FOTD - Clubbing Winged Eye Look

 Hello Lovelies,

There's a reason I've been quiet, I've been sick with a horrible sinus infection (ewww! I know right) and also extremely run down since I just came out of some very stressful assessment pieces for uni. As well as being a wonderful student *scoff* I've been going out with friends lately and partying it up since one of my friends is leaving the country for 5 months!!!! I took a couple of FOTD style photos and this one ended up looking the best once I uploaded them to my computer. I also really liked my outfit from this night (which was a UV Paint Party) but I didn't get any decent snaps of it. In relation to my makeup, it lasted amazingly especially since I was dancing and drinking :P I can't remember all the products I used but I used a Maybelline Gel eyeliner to create the wing, which I think I'm getting awesome at.

It's been a while, what has everyone been up to?

xoxo

Miscellaneous Mondays - Top 10 Fav Listens

Hello Lovelies,

It's been a hectic couple of weeks with exams and assignments and well there was a little nerve damage from a crazy night in the city, and even a bruised nose! Can hardly describe all the crazy that's going on and I really hate that I can't post that often but here's a little post to share some of my fave tunes at the moment. They are in no particular order :) I also thought this would be cool to share since one of my favourite events of the year is on this week; Eurovision. Even though I don't live in Europe I still get roped into it every year, I absolutely love it. My pick for this year is Sweden's Entry which is Undo by Sanna Nielsen. I tried to make this post with links to Youtube and Soundcloud but after nearly 40 minutes of fiddling I just made a Spotify playlist, below it only shows 8 tracks but there are ten and I've been loving them all.

Top 10 Fav Listens

What songs have you been loving recently? 

xoxo

Black and White OOTD

Hello Lovelies,

Last night I got especially dressed up for a little gathering with some new friends in town and well I thought my outfit was kinda cool. I tried to keep things pretty simple  and stuck with my favourite style which is wearing no more of two colours. In my opinion as much as I love my cool designs and layering is really awesome, when I want to stick to something classic you can't go wrong with your plain colors or shades. What's your go to fashion color combination? Mine would have to be black and white or black and pink :)

So here's what's on my body:

• Top - Valley Girl
• Skirt - Forever 21
• Bag - Colette by Colette Hayman
• Boots - Naughty Monkey
• Lipstick - Rimmel London Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in 107 (loving this shade!)

Even though it's getting a little chilly here in Brisbane, I was actually quite comfortable with wearing this amount of clothes. I suppose you can get away with that in this time of temperamental weather.

What have you been loving recently?

xoxo   

Photos of Late + Life Update

Hello Lovelies,

No, I haven't forgot about my blog, let's just say that me adjusting to finally having a social life is kind of a shock and it may take a while for me to get back to normal, plus I'm saving like crazy and haven't been able to afford buying new products. The photos above kinda show what's been going on lately, for starters that pic in the top left hand corner of me looking pretty cool as Hermione Granger was taken at my boyfriend's 21st birthday party last weekend. It was a blast to say the least, everyone dressed up as what they wanted to be as a kid, I wanted to be an actress and Emma Watson was my inspo! The froyo was a personal treat to myself for surviving a hectic week and still managing to work and save money, let's just say it was delicious, the taro flavour was so tasty as well. Since I'm uni heaps, I also venture to the uni bar.....quite often haha. I tried this pear cider with tropical juice a week ago and it was super tasty, definitely made the following tutorial interesting. Lastly, my most recent purchase from Black Milk, I always cling to my computer when they release new collections and when I heard they were releasing a Game of Thrones collection, I went a little crazy, I just had to have my piece. I got the Team Targaryen dress and I love it, they also had this dress in Long Torso which is great since I'm 5'11"!

Lately I've been head over heels with uni work and I've been trying really hard to get better grades this year, so far so good and I hope to keep it that way. I have also been working quite a bit, trying to save as much as possible for my trip to the US at the end of the year.....so I can buy the entire Sephora shop. Believe it or not, but i kinda have a social life now too, which is so weird, but I'm loving it. I've also been eating better (excluding the alcohol) and exercising nearly everyday! I'm hoping to do more OOTDs since I'm going out more and trying new combinations out, and plus the cooler weather will help with layering.

By the way i just wanted to point out that I got awarded the Outstanding Australian Beauty Blog Award as you can see on the right hand side of my blog. I was super stoked to be awarded this, it was honestly quite a shock.

