Middle of 2016 and end of June - how crazy is that?! I hope everyone is making it through winter ok and avoiding the dreaded flu, luckily I haven't been hit with it yet (and here's hoping it stays that way). During June, I had a lot of new products to try out so my Most Loved has a good mix of drugstore products and higher-end items from some well-known brands.

We're well into Winter here in NZ and as it gets a bit chillier, I find I reach for different products and shades when I'm doing my makeup. In the winter I feel like you can get away with darker tones on the eyes and lips, and the skin always looks a bit healthier and less dull with some glow. I've collated a range of products that I think are perfect for this season and would make a great addition to your makeup bag if you want to change thing up this Winter.

Strobing, highlighting, whatever you want to call it, is having a huge moment right now. There's not a day goes by when I'm scrolling through my Instagram feed and there's a girl with flawless looking makeup and a highlight so bright and gleaming you could see it from space. I'm not into the heavily highlighted look as my skin is natural glowy (really it's just naturally very oily), but I do enjoy a bit of sheen on the cheekbones. Becca (the highlighting queens) have recently brought out the Afterglow Palette*, that has all you need for an awesome glow. 

I honestly can't believe it's nearly the end of the first month of 2016 - already! Overall this month has been great, lots of relaxing and time with loved ones and friends, and also getting lots of 'life admin' done. It's been a productive start to the year! January was the month of trying out lots of amazing new products and here's a few that I've really been loving.

To say the day I got the email with news that Luxola NZ was going to be relaunching as Sephora NZ was exciting, is a complete understatement. Firstly I thought someone was playing a cruel joke on a Sephora-junkie like myself, but as I kept reading I was over the moon at the news. Sephora NZ is actually here, in little ol' New Zealand, albeit not as a physical store, but it brings with it a host of new brands that we were unable to easily get our hands on - I know NZ beauty lovers are going to be going a little crazy over this! To celebrate the launch I got to pick out a few products from the vast line up of brands and share with you all a small sample of products now available to us in NZ.