2015 ~ Evie's Everything Beautiful

Sunday, November 29, 2015

TALL TIMBERS

Winning a famil with work is always a great excuse for a getaway and refreshment from work; well life in general. A 4 night itinerary put together by our Wholesaler Infinity, in good Ol' Tassie. A place that I believe is very much not as promoted as it should be. I have been to Tasmania before, and it was a good trip: but I defiantly didn't see this side of it. We have been adventuring by Van (a people mover) around the North West, road tripping most days with a few activities in between. So far we have visited Cradle Mountain, Strahan, Smithon, Launceston and a little in between! After a wrong turn yesterday we ended up sticking out a 5 hour road trip to Smithton, which should have only taken 3 hrs. But I always like to think the best kind of road trips are spontaneous and theirs always room for a wrong turn or two. So as we finally arrived at our accomodation for the night, you could tell we were quite grumpy and exhausted. Tall timbers is exactly what we needed. Instantly the hosts at Tall timbers wow'd us and made us feel at home. Tall timbers was above and beyond my expectations by far, and I highly recommend it too all. A special mention to our host Dee who was one of the most down to earth, warm ladies. You can go to some sort of accomodation and love the facilities and rooms, but the customer service can ruin the whole experience. In this case; everything was spot on. The staff were brilliant and everything about Tall Timbers was amazing, such a big place with something for everyone. The only thing I'm dissapointed about is not staying at the Tall Timbers any longer to be honest. We sat down for a hosted dinner and again were instantly made to feel at home. I remember the general manager John actually saying just relax guys, have some fun and we'll talk business tomorrow. The menu was fantastic to read after a long drive, as it had something for everyone! I personally chose the twice cooked pork belly and was extremely satisfied. As we picked off everyone's played and had a couple of wines; the next thing we knew a couple of hours had passed and we may have been a little tipsy. The great thing about this hosted dinner was how down to earth John and Dee were; made my night!

Did I mention that Tall timbers also can organise tours for you!!!?

So easy, and very convenient...

Tall Timbers run various different tours to visit the best attractions around the area.

The appealing thing about doing a guided tour through Tall Timbers, is that your being show the best places by someone who knows the area and what they're taking about. The differences in being shown the best places and hidden spots by someone who is passionate and knows what they're talking about is compared to doing on your own is extremely beneficial.

I really wish I had more time to soak up this beautiful place and its surroundings.

Great rooms, fantastic facilities, delicious food and most importantly great customer service.

I WILL BE BACK.

Thank you Tall Timbers, for the fantastic hosted stay

Check them out on their website!

http://www.talltimbershotel.com.au

I did not get asked to post this and I am not getting paid to promote Tall Timbers.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Novembers TOP PICKS

N O V E M B E R

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My top picks for this month

Its always fun having a window shop and adding things to the list of "I WANT", and I guess I have been doing that a lot this month. A few things have caught my eye, and I've decided to share with my viewers my top picks for this November.

Its extremely important for me to find lots of gift ideas right before Christmas.

I'm always wanting to find the best of the best for my surprise gifts for everyone at Christmas.

So I'm forever browsing online, or window shopping.

(I advice not to window shop when you can't spend money- not fun)

* This post I will include my top picks, but I have left all my favourite beauty products for their own post. Sorrrrrry beauty lovers.

1. Oxy Shred

Not an extremely new product, BUT forever growing with popularity. This product here, is the best fat burner on the market. You may have seen a lot of fitness bloggers and reviewers posting about this product, as it actually works.

A product launched by EHP labs in the USA, and can be purchased at majority of the supplement stores in Melbourne. I personally purchased this supp at my gym Derrimut in Caroline springs.

This product averages for $70-80, and totally worth it.

Oxy shred works as a fat burner AND a pre workout.

You take a scoop in the morning with 300 ml of water and another glass before a workout if you need some extra energy. I have been having this supp for the past week, and I have found that I have had so much more energy because of it.

I have also found it has fastened my metabolism up so much, and someone with an extremely slow metabolism thats a great selling point for me.

Oxy shred comes in many delicious flavours such as; Pineapple, Kiwi Strawberry (sells out fast), wild melon and guava.

