Three makeup products I'm loving, new home bits I bought and 28 Net-A-Porter sale finds
Plus a pair of Prada mules that I need to buy
Happy Friday!
My prayers and aggressive manifesting paid off - I got a ticket to Taylor Swift. Ticketek was absolutely useless - I wasted many hours on that rubbish website and to no avail. My miraculous ticket came from a friend who just happened to have a spare for the Saturday show in Sydney! I sincerely hope anyone reading this that wants to go to Eras either has secured their ticket already or gets one asap. I’m transferring my manifesting powers over to you.
Although, I’ll keep a bit of my manifesting powers to try and secure tickets to the Australian Grand Prix in March. 13 days until the 2024 Formula 1 season starts and a week until the new Drive to Survive season starts (trailer here). It’s been a wild off-season (if you care, Lewis Hamilton announced he’s moving from Mercedes to Ferarri in 2025 (HUGE deal), Red Bull team principal and Christian Horner is caught up in some alleged misconduct with an employee.
Alrighty, let’s get into what I’ve been watching, buying and dreaming about:
We’re still watching Feud: Capote vs The Swans and Mr and Mrs Smith but this week I also watched Upgraded (on Amazon Prime) with Camila Mendes. It was great! One of the better new rom-coms I’ve watched in a long while.
I also needed a new comfort show so I’ve started to rewatching Felicity (on Disney). I first watched this when I moved to Sydney 9 years ago. Rewatching it makes me think of my first month or so here, when I was finding my feet and starting my career. If you’re unfamiliar, Felicity has similar themes - Felicity (Keri Russell) moves to New York to go to NYU because her high school crush - who barely knows her name - is going there. It’s cute and heartfelt and awkward with lots of New York goodness. We need more shows like this, forever and always. And Keri’s divine curly hair is something to marvel at.
I read a great article about former Vogue global contributing editor and stylist/fashion editor, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson leaving Vogue, going out on her own, using her platform to speak about political issues and living through Kanye West publicly coming after her. Read it here.
Shopping stuff
I bought one of the new Summer Fridays lip oils (I got Soft Mauve). It’s as lovely as the internet proclaimed it to be. Hydrating, buttery, beautiful.
Two other beauty products of note: The Hourglass Skin Tint and the Westman Atelier Liquid Superloaded. These products, my god. If you love glowing skin (me!) - they’re so beautiful, so perfect.
If you’re in the market, this St Agni bag is lovely. Chocolate brown is everything for me right now (and always; classic colour) and it’s a very decent price - $349. This is also a goodie.
There’s always a fab sale to be found on Net-A-Porter. Don’t forget to add EXTRA25 on already reduced items for a further discount. Right now, I’m having a Deiji Studios love affair. I bought two pairs of pants from them last week - one cotton, one linen - and have been living in them. See some selects below (prices are without the extra 25%) and find the rest of my Net sale edit here.
Not Net-A-Porter but I cannot get these Prada mules off my mind. I initially thought the tobacco but now I’m wanting the fern green!
Although, there’s also these Toteme mules in my size….$1000 cheaper lol. These cute Loeffler Randall mesh ballet flats just popped up on my Instagram explore page. Shop here.
The Maison Balzac x Incu olive oil bottle is back in stock - find it here. My sister tried to buy me one for Christmas but Incu was having stock issues and it didn’t work out but I bought one today!
I want more cute kitchen accessories - next up, I’m on the look out for chic salt and pepper grinders.
Speaking of lovely home things, I will be buying these glasses from Jean Riley. Yes, Valentine’s Day has come and gone but we need a little love every day.
Putting this together helped to distract me from the 98% humidity Sydney is currently serving us. If you enjoyed, leave a comment, send it to a friend, leave a like, subscribe <3
More Smooth Brain Thoughts soon,
Ali xx
Can’t wait for our new olive oil bottle !!