Wednesday 31 July 2013

What's been happening in July?

I thought I would start off by writing up a 'Monthly Round-up' post about all of things that has appeared in July and what I've been up to throughout the month of July.

Well, July was a busy month and it was halfway through the wintery season, and Spring is nearly on it's way!

1. This month, has been all about trying new perfumes and scents, because most of the time I stick to the same perfume each time, and never venture out and wear strong-scented perfumes.
So, I promised myself this year that I would try out new perfumes, and I did! The perfume that has recently caught my eye the most, is Bvlgari Jasmin Noir (Eau de Parfum). This perfume is such a beauty! The scent and the bottle itself is just absolutely beautiful. The scent is quite musky, very feminine, luxurious and has a woody scent which adds the sensuality to this perfume. This perfume is great because it's quite subtle but very long lasting, and just makes you feel luxurious!

2. July has been a great month and the weather has been perfect for pairing silk blouses with lovely trench coats! My newest addition to the 'blouses' family, has been this perfectly woven silk blouse which is on the spliced side of colours (black and white). This blouse perfectly suits trousers or subtle printed pants. I paired this blouse with my other newest addition to my jewellery collection, this gold chain that is the perfect length for blouses and outfit attire. This outfit will be a staple in my wardrobe for every season as it's comfortable enough to wear in the Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter.

3. I don't think I have ever shown my blogging essentials or where I begin writing my blog, but I thought I would post a picture of it here in this blogpost for you all to see. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I received some beautiful flowers which were very sweet, and that's where the last blogpost took place. I always feel inspired to write, when I see quite lovely things such as flowers, beautiful boutiques or inspirational and whimsical things.

4. I received these beautiful flowers and they were so pretty, I couldn't resist but to take photos of them! They are just so pretty! I always love fresh flowers in my house as it makes you feel happy (and makes the environment happy) and adds a lovely feminine touch.

So there we go, that's what I have been up to in the month of July! I hope you enjoyed reading this post, and I hope to write more of these each month!


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What has been your July essentials/favourites? 

Saturday 6 July 2013

Back to the blogging business on Beauty Artiste...

Hello fellow readers, I noticed I haven't blogged on 'Beauty Artiste' for a few months and only recently I sat down at my desk and thought to myself, "I really need to write up a new blogpost!"

So here I am, writing to you all about what I have been up to and recent purchases I have made.
I never usually explore higher priced foundations, I only look at the beauty counters and oogle the amazingly beautiful foundations, these brands have! I usually stick with the safe, highstreet foundations that are usually well known, easy to use and non fussy. Brands such as, Rimmel, Revlon, Maybelline, Loreal and many more. Honestly, this year I have been sticking to Rimmel as they have been making great products and I have great feedback for all of their beauty products. For foundation, I've been sticking with the renowned favourite, Rimmel's 'Wake me Up' radiance foundation which has been an absolute *holy grail* of mine. Honestly this foundation is RADIANCE in a bottle. It brings light to the skin and just makes you feel a little bit special when you wear it. It's a very affordable foundation and the bottle lasts you a long time!

Now on to the more higher end news..
A few weeks ago, I was reading an issue of Vogue magazine which I purchase each month as a bit of a pamper read. I was reading through the pages, as you do, until I noticed a section on makeup expert tips and that seasons must-haves. It was all about Estee Lauder, a higher end beauty brand that has such beautiful beauty items, who wouldn't resist?
On the side of the page, there was a little advert that instantly caught my eye... The advert showed several Estee Lauder foundations and the benefits of each foundation on each skin tone, and such. What caught my eye the most, was that the advert said you can receive your complimentary 10-day free trial of one of the Estee Lauder foundations and try it out, to see if you like the foundation then purchase it if you got great results!
So I thought, 'Why not make use of this complimentary sample?'
The advert was mostly advertising the 'Double Wear' foundation from Estee Lauder, which has been quite a popular foundation, and is at an appropriate price. 'Double Wear' has gained its popularity due to it's long wearing properties, is non fussy, and is so very classy.
Within the next week, I went to my nearest Estee Lauder counter and received this fabulous sample. I chose the 'Double Wear' foundation in the shade 'Cool Bone'.
*To give a little clue as to how I have been going using this foundation, I must say I have great feedback and many great things to say about this particular foundation. I will have a full review of this foundation up on the blog very soon for you all to read and indulge in..

Now on to the creative side of things, lately I have been doing some decorative styling and adding more glass wear to my dressing table and bookshelf. I'll post up some pictures of the decorative styling ideas and pretty things I received this week.

