Bonjour mes amis! It certainly has been a long time since the last post but I can only use the usual excuse: I've been a busy bee attempting to complete my final year of law school with a modicum of my sanity in tact (more on that in an upcoming post). Recently my friends and I took ourselves off to the Ocean Terrace at the Oyster Box for a lunch in celebration of one of my friends getting herself engaged (yes, you read that correctly)! As the first one in my group of friends to get ready to make the big commitment I have to say its been very exciting for all of us helping her plan and preparing for the big day which is very soon! We decided to get dressed up in white (all except the bride to be) just to be perverse or perhaps because law students have a weird sense of humour and enjoyed a little bad (that is, unhealthy but delicious) food and a good load of laughs. Naturally talk turned to the future and all the plans everyone was making for their vacation and employment (gulp!) but it was hard to be very stressed for long what with all the gift giving not to mention the wonderful sights surrounding us and I'm sure we all had a lovely day (I know I did!) It's strange to think I met all these people when I first began law school four years ago and that that journey is over but with it come new beginnings! To my lovely friend and her groom to be I wish you all the best and can't wait for you two to tie the knot! 

On to the pictures! Be warned there are plenty but I have to admit to having enjoying wielding my neglected Nikon. I have so much to share and hopefully I can stop long enough in my hectic schedule to do so. 

My outfit:

Top: Wallis

Skirt: Mr Price

Shoes: Mr Price

Floral Crown: Mr Price

I have to say I'm one of those people who likes to try a trend then decide. Midi skirts, at least the kind that puff out like this were something I had to give a shot and while I don't hate the results I'm not entirely convinced…

What do you think?

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Today I come to you with a beauty review that is so overdue it's best if we pretend I meant to delay it this long. I'm a long time fan of essence products, even though with Essence it's honestly a case of hit and miss, so when essence released lipsticks I was a sceptic, to say the least. I can't seem to resist a red lipstick though so I grabbed not one, but two shades of red lipstick and a matte lipgloss to complete the threesome! It may seem excessive but anyone who's seen me out and about knows that I'm all about red. I love how white and bright the colour makes your teeth look and the instant pop of colour it brings to your features, livening them up and making you look like you've put in tons more of an effort than you actually have in some cases. I tried the colours out on myself throughout my six week vac and I have to say I loved the results. 

#03 Dare to Wear: 

This is the first lipstick I tried on and I have to say I'm obsessed. The product gives a good shine and is smooth and covers the lips in a deep red within a few swipes. I like to think of this red as being more of an everyday shade of red because it's not so bright and jarring but is a nice way to brighten the face (at least that's what I have to be thinking so intently in the picture below). I definitely will be reaching for this shade of red more often.

#02 All You Need is Red:

I agree with the name of this lipstick but I don't agree with its coverage. It was a lot more difficult to get this lipstick to cover my lips and in fact I have to mix it with a bit of the darker red shade when I wore it out. I was disappointed with the inconsistent results and all I can hazard a guess and say is that with the lighter colours it wasn't possible for them to make a formula thick enough to cover the lip adequately. 

#07 Essence XXXL Longlasting Lipgloss with Matte Effect:

I have to give credit where credit is due. I usually hate lipgloss because most tend to be sticky and gross but when I saw the words 'Matte Effect' I was drawn to the product. I've been wanting to get my hands on Mac's Ruby Woo for ages and thought this could be a nice precursor to that to see how I would like it. For Matte Effect I give this product a 7 and for colour a 6. It did the same thing as the #02 because it didn't cover my lips entirely so I will have to mixing this with a matte lipstick in future to get the proper effect.

While I wasn't 100% impressed with the results the products give as good as they've got for their affordable price. It's an inexpensive way to try out a lip colour before committing to a shade from Mac or Chanel and for that I applaud Essence for bringing us another affordable way to access makeup.

Have you tried the essence lipsticks? If so, what did you think?

I have been away a while but I hope to be back soon!

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I live in a pretty small city (cue protests from the people who live in even smaller cities and towns around South Africa) so finding something new and exciting do is always a challenge. My friends and I love hanging out at the mall, grabbing lunch and doing a spot of shopping but when a friend of mine suggested we visit the aquarium at uShaka Marine World we jumped at the opportunity. For myself it was a new experience since the last time I'd been to the aquarium was back when it was still the old Sea World (basically, a LONG time ago). I have to admit there's something calming and awe-inspiring about seeing just a fraction of all the fish that inhabit the ocean including sharks, jelly fish and angel fish and we toured the aquarium with a friend of mine leading the way.I definitely plan on repeating the experience again! 

