I'm gonna pop some tags..

As I have mentioned, I took my friend op shopping for the first time. She doesn't quite get the whole op shopping gist of finding something fab for a cheap price. Poor girl found an average dress for $20. I on the other hand only found music CD's and records. I did however find a plush faux fur coat but it didn't have a price tag on and I didn't want to ask the assistants because at this particular store they are quite snobby. I have two already, I guess I didn't need another especially in our current 30+ degree celcius heat! What I found was just a few cheap $2 albums but what I'm most proud of was a "Big Mouth Strikes Again/Money Changes Everything/Unlovable 12" EP by The Smiths for a whopping...wait for it... $1! You only ever see this happen to other people, hah. I was very happy with this find, kudos Salvation Army. 

In other happenings during this week, as you probably know that it's Paris Haute Couture Week and all I've been trying my hardest to stay awake and such crazy times to have the first look at what my most favorite High Fashion designers have got to offer. First was Raf Simmons for Christian Dior at 1AM which was well worth the wait and held my expectations of the collections. 

Luckily yesterday I caught Chanel Haute Couture just as I finished wordk. Chanel Haute Couture S/S 2013 felt like ethereal snow angels. The two brides and child (apparently Karl Lagerfeld's nephew) was especially breath taking like Lindsey Wixon's closing dress at F/W Haute Couture 2012/13. The rest of the collection wasn't far behind.

The make-up also help up amazing standards featuring intricate tulle pieces to create a smokey effect around the eye and then a neutral/pale face. Absolutely stunning!

I am currently waiting upon Jean Paul Gaultier which is going to start in 2 or so hours and then Valentine and finally Maison Martin Margeila which shows in the wee hours of the morning so I'm not sure if I should have an all nighter or set an alarm. I do have work quite early tomorrow, I'll have to see how I feel after Jean Paul Gaultier. I have also picked up a few new favorites along the way including On Aura Tout Vu and Ulyana Sergeenko who makes me want to take a summer holiday Picnic at Hanging Rock style.. but without the disappearing and stuff.

I hope you've been enjoying Paris Couture Week as much as I have.

much love x

Sorry... Again

I have been pretty lazy in maintaining this blog. Mostly because I haven't been doing anything particularly interesting since I last made a post last year. I hope it's going to change! I've just been working but I've just applied for a weeks holiday because I got return tickets to a capital city for Christmas! I am very excited to go because I'll get to see four of my friends who moved there and eat lots of nice food and most importantly, SHOP! I'm trying to save a lot of money so I can just totally splurge on something as they have heaps of nice high end stores there and it will make me oh so happy!

So to help myself save money but still curb my shopping habits, I'm going thrift shopping with my friend tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it. I hope I run into some nice deals.
Expect pictures, and I will actually post pictures this time, haha.

x

What a day! AusNTM and MORE

Today was absolutely crazy! I woke up first thing in the morning to enrol in university which was a breeze compared to last year (sooo much trouble) then after that I got ready to go out because Australia's Next Top Model auditions were on in my town so I wanted to go just to check out what my town actually has to offer! (I don't get out much).

I went there with my friend and we met one of her friends there. All of the models who were auditioning was soooo gorgeous and so tall and slender, it was so intimidating, haha. Mainly I just wanted to see Alex Perry ~in the flesh~. He's much more buff in real life or compared to the last time I saw him.
Anyway, we were just sitting in the audience just watching people go through the whole process. During that time though one of the representatives/judges who hailed from the infamous IMG Models who manage the talents of Gemma Ward, Gisele B. and Lara Stone kept looking in our general direction and leaning over to Alex Perry. I didn't think much of it, I honestly thought she was looking totally in the distance. A few minutes went on and they looked and now the whole audience was noticing it and were also looking in the general direction. She exchanged more words with Alex and she called over an assistant and started talking to her. She finally paused the audition process and her and Alex called out something like "We are interested in the girl with the black dress with white collar, can she come down".The girl in the black dress was ME! I immediately froze and my friends just went wild and screamed! I seriously thought they were going to call upon this beautiful girl behind me so I was looking behind myself, haha. So the announcers called out asking how old I was and asked me how tall I was. The last time I had measured myself I was 170cm so I called that out. Despite the minimum height being 172cm they called me up onto the stage anyway.
The assistant came down and led me through the audience to the stage. I got up there to greet Alex and the IMG reps and they told me how I was the most beautiful girl and and had the perfect face they were looking for but then.. the measurement came. Today was the first day I wore my Jefferey Campbell Coltranes and I haven't broken them in yet so my feet probably looked all gross and I was shaking so much so it took like, three years to undo them and it was just all terrible! I finally got up again to be measured and as I expected, I got the disappointing words of "Too tiny, too short for runway" (I wanted to scream "WHAT ABOUT KATE MOSS?!! (Happy Birthday to her too x). Two centimetres short! I need to go google how to get taller. Maybe one of those medieval racks to stretch me? I was pretty sad, I just keep thinking "what if". What if I was tall enough, what if I got into top 20 etc sigh. They kept calling me gorgeous and Alex's final words were, you are the most beautiful girl, you need to do something with it, acting or something. Those kinds words coming from ALEX PERRY and IMG Model scouts are the most amazing words ever and I never want them to leave my head. I'm still kind of jittery now, it's so weird!
Im sorry, it sounds like I'm bragging but this is a once in a lifetimes happening and I am in so much shock and disbelief.
I just want to thank them so much but I was such a mess when I was up there. My words were just falling out of my mouth hahah.
I hope with the degree I'm doing I'll be able to one day work within fashion week and help organise it. I'll even try my hardest to volunteer one year, how incredible would that be!
I'm going to get into the fashion industry one way or another!

