Captivated by Silver!

One of my close friends, Zelle, is currently doing a graphic design degree and last week I was able to help her with one of her assignments. She needed to design a black and white magazine advert. Like me, Zelle is a big Tiffany & Co lover and therefore decided to create an advert for Tiffany & Co for her project and asked me to be her model, I felt so honoured :)

We both took a selection of our shiny (after an awesome polish job by Zelle) silver T&C jewellery to the photo shoot and draped it all around my hands. Make up wise she'd asked me to create a grey smokey eye. I created this look with my (beloved) Bobbi Brown Chrome Palette. It was really fun being a "model". She had organised a photographer with professional lights and everything! I felt the pressure was on because I really wanted to do a great job for my dear friend. Here are some raw images of the shoot:

Zelle ended up chosing the first image to create her advert.

And then TADA here it is...the finished product "Captivated by Silver"

I truly think she did an amazing job, she is so talented! She better get super duper mark for this assignment. I am so proud of her and love seeing her happy following her passion. Thank you so much for chosing me as your model bella, I loved being part of this adventure with you ♥

Hula Hula FOTD

NARS Hula Hula Eyeshadow Duo is from the NARS Spring 2009 collection. It comes with two cool-toned eye shadows; a shimmery strawberry pink with gold particles & a hazelnut with gold glitter particles.

Note: The glitter in this eye shadow (especially the gold) is pretty chunky. When using these eye shadows I normally tap off any chunky glitter before applying it onto the eye. However when I really want to show off and use the glitter I spray my eye shadow brush with a mixing medium (like for example Fix+) and then dab the shadow with its glitter gently onto the lid.

I think this is a beautiful duo compact & feel it would suit most skin tones! Here is my FOTD I created with Hula Hula:

(eww hate this photo but was not having a very good photo morning...grr!)

♥Face:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid & Powder in NC20

Revlon Concealer

1.       Revlon Bronzer
MAC Springsheen (blush)
MAC Belightful Iridescent Powder (highlighter)

♥Eyes:

MAC Prep+Prime Eye Base

NARS Hula Hula - gold (all over lid)

NARS Hula Hula - pink (crease & lower lash line)

MAC Brule (brow highlight)

MAC Smolder (waterline)
MAC Liquid Eyeliner (top lash line)

Nutrimetics Curvy Lash XL Mascara

♥Lips:
MAC Angel Lipstick
MAC Lipgelée in Lilacrush

Blog Love >

Sorry for my lack of posts the last few days! I was away for a long weekend to visit one of my close friends in Auckland. I had a great time catching up with her!  Thought today I would share SOME of the blogs & websites that I read on a regular basis. 

♥ http://beautyandtheblog23.blogspot.com/  The gorgeous Michelle shares her love for everything fashion and beauty. She also does great reviews!

♥ http://www.newfavouritething.com "The adventures of a fashion girl in London". Love her quirky writing style, gorgeous photos and I adore all her amazing clothes & sense of style. We also both seem to share a love/obsession with My So Called Life and Jordan Catalano, sigh! :p

♥ http://bubblegarm.blogspot.com Mushine is a makeup addict (like the most of us). She has a background in fashion design & marketing with interests in creative art, organising, natural remedies & shoppies. Mushine's blog was one of the first beauty blogs I started following and have never looked back. Her blog is just fab!

♥ http://www.mupnorth.blogspot.com/ Michellé is a very talented makeup artist. Her blog always seems to give me inspiration for new makeup looks. She is always über classic & stylish!

♥ http://www.primped.com.au/  A great website full of beauty tips and helpful video's. Zoe's blog is also a must check out on this site.

♥ http://carrotsncake.com/ Tina from Carrot's n Cake shares all her "eats" and fantastic healthy recipes & workouts.

♥ http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/ "Dutch girl cooking" Amazing recipes with stunning step by step photography. Found Kay's blog several month's back when I was looking for a Dutch recipe & have been in love her culinary skills since then.

As you can see I follow mainly beauty, fashion and food blogs. What blog's or websites are you loving at the moment? Please share in comments because I always love discovering new blogs/sites!

Happy Hump Day & 20 Q's Tag

Happy Hump Day!

This tag has been floating around for a while and I saw everyone doing it, so I decided to chime in... here it goes:

1. Things you cannot leave the house without:

A handbag filled with: keys (duh otherwise you can't get back in), cell phone, lip gloss, MAC Studio Fix Powder & wallet. Plus wouldn't ever want to leave the house without clothes LOL

2. Favourite brand of Make Up:
MAC

3. Favourite flower:

Don't really have one particular favourite but love: Peony's, Lilies or Roses

4. Favourite clothing store:

Too many favourites; Zara, CUE, Forever21, Country Road, H&M etc....

5. Favourite perfume:

See this post: http://dutchessroz.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-favourite=perfumes.html. But most used would probably be Narciso Rodriguez - For Her

6. Heels or Flats:

Heels for sure!

7. Did you make good grades at school/uni:

Was OK at school but I have to admit that I was never a good studier. My parents had to go through stages of checking I did homework etc. Have always been more of a hands on learner than reading/studying learner. Phew, I turned out OK though right mum & dad?

8. Favourite colours:

Don't really have any favourites....Think it all depends what the colour is for. For home/decorating am more the neutral person (beige, white, browns & greys). Clothes wise I love black and neutrals but also very bright colours like coral, pinks & bright blue.

9. Do you drink energy drinks:

Hmm not really, on the very rare occasion I enjoy/need a Red Bull (sugar free)

10. Do you drink juice:

Not often, enjoy an orange or clear apple juice occasionally.

Am more of a soda/sparkling water fan. One of my favourite drinks (with some fresh lemon!)

11. Do you like swimming:

I used to be a real water rat when I was younger but nowadays not a huge swimming fan anymore, not sure what happened...Do love the smell of chlorine at pools! (or the smell of petrol stations as a little added random fact haha

12. Do you eat fries with a fork:

Depends what company or place I am in, but most of the time I would say no fork!

13. Favourite moisturiser:

Body: St Yves Swiss Vanilla Body Moisturizer or Body Shop Body Butters!

Face: Neribas Creme - a pharmaceutical product that was recommended to my mum years ago by her (dermatologist) brother. Love it!

14. Do you want to get married later on in life:

Yes, hopefully it will happen one day!

15. Do you get mad easily:

Um not really mad but do have quite an impatient personality....

16. Are you into ghost hunting:

Nope

17. Any phobias:

Am not a fan of bugs (or animals as I call them). Any bug that's black and crunchy gives me the creeps,  yuck yuck YUCK!

18. Do you bite your nails:

Not anymore (proud smile)!! I used to bite my nails very badly until I was about 16-17 (when I moved to NZ ) and just suddenly stopped!  I have another bad nail habit now...I chip my own nail polish off and I don't stop until the whole nail is cleanly chipped off. Once one starts, it doesn't end!

19. Have you ever had a near death experience:

No luckily not. Let's hope it stays that way for quite some time.

20. Do you drink coffee:

Very rarely, only if I am really tired. More of a tea kind of girl.

That was fun! I hope you enjoyed reading these random facts about me, and I'd love to see you fill these Q's out.  Let me know in the comments if you do!