DIY

Cheap Easter Gift in Less than 1 Minute

07:42PM | March 24, 2013 | 6 comments

We’d spent all weekend up the coast relaxing and forgetting about the real world only to return home to a never ending to-do list. One of those things was Easter, the time of year when mothers across Australia get their craft-on and buy all the feathery, shiny and crepe-papery things from the $2 shop. I [...]

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How to Ensure Long Lasting Nail Polish

06:00AM | October 2, 2012 | 6 comments

Let me start by saying I love Shellac and I’ll go and get my nails done any chance I can get BUT sometimes the budget just doesn’t allow me to dote so heavily on my digits. This is where the humble art of DIY nails comes in. I’m not going to talk to you about [...]

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Winged Eyeliner

07:20PM | August 29, 2012 | 6 comments

A lot of people asked me to do a video tutorial showing how I do my winged eyeliner. As usual, a disclaimer: I’m not a qualified make up artist. This is just a representation of how I do what I do, the products I use and how I personally use them. Enough hoo-harr… time for [...]

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Dinosaur Haircuts

08:43AM | August 21, 2012 | 8 comments

Usually Aidan has no problem getting his hair cut but for the last couple of months he’s been chucking up a fuss whenever we take him to the hairdresser. So I decided to take things into my own hands and bought a pair of scissors from the pharmacy, giving him one last chance to go [...]

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Quick Natural Make Up

06:00AM | August 8, 2012 | 62 comments

You guys have been asking for this for awhile now so I’m finally delivering. Every couple of weeks I’ll be sharing a video tutorial showing how I do my make up, my hair and how I care for my skin. I can say this with certainty because I filmed several episodes in one day and [...]

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Monica’s Quigo Nursery Part Two

06:00AM | May 29, 2012 | 21 comments

I didn’t think I’d be talking about babies anytime soon on my blog but as it turns out, for the last month I’ve been consumed by the plans, thoughts and little cute things all revolving around them… I blame Monica. This is her sweet little two week old “Skyla” and below are the finishing touches [...]

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How to “Fix” your Portraits with Face Cam iPhone App

01:04PM | February 25, 2012 | 22 comments

When I first came across the Face Cam App for iPhone on iTunes it came highly recommended and as I love a good photography App I decided to pay the $0.99 and try it out. The features looked promising and I was excited by an app that seemed quick and simple to use. However I [...]

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