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How to Manage Stress

Ever have one of those days, weeks, months where everything seems to go wrong? Where you find… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on March 5, 2011 at 9:20pm — No Comments

The Oscars 2011: Top Ten Red Carpet Looks

The Oscars. An event synonymous with glamor, beauty, and elegance. We watch it to feel for a moment that we are part of that upper echelon of beautiful people, to dream for a night that we could wear a couture dress and float down the red carpet to the adoring cheers and flashing bulbs that tell us that we have made it, we are a true star...

Unfortunately for 99% of us, we will only ever watch this event on tv, and the most expensive dress we will ever wear will be our wedding dress.… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on March 2, 2011 at 5:48am — No Comments

How to: Dye Ombre Hair Color

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on January 3, 2011 at 9:03pm — No Comments

How the GFC affected our Christmas

As this is the Christmas season, I thought a post of giving and receiving might be… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on December 27, 2010 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Warm Toasted Marshmallow S'mores Bars

Thank you Betty Crocker for this amazing recipe!! My mouth is watering just looking at the picture, I cannot wait to eat some!!…

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on December 12, 2010 at 10:58pm — No Comments

Having a Pretty Woman moment: "Don't judge a book by it's cover"

As much as I hate to admit it, they are right. Whoever these smart people are they seem to know what they are talking about. Sometimes.

So this book and its cover thing. We all know what it really means, that the person inside is sometimes very different to what their outer appearance conveys.

Take for example the classic instance that is the most famous one I can think of. Yes, I am talking about Julia Roberts in…

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on December 9, 2010 at 10:31pm — No Comments

60's style: Inspired by Bridgett Bardot

I love the style of the 60s. The big bouffant hair, the mod little

miniskirts, the slim cigarette pants, and the effortless cool look of

the cat eye. When I think of that era I think of sexy Bond girls like

Ursula Anderson, and sultry movie starlets like Raquel Welch. But my

favorite star and one of my top style icons has to be Bridget Bardot.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on December 6, 2010 at 1:54am — No Comments

Creating the Sparkle: Passion - What's Yours?

Sparkle, that word gives an instant mental picture. Something that is

beautiful, something that brightens its surroundings, that makes a

change to its world.

Something that is out of the ordinary, that brings happiness..

This goes hand in hand with passion. And no I'm not talking passion like

in the adult movies, but true deep passion for something that wells out

of your deepest inner parts.

Passion is what creates your sparkle, what makes… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on December 1, 2010 at 4:02am — No Comments

Travel: London

Ahhhh, London, the city where…

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 23, 2010 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Keep Calm and...

Here's a bit of fun to make you smile, I love the original, but the copies make me laugh! These would make a great wallpaper in my spare room..…

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 18, 2010 at 9:18pm — No Comments

"If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans."

This just frustrates me.

Mostly because I know its true, because I know that it doesn't matter

what we have planned, we are not ultimately the ones in charge and

sometimes life takes some very unexpected turns. The only thing you can

do sometimes is hold on tight and ride it through and trust that God

has a bigger plan than anything we can see right now.

When I get tired of this optimism, I try to remind myself of a… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 15, 2010 at 11:28pm — No Comments

Fairytale Ending?

****WARNING: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO KEEP LIVING THE FAIRYTALE- READ NO… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 8, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Gold Coast Summer Style: Floaty pretty little dresses

The weather is getting warmer here on the Coast, and that means 1 thing:

the skin is coming out. The Gold Coast is known for its abundance of

women in skimpy bikinis on the beach and in skimpy dresses in the clubs,

but there is another aspect to our dress code here in this sunny

holiday destination.

See we live in floaty little dresses, as they are the best way to beat

the heat while also showing a bit of style. The two… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 7, 2010 at 7:47pm — No Comments

inspired by: Phantom of the Opera

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Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 7, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Gift guide for the Impossible Man

For those women… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 6, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Easy Fresh Tomato Salad - so Yummy

So I have just discovered that the large bushes growing in the back

corner of our garden are actually tomato plants (I know, I'm not much of

a gardener). Not knowing much about all that, I was a bit sceptical

about actually eating… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 4, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

a Letter to My 20 Year Old Self

Dear Self,

As your much older and wiser self, I am writing you to fill you in on a few things you don't know..

1. Love will find… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 3, 2010 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Halloween Costume: Greek Goddess

So we went to a Halloween party over the weekend, and I had our clever couple outfits all planned out. Until they called and said no one was

dressing up.

As a girl who looooved playing dress-up, naturally I was devastated and

very… Continue

Added by Crystal Nicholls on November 2, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments