It's Grace

HOLIDAYS

I'm now on uni holidays (yay!) which means I have more free time and also more time to blog! I know I've been pretty terrible with blogging these past few months, but I've literally been so busy with uni that I haven't had time or energy to think about or write new posts! I'll be even busier next semester, as it's my final semester (graduation!!!!) and I have two internships as well - which is really exciting. I'm so excited to start them. One is in a marketing company and the other is with a music festival. Anyway, I'm currently at home (where I grew up) for a week, so I thought I'd post what's been happening - it's really not much but at least it's something!

It's supposed to be the middle of winter right now (if you don't know, winter in Australia is from June - August), but yesterday it was a warm 26ºC. I was annoyed. I want to wear beanies and scarves and stockings and boots, but yesterday I wore jeans and it was too warm. Sigh. But I took this nice photo of the sky so that's good.

I got to catch up with my girlfriends from high school, we went to a Mexican restaurant and had a lot of strawberry daiquiris. Delish. The majority of my friends have moved away (like myself) but I still have two friends who live here, and one who visits like I do, so it's always nice to see them and catch up when I have the chance.

Dukey! This is my puppy Duke. Well, he's not really a puppy, he's about 14 years old but he still looks and acts like a puppy. He's so cute, he has the most wonderful personality. My other dog Sally unfortunately had to be put down due to old age (she was 19) three months ago, and I think Duke is depressed or has separation anxiety or something because when we take him for a walk or give him a pat and then leave, he cries for two hours. It just breaks my heart! I bought a teddy bear yesterday and put one of Sally's winter coats on it and put it on her bed for some company for Duke and so it smells like her, hopefully it will work but if you have any suggestions for depressed/lonely dogs please let me know! x

Isn't it funny how your tastes can change? If you asked me two years ago if I ever thought I would be into 'alternative' music, I definitely would have said no. But here I am, obsessed. There are three albums that I've had on repeat for the past few weeks.

Bastille is definitely number one. I wrote a blog post last week about how I saw them live and they were fantastic. At the moment my favourite songs are Poet, Laughter Lines and Sleepsong, as I've only just discovered they existed after iTunes didn't download the second disk of the album. It was a travesty, but it's sorted now.

This one is pretty obvious, I mean, who doesn't love Ed Sheeran? I'm listening to 'I'm a mess' right now, it's so amazing. I was typing out which ones I love the most and it's literally the whole album... I can't pick a favourite song yet. They're all so good.

I know I'm a bit late on the 1975 bandwagon. I'd heard about them from so many people but just didn't give them a listen until I was in the car with a friend and they were playing 'Settle Down'. I was instantly hooked, I loved it straight away so I went home and downloaded the whole album on iTunes. My favourites are Settle Down, Chocolate, Sex and Girls.

What bands/musicians are you loving at the moment? Give me some suggestions! x

It's finally starting to get cold here in Australia, and I love it! I live in one of the warmer states of Queensland, so even in the middle of winter it doesn't get cold enough to snow or anything like that. But because we have such hot weather in summer, when it starts getting down to 20ºC we all start bringing out the blankets, scarves and boots.
One of my favourite winter warmer recipes is Minestrone Soup. It's such a great way to get your daily vegetable intake, plus it's got pasta and cheese and it's just delicious - what more could you want? Please bare with me as the photos aren't fantastic, but I think they're good enough!

Firstly, you need to get all the ingredients ready.

As you all know, I am a plus-size gal (I'm working on it - my new years resolutions have been getting harder and harder to... resolve). Anyway, I was browsing the City Chic website out of boredom when I came across this lovely coat.

