January Favourites

First post of 2025 is a monthly favourites as this is the first time I've been back on blogger since the start of the new year. Unfortunately January hasn't been the best month for me as I had to suddenly go to the hospital one day as I was quite unwell. So I haven't been too active this month and wasn't on my computer really at all. Today I am feeling slightly better and thought it would be nice to put up a new post. Let's get into it!

Gaming

I thought being unwell would give me time to play my Nintendo Switch whilst lying around but I couldn't because of vertigo/dizziness. So the only thing I played was Island Farmer which is a puzzle game where you re-arrange blocks to form farms and landscapres. I have completed the game previously and just restarted all the levels as something simple to play to past the time. Definetly check this game out if you are a fan of puzzle games as well as the developers other title Island Cities.

Downloaded Animal Crossing Pocket Camp after the longest time and I have been enjoying the new version. The main reason I stopped playing was the constant stress from events and grinding to complete them. However the new Complete version of the game as made it less time consuming and you do not have to constantly be checking it every three hours. Luckily I saved my data to my Nintendo account so I still have my previous save which was great as I had high levels and cool items.

Not something I played this month but a game I was thinking about recently which is Fashion Dreamer. I was reading some information about the future of the game online and I saw rumours that they are planning to discontinue the online servers. Now I totally understand why the devs are doing that however it would be a shame if that part of the game wasn't accessible anymore. I am going to wait to see what happens in the next update announcement of the game and honestly I don't see much future for Fashion Dreamer as we never got the fashion shows feature or the fairs are just repeats of previous ones.

Beauty

Received a lovely order from Sportsgirl recently as I took advantage of their great selection of items in the sale section whilst I was unwell. Nothing like a little retail therapy to make you feel better. I needed some small sized bags/wallets for different things and a few things from their beauty range. Sportsgirl has a great range of make-up and you often see the display surrounded by tweens in the stores. Which is awesome because I feel Sportsgirl is more age appropriate for them than somewhere like Mecca or Sephora (which are both stupidly expensive here in Australia). I used to wear quite a lot of Sportsgirl beauty when I was a teenager mainly because it would be gifted to me. One of the items I brought is this bright eye shadow palette as I've been wanting to buy a new palette for ages but couldn't never find anything besides the typical browns and neutrals. So this colourful palette was right up my alley and I love the retro Sportsgirl design. I did have a palette from the brand a while ago however it gave me a reaction on my eyes. So I'm hoping this one will be better as the shades are different and I only paid $5 so I won't feel bad if it doesn't work out.

January Favourites

This month is going to be a boring favourites as I haven't got anything super exciting to share. Typical greeting of the month going super quick and we are already in February. I haven't been doing much besides work and that hasn't gotten less busy traffic wise as the Christmas and back to school season has ended. Brought a new phone as my old one was worn out battery wise. I upgraded to the Oppo Reno10 5G and the best thing about it is the beautiful ice blue colour. The purple case I put on it only adds to the reflective nature of the phone plus my cute pop sockets.

The only interesting thing I have photos of were some items I brought at Sportsgirl. For my Secret Santa at work, the person who had me knew I loved Sportsgirl and got me a voucher and a lip set. The lip set was a limited edition item for Christmas so it was great I didn't have any of those items. I like the lip balm the best so far and I haven't tried out the others. With the voucher, I knew I wanted to get the limited edition Jelly Gloss set and the day I went to buy it, it had disappeared off the website! So sad! I went into a physical store and they had a whole stack of them luckily. Maybe they ran out of online fulfillment stock and it was worth it as they are the best lip glosses ever. The scents are lovely and they aren't sticky like some glosses can be. Also picked up the lash/brow serum, a hair scalp massager and a new lip mask. I'm not a fan of masks usually as I never find a good one but this one is amazing! It has healed up my lips drastically and it has a fresh peppermint feel to it. I use it everyday and have barely made a dent in the pot.

Gaming

During the e-shop sales back around Black Friday, I picked up a few games on my wishlist which were mainly puzzle games. I'm addicted to puzzle games on that console and I even finished one already. Super into those matching ones or spot the difference. One game that I purchase is called Hidden Cats in London and I love it! It is super cute and easy to navigate with the controls. Plus you can use the stylus which is always a win for me. 

