Freshlook ColorBlends - Coloured Contacts

Freshlook ColorBlends - Coloured Contacts

I just tried these for the first time a month or so ago for a fancy dress party.  Awesome!  I got the Sterling Grey colour after checking out some recs online with pictures from other people.  It gives a nice blue colour, not too bright...

Ok so the pupil doesn't look quite as good as in the photos here - it's actually bigger than your pupil, so a tiny bit of your own colour comes out.  But it's not so bad that it's easily noticeable.

Put them in before you do your eye makeup.  Actually put them in before you put ANY makeup on.  The first time I put them in my eyes teared up heaps.  Took me AGES to get them in.  I've had them in twice now and it was heaps better the second time.  I think you just get the hang of the right technique of getting them flat on your eyeball.

When they're in... they do feel a bit weird for a while, bit like you've got dust in your eye.  But you get used to it pretty quickly.  Also, when it moves on your eyeball you kind of get semi blurry patches of eyesight.  Not anything too bad at all, just a bit of fuzz.  Definitely manageable.

I love these.  I bought mine from www.quicklens.com.au

I just ordered Green and Gemstone Green.  :)

Additional note 22/09/2015 - I now wear contact lenses dailyas my eye sight deteriorated and I wanted to add some important notes on this one.
First thing - You can actually go to your local optometrist to get a sample one of these and to get fitted properly. We all have different shaped eye balls and although the contacts are made to suit as many people as possible - they might not fit you (and if that is the case it's kind of uncomfortable to have them in and they move around too much).
Also - if you have daily ones, one wear etc - don't try to stretch it out longer (it's really not healthy for your eyes). And don't sleep in them! Your eyes need oxygen and having that contact lense over it doesn't allow as much to get in (particularly the coloured ones as they have more coating). I know they make some contact lenses that you can wear overnight but the freshlooks are not made like that.

Oh and clean your hands before you handle the lenses or put them in your eyes.

Can you tell I'm older now? yeh. haha sorry.

De Lorenzo Instant Rejuven8

De Lorenzo Instant Rejuven8

My mate got me onto this set with a recommendation for the conditioner.  It's good.  Really good.  I ended up buying the whole pack - of the pictured ones, I've used the shampoo, conditioner and 'the ends' treatment - the other two nope.  So would I recommend this product? Hell yeh.  The conditioner is amazing. I never looked into the ingredients for the whole paraben blah blah but it works really well, leaves your hair in lovely silky condition, and it smells nice too.  The ends treatment - ok I've been using it but you can't really always tell with those kind of things whether they are actually achieving what they claim they will.

So far - it feels good on, so it's made it into my weekly set - I go between that one and an Aveda repair one that I'll talk about later.  They both seem about the same but the De Lorenzo one is cheaper.

I'll be honest, the fact that they have an '8' in the title made me think 'lame'.  But this stuff is good.  The shampoo is good too.  I think there's a fair chance this set will make it into my 'reliables' set.  You can also get it pretty well priced as a set from places like Hairhouse Warehouse etc.

Permanent makeup - eyeliner part two

Ok so clearly I've taken a bit of time to get to "part two" of the permanent makeup eyeliner experience.  Apologies.

Kind of crap as it's been so long that I can't remember much of the detail.  So I'll nutshell it.  Basically - there was a second anaesthetic cream that the woman "forgot" about the first time (yeh thanks...).  This cream... was AMAZING.  Couldn't feel any pain when it was on.  So she touched up top and bottom lids... I think I mentioned previously that it's a LOT for your eyes to take so getting both done is a bit too much.  This was just a touch up, but my eyes were so swollen I could barely keep them open to see!

It took a day or two for the swelling to go down (and they felt tight and somewhat painful during that time)... then the same process began with the bits and pieces of scab coming off etc.

In summary - given I've had them for a while now - I'm glad I got it done but yes it was painful.  I think if the place I went to was more experienced it wouldn't have been so bad...
BUT - I really like having them done.  On weekends I generally go no makeup but still feel a little more 'done' due to the eyeliner.  You get used to it very quickly too and I can't really remember what I looked like before!

Day to day - I don't use eyeliner at all unless I'm going for a specific look.  Eg. I don't have the cats eyes type effect done with the tattoo, that's something I would draw in.

UPDATE (22/9/2015) - so my eyeliner is GONE now. From natural day to day washing etc, it's just worn away. And that doesn't make sense with the whole idea that it's a permanent tattoo, but that's what happens with areas like face/hands/feet that get washed often etc.
I think also I didn't go to the most experienced place for gettting this done and I think other places probably could have done a better, longer lasting job.
My mum still has hers, but hers was much thicker than mine.

Would I do it again? Yes. But I'd be more careful who I went to.

Oh and also I think my eye shape has sort of changed with age, which isn't necessarily a problem, but now when I do my eyeliner I do it differently on each eye (because one eye is noticeably bigger than the other.... I think anyway!).