so im back! after a good four weeks away, soaking up sun, sipping a few cocktails (ok i lie- at least a cocktail a day) and a bit of shopping, im back on the blogging wagon. looking forward to an amazing 2012. i hope you all had an amazing festive season and rung in the new year amongst those you love.

xx

homeward bound

sipping on champers

bubye marg's...hello cheese

gorgeous bed of colour

rose & cabernet



favourite winery



south bound

passionfruit & vanilla cocktail

angel hair past w blue manna crab

peanut butter

having a titanic moment

<3

this last weekend gone by, the boy and i took a trip down the coast for the wedding of two of our good friends. ofcourse i had to document the trip through instagram. enjoy :)


xx

safari

tanika and i spent yesterday shopping for our jointly hosted halloween party. on our 8 hour journey through 2 shopping centre's, tanika came across one of the little revlon mini packs. such cute little bottles of vibrant colours. she was spoilt for choice and ended up going with a pack that contained a khaki, bright pink and a coral. she was intent on using her new purchase and so, home we went, and the nail prep began. i played beauty therapist to the former beauty therapist, as we talked about my up coming travels, which brings us to the inspiration for this post. tanika has been wanting to find a khaki nail polish for a while now, so i guess she was itching to get that colour on her nails.

for this super simple mani, we used a base coat (so important- we dont want stained nails), chop- sticking to my story by opi (from the shrek collection maybe?) and moss by revlon and some tape. we also wanted to use the nail art pen that i bought, but its came out terrible on the nail, so i painted over it. ill just have to practice a bit more with that one.

i dont even think i need to give instructions for this manicure, its that simple, but basically its as follows.

1. base coat.  **dry time**
2. double coat of chop-sticking to my story. **complete dry time**
3. halve the tape and cover the top half of the nail. or the bottom half, whatever takes your fancy :)
4. double coat the uncovered half with moss. ** complete dry time**
5. remove tape- gently! and only once the second colour is 100% dry!!

it might seem like a silly thing to emphasise, but seriously, only try to remove the tape once the second colour is totally dry. if its even a tiny bit tacky, the polish will rip and the effect will be ruined.

and TA- DA, safari themed nails. kinda :)



x

instalens

random pretty weed

east fremantle coastal view

ralph lauren's and cocktails

he sat still just long enough for a portrait

gorgeous perth dusk

so, its monday bloody monday. the weather is shocking and i am ready to curl into a ball under a duvet and go back to dream land. not even my lemon yellow nailpolish can brighten my mood. hopefully monday bloody monday is nicer to you.

x

countdown

table mountain, cape town

as of today there are 4 months until i jet away to the motherland. i get to embrace the culture shock that comes with every deplane in jhb international. i can not wait. it will have been more than a year since i would have been back in December, with the last time being for my grandmother's burial, so i am hoping to make new, happy, touristy memories this trip with the boy and his wonderful family. to say that going back to south africa is an experience that everyone should experience is slight understatement. the food, the culture, the people, the obsession with sport and the absolute transformation from racism plagued outsider to the rainbow nation is a sight to behold. i cannot wait to step onto south african soil and breathe it in and just take a moment to remember that i am, deep down, to the core, home.

The Final Countdown

The countdown is on. In exactly 5 months the boy and I will be jetting off to the motherland. I cannot wait! Time with family over Christmas, eating favourite foods (green mango and curry powder, lychee's, pink snowballs, Fanta Grape...mmmmmmmhhhhhhh) and being a tourist will be so much fun.

South Africa here I come.

Can. Not. Wait.

x