If your someone who's looking at shredding some extra weight, would like to fasten their metabolism or even just needs some extra energy each day- I would highly recommend purchasing Oxy Shred. Feel free to search for reviews online- as I haven't seen one bad one yet.

2. Tropicana leaf quilt cover set

I fell in love with this quilt cover as soon as I saw it. Coming into summer, my room needed this beautiful cover just to brighten the mood- and that it does.
I have been love love loving Target as of lately, and thats where I found this beauty. In fact majority of my bed covers have been brought from Target, they really do have some nice ones. If your wanting a quality bed cover I would defiantly have a look at Targets range. You spend that little bit extra, but your really buying quality.
I have always said in a majority of my room related posts, that it is soooo very important to love your room. Your room is where you spend a lot of time, its your environment and I strongly believe that it has a big part in your moods, your sleep and your wellbeing. Thats why I strongly believe that you need to make your room as positive place, and you need to make it YOU.
Your room needs to feel fresh, clean and positive.
An thats exactly how this bed cover makes me feel. It may also make me feel like going on a tropical holiday but hey, thats always a good thing!
I can really tell that this bed covers quality- its thick and I can tell its not going to fade as I wash it.
This bed cover, like I said was purchased from Target.
Product price: $89 - Queen size.
* You can also purchase more bed cushions in this print.

3. Colouring book

Again, another amazing purchase from Target, man they have some awesome stuff at the moment. These books have been making an appearance in a lot of shops at the moment, and I think they're a great idea. Drawing is suppose to be amazing for the brain and extremely relaxing. Takes your mind of stress, while you colour amazing pictures.
This one in particular caught my eye, as the illustrations were beautiful.
This actually caught my eye as a perfect kris kringle gift for someone at work. Obviously we all love travel working at Flight Centre and this would be the best gift. Very affordable as well. Target has quite a big range with these colouring books, (I like to think of them as adult colouring books to sound less childish mwaha) they also had an amazing mandala colouring book.
This book was only $10!!! Perfect small Kris Kringle gift idea I believe :D

4. 3DS

Excuse my poor photo, but I'm bringing out the inner nerd in me.
Great gift for kids but ask Adults I believe, as I personally want one for Christmas hehe!!!
DS are a few years old now, but they've recently brought out a few new models. The 3DS is the very new one, but this photo is of the previous model the 3 ds XL, and what a great price. This again is from the amazing Target, and comes in a budge with THREE GAMES. I really do think this is a great price for everything that you get.
A lot of adults nowadays will play a lot of Facebook games or games on their phones- but I think a DS is a perfect little gadget to play in bed and kill some boredom. Their so many old school games you can purchase as well. Defiantly on my Christmas list this year.

Thats it for my told picks this month so far guys. I'm doing a lot of shopping tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll have lots more too come.
xo

MY CHRISTMAS TREE!

6 more Mondays till Christmas!!!!!!!

Every year, everyone knows that Christmas approaches extremely fast- yet most people leave everything till last minute.
But not me, noooooo way.
It might be because Christmas is my favourite time of the year, yes I think that has something to do with it. But I always make sure that I everything very organised and eave nothing last minute. If you don't believe me, then how do you feel when I tell you I put my Christmas tree up on Sunday.......

Call me crazy because its only like mid November, but I don't want to only celebrate Christmas for a month.... A month that goes by way to fast for my liking. So I decide to start watching Christmas movies, present buy and put my Christmas tree up a month early.
I find it very fast that when I ask people if their excited for Christmas, they say nope I hate christmas. Or they give the excuse that all their kids have grown up so theirs no need.
I don't think I will ever lose my love for Christmas, even when I am retired and am wetting the bed.
Christmas isn't about just giving and receiving gifts, its about getting the family together and spending time with them. Its about putting in and doing things for others. Its about bringing joy to people and having a break from lives hecticness (I know not a word, but I'm making it one). You might decide that Christmas for you is going on a holiday with the family, spending it with everyone at home or you may be that grinch person that decides to skip Christmas all together.
But the most important thing is that around the holiday season being Christmas, be happy. Take a break and spend time with loved ones. Eat lots, drink egg nog, have a few sneaky beverages, buy gifts, open gifts, watch Christmas movies, listen to Michael Buble on repeat.. OK sorry Im naming everything I enjoy, but please do what makes you happy this Christmas.

