Katek1: My must-have beauty buys

08 Jan 2012 05:00 AM | Posted by Editor

Katek1, our winning BlogStar vlogger, takes us through her must-have beauty buys. Watch on to see if your favourite beauty products feature…

What are your fave beauty buys?

Member Comments (13)

Posted by: Discomilk (Australia)

The L'Oreal lipstick sounds divine, I'll have to take a look at it next time in priceline. I love the simple skincare range and dove facial washes. Since switching to more gentle skincare, my skin has calmed down and I'm not getting pimples. I always have a spare simple moisturiser, and
Dove gentle exfoliating facial cleanser & Dove go fresh facial citrus cleanser.

Posted on: January 08, 2012 (Jan 8, 2012 10:52am)

Posted by: katshepsutt (Australia)

Fab video Kate, and delighted to see that some of your faves are mine too - the Neutrogena eye makeup remover, and Olay Regenerist night cream, adore them both. There's always a Biore toner on standby in my cupboard, along with Australis Colour Inject lipstick in Samba, and lipgloss from the same range in Lambada. Oh and a spare container of Australis Ready Set Go Finishing Powder. Running out of any of the above would send me into a meltdown, lol...

Posted on: January 08, 2012 (Jan 8, 2012 7:53pm)

Posted by: Evanescencessy (Australia)

I love watching these vids on fave beauty products. Thanks for sharing yours Katek1.

Here are some of my faves:
- Lancome's Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate (I have 3 x 30ml bottles in storage)
- Clarins Smoothing Body Scrub for a New Skin with Bamboo Powders.
- Chloe's signature fragrance which I have repurchased 4 or 5 times now. I also have the deodorant, body cream and body lotion
- Revlon's Beyond Natural Protective Liptint SPF 15 (I have almost every shade but unfortunately this has been discontinued)
- Vaseline's Aloe Fresh Body Lotion

Posted on: January 08, 2012 (Jan 8, 2012 7:55pm)

Posted by: Addictedtobeauty (Australia)

This was great - thanks! My must haves include;

Karin Herzog's oxygen cream to zap zits without stripping the skin
Cetaphil Cleanser - great cleanser at fab price - the whole family use it!
Eyelift Kit - my saviour when i have puffy eyes or wrinkles look too bad!

Posted on: January 09, 2012 (Jan 9, 2012 2:17pm)

Posted by: Platinum Ms (Australia)

I must look at the L'Oreal Lipsticks in the jelly range.
Look I am not that organised when it comes to back ups its usually a last minute thing.

Posted on: January 09, 2012 (Jan 9, 2012 2:35pm)

Posted by: Makeup Maven (Australia)

Great video! I tend to try a lot of different things, so I don't have a lot of things I always have, but there are a couple exceptions. I love Dove 2 in 1 foaming facial cleanser. I have used this product for many many years now. I have occasionaly tried something else, but I always come back to this. I love how it cleans without irritating, and it tones too so I save a step. It is great at removing makeup and leaving my skin feeling fresh. I have purchased dozens and dozens of tubes of this stuff.
Up until a year and a half ago, I would have said that I was an olay sensitve skin lotion girl until I tried Derma day cream one day when I saw it at Coles. It's cheap, at 5 bucks, but it is amazing. I didn't think anything could beat olay, which I used for more than 10 years, but this stuff does. I also use the night cream and eye cream and for me to be able to get all of these for virtually the same price I paid for one bottle of olay makes me a convert. I have backups of all of these waiting for when I run out. I hope they never stop selling it because I love this stuff. My skin looks better than ever.
I think the only other thing that I always have to have is nivea lip balm. I like the pearly one, but the regular one is great too. I use it every day and have done for years. I hate to run out.

Posted on: January 10, 2012 (Jan 10, 2012 12:09pm)

Posted by: Jenniqua (Australia)

My fave beauty buy at the moment is Australis finishing powder, its a really good buy and works beautifully.

Posted on: January 10, 2012 (Jan 10, 2012 12:31pm)

Posted by: softness (Member since 2007, Australia)

Loved your video Katek! Wow 9 times for repurchasing a lippy means it's wonderful! I also have a fave lippy from L'Oreal - I've mentioned it a few times on Bh and it's from their Star Secrets range. It's the Aishaya Rai one and it's awesome!

I've had Blistex Lip Conditioner SPF20 in the little pot (not the stick) in my possession for over a decade and I've really lost count of how many I've bought but it would be atleast 30! It's my go-to lip balm and it feels perfect on and protects my lips as well.

Since being introduced to Batiste Dry Hair Shampoo by Bh a few years ago I've also never been without a can in my house/bag. It's indispensible!

I also adore my SPF30+ Olay Complete day cream in the Sensitive variety. It's just so easy and doesn't leave me whitened! It's cheap as chips and feels great on while not making me breakout which I'm prone to doing with the heavier products around.

A newbie I'm finding I adore and go-to all the time lately is my Australis eye shadow - their latest one with the diamond shapes in the palette. That is beautiful on my eyes plus fun and easy to apply.

I'll leave it there but these are some of my top ones!

Thanks again Katek for the great vid which was so well done and I loved the topic you picked too!

Posted on: January 10, 2012 (Jan 10, 2012 7:25pm)

Posted by: HMad (Member since 2007, Australia)

Thanks Kate, great informative video. I have few faves as I am a bit of a beauty junkie and so swap and change my products quite a bit. One of the items I never let myself run out of is Nivea Visage toner. It works for me in a similar way to your L'Oreal one.

Posted on: January 13, 2012 (Jan 13, 2012 5:53pm)

Posted by: Pam_Grills (Australia)

I do tend to use different products occasionally, but I do tend to go back to my Olay Regenerist.

Posted on: January 15, 2012 (Jan 15, 2012 10:41pm)

Posted by: sugar_cube (Australia)

Lancome's Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate

Posted on: January 18, 2012 (Jan 18, 2012 5:58pm)

Posted by: sprinkles37 (Australia)

I love seeing other peoples favourites :) It makes me want to try out new products

Posted on: January 22, 2012 (Jan 22, 2012 4:17pm)

Posted by: Princess Fiona1 (Member since 2007, Australia)

Thanks for sharing, its so interesting to see others' favourites. I have so many, and each time I read about something new on BH and try it, my favourites change....its never ending! And usually I dont use up previous products, with the result that I now have a cupboard full of half used products. One thing that has remained with me for years is the Clinique toner, been using that for years and years.

Posted on: January 29, 2012 (Jan 29, 2012 12:30pm)