Her Fashion Box: November

Yesterday was pretty awful. I won't go into the details, but I was feeling sad, could not wait to leave work and was fighting tears the whole walk home. So, getting home to find my November Her Fashion Box had finally arrived was a small, but significant improvement to my evening.

The box was running a bit late this month (which it has every month since I've signed up), but I did not even mind because I received a few emails from Her Fashion Box letting me know why it was late. Customer service is something I really, really value as a consumer and HFB are fantastic at it.

Okay, so onto what was inside...

November's box was full of goodies, and I felt absolutely spoilt going through it all! 

My favourite thing in the box was this necklace. I absolutely adore lace, and the classic black will be a great way to prety up a crisp white shirt for Summer. This is the "Nightfall" necklace, RRP at $14.95

I also love the Aztec-print head scarf (RRP $9.95) and can not wait to give it a go. I think this will be good for adding a bit of colour to my work outfits (which are completely black). After my bad day yesterday I chose to play a little "show-and-tell" with J, and showed him everything I received in the box. So I'll be including some of his comments in here because they're hilarious in a boys-know-nothing-about-fashion kind of way. J thinks the Aztec print looks more like a print from some old, over-washed 60s leggings. 

There was also a little ring that had a pair of sunglasses on them - little bit cute for Summer. 

On the left we have a studded faux-leather bracelet wrap (RRP $19.95). I really like this, and it fits perfectly, but tbh I'm not that keen on the white colour. Maybe it will grow on me. J thought this was a cat collar. Honestly. He wasn't even joking. 

On the right is the 'Sam Sparro bangle pack (RRP $14.95). I like that there's a nice mix of black and gold bangles. J's thoughts? "They're like giant rings for your wrists!" 

I love gel eyeliner and am looking forward to trying out the ModelCo gel eyeliner (RRP $26). I have never tried ModelCo, and haven't really heard too many great things about the brand but I think the gel eyeliner seems pretty good on first testing. The inbuilt brush is too long and not dense enough for my liking, but with a steady hand it would work fine if you were in a pinch. I'm looking forward to testing it out more thoroughly.

I also received a 45mL of Urban Rituelle's Soothing Body Balm (J says "As opposed to all those irritating body balms...") in Coconut and honey (RRP $6.50 for 45mL). This smells so coconut-y which I love using in Summer! Urban Rituelle are an Australian company which is awesome, and they have a couple of different "Summer blends" which all sound so delicious. The Mango Milk one sounds so delicious.

The two Orly polishes I got are in 'Boho Bonnet' and 'Je'tamie'. (RRP $18.95 each). I always love receiving nail polish and these colours compliment each other nicely. I can't wait to play with these. Orly also very kindly threw in a bonus pedicure separator!

Also in the box was a donut bun maker and a really cute gift card from Hallmark with a chalkboard attached.

I absolutely loved last month's box and can't wait to start using all the items!



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Inglot Neutrals Palette

Every year since I started law school I have bought myself a little something something at the end of the exam period. In the past, this may have been a new piercing or piece of jewellery, but this year I decided to make myself a 10 pan Inglot eyeshadow palette. I freaking love the Inglot eyeshadows I already own, and wanted some more neutrals to give my poor Naked 1 palette a rest.

So a couple of weeks ago I headed down to the little Inglot stand at Bondi Junction during my lunch break, and enlisted the help of one of the sales assistants / make up artists. She gave me a little magnetic plate and a bunch of tissues and baby wipes and I spent about 45 minutes choosing the colours.

The end result was this pretty little thing:

2013 CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY (PART 2!) (CLOSED)

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So! As I explained in this post last week, I am doing two giveaways this Christmas! 

This is a SEPARATE GIVEAWAY from the one last week. You have the chance to win both prizes! If you haven't already go ahead and enter last week's giveaway! I'll wait, I promise. 

SECOND PRESENT

For the second present I am giving away an O.P.I 'Take Ten' gift pack! This is 10 mini versions of O.P.I's best-selling nail polishes! Ahhhh this pack is so amazing I kind of want to keep it for myself! 

The shades included are:

Pirouette my whistle / Alpine Snow / Bubble Bath / Tickle my Frace-y / You Don't Know Jacques!

Cajun Shrimp / Big Apple Red / German-icure by OPI / Malaga Wine / Lincoln Park After Dark

I thought this was such a great pack to try out the best of O.P.I! So if you want to enter, read on! 

RULES AND LEGALITIES:

• This giveaway is open internationally
• You must be over the age of 18 to enter. If you're not over the age of 18, you must have your parent's permission to enter. 
• You need to be a follower on GFC, and answer the questions in the google form below. Leaving a comment DOES NOT COUNT as entering. You can leave me comments if you wish (I do love reading and interacting with you guys!) But this will not count as an entry. 
• For extra entries, follow me on bloglovin and on twitter, and tweet about the giveaway! 
• You can enter both this giveaway and next week's. 
• All entries will be checked and verified. If you do not comply, your entry will be invalid. 
• The giveaway will end on the 22nd December, 2013. The winner will be decided and notified on this day, and given 24 hours to respond. If there is no response, a new winner will be decided and will also have 24 hours to respond. 
• The prize will be mailed out, using regular Australian Post within a week of responding. If the winner would like registered post or tracking, they agree to pay the costs of this.

(ETA: The winner of this prize was the lovely Frith)

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Origrami Instagram Prints!

A couple of weeks ago I did a Google search for where I could get instagram prints, relatively cheap. Taking shipping costs into account, the most economical website for me to get them from was Origrami. What sealed the deal for me was that they're also a Sydney-based company. I love taking the opportunity to support local peeps so this worked well for me. I was also super impressed that they had so many different options for printing your instagram photos. In the end though, I decided to go with the standard 4" x 4" "squareprint".

The hardest part about the whole process was choosing only 36 photos to be printed. After painstakingly deciding, I proceeded to payment and in less than ten days my prints arrived. YAY!

Of course, I had some ideas about what I was going to do with the prints. However once they arrived, I had the idea of turning the area next to my desk into a feature wall. I 'gridded' out the area with masking tape to make sure each photo was individually spaced and then stuck them down with blu-tac.

I seriously could not be happier with how they turned out. The quality of the photos is awesome. They're printed on a matte card, so they don't get fingerprints and are quite sturdy.

Instagram is probably my favourite app on my phone, and I love that I can now easily transcend it to "real life" and have my photos as a feature in my home. The wall that I've stuck the photos on is directly opposite to our front door, so it's the first thing I see when I come home. And honestly, that just makes me so happy. There's not a lot you can do to personalise your home when you're renting, and this is a quick, cheap and non-damaging way to do that.

I will absolutely be ordering some more prints, and my next order may be a different size! I just love these so, so much.






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