2011 August | The Sydney Girl

31st Aug2011

How do you colour coordinate an outfit?

by Joelyne

Wearing: Victoria & Woods cardi & singlet, Lovers & Collaborators skirt, Konstrukt heels, Time Culture watch, MAN the label necklace, Lost Revolution ring.
Hi Pretties This is the outfit I wore to the FAMOUS Magazine edit runway show on Saturday. I wanted to wear something bright and colourful. Mixing different colours in your outfit is the way to go these days I believe. There’s something very uplifting about it.

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I stumbled across this website about colour coordination, and found some interesting info (below) which could help you pick colours for your outfit – if you’re hoping to colour block, or just contrast two items.

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For example, in my outfit, I’m wearing a bright green/yellow cardi, which goes extremely well with the fuschia coloured watch. So basically, the best matches are those opposite each other, and side by side in the colour spectrum.

From Ask Andy about your Clotheswebsite:

Complementary colors:

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Are those directly opposite one other in the color spectrum or wheel. Blue is opposite of orange so gold, rust, and brown compliment shades of blue.

Analogous colors:

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Colors, which are next to each other on the color wheel, go well together, such as blue pants, a blue-green shirt and a green jacket.

Do let this inspire you to create your very own colour coordinated outfit!

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Category : Fashion, Outfits, Trends

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30th Aug2011

Vote for your chance to win a $2,199 HP Envy Laptop! Closed

by Joelyne

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Competition Closed - I WON an HP Envy Laptop & Column on Paypal’s Lustable Blog.
Thank you ALL for your support.

The Competition

HP have selected 14 VIB’s to review a Fashion Show from the front row at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney. Vote for the best review for your chance to win an Envy 14-1212TX Notebook PC powered by the Intel® Core™ i7 processor valued at AUD$2,199^RRP. The blogger with the most votes also wins an HP Envy, so who is your favourite?
Voting Starts 29th August. Ends 12th September 2011

Category : Beauty

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25th Aug2011

What is your morning facial routine? Here’s mine!

by Joelyne

Hi gorgeous people! So I wanted to share with you my daily morning face routine that I’ve been using for 5 years, minus the Inivisible Zinc and Cetaphil. Those 2 I’ve been using for the past 6 months. My skin has improved amazingly, in the time I’ve been using all these products. Through trial and error, I have found the skin care products with no fragrance are best.

Thank you to the ladies at The Laser Lounge for sharing their expert tips!

My routine as follows!

Step 1, Cleanse: Wash face with warm water and a face wash with no fragrance and pat dry. I use Dermeze soap free wash, which you can use on your face and body. My body is prone to eczema in some spots, so I have to be careful what I use!

On Sundays, I’ll use my Neutrogena Deep Clean wash. I find that my skin is too sensitive to use face wash everyday.

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Step 2, Tone: Blot Witch Hazel, which I use as a toner, onto a makeup pad and wipe all over face. A friend who studied Naturopathy told me to use this 7 years ago, because apparently most toners use this ingredient. It’s $7 to $10 dollars from the pharmacy. I recommended it to a friend who came from India, and was getting pimples on her face due to the new climate. She started using this toner along with Cetaphil Moisturiser, and her pimples slowly disappeared.

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Step 3, Moisturise: Use a good amount of Cetaphil moisturiser all over face or any moisturiser which has no fragrance, and is good for sensitive skin. Sometimes it takes experimenting to find the right one for your skin.

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Step 4, Apply Sunscreen: Use a good amount of Invisible Zinc tinted moisturiser with SPF 30+ all over face. After a friend told me how her tinted moisturiser with sunscreen acted like a light foundation, I wanted to try it. Stumbled across this aussie brand in Priceline for $32, and haven’t turned back. I love the glow it gives my skin, and the fact that it protects it. It lasts all day which is great, because I used to hate my skin looking dull in the afternoons. Don’t have that problem any more!

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Step 5, Apply Make up: I usually do my blush first, because it makes me look so much healthier and awake in the mornings. I’ve been using Clinique for years, and it’s pretty fantastic. Allergy tested and 100% fragrance free. Quite reasonable price of $49 – well worth it. My eyebrows have areas that need to be filled in, and I like the definition the eyebrow pencil gives. I use Clarins, in brown which lasts me a year. It has a comb brush to keep them perfectly shaped. Also it lasts all day! For mascara I find that Dior Show works best on my lashes. It gives them a fullnes and length that looks natural and very pretty. I buy it off strawberrynet.com.au for around $35, free shipping!