**** DRUM ROLE PLEASE**************************

I would like everyone to see my amazing Christmas tree.
Now as a lot of you know, I moved into my first very own house. A beautiful double storey that I love decorating. So this has actually been my first Christmas in my own house which brings the joy of picking my own Christmas tree and decorations, yayyyyy.
Here it is :) *sorry for poor lighting.

This beauty is a 7ft (fake) tree, with a beachy theme! Everything in this photo was purchased, stated below:

- Tree: Target $129

- Baubels: Target $25

- Fairy lights: The Reject Shop $20

My favourite thing about this tree would defiantly be the baubles. I have decided to do something other then the traditional looking tree this year, and I have also ditched the tinsel. The colours are just amazing, and match the theme in my house.

After I buy all of my gifts for family and friends, I will wrap them in tiffany coloured wrapping paper, to keep the theme!

Sivers, baby blues and light greens only for wrapping paper! Maybe some possible blue bubble gum candy canes tooooo.

I will update you all in December of what my lounge room looks like with all of the decorations as well as presents under the tree hehe..

Keep following my Christmas related posts, as I am posting lots of gift guides.

Up next its what hot this month,

Have a lovely week everyone, & don't forget only 6 more monday till Santa visits.

xoxo

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

IM BACK!!!!

Its the return!!

Oh how good it feels to be back on here typing away!

I have had what feels like a really long break from blogging due to working full time with a new career. Its been really hard to keep up with everything and unfortunately I had to give blogging a break.

BUT something has clicked for me, I have realised I am missing something.

The stressful life I have been living as of lately needs a change,

and I need to get back into blogging as its such a big love of mine.

Christmas feels like its around the corner, and its my absolute favorite time of the year.

Just thinking about Christmas brings the biggest smile to my face.

An I neeeeeeeed to start my Christmas posts!

*51 sleeps till Christmas

SO ITS THE RETURN.

Expect many Christmas edition posts including; gift guides, Christmas day outs, tips and tricks, blogger breakfasts and of course other beloved reviews.

Have a beautiful day everyone,

and watch this space

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Skinny Me Tea; 8 DAY TEATOX

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Im sure you've all heard of SkinnyMeTea.....

This brand has popped up everywhere on social media and has received an amazing response over the years.

These teas are suppose to work as a detox for your body, where your cleansing your system and getting rid of the nasties from your body. Now the only way I can explain this in simple terms is, that these teas pretty much work as laxatives!

Of course, all natural products are used, but together they work similar to a laxative.

BE WARNED: When doing a detox, please make sure you have a week off work or are able to make multiple trips to bathroom at your job.

You will need to GO, with not much warning, and its not pretty....

I received the 8 day detox within my goody bag from Glamour Affair, so I'm sure all those who attended will be going on a cleanse sometime soon!

Im lucky enough to have a week from work as I'm transition into my new full time career. An what a better time to try this 8 day cleanse (lucky enough I'm at home!).

So far I'm on my third day, and I am feeling good.

The first day, the cleanse hit me quite hard and I was on the toilet all morning, BUT I am not complaining as I knew thats what was to expect from this detox.

Of course this detox will effect everyone differently, but its expected to go to the toilet and cleanse out all of the nasties.

If you want to try SkinnyMeTea for the first time, then I would suggest trying this 8 day cleanse.. If you want to do even a bigger cleanse then I'd suggest the 14 day cleanse.

An if you want to do it massive, and want an extreme cleanse (magnificent for the body), then I'd suggest having a look at the SMT transformation packs.

Theirs 3 different transformation packs to chose from,

an majority include an exercise plan and an eating plan.

Heres a link to check out SMT's users transformations!!

Impressive I must say

http://www.skinnymetea.com.au/pages/transformations

I will let all of my lovely readers know how I'm going on my last day of the 8 day detox. So far I have had a good experience with tea and would defiantly do this again in the future.

I suggest all of my readers have a look on the website (while they have 5% off orders), and try the SkinnyMeTea for yourself!

cleanse away ladies x

Erskine Falls- Lorne

Erskine Falls

Rated 4.5 stars on Trip Advisor

Located only 5 minutes out of the main strip of Lorne, is the most beautiful waterfall I've visited. I've seen a few waterfalls in my time but this waterfall was situated in a gorgeous Rainforest with the best vibe.

