by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 31, 2010 | Outfit Of The Day
Lots of outfits today because I figure you’ll all be off making your preparations for New Years parties and the like!
Shirt- Savers
Skirt- Angelic Pretty
Stockings- Myer (dyed pink by my washing machine)
Hair flower- Gift
Shoes- Bodyline
This was way back from the day that I bought the shirt I’m wearing above hahaha!
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I like this photos because I look so tall XD I’m only 151cm tall so I’ll take what I can get! |
Shirt- SES
Dress- Valley Girl
Jeans- Ally? I think?
I’ve been continuing my love affair with leopard print lately ^_^ I really want some more leopard print stockings
I’ve been playing around with make up too, trying out different pinks…
And also a lot of lighter highlighting. I haven’t been wearing false lashes as much as my eyes have been quite irritated so I’ve been working around that too.
I think this outfit was for a day of business meetings ^_^
Shirt- Target I think..
Skirt- Savers
Scarf- Some place in Singapore
Hair bow- Gift
I wore this outfit for lunch with the MBBE girls!
Skirt- Valley Girl
Dress- Valley Girl
Cardigan- Ice
Pin- Amaranth Opulent
Usamimi- Some junk store
Bonus pic!
This is one of the many reasons I always have a scarf attached to my bag… it’s good for rain protection! Caught in a sudden storm with no umbrella? Throw it on like a 50’s movie star and you’re good to go XD I have an obsession with nice scarves and I managed to find a fantastic store that sells lovely gigantic ones for $5 recently, very excited!
This is me doing my best Chuck impression from Pushing Daisies in a sudden storm ;P
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 30, 2010 | Beauty, Review
Next BBcream review 😀 The lovely Celeste gifted me a huge pack of sample creams to test out so I can do a big variety of them for you ^_^
Skin Food Multi Mushroom Care BB Cream
Available from: Yesstyle
Price: AU$24 for the 50ml bottle
Supposed Benefits:
- SPF 20 PA+
- Prevents wrinkles
- Younger looking skin/more elasticity
- Improve Skin Tone
It apparently comes in a couple of shades but I couldn’t tell which one my samples were so I’ll just give my general review >_<
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Each sample has enough for 2-3 applications, not having the whole bottle I couldn’t give you an idea of value for money but going by the numbers it seems about average for what we pay in Aus.
The coverage was medium, nothing wow but still good enough to replace a tinted moisturiser.
I had a really hard time being excited about this one and that probably had to do with the smell, it is very strongly scented 🙁 It’s one of those smells that you either love or hate and it smacks you in the face pretty hard so this cream is something you should really test out in store before buying!
Bare Skin:
With cream:
It didn’t pick up very well in the photos but this shade (whatever it was) was really orangeish on me. After I put it on I felt like the victim of a bad fake tan >_< Definitely for those with yellow undertones rather than pink.
VERDICT: Not for me. At all. May be good for those who have yellow tones and don’t mind the strong scent. Definitely one to try in store or get samples of before you buy ^_^ TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. |
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 30, 2010 | Competition, Notices
This morning I drew the winner of the One Day in Paradisecompetition and the lucky comment number waaaaaas:
Number 1! Hahaha in this case it really did turn out to be first in best dressed XD
Congratulations!!
Thank you so much to everyone who commented and entered the competition! I really appreciate all the support that you guys give and I’m so happy to be able to give something back 😀 I will be replying to everyone’s lovely comments this week and fingers crossed this will be just the start of the competitions open to international readers ^_^
Thank you for reading! <3
*Edit* As was luckily pointed out by Aimiya in the comments, there has been some confusion in the ordering of the comments. When I counted the entries and picked the winner, I went to the bottom of the post and counted the comments from there down, then paged backwards until reaching the end. I made the mistake of assuming they were in chronological order in the same way as my old theme. I was completely wrong and so while Jessica’s comment appeared as #1, it was not actually the first comment posted chronologically. That comment belonged to Mai from portraitofmai.blogspot.com. No one’s fault but mine, I should have been more vigilant in checking the dates of the comments and I completely apologise for that. To resolve the situation fairly I have decided to give both girls the voucher prize, one donated from One Day in Paradise and one out of my own pocket. That seems like the only right thing to do. Again sorry everyone for the confusion and thank you to all of you that entered and commented! */Edit*
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 28, 2010 | Craft
I have been a little obsessed with embroidery lately, it’s quite addictive actually and I find it really relaxing in bed while watching movies at the end of the day.
So I thought I’d show you what I’ve been up to ^_^
This was the piece that started it all again, I bought this handkerchief out of desperation on a day when I had run out of tissues XD So I thought it could use some jazzing up!
I pretty much used this to test out all of the stitches I already knew and get myself back into the swing of things.
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I really enjoyed doing the roses, I want to try doing more like this until I get the stitch perfect!
Next I tried a more complicated shape but with a simpler stitch.
I really love how this one turned out!
It’s quite hard to tell but there are actually 2 shades of pink thread used to give it more depth. Next time I’ll use colours with a more pronounced difference so they stand out more.
Next it was cupcake time!
I also made another one in between here which had a large rose on it… but I think it must have fallen out of my bag somewhere because after turning the house upside down I can’t find it anywhere 🙁
This is the last out of the bunch I’ve done so far, after all of these handkerchiefs I think I’m ready to move on to something bigger and more spectacular.
James’ Christmas present this year was actually completely embroidered too but I’m still not finished it yet so that can be for another post haha!
Have you guys ever tried embroidery before? What do you think my next project should be? I’m thinking maybe a cardigan or something like that ^_^ |
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 27, 2010 | Craft, Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
Lots of the crafts and things I do on here are very involved and takes ages to make… so here’s a very quick little thing that takes no time at all 😀
This isn’t really a tutorial (because I think everyone’s done these are some point or other) but you can hopefully get some ideas ^_^ I used the last of the super cute yarn that Vintage Grrlmade for me 😀
Simple enough… knit a rectangle ^_^
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Tie it off…
Pinch it into a bow… self explanatory.
Chain some yarn…
Tie around the middle and add bobby pin!
BAM QUICK CRAFT! XD |
