WIN A DOUBLE PASS x2 TO: Red Dress

CHINA ARTA AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (CAEG) PRESENTS THE NATIONAL AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION

THE RED DRESS

A TALE OF LOYALTY, TRADITION AND LOVE

The Red Dress by the China Ningbo Performance & Arts Group tells the touching love story of a young man and a young woman from two rich families in an ancient town in southern China. Sweethearts since they were young, they fall in love and then move apart. The promise of marriage makes the beautiful bride-to-be wait for years with her dream of a red wedding dress. The production consists of four acts including “Dream Love” “Dream Farewell” “Dream Return” and “Dream Wedding”. Through the unique Chinese folk dance language—with a combination of southern China’s folk customs such as “Daughter’s Wine” of Shaoxing, “Descendants’ Bucket” of Ningbo, “Rolling Silkworms” of Jiaxing, and others—the production presents this most cherished ceremony of a southern Chinese girl’s life, and paints a vivid picture of the special wedding customs of southern China. It conveys the grandness and exquisiteness of China’s folk culture, as well as the dream and pursuit of the Chinese for peace and happiness.

RED DRESS IS ONLY PERFORMING TWO SHOWS IN MELBOURNE!!!!

SO MAKE SURE TO BOOK BEFORE TICKETS SELL OUT..... 

OR OF COURSE ENTER IN MY COMPETITION TO WINNNNN!

SEASONAL DETAILS

Venue: Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda

Date: Tuesday 10 and wednesday 11 March 

Tickets: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136100

Show Times: 7.30 pm

Prices: Tickets from $24.00 to $70.00 

Website: www.palaistheatre.net.au

COMPETITION DETAILS:

I have been lucky enough to give 2x double passes away for the Tuesday, 10th March show. 

This competition will be a little different and it ends in only 3 days so HURRY AND ENTER!!!

Simply email me at evieince@gmail.com, and tell me why Red Dress would make a wonderful night out for you and your plus 1.

GOOD LUCK xxxxxxx

Scentcillo

Scentcillo

Pure scents inspired by our world

HAND BLENDED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

 I love that, pure scents inspired by our world; Different smells created too remind you of a certain place somewhere in the the world. 

Today my house had the beautiful smell of Greek Islands-

Timeless and Tranquil 

All I did was put a few drops of the strong scent into my burner (5-6 drops), simply lit the candle and let that scent burn. In the matter of not even 10-20 minutes, my whole house hold smelt like this beautiful scent. 

The scent in a way can literally take you places.

As I've talked about in one of my previous posts, about how your room or surroundings can really effect your mood. Well its quite the same with scent.

Whether its the smell of a particular food you love, or a cologne on a boy your mad about, all smells have an effect on you, these in particular will make you feel happy. 

Where as the strong scent from a garbage truck or animal droppings stuck to your shoe, isn't going to make you quite as happy is it...

I have been given 5 Beautiful scents to review, all in which take me places.

They make me feel different emotions. For example, when I burn Oracle I feel relaxed and very calm. Here are the five scents I have been given to review:

•  Tango: romantic and sensual
• Oracle: mystical and meditative 
• Shaman: uplifting and dynamic 
• Starlet: feminine and enticing 
• Greek Island: timeless and tranquil

All of these fantastic scents can be used to set a mood, its quite self explanatory actually. 

Setting a mood with your partner, Tango is perfect for the evening. 

If you like to practised tarot cards and readings, Oracle is a beautiful scent to burn. 

But if you're just wanting to make your home/room smell beautiful,then simply burn whatever appeals to you at that time! They really are the best gift or best thing to buy for yourself. 

If you're thinking WELL how do I order these amazing oil blends!!!!?

Simply order online, its that easy. 

For how to order, styling ideas, prices, and blog posts on Scentcillo visit their website below;

http://www.scentcillo.com

Just Bedding!

                                                      http://www.justbedding.com.au

Personally I believe a room impacts your mood. 

For an example; if you walk into a dirty smelly room, you're not going to be over the moon to spend time in this room are you? 

