Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Review Time~! Australis Cosmetics

Original Post (with pictures)
So recently, I made a small order with Australia because they are an Australian company, so I knew it’d arrive fairly quickly, I wanted to try concealer for the first time, and UniDays conveniently had a discount code for them.
Before I get a bit into it, I just want to say that I am no really a make up person, meaning I am NO WAY a professional and this is just my personal opinion/experience.
Concealer:
As I mentioned, I wanted to try concealer and I’ve been meaning to for a long time now. I bought the Go Camo, full on coverage concealer in the shade of: light. Now, again, I’ve never used concealer before, and I know I will not be buying this one again. This concealer feels sticky and is hard to blend out. I doesn’t really do any coverage, and with it being ‘full coverage’ I call bullshit. It’s rather light in colour and amazing, possibly a shade too light for me. Which is surprising. I’ve tried this underneath foundation, but there was basically no difference.
Eyelashes:
I’m not 100% sure of what to call this, but the next thing is a brow and lash extender… liquid. It’s a clear mascara that is meant to make you lashes look longer, but you can also use it on your brows, I would assume possibly as a setting/sculpting thing for your brows(?). But using this on my lashes, they did look longer, and it did go on fairly well. I’ve had cheap mascara before that had made my lashes obviously clumpy, but this doesn’t do that. I don’t like/don’t want to use mascara, but I think I’ll be quiet happy with this and will be buying this again. As for using this on my brows, I rather not. Personally, I just fill them in with eyeshadow and leave it at that.
Lip Liner:
The third and fine thing I bought was a lip liner pencil. It’s in the shade of Tickled Pink and I think I may like it. I’ve never had lip liner before, but it’s something else I’ve been meaning to get. I think the pencil is a little on the dry side, but since this is my first lip liner, this could be normal. I’m not sure. I this I got another one however, a different colour. This one, Tickled Pink is basically my natural lip colour. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, I’d just prefer something a bit different. Over all, I don’t mind this pencil, however, I think I would like to try a couple different brands before I decide if I want to buy from Australis again.
Overall Experience:
I think I did alright, but I feel it could have been better. However I am not regretting is experience, apart from the concealer. The shipping price for me was $10AUD and got here in a week (5 business days). When I got it, I got it in a box that was WAY too big for these 3 little things, I think they may need to rethink some of their packaging. Just saying a 16cm x 16cm x 12cm box is defiantly TOO big for something you could have possibly fit into a dvd postage box.