sticky). I prefer this, as the lasting power is vastly improved with such a formula. It can be slightly patchy to work with, but the formula can be layered to reduce this issue. It's also a huge bitch to sharpen, but I've found that this varies drastically depending on your jumbo pencil sharpener, since people always seem to complain about NYX Jumbo Pencils and I have no trouble at all sharpening those. Weird. Anyway, I wore this to a festival (Listen Out!) as liner this month and it did not budge! Very, very impressed with this, especially as something I picked up to use once for my formal last year. Definitely a keeper.


Rimmel London Lasting Finish by Kate Moss in 03

Unattractive angle lip swatch.

The only decent full face photo I could get that showed the colour true to life. Oh man I love this lipstick.

A browny-taupe nude with a creamy finish. This is the nude that made me fall in love with nude lipsticks. It lasts well for the price, smells amazing and is super opaque. I prefer this formula over the Matte Kate ones (in the red tube) but I haven't tried it in other colours so there might be some variation. I am absolutely in love with this lipstick though, and it has definitely opened up the world of nude lip colours to me. I've had it for a while but its only been this month that I've realised what a good product it is (does anyone else do that? Forget or not realise how great a product you own is?)

Essence Bloom Me Up! Shimmer Powder

Pretty design imprinted into the powder, but of course I didn't take a photo before I used it...

Attempting to show the colour. It's lighter than this in real life.

Swatch in natural lighting.

I got this, obviously, as part of Essence's recent Bloom Me Up! collection, which was a nice refreshing change from the mostly unattractive look of the other recent trend editions (despite there being some really good products in them). Maybe it's just because I'm really not a fan of Essence's branding in general... Oh well. This is a gorgeous, gorgeous highlight. It is definitely on the shimmery side, but I somehow don't mind as much as I normally would because it looks so natural! I pat this on with my finger (because I hate getting glitter in my face brushes then forgetting about it) on the tops of my cheekbones and set with a setting spray and I really love the effect. It also has pink undertones which is right up my alley. Definitely go check out your local Priceline and see if they have any of these left over, it's definitely worth it for just over $5!

So those are my favourites for September. Let me know what you think!