I mean, how nice does it look? It comes in black too, but I really liked the pink because it was different and you don't see a lot of pink coats! Anyway, so today after a nightmare of a day trying to finish and submit the hardest marketing assignment of my life, I drove all the way out to City Chic to have a look at this coat. Okay I am exaggerating a bit, it's (sort of) on the other side of town, and with today's Easter long weekend traffic, it took at least 20 minutes to get there. Anyway, when I got there and tried it on I discovered that it was... furry. Yes, furry. It doesn't look furry in the pictures at all, so you can understand how disappointed I was. It just looked cheap, and seeing as it's polyester and furry, I think it would pill quite easily and it wouldn't last very long. Not the mention the hefty price tag - it was $199.95. That is just absolutely ridiculous for a cheap fabric, polyester coat! I was outrage, honestly. Especially because here in Australia it's really really difficult to find nice clothes in my size (I'm an 18, so not even that big. If I lose 5kg I'll even be out of the ASOS Curve category). And with my DD boobs it's even harder to find something to fit. So for (basically) the only plus-size store in Australia, it's pretty damn disgraceful that it's so expensive but is the quality of Supre. So very disappointing. I think I'll stick to ASOS..

Actually, I've bought a few items off ASOS that I love at the moment, so if any of you are interested in a 'latest purchases' post, let me know! I hope you all have a lovely Easter weekend, I'm off to the beach to soak up some sun, sand, swimming and chocolate! What are you all doing for your Easter weekend?

Going through puberty I was extremely lucky to have good skin - with the exception of a very rare blemish every now and then. Up until the middle of February this year I have been blessed with very good skin (may as well be honest). I've always had a very nice complexion and get compliments from every beauty therapist and makeup artist I see. However, since the middle of Feb this year my skin has been getting worse and worse. It started of with a pimple every now and then, and whilst it's still not very bad, it's a lot worse than I am used to. It seems that my chin is the target! I have two pimples right now and it's very frustrating because when they go away they just come right back.

The last time my parents came to visit me, mum bought a juicer that they can use when they go to the beach house (they go every few months). Mum and Dad like to drink carrot juice every morning (blegh) and seeing as they fly heree before they drive to the beach, they leave me with the juicer when they go home. And I'm surely not complaining.

When I first got it I was just juicing pineapples - yuuuum. It was delicious, and sometimes I'd freeze the juice in ice cube trays and then pop them in the blender once frozen to create a delicious pineapple frappe. Seriously, it was amazing. It's finally starting to get cooler here in Australia though and pineapples are on the way out, plus I was in the mood for something a little less tropical. I ended up rummaging through my fridge and just chucked a random assortment of fruits and veggies into the juicer, and it turned out AMAZING! I couldn't believe it, I have made it three more times since then and it really is so delicious. I'll put the recipe below for you guys! If I know I've got an early morning for uni the next day I'll put some in my to-go cup and drink it on the way to class. It also lasts once juiced in the fridge for a day or two (just stir it before you drink it) and it still tastes amazing. I'm in love!

In my to-go cup. It doesn't look great, but it tastes amazing!

Recipe

2 oranges (peeled)

1 lemon peeled or half a lemon unpeeled (whatever tickles your fancy)

2 apples (I used granny smith)

2 medium stalks celery

Half medium cucumber

2 carrots

Handful of spinach (if you want - I like it because it takes away some of the sweetness of the lemon rind)

Enjoy!

I haven't posted in.. I don't even know how long. I don't even have an excuse for not posting. I guess I haven't had all that much to post about really. I've just been hanging out with friends and going to uni, so it hasn't really been all that interesting. But I've finally wanted to post about something!

Every single time I get sick of uni (which is currently) I get an overwhelming urge to travel. So I ended up watching a ton of Essie Button's vlogs - hers are my favourite for some reason. She's just so personable and her vlogs are always really interesting! Anyway, I was watching one where she went to Denmark and I realised that I love Scandinavian interior design. Kind of random, but whatever!

Denmark and Ireland are my top two places that I really really really want to go. I've got a bit of heritage from both places, as my grandmother was born on a boat on the way from Denmark to Australia, and my granddad's father came over from Ireland when he was young. Both places are also incredibly beautiful (from what I can tell from photos - cry) and I am absolutely desperate to get there. Once I'm finished uni I'm definitely travelling.

Aaaanyway, I decided to browse pinterest and find a few photos that I really like. Oddly enough I'm not a huge fan of Ikea but oh well.

THOSE LIGHTS ARE AMAZING okay i'm calm

I also love the round table because it looks like the sides fold down to make it a rectangular table. Genius.

