We Have a Winner of the My Haircare $100 Gift Voucher!

Well the Rafflecopter powers that be have spoken and I am extremely excited to announce that the winner of the awesome My Haircare $100 Gift Voucher Giveaway is:

Entry #4 - AmberB

 

 

Amber has been contacted and her details have been passed on to My Haircare so hopefully she will be having one great spending spree very shortly.

 

 

Congratulations Amber and a big thank you to everyone who entered!

 

 

Well, I'm heading off to the Easter Show today with hubby and our little man so am looking forward to a fun day.

 

 

I hope everyone else has an awesome Easter long weekend!

 

 

Michelle xx

A Little Bit of Bragging.....

So first up I have to apologise for being absent for the past week but things have been extremely hectic around my house lately and unfortunately blogging had to take a bit of a back seat.

Anyhoo, I just wanted to do a really quick post to brag about one of my finest creations in a long time. It's in no way beauty related but I just couldn't help but share:

Behold, the cutest cake I have ever made so far in my life. This was for my little man's 2nd birthday party last week and is seriously one of the most amazing things I have ever done!

You need to know that I don't bake, period. I've always been a savoury eater and am never really excited about sweets or cake but made a promise that I would always try and make a decent cake for our little guy for his birthday because I never got to have a cake or a party for any of mine when growing up. I could literally count the number of cakes I have tried to make in my life on one hand.

I did make him one last year but it was more of a toe-dip into baking and was just a plain number 1 cake that was pretty simple, but this year I wanted to challenge myself a bit so decided to do his favourite animal instead of just the number 2.

My entire kitchen was coated in blue coconut by the end but I'm still proud as (if you can't already tell :-))

Has anyone else done any achievements lately you'd love to share?

Have a great week.

Michelle xx

Bye Bye Google Reader

As you may be aware by now (or not!) Google Reader will be retiring as at the 1st July 2013. This means that any of you who follow me through an RSS feed in Google Reader will need to think about another way to stay up to date with my posts (pretty, pretty please :-))

To make it a bit easier for you, I have a few other ways that I can be followed, all of which are listed in the left sidebar.

The easiest way I can see for now is most likely Bloglovin' as they have a super easy way to import all of your Google Reader feeds into their platform. I just did it myself and was amazed at how well it worked.

Bloglovin is also great because they have an app for Android and iPhone that allows you to follow all of your favourite blogs on the go.

I am also on Hello Cotton which is a more female blog oriented site. I love to browse this site sometimes for new blogs I've never seen before as the front page is great for seeing new and or popular blogs that you might not have noticed yet.

Lastly, I am also on Bloggers which is a universal blog site. It's also a great place to find other blogs you might never had noticed before too!

As I said before, all of the links to follow me on any of these sites are listed on the left sidebar.

If anyone has any other great reader or blog following site suggestions I'd love to know about them!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Michelle xx

Giveaway! $100 Gift Voucher at My Haircare

Today I am lucky enough to be able to bring you an awesome giveaway from the wonderful people at My Haircare.

I've been given the opportunity to offer a $100 Gift Voucher to one lucky reader for use on any products on the My Haircare website.

A little bit about My Haircare:

'Launched in 2008, My Hair Care is proud to be one of the fastest growing hair and beauty stores, Australia wide. Our first beautique salon opened in the heart of Kensington Victoria, Mazen Bali Haidressing. Since beginning, Mazen Bali Haidressing has become one of Melbourne premiere salon destinations. With a dedicated and growing professional hair dressing team, we continually update our knowledge with on-going professional training from our brands. With over 50 brands, 3,000 products, and 5,000 reviews, we take great satisfication with providing our valuable customers with the latest trends, and styles to help you look and feel incredible.'

All you have to do to be in the running for this great prize is to fill out the Rafflecopter form below and wait until I contact you if you're the lucky winner!

This giveaway is open to Australian residents only and will end on Friday the 22nd March 2013.

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Good Luck All!!

 

Michelle xx

 

***This is a sponsored post on behalf of My Haircare ***

Nails of the Week - Napoleon Perdis Skinny Latte Nail Polish

This is my first ever Napoleon polish and although the shade is not something I would normally choose to wear (I'm more of a bright nail polish gal), it actually grew on me more every day I wore it and is one that I really like now.

I received this polish ages ago when I had a makeover at the local Napoleon Perdis counter and if you spent over a certain amount on products after you received a little goody bag with a few things in it. This polish was part of that goody bag.

This polish is surprisingly long lasting and is opaque after just two coats (which is what I am wearing here). It's a lovely consistency to apply and dries quite fast without any streaking or bubbles forming after multiple coats.

It took me so long to try this out because the colour just wasn't calling to me but I'm really glad that I did now. I felt a little bit too librarian at first when I put it on but it's surprising how nice it actually makes the nails look.

I'll definitely be keeping my eye out for other Napoleon Perdis polishes from now on!

Has anyone else ever used a polish from this range before?

I hope everyone has had a great week!

Michelle xx