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MAKE UP FOR EVER – Australia’s First Official MUFE Boutique

Make Up For Ever La Boheme Collection Palette

For the longest time I have dreamt about Make Up For Ever opening a boutique in Australia. Well, my dream is one step closer because Australia has just received its very first Make Up For Ever store-within-a-store. If you have been to the select few Sephora locations, including one of my favourites Sephora at The Venetian in Las Vegas, you will have seen the impressive Make Up For Ever store-within-a-store concept. It is a bold, industrial-esque construction featuring hard metals, traincases and some of the best indoor lighting you could ever apply makeup with. Now you will find this concept in our very own backyard, right here in Sydney, Australia.

A while ago I told you about PM Studio, a cosmetics store in Sydney that has brought Make Up For Ever into the lives of some very grateful Australians. The great thing about PM Studio is they, like me, believe Make Up For Ever deserves to be heard in Australia. We all know MUFE is an amazing brand but very few realise that it is actually available here. Now we have our own MUFE boutique and boy does this mean some amazing things for Australian fans.

One of the Make Up For Ever store-within-a-store setups in Sephora

New Products Available Now

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11 Online Beauty Stores You Need To Know

Beauty products, cosmetics, skincare, haircare … they are some of the easiest products you could purchase online. Back in 2010 I wrote this post about online beauty stores that ship internationally. Today I am telling you about my Top 10 online beauty stores that I think you should all get to know.

Note: These aren’t ranked in any particular order. I love them all equally.

No bag shlepping required!

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Old Magazine Beauty Ads – 19 Magazine from 1973

19 Magazine June 1973 Cover

I love looking at beauty ads in magazines. Modern magazines are now filled with them, often coming close to taking up 50% of the entire magazine, but that wasn’t how it was 30 odd years ago. How do I know? During the holiday season my mother and I started to address her hoarding of unnecessary memories. In one of the many piles of junk, we came across some old women’s interest magazines from when she was a young lady. Today I am going to show you the ads from an issue of 19 Magazine from June 1973.

The front cover

What Is 19 Magazine?

19 Magazine was a women’s interest magazine produced by IPC Magazines in London. It was sold in many countries, including Australia (for just 50 cents!), New Zealand, Rhodesia (which I think is now known as Republic of Zimbabwe), Nigeria, Canada and Sweden.

The topics covered included beauty, fashion, fictional stories and a heavy focus on music.

Old Beauty Ads

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CND Shellac – Nail Colour Layering Guide

CND Shellac Manicure Cosmoprof During

I think you all know I am a huge fan of CND’s revolutionary nail treatment, Shellac, and I know I am not the only one. However, I have been surprised recently to learn that many Shellac lovers didn’t know the colours could be layered to create new colours. It is one of many great things that Shellac can do for your nails, so today I wanted to share with you this special Colour Layering guide.

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Sunday Funday Poll – Have You Set Yourself A New Year Resolution?

Happy New Year Everyone!!!
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For some of you it is still New Year’s Eve, and for others, you may be 10 hours away from crawling out of that hangover. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are for this poll because it is all about New Year Resolutions. Have you set any? Read the rest of this post

Top 5 Beauty Blog Posts Of 2011

Top Beauty Posts of 2011

With 2011 only days away from ending, I wanted to give a quick refresh on our Top 5 beauty blog posts from 2011. These top 5 are purely ranked by statistics, so they are the ones people read the most, not necessarily the ones I or anyone else actually liked the most.

If you are only new to The Plastic Diaries, or new to beauty blogs in general, or maybe have been a long time reader but just so happened to miss the below posts, do have a read because some of them aren’t half bad (I hope!). I am also going to give you an update on any findings, news or simple changes since the original post went live, if applicable.

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