Love everything.

Okay this even brings in my love for grey couches (I really really love them) and I love the use of the two different tables! How do people think of these things I mean really.

All of these photos were found on pinterest (of course). If any of you want to follow me on pinterest or twitter leave a comment below!

Gosh, lately I've been so busy I haven't had time to blog... hahah, jokes. I've actually been busy doing a whole lot of nothing, besides watching Parks and Recreation. I'm newly obsessed with it, and I've got a lot of times on my hands between going to the gym, applying for jobs and waiting for uni. On the plus side, I've lost 6kg since last year! Which is a big accomplishment for me as it was one of my new years resolutions. I've been a bit off track these past couple of days but I've been going to the gym every second day and I'm going to book in a personal training session for this week to help get me back on track.

I've also been socialising a lot more (and oddly a lot less) than usual. By that I mean I've been going to a lot more parties, but other than that I haven't been socialising all that much throughout the week... but once uni starts I will be socialising a lot more!

Anyway, that's about all I've been doing. Off to the gym tomorrow, going to try and fix my sleeping pattern and I'm going to CLEAN MY ROOM because it's a bit of a mess.. and I'm having people over so I need to clean everything! Hope you're all having a great week, and hope March is a great month for all of you!

I actually can't believe it's been so long since I posted last. I have been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to sit down and think about a blog post! (Okay, maybe I've been a little lazy too). Anyway, I figured it was time for me to post about what I've been up to for the last few weeks, so here it is!

After spending about a month and a half at home, I'm now back in the city where I live during the year for university. I'm so happy to be back. I can really feel already how different this year will be to last year. In previous years when I've returned to come back for uni, I really haven't wanted to leave home and I was always a bit down about it, even after spending almost 3 entire months at home on holidays. This year, it's different. I was itching to get back and I didn't want to spend any more time at home. It really is a relief to be back here and I'm so so happy I can't even describe it, which is a nice change! Anyway, after I got back I decided after a few days to head to the beach for a couple of days (picture above, taken by moi) which was really lovely, I got in some exercise and some fresh ocean air and water and it was nice to relax at the beach. I'm obviously not at the beach anymore, I'm back in the city, and I'm really enjoying myself. I thought I would be bored here with nothing to do for the three or so weeks before uni started again but I'm really not! I have a new housemate/roommate whatever you want to call it, and it's going a lot better than with my previous housemate (that was a bit of a nightmare). I joined the gym today (ouch, I'm sore already - seriously), I've been to a couple of parties and out to the movies and I've been socialising a lot more in general, and I've applied for a ton of jobs so hopefully something comes out of that. I know this is a bit of a rambling post, and kudos to anyone who actually reads the whole thing, but I'm just so excited for this year. I just can't believe how great it's already turning out to be. My new housemate and I are going to be having a housewarming party in the next couple of weeks with a bunch of our friends and it's just going to be some much fun. I'm so excited! Okay now I'm just repeating myself and starting to sound a bit crazy, but anyway, I hope that you are all as happy with the new year and what it has/is/will bring as I am!

I also hope to blog a bit more too, by the way. x

Hello everyone! So, I've made a decision regarding my blog. *Drum roll please*! I've decided that once I hit 200 followers (I'm at about 50 now, bloglovin and blogger followers combined) I'm going to purchase a really nice shiny new template from etsy! There are some really pretty templates on there, and my friend Nicole has an etsy store, so I'm going to buy a lovely template from her! You may know her, she has a lovely blog called The Love Crush, and she's super talented with anything technological and she's amazing at interior design. Go and check her out! And in the meantime, if you could all help me get to 200 followers, that would be fantastic ;) thanks lovelies! xx

Hello everyone! So I know we're already 4 days into February (can you believe it? I can't!) but I thought I'd do a 'monthly favourites' post for my favourite anything in January! I haven't been buying too much because I have been back at my parents house for a while (in a rural town) and there aren't that many great shops here, so when I have been buying I've been doing it online (if you're thinking asos, you're on the right track). So this probably won't be a very interesting post!

