Loreal Infallible 24hr Matt Foundation

Welcome back! Today I had to share with you my newest foundation obsession - the Loreal Infallible 24hr Matte. I had previously been using the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation which I also love, but was finding as it is getting hotter I am starting to look a lot more shiny throughout the day which isn't cool!



I use the Real Techniques foundation brush to apply this which makes it go on like a breeze. Super easy to blend and settles into the skin quickly. You can find that HERE!

One frustrating thing about drugstore foundations is the lack of testers / samples / make up assistant to give you the correct match. It becomes a guessing game! I went with a slightly lighter yellow undertone in 30 Honey and also a slightly darker red undertone in 24 Golden Beige.

At the moment I am mixing the both of them into my skin to create a perfect match but can see that the darker one will be perfect in the middle of summer and the lighter will be pretty perfect for winter. I am olive toned skin that can tan and am oily / combination. 

 

This is how it looks on the face after a few hours of wear - no shine! I am loving this for summer in Brisbane and have worn it on some really long work days and its held up so well. I'm talking applying it at 6.30am and not removing it until 11pm at night!

I had to share as cheaper foundations that do the job well are worth sharing! You can find the foundation HERE!

xoxo

 

 

 



Yoga Challenge

Hi everyone, welcome back.
So a few weeks ago I took part in a yoga challenge with +Ann Mazur (RunnersLoveYoga) on Instagram and I just wanted to share all the different poses and pictures with you.
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It was so much fun trying out a new pose each day and incorporating it into my yoga routine. I also actually found that this challenge gave me more confidence as I spent each day as I was out and about thinking about where would look good for the photo and whenever I found a spot I thought would work I would just stop / drop / and yoga! I really started to embrace that feeling of not caring whatsoever what anyone around me was thinking and just went for it, it is such an amazing feeling - try it this week at some point in one of your days - just do something because you want to and never mind who is around, if its a suitable situation or not. You'll feel alive and energetic and inspired to continue to live the life you want, because you want to! 

Day 1 # Utkatasana / chair pose

translates from Sanskrit = powerful pose. It looks like your just chilling in a chair when your actually engaging all the strength you can in your legs and ankles whilst tightening your pelvis and core, oh and that whole balancing thing is thrown in too!

Day 2 # Parivrrtaanjaneyasana / revolved lunge

Improves your digestion - who would have thought something seemingly so simple can impact on something like digestion so much! I did this one at GOMA - Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

Day 3 # Utthitaparsvakonasana / extended side angle 

Utthita = extended

Parsva = side

kona = angle

This feels amazing for the side of your body and you really feel your quads working.

Day 4 # Variation of parivrrtaanjaneyasana / revolved lunge 

I did this pose all day long all over Noosa! I woke up the next day and wondered why I was sore! 

Day 5 # Anjaneyasana / low lunge

This pose if you can allow your body to sink into it really allows you to have this feeling of letting go, one of my favourites. 

Day 6 # Ardhahanumanasana / half split

Ooooo eeee this is a major hamstring stretch and golly gosh I have super tight hamstrings! I could only just touch my fingers to the ground but that's ok, I know this just means that this is a perfect pose to continue in.

Day 7 # Utthanpristhasana / lizard pose variation

This pose feels amazing for your hips, perfect hip opener and a pose I particularly love first thing in the morning to get my legs feeling looser and get rid of that stiff still asleep feeling. 

Day 8 # Utthanpristhasana / lizard pose with a bind

Perfect for your quads after a run! It feels really nice pushing that front leg out too, allows the hips to get involved.

Day 9 # Ekapadarajakapotasana / pigeon pose

Ahhh this has got to be one of my most favourite poses, it gives the most amazing stretch every time but also is a pose that release emotion for me, I think I store a lot of stress around my thighs and glutes.   

Day 10 # Camatkarasana / wild thing 

This feels a bit similar to extended side angle with the deep stretch in your side body but a bit more emphases on your straight leg to ground down.

 

Day 11 # Gomukhasana / cow face pose

Try this today! I was so surprised at how one side felt quite good and the other I could barely touch my hands together, really reiterates that you have two sides to your body and they don't always match up!

Day 12 # Bhujapidhasna / rock the baby

This is similar to Pigeon Pose and perfect if you don't want to put any weight on your leg whilst getting the same stretch, as you rock your leg back and forth you open up dem hips too!

Day 13 # Chatushpadasana / four footed pose

This was an interesting one for me, I couldn't get my hands to my feet, struggled to keep my feet straight and was so surprised when I saw the photo how low down I was. I see poses like this one a lot across social media and assume it to be easy - nope not for me! I kind of love that though, yoga is all about learning about yourself and what you can do, I now am working to open up my chest more to allow for this to feel more natural.

Day 14 # Baddhakonasana / bound angle pose 

The final day and funnily enough a pose that is probably almost my most favourite. I've been doing this one since I was tiny and have always felt so comfortable and safe in this pose, I go it almost daily whenever I find myself sitting on the floor. I watch TV in this pose and just listen to my breath in it. Try it, its amazing for your hips and if you can release and let go it feels wonderful.

