Joie de vivre!

As you may know the weekend before last I went away for a girly trip to the South of France for 3 days! We had a lovely time exploring the sights in Nice and Monaco and enjoyed some delicious food and wine in the sunshine. The weather wasn’t as warm as we’d been expecting but 18-20C at the end of October isn’t that bad I suppose ;)

♥ Beautiful Cemetery in Nice overlooking the city
♥ Day Trip to Monaco, the famous casino behind us!
♥ Casino of Monaco…and no we didn’t go in for a gamble ;)
♥ Moi with the port of Monaco in the background 
♥ Brunch in Nice, overdosed on bread and chocolate spread, yummmm!
♥ Browsing the markets in Nice
♥ Early Sunday morning at the Irish Pub in Nice to watch NZ - Australia Semi Final (Rugby)
Hadn't worn my All Blacks jersey in a very long time, felt very kiwi again!
♥ Along the beach Promenade in Nice
♥ Me with the girls :)
♥ Look I I found Nemo at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco!
♥ Dressed up for dinner and a few drinks out in Nice
♥ Overlooking Monte Carlo

We had a FAB time! The French really do know what they are talking about when they say ‘Joie de Vivre’ in La France :)        

Plus it’s that time of the week already…..

Happy Hump Day everyone :)
xoxo

NOTD: Estee Lauder - Metallic Sage

Hey lovelies,

I hope you all had a great weekend? Mine was pretty busy so I am really looking forward to a more relaxing week & weekend. But I am happy to announce that internet has been connected at my house so I can finally return to more regular blogging, yay! Starting off with a quick NOTD post :)

I got this Estee Lauder nail polish a little while back and am loving this shade for autumn!

It's called 'Metallic Sage' and was released as part of the Modern Mercury collection for A/W 2011.Estee Lauder Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Metallic Sage is a deep olive/sage green shade with a gorgeous pink, gold and green shimmer that shows as a duo-chrome in some lights and as just a regular shimmer in others. In some lights it can even look like a golden brown shade. The formula of the polish is quite thin but it applies smoothly (great brush) and dries fairly quick.

In these photo's I applied two coats, but I actually think now it would have looked even better (more opaque) with three coats. 

The gold shimmer gives this nail polish a lot more depth, making a dark green/brown polish so much more glamourous. What do you think, would you wear this nail polish?

Pure Colour Nail Lacquer is £14 for 9ml, available from counters nationwide and at esteelauder.co.uk

Weekend Brunches - Formosina

Most people that know me, know that one of my favourite things to do in the weekend is going for brunch! I just love having a relaxing morning and then meeting friends between 11am-12.30pm (depending on what I've been up to the night before hehe) for lots of cups of tea and delicious food. When it comes to brunch food I am a big fan of poached eggs with mushrooms or smoked salmon but then again I also can't resist a creamy honey banana porridge or fresh bread smothered with chocolate spread :) 

In London I am always exploring new places for brunch and thought I might start sharing my favourite brunch hounds on the blog, I hope you like it!

This weekend me and a friend met up at my house in Notting Hill and walked over to neighbouring Maida Vale for brunch. We decided to try out the swanky looking eatery called 'Formosina'.

This lovely little Maida Vale restaurant opened about 6 month's ago and is owned and styled by Jacqui B, who also owns the interior design shop 'Jacqui B' down the road from the restaurant. I just love the funky interior of Formosina. It has a very high girly Kitsch factor due to the crystal chandeliers, white tables but most of all the awesome art work!

All the art work in Formosina is by the artist Maximillian Wiedemann. I seriously want one of those VOGUE canvasses for my house but doubt they are in my price range...

Food wise the menu had various breakfast and lunch options but me and my friend both craved porridge so we ordered that. It was served perfectly hot, thick, creamy and topped with fresh fruit and honey. It was absolutely delicious and filled our tummies in preparation for our morning walk along Regent's canal to Regents Park. I will definitely come back to Formosina again to see what the rest of their food is like. I think this restaurant would also be a great venue for a fun girly evening dinner because the cocktails on the menu looked yum!

18 Formosa Street, London W9 2

Area: Maida Vale

Happy Hump Day %

Hey my lovelies,

I am so sorry that I have been missing in action for a while. Life just seems to be a little hectic at the moment! I was in the South of France last weekend with some friends and hardly had a chance to unpack because I am off again with work tonight for the next two days. We are going to the Peak District (which is a National Park in northern England) for a team building challenge event; doing activities like sailing, gliding and horse riding! Should be great fun, just hope it won’t be too freezing. I have packed many many layers and winter woollies so fingers crossed I don’t turn into a popsicle ;)

Beside being a busy bee, another reason I haven’t had much time to post on the blog is because I haven’t had internet at my flat since I moved house at the end of September. It’s always a bit of a hassle when you move places to sort out providers for internet and stuff like that but it should finally all be installed and ready by this weekend! Wooohooo :)

So for the moment just a quick hump day post & I promise to be back with more regular posts again next week! 

Hehe ;) Happy Hump Day! xoxo Roz