1. Duke, my puppy! He's not really a puppy (he's 14...) but he still thinks he is. He's just too cute for words! He obviously lives here with my parents so I only see him when I come home for holidays, but he's just the happiest, craziest, most energetic dog and he has the cutest face :)

2. Rain! Where I live in Australia it seldom rains, only about 20 days a year (and thats pushing it) so its a welcome relief when it rains, and it really rained this time! It poured all day, it was so lovely (although a pain when you want to go out!) but it was nice nonetheless.

3. Hydrangeas are my all time favourite flowers. I love them so much! They are so pretty, and I went to Bunnings the other day to find some nice flowers and they had hydrangeas! I have never found real ones before, so I was pretty excited (as you can see, it's no longer raining. Sad face). I bought two and planted them in my mums garden for her, hopefully they don't die! Apparently they are pretty hard to look after but I don't even care, they are so pretty! And these ones change colour, from white to pink to green. Eek! I love them!

4. Last but not least, this cute little 2014 diary I got from typo. It's just adorable! I love the little deer and the "oh hello my deer" is so cute. I usually buy my diaries from Kikki K but they can be quite bulky and I can be pretty slack with actually using them, so I think it's kind of silly to spend a ton of money because Kikki K can be quite expensive, whereas I got this in the post-Christmas sale and it was only $5! Score.

What were your favourite things in January? Don't be shy! I always love hearing about new products or anything! xx

Hello everyone! I know I haven't been posting much lately, but I really haven't had anything to blog about which is actually quite frustrating! My week has actually been quite good, but I haven't taken a lot of photos so these will have to do. First off, I bought these two items from asos curve. The first one is a lovely top with a cute little collar and the second is a cream coloured lace dress with cute little sleeves and a separate slip that goes underneath. I'm in love with them both! It's always exciting to get things in the post, especially when it's clothing!

I'm not sure if this photo is going to come out very clearly. I spent one evening this week helping out my cousin who is the maid of honour at one of her friends' weddings. This weekend is the bridal shower so I've been helping her out a bit to set things up! These are cute little jars that she bought and we tied bows around them with a little message, 'thank you for celebrating with the bride-to-be'. I think they are so cute and they aren't even finished yet! We're filling them with cute little pink and white lollies as a little party gift for all the guests. There are 50 jars! It took us quite a while to do them but I love all that sort of stuff - typical event management student right here!

I don't actually have any other photos of my week that I'm going to share on here, the other photo have my friends in them and I'm not sure they'd be comfortable with me plastering them over the internet! So, last Sunday was Australia Day, basically a day to celebrate our country and celebrate being lucky enough to live here. Typically, most Australians tend to get drunk and just have a ton of fun. I spent it at my friends house having a barbecue, going for a swim, playing some tennis, baking cupcakes and just having fun! I don't get to see some of my friends from my hometown very often, as we all live in different towns and cities for the university semester, so it's always lovely to spend time with them when I can.

This evening I went out for dinner and to the movies with my parents. We saw the movie Philomena. It was fantastic. It's such an incredible story, about a young girl who fell pregnant and whose child was taken from her by the nuns at a nunnery in Ireland. Such an incredible film and it's actually a true story, which makes it even more amazing (or heartbreaking, whichever way you look at it). I definitely recommend seeing it. There's so many good films out right now! Anyway, that's about it for this blog post, please leave me some suggestions in the comments on what you would like to read about on my blog! xx

If there's something I love, it's watching TV. I know, how bad is that? But I have a few favourites and seeing as I'm still stuck on what to write about it.. here goes!

1. Super Fun Night

Super Fun Night would have to be one of my absolute favourite shows at the moment. I eagerly wait each week for it to be on, and I hate that we only get one half hour episode each week. It's such a good show! It's absolutely hilarious, and is written (and directed?) and stars Rebel Wilson, who would have to be one of my favourite actors. Would I become an actor just so I can meet her and be her best friend? Probably. I know a lot of people find it a bit lame, but I think once you understand Australian humour (Yay for Australians! Rebel and I could be great besties) then you'll find it pretty damn funny. The show is about 3 friends who live together and decide that once a week they will have a "super fun night" from a bunch of ideas they pull randomly out of a jar. It's great. Plus there's romance and typical things that happen in the life of girls who aren't "perfect" and "popular" (who wants to be that anyway? pfft). Definitely recommend giving it a chance!

