This weekend I was a top ten finalist for the Southern Belle pageant. Southern Belle is a three-section pageant (daywear, beachwear, and eveningwear) held over two days, and is held in conjunction with Rockabilly Show and Shine in New Brighton, Christchurch. Let’s get this out of the way first — Continue Reading
Product Review: CandyPOP Shoes
Note: I haven’t been paid, cajoled, bribed, or gifted anything for this post. I’m just in love. A little over a year ago, I blogged about my love for SugarPOP shoes. (Side note: I should really blog more often…) So when Popping Candy had a Kickstarter for a new range Continue Reading
Bikkie Day Fundraiser for the New Zealand Blind Foundation
Guide dogs are so important to so many people in New Zealand, and they aren’t cheap to raise or train! Blind Foundation guide dogs give freedom and independence to New Zealanders who are blind or have low vision. Bikkie Day is on 2 July 2018, and of course I’ll be Continue Reading
Brand Review: Laurina Jean Retro
Note: I haven’t been paid, cajoled, bribed, or gifted anything for this post. I’m just in love. I’m not a brand purist when it comes to clothes, the way I am with shoes. If it’s pretty, and it suits me, I’ll buy it. But I looked in my wardrobe yesterday Continue Reading
Product Review: SugarPOP shoes
Note: I haven’t been paid, cajoled, bribed, or gifted anything for this post. I’m just in love. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll have seen the same thing over and over again on my outfit of the day posts: “Shoes: Popping Candy from Kabella Baby”. There’s a reason Continue Reading
Lydia (or Vienna) the Tattooed Lady
It says a lot about my upbringing that when I wrote that title, I wasn’t thinking of Groucho Marx… I was thinking of Kermit the Frog. My mum is a huge Muppets fan, okay?! Anyway, it’s no secret that I have a few tattoos. Just one or two. Okay, maybe Continue Reading
Rainbow Tresses
I travel a lot for work, and when I’m meeting people at the airport, or in a public place, or whatever, I have an easy way to meet up — “I’m the one with the [whatever colour it currently is] hair.” I know a lot of people with crazy hair Continue Reading