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Back in primary school, my Mum always sent me to school with extra home-made cookies to share with my friends. I happily dished them out to my hungry kidlet buddies and loved to see them smile as they ate a delicious treat!

These days, it’s less about the cookies and more about the beauty product sharing!

The brand new Benefit “They’re Real!” Mascara will oomph up your lashes to viewable-from-outer-space status (could be exaggerating but it works pretty damn well!) and the Benefit Bella Bamba 3D Brightening Face Powder is a striking pink colour for your cheeks, no 3D glasses required, though who knows what you might see if you wear them and check out your cheeks with this on!

I would love to offer one super duper commenter the chance to try both of these gorgeous products (Valued at $89 together), all you need to do is leave me a comment below with the answer to the following:

Simple as pie!

Look forward to reading your suggestions and choosing one lucky winner to send these out too! Good luck!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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Currently my cleanser of choice, as well as being my weekly clearing mask – this multitasking jar of Echolife hydrated clay (RRP$21.40) has me yelling ‘YOU LITTLE BEAUTY‘!

If you’re not the type to yell whilst applying beauty products, that’s okay too, but I would like to share how I use this gem.

♥ Cleanser

Take a small dollop of clay, say the size of a 10 cent piece, add warm water and apply to your face with the usual cleansing motions. Splash face with water to remove.

♥ Weekly mask

Apply a thick-ish layer to your whole face, wait 15 minutes til it dries, wash off! This is one serious mask, I couldn’t smile or giggle while it was drying, and it drew out all my oil and gunk resulting in much clearer skin for the following few days.

So here’s where you come in… together with Echolife, we are giving away jars of this magical natural goo to FIVE lucky readers who care to share the following with us in the comments:

The winners will be drawn on Wed 20 July, one entry per person. Good luck! 🙂

Be well,

xoxo

♥ The beautiful products from this article ♥

It ain’t easy being green – or is it Kermit, is it?

Well for me it has been easy to get my daily dose of green, knowing that there are a long list of benefits for your body inside and out. There are green smoothies, green tea and green veggies and endless varieties of each. Why not add a bit more green into your daily routine by trying some of these favourites of mine?

Green Tea and Pea Eye Cream – RRP $40

I bring to you Endota’s Green Tea and Pea for your peepers. The balmy green tea helps with anti-aging and the pea promotes elasticity. This soothing cream also contains grape seed and chamomile for those baby brown/blue/grey/hazel/green eyes. Beauty rest takes a whole new meaning with this little side-kick in your night stand drawer. (You’re also being green with the cute card-board packaging!)

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Green Rose and China Jasmine T2 teas. I can’t rave enough about T2 teas and their green teas. When I drink a hot China Jasmine in the morning, it’s like a wake up call deep within my belly. For lovers of Jasmine this fusion with green tea gives you a dose of warmth and energising spirit to prepare you for the day ahead.

Green Rose is another favourite that I like to drink cold. I make a jug of this (4-6 teaspoons of loose leaf tea in a T2 iced tea jug) and store it in my fridge, and when I drink it it’s refreshing and cleansing, and since you know it’s good for you and it’s quick and easy, you’re more likely to want to drink it. I like to add slices of lemon for that extra kick and detoxifying feel in my tum.

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Eating green veggies is the simplest ways to inject some green. The above (top o the article!) packet of snow peas will be making it’s way into my vege patch soon and when they start sprouting green goodness I will enjoy pea pesto crostinis, minted pea soup or home-grown snow peas and butter as a side dish.

BASICALLY IT’S EASY BEING GREEN. Kermit was cute, but oh so very wrong.

Share your green loves and tips, whether it be your favourite beauty products, food or recycling…let us know!

Review by Kelly-Anne, graphic designer and green lovah.

Be well,

xoxo

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Hi everyone, I thought I would share with you my first foray into the world of print-based beauty writing, in case you are interested in checking it out! It’s all about warming beauty and wellbeing treatments that are perfect for winter! 🙂

The article can be found here: X-Press Winter Fashion Magazine 2011 – Warm n Toasty Beauty.

It was really exciting to have my article published “in the real world” and I will be doing more writing for X-Press in the future, as I’ve been chosen as their Beauty Writer for the seasonal fashion mags! Yay!

Hope you are well, and I would love to hear any of your thoughts on the article:)

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

Is out today, doesn’t it look gorgeous?

Make sure you go out and find yourself a copy at places where Xpress is usually stocked (cafes/record stores/fashion stores)… as an extra incentive you MAY just see something written by me in there. It’s the first time I have been published in print, so I’m feeling a little shy.

Check it out if you like!

I will see if I can re-post the article here for those who may not be able to get their hands on a copy 🙂

Be well,

Annette

xoxo