2. The Big Bang Theory

A favourite with a lot of people, I started watching The Big Bang Theory when it first came out, before people realised that it was actually super funny and not a weird science show. Extremely humorous and witty, this show never fails to have me laughing my butt off. There's not much more I can say except if you aren't watching it already, do it now!

3. Suits

Holy moly me oh my, if you're looking for a show that includes gorgeous men (hello, Harvey), great story lines, and incredible female characters (Donna, can I be you?) then this is the show for you. The show is centred around Mike Ross, a ex-law student who didn't get his degree who somewhat cons his way into working as a lawyer at a firm, and his hunky boss Harvey Spector and their lawyer escapades. Count me in.

4. The Good Wife.

I actually don't know what to say about The Good Wife. Husband cheats on wife. She returns to work as a lawyer at her old firm. Entertainment and drama ensues. Watch it, you won't regret it!

Leave me suggestions in the comments on post ideas, please! Unless you want to see some mindless dribble from me in the future (it won't be pretty)! I'm so stuck on ideas. xx

Images from Pinterest.

Since writing my post about being nominated for a Liebster award, I have been nominated another three times by Ellie Carruthers, Lip Gloss & Loose Curls, and Style Beauty! Aren't they lovely? I'm very grateful to have been nominated 4 times! Seeing as I'm kind of stuck for posts at the moment, I figured that a good way for you guys to get to know me a bit more is to answer all of the questions from these lovely girls, so read on if you are interested!

I am so, so addicted to soft poached egg and avocado on toast at the moment. I've had it for breakfast 3 days in a row! It's so delicious. It's really simple too, all you have to do is bring a pan of hot water to the boil, take it off the hot plate, put the eggs in and let it sit for about 10 seconds, reduce the heat on the stove to medium and then put the pan back on until the eggs are cooked to your liking. While they are cooking, I get some avocado and mash it up with a little squeeze of lemon juice (it really enhances to flavour) and put my bread in the toaster. I like tiger bread because it doesn't go soft like normal bread, it maintains it's toasty-crunchiness. Spread the avocado on, put the eggs on top and voila! Delicious breakfast all ready.
I'm actually struggling to come up with posts right now, as you can probably tell! I'm really not doing much at the moment, I'm on holidays so I'm just spending my days relaxing, lazing around and going to the gym. Please give me some suggestions of posts you would like to read! xx
Image from pinterest

One of my friends from home is currently house sitting at a house at the beach, so she invited myself and a few friends over for dinner and drinks last night. We had nibblies and stuff first, and then for dinner she made a lasagne and I brought along a delicious roast sweet potato & feta salad. Yum! It really is my favourite salad, the combination of the sweet potato, feta cheese, brazil nuts, red onion and other ingredients is so delicious. We also made some pink lemonade punch, and had a few glasses of wine and sweet cider. It was a lovely night! We stayed there for the night and drove back into town this morning, unfortunately it started raining so we couldn't be bothered to actually go on the beach but it was lovely nonetheless!

This afternoon I'm just relaxing and watching some of the Australia Open (I really, really love the tennis) and tomorrow morning I'm going to the fruit and veg market with my cousin who just got back from a holiday in India, and then we're going out for a nice breakfast.

What are you all up to this weekend? xx

I have to say, I love this time of year because it's when the best movies come out. I've seen 3 out of 4 of these movies, and they were incredible.

1. The Book Thief
Wow. Just wow. The Book Thief is a film adaptation of the book written by Markus Zusak. Set in Nazi Germany, the film follows a young girl who is sent to live with a childless married couple, who end up hiding a Jew from the Nazis. Such an incredible, beautiful, amazing movie, I can only say that you all have to see it. Definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen.

