by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 13, 2012 | Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
One of the things I keep stressing to myself when doing these Home Sweet Home projects is that functional doesn’t have to mean ugly and that was my main point in this mini project for our bathroom soaps dispensers.
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The diary page:
I hate ugly bathroom stuff but good products often come in ugly packages.
This is another easy solution! Decent, good projects into pretty bottles.
Never give up function for beauty, you can have both!
So let’s get started.
It’s not a complicated concept, I’m just rebottling the products we buy often into prettier packages.
I had these two matching MOR bottles, one with lotion and one with body wash. They were the perfect size for the bathroom soaps and actually matched.
So I poured the bodywash into another container to use in the shower:
And the lotion too. This was a very thick lotion, so get it out I held a plastic bag around the bottle and shook it all out.
Then I cut a hole in the tip and piped it into another bottle to use later.
This is the kind of activity you should have some fun with XD
Repurposed shampoo bottles for the win! I’m going to decorate these later too.
After washing and drying them out it was just a matter of pouring the new products in.
Done! Matching and pretty 😀
Now of course you could just buy matching bottles, or only buy products which come in pretty bottles but the whole point of Home Sweet Home is that I want to use up things I have in new ways, I am on a strict budget so I don’t want to waste stuff like this! There’s no point for me to buy new things when I can just jazz up the old ones!
Stay tuned because I’m almost ready to reveal the first completed room in the project and it’s the bathroom. Can’t wait to show you the before and after photos! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 12, 2012 | Outfit Of The Day
Today’s outfit features a very special birthday present and a dress which is plain but now one of my favorites.
Dress- ebay
Belt- ebay
Shoes- Femme Connection
Scarf- Chanel
Brooch- Amaranth Opulent
Stockings- Myer
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This is pretty much the first completely plain black dress I’ve ever owned… ever. Seriously. I know, I know, I’m missing out on the whole little black dress thing but I’ve caught up now! I bought this one from ebay on a whim for $12 and even though it’s a little big I really love it. In fact this dress is what started me liking black again. Something about it just makes me feel extra elegant!
 
To be honest it might also be the scarf that makes me feel like this. It was a surprise birthday present from my Dad. He came to visit around my birthday and brought some handbags as presents from my extended family in England. It was my 25th this year which is a big deal in my family and I’ve worked really hard to make the career I have so they were really generous <3
Normally I use any birthday money I receive for sensible things like bills or insurance or household appliances but this time he said I had to buy something fun and frivolous. Usually when my parents say that, they just give me money and I spend it on sensible things anyway… that’s how I got my fridge!
But not this time, this time he said we actually had to go and physically buy something that was 100% fun… That is so not me XD So he refused to give me money and instead insisted on only buying me something. The long story short is that we walked around the cbd for ages and ended up in front of Chanel waiting for James to catch up from changing his phone contract. On a whim I went inside, saw this scarf and completely fell in love! It’s so beautiful but I always feel slightly awkward wearing it because it’s probably worth more than all of my other clothes put together *_* It’s the same with the hand bags though, I’m terrified of spilling something on them or setting them down somewhere and forgetting them. I’m clearly not built to have this level of fancy things! I feel much more comfortable with my $15 dress XD
Close up of my favorite hairstyle:
 
Also this is what happens when I run out of poses for these outfit posts XD I clearly need to read more magazines to learn some new poses!
Some bonus shots from tutorials I made recently!
I made the skirt in this one!
 
 
These are from the new boot modification tutorial!
I can’t wait to post the tutorials! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 11, 2012 | Outfit Of The Day, Violet Vision Videos
We visited the Melbourne Roller Derby and this is what I wore for the chilly night out!
Coat- Taobao
Scarf- Ebay
Shirt- Savers
Skirt/Dress- 7 Angels
Scarf- Gift from Dad
Shoes- Remade by me .
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Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.
She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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