 

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So there we have it, my first yoga challenge and 14 different yoga poses! I LOVED doing this, I think its going to be so fantastic to look back on these poses in a year and see how they compare.

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Do you love Yoga as much as me? Have you tried these poses?

xoxo

Namaste

FOOD: Dock Kitchen London

 

Hello all, welcome back!

Today I have a throwback post for you - to about a year ago. This is a food post of the restaurant Dock Kitchen in London which I went to with my parents when I was over there visiting my bestie.

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Located in West London, this restaurant is situated in the nicest setting with beautiful glass panels of an old Wharf Building and a canal just out the front. Stevie Parle is the head chef here and my parents knew about this place due to a TV show they had watched called Spice Trip.

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They are really inventive with their meals and offer seasonal dishes with a set menu that gets changed often. We went with the set menu that was summer themed. I would recommend going with whatever the set menu happens to be the night you go - its a fun way to experience food you may not have had before!  

Entre was fresh bread that was still warm ... mmm

Seriously how gorgeous is my Mumma! 

Pappa Bear and I 

First course was a soup - this was crab and spinach 

Main was steak with potatoes, asparagus, brussel sprouts and some beans - the flavours were so good

Dessert was this really fresh vanilla ice-cream with a jelly that had flowers through it! 

 

OOTN:

Shoes: ASOS - LINK!

Tights: Lorna Jane - LINK!

Bag: Etsy - LINK!

Coat: Zara

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I really enjoyed this evening out and getting to experience a meal that was a set menu; something that I don't generally lean towards when dining out.

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If your in London I would defiantly recommend you give this place a try and if your visiting pop it on your list! You can view their website HERE

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xoxo

 

U-P-D-A-T-E

Oh .... hello there. Gulp! 
So it's been quite awhile since you have seen this blog pop up isn't it!! Golly gosh I sort of completely totally didn't touch or look at my blog for MONTHS.
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I haven't blogged in 2015 yet
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This is my first post of the year and were halfway through it! Yikes.
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So I've been gone for awhile. This blog has always been first and foremost a life recorder for me. Which I love, which I miss! Life got super full on, super fast and a lot happened and thus the recording of the happenings stopped.
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However! When I am old and grey I want to remember the life happenings and how I felt and what I thought at the time. Memories are amazing things that we have stored in our heads but there are so many moments and feelings to a day I don't want to forget. I want to be able to come back here and read a post from years ago and instantly be pulled back into that moment and recall how I felt on that day.
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Hence the blog. Lol. Ok enough.
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WHERE HAVE I BEEN?!?!
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Ok so the last post I did was in December last year. Since then I have moved cities, moved house, changed jobs and started studying for my masters! Phew. It was a lot, all at once.
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So I'm going to share with you some pictures from my phone of what's been going on the past....erumm 5 months!!!

Flying up to Brisbane to search for a new home

Outside the front of my new work!

Spot the excited person lol

All set in the car to drive 14+ hours (with the help of some fury friends of course)

The crazy rain that happens up in the tropics! (and the view from my desk - say what?!)

The city is SO pretty!

One of my favourite times in the day is exiting the train station to walk to work - the city is just so bright and awake

Brisbane has a Starbucks - bliss

Our new home is in a complex with a pool.... I mean ....

This is a new running spot I found - Sandgate - such a beautiful place to go running 

Bribie Island - a 40min drive from Brisbane and so pretty! - ill do a full post on this spot soon!

My new favourite thing to do - be upside down wherever I go

This is a storm day at 8am - scary!

Sunrise from my bedroom window

Lunchtime down along the river 

Moving cities required us to have my car full, my parents car full, Chris's car full, a hire van full (like to top to bottom scary full) and a trailer attached to the hire van - phew!!!! 

First coffee on the balcony on the first morning in the new place

I am obsessed with the view from my work - its different every day and i never get sick of it! 

Friday means champagne

Teeny tiny pineapple from the farmers market for $1! (Post to come on that soon too!)

Down at Sandgate 

This is a wall at a yoga studio in the city - Stretch Yoga 

Hehe I get visitors every few days 

This is a snap from the Eat Street Markets - another amazing spot i'll blog about. Its essentially a night food market but each food stall is a storage crate thing - very cool and amazing variety of food. 

Chris's new favourite past time that i don't mind either - fishing! 

This was early one morning on my way to a breakfast talk for work down in Southbank 

Bribe Island Sunsets 

And there we have it - just a few shots from the past few months that i pulled from my phone. 

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I am so excited to get back into blogging again -  here is a short list of things I want to blog about:

* I want to share all the new places in Brisbane that were finding

 * Tips on moving

* Studying my Masters - what i'm doing and how I manage with full time work, life etc

* Workout routine and fitness update

* Food posts 

* Yoga 

* Life posts - motivation, negativity, tough situations, gratitude 

* Beauty & fashion

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Let me know if there is anything in particular you'd be keen to hear about 

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Type soon!

xoxo