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Why Dry Brush?
What to Use
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How to Dry Brush
- The best time to Dry Brush is right before you plan to have a shower or bath, so all of those icky dry skin cells you've just exfoliated, can go right down the drain. The morning is good too as a lot of people say they feel energised after dry brushing, so it's a good start to the day.
- Start at your feet and using long even upward strokes, brush from ankles to knees.
- You will always be brushing in the direction towards major lymph nodes in your body. Such as the underarms, groin and base of your neck.
- Circular motions are okay too, especially on areas you would like to focus on.
- Brush over your legs, your abdomen and butt. Spend a little extra time on the booty and upper thighs if you want to work on that cellulite. Always brushing upwards towards your heart.
- Brush your back, either with a brush that has a handle, by using contortionist skills or get someone to help you out.
- Brush up along the outside of your arms, then lift your arms up and brush downwards on the inside of them, and near your underarms.
- Finally brush your shoulders and chest, being careful with sensitive areas.
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Have you ever dry brushed your skin? What did you think?
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A Small Pack of Tissues - Seriously my nose is runny all year round. My bag usually ends up just filled with half used tissues. It's currently clean, but inevitable.
Tampons - Hey did it ever kill you to be prepared? The boy scouts were onto something there.
Ear Care Antiseptic Spray - If you read my most recent Life Lately post, you would see that I got 3 new piercings in my ears! My helix and third lobe holes. I really don't want them to get infected so I've been going to town with the spray and cleaning them. Good to have some sprays on the go.
Revlon Colour Burst Lacquer Stick - Have you used one of these giant crayon things before? They are fantastic. I have this baby permanently in my handbag in case I need some colour. This dark shade is perfect for Winter, but I may have to grab a nude shade for the upcoming warmer months.
Keys - Gotta be able to get into the house and car. I've got my garage door clicker on there too. Most importantly my everything is awesome Emmet key chain. He's a torch and wow he is soo useful! There are definitely more times than I realised that I need a torch. Love you little lego guy.
I've created an anonymous survey that I would love for fellow bloggers to partake in! It aims to gather data on sponsored post rates, it's a very short survey, but I would love for you to have a go! You can complete it here!
* Some of these items may have been sent to me for review. All comments & views are my own.
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Having never seen or even heard of the tv show on which this movie was based, did absolutely nothing to distract from my enjoyment for this film. It has everything I love in a film. Witty one liners, lots of action, strong female characters and plenty of eye candy.
Women lining up to see Magic Mike 2 are fooling themselves, unless all they want is a male stripshow on film, then go for it ladies. The irresistible character and charm that are Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill, well it's just a tad ridiculous. How can so much attractiveness go into just two men. If you know me, you know I'm hardly one to swoon, (unless it's Lee Pace) but these men now have my utmost attention.
I mean there's nothing more attractive than a man that knows how to dress, and the outfits on all the cast in this film are droolworthy. The high class sixties fashion on the actresses, especially Alicia Vikander, made me wish that sixties fashion was back on trend.
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Saving Money
Divvying Up the Paycheck
Keeping Track with Apps
Taking Control
I honestly don't find it particularly hard to keep in control of all my money. I work a lot, and it's important to know when you can and can't spend. As I take all of my bills/rent/petrol/groceries money out as soon as I get paid, I know that I can do whatever with my remaining money. Sometimes I splurge and sometimes I put it all away in savings. I know that some people struggle with this a bit more if they have loans or debt to pay off, which is understandable. For instance, those that went to college or university may have student loan repayments to think about as well (although they can make this easier by refinancing their loan with Sofi - click here to learn more). Nevertheless, even though it may be more difficult in these cases to effectively manage your money, it's definitely still possible. Create a system that works for you, and stick to it.
You can't really save until you know much money you actually need for general living purposes, so once you have your money sorted out and organised, you will know how much money leftover you have to put into savings!
It's not that hard, you can do it!
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Thanks so much to everyone who voted for me in the 2015 Savvy Saver Blog Awards! I won most popular post in Finance! Hooray!
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1. Flower Cake Topper // Alma Camponesa
2. DIY Floral Letters // Honestly Yum
3. DIY Corsage // The Bride's Cafe
4. Pressed Flower Phone Case // The Etsy Blog
5. Fresh Flower Bicycle Handlebars // Lovely Indeed
6. Spring Floral Crown // Green Wedding Shoes
7. Fresh Flower Wall // Green Wedding Shoes
straight into a vase. If you don't have a garden overflowing with flowers to pick, then I might just have the thing.
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UPDATE:
Woot! I got a new job! In a boutique clothing store on a great street right near my house! So I can walk to work and everything. I'm so excited. It's permanent casual 2 days a week. It's just lovely. Feel free to message me on facebook/instagram for more deets like what store! Obv I'm being a bit more private atm after the Major creeper incidents of late.
- I've been looking at little tattoo inspiration, I love these beauties
- I'm going to Josh's Uni Ball, I love this dress and this one! ($$$$)
- Always on the lookout for new jewellery, this belly bar and this for my third lobe piercing
- Kylie Jenner from Tween to Now (aka how to get hot by being rich)
- I bought this bag, I'm probably late to the bucket bag trend, whatever
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Do you entertain at your place? What's your outdoor area like?
