Merry Christmas

I Probably wont get a chance to update this before Christmas, so...

...Also, I am now offically 22. Early 20's. *Shudder* - Might as well say I'm 30!

I Love ebay

I sniped it!
Fits like a dream. hehehe

MyHeritage.com

Bored.... Found this site while I was on MySpace.

www.myheritage.com

First Sale!

I's so excited!
Got home, checked my email and My first sale....... *relief and excitement*

www.beadsbyaadore.com.au

Law and Order SVU - New one! Yay!

Go see the show!!!!

If you haven't already... I'd highly recommend you go see the show. Very funny and not to mention, great costumes!

www.priscillathemusical.com

Recently Purchased

I bought this at a postie fashions party... Gorgeous! It will be in my wardrobe on the 16th October. Thats the only bad thing about these kinds of parties - You have to WAIT for the item.

Hrm... Come to think of it, I now need brown shoes! Darn!

Erin Fetherston

My Favourite dress from her autumn winter 06/07 collection...

I reaaaaaaallly want it.

Aadore - Beauty Recommendations

I recieved a sample of Diorshow mascara with a magazine I bought about a month ago, and ever since then I am in LOVE with the mascara. No Clogs, One coat and it makes my lashes look longer and fuller - and for me (seeing as I have hardley any lashes), I'm very happy. AUS $45.

I have also been using Dove's Summer Glow Body Lotion for the past 5 days, and for me it has worked perfectly. I have olive type skin so I'm not super white, but I was feeling a little wintery and sunless with my skin and thought I would give it a go and see what it did. I was scared at first thinking I'm going to go orange or yellow, but it has just given me a type of glow! I think its perfect and a lot cheaper than a spray tan which of course flakes off after only a short period of time. Not to mention the benefits of the moisteriser. AUS $6.99.

Sisters

Me and My not so little sister.

Don't Forget: Jeans for Gene's Day!

Miss Universe

Congrats to Miss Universe - Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera...

I thought her beaded evening gown was gorgeous... however she looked awkward walking up those stairs! Poor Girl... Gorgeous Crown...

Anyhow... I Loved Miss Ukraine's Dress. I want It...

Fall 2006 Couture

It has begun! Woohooooo!!!

Intelligence Test, Part 1

This is quite a tricky test. If you have a few moments, give it a go...

Question: 24 H in a D
Answer: 24 hours in a day

Scoring: 1 to 5 is Average, 6 - 11 Somewhat Intelligent, 12 to 18 Intelligent, 19 + Genius

I'm currently up to 9... Go me!

Britney poses nude for Harper's Bazaar

"Oops, she lost her clothes.

A six-month pregnant Britney Spears has posed nude for the cover of the August issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine and an accompanying photo spread inside, much in the style of the famous 1991 Vanity Fair cover of a naked and heavily pregnant Demi Moore." - From Ninemsn

She looks quite happy and 'glowing' in the photo - even after her breakdown on TV.... Or is that just photoshop? Either way, I think its a nice photo of her.

Victorian Mourning Necklace

As I have been working on my Beaded Jewellery Online Shop, I have been looking at other sites and I came across Polkadot Jewellery based in the UK. I adore this antique victorian mourning necklace from their website:

From Polkadot Jewellery - www.polkadotjewellery.co.uk

Beagle awarded for saving owner

This photo released by the CTIA Wireless Foundation shows Belle, winner of the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award posing with her owner Kevin Weaver, at the awards ceremony at Union Sation in Washington, Monday June 20, 2006. Belle, who had been trained to detect Kevin's blood sugar levels and to bite down on the number 9 on his cell phone contacting 911, saved Kevins life on February 7, 2006. [AP]

Just Amazing.

Make Your Mark

Make Your Mark is an online t-shirt design competition that gives Australian High School students (14-18yrs) the chance to win $3,500 towards an overseas student exchange trip + win heaps more. The best designs will be chosen by ASICS to be included in their upcoming apparel range.

First prize is $3,500 towards a Student Exchange Australia Year or Semester Program, or a laptop computer to the value of $2,000, an ASICS product pack valued at over $300 and a Lonely Planet guidebook. ASICS will also produce the t-shirt design.

