| BeautyHeaven | TOP 100 | Beauty Products of All Time | My Picks |

Beauty Heaven recently released the Beauty Heaven | Top 100 Beauty Products of ALL Time 2014 |

Today's post features my TOP 20 beauty product picks from this years list.

Have you heard of Beauty Heaven before? 

Here's what you need to know. If you are a lover of all things beauty then Beauty Heaven is for you!  Beauty Heaven is Australia's biggest beauty database. It's the place for Australian beauty news, reviews, and a supportive beauty-loving community. I discovered Beauty Heaven when searching for a beauty product online & I've been a member ever since.

Beauty Heaven release a top 100 list every year based upon the rankings of products with the most reviews (submitted to beautyheaven ). Here are my top 20 favourites featured.

100: Batiste Blush Dry Shampoo

94: Benefit They’re Real Mascara

89: TRESemmé Heat Tamer 

82: NIVEA Body In-Shower  Rich Body Lotion

  72:Cutex Polish Remover

70: Rimmel Matte Powder 

44: Revlon ColorStay Makeup

38: Revlon Color Lip Butter

37: MAC Lipstick

33: Revlon ColorStay Whipped 

30: Benefit POREfessional

26: Estée Lauder Double Wear 

23: A’Kin Rosehip Oil

18: Maybelline Eyeliner

17: Revlon Just Bitten  Kissable Balm Stain

7: Maybelline Color Tattoo

5: GHD IV Styler

3: MAC Eye Shadow

2: Advanced Night Repair 

Number 1: Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy

"Viva La Juicy is a delightful fresh gourmand scent that opens with crisp notes of mandarin and wild berries, which give way to floral mid notes of honeysuckle, jasmine petals and gardenia, followed by lingering dry base notes of amber, caramel woods, vanilla, sandalwood and praline. Just gorgeous."

What are your thoughts on the beautyheaven TOP 100? 

Are you surprised a perfume stole the No.1 spot?

Beauty Heaven rank the most-reviewed products of more than 14,000 featured on their site in order of star rating* to come up with a definitive list of the 100 Holy Grail products every woman should try in her lifetime. 

Are your favourites featured on this years list?

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| REVIEW | MyNewSkin | Olive & Lemon Myrtle Skin Balm | 'From Herb Farm To Skin Balm' |

MyNewSkin Herbal Skin Balm is a 100% natural, Australian-grown and made face and body balm crafted 

from a combination of 7 fresh hand-picked herbs and essential oils.

A green bouquet of freshly-picked Olive Leaf, Oregano, Chickweed, Burdock, Sheep Sorrel, Salad Burnett and Fresh Lantana 

infuse into a base of Olive Oil with either Lavender or Lemon Myrtle. These precious ingredients combine, forming an

 antioxidant-rich balm with lush emollient properties. Helping soothe, soften and restore the skin of the face and body.

MyNewSkin Skin & Body Balm:

    ✓ Nourishing

      ✓ Moisturising

 ✓ Soothing

    ✓ Refreshing

  ✓ Softening

       ✓ Replenishing

         ✓ Chemical free

INGREDIENTS:

Olive oil (extra virgin), Fresh extracts of: Burdock, Chickweed, Olive leaf, Oregano and Sheep Sorrel, 

Ocean salt, Bees wax, Salad Burnett and Lantana, Macadamia wax, Lemon Myrtle oil. 

MyNewSkin DOES NOT contain: synthetic colours, fragrances, petrol-chemicals and synthetic parabens. 

The balm is available in two variants. Olive and Lavender or Olive and Lemon Myrtle. 

DIRECTIONS:

Apply the desired amount, a little or a lot to dry skin areas. I have used this product as a face balm applied to cheeks, 

forehead, and the delicate eye area. MyNewSkin is also perfect for dry elbows, cracked heels and as a cuticle balm. 

MyNewSkin skin balm is quickly absorbed & leaves skin nourished and beautifully scented with lemon myrtle (it reminds 

me of lemonade Icypoles). This product is gentle enough for use on 'face or feet' - a true "jack-of-all-trades-product"! 

                                                              Perfect for a beauty treatment in a flash!

SIZE / AMOUNT:

50g


RRP:

AUD $24.95


AVAILABILITY:

MyNewSkin products are available in most Chemist's & beauty retailers.  

MyNewSkin Pro's:

• 100% natural

• Australian owned and made product

• Supports sustainable Australian agricultural practices 

• Softens and repairs rough, dry, cracked skin

• Reduces the appearance of scars

• Intensively nourishes dry and damaged skin

• Relieving and non irritating for eczema and psoriasis sufferers

• No sticky residue remains on the skin

• Provides a natural protective skin barrier

• Beautifully scented product (smells like Lemonade Icy Poles)

• Size. Compact enough to carry in your handbag for those on-the-go dry skin moments.

• Value for money - 50g product lasts a long time!

• Leaves skin feeling soft.

MyNewSkin Con's:

• Would LOVE to try more scent varieties of this product

• Availability in store (But you can always shop online).

VERDICT: 

The bottom line, I feel good using this product. 

What do I really like about MyNewSkin? The herbs are grown chemical free and are lovingly handpicked and processed
 on site at a fresh-herb ‘Farmacy’ in Queensland, Australia. It is rare to find a beauty product that contains fresh plant 
extracts and is made through sustainable agricultural methods right here in Australia. 

My skin feels naturally nourished and healthy when I use this product and that's a big tick in my books. 

I highly recommend this product to all I know.

