Links, Loves, Breaking News! & Something called IMATS!

Back in the good ol' days I used to do a post every Friday containing my favourite blog reads for the week and some random pictures from the interwebz that I found inspiring, cool or just plain pretty.

I'm bringin' it back!

Lets start with some blog posts that have tickled my fancy this week, I reached a milestone this week and actually caught up with all the posts in my google reader! Yippee! Let's get into it -

Kimberley from Pop Couture Beauty reviewed the new Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stains and I can't wait to get my little mitts on them!

The new Urban Decay Vice palette is coming out just in time for Christmas, yes i'd like it please Santa! Check out Xsparkage's review and swatches....PRETTY!

Lizzi from Makeup and Smell The Coffee is a new blogger i've discovered, and her post about the 10 items she'd purchase if there was a zombie apocalypse is fantastic!

If you want Ulta3 swatches check out The Life & Times of Kiki Chaos she has swatched the new pastel collection, perfect for Spring!

Nails again! Chelle from Cosmetic Cupcake does an amazing studded mani! Right up my alley as i'm all about studs (the metal kind, not the man kind...although they can be quite nice!

Lube as a primer? Whodathunkit! Check out Suzanne from Don't They Know Who I Am? show us about a great primer alternative and what you can do with your spare lube? (haha awaiting interesting google searches to my blog now!)

BREAKING NEWS! THIS IS SERIOUSLY JUST LANDED IN MY INBOX AND I'M GOING TO DIIIIIEEEE!

Peter Alexander has launched a new Disney collection.... and there are Ariel pyjamas! NEED SOME NOW! (FYI The Little Mermaid is my favourite Disney movie).

I can't link the picture for some reason but LOOK HERE

Okay now back to the task at hand, my blog post.

Let's look at some pretty things I've found on the interweb of late!

Source: shop.premonitiondesigns.com via Katie on Pinterest

Source: holographic-hussy.com via Emilee on Pinterest

Source: karmaloop.com via Elyse on Pinterest

Source: arti-st.tumblr.com via Anita on Pinterest

Music is my fuel and this is what i've been loving musically :)


Frank Ocean - Lost (hope this works because i'm in the office I can't listen)

Metric - Youth Without Youth

And to finish off this long post, I'll be heading to IMATS tomorrow! Come say Hi if you see me. Check out my Youtube Channel to see some of my IMATS videos (i've done haul videos for the past 2 years i've been and most recently the IMATS tag - below)

This one time my hair turned green at a Festival

Not kidding either!

In December I went to a music festival and saw the I guess you'd call them "shock rockers" Gwar. I knew what their schtick was all about so I knew they'd spew out blood and pus (actually food dye mixed with water) into the crowd (yes I know, gross but extremely entertaining!) What I didn't know was that i'd score a spot in the front row and this so called blood and pus would stain my blonde hair green!

Here are a few visuals for you, first a video of the band... don't freak out and yes I like weird music :) You can see me in this video too haha. Also a bit of a parental advisory here, if you are a youngen... maybe don't watch this as it's a bit uhhhmmm rude



and a picture I took of my boyfriend and I after the show covered in the food dye



After the initial freakout I went on Twitter and asked if anyone knew the best way to get food colouring out of blonde hair and bleach blonde hair to be exact. Someone mentioned dishwashing liquid, so that went with me into the shower with me.

Then I remembered something i'd be sent and thought i'd give it a try. It worked!!! I had to wash my hair a few times but it got the green out, I was so impressed and relieved as well since I had to go to work the day after.

So what was my little lifesaving gem?



This is the Wella BioTouch Pure Purifying Shampoo it retails for $22.50AUD and you can get it from Price Attack, Hairhouse Warehouse & Salons.

