Vanity Box 7-day Coordination: Day 1–Biker chic with Christian blouse

A few weeks ago Vanity Box gave me a $100 budget to create 7 outfits in conjunction with items from my own wardrobe! I selected three versatile basics that could be dressed up, down, or even sideways if so desired. Each item was under $35! Check out the other outfits: Day 1 – Biker chic

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Top bun hair style (odango hair) for medium hair

I love the top bun, or ‘Odango’ hair – it gets your hair up and gives you an instantly polished look for very little effort. A lot of people think they can’t do this style if they have shoulder length hair. The challenge is two fold. One, getting all of your hair into a pony

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Flower wonderland by night–Floriade Nightfest Canberra 2011

I’ve been in Canberra now for almost two years, and for some reason I’ve never heard of Floriade until now. It’s Canberra’s famous spring festival, mainly showcasing new season flowers, in particular, tulips – thousands upon thousands of tulips. The day festival is free, with general fair related paraphernalia. At night, there are live bands,

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Warning, highly addictive–felt miniature craft

Apparently children ‘play house’ to mimic their parents. So then I guess our natural affinity for life-like miniature foods must be based, at some level, on nostalgia for our childhood. What ever the reason. Felt miniature crafting is hella fun! I first encountered this while I was living in Japan. I saw a felt cake

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Perfect brown eye shadow? Sponsored review – Ameli Cake Eye Shadow #217 Charcoal Brown from Vanity Box!

A perfect brown eye shadow is probably one of the most important and also the most versatile item in your makeup toolbox. Ameli Cake Eye Shadow could just be…dare I say it…the one? If you’ve never heard of Ameli, like me, the following blurb on the Vanity Box website says it all: It is an

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Cheap Thrills Thursday!

Cheap Thrills purchases to take the edge off my shopping addiction! Cuff from Sports girl on on sale at $5!   Dear Antler ring from Ebay for 76c on bid! : O Ring from Equip $3   Hand crafted false lower lashes from ebay $2.75 each   180 piece Fimo Cane Nail Art Slices from

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