Enjoy reading on and keep smiling!
x


 Gerbera's are so lovely and just add such a bright feeling to the room.. 



What are your favourite type of flowers this season?
 


Wednesday 1 May 2013

The Favourites: Perfumes

Even though the season is now Autumn, I do enjoy using 'floral' scents in perfumes each day. This seasonal I am currently using a mixture of perfume scents, floral and dark woody scents. There will be a post soon here on Beauty Artiste about current perfume favourites for Autumn and Winter! 




At the moment, I have absolutely adored using Vera Wang "Love Struck" and Marc Jacobs "Daisy" (the original). These 2 perfumes are an absolute must for spring/summer scents as they are subtle but add a little 'zing and oriental flower', very beautiful. 

Vera Wang "Love Struck" has become my favourite perfume to use throughout each season. The notes of this perfume are pink guava, mandarin, tuberose and lotus blossom, but the main notes which are most noticed are precious woody notes and the beautiful sheer musk scent. I must not forget to mention, the oh so beautiful packaging and aesthetic appeal of how the perfume bottle looks. The beautiful tulip-like-shaped flowers on the lid and the mixture of red and light rose coloured ribbon delicately glistening on the bottle, is quite pretty and girly. This scent and beautiful bottle is a must-see and smell. 

Marc Jacobs "Daisy" is an all time favourite perfume of mine and has been in my perfume collection for a few years now. This 'feminine and classic' scent and perfume is a must in every woman's perfume collection. The mixture top, middle and base notes are very intense and quite beautiful- the top notes consist of strawberry and violet leaves, middle notes of violet petals and jasmine bouquet, and base notes of musk and vanilla infusions. It is advertised as a "playful, bright and alluring scent". This perfume is absolutely gorgeous, the beautiful golden shimmer of the perfume inside of the bottle with the added aesthetic touch of 3 different sized white flowers (Daisies) with a gold button in the middle of the flower, on the perfume bottle lid. 

What will your seasonal perfume favourites be? 
x

Friday 5 April 2013

Autumn/Winter 2013

I thought I would start off by saying, happy Autumn- it's finally that season again where new trends and statement red lipsticks hit the catwalk again!

I've seen a few pictures and trends for this season on the runway, and I think this Autumn is going to be quite lovely and I am going to be well organised with my blog and will write more blogposts. I thought I would write a little update about upcoming posts and the new things on the blog.

I have been thinking and writing ideas for upcoming posts this season and I have taken notes about the ideas for new blogposts on the blog soon. I would firstly like to say, a big thankyou to all my readers and thankyou to all the people who have read my blog and the posts I have written- it has been so lovely. I know I have only been blogging for a year now (it has gone so fast though) but it's been such an amazing time to write about reviews and blog about whimsical finds and such. A big thankyou to you all, for helping me along with the blog too.

This season, I will be writing up a new post about Autumn Edits- all the products and clothing I think will be great for the wintery season. Keep an eye out for this post, as I am in the process of writing this little post. I will also be filming a video about these edits too!

Hopefully, very soon I will have a new blog design and such, and there will be many more whimsical posts to arrive on this blog :)


Happy reading!
x

Thursday 28 February 2013

February Favourites

I thought I would start blogging more about my favourites for each month, and I realised these blogposts are quite popular in the blogging industry.
So this months February Favourites will include a few 'valentines day inspired' products such as pink and red blushes and roses (very cliché). I think this months favourites are very small and I haven't used as many products as I would like to, but I think these products are pretty interesting and have inspired me to buy more of these products.

I really like products that are organic and made of natural ingredients- which is always the winner in product favourites.



'Rimmel Wake Me Up' foundation:
This has been a key favourite in my February Favourites, and has been a great product to use each day when I am applying makeup or just a natural base of foundation. Honestly, even though this product has been a huge hype in the blogging industry, I think it's a great foundation- the texture of the foundation is not too heavy or glittery (even though there is a slight shimmer added to the foundation, but the glitter does not transfer on to the skin once applied). I have the colour, 'Ivory' in the foundation, and the colour suits me quite well, because I tend to find some foundations are very ivory coloured.
The foundation's staying power would be about 7-8 hours, depending if you are applying powder over the top of the foundation or leaving the foundation as it is. I think this foundation is quite a good, everyday illuminating foundation that is at a reasonable price.