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Category : Beauty, Reviews, Tutorials

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23rd Aug2011

Door 121 High Summer 2011 Part II & a bit about Fashion

by Joelyne

Ph. my me.new trends, and those pieces which are not so trendy but rather classic.

Are you a classic gal or one that is always in with the trends? Or, do you just buy whatever attracts you. I would have to say I’m the latter. Trendy or not, if it looks good, I don’t care how long it stays in fashion – I’ll make it work for the long run.

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www.mysecretagentloverman.com

My Secret Agent Lover Man, don’t you love the name? The girl behind the label is quite the achiever, receiving a Jewellery Design Innovation Award for her year at Uni, and went on to be a finalist in the annual Design Now! exhibition held by Object Gallery in Sydney.

Her jewellery is pretty affordable too! The gorgeous blue necklace is only $59.

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www.miriamblack.com

I can really see myself with the ‘Bust My Knuckle Clutch‘, selling for $125. I’ve always wanted the Alexander McQueen one, but it’s definitely out of my price range!

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Steele

Have a look at the online collection. The photos are absolutely stunning.

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www.lulurougesydney.com

For those who are daring… Lulu Rouge!

Fashion is pretty wonderful. It can really lift your mood and make you feel on top of the world when you find pieces that really suit your personality. Is there a special piece in your wardrobe which gives you that feeling? And is there a piece from above that you think would fit pretty perfectly in to your wardrobe?

At the moment, my special piece would have to be my Wittner shoes that I wear daily to work, spotted here. Which is why I have to take extra care of them!

Category : Fashion

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19th Aug2011

Door 121 High Summer 2011 Part I

by Joelyne

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How beautiful are these Belanci heels? I fell in love with the whole collection. The beautiful soft suede and intricate detailing drew me in.

See MORE of my snaps from the Door121 Showroom…

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Gorman

Such a beautiful colour palette for Spring and Summer. I especially like the blue hues and the natutical theme with it’s rope patterns and stripes. How pretty are the shoes? I want them all!

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Triwa

Colour blocking alert! Add a bright watch to your outfit to add that pop of colour! This pink Triwa one is a lot like my Time Culture one in my previous post!

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MAN the label

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Lost Revolution

I do love natural crystals. I have a Peridot Crystal Tree on my office desk at work. It’s the ‘happiness’ stone, so it strengthens and regenarates body and mind. Amethyst increases psychic powers I’ma get me one of those!

What is your favourite piece?

Stay tuned for my next Door 121 batch! I couldn’t stop taking photos – everything was so damn gorgeous!

Category : Fashion

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17th Aug2011

Reward Yourself

by Joelyne

Ph by me. Amazon Kindle, 11/12 Calender, Time Culture Watch.

After buying my apartment in December, I renovated it and then moved in to it on Valentines day – February 14. Apart from paying the mortgage repayments, I also had to take into account all the essentials I needed. Like something to sit on, a fridge, toilet paper, food, you know, all that stuff.
As you know, all these things add up. You don’t realise how much, until you have to start from zilch. Well I did have a bed and clothes, and some lovely gifts from friends and family, so at least that was something!

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Which brings me to buying this Amazon Kindle, which allows you to read ebooks. I love books! And I’ve desperately wanted the Kindle for so long. I could have put it on my credit card at this hard time, but I had so many other things to pay off, this was something that could wait.

So six months later, once my credit card was paid off, and I sold my car (A month ago) I rewarded myself and bought a Kindle. I appreciate it so much, because I waited so long and worked really hard to be able to buy myself something that wasn’t a necessity, but a luxury. It goes everywhere with me. And you’ll find that the enjoyment felt is intensified tenfold when you are using something that you worked so hard for.

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Next thing on the wish list is the Apple Mac Laptop. But, I’ve decided to get one when my mortgage is down to my goal amount by the end of the year. So in December, check back and see if I’ve done it!

Have you ever really wanted something and saved till you could buy it? Or had a goal in mind, and once you achieved it you rewarded yourself?

Would love to hear about it!

Category : Beauty, Lifestyle, Tips

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16th Aug2011

Comvita HUNI®XA Manuka Honey Skincare Range: Review

by Joelyne

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I really enjoy learning about health and beauty – using good products and foods. I believe I have built up a good knowledge base and love sharing what I’ve learnt with you. Especially the fabulous brands I come across.

As you may or may not know, the current health and beauty trend revolves around Honey!

Jen, who sent me these lovely products, informed me that the natural antioxidant and anti-microbial properties in honey make it the perfect ingredient in health care products.

