Friday, June 26, 2009

An Angel has gone

My Mum would always tell me about how she would spend hours of time on her hair to get it to look like the original Charlie's Angel, Farrah Fawcett. With those luscious golden locks and stunning white smile, I'm sure there a girls out there who will still be looking to Farrah for inspiration.



Tribute to MJ

Here I am listening to Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits, whilst CNN is on in the background blasting out the resent news. Can you believe it?! Wow, the King of Pop is dead? I thought I would share some fantastic photos of Micheal Jackson so that we may remember him as he was, not as the media made him. He was an eccentric, exuberant entertainer that rose to the top of the Pop Scene. Some even said he was bigger than Elvis himself...




Wednesday, June 24, 2009

100 years of Beauty



[Above] Press advertisement in Votre Beaute in 1932 for L'Oreal Blanc, the secret of platinum blondes.

100 years of beauty for L'Oreal, formally known as La Société Française de Teintures Inoffensives Pour Cheveux — 'the Safe Hair-Dye Company of France'. L'Oréal dates its origins back to 1909, to a small apartment in Paris in which the dining room doubled as a demonstration area and the kitchen as a laboratory. It was here that French chemist Eugène Schueller started L'Oreal with only €120 in his pocket. It has now gone on to be a multibillion dollar company.

One of L'Oreal first guiding principle was (and still remains to be) 'research and innovation in the interest of beauty'.

I was reading an article today saying that 'lipstick sales increase during the recession', I am wondering if this can be true. Mark O'Keefe General Manager of L'Oreal Consumer Divison said 'Lipstick sales increase pretty much every year, It's one of those categories that just grows, so I don't know whether you can attribute it to any particular crisis.' I guess the fact the L'Oreal has survived 100 years is sure proof that beauty never fades...

I also read that you can tell a lot about the economy by alcohol sales. When times are good, champagne sales increase, when times are tough, beer sales increase. Hmm... not too sure about that, but I like the way they think.

So get out you lipstick wands and pop open a bottle of bubbles its time to save the world!

xxx

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Pink Cotton Candy Cocktail

Celebrate Everything Pink 



Ingredients
  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Amaretto 
  • Fill with Pink Lemonade
  • Ice cubes
Instructions

Pour all ingredients over ice and stir 

Enjoy xxx 

Closet Space


I live in the smallest studio apartment known to man. I have started calling it my jail cell. I love the fact that it is close to the city, Coles, bus stops and the cutest Italian restaurants- and that I can call it my own. But I really didn't check out the closet space when I decided to sign the lease right then and there (mainly because the nice view of Sydney was distracting me.)

The fact that I have worked in retail for nearly 4 years didn't help my situation when I started to unpack. I went next door and bought loads of coat hangers, shoe racks, plastic draw stackers and a bottle of bubbly to help me through. But it still didn't helped. (I did however enjoy the bubbly...)

I even went through my clothes and decided to give some to charity- still no luck. Mind you, the 'charity' clothes are still in a large plastic bag on the very top of the cupboard, just encase...

There are clothes in piles on chairs in my room, stacked in bags under my bed, piled high in the cupboard and I think I sometimes even sleep on top of them. Oh, did I mention I have a couple of pairs of shoes under my desk at work?? Crazy, I know.

I have also noticed that I am only wearing a small section of my clothes and have stopped going shopping . Maybe this is a good thing- I don't know. But one thing I do know is, this will never happen again.

So anyways... Now that I am in the process of moving I need to have a massive closet clean up. So out come the plastic space bags (my best friend Chloy loves these), suit cases, boxes, willpower, determination and of course a nice bottle of bubbles.

I will tell you one thing that I have learnt from this experience, and that is to always check the closet and storage space before you sign the lease- even if there is the most spectacular view just outside the window.

Wish me luck.

xxx

Chanel Runway Spring/ Summer

Some inspiration for the Spring/ Summer... I heart the neutral pallet.


Who isn't to say you can't start wearing this color now.... Forever New, Sportsgirl and Bardot have this lovely nude, champagne color in store at a fraction of the price...

For the lovely head pieces you could try... Diva, Portmans or Dotti.

Enjoy. xxx

Is this me?

A girl at work sent me this pic. She thought it looked like me... ?!

What do you think?

Chanel In Fashion




Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel - better known as Coco - founded the most celebrated and widely known fashion houses . This year, there will be at least two films will explore the life of Chanel's dramatic past. From her leap from country girl into the world of fashion.

The first film, Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel), stars the new face of Chanel's No. 5 fragrance, Audrey Tautou (from Davinic Code and Amelie), while the second movie, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, due out later this year, features the star of Chanel's Allure Sensuelle perfume campaign, Anna Mouglalis.

Book the date in your diary for Coco Avant Chanel is in cinemas from June 25. I see you all then.

xxx



Monday, June 22, 2009

Out on the town

Why is it that after 12 o'clock at night I turn into a pumpkin? Well, that's what happened on Saturday night. I went to a friends birthday dinner at a lovely Lebanese restaurant, with belly dancers. 1 bottle of red later and I end up at a nice pub in Surry Hills. A few cocktails later I am jumping into a cab on the way to Star City casino... why oh, why did I go...
I ended up staying out at the casino until 6am in the morning- damn their dark windows and the fact that the casino is always open.
The next day after I had poured myself out of bed, I was flicking aimlessly through a selection of celebrity magazines and a few pics caught my eye. This one of Hayden Panettiere in particular.




I mean here she is on a night on the town, its probably about 3 or 4am in the morning, she's had an all nighter and she still looks absolutely gorgeous. I love the outfit!!!

So next time I go out on the town, I am going to listen to my inner conscience that is telling me:

"No, Annaliese, you do not need that 10th cocktail followed by a tequila shot. You can go home now and wake up tomorrow knowing that you can still enjoy the day. You can do it!"

I definitely do not want to do a Lindsay Lohan again...




Peace xxx

Blondes have more fun!

3 hours in the hair salon! 3 hours!! But now I am officially Blonde! And let me tell you, Blondes definitely have more fun.

I gave my stylist a pic of Nicole Richie and I think it has paid off quite well. Very Happy.

xxx

Thursday, June 18, 2009

hair styles



Its been too long! I have started to wear a headband to cover up my re-growth. So I have booked into the hair salon tonight. So excited. I am really inspired by the above photographs, that I am printing them out now to show my over enthusiastic hairdresser. Oh, gotta love her!

xx

LBD



The famous little black dress. I have such a fashionista problem. I am asked to wear a LBD to a party this weekend I am finding it so hard to come across one I like, is timeless, easy to wear, classy (definitely not trashy) and within my budget. Ah... if only I could turn back time.
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