The Liebster Award

I was nominated by Erin from Chasing Rubies Chasing Pearls for the Liebster Award. I was so excited when I got nominated. I've seen a few people do this post and now here's my opportunity to help bring small blogs - like myself - into the limelight and gain a bigger community. 

Rules: 

> Answer the questions that are sent to you 

> Nominate 10 bloggers who have under 200 followers on twitter 

> Ask them 10 questions of your own 

> Notify them that they've been nominated 

Erin's Questions 

These questions are based on winter and since in Australia we are going into summer, I'm still going to answer the questions anyway.

1. What's your favourite A/W trend? 

Coats, scarfs, jeans and boots.

2. Who is your beauty idol? 

Oh god, there are so many. I will have to say two, Shaaanxo and Lauren Curtis. Also one is Australian and the other is New Zealand. They offer good makeup tutorials and beginners guide videos. 

3. If you were to win the lottery and became a multi-millionaire what would you do with it? 

What wouldn't I do? No but seriously, I would pay off my car, buy a house and take my family on an exotic holiday on an island somewhere and then save up or invest. And of course buy everything I've always lusted over but couldn't afford. 

4. What is your favourite thing about winter/christmas? 

Winter I will say cuddling up with a hot cuppa watching movies and cuddles. My favourite thing about christmas is all the food and the gifts. Christmas Day or Boxing Day heading down to the beach and having a fun time. summer christmas for the win! 

5. What's your favourite perfume?

The One by Dolce and Gabbana or Euphoria by Calvin Klein.  

6. Who is your current favourite blogger?

I'm still finding and discovering more blogs but I seem to relate to Blake's posts a lot. Im also enjoying Nina's posts, she's so funny. 

7. What is your dream job?

My ultimate dream job is to run a successful wedding and event planning business. 

8. What's your idea of a perfect night in? 

Good meal, good movie or book.

9. Favourite lipstick?

I don't own any high end beauty product but the best drugstore product for me is Rimmel London Kate Moss lipsticks. They don't bleed or get in your teeth and they are long wear lasting.

10. Who are your fashion idols?

Good question. I honestly have no idea. I don't really follow any fashion idols to be honest. 

My nominations 

Blake 

Maddie

Marie

Laura

Helen

Misha

My Questions to you

1. What fashion style do you have?

2. Where is your next holiday destination?

3. What's one thing you would tell your younger self?

4. What book would you recommend anyone to read?

5. Do you have a life quote you live by?

6. Do you like to dress up or dress down?

7. Where do you get your blog inspiration from?

8. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

9. What have you learnt/loved about blogging so far?

10. Gold or silver?

Thank you Erin for nominating me and I look forward to reading all your responses to my questions. 

Happy blogging! 

Essie: Bikini So Teeny

I never knew what the hype was all about the Essie nail polishes. When they first made an appearance in Australia, I didn't jump at the chance to buy the first polish I lay my eyes on. 

After a while, I decided to give in and purchased Playdate. 
It didn't take me long to fall in love with the polish. The shade is such a pretty colour and the consistency and formula is better than other polishes I've tried before. It glides on so smoothly and lasts a while. 

The retail price of them in Australia is $16.95 which is a bit expensive. 

Today I painted my nails with the bikini so teeny polish. Isn't the colour adorable?

Current Wishlist! Featuring Showpo

I am obsessed with Showpony right now. 
If you haven't checked out their website yet, click here!  

Their clothing are absolutely adorable and coming into the warmer seasons, I have been going crazy adding items to my shopping cart that I can't pass up. 

I haven't been the one to online shop before. I was very cautious about the sizing and the quality. But after purchasing a black dress a few months back, I have been revisiting the website on a daily basis..pretty much. 

Cousins Wedding

*All photos next are owned by Showpony

At the moment I am on a lookout for a playsuit. I've always wanted one but I have found it hard to find one that flatters my figure. I am only tiny so trying to find one that fits snuggly. 

This one is so cute and girly. I love the fringe on the shorts and the print is super colourful and floral perfect for spring. The back is open so I have to invest in sticky boobs. 

This one has wider straps and is also an open back. The shorts flare out a bit more and can't decide between the blue floral or the orange floral. 

Lace and white. I am attracting a lot to white this season. I love the way it looks against a tanned skin and the detail on the bottom of the shorts on this playsuit is so cute. 

I am really late at jumping on the bandwagon with skorts. It was a love hate relationship and at the moment I am loving the look of them. 

Pastel pink skort. I am loving the sorbet colour for this season so anything pastel. I love the criss cross hem design on the front and also being high waisted. 