It isn't really meant for the purpose I used it as it's a purifying shampoo I use this shampoo weekly to get rid of any build up of product in the hair. It has these cool/weird little beads that remind me of a facial scrub but they're not at all harsh nor do you really feel them when you lather this into your hair. I was just lucky it worked for the purpose I needed at the time, but it has now become a staple in my weekly hair routine. Awesome job Wella! Thanks for not making me go to work with green hair :)

This product was sent for consideration, all opinions are my own.

La La Love #3 - Random Thoughts

Helloooooo :)

So this is just a bit of a whatever post, whatever I feel like talking about... showing... etc. I'll probabaly be away from the blogging world until Monday (11th). I have a crazy weekend coming up my lovely mama is turning 50 and having a party!!! We have family visiting from interstate and i'm hosting 6 people in the tiny house I share with my boyfriend and our 2 dogs so I can't imagine i'll get much time to sit down and tell all of you about beauty products i'm enjoying, loathing or swatching.

  

We have ordered the Adriano Zumbo V8 Cake so i'll try and get some good photos of that (Fun Fact: my Adriano Zumbo post is one of my most viewed...maybe I should write about him more often) I'm picking it up from the store tomorrow and may also grab a few macarons while i'm in there. Why not? :)

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The party is a hat party, so you have to wear a hat and I guess the crazier the better? This is what i'm wearing... not me of course but just so you get the idea! Mine is from Disneyland so uber special of course!



Speaking of Disney.... The Venomous Villans collection was released this week in Australia. Stef mentioned this on her blog The Lip Print (go there, it's awesome) and I thought i'd weigh in with my thoughts as well. There is one character that I think is really lacking in this collection. I can already imagine how awesome her items would be if she was in it (also the fact it's my favourite Disney movie so i'd probably have bought everything with her on it) URSULA!

Seriously you cannot get more fierce then this bitch right? Maybe they should just bring out a 2nd villans colllection and just focus on her... Hear that MAC?



Speaking of MAC...wow love how i'm making my own little segueways into my own conversations! I'm getting a MAC Makeover on Saturday (for the party) I haven't decided if I want to go crazy with colour yet or just pretty... we'll see how I feel on the day I guess. I do know I want false lashes though :)

I'm addicted to Sun Rice Caramel Rice Crackers, thanks Ms Critique! :) I almost ate the whole packet by myself last night....thank goodness they are healthy, in moderation though!

Last Thursday I did something a little crazy, well not really crazy because it's been planned forever! I got my first tattoo! I'll insert a bad iPhone photo shortly (it's really hard to take a photo of behind your ear!) It didn't hurt anywhere near as much as I expected it to and I love it! It's been a little itchy the past day or two so i've been resisting the urge to scratch it but i've been good. I've also been scared to wash my hair and haven't for a week (Thank goodness for dry shampoo and side braids!!!). I'll have to wash it tonight though it's getting beyond help.



I like leaving you with a song on these posts, just because music is so awesome.... hence my tattoo!

This is a song my mum and I love singing in the car and she's requested it specifically for her birthday and the fact we must dance to it (even though the majority of people aren't going to like it)

La La Love #2

It's Friday!!

I'm sitting here at work... bored... We are so quiet at the moment which is really the worst and makes my days drag on like nothing else, I literally have nothing to do. So i've been of course bugging everyone on Twitter and collecting photos and bits and bobs (haha I first wrote boobs!) for my what I like to refer to as my whatever I feel like posting post.

In Australia this week we saw the start of spring, it started off lovely on the 1st (my birthday! wooo!) but since then it's gone back to winter type weather. I'm looking forward to a little sunshine, not a lot but enough so I can wear pretty dresses, eat ice cream and be able to wear 2 different nail polish colours that people can see! (one on my toes, one on my nails).



















So I hope everyone is looking forward to a wonderful weekend! The problem is they go way too quickly and we find ourselves back in the grind again before we know it. So try and enjoy it as much as possible.. laugh, smile and be silly.

