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Today I love….The 7 wonders of Replica Jewellery

12 Sep

Thank the lordie* for replica jewellery as there is no way I would have ever gotten my hands on genuine beautiful pieces like these in this lifetime! (#1)

No, it’s not counterfeit folks – it’s replica and I believe it should be advertised as such. I don’t agree with counterfeit as it is misleading the customer. If it was counterfeit it would be sold at the same price as the original brand and also would be an exact copy of the product, marketed and advertised as the actual product, which is a complete lie to the consumer. (#2)

I believe designer goods are overpriced for a start. You need a god-damn personal loan to buy anything in the fashion pages these days. It’s just ridiculous. Rich, large conglomerates just keep getting richer and charging over $1000 for a pair of shoes is not economical to 90% of the population and I know for a fact the cost to make them would have been less than 20% of that! (#3)

I have dreamed and wished to be part of the club and for someone to buy me Tiffany – anything will do! How lame is that? Now I have my replica Tiffany and I am pacified and very satisfied. (#4)

Like the recent Hermes handbag on ebay – if you could afford that, would you really want to buy it – sight unseen on ebay of all places? No, I don’t think so! I have seen the Hermes factory and I know the craftmanship that goes into each and everyone of these bags but I believe that they are simply not worth the price tag!! (#5)

Sure, some people can spot the fake but you have to know what you are looking for and why waste time doing this? Spend time finding the best replica you can for a price you can afford I say!! Who agrees with me? (#6)

Oh, goody look what I found: The 5 most expensive handbags in the world…let’s prove my point right now…..

As the writer of the article says:

“You need one thing when you think about shopping for a designer handbag and that is money.”

Yep, you don’t need to think – you don’t need brains – because guess what? Money can’t buy you brains baby!!! But it can buy you a designer bag?? Woop-de-doo-dah!! I’d rather invest my money to make more or put it into bloody bricks and mortar – at least I’m getting some value for my $ as that is worth somewhere near the price you will pay for it!!! (#7)

The bags above seem to be one-offs or limited editions – this is the sort of luxury bag available to us plebs:

Most Expensive Designer Handbags List

JACKPOT!!! Here we go…..

Australians are real deal on fake designer goods

Bridie Smith
June 22, 2006

AUSTRALIANS are the third most likely to buy fake designer goods because we think the real thing is over-priced, according to an international survey released today.

The online survey by AC Nielsen found only Canadians (37 per cent) and Americans (35 per cent) were more willing than Australians (29 per cent) to buy counterfeit goods and pass them off as the real deal.

“We love a great fake,” AC Nielsen executive director Nicole Torkar said. “People don’t see the value in the real designer brands because the imitation can be hard to spot.”

Ms Torkar said the survey revealed Australians felt designer goods were over-priced (88 per cent) and almost half (48 per cent) said designer brands were not necessarily of higher quality than standard brands.

“It’s more what’s wearable and what’s affordable, which is quite a practical approach,” she said. “We just don’t buy into it.”

The survey, taken last November, quizzed 23,500 people in 42 countries and exposed Australians as some of the more sceptical consumers when it comes to the value placed on designer brands.

The global results found Hungarians were the most likely to purchase designer brands (66 per cent) followed by consumers in Hong Kong (49 per cent) and Greece (34 per cent). Only 17 per cent of Australians were willing to buy the real thing.

From here: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/australians-are-real-deal-on-fake-designer-goods/2006/06/21/1150845243731.html

Buy the best replica and other great products Click here

Today I love….United Nude’s Dark Shop

9 Sep

Did you see my post about the United Nude Lo-Res Footwear?

United Nude Lo-Res design process: “makes existing objects even more beautiful by envisioning them with 3D software in a lower resolution”

If not, you can find it here

Well, guess what?

They have a brand new store in Manhattan, NYC!!!

Designed by United Nude’s creative director, architect Rem D Koolhaas…..

You will NOT believe this store!

Is it a nightclub or shop?

Decide for yourself……

If you live near Manhattan and you visit the store, PLEASE let me know!! Go on!!

I found it here:

Dark Shop on Cool Hunting

Today I love….Are you there blog?? It’s me, Cat….

8 Sep

Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

‘BIG’ apologies to you all….and ‘cue’ the violins please…..

Guess what???

I’m back!!!!

Yes, I have dropped off the radar lately….and I must apologise….I have been in the midst of starting an online business and hence have been flat out like a lizard drinking!! (Australian slang term)

So to you, my loyal reader, I am still here and will have some exciting news for you in the next few days to share with you all…..

In the meantime, have a little spew in your mouth or get a great big tear in your eye for these gut wrenchingly gorgeous photos…..