Clinique Chubby Stick in Pudgy Peony:
This lipstick/lipbalm is the perfect pinkish-red lipstick to use everyday- it's very subtle in colour but adds a bright flush of colour to the lips. I realise, these types of lipsticks that are lipbalm-like in texture, are quite popular on the beauty shelves today. There are alot of brands creating these products- which I think is lovely. The Clinique Chubby Stick range have extended the lipstick/lipbalm range by adding the Chubby Stick Intense range- a more intense colour range filled with bright colours and statement lip colours. I really enjoy using this lip product each day, as it's subtle enough to wear each day, without having to worry about if the colour is too bright and such. These lipsticks are 100% fragrance free and allergy tested- which is always a high point in buying lip products. Overall, I enjoy this lipstick and the Clinique range, and I hope to purchase more colours from the lipstick range.

Physicians Formula Blusher in Rose: 
I've only just recently purchased this blush, but I have used it a couple of times during the month of February, and I have really loved this blush. The colours that are printed on to the blush (not to mention the oh so lovely heart appliqué on the blush) are so beautiful and add such a natural pop of colour to the apples of the cheeks. I will have to write a full review on this blush soon, so keep an eye out for this post! I think I was very inspired by 'Valentines Day' when I purchased this blush. 

'Maybelline Colour Tattoo by Eye Studio' in Bold Gold: 
This eye shadow/creme eyeshadow is so beautiful and easy to use for a lovely pop of colour on to the eyelids. The colour is very natural and is quite nice to wear everyday. I have been loving this eyeshadow so much, and I have really enjoyed using some of the other colours in the eyeshadow line. This creme eyeshadow, is very easy to blend on to the eyelid, it also looks great as a highlight in the inner corner of the eye.

'Stella' by Stella McCartney perfume: 
I have loved this perfume from the day I first smelt it at the perfume counter, it's so beautiful. The perfume has a note of rose in it, which explains why it smells so floral-like and fresh. The packaging on this perfume is so chic and clean, which is beautiful. I really adore this perfume and has been a favourite of mine this year! Full review of this perfume soon!

So there we go, there is my February Favourites, I hope next months favourites are going to be a little bit longer and I will have more products to review for you all. I hope you enjoyed this post and I will see you all soon, in my next blogpost. 
x

Sunday 17 February 2013

Rose bouquets and recent purchases.

I think it's well and truly a lovely time to spoil yourself on Valentines Day (sorry about the late blogpost) and even if your just spoiling yourself or your loved ones. When you start see advertisements about this day, you begin to think, "What am I going to do?!"
I also notice stores bring out Valentines Day inspired sales and rose bouquets are flying off the shelves.
When Valentines Day is upon us, I enjoy making loveheart cupcakes or loveheart inspired cupcakes (post here), and spoiling yourself with magazines to read or chocolate roses- oh so delightful!

I thought I would share with you all, about these recent lovely purchases which are somewhat inspired by Valentines Day.


*Products shown: Physicians Formula Happy Boost blusher in Rose, Chocolate inspired handmade paper rose and Vogue March 2013 issue

Did you get spoilt this Valentines Day? 
I hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day and have a lovely week! :)
x

Sunday 3 February 2013

Outfit of the day: Natural and simple!

Hello everyone, today I opted for a clean basic outfit with a pop of colour with the spotted trousers. 

I wore a white linen lace print shirt and layered it with a white basic blazer, which softened the overall look. The statement piece I opted for was the black and white spotted trousers, and wore a pair of gold and pink tone shoes. These shoes are most likely my favourite go-to pair of shoes which you can wear with basically every outfit. I opted for minimal jewellery, so I chose to wear a gold watch and my favourite ring!








*Linen shirt: Target, Blazer: Valleygirl, Trousers: Valleygirl, Shoes: Myer, Bag: Target

Thursday 3 January 2013

2013 and new things on the blog!

Hi everyone! 2013 is here and I hope everyone had a lovely New Years and all the best wishes for the new year. 

So far, in 2012, I accomplished and created this blog: 'Beauty Artiste', which has been so helpful in blogging about beauty, fashion all things decor related. I enjoy writing blogposts for all of my readers which has been so delightful. This year, I have decided I will blog more often about beauty and fashion as I have decided to do fashion posts. I have in particular, a favourite clothing of the month post similar to January favourites in beauty but fashion-wise this time. I thought it would be a great way of sharing my clothing style and blogging about favourite styles and clothing that has been popular that week/month. 

Hopefully, in the new year, I will have accomplished a few things on my blog:
#1- Redecorate blog and make it more blogger style. 
#2- Post more often and write more blogposts!
#3- I will post more beauty/fashion favourites posts.
And finally... #4- Maybe add a few cooking blogposts! 

Finally, I would like to thank all of my readers for reading my blog and blogposts, and have a great new year!