VLOG | ONEDAYSUNDAYS & JARULEANDASHANTI LIVE

Good vibes all night! From jamming in the car on the way to the city, pre-drinking at one day sundays to the concert that turned into an rnb club, even the freezing car ride home where I almost choked on my mcdonald's from laughing so hard.

Seeing Ja Rule and Ashanti live at Enmore Theatre was so amazing and was such a fun experience, belting out their old school hits with them. Probably because I was with good company too. I think that's key to having a good night - GOOD company. 

So happy to have friends like mine!

Ps. if you think my hair looks different, that's cos it is. I finally got a much needed trim and went lighter. So happy to be out of the grey phase. Thanks to Cindy who opened up the salon on her day off for me and gave me a VIP treatment! You da best.

Hope you guys enjoy this vlog x 

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS SHADOW COUTURE | WORLD TRAVELER EYESHADOW PALETTE.

Damn, you guys. 

This may just be my new favourite palette. I received the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture palette early this week and have been dying to play around with it ever since I got it. I came up with this really girly, sparkly cut crease and paired it with a glossy, nude lip. These shadows are so, so pigmented and honestly blend like a dream. Even when accidentally picking up too much product (guilty), as soon as you start blending - mistakes are instantly fixed.

The shades in this palette drew me in right away and as soon as it was released, I made sure I didn't miss out. I haven't used every single shade just yet but I have a feeling that I'm going to be reaching for this palette and this palette only, for a long while.  I'm excited to use azure and heirloom, they both swatch so beautifully.  

I only had half an idea of what kind of look I wanted to cook up with this palette and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Especially since it's only my second time doing a cut crease! I used soft peach and morocco in the upper crease as a transition shade and to blend out the crease colour, fudge to map out the cut crease, pink champagne on the lid and chic to highlight the inner corner of my eyes.

..and if you read all the way to here, SURPRISE! You can win your very own ABH Shadow Couture palette, and then we can be best friends and play with it together!
Scroll to the bottom for giveaway deets!

'Til next time. 

To win your very own Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture Palette, follow these simple rules:

1. Must be following my instagram account @luvlorz

2. Comment on this blogpost your name, instagram username and best email address to contact you on if you win,

That's it! Easy peasy. The giveaway closes on August 10th. 

Good luck x

WEEKEND GRWM: DINNER DATE.

So I filmed another get ready with me video for you since my last grwm was pretty well received - stats wise. I was getting ready to go out for dinner in the city so I thought since I'd filmed a go-to day makeup look, I would do a night time version. This look involves a lot more products than my casual day look because I do like to go all out and it's my opportunity to play around with makeup! This is in no way supposed to be any kind of tutorial but I did include the names of the products I used in the video just incase anyone was curious. 

Also, you can't tell in the video but it was damn near impossible to get anything done with these freakin' claw nails. I struggled so much harder than I thought I would while putting on my false lashes. Honestly, it must've taken me at least 15 minutes to get them on while trying not to poke my eyeballs out. Currently struggling to type this blog post too, but I love them so much so I'm putting up with it. Beauty is pain... Right?

Apologies for the choppy lighting, I was using natural light and the weather in Sydney has been crazy bipolar lately so it kept changing from overcast to straight sunlight. I was pretty hesitant to upload and post this because of the lighting and for some reason the quality changed whilst importing but thanks to those who pushed me to upload anyway! This one's for you.

Ps. baby hairs on fleek

get ready with me: dinner date from Loure Garcia on Vimeo.

BEAN BOOZLED CHALLENGE.

Thought I'd film my sister Roni and I do the bean boozled challenge! We've been meaning to do this for a while now but have been too busy on the weekend to do it (or were we subconsciously putting it off because we knew how rank it'd be?).  

Something different and fun, I hope you enjoy!

bean boozled challenge from Loure Garcia on Vimeo.

MAC DAZZLESHADOW MINI HAUL & REVIEW.

The Le Disko Collection launched in stores first thing on Monday in Australia, and after seeing my favourite beauty gurus like Jaclyn Hill, Desi Perkins, MannyMUA and NikkieTutorials rave about their glittery goodness I made sure I got my hands on them (shout out to Beez for going into MAC as lost as he was to pick them up for me, you da best).