May Favourites

This month was meant to be the last month of Autumn however the weather has been more like winter. It rains pretty much everyday now and is quite heavy at night. I don't recall it ever raining this much years prior. The rain is nice though but my raincoat is getting worn out and I haven't found a replacement yet. The brand is no longer around and it is the perfect coat so I shall continue wearing it till I find a suitable replacement. Had some time off this month which has been lovely and great to have a short break from work. Been filling my spare time with random activities, one of which I shall mention later!

Beauty

For the last few months, I've been on the fence about getting a particular eyeshadow palette from Sportsgirl. The other day I finally gave in and brought it along with a bunch of other items. I used to wear mostly Sportsgirl branded makeup when I was a teenager so it seemed like a good idea to try it again. I saw this Sweet Sorbet palette on their website and fell in love. However I could never find it at my local Sportsgirl and all the other stores in my state were sold out. This site had 20% off your first order and that seemed like the best time to finally buy it. It is just my style with colourful pastel tones and some gorgeous shimmers. Kind of reminds me of the Winx palette from Colourpop and whilst not a direct dupe, it has some similar colour stories. Haven't tried it out just yet as I haven't had a chance to wear eyeshadow but it swatches amazingly. Also brought two lip glosses as I'm lip gloss obsessed and the one named Y2K is perfect. I just checked the site and looks like it is sold out as I couldn't find it listed anymore.

Music

Had bit of random K-pop purchase this month with this single album from Jisoo. I saw it at JB Hi-Fi before briefly forgetting about it. Then brought it a few days later when I remembered about it. Absolutely stunning and she is one of my biases so it was lovely to get the photobook of her. I only found the red version and I'd have to look around if other stores have the black version.

March Favourites

OMG I cannot believe I forget to post the monthly favourites for February :( It was such a busy time and the first week went by rather fast. Well I'm here for March at least and have a few things to report for this month!

Gaming

Been obssessed with pixel art games on the Nintendo Switch and have played way too many hours. I brought a stack of them during the Boxing Day sales and it is so relaxing to sit down after work and colour in. Even brought a stylus for my switch and now I cannot go back to not using one. It was a life changer and is also great for jigsaw games which is my other obsession! My top games are Love Colours, Calm Colours and Pixel Paint. For jigsaw ones, I love Hatsune Miku Jigsaw Puzzle and Jigsaw Masterpieces.

Seems like old news however I haven't mentioned it on the blog yet that there is a new fashion game coming to the switch. It is called Fashion Dreamer and honestly I'm not really going to say much on it until we know more details. All I know is that I'm definitely going to miss the management simulator aspect if it is missing. I'm not sure about the whole influencer thing or maybe I'm just too old haha. I will be patiently waiting for more information regarding game play especially if it is mostly to be played online.

Beauty

2023 was going to be a low-buy make-up year for me but I have zero self control so that went out the window quickly once Colourpop had a sale. Picked up a number of lovely items including some last-call products. The package is taking a long time to reach Australia though and is just going around in transit circles at the same facility. I did manage to buy a few items this weekend whilst shopping but they were just repurchases. I needed a new NYX glitter primer as mine had expired and the Chi Chi lip balm set was to match the other set I brought a few months ago. This one comes with Cherry, Blueberry and Grape which two smell amazing whilst the Cherry doesn't have a strong scent. Picked up more Wet N Wild brushes as I was pleased with the last one I got.

January Favourites

Ah this month has been mental! I feel like I didn't accomplish anything and now we are somehow at February already. I'm not even ready for this months favourites and I have no clue what to talk about. When I was in town the other weekend, I did come across this gorgeous Barbie display in a toy store. Look at all those collector Barbies!! They even had the new Rewind line which is super cool and I like the designs of those dolls. Unfortunately I didn't find what I was actually looking for in this store which was some Sylvanian Families toys. They are my new obsession and I'm trying to find the perfect one to buy as my first one. Sadly I haven't come across it yet so I shall keep searching.

Gaming

Finally got a stylus for my switch! I've been playing stacks of pixel art and puzzle games on the console and its much easier with the stylus. Totally obsessed with the games I got during the boxing day sales and I've somehow played 7 hours of Hatsune Miku Puzzle. Like it's really good and I haven't even started the hard levels yet with the 300 pieces!

