My priorities have shifted and i'm putting all my effort in my teaching career. I'm making sure I have relevant and engaging lessons for the 24 kids in my class and unfortunately that means that my hobby with beauty is being put on hold.

I haven't bought a new beauty item for months and I'm feeling like a huge shopping trip soon hint Carla hint.

Hopefully I can whip up a good blog post about a make up product soon! 

In the mean time, i'll be in my classroom with 1/2A AKA 1/2Awesome. 

Bye.

"Holidays"

To say that the past week and a half have been challenging would be an understatement.

I've never really been the healthiest human on the planet, I've always been plagued with stomach problems, but recently it just got worse.

I woke up on the last day of school feeling horrible. Sore throat, lethargy and a runny nose. Textbook cold symptoms. I treated it & it seemed to go away.

Last Tuesday, I began working on my resources for the next term. I worked from 8am-7pm making literacy games and programming units of work. I was exhausted both physically and mentally.

I developed a migraine and thought that eating a meal would help. It didn't. I spent the night feeling sick & nauseous. After hours and hours of being sick, having a headache & sleeping I was exhausted and my throat and body ached like I'd never experienced before.

Gideon came home from work & was unsettled by the sight. We rushed to the doctor & he said that I was dehydrated, had a fever of 38 degrees & had *possible* appendicitis. Without taking any chances we rushed to the hospital. I had never been for my own health so I was extremely nervous.

Tests were done & they admitted me into a bed.

After being treated for 3 hours with IV drips in my hand, I was discharged. No appendicitis but the doc concluded with severe food poisoning/gastro.

I felt like crap but we went home & I went to sleep. In the morning (Friday) I made the stupid decision to go to the Easter show having not eaten for 48 hours prior. It was hell. We walked and walked, I nearly fainted at one point until we found some stomach-friendly food for me to eat.

After the nightmare train ride home, we got home and I started getting itchy. Really itchy. G thought it was an allergy from the baby animals but I thought it was something a lot more sinister. I developed a huge rash on my face, hands and feet which were excruciatingly painful and itchy.

After a shower, panadol and cortizone cream I managed to sleep. In the morning the rash was flaring up more and we thought enough was enough. We went to the doctors again and I was prescribed anti-biotics and calamine lotion.

It worked. THANK GOODNESS. I had a lot of anxiety getting so sick. Having a red rash on my face made a dent in my self confidence as I looked like I had a disease. Stares from people made it pretty certain that it was really strange looking.

I would not have been able to deal with all of this if it wasn't for Gideon, honestly. That guy is amazing & he deserves a medal for being 'the most awesome husband of the year'. He also got sick after thanks to me so... I've been his nurse now too, haha.

I really hope your holiday (Easter, ANZAC Day) season was better than mine!

Bye.

So this is happening...

... I got contracted to take a 1/2 composite class at a school I casually teach at!

Which means I'm going to be a full time teacher! Isn't that crazy?

For the rest of the year I will have my own class of 24 bright & eager to learn children! The pressure is on.

Time to start planning.

✪ ☮ ✪ Priceline 40% off Make Up Sale Haul ✪ ☮ ✪

Two haul posts in a row. I know.

Can I reiterate that I have not spent money on make up in ages? This is my last haul for a while, I promise.

Anyway, beauty aficionados in Aus will agree that Priceline is our one stop place to feed our make-up addiction monster & upon hearing about the 40% off cosmetics sale, well, I think we all got a little bit excited. 

G, being the amazing husbandito he is, took me to the shops to get me medicine & because we were in the general vicinity of a Priceline store, I thought... hey, we might as well have a look.

Here is my haul! (Everything was 40% off but I state the RRP in this blog post)

Maybelline Fit Me Shine-Free Foundation in 120 Classic Ivory: Super excited to pick this up. I swatched it & it has an awesome light-weight consistency with great blend-ability. RRP $15.95.

Essence Quick Dry Top Coat: A repurchase for my nail polish collection. I really like how quickly this dries & the shiny sheen it adds to my nail look. RRP $2.95.

L'Oreal Nude Magique Eau de Tint in 120 Ivory: I think i'm most excited for this product. Teaching all day makes my make up sweat off my face & I needed something that would stick to my skin all day long. Reading reviews encouraged me to buy this & give it a go. Looking forward to some awesome results. RRP $24.95.

Rimmel Scandal'Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Nude: Another repurchase. I lost my other one & I loved it. A great pigmented consistency that I use on my water line to make my eyes look bigger. RRP $9.95.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure nail polish in 175 Arm Candy: I'm a super fan of Sally Hansen's Salon Effects nail strips & although I didn't pick any of them up, I did pick up this lovely pale pink nail colour. The colour gives my nails that 'put together' look which I love. Can't wait to rock this colour soon! RRP $14.95.

Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream in Fair: I absolutely love this BB cream & I can thank my gurl Carla for introducing me to it almost a year ago. It's super light coverage makes it such an easy product to wear every day. It doesn't break me out & it just feels so dreamy under my favourite powder. RRP $15.95.

