To say this week was crazy is probably an understatement! It has been a hectic week for me not only with assignment but I had the opportunity to watch and volunteer at this years Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival. Volunteering was such a wonderful and fun,  I got to meet some lovely people and the staff were also extremely nice. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is considering it for the future.

Watching the shows were amazing, the two shows that I saw were the Monili Jewellers Bridal Show and the Fashion in the City Parade. Both shows had some outstanding designs!

The Bridal show had some breath-taking designs from Wendy Sullivan, Bertossi Brides, Darb Bridal Couture, Rayner Lee, George Wu and Jack Sullivan. Rayner Lee and Jack Sullivan bridal gown were some of my favourites! However, all the design with their intricate detailing were just absolutely beautiful.


The other show, was the Fashion in the City show, this was to showcase the many stores & labels in the CBD area. It had a bit of mixture of higher end label and mass market labels. The labels include Daniel Lightfoot, Longchamp, Darb Couture, Cue, French Connection and Tophshop/Topman. This show was a lot of fun to watch as there were many different type of looks.

This is one combo, I have been loving since I brought them. I had been on the hunt for a new foundation for a while as my MAC foundation was getting a bit too dark for my skin tone. Nars has been on my 'to try' list for a while with beauty bloggers raving about the products all the time. These two are my first two Nars products I've owned and I super impressed.

The product: 
The foundation I have is Nars Sheer Matte in Stromboli. It comes in a matte glass bottle and a lid but no pump. You have to purchase the pump separately which was $4 (AUD). However when you do put the pump on, your lid doesn't fit, which I kinda wish it does because I don't want bacterial getting on it or a mess if I put it in my makeup bag (so far hasn't happened yet). This is probably the only downside of foundation.

The Nars translucent light reflecting setting powder-pressed, comes in a pouch with a sponge. The packaging is super smooth and has a mirror which is handy.

Application:
The foundation I tend to use my fingers or the buffing bush by real techniques. I use between half a pump to one pump depending on the coverage I need.

The translucent powder I just the real technique powder brush, I don't really like using the sponge to powder my face.

Wearability: 

Top: Foundation, Bottom: blended foundation

My skin varies between oily and combination skin, I found this foundation and the powder, when used together keeps me relatively matte pretty much all day, sometime I need to blot if it's a hot day. It doesn't break me out which is awesome as I'm prone to especially with some foundations. The foundation also has a medium to full coverage but feels very light on my skin, which I love. It doesn't feel like it's clogging up my pores.

I absolutely love these two products together and will definitely repurchase both of them when I use them up!