Beauty

Ordered some products from Revolution Beauty even though I wasn't originally planning to. I was going about my life when they sent an email for Buy 2 Get 1 Free. So I thought why not have a look however I ended up buying all sale items which is what I usually do on the site. You can get such good deals! I love their brushes and wanted to get more for my collection. I do have Morphe brushes but I find they wear out quicker and the Revolution ones work better for me. Picked up the Beetlejuice set as it had all the eyeshadow brush types I like. Also got two lip glosses because I'm obsessed with Revolution lip products. The other two items were a coffee detox eye cream thing and a lip scrub which ended up leaking all over the package. Luckily only the brush box was damaged and I wasn't going to keep it anyway. One of my lip glosses was also cracked but no serious damage. Didn't have much luck with this order but it can happen.

November Favourites

I'm finally here with the November favourites and apologies for the late post as I've had things on every day since the start of the December. Found some time to quickly update you on my favourites for the month of November which was an eventful one! Had a power outage for a long time due to some insane stormy weather which they said was a mini cyclone. Now we don't get cyclones in the part of Australia that I live in so it was pretty serious. Took out a huge amount of trees around my area and they're almost all been cleaned up now.

Quite a busy month for me workwise as we have a big Black Friday style sale as most retailers do in Australia. The shops here like to keep extending them out and some even start at the start of November now instead of just the one Friday. I did pick up some great bargains myself which was mainly beauty products and electronics. I won't post about my gaming favourites as I just didn't have time to play any games! I skipped my normal gaming meetup with friends as I had to work for the Black Friday sales. I will hopefully get the Style Boutique Shopdo and Caprice Chalet updates up this week. December is the busiest month for me so it can get difficult to update the blog.

Beauty

Ended up placing two orders of beauty products for Black Friday. Brought a bunch of Colourpop items which are on the way to me now. Took advantage of their great 30% deal and found enough items to get the free shipping to Australia. Hopefully that shouldn't be too far away and I'll see it at my parcel locker soon! The other order was from Revolution Beauty I ordered it on the 26th and received it on the 29th which is insane shipping wise for this time of year. Here are some of the products I brought minus two eyeshadow brushes which are pretty boring. So far I've tried out the Glam Balm Tropic Baby Pineapple, Party Pets Lip Gloss and the Curl Elevation Mascara. All are totally amazing especially the mascara which actually makes my lashes look the way I like. The Glam Balm are always good quality and I love the glitter of the lip gloss.

Music

I actually went to a concert this month which is rare for me. I'm not much of a concert person but I saw randomly one day that Five was touring in Australia. Like omg really? I just had to go and the tickets were super cheap! It was absolutely amazing and well worth it. The crowd looked like they were having a good time and there was definitely a demographic to the audience. Women in the 30's I'd describe it as but that is because we all were the perfect age to like Five when they were popular in the late 1990's early 2000's. It was truly a concert I will remember forever and it was crazy to be able to hear their songs played in 2022 live.

October Favourites

It really doesn't feel like October here as the weather has been rather bizarre. Most days the temperature is below 20 degrees and it is even going to snow in some parts of Australia this week. Probably the coldest October I've recalled for a while and it is hard to believe back in 2008 it was 40 degrees in October. I hope the warmer weather comes soon along with some reprieve from the rain. Like the rain is great because we need it but there has been a lot of bad flooding recently. Not where I live as I don't live near the Murray River or any large bodies of water. Hopefully it will get better soon!

Gaming

Been playing Style Boutique mainly along with some MODEL debut2 #nicola. I've been reading most of the month so I don't play many games. I have updated my Shopdo and my Caprice Chalet which I'll post on here for people to visit. Man remember back when I used to update my Shopdo every Monday? Where on earth did I find the time to do that every week!?!

Beauty

Got some lovely new items from Revolution Beauty including this Creator Hydra Pigment Palette. I've been interested in graphic liner palettes recently and this was the first one I've seen for sale near me. Picked it up but haven't figured out how to use it yet. Hopefully the pigments will be nice and vibrant. Everything else was lip glosses because I'm obsessed with Revolution lip products. I go through them pretty quick so it's great being able to try out lots of different ones. Also waiting on a ColourPop order to arrive this week which is exciting.

