$102 MAKEUP GUIDE

My favourite 4 step makeup routine which takes less than 5 minutes yet makes me look tanned, sun-kissed and elegant. Mecca is my favourite go-to makeup store and always makes me feel like I am living a princess fever dream.

"If you’re sad, add more lipstick and attack." - Coco Chanel

Despite the fabulous quote I have a confession to make- I will chose lip gloss over lipstick ANY day of the week. Some people think lip gloss is a hooker's rise to fame whereas I like to think of it as a wannabe barbie doll escaping her marriage to a self-obsessed Ken's rise to fame. Public Service Announcement to my fellow shopaholics: Being seductive and taking risks does not make you a hooker. It makes you a self sufficient, money-making, pretty fairy princess who knows her worth. Another PSA: Hookers are not to be looked down on. They earn hard cash just like any other day job but minus the tax AND they look stunning whilst securing a bag. Never shame another woman unless they steal your hubby because Karma is a bitch and God is a woman. With that being said... I use Gloss Angels by Smashbox in the shade Traffic Jam - Deep rose with gold shimmer for a total of $30.00 AUS.

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''Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get" - Forest Gump

Except... In this case Forest I must unapologetically disagree with you because in my makeup box, I always know what I'm gonna get and for that I am eternally grateful. My favourite Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer by Too Faced is completely and utterly #dreamy #heavenly #decadent totalling at $50.00 AUS. You smell the delightful sent of a Cadbury Chocolate factory closing at 4pm after a day of stirring, combining and melting as your brush wafts over your supple cheeks. It is truly a delightful experience that I look forward to everyday at 10am sharp.

Beauty standards are constantly changing and it's not just day-to-day, it's culture-to-culture and skin colour-to-skin colour. Growing up white and fair skinned I never had to feel insecure about my place in the fashion world, I was never scared about what people thought of my skin colour or how it may change their perception of me as an individual. Yet, in writing this I am fully aware of my luck and privilege and understand that my desire for a tanned look is condescending, cruel and historically wrong considering that entire seas of young women would do anything to look whiter. So let me pledge to my fellow shopaholics that this is a safe space, a space where the colour of your skin no matter how black, brown, white or any shade in between is beautiful and glorious in is purest form and you can totally skip this step. And PSA you'll be reducing your total by 50 bucks. That's a win if I ever saw it.

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Don't worry my dearest shopaholics, I haven't left you with a rotten egg. In fact, I took a page out of the Chorale in Beethoven’s ninth symphony and saved the best for last. If all else fails and time has outran you, I solemnly believe that mascara will be the one thing which saves your disastrous bad hair day. And I have cried, laughed and squinted in my fair share of mascaras and believe me when I tell you that no matter the face I chose to wear that day, Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara has never once in my life failed me. I know beyond reasonable doubt that God is in fact a woman and it's because of this shit right here. To whatever magical fairies who concocted the magic inside of that doll pink cylindrical bottle, I would like to personally thank you for making my lashes long, lustrous and ever-lasting come rain, hail or shine for just $22.00 AUS.