2. Saving Mr. Banks
I loved this movie! Unexpectedly, actually. It's a film about the woman who wrote Mary Poppins, and it follows the story of Walt Disney trying to get her to sign over the rights to turn the book into a film. It's such a good movie, and it's funny because the author of Mary Poppins actually grew up in Australia! Which I didn't know, and neither did a lot of people who I've talked to. Definitely a must see, very heartwarming and funny and sad, but still a brilliant film.

3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
This movie was a lot different to the other three movies on the list. This one is entirely fiction (well, I think it is). Walter is looking for a missing photograph by a famed photographer that he needs for the cover of a magazine, and he goes all over the world looking for it. It's an interesting movie because you sometimes can't tell whether or not he's actually there, or if he's just daydreaming!

4. The Railway Man
I've yet to watch this one, but I'm seeing it sometime this week. I just can't pass up a movie that has Colin Firth in it (I would marry him, even though I'm 21 and he's 50-something. No shame). It's about a man who held captive during a war (not sure which one) and how he suffers afterwards. I'm not a fan of war movies, I find them far too sad and I'm such a big sook about them that I can't watch them, but this one is a must-see, almost purely because of Colin Firth.

Do you guys have any recommendations of old or new movies I must see? x

I've been nominated for a Liebster award! Now, before Elle Très Chic nominated me, I hadn't heard of what it was, seeing as I'm new to blogger. But that's the whole point! The Liebster Award is a way to recognise bloggers that are new or have under 200 followers, and a way to boost your own blog! Which is pretty good, I think.

The Rules

- Mention the person who nominated you with a link to their blog.
- Answer the 11 questions provided by the person who nominated you.
- Nominate 11 other bloggers with less than 200 followers
- Create a new set of 11 questions for your nominees to answer.

I haven't managed to find 11 blogs that have less than 200 followers.. Yikes! I'm a bad blogger. SO I am nominating all of my followers for a Liebster Award! I only have about 15, and some of you have been nominated already, so take this as me nominating you!

Elle's Questions

1. Where is your favourite place to find beauty products?

This is a hard one! I mostly go to David Jones or Myer, I prefer to use more expensive products (Estee Lauder, MAC, Clinique etc), but if I'm just looking to try a new product or don't want to spend a ton of money on a new lipstick I'll go to Target or Priceline!

2. What do you find hardest about blogging?

Coming up with new blog posts, even though I'm only new! I'm not quite into my blogging groove yet.

3. Describe yourself in 3 words

Umm... funny, sarcastic, organised!

4. If you had to eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?

It would have to be my mum's roast.. so delicious.

5. Are you a summer/winter/autumn or spring kinda girl?

DEFINITELY winter! Although, it doesn't get very cold here so it's probably more spring/autumn in other places!

6. What has been your proudest achievement on your blog?

Getting nominated for this award!

7. What is your favourite item of clothing?

Ahh.. either my china blue lace Topshop dress, or my coral Review dress!

8. Who is your favourite YouTuber?

Tanya Burr I think, I love her personality. Or Louise (sprinkleofglitter)!

9. What is your favourite fragrance?

I love Oh Lola! by Marc Jacobs

10. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Hmm. Probably my hesitation.. I really need to just go for things more and enjoy life, and say yes more!

11. What is your favourite thing about blogging

How you can meet people from all over the world that you have so much in common with!

My questions

1. What is your favourite makeup brand?

2. What is your favourite place to visit?

3. What countries/cities are on your must-visit list?

3. Favourite season

4. What is one thing you want to achieve in life?

5. What is your favourite thing to do in your spare time?

6. What's your favourite movie?

7. Least favourite thing about blogging?

8. Best thing about blogging?

9. What made you start blogging?

10. What would be one thing you would have in your dream home?

11. What is your dream career?

Ah! Three posts in two days, I'm starting to get the hang of this blogging thing! Today I thought I'd post about my favourite beauty products - non-makeup related.

1. Simple make-up remover

I love this make-up remover, it's one of the best I've tried, and I've tried a lot. I even like it more than MAC eye makeup remover, and it's an even bigger bonus that you can just buy it at the supermarket and it's pretty cheap! I also love that it is really gentle and isn't loaded with a ton of chemicals.