Thats why I LOVE new linen. Fresh sheets, new bed cover, new cushions, maybe a new colour scheme for your room, its just the best feeling. 

When you walk into your room and every things neat and tidy you feel refreshed in a way and it really does impact your mood. 

As of lately I've just been buying K-marts cheap bed covers, because well... there cheap. 

BUT you can tell there cheap as they don't last long. 

When you spend a little extra money and buy a quilt bed cover set, you can really notice the difference in quality. 

I luckily got the opportunity to review a quilt cover set from http://www.justbedding.com.au. There was something about the Bali Indigo set by Logan & Mason that jumped out at me. 

This bed covers the type of cover that makes me feel refreshed when I walk into my room, the colours and patterns are beautiful!

As soon as I put it on my bed I feel in love. It goes with my room perfectly and it really does just brighten my room! 

The quilt bed cover is quite thick and you can really tell that its great quality. I can't wait to be under these bed covers in Winter when its freeing cold. 

Brands that just bedding sell:

• - 1D
• - Anne Stockes
• - Annoying Orange 
• - Cubby House Kids
• - Da Vinci
• - DG37
• - Hiccups 
• - Hyde Park 
• - Hyundai A-League 
• - Jiggle & Giggle
• - KAS au 
• - Kooky 
• - KS studio by KAS
• - Logan & Mason
• - Me to You
• - Plaxton & Wiggin
• - Platinum Collection
• - Sheridan 
• - Shuteye 
• - Tontine 
• - Tranquility 
• - Ultima 
• - Whimsy 

Personally I find online shopping a lot more convenient and lately way better with stock. Stores often sell out of the things I look for and majority of the time they'll tell me too look online anyway. I also love that when shopping online it will include all of the information you need to know, rather then sometimes reading a packaged item wrong at the shops. I also love that when shopping for your bedding/linen online, the pictures always give you so many ideas and suggestions on how to decorate your room! 

Just Bedding are always having exclusive online promotions, and you can save so much. 

Right now they have an extended promo for Free Shipping, so I suggest you place your order in quick! 

I honestly will continue to buy my bedding from Just Bedding now. I've learnt the lesson that spending that little more money can really be worth it in the end. Not to mention that I had my quilt cover set at my door in the matter of 2-3 days!!!! 

Here are some photos of my new quilt cover set on my bed, yay! 

Please keep in mind that I've moved into a smaller room so I really couldn't get the perfect angle for this beautiful bed cover. 

 

Bali Indigo (Logan & Mason) $79.95

Thank you Just Bedding, you've made one happy customer!

MOOCH + ME

MOOCH + ME

empower - nourish - create

Mooch & Me is beyond a beautiful brand, selling Candles (soy wax) & body scrubs. 

Therese Pitt has really created a brand where you can feel how much care and love goes into the products. 

Today I was sent a beautiful hand poured candle with the Japanese Honeysuckle scent. 

I instantly fell in love with the strong beautiful smell, you can tell its 100% quality. 

But let me touch base on why candles are so great. 

When the house or your room is smelling a little, or it just needs that burst of a fresh scent what are your options? 

Air freshener sprays often don't last long & in-scent sticks always come with a smokey smell. Burning a candle with an amazing smell literally freshens the whole house. The strong scent lasts and who does't love a pretty candle to add to the home deco, I know I do!! 

Benefits of Soy Wax:

 Soy wax is non toxic and burns cleaner than paraffin wax. Soy candles burn slower and cooler than paraffin, creating a longer burning candle. Its really important to avoid buying paraffin products because petroleum is NOT a renewable source and burning petroleum products created air pollution and contributes to global warming. 

Mooch candles are made using only the highest quality soy wax on the market and are fragrances with cosmetic grade, skin safe fragrance oils. Our candles are so safe, you can use them as a body moisturiser!!!

The first time you burn your candles, make sure you allow the wax to melt right to the edge of the jar, this will prevent the candle from "tunnelling". It is also VERY important to trim the wick with a Mooch Wick Trimmer each time before you burn to help prevent the blackening of your pot, to reduce soot and to prevent your gorgeous candle smelling like charcoal. 