2nd prize is $2,000 towards a Student Exchange Australia Year or Semester program and an ASICS product pack and a Lonely Planet guidebook. ASICS will also produce the t-shirt design.

3rd prize is $1,500 towards a Student Exchange Australia Year or Semester program and an ASICS product pack and a Lonely Planet guidebook. ASICS will also produce the t-shirt design.

The Top Ten finalists will each receive an ASICS product pack valued at $300.

Visit the website to enter and/or vote: www.makeyourmark.org.au.

The Devil Wears Prada

Anne Hathaway plays Meryl Streep's assistant in this stylish movie about fashion journalism. Is it important to look fashionable to write about fashion? Anne Hathaway stars as a small-town girl in her first job out of college, trying to navigate a world she’s only glimpsed in print. Will she survive?

www.devilwearspradamovie.com or view the Apple Trailer.

Triumph International Fashion Awards 2006

An international jury of experts has selected 7 designers for the Triumph International Fashion Award 2006.

The public voting for the "3 Finalists" starts now on fashionoffice.org/triumph and lasts until 20th July 2006. The theme of the Award "Dress up for Mozart - Rock up Rococo! Modern Tribute to Rococo Fashion" has motivated 438 designers from Germany, Austria, France, Ireland, Russia, to China and India, USA and Australia to join. More than 1,500 sketches were submitted.

As at Monday 12th June, the votes are:
19% - Tatiana Pogrebnyak
18% - Paz Soto Salinas
9% - Minh Tran
9% - Kirsten Hiller
10% - Cristina Valls
18% - Carina Henrich
18% - Angelika Wöss

I voted for Tatiana who is from the Ukrain and living in Israel...

Don't forget to vote for your favourite!!

Schuh's Bestselling Peep Toe Courts

Why to I punish myself and go to www.shoewawa.com. I'm now in love with these...

From Schuh Store and only £49.99

Caribbean Fashion Week 2006 - June 7 - 11 Kingston Jamaica

For more information and a list of designers (and photos) visit the official website: www.caribbeanfashionweek.com

For those London'ers

From a E-Subscription... Here is a list of some Sample Sales in London...

Alexander McQueen
When: 1-2 June 2006
Where: Westminster Room, The Old Sessions House, 22 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1
Time: 11am-8pm
Tube: Farringdon

Maharishi
When: 1-4 June 2006
Where: Covent Garden Film Studios, No. 10 Mercer Street, London WC2
Time: 10am-7pm
Tube: Covent Garden

'On the QT' Sample Sale
When: 2-4 June 2006
Where: 20th Century Theatre, Notting Hill
Time: 12 – 7 pm Everyday
Tube: Notting Hill
Admission: £1

Ghost
When: 9-11 June 2006
Where: 45 Balfe Street, Kings Cross, London
Time: Fri 10-8pm, Sat 10-6pm, Sun 11-5pm
Tube: Kings Cross
Admission: £2

I Won....

... my bid on e-bay of course! hehe. It's an earring display stand:

Yay! Can't wait for it to come in the mail!

Gisele Bundchen: Water Baby

Vogue's feature story of the month showcasing the gorgeous Gisele in bright and punchy printed swimsuits. Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier. - www.style.com

Absolute Vintage

Absolute Vintage: Quality Vintage clothing and accessories for men and women from the 1930's to 1980's. Address: 15 Hanbury St, Spitalfields, London, E1 6QR.

"With over 1000 pares of boots and shoes to choose from Absolute Vintage is home to one of the biggest second-hand shoe collections in Britain." - Vogue

Olsen Twins get Dirty

Funniest thing I've seen all day. What good sports for getting slimmed...

Target Couture

Make sure to hit the Bullseye and be right on Target with these....

Targèt Couture Pave Jeweled Ring $24.00

Targèt Couture Pave Swarovski Crystals Double Mirror Compact $220.00

Will anyone ever buy anything from here... I like target, but I mean, I'm not that obsessed!

Maxim Top 10 - from 100 Hottest Women

What do you think of the Top 10. I agree with some... I like Jessica Alba, Angelina Jolie and I think Scarlett Johansson is quite pretty, but the rest... hrmm?!?!