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All courtesy We Heart it

Today I love….Les khakis de Chanel

1 Sep

ROLL UP!

ROLL UP!!

ROLL UP GIRLS!!!

Join the queue…….

Chanel have done it again – first it was the Tiffany blue – now we all go mad to get on the waiting list for Khaki!!

Ready, Set – GO!!!

Les khakis de Chanel Nail Polishes: Khaki Rose, Khaki Brun and Khaki Vert Launcing in Myer Sydney

Today I love….Makeovers, Manicures and Martinis in Melbourne

25 Aug

Makeovers, Manicures and Martinis…….

Wanna do all that and more??

Then keep reading baby….

As part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Makeovers, Manicures and Martinis and Miss Money Penny have teamed up to create a luxury shopping event that combines mini pampering treatments with a personal styling session and an elegant showing of hand-picked pre owned designer items.
Forget getting all hot and bothered wading through Op shops, markets and Ebay to get a great designer find. As you sip on a glass of bubbles, Miss Money Penny will put together a salon style showing of top end pre loved designer pieces whilst the team from Makeovers, Manicures and Martinis treat you to a manicure, massage and make-up consultation. You’ll also receive a styling consultation courtesy of Bronwyn Fraser from the Style Establishment.
Admission is 2 for $70 and includes:

* A glass of bubbles and canapés on arrival. * A salon style showing of key pieces from the Miss Money Penny range. * A Hit the town Makeover – A make up consultation using mineral cosmetics that are vegan certified. * Tension Buster Massage – Seated massage focusing on the head, neck and shoulders. * Express Manicure – Nail file and application of nail polish or hand massage. * Style Establishment Mini Consultation with leading image consultant and personal stylist Bronwyn Fraser

via Lasttix.com.au

Today I love….Mosaic Heels

23 Aug

I stumbled across these pictures today and thought they were all really great…..what a lot of work and what a great idea…..

Today I love…..A jewellery giveaway

23 Aug

There a quite a few businesses popping up on facebook lately and they all have giveaways or competitions from time to time!

Just For You Jewels sells replica and inspired Jewellery, Handbags, Sunglasses and even watches….they are currently running a random fan giveaway and this one is great because it is so easy to enter – all you have to do is LIKE the page to be in the running…..you must have an Australian postal address to enter……..and I can personally guarantee the quality of their products….

You can win this gorgeous sterling silver replica Tiffany inspired bracelet!!! Valued at $25…..

Don’t forget to check out the other bargains on the site as well and if there is anything you don’t see but you want to buy, just leave a comment anywhere on the page or photos and Just For You Jewels will find it for you and give you the best price as well!!!

Today I love….You might shit me once, but I won’t let you shit me twice!!!

13 Aug

You wanna shit me?

Go ahead….make MY day!!!

DO NOT tell me….you din’t do it – cos I &*(*(&*&^&^% know you did it!!!

Bring IT on……….

But in the meantime…..oh I LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE We Heart It…

It makes me feel better ANY time I am sad…………..

(Oops that was from my porn file!!)

Don’t shit me man!!! Or I’ll give you more of these sickeningly cute pics………….

Today I love….United Nude Lo Res

9 Aug

OH. MY. GOD.

Möbius

“The United Nude Möbius is the launch product of the United Nude brand. Since then it has become an icon in the world of design. Conceptually, the shoe is a möbius band where a single strip forms the sole, heel,foot-bed and upper.”

I am having major heart palpitations here at my desk folks!

For those of you that do not already know, I am a fully qualified shoemaker (Diploma Textiles, Clothing and Footwear) and I also have 5 industrial machines at home just sitting there, waiting and ready for me to use them one day. “What?!” I hear you say – “Why is she sitting on this wonderful talent??!!” Unfortunately the bills have to be paid folks and if I sat at home all day making shoes (which, mind you does take a very long time – about 4o processes go into making one pair of shoes!) I would be living in the gutter before you could say jump…..

So anyhoo, when I saw these super awesome wonderful shoes, I really appreciated the design and architecture (yes, you will see soon; I can call it that!) from a shoemaking point of view. These shoes are wonderful, beautiful and attention seeking works of art, that also look (surprisingly) very comfortable to wear. I just have to cross my fingers and toes now that they bring me a store down under in the very near future!!!


Mono Jane

The United Nude Mono Jane is a classic Mary Jane wedge molded from lightwewight material. Its sleek design equally combines comfort and elegance. Available in nine summer colours.

Eamz

The United Nude Eamz is conceptually inspired by a furniture design classic; the Charles and Ray Eames chair. The United Nude Eamz shoe is an ode to their vision.

