SAX Pro Tips – Winter 2014

The SAX Winter 2014 key looks oscillate between bright, colourful and fun to a darker, more mysterious and ominous undertone.

Our four looks for this season are Edgy Beauty, Retro Beauty, Rock Chic Beauty and Street Style Beauty.

Looks are striking, sophisticated, mysterious and feminine using deep, rich colours whilst on the flip side is a doll-like porcelain complexion with a pop of purples, berry and lilac.

SAX Pro Tips Winter 2014 – Rock Chic Beauty

Check out all of our Winter 2014 Pro Tips here!

Guest Blogger – Jenny Ma reviews our newest eye palette!

Hi Beauties! Welcome to our latest glowing review by the fabulous Jenny Ma. All eyes are on our newest eye palette – Naked Eyes!

It’s Eye Shadow made easy!

SAX’s Naked Eyes Palette, $14.95 is SAX’s new kid on the block. Who needs to rummage through tons of odd coloured eye shadows when you have this nifty palette! This is a fantastic collection of 12 soft, buttery smooth and pigmented neutral eye shadows, with a fresh pop of blue also included.

SAX Cosmetics – Naked Eyes Palette

These shadows are super easy to work with minimal fallout, though I did find that it was easier to use your own brushes – simply because I don’t like to make the colours muddy. The palette also closes with a secure magnetic mechanism. If you’re after browns and beiges, you’ll literally be spoilt for choice. The neutral hues are perfect for a graduated, contoured eye and the intense black or blue shades are perfect for nighttime glamour. In the first look, I used the shimmering creams, golds and chocolate for a natural, work-appropriate look.

Jenny with a natural smoky eye perfect for work!

For my dramatic smoky eye, I used the taupe and brow as the base, before blending the black shadow around the whole lash line. Voila – it’s eye shadow made easy!

Jenny Ma showing us her dramatic smoky eye look for a night out!

For stockists check out www.saxcosmetics.com 

Guest Blogger, Jenny Ma – SAX Nail Life Polish in #90

Hi beauties!

How time if flying and we are already mid-way through March and Autumn is here on our doorstep! So for the upcoming cooler months, don’t think greys, neutrals and blacks,  add a pop of colour into your look with SAX Nail Life! Read on to get the ever gorgeous, Jenny Ma’s take on our fabulous SAX Nail Life polish!

A breeze to apply!

Who doesn’t like a hand of punchy, lustrous nails? In fact, as we head towards autumn, I love a bright, fun enamel colour against the grey, black and navy attire that we all tend to wear.
Today, I’m road testing SAX’s nail polish range, named ‘Nail Life’. The shade I am sporting is No. 90, a beautiful warm red. This looked very flattering on my complexion and was a breeze to apply. The formula is very smooth, heavily pigmented and as shown in the photo, I only required one coat for a non-streaky, opaque finish. Yay! Ideally though, you should apply a second coat for long-lasting wear. Unfortunately, I was bestowed with the Lazy Gene, which prevents me from doing so.

Jenny shows us her glossy nails!

I also liked the rubberized handle, which made it easy to grip for precise application. The finish was as shiny as shiny could be and it dried relatively quickly (within 5-8 minutes). A great plus – it’s just not practical to gallivant around the house for light years with sticky, wet nails!
SAX’s Nail Life range comes at a very wallet-friendly price of $8.95 in 22 shades. So I’ll accept no excuses for forlorn-looking, unpolished paws!

Showing you how!

Hi everyone,

You may already know about our fabulous SAX Cosmetics YouTube Channel, if not, check it out!

We have teamed up with Celebrity Makeup Artist, Nicky Reid to show you easy, fast and fun looks to create!

In one of our popular videos, “Contouring and Shaping”, Nicky gives you all the info you need to re-create a perfectly defined and contoured face using only two SAX products. Yes! Only two!

Nicky Reid showing us how to contour and shade with SAX Cosmetics

Check out the video here and don’t forget to go to our YouTube Channel and subscribe so you are the first to know when a new video is launched!

Have a wonderful week everyone!

SAX HQ x

Jenny Ma Reviews our SAX Eye Luxe Eyeshadow Quintette in Love at First Sight

Hi Beauties!

Now that spring has sprung, we can rejuvenate our beauty wardrobe with light and subtle looks. Jenny Ma is back with a run down on our SAX Eye Luxe Eyeshadow Quintette in Love at First Sight. Using lighter shades, she has created a natural and beautiful spring eye look!

Read on to find out what she thinks.

An Eye-ssential!

The neutral eyeshadow palette is a make-up staple. It’s kind of like your black trench and dark denim jeans – it’s something every Eyeshadow-Wearer needs to own. Actually, no, I lied, even if you don’t wear eyeshadow, you need this palette. It’s an eye-ssential basic. Silly pun intended.

SAX Eye Luxe Eyeshadow in Love at First Sight

It was Love at First Sight with SAX’s Eye Luxe Eyeshadow Quintette – the product being so aptly named! ‘Love at First Sight’ is a 5 shadow palette with the most beautiful of everyday neutrals. The colours featured include a sparkling white, cool champagne, muted gold, taupe and a warm chocolate brown. Its universal shades are guaranteed to flatter any skin tone, unless your first name happens to be Shrek.

