by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 13, 2011 | Life
I can’t believe how far behind I am with my snapshots posts, I still have photos from months ago! Bad blogger XD
Recently I got to visit Bernard’s Magic Shop. I have wanted to go here since I was like 13 and completely obsessed with becoming a magician. I walk past it all the time but never had time or a reason to go in until I needed a new deck of cards because James and I decided to learn to play poker.
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I didn’t get any photos inside because I wasn’t sure if I was allowed but I did hear the story of the original Bernard. He was a man in the 1920’s who wasn’t a magician but he had insanely good luck all the time. Two of his magician friends wanted to start a business together but they wanted it to have good luck so they included Bernard!Yay new cards…
I’ve been having weekly lunches with the lovely Fashion Adjacent recently and it’s been nice to get out of the house and away from the internet once and a while.
On the way through David Jones after one of our lunches I spotted a Christmas tree (seriously already?!) which was totally my taste though, it’s covered in candy and cupcake themed cosmetics 😀
*adds to Christmas list*
Let’s see… what else recently? I ate 3/4 of a gigantic chicken parmigana… no I suppose that’s not so interesting unless you’re me or my stomach.
Also after lunch one day I got my arse kicked by Miss Melody at Mario Kart. I’m ashamed at my lack of Mario skills now, clearly I need to spend a couple of months brushing up again.
Or I can just pretend I won like this and no one will ever know the difference…
WINNER!
They had displays of the Nintendo timeline at that EB too so I pined over my original Gameboy
 
I also got to play Kirby’s Epic Yarn which was ridiculous fun and I totally want to buy it for myself now… it has levels made of embroidered cake! EMBROIDERED CAKE!
 
I V-Logged the whole thing too so I’ll edit that soon too.
And what random post lunch visit to EB would be complete without chest bumping Mario?
I visited Illamasqua for the launch of the Theater of the Nameless collection.
James volunteered me for the transformation and this collection was inspired by 1920’s ladies of the night >_<
The end result:
The collection and a very handsome photographer:
The lovely make up artist who did my transformation.
They had their new BB Cream there as well which was exciting. I’m really interested to see what this one is like.
All of the MBBE girls chatting about the collection.
And me getting my eyes done.
Lastly I leave you with me trying to remain in frame with the Pudding Cam phone app, clearly it didn’t quite go to plan 😉
Hope you all had a good week, I’m going to try to make some more plushies tonight!
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by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 13, 2011 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
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How To Do A 5 Minute Bow Hairstyle Instructions
This is a really quick simple version of the bow style hair.
The real version is more polished but also takes longer.
Start by putting your hair in a high ponytail, don’t pull the hair all the way through on the last loop.
Leave the tail at the front.
Divide the loop in half down the middle.
Pin the tail section down in front of the hair band.
Pull the tail backwards over the top of the split loop.
Pin it at the back below the hair toe and hide the ends under one of the loops with another pin.
Now fluff it out the side loops.
If you want them to be stiffer, you should fluff the bottom part towards the top.
The size difference will hold it up.
Make sure to hair spray it so it stays in place.
Done!
Don’t be surprised if this attracts quite a bit of attention.
Of course it doesn’t survive super rainy days.
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the blog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching.
Bye!
by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 12, 2011 | Beauty, Review
Tom Ford Violet Blonde Perfume
Price: $155 for 50ml
Obtained: Sent by PR
Thoughts:
I laughed so hard when I was sent the press release for this. Clearly it was maaade for me! Hello, it’s called Violet Blonde! Even better, when the PR offered to send me a review bottle… I actually liked the smell! The bottle is very vintage themed with ribbed glass and gold lid so it looks beautiful on my dressing table with my other cut glass beauty bowls etc.
The smell is actually quite vintage too actually, it reminds me of something my grandmother might wear back in her day. It’s very floral and has a powerful scent which lingers quite a bit, you don’t need much to go a long way. It took me a little while to work out the perfect amount for me as I’m quite sensitive to this kind of scent too much was a bit overpowering. It’s perfect for evening events, I’m pretty bad at describing scents and they are so personal so I would suggest trying it out in store before buying. As it is, I think it was totally made with me in mind: Violet Blonde with a floral scent!
Would I buy Tom Ford Violet Blonde again: Yes if I had the money.
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