Loop

The United Nude Loop is a revolutionary shoe silhouette, formed by dramatically molding the strongest plastics in the world. The design is based on a simple concept of penetration: a floating foot-bed slips through a sexy loop, functioning as both heel and upper.

Ruby

The United Nude Ruby is a sleek, elegant and comfortable slip-on. The Ruby features a slick molded heel that has the appearance of a smooth jewel.

Cup

The United Nude Cup is a sculptured heel piece which literally ‘cups’ the heel of a classic shoe and also acts as a backpiece. Available in four exciting new styles and a multitude of eye-popping colours.

Fold

The United Nude Fold is about the fluent movement of a single strip. The strip folds around the foot front-to-back-to-front like a scarf.

Elastic

The United Nude Elastics are all made with United Nude custom designed materials. The style is dominated by bright colours and linear patterns.

Lo Res

The United Nude Lo Res is part of a new semi-automatic design method by United Nude. An object is digitally scanned into a 3D computer model and regenerated into various resolutions. The Lo Res shoe is part of an automated design revolution.

United Nude Shoes Online Store | Spring Summer 2010 Range

They also do boots – check out the pocket and Bubble boot!!

Today I love….Donut Baths

8 Aug

So the little munchkins are back for the weekend and guess what little special treat I had in store for them???

A donut bath!!! Not the pastry kind silly!!! This kind….fizzers!!!

But then…I found the bath bombs below that reveal toy Fried Foods and Sweet Donuts. Kinda like a Kinder Surprise!!! But in water….

So I found these little wonders and I realised that I TOO am missing out on the fun of a donut bath!!!

But, where to find these down under???!!!

‘Happy Bath Time’ Bubbling Bath Bombs

Or you can just stick to the good ole donut soap!!!


Today I love….Kapai Puku

31 Jul

Yes, I am speaking English folks….

“One handful of Kapai Puku® may contain nearly five hundred individual life units, their capacity to promote your health and life are second to none.”

So I have been recently diagnosed with fatty liver infiltration….

I am 170cm tall and 71 kgs and am really not an ‘overweight’ person and I don’t really ‘feel’ overweight (only on some days!) but I must admit I am carrying a little extra bread rolls around my waist!

I can tell this because all of my old pants fit my legs and butt but not my waist!

Apparently I am the sort of person who puts on weight around their middle area only….I believe this is called an android body type….apparently liver problems can cause eczema and psoriasis so I believe this is also why my skin has been so bad lately….

So a while ago before I had this problem we tried a sample of a product at a market and it was called Kapai Puku….this stuff looks like bird seed (sorry folks!)….but I must admit it tasted bloody great!! It was mixed with milk and dried fruit – maybe sultanas and pear or paw paw…

So, on my new health kick I am of course on the hunt for this stuff….stay tuned for the results of the Kapai Puku!!!

This dude from Tour De France tips believes it is the wonder food as well!

“Here’s the deal with Kapai Puku. It’s epic. Epicly healthy. I eat it every day. Blows nearly every other cereal out of the water.”

You try going into a store or calling someone and asking for this stuff while keeping a straight face!

Go on you try and say it!!!

Today I love….Kitchen Yoga

28 Jul

With my recent run of bad back problems, a friend of mine suggested I start doing yoga to try to strengthen my back to alleviate the problems I keep experiencing and lo and behold look what I found by accident today!!!

Kitchen Yoga by Ruth Shaw….

You can download sample travel cards and also a sample of the book from the above link….

Who is Kitchen Yoga for?

Kitchen Yoga has been designed for young people and seniors alike; for the retired and the active; for experienced yogis and tentative beginners; and for survivors of bad backs, frozen shoulders, bum knees, broken bones, and broken hearts.

Target your hot spots:

The heart of KITCHEN YOGA is comprised of 8 warm ups and 16 easy to follow yoga poses, which are divided into 4 colour coded chapters or “series”. Each series addresses the most common “hot spots” of pain and discomfort i.e. Shoulders, Back and Hips as well as a Balancing series, which strengthens and supports the other three areas.

What about my level?

To help you find your personal level of expertise, each of the 24 warm-ups and poses is accompanied by the unique 3-LEVEL CHILI SYSTEM. 1 chili – beginner, 2 chilis- intermediate,
3 chilis- advanced.

TO BUY HARD COPY: Click here

TO BUY EBOOK: Click here

You can buy the four sections of the ebook for only $3.95 each!!!

So, I am currently downloading the Back section – I’ll let you all know how many times I fall over in my kitchen trying to do the moves….