The thing I loved most about this waterfall is that it wasn't a far walk at all to get to. Most falls make you walk so far and up and down so many steps, but this waterfall was less then a minute away from the car park.
It has two different railed lookouts, the upper and the lower and its the perfect place to take photos from. On the lower lookout you can go on a very adventurous walk along where the falls flow. This walk is for "experienced hikers only", because of the very slippery mud and rocks. But oh boy, it is worth it. The trail has been overgrown with nature, and its just so peaceful and beautiful. The raindrops fall off of the leaves and some of the prettiest most unique birds fly around.

I know as a child my dad used to take my brother, sister and I to rain forests all the time. That was our adventure day, not shopping, bowling or places that kids usually go to. Our adventures on the weekend would be something we're we would get active, and see picture perfect places. I remember we would often go too Mount Macedon, and some of the best memories we had weren't even on the track. An what I mean by that, is I remember one time we pulled over on the side of the road, and we climbed up this massive hill into the rain forest. No designated walking track (and probably not the correct hiking foot wear) but it was some of the best fun!
An thats what I promote to families these days, family activities don't always have to cost money! An its not always healthy to chuck your kids in front of the TV or give them some technology so they be quiet. Get your kids to play outside, its healthy for them to be outdoors and get some dirt on them! Adventure to beautiful outdoors places, they're not hard to find!
Melbourne has a number of places to visit, and Erskine Falls is one of them!
I know I'll be making numerous trips back to Lorne, as I loved everything about the place. It was like Rain Forest meets Coastal beach and everything in between was a beautiful chilled town.

Sometimes we truly forget how beautiful our surroundings are. Majority of people travel far places and dream about destinations on the other side of the world, but we forget that we have some of the most beautiful places in the world right on our door step.
I personally have a long list of places that I want to travel too including Asia, USA, Europe, and the list goes on. But I need to adventure around my own country as well, I need to visit the places that are the reason so many tourists come here.

Love your surroundings, appreciate your own country.
Visit Erskine falls and you won't regret it; a beautiful family day out xo

Saturday, June 27, 2015

GLAMOUR AFFAIR

A well deserved post.

Glamour Affair
A blogger even created by Erin (threebeesblog) & Melissa (melissabubbles)
Melissa
Erin

Last Saturday I went on a road trip with my sister Erin and Melissa too Sydney! Erin and Melissa had created their second Glamour Affair event and were holding it at Manly Beach, Sydney.
I was of course nice enough to come along and help them set up and of course attend the event as a blogger.
This event was created to unite all bloggers, and was one of the first to ever be created starting off in Melbourne. It was an all beauty bloggers event, and the aim was for bloggers to become friends, and also for them to be educated from PRS and brand ambassadors face to face about their beauty products.

Like majority road trips, their were a few downs but mostly ups!
We had some troubles with our accommodation but I won't go to much into that.
Erin and Melissa did a fantastic job creating and organising this event. The event was at the beautiful location Daniel San, the dojo bar.
All of the guests were sitting facing the Manly beach, and had a beer garden to hang out at and enjoy the beautiful view.
I was extremely thankful to be apart of something like this, as it really was an amazing opportunity.

I encourage all Beauty Bloggers to follow Glamour Affair au on social media, and enquire about the next event. Without the support from brands and bloggers, these events also could successfully run. So make sure your showing your support and come attend the next Beauty Blogger Glamour Affair event.

DID I MENTION THE GOODIE BAGS. OMG! I am going to be a very busy girl going through all my products and reviewing them this week. My Blog will be flooded.

A special thanks to Erin and Melissa xxxxxxxx
Thank you for making my first time to Sydney a memorable one.
Our road trip and extremely looooong drive was made very funny with you two.
Not only is Erin my mazing sister, but I also feel like Melissa is an older sister too me as well.

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KLARA COSMETICS

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THATS IT LADIES!
I have found the BEST brand for foundation coverage.
A professional cosmetic brand made with 100% colour pigmentation.
You can tell that this brand is quality and is worth every cent. I have absolutely fallen in love and have never had such good coverage and long lasting make up.

