by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 18, 2011 | Life
Time for some snapshots!
We start by me reliving my childhood with a slapband 😀 I loved these so much. They’ve made them much safer now though, this one is encased in rubber so you can’t poke people’s eyes out. Pft!
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As I mentioned the other day James and I were invited to go to a press premiere of Crazy Stupid Love which is the new Steve Carell movie.Enjoy this picture of the back of his head while he signs autographs 😉 |
There was a cocktail party before hand and he gave an introduction to the movie. I don’t really follow celebrities so I think everyone was a lot more excited than I was XD
The movie itself wasn’t what I was expecting. It was billed here as being a romantic comedy but about 70% of it was quite depressing and angsty. There was comedy but not a balanced amount to be a romantic comedy. Lots of intertwining plots, there were some really good parts but this wasn’t really my kind of movie. It was still a fun night though because I got to see friends I don’t get to see often!
A very blurry Miss Super Kawaii Mama, Dave and Grace.
We took the train back with Calvin!
Miss Grace gets two photos because she’s awesome!
James, Me, Candice, Dave, Vanessa, Lynda and Holly 
The trees are all starting to sprout now!
More beautiful buildings ^_^
A while ago I had lunch with Janice of Chai Gyaru and Shizuka of Heart of Pearl when Janice was here for Blogopolis, they are both so cute!
Awesome gigantic chandelier at Melbourne Central, it doesn’t look big here but it is huuuuge!
I wasn’t quick enough to catch a photo of the Tiffany’s tram. The whole thing has been coated in tiffany blue as a big advertisement, much prettier than a normal tram XD
This guy is my current favorite busker, he rides an invisible train all day and sways in time with it sometimes almost falling over. It doesn’t sound cool when I describe it but it’s awesome to watch, I can’t imagine how strong he must be to not fall over *_*
Sharon from Hear Mum Roar came to visit too! We’ve been friends online emailing for yeeears so it was great to finally meet her!!
Me on the steps of the state library 😀 I love this building too!
A very cute jacket James saw 😀 I totally want to make a whole suit of stripy material like this! Though staring at it on the screen right now is totally hurting my eyes haha.
More beautiful buildings and you can see the leaves starting to poke out, Spring is definitely coming even if it still feels like Winter!
One day I want to have a little window box like this, its so cute! I think if I tried to do one here our balcony would probably break off, it’s held on by very little *_*
The view from the top of Myer… because that’s pretty much the only interesting place I’ve been lately XD
And lastly, the view of the city from Costco… I told you I had a boring few weeks 😉
Hope you’re all having a great weekend!
by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 18, 2011 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
This is a series of videos in collaboration with Celeste from Becoming Beautiful where we try different styles on her in 2-3 minutes. This particular one was the last we did that day and we were just randomly experimenting with different things. It’s a bit crazy but still fun! Lots of plaits, ribbons, extensions and randomness ^_^
See the full post here for more information: TBA
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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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How To Do A Big Random Ribbony Updo Hair Style
Welcome to another episode of Styling Celeste where I try out random hairstyles on my unwitting victim. lovely friend Celeste.
Today’s style is a random big ribbon and plaited updo.
We were winging it for this style and making it up as we went along.
Start by sectioning the front from each ear to the top.
Clip some ribbons and hair extensions at one ear.
Braid from one side of the head over to the other.
This takes a while.
Pull the rest of your hair into a high ponytail.
Add some more ribbons and extensions.
Tease the hell out of the ponytail and pin most of it up.
Leave a couple of strands hanging down.
Plait a couple of strands which are left down and pin them around randomly.
Loop any extra ribbon through the hair randomly.
Taadaa random ribbony updo.
Now see how we get rid of all that teasing.
Celeste’s hair has only ever been teased twice so it’s so super easy to undo,
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 | Sep 16, 2011 | Baking, Cooking-Tutorials, Tutorial
Fooooood Friday 😀 And it’s time to use the chocolate left over from last week’s decoration ^_^ To do so I’m going to make little presents for my friends… ok maybe I’m just going to eat it but we’ll see!
This idea was another one from a Japanese magazine a bajillion years ago. Cute little disposable spoons filled with chocolate fudge or chocolate something, I did mine with chocolate ganache. And I did it the laziest way possible which makes it even more awesome 😉
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You need:
- Chocolate
- Microwave
- Sprinkles/decorations/icing
- Disposable spoons
- Thickened cream
Step one, get chocolate.
Step two, try not to eat chocolate.
Step three, buy more chocolate.
Break the chocolate into small pieces in a bowl.
If you’re really into it you could use a double boiler system to melt the chocolate but like I said, I’m lazy. I used the microwave. Put it in for 15sec at a time until it’s around 2/3rds melted.
Let the hot bowl melt it the rest of the way, this way you won’t burn it.
To turn it to ganache you need thickened cream.
Add a spoon full…
Mix it very thoroughly, it looks pretty gross.
Keep mixing until it gets much darker and really shiny. At this point you’re forgiven if you want to eat a few spoon fulls ;P
Grab yourself some pretty spoons…
And put the ganache in! If you want to be anal about it you could pipe it in but that just dirties something else.
Once they’ve cooled down a bit you can decorate them. I used left overs from the last lot so I added a bunch of sprinkles.
And piped a heart and a V so it’s like saying “Love Violet”.
Let them cool in the fridge and you’ve got some delicious spoons. That’s it! These are great to take to parties or as gifts etc.
So now you just have to give them to your friend… yeah of course… definitely don’t just eat them all. I mean that would mean you have pretty much no self control huh? Oh… right.
Yeah, sorry friends who I said would get these.
James, Me, Candice, Dave, Vanessa, Lynda and Holly 