Ruth Shaw Yoga

Today I love….Dodgy pic of the Shellac chip

27 Jul

ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!!

We have a chip people!!!

In the apparently un-chippable hybrid nail colour!!!

I will admit I am definitely not the nicest person to my fingernails….they have to function….and I make them perform!! They break and hence they chip…this I fear, is the cause of THE chip! I can see a little dent in my fingernail where the chip lies…so I do believe it is my fingernails’ fault, not the polish!

We have definite regrowth after only 4 days (wow, my nails grow quickly!) almost 3-4mm by my count….

The hands are a little itchy, but the rest of my eczema has also flared up because I have decreased my medication lately so….there may be other reasons to observe here….

At the moment I don’t care because I love, love, love my new nails….I haven’t had many compliments but people probably assume I have just spent an hour that morning applying my nail polish because it always looks so fresh and so new!

My apologies for the dodgy photo – naturally when I went to take some pics of my nails, the battery in the camera went flat and I have no replacement on hand!

Lo and behold the dodgy pic of the chip….oh, and the regrowth! Check it out!!!

Let me know what you think lovely people!!!

Today I love….accidentally doing an Angelina Jolie….

27 Jul

So if you’ve been reading you’ll already know that I went and got a fringe cut lately….I tried to do a Kandee Johnson cut by myself but I think I had one (or two!) too many wines that night because it didn’t look as good as I thought it did the next morning!

I have not been able to give you all a photo yet because my laptop was upgraded to Windows 7 and then the SD memory reader mysteriously stopped working so I had to find the new driver to make it work – but now I am back with photos for you all!! But anyway, back to the interesting stuff….

So I went to the hairdresser and I told her how I wanted my fringe cut – deep (ie. far back from my forehead line) to make the fringe thick with a blunt cut….she looked at me funny and said why do you want it like that? I explained to her that I know my hair and it if is not cut deep and therefore thick, it will jump up and curl – my hair needs the weight behind it to stay straight….so she did it and I am very happy with the results….

I won a makeover trip to Sydney in 2005 for Notebook magazine and the hair stylist Kimberley Johnston did this style for me then and it worked so well with my hair so I knew it would work again….this is one of the ‘after’ pics….

Then I saw the preview for Salt – the new Angelina Jolie movie and – wow! Look at her hair!!!

Cut deep, thick and blunt – just like me! So I must be onto something here, hey folks???

Stay tuned for the latest pic of my hair!!!

Today I love….Shellac Photos and Update….

23 Jul

Well I hate to say it folks, I love, love, love my new fingernails but my hands are itchy!!!

Now let’s remember this could be for  number of reasons….

I gave my cat some love tonite (I am allergic to cats – yeah I know = silly me! That’s another story), the leftover powder/chemicals on the nail salon table that has got on to my hands and not washing my hands straight after the treatment to remove any of this, stress (always a factor!)….

Let’s not get too excited now….let’s just all cross our fingers and our toes that all will be fine!!!

I’ll keep you posted!!!

Doncha just love, love, love my colour???!!!

Here is my dodgy picture of my new CND Shellac Nails! It took 40 mins….in and out girls!!! Get on it NOW!!!

Today I love….Creative Nail Design Shellac

21 Jul

Everybody say HOORAY for Creative Nail!!!

I have worked for and used Creative Nail a very long time ago and they were always a quality, long lasting and easy to apply product.

Now they have set the benchmark way above all the other nail polishes out on the market….the Creative Nail Shellac goes on like polish, dries under a UV lamp and then lasts for 2 weeks – flawlessly!!! No chips, no smudges and best of all the polish is ’3 free’ – this is THE best news for me as now I can finally paint my nails again! (eczema = can’t wear nail polish) – so Creative Nail Design – today I super dooper LOVE, LOVE, LOVE you!!!

I am getting my first application on Saturday so stay tuned for the pics and my review of the product folks….which colour should I get though!!!???

“Like any quality polish application, the Shellac system features a Base Coat, Color Coat and Top Coat. Together with a UV Lamp, they comprise the breakthrough in resilient color that remains flawless for two weeks and removes in 10 minutes.

“Better science makes better products. The patent-pending formulation of solvents, monomers and polymers is why Shellac™ goes on like polish, wears like gel and removes in minutes. Plus it’s hypo-allergenic and 3-FREE… containing no formaldehyde, toluene or DBP.”

“Shellac—stands miles apart from others in the market with the science and testing to back it up. Nail Professionals that participated in more than 4 years of controlled, blind testing said unanimously—there’s no comparison—not even close!”

Meet the Colors – CND

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