Empower? Nourish? Create?

As I keep learning about this brand and whats behind it, I fall more and more in love. The Mooch and Me company generously donates to charity on a regular basis. The money they donate is to empower the charity with their cause, whether is be helping research for a curse, or to help a sick child to have their wish granted. Isn't that beautiful. 

All Mooch products are completely natural allowing their customers to nourish their body and their mind y relaxing with a beautifully fragranced candle or a rejuvenating body scrub. Mooch & Me love to create a "feeling". Whether it be a beautiful gift basket or a wedding favour, they can create a memorable experience. 

What a wonderful brand, and such beauty behind it. Its rare to find a brand that does so many good things for there customers and like they said, create a wonderful feeling. A Mooch & Me product would make an amazing gift! I know I would love to be given something like this on a special occasion!  I know they succeeded with creating a feeling for me. Such a simp thing like lighting a candle can change my mood instantly, and thats exactly what Mooch & me's candle has done. I 100% recommend this brand, so happy with my beautiful gift. Thank you Mooch & Me xxxxxxx

If you would like to help support this wonderful brand and help the charity continue their amazing work, consider a small donation towards Mooch & Me. 

CONNECT:

Instagram: @moochnme

Facebook: Mooch & Me candles 

www.moochandme.com.au

Where to buy your stationery!?

STATIONERY SHOPPING...

Is it just me, or is stationery shopping the funnest thing ever?
Studying might not be quite as fun... but at least buying stationery FOR study is fun, right?
There's something about buying new stationery that gets me so excited and motivated to get into studying, I just love this time of year.
But the question is, where do we shop for the best stationery!?

In past year I've always shopped at Office works for my stationery. Office works always have the best of the best and none of that "no brand name" type of cheap stationery. But after many years of buying from Office works for school stationery I've realised that its nothing but a waste of money.
The other day I walked into Office Works and was just shocked at their prices, it was crazy expensive. Heres a link to their website:
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/school-art
(All though I must admit, Office works have awesome desks)

So this year I've decided to sort of downgrade for my stationery shopping.
But first I HAD to have a look at Typo, one of my favourite shops I like to waste money. It seemed like an obvious option to shop at Typo seemings as I get 50% off their with my Cotton On discount card. Typo had a new Lunar range out, with all galactic and space related stationery. This didn't really appeal to me all though I loved the new notebook with three internal pockets, an a universe picture on the front cover. Have a look at the link here to see what I purchased:
http://cottonon.com/AU/p/typo/a4-collegiate-notebook/2013626607988.html#start=1
$12.95 full price, but I got 50% off. As well as that purchase, my partner chose a few notebooks too!
He brought the thin notebooks that have less pages then the ones with pickets and dividers.
Anyway all together we paid $20. My opinion? Not really worth it, very over priced even WITH my 50% discount, I can't imagine paying full price! Besides the price though I'm happy with my purchase :)
Then we decided to have a look in BIG W for things like pens and stuff. This was a great idea!!! I am very impressed with BIG W's prices and range.
When it comes to pens I can't cheap brands as they always run out of ink quickly or just don't feel comfortable when writing. I love pen brands such as BIC and paper mate & Big W and all of those very cheap! But then.... I had to go down the book isle didn't I!
An then I regretted shopping at Typo because the prices were solo cheap at Big W. The binder notebooks with lots of internal pockets and heaps of pages were only $5, BARGAIN.
So make sure you check out Big W, won't regret it. If I had've had a look around before buying at Typo first, I would've brought all of my stationery at Big W.
Have a look at there website:
http://www.bigw.com.au

 I wish everyone good luck studying this year and remember to stay motivated and don't give up!
Long hard work pays off and in the end you will be very proud of yourself.
Hope my stationery advice helps if you haven't already shopped around :)

Homemaker glass jug blender

Homemaker- 1.5L Glass Jug Blender 










K-marts catalogue:
http://www.kmart.com.au/catalogue?cm_re=Home+Page-_-Top+left-_-LivingCat110215#view=catalogue2&saleId=7958&page=1







Thanks too K-MART for another good buy! I love finding a worthy K-mart bargain, and yet again I have! K-mart has brought out stacks of amazing Home ware in there new catalogue so I thought I'd get down their and have a bit of a shop, an how could I not when its so god dam cheap.