I’ve been using this new Comvita HUNI®XA Manuka Honey Skincare Range, mostly the soap and eye cream, for the last 2 weeks – they smell divine and really moisturise my skin without any irritation. I love the feel of it on my skin, and it’s good to know I’m using a product which uses a rare honey found in New Zealand’s remote, pollution free forests, Manuka Honey.

My colleague also educated me about the brand – she buys a jar of the Comvita® UMF® 20+ Manuka Honey once a year and has one tablespoon of it per day, which is extra potent & extra healthy, and very good for you, especially in winter – I’d love to try this.

I asked another colleague, who hasn’t tried Comvita products before, who is in her 40′s to try the eye cream. She usually uses Lancome eye cream ($200) which she feels hasn’t been working for her in the past 2 years. After she applied the Comvita eye cream ($45) , she was so surprised at how moisturising it was. In fact, she’s going to buy it today! I have converted her, and feel really good about it!

Here are some of the benefits of Comvita HUNI®XA™ Manuka honey:

reduced inflammation
high anti-oxidant content
promotes regeneration of the skin cells for wound healing
anti-bacterial activity

Do you use any Comvita products? Or any products with honey?

Category : Beauty, Reviews

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15th Aug2011

Style Judge over at CelebrityThread.Com

by Joelyne

Image from Celebritythread.com

Absolutely feel privilaged that I was asked to be a style judge over at CelebrityThread.Com. If you love celebrity style, and buy goss magazines just to see what they’re wearing (like I do), Celebrity Thread is for you.

To see what I liked, loved and loathed about these latest celeb styles, click here.

Category : Fashion

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14th Aug2011

Update

by Joelyne

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I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support & would also like to welcome those of you who are new here. I really do hope you enjoy reading The Sydney Girl.

I absolutely treasure each comment you make, and value your opinions. Lately I’ve been collaborating with some amazing brands, and have attended some exciting events. I couldn’t have done it without you guys! So, thank you.

Excitingly enough, I’ve decided to bring something more to this blog. A little bit more inspiration. I try to make the most of my life by learning, growing and finding different ways to achieve goals, and would like to share with you some of what I learn along the way, in the hope that it might bring something of use to you.

Hope you like what I have to share, and would love to hear your thoughts

Joelyne

XXX

Category : Beauty

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10th Aug2011

$100 SHOPBOP GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY & Inspiration for Summer CLOSED

by Joelyne

Who, other than me, LOVES Shopbop? They have teamed up with The Sydney Girl to give away a $100 gift card! Yipee!

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Winner is: Jasmine1485

To enter the comp, do either of the following, AND leave a comment letting me know which of them you did, with your email of course – so I know who you are

Follow The Sydney Girl on Twitter & Tweet about the comp:

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Open Worldwide!!! Contest ends 20 Aug 2011!

So I thought I’d inspire you with some summer styles from Shopbop that you could get for $100 or less.

I think my summer staple would have to be, denim shorts. Wanting & yearning for these Ksubi’s on sale from $125 down to $87.50!

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I’m also a sucker for pretty skirts. This beautiful ruffle skirt by Pray For Mother Nature, is down from $192 to $57.90! It certainly is on the top of my ‘to buy and wear all summer’ list.

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And while you’re at it, check out the Adriano Goldschmied Denim Lookbook. It’s freakin hotness. And Shopbop has some of his stuff on sale for under $100 too!

Good Luck!!!

XXX

Category : Beauty

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07th Aug2011

Cleaning your leather shoes

by Joelyne

I’ve found that my shoes get dirty quite quickly – so I’ve decided to polish my shoes at least once or twice a week. And after each use I like to brush them to get rid of the dirt build up, which helps protect the leather and lengthen your shoe life. For normal leather, like these, get yourself a soft cloth, shoe brush & a commercial shoe polish.

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It doesn’t take long – I like to do it on a Saturday in my free time. Just brush the dust off them first, then use a damp soft cloth with soap and clean off the dirt. Get your shoe polish, blot the polish all over, and then rub it in evenly. I like using the sponge polishes for easy application.

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And there you have it… as good as new.
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Category : Fashion, Lifestyle, Tips

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05th Aug2011

Winners of the Laser Lounge Giveaway

by Joelyne

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Aryanny, Aprilia & Allanah are the winners of the Certified Brazilian, Underarms and Upper Lip Laser Hair Removal Treatments from the Specialist Team at The Laser Lounge Sydney CBD! Congratulations!!! The Laser Lounge ladies will be in touch with you!
Winner chosen via random.org