Mr. Tom Ford - The Lipstick God

I've always google-eyed over the gold accented makeup counter in David Jones, but had never taken the plunge into the uber-luxe world that is Tom Ford Beauty. 

As a downright beauty junkie I will find any excuse to justify a new purchase, what was it this time? A bad mood - what better way to turn a frown upside down than with a new lipstick, right?

(L-R: 01 Spanish Pink, 15 Wild Ginger)

After countless hours watching and reading reviews on the signature lip colour line - Rouge à Lèvres, my first dip in the pool was with 01 Spanish Pink - the perfect pinky nude to go with literally any look. 

And from that innocent first time handing my card over to the beautifully made up Tom Ford employee, I was hooked.

Next up was a bolder option, 15 Wild Ginger - an orange undertoned red. On recommendation from two of my favourite bloggers, ViviannaDoesMakeup and Lily Pebbles, this was automatically my next purchase.

The formulation of these babies is just divine. The creamy constancy means they glide on easily, last for hours and a huge thumbs up in my books is that they don't dry your lips out.

RR TIP: Wonder how I get the TF monogram to remain intact? Apply using the back of the lipstick bullet! A little OTT, but that's the way I roll...

Oh and we can't forget to talk about the insane packaging, all I can say is wow. 

The burning question here is, should you fork out your hard earned cash for a piece of TF Beauty?

Obviously Tom Ford is a luxury brand, making these lipsticks something to save for and believe me they are purse weepingly expensive. But to me, the packaging, the formula, the colour range and downright luxe quality of these lipsticks make the $$ price tag well worth it.

Pop into a Tom Ford counter (for the Aussies out there, this would be in David Jones) to cringe over the price. 

But trust me, once you've tried these bad boys, the hole in your wallet won't feel that bad. 

If there is such a thing as a lipstick god, he would go by the name of Mr. Ford, Mr. Tom Ford. 

Until next time,

ajarose xo

Post Holiday Funk

So the last you heard from me I was going on holidays. 

Over a month later RR is back, but don't go thinking I've been in paradise for that long. Don't get me wrong, in my mind I've been on holiday this whole time, but in reality I've just been lazy. 

For almost two weeks in this month-long hiatus I was in paradise however, and it was 

fan-bloody-tastic. 

It's time to snap out of my post-holiday funk and get back into the swing of things, after all who else is going to make you spend lots of money on totally not essential beauty products? 

Getting back into the groove of real life has been hard, but you know what hasn't been hard? Getting back into the groove of shopping. Who knew how easy that would be!? But the good news there is, you can expect some juicy recommendations soon!

This is just a quick little post to say hello and to reassure you that I am still kicking around. 

I have some exciting things in the pipeline for RR this year, so to make sure you don't miss out on anything head over to Facebook and click LIKE to stay up to date! 

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Until next time,

Ajarose xo