News Flash: MUD Make Up Design at Woolworths

Do you remember how Woolworths had the Ulta3 bins in the supermarket a few months ago? Now they seem to be all gone with a few lonely baskets of polish waiting to be reduced further. In this week's catalogue for Woolworths they introduce a new cosmetics range called MUD - Make Up Design. They seem to be a very popular release because there was not much available when I did my grocery shopping last night and slipped a couple of items in.

As you can see (excuse the impatient night picture with flash), the products are individually packaged so that you do not need to worry about whether someone has opened the bottle of polish and played with it before you buy it. In the nail range, they have nail polish and nail stickers. It is a small range of colour but at least it has a daring range of colours. They do not stick with traditional pinks and reds.

Look at the nail stickers! Admittedly these were the most interesting and unique of what was available. There were only four designs available: a lace design, a pink glitter, a red base colour with white polka dots and this raised crystal star design. All of them can be easily replicated with stamping or a dotting tool apart from the stars. I have never tried nail strips before but I thought I would try these at $5.

MUD is another cosmetic range from the Heat Group. They also make Ulta3 and NYC. Woolworths are selling the 13ml polish for $3.

News Flash: Get your FREE Butter London with InStyle

It is always worth having a look at the magazines when you are going through the checkout. I received my first (and only until now) Butter London nail polish by buying Madison. These magazines don't hold much in the way of interest for me except when I can get my hands on some good polish for a bargain price.

InStyle Australia's October 2012 issue is giving away a bottle of Butter London with each copy. You get to choose between Pillar Box Red or Pink Ribbon. In Australia InStyle costs $8.95 and in New Zealand the magazine retails for $9.20.

I chose to get Pillar Box Red and this was definitely worth it. I love the bright red and the beautiful application I have come to expect from Butter London.

You can also get $5 from your next purchase either online or in store. Since they charge almost $10 delivery per item online, I think I would give that one a miss. It is probably better to wait for the next lot of Butter London to be available on Ozsale. They usually charge $14 per polish and seem to have a capped rate of postage at $9.

I am amazed I managed to update this from the original terrible picture. :O

News Flash: Illamasqua is now more fairly priced.

I was very pleased to check the Myer website today to find that Illamasqua nail polish is now $21 a bottle rather than $34. It is still a little out of my everyday reach but at least it is more reasonable for a high end product. As an added bonus, Myer also has a free shipping promotion on most of their items at the moment. Good news I think. Here is the post that alerted me to the good news.

News Flash! Max Factor Fantasy Fire in Australia.

I nearly died and turned into a little puddle in the middle of Priceline. Every time I go past a Max Factor display, I always check the Max Factor display for Fantasy Fire. Each time I am disappointed until today.

OMG! OMG! OMG! was heard. It is a good thing I was not alone because there could have been a worry that I was having a heart attack. You need a lot of support when you discover such a find as this! I had to buy all three that they had on display. Three bottles only equals one regular bottle and I promise I am going to share one bottle of my Fantasy Haul. This is my reward for not spending the money and getting it through eBay.

Having this will enable me to compare my Darling Diva Ringer to Fantasy Fire. It is a good thing that it is not long until September is here and Awesome Aussie August is over!

Finding Fantasy Fire made my day. Hurray! OMG! I can't believe I actually have Fantasy Fire.

Ahem. I'll settle down now.