2. Dermalogica intensive moisture balance moisturiser.

I used to be a dedicated biotherm fan, but there is no longer a biotherm counter in my nearest shopping centre so I decided to try something new. I get quite dry skin on my cheeks, especially in winter, and I find that this moisturiser is fantastic for dry skin as it's an "intensive" moisturiser. Definitely recommend it!

3. Clinique take the day off balm.

I only recently purchased this product, so it might be a bit early to say how it's going, but I really like it so far! It's different to a lot of cleaners because it's quite thick, not like a moisturiser though, and you put it on dry skin and massage it in, then rinse it off. I am really enjoying using it and my skin is liking it as well! It's even good for sensitive skin, which I have.

4. Lush dream cream

I bought this mini lush cream when I was in Melbourne, and when I run out I'm buying the full tub! I think I'll keep this little container though for when I travel, it's the perfect size. The dream cream smells sort of lavender-y and lovely and it goes on easily and you only need a little bit to go a long way. I have a few stretch marks (who doesn't) and it's really really helped these, in just a week or two. It's fantastic!

5. Lush grease lightning

Spot remover by lush, I haven't used it a lot but it seems to work in preventing them from showing up or getting bigger.

6. KMS California curl up

A clear curl cream, I like to use it most days. I scrunch it into towel dried hair and then let my hair air dry, it really enhances the curl and looks lovely!

7. John Frieda frizz-ease

This one is a mousse, I use it sometimes with the curl cream or just by itself to stop frizz and enhance my natural curl.

So that's it! These are currently my favourite beauty products and I would recommend all of them! I also love my toiletries bag which I got as a Christmas gift from one of my friends, but she got it on ASOS! x

A dark burgundy-ish coloured lip is one of my favourite looks right now. Even though it's summer here in Australia I really adore it, it looks so classic and beautiful, especially on girls with fair skin and dark hair. I really need to get my hands on a nice dark lipstick, does anyone have any recommendations? My favourite images are the girl on the left with the dark hair, and Sarah Hyland (on the right). So stunning!

Image: Pinterest

Over the past year I have found it incredibly difficult as a uni student to find a job. I have applied for countless positions and for almost all of them, I've been rejected before even having an interview. If you've been in the same position as I am then you will understand how disheartening it can be. So when I received an email today saying that a company was interested in me for an interview, I was obviously excited... until I read their full email. It turns out that they want me to operate under my own business/ABN, which means I would need to pay GST to the government, I would need my own public liability and insurance cover (which costs a lot) and a bunch of other stuff.. and the hour wage is $20 per hour. Which basically means I'd be sending 10% of my income to the government, and I'd have to pay a ton of money to be registered as a business owner, and so on and so forth. Ugh, I was so incredibly annoyed! The first non-rejection letter and it's basically just as bad. So I need some positivity today and to focus on the good. Obviously it was just not meant to be and I need to focus on all the good things in my life right now. I had a good work out at the gym too so that got some of my frustration out!

Well, thanks for reading my rant (if you did)!

Image: Sheridan

My bedroom currently is what you would expect of a teenage girls bedroom.. When I was 15 I got my room painted with a bright pink feature wall.. yeah. I loved it at the time and I don't regret the colour choice, but now I'm 21 and I need something a bit more mature, so I'm getting my wall painted in the colour of the rest of the walls in my room, a really light grey with I think will look wonderful with this Sheridan quilt cover set! I've already bought it and I'm just waiting for it to arrive.. so exciting. My parents are also getting ready to sell our house in the next couple of years (I live here between uni semesters, and I live in the city during uni), so it will also make it look a lot nicer for when we come to sell, and then I will take the quilt cover to my room in the city! I currently have a lavender hydrangea print Sheridan cover on my bed there, which I still love. Do you have any suggestions, or what is your favourite current colour palette for you room?

