I AM IN AWE OF THE MANY INCREDIBLE MUMS OUT THERE, DOING A FAB JOB OF RUNNING THEIR OWN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AT HOME. I’M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ‘MET’ MANY OF THESE LADIES ONLINE AND CAN’T WAIT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME NEW …
Kia orana! I’m sitting on a plane, heading off to our family holiday in Rarotonga right now, approx 3 hrs into our flight and my second glass of bubbly is finally starting to take the edge off. In typical Jack fashion, I feel like all …
New Zealand Fashion Week is in full swing and downtown Auckland is awash with beautiful people wearing beautiful clothes. The sun shone bright for Day 2 as I headed into the city to attend the ITZME and Julian Danger show followed by lunch at The French Cafe for a gorgeous Dermalogica launch.
How fab does that sound?
Not going to lie, it was pretty amaze but I felt like a complete fish-out-of-water at the runway show. Getting the kids off to school and kindy by 8am, pulling an outfit together, doing somewhat acceptable hair and make-up before driving into the city, parking and charging a couple of blocks in heels is not my average Wednesday morning lol. Heck, it’s not even my average Saturday night to be honest!
However, it was totally fun playing dress-ups and accessorizing. I built my outfit around my Jord Wooden Watch which I love! I paired the natural wooden beauty of the Green Argentinian Sandalwood with a stacked wooden heel (Country Road) and continued to add texture with a sheer chiffon blouse (F21), pleated skirt (Country Road) and a leather jacket (Just Jeans).
My Ely watch is a dream to wear. My usual Marc Jacobs is super heavy, (I’m sure it could be used as a weapon actually!) so wearing a quality watch that qualifies as a featherweight is a welcome respite. The wood is a juxtaposition of hard-wearing functionality and soft, rounded lines that make it a pleasure to wear, plus, free shipping worldwide and the team sizes your watch for your before despatch. 10/10.
Sometimes big corporates do the right thing by the little guys. Sometimes this goes unnoticed and that’s totally fine as well. I had never heard of Jetstar’s Flying Start Programme until about 3 months ago when I was extremely humbled to have been invited to …
I always thought I had white teeth. I know I have great, strong, cavity free teeth (yes it’s true!), but after living in America for 6 years where at-home whitening is something that everyone does, I realised that my teeth were definitely not as white …
Accepting that my body is dynamic and constantly evolving as I age and move through some of life’s most amazing milestones (pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding and weaning) has actually been one of the hardest ‘adult’ lessons to learn. Body positive vibes don’t come naturally to me, and I’m just not a boob girl – you’ll never see me in a plunging vee neck!). Thus, pretty underwear has never been something I’ve paid much attention to or spent much money on. Function has always won over the pursuit of cleavage.
Shopping for bras has always involved hit and miss guesswork for me, but after receiving an invitation to #getfitted at Bras N Things I decided it was time to pull my big girl panties up and head in-store to experience this new service.
I met shop assistant Lily at the Albany store on Monday morning and she had me measured up and correctly sized within 5 minutes. It was super quick, not awkward at all and no nakedness – winning!
Despite my initial request of a boring t-shirt bra I ended up picking out a bralette with an underwire and matching knickers. I totally didn’t even know these on-trend bras were available for those of us not in the perky 10B size range lol.
Lily and the Bras N Things #getfitted experience were both totally lovely. I was actually wearing the right size bra, but visiting a store dedicated entirely to women’s underwear was super fun and, for the first time ever, made me take a little time and think about what lingerie I’m wearing and how it makes me feel.
Seriously ladies, take a little time out to get fitted correctly and experience how much more comfortable it is when you’re wearing a bra that fits perfectly.
Visit Shore City from August 6th to 27th and you’ll see five awe-inspiring cakes, all competing for your vote for the Art of Cake 2015 ultimate winner. All of Auckland’s professional cakers were invited to enter this year’s competition, taking their cues from 5 beautiful, artistic and …
Fresh. Inviting. Serene. The latest fragrance from iconic beauty house Elizabeth Arden debuted this month. In stores now, Green Tea Bamboo is a lush, energising citrus-green fragrance, it’s launch perfectly timed to shake our senses out of the winter doldrums and reenergize for Spring. I’m not …
I’m a HUGE Bear Grylls fan. Dave and I went through a serious Man Vs Wild faze and when we actually got to use his scree running technique while completing the Tongariro Crossing (and it worked!) we became fans for life.
Ethan loves the Bear Grylls junior novels so I was really looking forward to getting stuck into the first offering in his new adult adventure series. I’m probably not exactly the target demographic but I figure there’s no hard and fast rules when it comes to adventure thrillers!
No mucking around, this book is awesome. I believe it’s ‘co-written’ by Damien Lewis, to what extent who knows but the tone and voice is undeniably that of Bear Grylls. This book reads exactly as Grylls talks on tv, adding some authenticity to the fast moving and globe-spanning plot. Our hero and main character is Will Jaeger, who is basically Bear Grylls doing some freelancing under a pseudonym. He’s got some baggage (and a wife and son who’ve been missing for a couple of years!) but he soldiers on and leads an international team deep into the Amazon for a page turning adventure.
The premise is a cracker and the twists and turns keep coming until the very last page. The revelation of a covert Nazi enemy is probably the most successful and gripping element in this introduction to Jaeger and his team of soldiers-for-hire.
Ghost Flight covers a lot of ground and does seem to skip over a few details fairly quickly but the action is engaging and believable. I found this a surprisingly engrossing read and can’t wait for the second book in the series.
If Dad enjoys Bear Grylls and/or the action adventure genre then this book is an addition to the Father’s Day haul that is sure to please.
Ghost Flight by Bear Grylls RRP $34.99 EBook RRP $19.99
Let’s get the price out of the way quickly and move on to the science as this new (miracle, hero, MY FAVOURITE serum of all time) product firmly sits in the splurge category for me; 30mls – RRP $174, 50mls – RRP $252. However, my 4ml …