After the aquarium and lunch (I had a delicious Caesar salad) we made our way to the beach (conveniently located a short walk away from the aquarium). We couldn't resist the opportunity to take some snaps and things got a tad silly as my outfit snaps show. Somehow we all ended up in black blazers and black shoes and I spent the day telling my friends how like a mob we looked while secretly thinking we looked rather chic. I paired a casual look up with some red lips and one of my favourite necklaces to jazz it up and I loved the overall effect. Plenty of selfies and some night time driving escapades later I concluded the day had been a resounding success!

My Outfit:

Beanie: Mr Price

Top: Woolworths

Blazeer: Woolworths

Necklace: Sass Diva (now Zuri)

Jeans: Edgars

Shoes: Topshop

Bag: Woolworths

Are you a fan of the aquarium?

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PS. I finally took the pics for a beauty review I've been meaning to do. Can't wait to share!

You know one of those things that happens completely by chance but that ends up being a ball? This Saturday was definitely that for me! One of my best friends and I took ourselves off to the Vodacom Durban July for the first time ever and can I just say, boy have I been missing out. She messaged me the night before and asked me to come along and I scoffed, yeah right, be serious, only to find out that she actually was. This is an event people plan their outfits for months in advance and when I considered whether to tag along all I could thing was: what will I wear?! I had a look in my closet (and my mother's one too) and found this Dorothy Perkins number sitting, never having been worn before at the back of my closet. I tried it on and thought, I could make this work. Since the dress was grey I picked up on those details with my silver clutch and my blush pink wedges (the only shoe to wear anywhere near a racetrack I think). I fooled around with my hair a bit and finally decided to part it down the middle and pull it to the side. After putting on all my makeup I had to decide on the lipstick and Mac's Dubonnet was the perfect choice (made literally five minutes before leaving). My nails were a fun purple and I used my new favourite topcoat to finish them off. It was a beautiful day at 28 degrees and the view of the track from the balcony was amazing (my fear of heights aside). There were a lot of laughs, a case of mistaken identity, some misdirection and really yummy beef stir fry throughout the day and I would definitely recommend attending the event to anyone who hasn't been. Horseracing for competitive folks like my friends and I was just a new thing to obsess over. We tried our hand at betting and lost a bit but won too so all in all I'd try it again. Thanks to my friend for inviting me, it was an experience I'll never forget.

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Shoes: Sissy Boy

Bag: Gifted

Lips: Dubonnet by Mac

Nails: Prom Berry by Essence

Now I know I've been absent a long time but there are a whole lot of reasons for that! I have products to review and maybe a Life Lately post coming up! In the meantime you can follow my blog on bloglovin' and me on Instagram to keep up with me.

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Where have I been? Ha! That's the funniest question ever because the answer is stuck under a layer of final year law student! I feel like days go by really fast and I wonder where the week went really often (pretty much every week). But I managed to take some snaps of myself in my new faux snake skin skate shoes (say that ten times fast)! There is a story behind these shoes and it's a great one (mostly because it ends with me owning these shoes). I first saw them on llymlrs's blog and thought to myself: 'those may not be my usual taste but how awesome do they look?! You need to get them!' As there were from Topshop I knew they were in my reach but I wondered at the price. Rest assured they are a bargain! These puppies are also so on trend at the moment but forget that, they're the comfiest, most versatile things out there. To paraphrase Lily, they can be dressed up or dressed down and in my own words, they are perfect for the cooler weather, especially here in Durban where it gets cold and rains but is mostly dry. I am loving embellished collars and collars in general (as is clear from the denim collar and jewelled collar combo). A friend of mine is the collar queen. There's just something about the way she wears a sweater with a collared shirt. I must have told her once if I've told her a million times so I decided to try it for myself and see if it looked any good. What do you think?

Shirt: Mr Price

Sweater: Mr Price

Jeans: Edgars

Shoes: Topshop

Bag: Woolworths

When next shall we meet dear readers? I know not! I do know I enjoy coming by here so will make the effort to do so more often in future.

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