And that's it! Overall I think I did a pretty good job at choosing old favourites & new products that I'm so excited to try.

Did you take advantage of the awesome 40% off sale?

-C.

Makeup H A U L ♥‿♥

After a looooong time of not buying anything (due to being broke), I was *finally* able to splurge a little on some make up! 

The joys of pay day.

So here it is, my recent make up purchases from the past week or so:

(Left to Right)

EOS Lipbalms: I've bought these before (on eBay) & I loved them. These little egg shaped beauties are 100% natural & 95% organic. This packet of four has the following flavours: Strawberry sorbet, Sweet mint (my fav), Summer fruit & Honeysuckle Honeydew. I bought this set for about $13 at Costco.

Maybelline 24 Hr Powder: A back up purchase of my favourite powder ever. Priceline $14.

ELF blush in Twinkle Pink & Peachy Keen: There has been a recent introduction of Elf brand cosmetics to Kmart stores around Australia & I've been so excited to finally have the opportunity to try out their products. I waited and waited until my local Kmart finally stocked the brand & I chose these two blushes as my first purchases. They were $8 each.

NYX HD concealer & Wonder Pencil (both in light): NYX is another American brand that has become available on our shores & I've slowly been trying some of their products. I bought these off of eBay because my local Target has sold out of both & I needed a new concealer & nude pencil. The concealer was $8 & the Wonder Pencil was $9.50.

Essie Nail Polish in Lilacism: I am a fan of Essie, a really big fan at that. In my recent Priceline Sister Club member letter, I received an extra 'perk' of $4 off an Essie nail colour. After much deliberation with Gideon about which colour to choose, I finally chose this lovely lilac colour. It was $9 after using the coupon.

L'Oreal True Match Foundation: Lauren Curtis (Laurenbeautyy on Youtube) raves about this foundation. My favourite foundation is the Nutri Lift Gold by L'Oreal so I thought I should give this one a go based on the awesome reviews it gets. So far I am loving it. I had a $10 off coupon from Priceline so I paid $20 (I think) for it.

L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Hourglass Beige: Judy from itsjudyslife & itsjudytime looooves these eye shadows & I love her videos and reviews. I thought I'd give this a shot & honestly, its so highly pigmented and amazing. Totally recommend these.

Essence Colour Pigment in Inti Inka: I love Essence products & I was super excited to see a new collection (Tribal Summer) at my local target. I picked up this lovely beige-y shade to make some wearable everyday eye looks for work. I love it & the product is highly pigmented. I paid $4.90 for this product.

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water: I've admitted in the past how lazy I am at looking after my skin. I always forget to remove my make up before bed, & wake up with panda eyes & dry skin. It's the worst. Since discovering this amazing product, I can finally reveal that I am remembering to remove my make up only because I love to see this product in action. Initially I just thought I was purchasing glorified water BUT it removes everything & every trace of make up from my face. There are no harsh chemicals, making it safe for all skin types. This is my favourite product out of my entire make up haul! I bought it for $11 at Woolworths.

Those are all the products I've recently bought from Woolies, Kmart, Target & Priceline. I must say it has been sooooo nice to be able to buy things again, haha. Hooray for being employed!

What have you bought this month that you are absolutely loving?

-C.

Bad.

Hey, 

how long has  it been since I blogged last? Ah, a while. Sorry.

Once again, I've been caught up working and working. I'm so happy that I've been able to work again (I'm a casual teacher if you didn't know)! 

I feel so grown up and stuff.

Anyways, I've been neglecting both photography & make-up. I bought some NYX products online & some other bits & bobs, but otherwise my life has been consumed with teaching, eating and sleeping.

Hearing interesting variations of my last name (mrs perriera, miss forever, miss fereda) have been the highlights, along with seeing children work so well together & teaching successful lessons.

I wont mention the low lights but you can use your imagination. Well, I nearly got a chair thrown at me once, but that's another story. 

Hoping I can get more fluid with my writing soon but in all honesty, after teaching kindy all day, all I can think of is chocolate, how many hours until G comes home with pizza & sleep.

Anyways, back to my couch. 

I cut my hair!!

When I was in Year 12 in 2008, I chopped all my hair off & bleached it blonde.

I absolutely hated it.

That's me at 18.
Sorry for the bad quality -- blame it on the LG viewty I had at the time.

Since then I vowed to grow & grow & grow my hair, and I did! My hair got its longest this year & it was great until it wasn't.

Having anxiety, I find that I find myself feeling suffocated if, for example my room is too full of clothes/things & the same goes for the length my hair. I felt as though I was being suffocated by my hair. I know it sounds crazy, but dealing with the length of my hair was making me feel so uncomfortable & anxious.

I'm a strange person, I know.

Anyways, I bought some thinning shears from eBay because trips to the hair dresser aren't on my expenditure priority list right now, and I figured... I've watched enough hair cutting videos on youtube, right?

Here's the result:

Before --------------------------- After

              

It's the shortest its been in a while!

Overall, I'm soooo happy with the length. I thinned my hair with the shears too which lifted a lot of weight off of my hair. I'm feeling less suffocated which is awesome.