Product Review/My Experience: Cherry Culture

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From watching a lot of Australian YouTube gurus, I found this website called Cherry Culture. They sell a lot of American drugstore brands like NYX, Milani, Jordana, etc. The shipping gets quite expensive, especially when buying nail polish and other heavier items so I convinced a friend to go halves with me. Unfortunately, shipping did take a while as I went for the cheapest option which had no tracking number. Cherry culture seems to have regular 20% off sales for different times of the year; I bought mine in the ‘Back to School’ sale. I bought 10 products which I will review for you. 

Budget Beauty: 'Ulta3' Nailpolish

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This nail polish is so cheap! I discovered this brand around 4 years ago they also make lipsticks, eyeshadow, blush etc. The quality of this nail polish is truly amazing and for only $2.00 a bottle! I have around 28 bottles including a base coat and a magnetic style polish. You can find this brand at Big W, sometimes Woolworths, Terry White and other selected chemists. Their colours are a bit hit and miss but I will swatch the colours for you that I do have. Just swatching these I can see that some apply differently than others, I do not know if this is because they changed the formula or because some are older than others. Sorry about my poor application skills! 

Reds, Oranges and Yellows

From left to right: Pepper Pot, Beesting, Sizzling Red, English Rose, Crazy, Carrot Top, Tahiti, Citrus

Purples and Pinks

From left to right: Spring Break, Purple Pumps, Bouquet, Hot Spring, Eighties Fushsia, Plum Violet, Party Shoes, French Blush

Blues and Greens

From left to right: Midnight Fever, Hollywood, Razzle, Pacific Fever

Miscellaneous Colours

From left to right: Allure (Magnetic), Gold Rush Fever, Silver Glitter, Lily White, Wild Berry, Black Satin

Budget Beauty: Essence

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In Australia, you can find this range in Target and Priceline. All of the products I've seen are between $2-$6. Since discovering this range, I've picked up quite a few of their products. 

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Essence I ♥ Stage Eyeshadow Base - $4.95

This was the second eye primer/base I've bought. So far I’m really enjoying it; it gives me a good even base. This product is very creamy and blendable but unfortunately doesn't intensify colours for me which is what I'm looking for in a base. For such an affordable price though, I am really loving this product.