A couple of weeks ago Celina, Toby, James and I visited the Sunshine Coast!
We had a mad dash to the airport because of James’ stupid McDuff luck >_< I bet I wouldn’t be as stressed out at airports if he didn’t have such bad luck!!! Below with my new Hideo Wakamatsu suitcase. I’ve decided that it’s officially pretty enough to counteract James’ terrible airport luck.
Anyway we made it to Brisbane late on Thursday night and had late birthday dinner with James’ parents and brother. Then we made the drive up to Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast… James and I had a bet on exactly how long it would take to get there. Teeeeechnically he won but I’m still disputing that though >_>
We crashed early that night at the Zanzibar unit and woke up to this in the morning:
Pretty nice way to wake up!
On Friday we woke up late and had breakfast at Starbucks… because we were too lazy to go anywhere XD We were treated to a day at Underwater World and had a fantastic time there!
My camera decided to refuse to take non blurry photos that day so I only have what James shot 🙁
We had dinner at Hot Pipi’s which was pretty good. There was a lot of hilariousness as we explained the pronounciation to German-native Toby! Hot Pip-ees not Hot Pee Pee’s XD
Jo was super nice and had arranged for us to tour around the rest of the markets too!
Look forward to the vlog of Day 2 which will include more footage of this!
I couldn’t stop staring when she was stamping the metal plates, it was so cool!
There were so many different designs to choose from too.
My awesome wrap necklace:
The markets were absolutely huge! They are really making an effort to update the place now, there’s even a huge music festival happening!
At the markets there was a live band and some extremely good food.
I had a lime and white chocolate cheesecake from Tempest In A Teacup. The sweetest lady made it and she had extremely awesome bright hair! Seriously best cheesecake I’ve had. I was trying to convince her to move to Melbourne and be my personal cheesecake chef but I don’t think I managed it XD
Jo had very kindly arranged a ride for us on the Big Pineapple train! It was so cute and old timey!
It was such a nice surprise to find a place which I remember so well from my childhood has been brought back to life.
Beautiful flowers:
The view of the pineapple farm from the train.
We hopped off the train in the forest area so we could go to the petting zoo! The forest was kind of amazing!
Celina looking adorable:
And as payback for refusing to pose for my photo here is the before one!
This trip, I was obsessed with bright colours and tiny details. I really want to improve my photography.
I made everyone wait while I took photos of this tiny mushroom. Sorry for getting you all bitten by mosquitos… well only a bit sorry because it’s SO tiny!!
We walked up the path to go to the petting zoo…
We were given bags of grass to feed to the animals!
This little cow didn’t want to be my friend or pose for the camera XD
James touched a little piglet…and pretty much every other animal there.
Celina ran away from a goat.
I held a chicken who was terrified of the children who were poking it before we arrived!
We stayed for a good couple of hours at the markets and I don’t think we even saw half of the stalls there. I really want to go back sometime and devote a whole day to just wandering around and eating everything! Omg I almost forgot the fudge!! I found a fudge store that sold English style crumbly sugar fudge which I’d eaten as a child and I ate SOOOOOO much fudge XD Now I’m obsessed and I’m going to have to order from their website. I’m sure the guy thought I was crazy ranting about fudge in the middle of a gigantic pineapple… but it was important!
We finished up at the Big Pineapple and headed to the Maleny Cheese Factory. This got really long though so more on that next post! Hope you guys are having a good week so far!
I’ll be filming the next set of these fairly soon so if you have any requests now is the time for them 😀
Today though, I wanted to share one of my favorite elegant styles. This is great for classic outfits and times when a little more elegance is appropriate!
Imagine this:
You’re on holiday somewhere in Europe and you bump into a handsome prince. Love at first sight! He is madly in love with you and invites you to the embassy ball… the only problem is you only have 30 minutes to get ready! D: You already own several ball gowns (who doesn’t, am I right?) but OH NOES what will you do with your hair?!?! Every girl’s worst nightmare… 😉
We did many variations of this when I was at school and someone even invented a little plastic tool which was completely unnecessary XD
Start with your hair in a high ponytail.
Pull the ponytail straight upwards and push the band up a little bit.
Split the ponytail in half under the band. It’s easiest to just poke your finger through and then wiggle it to form a hole.
Flip the ends of the hair forward and poke both of your thumbs into the hole.
Use your thumbs to pull the ends of the ponytail through the hole.
Now it should look something like this, you’ve created a a twist on either side of the band.
But it sits pretty strangely at the front!
And at the back it’s quite loose.
Split the ends of the ponytail and pull them apart so it pushes the hairband upwards. You can pull or push until everything tightens up and sits flat.
Cute but I prefer this style with curled ends so it looks very polished.
I curl the ends of the ponytail using a straightener but you can use anything you prefer.
Done!
And you can see that the shape is a lot more streamlined at the front after adjusting the band.
You can add a bow or accessory to cover the band if you like. I think this one looks a bit like I should be going horse riding!
All finished!
This is an easy style to do in the mornings before school or work as it can be done in only a few minutes once you get the hang of it. You can also just roll the loose hair up into a bun to make it even quicker!
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and let me know if you give it a try!
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