Music

Lately I've just been listening to random albums in my car and my favourite has definitely been Savage Garden's self titled album. Now back in the day when this band was promoting and quite popular, I wasn't into them at all and generally avoided their stuff. Plus I was younger so it wasn't really in my zone compared to the Spice Girls or Five. But my workmate got me onto the band and now I love this album. It's so good and I listen to it on repeat all the time.

September Favourites

No clue how we got to the first day of October and like did September just do super quick? One day it was the start of the month and all of the sudden everyone is talking about it being October this weekend. Maybe I was busy and lost track of time. This monthly favourites won't be super exciting as there wasn't too much going on. 

The other day I was shopping with a friend and came across some interesting things. First was this hilarious Shapes themed Christmas ornament we saw in Typo. They had all kinds of cool ornaments but I thought the Shapes one was the best. There was a Chicken Crimpy version too and I wish there was an Original flavour as that is my favourite one. We also visited the Lego store which I had never been to and I can understand why. The prices are insane in there and I would like to know who is dropping $700 on Lego sets. I mainly wanted to look at the spare pieces they have in there as my old Lego set from the 1990's is missing a few. Turns out you cannot buy individual pieces so I'll look elsewhere. The set-up was to fill a container for I think it was $29.99 for a small cup or $79.99 for a large one. It reminded me so much of the candy containers you can fill up at the cinemas.

Gaming

Haven't played many games this month besides a bit of MODEL debut2 #nicola which I am still in love with. I spend way too much time editing my photos and it takes ages for me to complete a job. The game has opened up to more content now and it has lots of fun styling activities. I will be posting some more MODEL debut2 #nicola play journals in October and one of them talks about clothing items in the game. Which I'll give you a sneak peak at with this awesome backpack item you can purchase. So happy to see these in the game as I always thought they would be great in Style Boutique.

Make-Up Haul - Revolution Beauty & ColourPop

My 2022 has been totally obsessed with purchasing make-up and I've become hooked on it! Years ago I used to wear make-up all the time but stopped for a while. Now in my current work position, it is easier for me to wear it each day. So I just started collecting items here and there and suddenly I've picked up quite a few! In the last month or two, I've brought a nice selection and it seemed like a fun blog post to write about each one! Revolution Beauty would be my top brand and it only takes one look at my collection to figure that out. At first I was purchasing it at Priceline whenever I visited a store and since their range is quite small, I decided to try purchasing from the Revolution website. It is a great site to use and I'll write a review at the end of the post!

Starting off with some lip products and this has always been something I've never had much luck finding the perfect product. When I was a teenager, it was always the old Lipsmackers or whatever lip gloss you received as a gift. Then I was using whatever lip balm I brought at the shop even if I hated it. Like I'd paid for it so I wanted to use it all up. On my first Revolution Beauty order, I brought the Fruity Pebbles Lip Oil and I was instantly hooked! It is so hydrating and I love how easier it is to apply. The scent I got was lemon-lime and sadly it was on sale so I couldn't find the other scents anymore for purchase. Since I liked the first lip product I got, on my second order I brought the Glam Balm in Coco Nutty Coconut, Cocoa Pebbles Lip Gloss in Hoppy and The Aristocats Marie Lip Gloss in Berloiz. All of these are amazing and have lovely scents. Perfect for popping in my bag and I do apply it a few times during the day.

My main make-up obsession is eyeshadow palettes and I have no idea why I'm so addicted to them. It started with a few and now I have stacks! I do actually use them all and cycle them so I'm not always using the same one. I already had the Joey palette from the Friends x Revolution collaboration from Priceline and found the Chandler one on sale on the Revolution website. The shades are totally me as I love bright fun colours. I kinda have a love hate relationship with this palette as it is super pretty but turns out it is super pale! The lighter shades like Hello Mr Bing and Erica barely show even with primer. Tulsa is too die for though! I like all the palettes in the Friends collection, but I haven't picked anymore up as the shades are similar to palettes I already have.

May Favourites

The weather we have been experiencing during this last week of May has been very winter like. It has been raining quite heavy the last two days and one part of the city even got flooded. I went to town yesterday and luckily I got home before the bad storm hit. Anyway enough weather talk, let's get onto the favourites for the month of May!