So, today was the day that we took down the Christmas tree and all the decorations we had up. It was a sad day, I really love Christmas! They were probably up for a bit long, but it's been way too hot here to do anything (even in the aircon). 41 degrees just makes you so sluggish and lazy! But it's start to cool down a bit and only hit 39 degrees today ;)

Anyway, seeing as I was feeling sad that Christmas is already over, I decided to blog about... my Christmas Pavlova! Pavlova is such a traditional Australian (Or New Zealand... no one really knows) dessert that I have to make it every year, I love topping mine with raspberries, blackberries, whipped cream and shaved dark chocolate.. mm yum!

Just typing about it makes my mouth water, bad decision Grace! I'm trying to eat healthier and be more health conscious, and I'm doing alright! I made a chicken salad for lunch and I went to the gym for almost an hour this afternoon. But I had ice cream for dessert.. oh well, small steps! Sorry if this post has been super boring, I haven't been doing much because of the heat!

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Seeing as this is a brand new blog (and I'm very, very bored) I decided to post a few photos from my instagram feed over the last year. Pretty much because I have nothing else to do, and also so whoever reads my blog can get to know me a little better!

Beginning and ending the year with some strawberry daiquiri's (my favourite)!

Mmm... shortbread cookie!

I saw Taylor Swift in concert for the 2nd time this year... she is just incredible.

Cocktails at the Atrium Bar in the Crown Casino in Melbourne! Spent a wonderful week here having a holiday.

I turned 21!

Birthday flowers

A stroll in the park in spring.

And again.. my favourite cocktail!

This has been somewhat of a pointless post, and I may delete it in an hour or so but... oh well! Hope you enjoyed!

Holy moly, it's hot right now. I'm currently sitting in my lounge room in the airconditioning (which isn't really working) as it's 41 degrees celsius outside. I think this is the hottest summer we have had so far! It's so humid which doesn't help either. Seeing as it's so hot outside there's not much to do except get burned, so I figured I'd write a short little blog post to cure my boredom for a little bit! I took this photo yesterday when I was in the bath (obviously), I only used the cold tap and the water was still too warm! But it was lovely anyway, I used my favourite lush bubble bar which is 'Rose Jam Bubbleroon Bubble Bar'. It's so delicious smelling and it splits into two pieces so you can use it more than once. Score!

Hope you are all enjoying the weather wherever you may be :)

Can anyone actually believe it's 2014? I for one can't, but I also can't say that I'm sorry to bid 2013 goodbye - it wasn't the best year for me (not that it was a terrible one, just a bit average).

As it is a new year, I decided to start a blog just so I can keep track of 2014. I can hardly remember any of the good (although I can remember the bad) things that happened last year (okay, it already feels weird saying that), and not being able to remember the good things in life is never good! So I've decided that this blog will hopefully help me keep track of this year, and there's a few things I want to change...

I suppose you could call them resolutions, so here goes:

1. Get fit.
I know I'm not the fittest person around, so my number one thing I want to change this year is my food intake (more good food, less bad food) and exercise. I have joined a gym here at home just before Christmas, but I want to continue with the exercise routine once I get back to the city for university.

2. Get better grades.
I know probably most of this list will probably be pretty typical things, but I really need to get better grades this year. My grades aren't too terrible, I range from passes to high distinctions, but I really want to increase my GPA as I'm going into my last year of university and will be graduating!

3. Get a job
I've been lucky enough that during university I haven't needed to get a job so far, but this year I want to make an effort to do some part-time/casual work. I've arranged my uni schedule so I can fit in getting a job, it's just a matter of applying and interviewing now!

4. Socialise more.
This one's pretty obvious, I was a bit of a recluse last year with a horrible housemate and hard subjects at uni, but I'm definitely going to make an effort to socialise more this year.

5. Be a nicer person
I like to think I'm a pretty nice person in general, but I need to make an effort to smile more and people and be a bit less judgemental and gossipy.

6. TRAVEL
A huge one on my list for this year. I haven't travelled overseas since I was 14, and I haven't stepped foot inside Europe or the UK. Ireland and France are definitely high on my list and I really really really want to get there sometime this year.

I think I'll leave it at this for now. If I think of any more I might add them in at a later date, but for now I think this is a good start!

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