Swatches of the five gorgeous eyeshadow colours

I adore neutrals whether for day or night, but here is a simple look for day time – light colours blended towards the tear duct and the darker hues in the outer/crease contour. The texture of the eyeshadows are silky smooth with high pigmentation – making application and blending a dream.

Jenny shows us her natural eyeshadow look using her SAX Eye Luxe palette

Jenny looking fabulous in her Eye Luxe Eyeshadow

The sleek black packaging also includes a generously sized mirror, meaning it will have a very busy and productive existence whilst living in your handbag.

The sleek palette closed

SAX’s Eye Luxe Eyeshadow Quintette is a cosmetic bag must-have! And for those who love coloured eyeshadows – don’t stress – there’s something to tickle your fancy too. Check out the Media Darling (purple) and Smokey Denim (blue) palettes at your local SAX Cosmetics stockist.

Jenny x

For stockists, check out www.saxcosmetics.com

Jenny reviews SAX Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Classic Red

Hi Everyone,

We are very happy to welcome back the gorgeous Jenny Ma to guest blog for SAX once agaian. This time it’s all about treating your pout & her new obsession – SAX Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Classic Red.

Read on to see what Jenny thinks!

Smitten by a Classic!

Everyone needs a great red lipstick. Move over all the nudes, there isn’t a better way to brighten up a dreary winter outfit with a lick of red on your kissers.

Now the SAX team know my uncanny obsession with red. I’ve been testing out SAX’s Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Classic Red, and boy am I smitten.

Jenny Ma & SAX Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Classic Red

The name dutifully implies the perfect shade of red – not too orange, not too brown and, dare I say, the neutral fire-engine red that complements all skin tones. Now, I have quite a yellow based, sallow skin tone, yet this lipstick immediately brightens up my complexion. Please see the evidence in pictures below.

Jenny Ma showing her pearly whites!

Love love! I’ve also included a photo with my chompers showing. This gorgeous shade of red actually makes my teeth look brighter and whiter. Double win! Yes, it pretty much means that you can stop brushing your teeth and just buy SAX’s Classic Red lipstick instead ;). At this rate, we’ll be watching Colgate go into voluntary administration.

I love the smooth, moisturising texture of the lipstick and the high pigmentation screams ‘luxe for less’. And the packaging, oh I nearly died. The classic black square case (no more rolling off the counter) reveals the lipstick with a gentle push on the bottom of the cap. With one click, lipstick slides out… innovative, much? It’s classically elegant packaging for a classic red lipstick.

SAX Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Classic Red

And did I mention the price? Just $14.95 at selected pharmacies. My favourite haunt for SAX Cosmetics is Terry White Pharmacy.  Yes, I’m certain you can snag yourself this baby with the loose change floating in the bottom your handbag.

Jenny x

For stockists, check out www.saxcosmetics.com

Butterfliielilian Reviews SAX Natural Eyes Make-up Kit

Hello and welcome!

We are so excited to join the blogosphere! We’re looking forward to sharing with you our love of makeup, tips, trends and style inspirations and hearing from you what you love!

Recently we held a competition to find a guest blogger to appear on our blog. The entries were so good that we had two winners! The first winner is a blogger you may already know and is a favourite of ours, Lilian Tahmasian! Best known by her blogging name, Butterfliielilian, she created the below post for us to share with you. Enjoy! xx

SAX REVIEW: NATURAL EYES MAKE-UP KIT

Good Morning Beauties!

I woke up at 3:30am, to be extra productive today; I must say I enjoy the early morning time period as it’s quiet, relaxing and refreshing.

I sit here with my coffee on one side and oats on the other; excited to share with you all my new find!

First, I’d like to thank the beautiful people at SAX Cosmetics for choosing me as one of their winners for “Guest Blogger”. It’s an absolute honour to be able to blog for a company that I have adored for a while now and use their products regardless.

If you have watched any of my past videos, you’d know by now that the appearance of the SAX Brow Kit is quite frequent. Although I am proud to announce another kit to join my family of SAX!

For these past 2 weeks I have been wearing the SAX Natural Eyes Makeup Kit. As I tend to wear a lot of neutral tones and browns on my eyes, I must say I thought I had enough brown palette makeup-kits. Although this simple using kit, got me thinking otherwise.

For an affordable $14.95, the set contains 4 contrasting shadows, a longwearing liquid eyeliner, mascara and brush/sponge applicator.
What I liked most about the kit was that it was so user friendly and easy to understand. Each shadow comes with a number and on the left hand side of the palette, you are able to see each step simply shown.

The colours are pigmented and sheer, which I adore. You can either create a darkened brown smoky look, or a completely natural one. You’re go!

Below are a few images of me wearing the kit on various occasions. You can clearly tell my “tad obsession”, as its only been 2 weeks of me owning it.

Leave a comment if you have ever tried this kit!

If not, it’s a great “first time” natural palette to have 🙂

Until next time…

Keep Smiling

Love Lilian x