Posts tagged ‘essie’

May 28, 2010

My Desk…

Inspired by the beautiful Laura of Life.Beauty.Laughter I decided to get up and take a quick happy-snap of my working desk to share with you all. I have not tidied up at all, this picture is my desk exactly as it stands right now…

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Kind of disorganised, but it’s the end of the week and I will do my big tidy-up during the weekend as I always do… So! Things on my desk right now:

01: My computer. It’s a HP touch screen all-in-one computer that I love. I do miss my laptop (it died on me recently) but this has been a wonderful replacement.

02: Antique ‘sparrow’ candle holder. (the odd looking thing to the side of the computer) I bought this in an antique store in downtown Phoenixville during my trip to the states last year. It’s probably an outdoor item but I think it’s so sweet I like to keep it on my desk. I should really find a tea candle to put inside at some stage…

03: My pretty IKEA lamp. I don’t know if this style is still available for purchase (I couldn’t see it on the site) but I fell in love with it because it reminded me of something Charlotte from SATC would have in her apartment. Ha, I’m so lame.

04: 750ml Pump water bottle. I always have a bottle of water on hand. I prefer the pump water bottles because of the pop-top. I don’t know why, but I find it easier to drink more water out of these than the regular screw-top bottles.

05: Kikki K Notebook. I write lists for practically everything. This book contains a lot of those lists. I like to keep track of things I might want to blog about, products I need to review, bills I need to pay etc – all of that goes into this notebook.

06: Clarins Hand and Nail Treatment Cream. I was sent this product to review and have kept it on my desk for nightly use. I love it, and will post about it soon!

07: Manicare All-In-One & Essie Angora Cardi Nail Polish. I painted my nails on Wednesday evening (you all need Essie Angora Cardi btw – a friend of mine sent me a bottle as a gift, and it is perfection) and still have the bottles lying around.

08: Kikki K To Do List. I update this every weekend with the things I need to remember to do. Exciting things like “run fish filter” and “grocery shopping”. Do not envy my glamourous life.

09: Half completed grocery shopping list. I have a terrible memory (in fact I just thought of something to write on this list but have since forgotten…) and writing a grocery list is necessary for me to remember everything I need to buy for the week.

10: My engagement ring. I try not to wear this at night incase I give myself or Mr B a black eye by accident.

11: 45 cents. I clean my wallet out of all of the silver coins at the end of the week and put them into a big container to eventually take to the bank. I have only ever gone to the bank to complete this process once in my 25 years. I have a lot of silver coins stored for a rainy day!

12: Kikki K Love Heart Post It. I only have one left! Eek! Lucky I have a replacement pad in my storage box…

13: 2 loose leaf tea canisters. I picked these up at a tea party a friend of mine had to launch her friend’s organic tea range. They both have original blend loose leaf organic herbal tea inside.

14: Kikki K Accordian Expandable Filing Folder. For storing monthly bills and various important documentation.

15: Gogol Bordello Non Stop DVD. I bought this recently and have watched it, but need to take some screencaps for a Pamela Racine site that I set up and run for a friend.

16: Kikki K Proof Of Purchase Receipts Book. I like to keep track of what I spend my “shopping allowance” on every fortnight – and I do so in this handy little book!

17: Vitamins! I take Cod Liver Oil (with vitamins a&d), Zinc Formula and Vitamin E every night. Keeping them on my desk helps me to remember to take them.

18: Yet another Kikki K To Do List. This one is smaller and is in sticky note form. I use these throughout the week to remember things I need to do at work or around the house when I get home.

19: Kikki K Pen Holder full of various things including: abraham lincoln bookmark (purchased from the lincoln memorial store in washington), tiny bamboo hand-painted bookmark (gift from my best friend from her travels through japan), kikki k magnetised pegs, various pens, yellow and green highlighers & a paul and joe kitten nail file.

20: Kikki K Storage Box full of various things including: paper documents for filing, press releases for products I am yet to review, age of empires 3 PC game (nerd alert!), replacement kikki k to do list pad, blank kikki k notebook, replacement kikki k love heart post its, blank CDs, organic loose-leaf tea packets (so I can remember what tea I’m drinking), receipts for filing.

21: Some random things… A Sweet Valley High TV Series DVD (loose), Woman’s Weekly Chilli Con Carne Recipe Printout, $20 Sussan Gift Card & a pump water bottle cap.

How exciting! If you’re curious you can click the numbers next to the item in question and see some individual pictures I’ve taken with my iphone. So – what’s on your desk??

May 9, 2010

Essie Giveaway – Closed

Thankyou to those who entered our Essie/Fashion Weekend giveaway! The competition is now closed and the winners have been notified via email. If you missed out, please check out the Fashion Weekend website for information on how to purchase tickets. Otherwise, head over to the Essie website to browse their amazing collection of nail polish shades!
May 4, 2010

Newsflash: Essie @ Aurelio Costarella

Last night Essie complemented the looks of Aurelio Costarella’s Spring Summer collection with their polish shade Marshmallow at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week.

Essie nails dazzled down the runway last night at Aurelio Costarella Spring Summer 2010 catwalk at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. Leather corsets, textured silks and multi-tiered ruffle skirts and dresses were polished off with the clean white hue of Essie Marshmallow. “We are thrilled with last night’s show. The girls looked fantastic and the nails looked beautiful against the textures and hues used by Aurelio.” Gavin Caganoff, Marketing Director of Essie.

I have to agree. I think the sheer white nails compliment the look quite well. I’m also interested to see that the wet hair look has made it’s way to our fashion frontline too… I’m not sure if I’ll be brave enough to rock the that look myself, but the nails I can definitely do. Essie Marshmallow retails for $18.95 AUD and is available for online purchase at Adore Beauty.

Note: Have you entered our Essie / Fashion Weekend Giveaway yet? No? Then hop to it!

April 21, 2010

essie Giveaway: Fashion Weekend 2010

Sydney-side readers listen up! The wonderful people at essie have been kind enough to offer 4 readers of The Belle Lumiere double passes to Fashion Weekend.

Fashion weekend is an event taking place from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th of May 2010. It is the “biggest and best designer shopping event for the fashion-savvy to shop for fabulous clothes and accessories from 120 of Australia’s leading fashion designers offering fabulous discounts of up to 70% off their current and last season collections.” essie is Fashion Weekend’s nail care partner and will be opening up a nail bar where you can check out the latest essie colours and learn tips from the nail experts. They will also be offering mini express manicures for $20 with your choice of polish from essie’s extensive range of 250 colours!

You can read more about Fashion Weekend at the website.

To enter the giveaway, simply reply to this post with a comment or email me telling me which shade of essie’s massive colour range you’re most interested in trying out, and why. Please note: the giveaway is only open to readers from Sydney, Australia.

Competition closes on the 9th of May, so be sure to enter ASAP!

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