Happy 1st Birthday to Us!

It is 1 year ago today that The Makeup Case was born! Woo hoo!

What’s that I hear you say, ‘you should celebrate and congratulate yourselves on a great year’ Thanks, we will. We shall indulge in some delicious birthday treats and perhaps a glass of bubbles or two.

We would like to thank all our fabulous readers, we would be nothing without you and we appreciate your support. Stay tuned because there are some big changes coming for The Makeup Case in their second big year.

Love and Kisses

Amy and Bec

13Apr2012

We wish for….a totally awesome makeup case!

Posted in Tools, Wishlist by themakeupcase

We both use, and have always used, just a standard boring makeup case (I think I even got mine at Bunnings) Don’t get us wrong, they do their job and they do it well, but…..

Secretly we have been wishing for a totally awesome case with lights and wheels and all that stuff. A bit like these ones.

I don’t know if you can see it, but this one is pink alligator skin, my favourite!

We would settle for a black one though.

There is no real reason that we haven’t got one of these yet but they are harder to find in Australia. These ones were from Coco Martinelli there is heaps of makeup brushes, cases, makeup, jewellery cases and lots more. It is an American based website but I think they ship to Australia.

6Feb2012

A Little Bit Of Elegance

Posted in Nails by themakeupcase

Orly has done it again! I swear this nail polish company are dead set awesome! Each time they create amazing new colours I fall in love and this time I have fallen hard, head over heels, I must have all the time love. A love that I will not be ending anytime soon, if I have it my way. The polish that I am loving sick is named Artificial Sweetner and is one of 6 new colours in the Cool Romance Collection.

Cool Romance is packed with elegant colours designed for the Autumn months. The range features a muted palette of classy pastels and strong metallics, perfect for Autumn and a wonderful and welcomed change from all the summer brights and bolds. What is so fantastic with Cool Romance is that the colours are so wearable and can easily transition from a night on the town to brunch with the girls.

I like to think of Artificial Sweetner as a grown up girls pink polish. The perfect pink for us girls in our late 20’s and 30’s who still want to whip out our fluro pink but don’t want to look like Lyn Spears. Artificial Sweetner adds that touch of class and elegance to the pink colour palette and because of its dusty pink colour it goes with absolutely any outfit, mega bonus points! I have been wearing this treasure on my fingers for the last 4 days and have had no fading and only a slight amount of chipping, pretty good considering all the house work I have been doing (such a boring thing to admit). I applied two coats of colour and one coat of a clear top coat. I know this is going to be one of my staple colours for this coming Autumn.

One of the things I love about Orly polishes is the out of this world Gripper Cap (its won awards, don’t you know?), it makes applying polish so easy and precise. And another bit of trivia for you, all of Orly colours are ‘3-free’ from harmful chemicals, Formaldehyde / Formaldehyde Resin and Toluene. How rad is that?

RRP: $18.95 for 18ml. Available on shelf from April 2012.

*This product was provided to The Makeup Case for editorial consideration – please see our disclosure policy.

4Feb2012

Photo a Day Challenge January 2012 Day 27 – 31

Posted in Challenge, Other Stuff, Updates by themakeupcase

The January Photo a day challenge is almost over, but do not panic. If you really enjoyed the challenge and are hoping for something to keep your mind off work, home and all that boring stuff, well Fat Mum Slim has come to the rescue, again! She has come up with a February photo challenge. Head over to her website to check it out. We will be taking part so you will see all our updates here, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (the Makeup Case)

Day 27. Lunch. Eating Maccas watching The BIggest Loser encore.