5 Holiday Party Looks (with a Little Black Dress)

5 Holiday Party Looks
Click Image for item details on Polyvore
 
I think holiday wear can be so fun. I especially love the more classic, simple looks (like Audrey Hepburn), so today I put together 5 ways to wear a little black dress for the coming weeks ahead. For my festive touches I chose metallics, winter red, emerald green, royal purple, white, pearls, snowflakes and lots of bling and sparkle.
LBD Accessories
I selected all these items from the vaults of Polyvore but most are probably for sale if you’re interested in any :)
I think I like outfit number 2 the most. I absolutely love that necklace against the black and with the red clutch it’s so dramatic.  I’d also love number 3 too.
I created these looks with winter/night in mind. If you’re like me though and have Christmas in the Summer, pairing some pink with the red I find makes the outfit feel a bit more summery – wearing white and lighter neutrals too.
 
Which look is your favourite?
What festive touches do you like to bring into your holiday looks?
 
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Christmas Gift Ideas Continued: Something a Bit More Special with Najo and Tiffany’s

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Here are a  few ideas for some extra special Chirstmas gifts. I have a bit of an obsession with Sterling Silver, it’s my favourite metal by far, and for me it’s always very special.  So for this guide I chose some of my favourite pieces from Tiffany’s and Najo to share.

Tiffany's

Links and Prices are from the US store but I imagine most of these would be available everywhere.
For a lot of people Tiffany’s is super special, but it doesn’t have to be ridiculously expensive – All the pieces I chose are $200 or under!

6. Bow Bracelet $175


And for everyone in Australia: Najo! My favourite!

I love all of these. I have pair similar to number 4 and they are one of my absolute staple pairs of earrings. I love the rings here and the Cute as a Button Studs too.

I’d love to find some more contemporary silver sites or brands from the States. Leave me a comment if you know of any good ones!
11 Days to Go!

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Beauty Gift Ideas: Australian Christmas Special

Beauty
I put together a few fun last minute gift ideas for everyone in Australia. These would all be great for sisters, friends, teens and yourself too!
(it’s $49 in store at Chemist Warehouse) Both shops have lots of great miniature sets: Versace, Calvin Klein, Kenzo, Giorgio Armani, Estee Lauder, Burberry, Dior (Priceline)
2. Snow Man Mango Duo THE BODY SHOP $24.95
The Body Shop has the cutest gift sets as always. They have this snow man in Shea Butter too.
3. Magic Bubble Wand LUSH $8.95
Bubble Bath Wand and it lasts up to 10 baths!
4. Cupcake Manicure Set DIVA $9.99 
There is a cute ice-cream cone one too!
5. Butter London Nail Polishes GREEN ORGANICS 
These are my favourite nail polishes as they are ‘3 free’ of the harsher chemicals and come in the most gorgeous of colours. They have a few gift sets available here.
Burt’s and Bees are really quite lovely. There is a good range of gift sets at David Jones too.
7. Carnival Capers Heart Fizzers DAVID JONES $14.95
David Jones has lots of cute beauty gift packs.
8. Small Cosmetic Bag Pink Glitter DAVID JONES $16.95
I love the colour of this bag. There are more sizes avaliable of this too.
Happy Christmas Shopping! :)

Where to Buy Jewellery Online: Australian Edition

Best Places
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Jewellery is by far my favourite thing to shop for so I thought I’d put together a list of some of my favourite jewellery sites for online shopping in Australia. I would say I usually check out a majority these sites about once a fortnight.  I don’t have purchasing experience from all these places (so can’t completely vouch for their reliability or quality of product), they are however all wonderful to browse through -many of these relate to actual stores too so you can look online before you buy in store. :)

Fashion Jewellery
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All these sites have a large range of fashion jewellery, are updated frequently and are pretty much my favourite places to shop!
Gorgeous mix of on-trend and glamour fashion jewellery
Lots of fun affordable pieces, especially great for party looks.
This site has really unique pieces and at great prices too.
Similar to items and prices as Lovisa. Some great unique pieces too.
Classic and simple fashion jewellery.

I have never bought anything from this store but they have really gorgeous pieces for special occasions – quite expensive but very unique.

Clothing Stores
I love discovering jewellery in clothing stores. I find it all the more exciting to find a great piece hidden amongst everything else in the store.  Although they don’t tend to have the best range of items or update very often, you can still discover some truly great and unique pieces. It’s not uncommon to pick up a great bargain too. Here are some of my favourite shops:
Limited Range: Portmans, Target,  Witchery, Katies, Westfield
Contemporary Silver
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Here are some sites for something a bit more special:
I’ve had a really good experience shopping from this site. They have a great range, their shipping is super fast and they have great customer support too.
This is probably my favourite brand of silver jewellery. Their designs are super fun and the quality is gorgeous.
Ridiculously overpriced but always fun to look.

Here are a few more I have less experience with but look really good:

Where Else
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Made It is an online marketplace that sells a wide range of artistic and craft jewellery, kind of like an Australian version of Etsy. A really great site

Similar to Made It however, positioned at more designer/boutique jewellery. There are some incredibly gorgeous  and lovely pieces here and I think the prices are pretty great.

(And Don’t Forget)
Well there are some great second-hand finds on here as well as lots of designer/craft stores too.
Happy Shopping!!


So where are your favourite places to shop for jewellery online? 

If you know of any other great sites to buy jewellery from please comment! I’ll continue to update this fairly frequently and would love for this list to become as helpful as possible. I also hope to begin working on a similar list for Europe and the US, so if you know of any great stores there too, please let me know.

Links to all products under images or click images for item details on Polyvore.

10 Lovely Earrings from Claire’s

10 Lovely Earrings
They currently have 3 for the price of 2 as well!!
I absolutely love the vintage square earrings and the icy pink pearls. The black bubble earrings are so fun too.
6. Oversized Anchor Stud Earrings (Also in Red and Blue) $5.50
These are all from the Claire’s US store but they seem to have many of the same items in their European  stores too.
Which ones do you love???

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What I Wore Last Week: Summer is Sort of Here!

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What I Wore
I thought I’d write an outfit post as I haven’t done one for ages and have been shopping quite a bit the last couple of weeks. It’s really starting to feel like summer here, well last week did, this week is cold again but last week was wonderful. It’s been so exciting to wear summer dresses and pretty new things again!
Monday: This was a dress from Target Australia I bought in the winter but it’s going to be perfect for summer too! It has a really cute bird print on it. I love it paired with a simple bright coloured necklace (or scarf in the winter).
Tuesday: Here’s the new dress I bought from Suzanne Grae! It’s absolutely gorgeous. The colours are much brighter in real life, the green is almost neon. I wore it with a black t-shirt and green neon belt the week before. It looks great with statement silver earrings too. 
Wednesday: Here is a new maxi skirt I bought from Target. They have so many striped maxi skirts and dresses this season in all sorts of colours. I have already bought three different ones and may be planning on at least one more. I love the bright orange stripe on black with the pink necklace too.
Thursday: This was the skirt I featured on my Aussie Items post last week. So I went back and bought it! It’s so pretty, I love the colours, they are so bright and vibrant, I’m just crossing my fingers it wont fade as it looks the kind of fabric that might unfortunately. I will have to look after it: salt  soaks, cold hand washes and inside drying.
Friday: I’m loving some new purple flats I bought at KMart. They are especially fun to wear with black and white looks. I actually haven’t bought these earrings yet! I saw them at Harris Scarfe and tried them with this outfit. They looked great – I’m hoping they will be on sale soon as they were a bit pricey.
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