The whole collection features twelve dazzleshadows, five dazzleglasses and one brush. While the dazzleglasses didn't quite catch my fancy, the shadows are pretty special.

It was so, so hard for me to limit myself while looking up swatches but these three immediately caught my attention:

say it isn't so // let's roll // boom boom room

say it isn't so // is described as a "dark grey with pink sparkles."
It's a very muted grey with silver and pink sparkle with a metallic finish. It is super sparkly, so I'll definitely be applying this one damp so it adheres better to the lid.

let's roll // is described as a "red bronze with sparkles."
It's a bright copper-red with orange undertones to it and pink and copper sparkle. It had a semi-opaque coverage when swatched dry with my finger.

boom boom room // is described as a "light burgundy with emerald sparkles"
this shade was the reason why i wanted to get my hands on these shadows in the first place. i saw mannymua wearing it on his lid and straight away knew i had to have it. it's a reddish-burgundy with coppery undertones. some have compared it to MAC's blue brown pigment but even though it has that similar duo chrome effect to it, it is very unique.

all swatches applied dry with finger 

This collection as far as I know is limited edition so if you've been tossing up between picking something up, I wouldn't think about it for too long.

'Til next time!

DATE NIGHT ATTIRE.

outfit of the night // all about eve quilted bomber jacket // topshop tee // subtitled leather pants // lipstik mules // ASOS bag // ASOS rose gold choker

Yes I am wearing this shirt again... #soznotsoz. It's just so easy to style and most of my t shirts have had the bottom half of them chopped off. So this has been my go-to tee, so easy to dress up or down.
Beez and I had a dinner date over the weekend at our favourite sushi spot, Hukuya in Eastwood, Sydney. We honestly cannot get enough of that place and we came on the right day - they had a batch of tuna belly that's apparently really hard to get! Score.
I hadn't planned to go all black - it just happened. I paired these leather pants with mules for some height and to make the outfit a little girlier and less goth/emo but still pretty caj. They're so comfy too! Boy am I glad I got a pedi that day.

MINI MAKEUP HAUL.

New makeup!!! Who doesn't love NEW makeup?!

(My boyfriend, that's who... And who can blame him, my makeup addiction is taking over my life - wow, bit extreme)

Moving right along. 

These products I've accumulated over the past two weeks and they're a mixture of high-end and drugstore. Most of them I've been wanting for a while and some are new products that I've been dying to try.

I'm so drawn to all matte palettes so naturally when I saw the new Too Faced Natural Matte Eyeshadow Collection palette - especially swatching the last shade - I knew I had to snag that baby up real quick! I also finally hunted down the two new shades of the Australis Metallix Cream shadows in Pearl Jammin' and Guns n Rose Petals (one more shade and my collection is complete!) . These are so, so beautiful and pigmented, as you may have already read in my May Faves post. The cute baby NARS single eyeshadow in Galapagos is one I've been wanting for a long time that's been out of stock online and in stores so I got lucky when I saw  it looking for a different shade. It's a bitter chocolate shade infused with gold and absolutely amazing. Bareminerals' stroke of light eye brightener/illuminator is a product my sister raves on about so I thought I'd give it a whirl since I've been wanting a new highlighter for under the eyes. MAC's peaches blush, nightmoth lipliner and soft ochre paintpot are all products I've been meaning to purchase for a while and I'm so happy I have them now. Savvy's chestnut lipliner and Maybelline's colour sensational lipstick in coffee craze just called out to me as soon as I saw them. 

Safe to say I'm a happy girl and this satisfies my makeup addiction... For now.

Below I share a mini review using some of the new products on my face for the first time.

'Til next time!

Too Faced matte palette on my eyes over MAC soft ochre paintpot: the paintpot made the shadows go on much more intense, and the shadows are so buttery and easy to blend, 
Bareminerals stroke of light eye brightener under the eyes over a little bit of the UD Naked concealer: does a good job of brightening but definitely needs to be used over a concealer if you have some darkness under there,
MAC peaches blush on the cheeks: so easy to apply and builds up nicely,
Savvy chestnut lipliner to line the lips and Maybelline's coffee crazy lipstick all over: such a beautiful nude combo, lipstick is very creamy and hydrating