                                                                             Rating: ★★★★ / 5
                                                      

Have you tried any of the MyNewSkin products in your beauty routine yet?

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| Top 6 | Bedside Beauty | Favourites |

I always love to know what beauty products people keep at their bedside. 

So I thought, why not share with you my Bedside Beauty favourites that I reach for every night.

All who know me know that I love beauty products, and bedtime is no exception. Especially at night I love to have my favourite 

pampering products at arms reach in those few minutes before I snuggle into bed and drift off to sleep.

Almost all my favourite Bedside Beauty products are moisture-enriching, helping to nourish and hydrate my skin overnight. I begin by concentrating on hydrating my face by applying a rollerball of organic cold-pressed rosehip oil around the delicate eye area. The product is both cooling and nourishing, sinking into my skin like a dream. Click here to read a full review of the *RosehipPlus Rosehip Oil Skin Boost Rollerball. 

If further hydration is required I use Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant on any dry skin areas (around my nose, forehead, even elbows and dry cuticles). I then go in and apply lashings of my favourite lip treatment, the Nivea Caramel Cream Lip Butter. Not only does it smell like creamy caramel on your lips but you wake with a super soft and luscious pout in the morning.

Moving next to body hydration, I turn to LUSH. Even though I apply body cream daily post-shower I still like extra hydration at night. The *LUSH Lovely Jubblies Breast Cream is a new product to my favourites, yet a quick love affair has developed. Applied to the breast and decolletage, Lovely Jubblies promises to lighten and firm skin. The scent of Tigerlilly and Jasmine is relaxing and delicate enough to apply at bedtime. I absolutely adore this product, and a little goes a long way. After that it is nice to apply a thick blob of hand cream, bringing it all the way up the forearm. Your hands do so much work for you daily, along with winter flu-season hand-washing rituals. Therefore it's nice to re-hydrate your hands at night. I use the *Kosmea Rose Hand Cream. To read my quick review & thoughts on the Kosmea Rose Hand Cream click here. 

Lastly, scent is known to be very closely connected to relaxation. I am in no way a troubled sleeper but I do sometimes find it challenging to drift off. I have noticed I experience a deeper sleep when aided by relaxing aromas. Be it burning a scented candle, or applying perfume to my pulse point. At the moment I am loving the Victoria's Secret mist in Love Spell. It has a beautiful cherry blossom and peach bouquet that veils the bedroom and even the bed sheets. Sweet dreams everyone.

Do you have a little stash of products you love beside your bed? 

What are your favourite bedside pamper products?

                   x.k

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| Benefit Brow Bar | My Eyebrow Makeover Experience | Before & After |

Okay ladies, important issue - let's talk brows! 

We all know that your eyebrows help frame the face and can change your beauty look.

Too much or too little hair? Sparseness? Bald patches? Bushy? Too dark? Too light?

Everybody is unique & beautiful.

This is me. My face is without any eyebrow products.

For years I have been self conscious of my brows. I never thought I would be sharing this photograph with you. Personally, I feel just that "little bit naked" without using some kind brow products before leaving the house. I know this may sound silly to some.

Please tell me I am not the only one?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to fuss with brow powders or pencils if I am going out for a walk. BUT my everyday beauty routine does include some staple brow products that I love. Therefore, I was beyond excited to experience a Benefit brow makeover at the NEW Benefit Brow Bar in Myer, Adelaide City & I am taking you along with me.

If you have not yet checked out the NEW Benefit counter in Myer Adelaide City you can read my blogpost and see more photos from the launch night HERE.

After speaking with the girls from Benefit, they are loving their new digs and have been run off their feet, transforming the brows of Adelaide ladies from now to WOW! I was offered the opportunity to experience a brow makeover as a part of the Benefit Brow bar launch and I am impressed with the results. 

Once arriving at Benefit I was taken through to the rear of the Benefit counter - where all the beauty services take place. There are 4 waxing stations available, with the capability of serving 8 clients at a time. Impressive! Brow Bar price lists are clearly visible on BIG boards and illuminated signs. I love this! Everything is open and upfront :)

                           

The first step in eyebrow tint prep is to remove any existing products from your brow. I went in with minimal product on my brow to make it easier. Myself and my Benefit Brow Artist then discussed my optimal brow look. I wanted to maintain a strong arch yet add fullness & length to my eyebrows.

I believe my main brow issues are sparseness, colour (I have light ash blonde brows) & therefore a lack of definition. After consultation with my Brow Artist we were confident on achieving a beautiful Benefit brow makeover. YAY!

NOW for the fun part :D

The tint is applied to my eyebrows - don't I look pretty? A soothing Benefit eye mask was placed under my eyes and it felt amazing. Then an application of vaseline was put around my eyebrows to prevent any skin staining. After about 5 minutes the tint is removed by wiping with a moistened cotton round. 

My tint done, my brows were then waxed and plucked to perfection. I experienced slight redness from the waxing but this was quickly fixed with some Benefit Fake Up Concealer and powder. 

I loved my first Benefit Brow Bar experience and I was amazed at how a eyebrow tint & wax can achieve a fuller brow look with definition.  

Here is the finished result! :)

Just 3 weeks on and my brows are still looking great! I have only plucked a few stray hairs since my Benefit brow bar makeover. I am very happy with the outcome and would recommend ALL to visit Benefit and see the results for yourself. 

Thank you for my brow makeover Benefit!

Lastly, as promised here is a look at what featured in my Benefit 'goodie bag' from the Benefit Launch night.

What is your eyebrow routine?

Tell me in the comments section below.

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