Stationery

Thought I'd start with this topic as it seems to be all I spend my money on lately. There are no good sticker shops in the centre where I work so whenever I go to another shopping centre, it's always a treat to find them. There's a new chain called Mint My Desk here in Australia and it has some super cute stationery! Spent some time looking around the shop and I ended up getting this notepad which features review pages. Thought it would be a fun start to my notepaper collection for journaling. The MARU seals were from Daiso which I had actually been to a few days earlier. The second photos shows my first Daiso haul where I picked up some new things I hadn't seen there before. I did go to the Daiso in the city yesterday and their sticker section was lacking. Seems that the one closer to me is the better one.

Another random thing I got this month was this adorable Legally Blonde Pop Vinyl! I saw them for pre-order months ago and put my name down instantly. Usually I don't collect Pops but when I see one that is my style I always pick them up. Legally Blonde is one of my favourite movies so I just had to get this one! Some of my Pops I keep in the box however this one looks way better out of the box.

I Heart Revolution has brought out a new collaboration with Dr Seuss and I couldn't help myself when I saw it in Priceline. The stores here are only stocking a few products from the line so I only got the Oh! The Places You'll Go eyeshadow palette currently. I quite like Revolutions eyeshadows and this one is great! I tend to use the glitter pigments the most and they stay put for long days when fixed with primer. I have a few of the brands palettes now and I'm looking forward to the Powerpuff Girls one when it hits Priceline stores. 

Gaming wise I still haven't been playing much in recent weeks. I've just kind of lost interest and there are other activities I like to spend my time on. Does anyone else experience that? Like you just grow out of something or get bored of it? I feel like happens to me with games every so often. If only the Nintendo Switch had more fashion style games, then I'd definitely be more interested. Most of the games posts on here will generally be backlog photos as I have a good selection of images to work through.

Music

Sad news with Japan Post increasing their shipping fees which means it makes it even more difficult to import from Japan for me now. The last two times I ordered stuff, the shipping was pretty rough and this has made it even more costly. I think from now on I'll be taking a hiatus from purchasing Japanese CD's due to cost. Might go back to purchasing Korean releases as they are easier for me to obtain. This isn't the end however as I will still be posting reviews of my collection on here! Hoping to get through a big chunk of the collection by the end of the year.

March Favourites

This month's favourites is going to be a tad different as I haven't really done much this month. March was just all over the place and I didn't even play any games this month! Wasn't in the mood for playing anything and I was spending a lot of time on creative projects. Plus I was pretty busy at work with staff shortages and such. So I thought for this month's favourites, I would just share some things I brought this month!

First up is this beautiful bullet journal I brought! I have been on the hunt for a while now for the perfect notebook and boy was a challenge. I went to every stationery store here and the range wasn't what I was looking for. Whilst I did find beautiful notebooks, the paper wasn't up to the standard I was after and nothing jumped out as the perfect one. I didn't want to get a 80 GSM book as I thought my supplies would leak through or show on the back page. Ended up finding this one of trusty old Aliexpress! It is from a store called Buke Notebook and the quality is amazing. The cover feels rather elegant and the paper is on high quality. Price was reasonable around $24AUD for me including tax & shipping. The seller packed the item perfectly and even included some goodies! Love the bookmark as I actually needed another bookmark! I also got some stamps and an ink pad from Aliexpress and it shows up great on the paper. Definitely looing forward to using this over the next few months.

November Favourites

Just another monthly favourites for today with November all done and dusted. I'm just ready for December to be over as well! We had Black Friday week just end and it wasn't too crazy this year. I think most people shopped early due to stock shortages or did it online. It was nice to have less customers around the place in the current times. The weather is finally warming up and it will be interesting to see how our first summer goes with wearing masks. Going to get better humid as well as they are predicting a wet summer and I feel the humidity a lot more with masks. I actually have to sew more masks as I've worn all mine out! The joy of wearing them 8 hours a day for work. Anyway enough chit-chat, onto what I've been enjoying this month.

