by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 14, 2010 | Decoden, Nails
Just a quick post to show you some nails and deco that I did a little while ago.
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These nails were a present for the lovely Vintage Grrl. She wanted something a little dark but still pretty. The base was black, I added silver swirls then stamped a red Fleur De Lis over the top using a konad plate. Lastly I restamped the konad with white and top coated.
And this is a nail case I deco’d a while ago…
The hearts are puffy and I was going for a Hello Kitty-ish Valentines theme XD
I don’t know if I really like how it turned out but it’s certainly striking! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 13, 2010 | Life
Just a very quick post today. Lots of people in Melbourne are very excited because we just got our first Daiso here in Aus!
Very exciting! Everything is only $2.80 😀 Anyway I went earlier in the week and everyone was asking me about the range so I took some photos of things that caught my eye. Dodgy phone quality photos but oh well.
Enjoy ^_^
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by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 12, 2010 | Beauty, Life, Review
Ok so I went a bit overboard with the title XD To be fair it was pretty exciting! Mecca Maxima (which is kind of like Australia’s answer to Sephora) opened a store in Melbourne Central a couple of weeks ago and the whole beauty scene here has been buzzing about it!
So of course Celeste (go check out her new beauty blogbtw) and I had to go have a look see 😀
We weren’t disappointed! The store is nice and large compared to other stores in Aus and everything was set out really well.
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I could probably spend a good couple of hours looking around XD
I love that they have testing stations everywhere and actually encourage you to play with things 😀
Of course being a nail polish junkie this totally helped my opinion of the place:
One thing that I absolutely fell in love with at the store was the staff! Celeste and I both had our hair and make up done there and it was a really lovely experience 😀 My major gripe with a lot of cosmetics companies is that because the sales staff are paid on commission there can be a lot of pushing product, I think good product should be able to talk for itself and I don’t like being badgered if I’m not interested. The staff at Mecca were FANTASTIC, they were very friendly, super knowledgeable, gave fantastic service and not even a little bit pushy. I really enjoyed chatting to them and while I didn’t buy anything that day it’s that the kind of service that makes me a loyal customer who will go out of my way to shop there. |
My feelings were completely justified when we happened to pop back in today and they all remembered us! Customer service WIN 😀
Having my hair done:
Post getting my hair straightened, it looks so looooong 😀
Celeste had her hair curled:
We bumped into the lovely Jess from Miss J Shopaholicand chatted to a lovely girl that she had met on the way over and much giggling was had.
After our hair and make up was done!
I told the lovely make up artist to go nuts and surprise me with a cute look, she got it 100% spot on with a pretty pinky/purple shadow. It’s not a shade I had considered much before because I’m so pale but I loved the outcome!
After I was given a sheet detailing all the products that were used with an example face so I could recreate it at home. She very cleverly added sticky tape so it didn’t rub off all over my handbag.
All in all I would very much recommend checking Mecca Maxima out if you’re in Melbourne and you are a make up lover! I will be going back as soon as my budget allows!
