by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 24, 2009 | Craft, Decoden, Hime Gyaru
So as I’m sure you all know by now I’ve been sick with the icky flu for the last week or so… Well I’m not one to sit around and do nothing while I’m feeling gross. When I’m feeling my worst I cheer myself up by trying to look my best!
Now as you’ve probably seen everyone is freaking out about the H1N1 Swine Flu. Personally I think that people are over reacting, I mean last year the normal flu killed 3,000 people in Australia, so far Swine Flu has only killed 2 and they were both very sick with other things beforehand.
Either way I don’t think it demands that people wear flu masks everywhere and cancel large events but people are panicking so in the event of being forced to wear these I decided to make mine pretty!
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A little bit of glue, a couple of jewels, some ruffled chiffon from a Strapya lucky pack and taadaa! Creepy huh? It reminds my of something Guro Lolita would wear. The photos didn’t really capture it well but the ruffle is all along the top and a very cute shade of pink. The jewels are in the shape of a red cross inside a heart.
Look I’m in a B-Grade horror film called “Creepy Princess From The Deep… Of Doom!!”
Watch out or she’ll come after you while you sleep and steal your jewelery! Oooowww *dramatic music*
Well I’ve had my fun I have to get back to work. I give lots of virtual tea and chicken soup to everyone reading this who has the flu, get some rest and rug up nice and tight!
Feel better 😀
by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 22, 2009 | Craft, Hime Gyaru, Notices, Outfit Of The Day, Shoe-Tutorials, Tutorial
Outfit time!
Firstly thank you all for your well wishes while I’ve been ill! It made me feel much better every morning to wake up to everyone’s lovely comments 🙂 I’m all rested up now and should be fine to blog 3 times a week again!
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Unfortunately I’ve run out of jewels to finish my decoden tutorial at the moment but I’ll be right on it when the next batch arrive! My next post will be some of the things I’ve been deco-ing lately so you can all get your rhinestone fix 😛 Actually I did something a little bit funny with my deco while I was sick… I’m going to keep you guessing until next post though!
Now on to my outfit… OMG I love these shoes. They are incredibly painful but they look so pretty! Here is a close up…
Sexy right? The cut out bit is velvet so they even feel nice.
This brings me to today’s topic… shoes. It may be hard to believe but up until about 6 years ago I was the biggest tomboy you imagine. I refused to wear skirts and you would be hard pressed to find me in anything other than my scuffed old pair of converse chucks. In fact that’s where my old screen name chucks_bitch came from.
These are my newest acquisition. Cute but still comfy so I can shop all day, oh and work etc. They were a birthday present from my Mum, thanks Mum!
So long story short I missed out on those years where young girls are supposed to learn to walk in heels and I’m just doing it now. I got the first pair that I regularly wear last Christmas and haven’t been able to stop since. So much pain though! I’m very stubborn so I picked the highest most ridiculous pair and assumed I would be fine… I have now learned my lesson and am easing in much more sloooowly.
Mini Tutorial time!
Now a couple of people have asked me how I did this. It really couldn’t be simpler.
Step 1. Buy cute simple shoes on sale. Step 2. Buy matching flowers. Step 3. Get some thread and a needle and sew the flowers on to the shoes. Note, don’t sew through the leather just in case you ever change your mind! Step 4. Enjoy your new awesomely cute Hime-Style shoes 😀
See easy… 
Lastly are any of you guys who use Nuffnang having problems when you log in? I can log in but I my stats won’t seem to show up… Just wanted to know if I’m the only one before I go and bug tech support!
Anyway it’s good to be back! Hope you enjoyed the outfit post ^_^
by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 10, 2009 | Beauty, Craft, Nails
So much Konad nail art!
The OC Nail Art Konad competition is ooover! I had so much fun doing it though, I ended up making like 13 or so entries. These are my latest ones…
Tiger stripes and Kanji. I can’t get enough of the sparkly orange base! It’s got tiny specs of gold in there which catch the sun really well.
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Strawberries and cream. Mmmm makes me so hungry. I had permanent french tips during this phase so I wanted to use them. I had also just gotten all those delicious fimo fruit stripes.
I can’t remember if I already posted these but oh well here they are again! I did
James’ Mum’s nails for Mother’s Day. It’s her first set of acrylics ever and she loved them!
Unfortunately I still can’t find a fantastic glue. She does a lot of cleaning and she managed to snap most of them off within a week *_*
This was be just being lazy. I spent so long trying to get french tips painted on nicely that I wanted to keep them as long as possible. I kept top coating over and over!