I had a $100 voucher too spend, so it was a hard decision to narrow it down to a few products.
This is what I brought (all which have been great purchases);
- New bed cover set $10
- Two new pillows $13
- New rug $29
- An of course the Home maker 1.5L Glass Jug Blender $29

ALL of that an I still had a little bit of money left over. What a bargain!
But I was very excited to test out my new blender, as my old one was having troubles blend properly.
Every morning I have a smoothie so its really important I have a good blender if I'm going to be using it every single day. But right now I can't financially buy one of those really really expensive blenders that'll last you a life time (good investment but).
So the $29 Home maker blender will have to do me.
An its perfect, gets the job done great!!
Of course for the people who have troubles setting things up, theres instructions but its super simple and will take you like 30 seconds.

The blender is a glass blender, which I really prefer. It has 2 speeds and a pulse, an a handy plastic lid which can easily be altered too poor your drink. For $30 I find the Home maker blenders quality fine, and its really doing the job great.

I have seen a few bad review on this Home maker blender a few years ago, and it even had a recall for being faulty BUT K-mart has obviously fixed this issue and is now selling a very good blender that has fantastic quality. If you're wanting to read a review don't bother with anything that is past 2014.

I recommend visiting K-mart asap if you're wanting trendy home ware and you're on a budget. They have so many cool things out at  ridiculously good price.
Thank you K-mart! I will never stop shopping at K-mart as they've always made me a happy customer.

Travel Expo 2015 Melbourne

TRAVEL EXPO, Melbourne 2015

The Travel Expo! 
I was so excited to attend this exhibition that I even went on my birthday. 
We got up nice and early and set off to Melbourne Exhibition Centre. 

Personally I hadn't seen much hype about this specific exhibition. I had only been told about it by my local travel agent. But before visiting I did some research online and there was some very exciting companies attending. 
The companies that I were interested was Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Contiki and I was keeping an eye out for different volunteer companies. 

The travel expo was great to attend for exclusive deals. If you were looking to book a holiday and put down a deposit and SAVE then it was a fantastic opportunity. It was also great for gathering information, but the deals were only that weekend. Unfortunately I couldn't book a holiday as the people I wanted to travel with weren't able to book then and there because of there financial situation. 
I was so shattered because Carnival Cruise lines had some awesome deals! 
They had half price deposits, free upgrades and cheap deals. It was perfect because i've been wanting to go on a cruise for ages now. 

For those who love cheap deals and budgets I suggest always looking online at last minute cruise deals. Its a perfect way to save but you have to be flexible to be able to leave in the matter of say 2 weeks or a month. So if you do want to save that bit of money on a cruise deal, then save save save and maybe even take work of a specific date. Keep looking online and a last minute deal will come up! 
The reason they have such cheap deals a couple weeks before the cruise is so that they can fill spots on the cruise. 
I personally think that a cruise would be fantastic, and have heard from so many others as well. 
There is so much onboard entertainment and some of those cruise ships are HUGE. 
All of your meals are included, as well as your entertainment. You just have to bring spending along for alcohol if you chose or activities for when you arrive at a certain destination. 

So unfortunate that I didn't get too book on the day and save, but I did get a LOT of information. I came home with I think 12 different books and it just made my travel motivation 10x as big. 
The Travel Expo also had a lot of competitions to win different things such as vouchers and even a holiday to south africa!!!! 
Oh boy, who ever wins that will be one lucky soul.. (pick me, pick me!!) 

Personally I think that Expos are great!! They're so fantastic to motivate you to do something, save on products, get loads of informations and just have a great entertaining day! 
For upcoming expos visit this website:
http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Exhibitions/Expos/Pages/ExposTradeShows.aspx