The past week~

Salutations! I hope you have been well over the past few days. Looking forward to the weekend? I know I am!
But in the mean time, I found another powder that matches my complexion which was in a clearance bin at where I work. It was perrrrrrfect! So instead of spending $47 on M.A.C I got my Covergirl powder for like, $11. So happy!
Though the M.A.C powder was a mineral powder so it would have been much nicer on my skin but whatever, I'll get that next.

Speaking of M.A.C, how gorgeous is the 2012 Holiday Glamour Daze Collection Shoot? Each time I see it in store I just want to weep with happiness.

If I get time I'm totally going to try and re-create the nail polish.

I received a few things in the mail which I bought online which includes an $75 record soundtrack of Dogs In Space which you all should see! Heres the plot etc here (I'd explain it myself but I have to go to work soon :) ) It was the cheapest record one I've ever seen so I thought I better jump at it. It was such a sudden and silly purchase but it's just an excellent soundtrack which includes the late Michael Hutchence and songs by Iggy Pop and some Australian bands like The Boys Next Door. You can find a few songs on Youtube but heres my favorite song, Rooms for the Memory: (sorry about the bad quality)

I also got a black faux fur coat which I got for a steal of $15 incl. Postage and I'm expecting a few other things from Romwe and other places overseas which I hope come before Christmas which is ages away but still, I'm so nervous!

I also received my November Bellabox which I will be doing a unboxing review type thing

BUT ALSO, I'm leaving town this weekend for a shopping trip in a touristy town so I hope to find some nice things. I'm taking my old old old 1950's camera which sometimes needs a fiddle with to work so I hope to take a few nice photos. I'll keep you updated~

See ya'll later!

Chanel Skin Care Reveiw

As mentioned, I purchased Chanel's Mousse Doucer  & Lotion Confort on a whim. My previous skin care routine consisted of just Nutrimetics Apricot Mousse and Toner. It came in orange bottles and worked WONDERS for my skin. I did have break out now and again but that is expected, oh the puberty (that's such a gross word).
I'd like to mention that I have combination skin and I do go red quite easily. The assistant in Chanel recommended me to use rinse off foaming mousse cleanser balance + anti pollution due to my combination skin and the Silky Soothing Toner Comfort + Anti-Polluction Alcohol Free due to my sensitive skin.

I've been using the Chanel mousse and toner for 4 days, day and night. First thing I noticed was that my face looks SO CLEAN! Though it may look clean my pimple/blemishes/whatever you want to call them have not gone down but if anything, have come back with a vengeance. This may be because of my diet which hasn't really changed but really it could be anything causing it to happen. Another thing is that after using it at night and waking up in the morning my face is SUPER oily and glossy. This was never a problem with Nutrimetics but it's a quick fix (even though it may be causing my pimples, ugh)

As for the actual product, it has a really nice minimalistic packaging ala Chanel style. The mousse smells almost rosy and the toner for some reason sometimes smells banana-y and sometimes it doesn't. totally weird but nice. I predict it will last for a long time since a small squeeze foams up quite nicely and you don't really need much toner.

I paid $114 all together. You can probably get this at any department store that sells Chanel cosmetics. Just ask the assistant for help.