Hearts! I love hearts! 
We did a presentation at Neis all about websites and how they can be good for your business. I decided to get some subtle advertising in by painting Blue Crane Design on my nails XD Here is the ring I ordered from Pretty Paris too!
And the last one… purple chains!
When I saw this tiny little delicate chain unlike a normal girl who thinks “Wouldn’t that make a prety necklace?” I thought “I wonder how many top coats I would have to use to stick that to my nails?”. 
And that’s all she wrote for now. I’m much too busy watching these silly people going over budget on their ridiculous house on “Grand Designs” to blog 😛 I want my own house, I hope Australia’s property market goes bust soon! Then again, from my time working at a bank I have learned that they aren’t exactly happy to give a mortgage to two 22yr olds even if they are incredibly responsible and could pay it easily. Sucks because our rent is as much as a mortgage would be anyway *_*
Hope you all enjoyed the nail art!
by VioletLeBeaux | May 25, 2009 | Craft, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
Step one take a computer tray table thingy. Btw this is one of the best things I’ve ever bought! Now I can write and work from in front of the tv 😛
Add a bunch of pink fabric and lace.
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Use a glue gun to have some fun. If you still have lace left over at the end, you haven’t done a good enough job.
Taadaa, you have successfully wasted an afternoon in which you probably should have been working or doing something productive.
Super cute though right?
by VioletLeBeaux | May 14, 2009 | Beauty, Craft, Nails
Get ready for it guys… there is going to be an overload of nail art in this!
As some of you might know I’m trying to win a competition for the most creative design using a Konad Stamping B kit. It’s over at OC Nailart, they are awesome if you ever need any Konad supplies check them out!
…well here are some of my entries, what do you guys think? I know, I know, I’ve gone pretty crazy! I want to win this so badly though!
Cutesy umbrellas, go away rain!
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Used: Blue base coat, silver umbrella konad, white umbrella konad (to give depth), blue glitter polish as rain, blue nail pen for the lines.
Woo Konad! Give me prizes!
Used: Purple polish, white swoop tips, white flower stamp, pink ceramic flower.
Omg I love these, I’ve upped the contrast in the photo above so you can see the design. They are stamped with really light pink so it’s a barely there pattern. Stamp was repeated several times to create a pattern.
Sunflowers at Sunset. Orange polish with gold flecks, black konad, yellow glitter.
Love my B Kit!!
This is so much shinier in real life! Started with the turquoise base, white paisley konad and matching butterflies to make a pattern. Blue swirls to fill the gaps and green glitter.
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Farily self explanitory… I like stars.
Green fairy garden. White base, green glitter over the top, green konad, pink tip and more glitter and jewels.
A pink garden. Pink base, gradiated silver glitter tips, white konad butterfly then a bunch of stickers.
This one is awesome, the base is actually tissue paper 😀 Then a red and white stamp over the top!
This was inspired by fireworks. Black base, light orange and white konad with transparent stars. LOTS of clear top coat!
Look they even match my eyelashes!
So there you have it! What do you think, is my nail art in with a chance?
by VioletLeBeaux | Apr 22, 2009 | Craft, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
How to clean up your make up area collection.
If you’re anything like me your bathroom tends to end up like this after a week or so of being lazy.
Ever mindful that this amount of messy-ness looks unclean and is probably unhygienic I set about to find a nice solution that was stylish and didn’t cost me anything. As usual I was aiming to follow Hime Gyaru/Lolita stylings.
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Sorry for the lack of photos, I didn’t think I was going to make this into a tutorial while I was doing it! On to raiding my craft stash!
Materials: 1. Pretty paper 2. Old Boxes 3. Glue 4. Black lace 5. Ribbon bows
Instructions: I was fortunate enough to find some old boxes that looked like drawers so it was pretty easy. You can use whatever you have on hand or make them from scratch.
First I gathered my materials.
Then I used the pretty paper to cover the old boxes. I glued it on nice and securely and made sure the drawers still fit together.
Next I wrapped the lace around to decorate it and when I was happy with the finish I glued it in place.
I then added the bows.
Once everything was all dry I put all my make up into the pretty new boxes and TADAA!
So I guess that’s how to clean up your make up collection…
Look I’m in a B-Grade horror film called “Creepy Princess From The Deep… Of Doom!!”
Watch out or she’ll come after you while you sleep and steal your jewelery! Oooowww *dramatic music*