Gaming

The new Animal Crossing Series 5 amiibo cards came out this month and whilst I did not get Dom the Sheep in any of my packs, my friend did! And she traded him with me! I'm so happy to finally have him in my town and I would've never thought it was possible. He is absolutely hilarious and fits in well with all my other sheep villagers. Gaming wise I've been playing a lot of the new New Horizons update as well as some 3DS.

In December, I am planning on doing a new Style Boutique outfit challenge series. I only really thought of it the other day and it will be pretty basic. But I thought it would be a fun way to end the year! So please keep an eye out for that soon!

Beauty

Managed to make it into a Priceline store this month! The store that was close to my work moved to the far end of the shopping centre so it wasn't as easy to get too. I visited the store in search of this specific palette which I hadn't been able to locate. Lucky this store had it and I finally own the Australis Barbie eyeshadow palette. Yes I mainly brought this just for the Barbie branding. I've actually been wearing eyeshadow a lot more recently and wanted to build up my collection. The colours in this palette are very pretty and I strangely like the brown tones more than the pink ones!

July Favourites

This month was incredibly busy for me so I don't recall what happened this month. Not too many favourites this month as not much happened for me. 

Gaming
Didn't have much time for gaming this month besides some short sessions of New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. Mainly just doing challenges and creating outfits, nothing exciting. I am planning on finally doing the 30 Day Cosplay Challenge in the game soon, so it should be up in September once I figure out 30 characters to cosplay.

Music
This month I received my copy of MOMOLAND's new album, so I've been listening to that one. Baam is still my favourite track, then Very Very and the instrumental for Baam. You can check out my review of the album here!

Been listening to some Kyary Pamyu Pamyu recently. I used to be really into her a few years ago, but kinda forgot about her when the tracks were starting to sound similar. I've got back into her music recently thanks to Spotify. I hope she releases another full album soon as I love picking those up for my collection. Blogger didn't want to link to song I wanted which was Crazy Party Night ～ぱんぷきんの逆襲～ so here is her recent release Kimino Mikata きみのみかた instead.

AKB48 has been a group I've never really got into and only knew Gingham Check from them. But this month, thanks to Produce48 appearing all the time on the Youtube App for me, I've been getting into their discography. I'd love to collect some of the physical CD's one day, but they're so crazy with all the different types! I thought KARA ones were rough, but AKB48 sometimes has 5 to 7 versions. So that's a thing for future collecting.

Make-Up Collection & Reviews

Recently I was doing some decluttering and getting rid of some items I no longer needed. One of thing things I organised was my make-up collection. Now I used to wear make-up all the time about a year ago, but nowadays I rarely wear it. So I thought it was time to take a look through my collection and review the products I own to see how well they actually work. I'm not a huge collector of make-up as it can be quite expensive to buy in Australia and I just wear basic stuff. So here is a look at my make-up collection! I've listed the RRP of each product so it gives an idea of whether the product is worth the money or not. The RRP is in Australian dollars so you might notice that some products may be more expensive here than in your country. I always buy my make-up products on sale because you can usually pick them up for about 25% to 50% off at Priceline or even at supermarkets. I've also listed a rating out of five for each product to gauge whether the product is good or not.

Australis - Primer The Original
I picked this product up one day because my original primer had stopped being produced. I'm not too knowledgeable about primer but I find this Australis one works way better than the Face of Australia one I used to use. The formula is great and creates a matte finish. It works well with my type of skin, but I wish it worked a bit better in filling in smile lines and under the eyes (the joys of getting old).
RRP: $14.95
Rating: 5/5

Australis - Make-Up Finishing Spritz
Not sure about this product, this is the first setting spray I've used and I guess it works. My make-up stays on during the day and it doesn't seem like the make-up (especially powder) comes off if you touch it. Reviews on Beauty Heaven has similar responses to my review with people not sure it the product works or not. But I guess it's better than no setting spray. The spray smells nice and would be great as a mist spray if you were travelling or on a hot day. I've started using the spray to set my brows as I don't use any other products on them. I'm lucky to have thick eyebrows that have that trendy look to them. One tip with this spray is the wait for your mascara to dry before using it as it can make it streak and transfer the mascara onto the skin.
RRP: $15.95 for the 150ml bottle. I actually have the 50ml one which is available at Coles and I brought it on sale for about $6.
Rating: 3.5/5