1. Eva Longoria, 2. Jessica Alba


3. Lindsay Lohan, 4. Angelia Jolie


5. Stacy Keibler, 6. Scarlett Johansson


7. Cameron Diaz, 8. Kate Bosworth


9. Keira Knightley, 10. Christina Milian

Christina Aguilera in GQ Magazine

I like Christina's new classy and elegant image (even though there is still 'dirrty' in her). I also think she's way past the Britney/Christina comparison... Christina is obviously in the lead. Her Monroe-esque in the photo below is pretty much spot on. Now im undecided on who has done Marilyn better: Christina or Kate...

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Winners

Love it. Finland's Lordi won Eurovision with 42% of the votes! Finally!!!
From the press conference after the show...

"For the millionth time, we’re not Satanists or devil worshippers," he said. "This is entertainment. The masks are like our calling card and we’ll never perform without them. It would be like Santa Claus handing a child his gifts and Christmas time and then pulling off his beard and saying, 'By the way, I’m your father…' "

Here was my fav (apart from Finland of course)...

Christine Guldbrandsen from Norway Sings 'Alvedansen' (Elve's Dance)

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Iceland

Worst Performance as voted by Me, Myself and I.

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Lordi

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Finalists

These are the countries that have qualified for the Final on 20 May.

• Switzerland
• Moldova
• Israel
• Latvia
• Norway
• Spain
• Malta
• Germany
• Denmark
• Russia
• FYR Macedonia
• Romania
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Lithuania
• United Kingdom
• Greece
• Finland
• Ukraine
• France
• Croatia
• Ireland
• Sweden
• Turkey
• Armenia

Watch the Final on SBS 7:30pm.

My IQ

Congratulations, Kristi!
Your IQ score is 127

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.

Your Intellectual Type is Visual Mathematician. This means you are gifted at spotting patterns — both in pictures and in numbers. These talents combined with your overall high intelligence make you good at understanding the big picture, which is why people trust your instincts and turn to you for direction — especially in the workplace. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.

Note: Most people's IQs are between 70 and 130.
Take the Tickle 'Classic IQ Test'.

The Whole 7 Years Of Buffy in 3 Minutes 20 Seconds

Happy 21st Birthday Nicole

Taken at her party in Sydney.

"AngloMania"

"AngloMania", the Costume Institute exhibition that is open from this month, from May 1 through to September 4, in the English period rooms of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

AngloMania focuses on British fashion from 1976 to 2006, a period of astounding creativity and experimentation. Over the past 30 years, British fashion has been defined by a knowing and self-conscious historicism. In their search for novelty, designers have looked to past styles with an appetite that is as audacious as it is rapacious. Focusing on their postmodern, historicizing tendencies, this exhibition presents a series of tableaux based on Britain’s rich artistic traditions. The irony of satirical prints, the romance of landscape paintings, and the glamour and bravado of grand manner portraits are evoked through a wide spectrum of British designers. The exhibition is set in the Metropolitan Museum’s English period rooms—the Annie Laurie Aitken Galleries—to create a potent dialogue between the past and the present.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art


Historic English costumes will be juxtaposed with the work of fashion and accessory designers including Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Stephen Jones, Philip Treacy, and Manolo Blahnik. The exhibition is underwritten by Burberry (celebrating its 150th anniversary this year), a company that literally clothed the British Empire with ineffably practical, weather-resistant garments and that is now enjoying a design renaissance under the fashion direction of Yorkshire-born Christopher Bailey.
- www.style.com

Test your typing skills

I did this typequick test ages ago and I think I got around 45WPM. This is my new result:

Number of words typed: 176
Test duration: 3 min
Speed: 58.8 words/min. (294 keystrokes/min.)
Error penalty: 10
Accuracy: 94.3%

Not bad if you ask me. Do the test and post your result :)

MAFW Spring Summer 06/07 - Its Over!

So Mercedes Australian Fashion Week is finally over: 5 days packed with all things Spring Summer! To check out all of the photos from the shows and backstage you can visit the following sites:

Six 6 Photography
Vogue Australia

My Top Four:
Alannah Hill, Story of Tang, Tina Kalivas and Camilla and Marc.