I have been loving to wear skirts this season so far. I enjoy wearing skater style skirts that don't cling to your body. Every time I go out somewhere I tend to always wear a skirt..or the same one every time. I have no colour in my skirt collection..only black..so I have been having my eye on two skirts. 

Maxi skirts. I love them. But being the height that I am I need to show some sort of leg. This skirt is perfect as it has two slits on each side to show off the legs. The blue print is geometric and fun.

I have a similar skirt that I purchased from H&M while I was overseas but its in black. The dusty blue shade will bring out more colour in an outfit like seen with this black top.

I see so many people wear kimonos. I think they are so cute for summer as a bathing suit coverup or something to wear out during the day.

Lace and frills. So girly..love it. Will look perfect as a cover up at the beach and looks super light weight. 

I am after a basic white crop top and some indie style tops. Styling crop tops with high waisted skirt or shorts will look well put together and the indie style tops is something new I haven't worn before but will be fun to style with. 

I love how cute this basic white crop has the slits under the armpits and the lace detailing all along the bottom. Do you see a pattern of lace? With the thin spaghetti straps and how it is styled with the blue skirt I mentioned before. 

 

This top looks pirate style with the wide cuffed sleeves. I like the peek of skin you see on the arms and its something different you can style with white shorts.

Very similar to the last one but once again has lace. I think this one will keep you cool as there isn't a lot of fabric covering the stomach. 

Last two items on my shopping cart are pants. I know that here in Australia it is getting warmer...and its only going to get worse but I am planning ahead of thinking of what to wear for autumn. 

These pants will be good to wear in spring. I have seen so many people wear this style of pants. I will most likely need to hem them a bit but I definitely want to try and style flared pants. 

How perfect are these jeggings. Wine coloured clothing are perfect for autumn and I don't own any jeggings at all. I pretty much live in jeans and leggings. Put two and two together and I can wear both. I also want to purchase a wine coloured skirt for that season as well. 

So this completes my current wishlist in my shopping cart on Showpony.com 
As you see, a lot of items and no way I would get everything in one go. If you haven't checked out the website yet..go and visit and have a little browse. 

Let me know what you like the best out of everything I have shown today. 

Catch Up! Warmer Weather, Future Talk

The weather has been getting warmer and I have been loving it. 
Bet you anything, that I will be complaining about the heat by the time summer comes around. 
I have made one trip to the beach so far and a trip to the dam. The water at the beach was amazing! I totally forgot that it was school holidays though and it took me an hour to get from Surfers Paradise beach to the main highway. Dam traffic jams! I am seriously going to the beach more often this summer. 

Note it: Stephanie posted on the 13th of October at 5.07pm that she will be going to the beach a lot this summer. 
In February I will let you know if I really did or not. 

I honestly love the beaches here in Aus. The sand, the atmosphere, the surf. But definitely the water. When I was in Europe the water was freezing! I didn't understand how water can be so cold when the general weather temperature is so high. No logic. 
It was a little chilly stepping into the water at Surfers but as soon as you get used to it, it's so warm. The dam on the contrary was pretty disgusting. On a very warm day mum and I took the dogs to the dam to have a little swim. Now usually, the water is pretty clean despite having boats and jet skis riding around. But that day was filthy. I was actually scared that I was going to step on a turtle. Baby turtles swim there. 

I've been thinking a lot about my future recently, like moving out and getting a full time job. A lot of responsibilities when you come to think of it when you put "living on your own" in perspective. I have lived out of home before and I do enjoy the freedom and independency you get and no nagging parents telling you what to do in your ear all the time. I ended up having to move back home because I was running out of money..fast. So moving out of home right this minute is not idealistic.

I am also looking into getting rid of my car and upgrading to a new car. Brand new car. I have had my baby since I first got my license..four years ago. The kilometres are going up higher and more problems will start occurring. OMG, the other day I was driving down the highway and a stone lands on my windscreen, so now I have two chips and cracks..just perfect. I don't want to start ranting about all these problems my car has so I'm just going to leave it at that. 

When I was in school I would tell myself "/in 5 years time I will have a successful full time job and started my career/" Five years down the track and I still don't have a full time job. I guess I'm a little disappointed in myself that I didn't push harder to get one. I guess it was easier back then. I find it difficult. I mean getting a full time job is easy but getting a full time job in what you want to do to start your career isn't. I'll be damned if it was that lucky for me. I have found theres a lot of construction job openings in my city...doesn't tickle my fancy.  

I have some exciting post ideas coming up!