I'll leave you with something very dear and important to me, a song.. well not really it's more the entire album it comes from. This album just does something to me it always makes me feel better when i'm down and if i'm shuffling songs on my iphone and one of the songs from it comes on, I smile, even if i'm in public and people can see me. The album i'm talking about is My Dinosaur Life by Motion City Soundtrack and I urge you to at least listen to this song, the film clip is cute too :)

Splendour In The Grass 2010

On the weekend I attended Splendour In The Grass in Woodford, QLD. This was my first Splendour In The Grass experience, having never visited the site at Byron for this festival before. With reports of bad weather I spent Thursday in search of gumboots, which I found and wore all weekend though the rain didn't come... well there was a slight sprinkle at one point but nothing overly dramatic.

I won't go into a ton of detail about my weekend except say it was fun fun fun! Highlights for me would be Florence & The Machine, Ash, Clare Bowditch, Jonsi (I wish I didn't leave for Passion Pit, because he was AHHHH-MAZING), The Pixies gah and I can't remember who else... I saw so many bands!

Here are some piccies I took, I thought i'd take more but I always forgot to pull my camera out... oops!

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Let's Fly Jetstaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr, waiting to leave Sydney Airport"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="510" caption="Main Stage, I can't remember who it was! oops!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Sandology... Alice in Wonderland! Or Alice In Splendourland :)"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Random Night Shot"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Hard to see, but these faces were a lighting effect in the trees...so awesome!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Found the Sportsgirl Caravan in Woodford! They were handing out macarons...yum!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Fruit Shop in Woodford....wait for the next picture..."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Elvis Parsley was there singing "Viva La Vegies"... I am not kidding"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Clare Bowditch"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="369" caption="My Splendour uniform for 3 days, gumboots & tights! comfy and practical :)"][/caption]

Thank Tumblr It’s Friday #5

It's Friday!

So another picspam post from me, I have quite a few today!

I want this shirt!!

This has to be my favourite picture of the week, and I need to get one of these for my puggy :)

Taken from the following Tumblrs -
http://jessicaliseria.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahfreffy.tumblr.com/
http://cookie-whore.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahbuffy.tumblr.com/
http://dirtylittlestylewhore.tumblr.com/
http://prettyfoods.tumblr.com/
http://cupcakesoftheday.tumblr.com/
http://secondhandjoy.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahmarykateashley.tumblr.com/
http://stefanimarie.tumblr.com/
http://bohemea.tumblr.com/
http://amores-perros.tumblr.com/


I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead of them. I'll be doing housework...blahhhh but also going to see Wicked on Sunday for the 2nd time :)

I'll also leave you with Katy Perrys new video clip for "California Gurls" at first I didn't like this song, but it has grown on me so much I can't stop signing it.

I love this film clip! It's so cute! I want fairy floss cherry blossom trees in my house!!!

Music Code Provided by MusicVideolife.com

Sweet Blog Award

Thank you to the lovely Chelle @ Cosmetic Cupcake for awarding me and my little blog the Sweet Blog Award. Go check out her blog people, she does great posts on beauty products and other topics as well if beauty isn't up your alley :) Plus she's a fellow Aussie which is even more special! 

Here is my award which I will proudly display right here... ish...

Rules:



- Give this award to 10 sweet and friendly bloggers


- Make a post about the award including the picture and mention the person who gave it to you


- Put the award on your blog


- Let your nominated 10 know you've awarded them by leaving a comment



I know i'm meant to pick 10 blogs but that is simply too hard with the amount of amazing blogs I read everyday. So if you're reading this and are a blogger and haven't yet gotten this award.... pop it on your blog :)

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Also, RIP Ronnie James Dio :( It's a sad sad day in the metal community today.

While i'm not a major heavy metal fan I do appreciate some of the music, my boyfriend however is a big fan of all things metal and through watching a ton of documentries on the subject that often featured Mr Dio I became a fan, not so much of his music but moreso of him as a person. He always seemed sweet to me and really really loved what he did.

Plus he apparently invented the devil horn hand gesture, which even if you're not a metal fan i'm sure you can appreciate.