Well as much as I love rambling about what I've been up to, I'd love to know what you've been up to lately, so let me know in the comments section below.

xoxo

Brisbane Food/Restaurants - #2014BloggerChallenge

Hello Lovelies,

I love food! I'm fairly certain that's an understatement because i seriously love it, I especially like trying new things, so I thought I'd share with you the handful of restaurants I've tried this year (or since I've been dating my new man). We actually have this little tradition going where we alternate between who gets to pick a restaurant each month and then have a little date, trying new places and new foods.

Wagaya Japanese Restaurant

I actually did a date night post about this one which you can read here. This is one of my favourite Brisbane restaurants, I've been here more than once now and can say that I absolutely adore it. The service is amazing and the experience is so unique. We ended up getting:

• Tonkatsu Kushiage - which was deep fried pork
• Takoyaki - these are AMAZING deep fried octopus
• Yakitori - marinated chicken skewers
• Ox Tongue - a lot of people get weirded out by the sound of this but it really is amazing, and I would definitely recommend.
• Eel Tempura - can I just say YUMMM
• Chicken Nankotu - Now when we ordered this we though it was just chicken pieces but it was actually soft bones that you ate, there was chicken as well, eating this was definitely an experience.
  
    (At the top is the Yakitori and the bottom is the ox tongue)
  
  
  
   (This was the eel tempura)
  
  
  
  Caravanserai
  
  
  This was one of my picks (again) and it's a Turkish restaurant in West End, I'd never had Turkish before and my friends and family were telling me it was amazing, so I simply had to check it out. Alex and I ended up getting this massive platter which was more than enough. I absolutely adored the grilled Halloumi, I can't wait to try it again.
  
  
   
  
  
  Jujuba Asia
  
  
  Last week Alex and I went to the Brisbane Comedy Festival and paired it up with dinner at this place in the Valley. Most of the selections were typical western asian food, and we picked the pork belly and sweet and sour chicken. Although they were somewhat familiar, they were in their own way unique and both tasted amazing.
  
  
  
  (pork buns for an entree)
   
  
  
   
  What are your favourite restaurants?
  xoxo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

FOTD - Soft Smokey Eye

 (with flash)

 

(without flash)

 (close ups)

Hello Lovelies, 

Unlike my usual uni days,  I had some extra time to get ready and decided why not change it up from my typical go to neutral eye. Firstly I was just going to add winged eyeliner but I thought, am I really just going to go half crazy? No sir, definitely not, so i added some black, cause why not?!? I really like the way it turned out.

PRODUCTS USED

Garnier Perfect Blur Primer

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC20 (loving this by the way)

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NC20

Rimmel Silky Loose Translucent Powder

Benefit 10 Bronzer

NARS Orgasm Blush

Elizabeth Arden Shimmer Powder in Nude Shimmer

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

Urban Decay Shadows in Zero, Naked, Virgin

Maybelline Master Precise Eyeliner

Chi Chi 3D Magic Lash Mascara

Maybelline Color Whisper in Pink Possibilities  (blog post here)

xoxo

Nail Inspirations and Bloggers - #2014BloggerChallenge

Hello Lovelies,

Boy, it's been awhile since I've posted but since then, I've been sick, the internet went down and not to mention I started back at uni, which made my life super busy. But what better excuse to actually post something decent than post my 2014 Blogger Challenge post.

As much as I wanted to do a NOTD, I really haven't been loving any of my nail polishes enough to paint my nails. So instead of showing my nails, I thought I'd share some of my fellow bloggers and instagramers and their amazing fingertips, in no particular order of course.

Geeky Owl

This blog has to be one of my favourites, all of her designs are so creative and I love seeing her nail creations. Here is her latest post.

The theme was Mardi Gras, and it's so awesome and totally takes in the bright colours that surround that particular event.

The Happy Sloths

Every time one of Jasmine's posts pop up on my feed I get so happy, since they are always so incredibly cute. She utilizes a lot of nail decals and they always work for her and go amazingly with her polishes. Here is her latest post.

Love that mustache!

Ginger Loves Makeup

When it comes to Ginger's nail related posts, I just love her selection of polishes, they are always so gorgeous. Here is her latest post.

Such a stunning teal shade!

Paint Those Piggies!

If I could get any nail/beauty blogger to do my nails it would be Erin from Paint Those Piggies, her designs are so unique and I wish I had her talent. Here is her latest post.

Anniep1124 - Instagram

Although Anniep1124 doesn't specialise in nail art or design and instead is the instagram account for an online jewellery store, she still shows some gorgeous fingertips. Here is two of their latest nail arts.

Who's your nail inspiration?

xoxo