I was really shocked when I found this brand being sold at Coles, yep Coles! I have heard a bit about this brand before and was told that a lot of professional make up artists depend on using Klara Cosmetics.
Besides the quite expensive price, I thought I HAD to give it a go. I wouldn't be a blogger if I didn't try almost every cosmetic possible.
So I purchased the Foundation stick and the G Glow Bronzer, and hurried home with excitement to try.

- Foundation stick
Rate: 10/10
Best foundation I've possibly well... ever tried.

Make your complexion picture-ready!

This cream foundation stick that can double as a concealer for an immaculate finish with adjustable coverage, from medium to full.

The easy-to-blend texture instantly hides imperfections, dark circles and age spots with a smooth, even finish.

I have no freckles except a bunch of small freckles on the right side of my face. Not even are they spread evenly on my face, just a big bunch on the right side! I am a little self conscious about them as I just hate that they're in the one spot. So when searching for a foundation, I really look for something with amazing coverage. An to be honest, I've never really found something that I've been 100% happy till now....
What I love the most about this foundation besides the coverage is how very long lasting it is. My foundation coverage is PERFECT at the end of the day.

The RRP is $50.00 ... BUT for those who want to try this amazing foundation and save money, head to a Coles that has a big range of make up in their cosmetic section, as all Klara products are 20%. I purchased mine at the Waurn Ponds Coles!

Recommendation: 10/10

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Sugar lounge, Manly

Glamour affair girls loved Sugar lounge.

A must visit!

This weekend was the the weekend Erin, Melissa and myself drove up to Sydney for Glamour Affair. A bloggers event that was held at the most beautiful venue, Dan San bar- but I'll get into that more a little later.

Throughout the extremely busy and stressful weekend we often wanted a nice and easy feed. Something that would lift us up and make us feel good.

We found this bar/resturant (beach side) a few stores down from where we were staying- Novotel. Again; I will get into where we were staying on a seperate post, because I can't tell everyone enough how great the Novotels customer service and services were.

So one morning we were on the look out for a breakfast destination that tickled our fancy. We came across the Sugar Lounge, which looked like Hawaii had come to manly and opened up a store. The atmosphere was beachy, laid back and everything hawain related, it was awesome! So this place had defiantly caught our eye and we could wait to see the menu.

The menu delivers something for everyone, and I was quite amazed at the Breaky menu. I settled on the fruit bowl and a bagel. PERFECT. I've been raving on about this fruit salad for days now, hahaha. Mix of delicious fruits, with a side of yoghurt and honey, yum yum yum.

Our customer service especially was fantastic, the staff were beautiful. I actually noticed one lady working all weekend, she always had a smile on her face. But I couldn't help but notice how much of a hard worker she was.

After having breakfast their, we made two other seperate trips; that's how great our experience was.

I highly recommend all too check this place out. Absolutely beautiful.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

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Mascaras are so god dam hit and miss. Its so easy to find a bad mascara that makes all your lashes stick together and just ruins your whole make-up.

But every now and then you'll find the most perfect mascara that does everything you want it too.

This right here is the mascara that I've been looking for. Keeps your eye lashes long, thick (not to thick), spreads them out perfectly, gives them that great jet black and lasts all day long.

I've noticed that a lot of the mascaras I've worn lately just rub off throughout the day, and you can see my blonde annoying embarrassing lashes coming through. I also usually use 2-3 different mascaras to give my lashes that good thickness, but I literally only need this one mascara for perfect lashes.

I naturally have quite long lashes but this gives it just that little extra length that makes your stand out and look all pretty.

You can see how much in my photo above just how long they look!

TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO APPLY

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Use the volumising base end of the mascara on the lashes first.
2

Starting at the root of the lashes, hold the want horizontal and move the wand from side to side, root to tip coating every lash.
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Apply 3 coats to the upper and lower lashes without allowing the mascara to dry between coats.
4

Whilst mascara is still tacky, apply 2 coats of the intensifying lacquer end of the mascara to intensify and seal the look.
5

To touch-up any mistakes or smudging, dip a cotton bud into an oil based makeup remover and gently dab on to area needed to remove.