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Hey everyone! I've been incredibly slack at blogging this week and it's made me so very sad! I worked 6 days in a row with hardly any free time to myself. Then I had to deal with this creep which also managed to take up even more of my free time when I had to report him to the police. Then on Friday he turned up at my second workplace, no one is too sure whether it's a coincidence or not. I don't want to know.
Moving on I hope to actually do some blogging now and in the coming weeks. As well as being back on schedule of Monday, Wednesday & Friday. With an occasional Saturday post.
Bash from "Hey Bash" was lovely enough to tag me in this Blogger Interview Series, and I don't tend to do tags any more, but I've been so distracted lately that I thought this post can help get me back on track. Here we go!
How did you get into blogging?
So one day I stumbled onto an amazing blog "A Beautiful Mess" and I was hooked. Absolutely smitten. How can I be a part of this world? I started my creating my very own tumblr, "Nifty & Crafty" that posted and credited all of the cool DIY, crafts and articles from sweet blogs around the net. My very own DIY blog, sort of.
I started creating my own posts thrown in there as well. I'm not very DIY savvy, but I tried my best. One of my fellow DIY tumblrs, started her own blogspot and I decided to follow suit and make the leap. Once I broadened my horizons and realised I could blog about more than just DIY. (Which I sucked at) everything sort of leapt into focus, there I was, a blogger!
What advice would you give to a blogger just starting out?
Network! Oh my lord, I regret not networking at the beginning so much. What on earth was I doing. My blog will be 2 years old in, February 2016 and I still feel like I am so far behind other bloggers who have been blogging for the same amount of time because I wasn't networking or putting myself out there!
Secondly, quality over quantity. You may think you need to post all the time when you first start out to gain a lot of followers. But you might just end up posting crap. So it's not worth it.
What would be your dream campaign?
I honestly would love to just see more opportunities for bloggers in Australia, especially those in regional Australia. I could travel 2 hours south to Sydney for blogging events, and I would love to. But frankly I just don't have the time.
My dream campaign would be anything surrounding my favourite brands, any brands that I am incredibly passionate about would be amazing to write for! Lots of fashion designers preferably. But that's not going to happen unless I put more effort into a fashion side of the blog.
Do you have a plan for your blog?
The niche or overall theme of my blog, i think is lifestyle, and I chose this theme as it is very broad and allows me to write about a variety of topics, with them all falling under the lifestyle category. Interior design and my home life is very important to me, but I am also very fashion conscious and love reading about beauty and trying new makeup products.
In the future I would love to add more fashion posts in, especially seeing as I have a job where I can get dressed up in cute outfits, so turning those into outfit posts would be amazing. I have already started working with more companies, but I would like to continue doing so, and improving my photography skills as well. Basically I want to continue to improve my blog!
What do you think about rankings?
I would love to pretend I don't care, as does everybody but ranks are an important part of any bloggers lifestyle. Measuring overall ranking is pretty hard as your loyal blog readers can follow you on a large variety of sources. I mostly tend to view bloglovin followers as well as daily pageviews. Bloglovin' also has an overall ranking for your section, mine is under "Lifestyle Blogs". I don't think my rank is that bad seeing as I only have a bit over 400 followers, compared to the thousands and thousands that other lifestyle blogs have. Maybe one day I can reach for the stars!
Tag You're it!
You don't have to do this tag of course, but it was pretty fun and short. So here are 5 lucky ladies.
- May - The Mayden
- Charlotte - Styleaked
- Jess - Jesstastics
- Sophie - Sophie's Little Secrets
- Emma - Oh Flower Child
Good luck girls!
Also feel free to do this interview even if you haven't been tagged! It's fun!
Cya! xx
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Why Do it?
The Challenge
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4.
Working 1pm - 9pm. Foundation free. Seriously nothing to report.
Day 5.
Screw it, I'm wearing foundation today, I like when my skin looks flawless. I start work at 12, but beforehand I go to a plant shop to see their latest shipment of cacti, and then I buy the cutest one and head down Darby St, to buy a pot for it as well.Working 12-7. I actually get my first god damn comment of the week, during this shift, about how tired I look, and I am wearing foundation and concealer. Is it because it's late in the day and the foundation has settled into fine lines and made my eye bags more noticeable?
Honestly have you ever been told you look tired and thought, "Oh I really feel as though this person made that comment as they care about my general well being." No.
Overall Conclusion
I am seriously shocked the way this challenge turned out. I either don't look that shitty without makeup, or people were just too polite to say anything.
This definitely saved me time when getting ready of a morning, and allowed me to moisturise and care for my skin a bit more.
I also feel a lot more confident in leaving the house without makeup. Even if it honestly was people just being too polite to say anything. Screw them, people shouldn't make negative comments towards others anyway!
I'll definitely still wear foundation and concealer, but I no longer will feel like a social pariah if I leave the house not wearing any!
Do you wear foundation and concealer everyday? Do you get comments when you go bare faced??I want to hear about it all! Leave your stories in the comments!
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- These Stacked Rings I want, and can I afford this gorgeous bracelet?
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