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May 20, 2012


ASK REESE: Sunday night meme

This often happens. I’m home and get distracted thanks to social media and YouTube. I then come across memes that I think are interesting and think people would be interesting in knowing about me.

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! Rx

Your favorite virtue. Compassion.
Your favorite qualities in a man. Dedication & commitment.
Your favorite qualities in a woman. Strength & patience.
Your chief characteristic. Generosity.
What you appreciate the most in your friends. They are consistently unconditional.
Your main fault. I can’t take NO for an answer.
Your favourite occupation. Creation.
Your idea of happiness. Infinite love.
Your idea of misery. Loneliness.
If not yourself, who would you be? A ragdoll cat in Paris.
Where would you like to live? In a romantic city.
Your favourite colour. Tiffany blue.
Your favourite flower. Sweet pea & Jasmine. (Yes, I picked two.)
Your favourite bird. Flamingo.
Your favourite prose authors. Edgar Allan Poe & Ludwig van Beethoven.
Your favourite poets. Shakespeare.
Your favourite heroes in fiction. Spiderman.
Your favourite heroines in fiction. Cinderella.
Your favourite painters. Vincent Van Gogh.
Your favourite composers. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Your heroes in real life. Dad, Adrian Bailey & CGH ♥.
Your favourite heroines in real life. Marilyn Monroe & Zoe J. Campbell ♥.
What characters in history do you most dislike. Heartbreakers.
Your favourite in World history. Cats.
Your favourite food. Sushi.
Your favourite drink. White Rose tea.
Your favourite names. Jason.
What I hate the most. Clowns.
The military event I admire the most. Anzac Day.
The reform I admire the most. Equality for women.
The natural talent I’d like to be gifted with. Height.
How I wish to die. Happy & asleep.
What is your present state of mind. Lonesome.
For what fault have you most toleration? Rudeness.
Your favourite motto. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

May 19, 2012


ASK REESE: What can you NOT stop wearing?

I’ve had the biggest crush on Tiffany & Co. jewellery for as long as I remember. (Only those I’m very close to know this about me and for those who didn’t, the colour theme for the blog should have given it away). HA!

Recently I’ve been drawn to the Tiffany Blue shades of nailpolish. It all started with OCC‘s Pretty Boy Fall/Winter 2011 collection when they released a nailpolish called ‘Pool Boy’, which is a very bright cyan colour.
OCC nailpolishes are impossible to get shipped to Australia. OCC won’t ship it and neither will their resellers.
Just recently I negotiated with a friend in the US to buy it and ship it to me. I was stoked! I finally had it in my hot little hands and it was in it’s brand new packaging too.

So since then I’ve been sporting the colour around for the past two weeks – I am smitten! I’ve looked at Essie, ORLY and OPI and then finally, came across ‘For Audrey’ by China Glaze, which is a limited edition shade that was released back in 2007.


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May 15, 2012


SHOPAHOLIC: Death to ALL Hipsters!


really don’t like hipsters, but unfortunately living in Sydney – particularly in the Eastern Suburbs – you cross hundreds of them on a daily basis.

If you haven’t seen this video, watch it now…


(Sidenote: The 333 bus is actually a really good bus.)

Now that you are educated on the ridiculous minds of Hipsters, let me just say one thing… Hipsters are NOT cool. I can’t even believe that such a sub-species of human actually exists.

About a month ago I was on the train heading into work. I remember this train ride being particularly painful because I had forgotten my earphones for my iPod at home and had to subject to myself to overhearing public transport chatter.

There was a girl, probably around nineteen years-old, wearing high-waisted denim shorts that resembled a gigantic diaper with her butt cheeks hanging out the bottom of them, an old personally “stressed” old band t-shirt, straw hat and “glasses” with the lenses taken out and talking obnoxiously about how something was “totes aweso”.

Now, this might come across as rude on my behalf but when I see or hear something completely ridiculous, I make it very apparent I think you’re an idiot. Cue rolling eyes and that head shake of disbelief when you finally look in my direction.
There is no point hiding it. If I think you’re a complete dickhead – chances are, everyone else around you think the same thing.

I’ve used the word ‘totes’ before; but in regards to the material satchel one would use to haul belongings in, pertaining to more than one. Since when was it popular to not finish words? “Aweso”? What is that? If there is one thing I can’t stand is the conscious murder of the English language.
Do Hipsters listen to themselves? Do they realise they sound extremely illiterate, thus looking like a fool to us “norms”.

Near my office in Surry Hills, there is a St. Vincent de Paul store and I can’t tell you how often it is infested with Hipsters. I know this because there is an ATM right outside and I see all sorts of people walking in and out of there whilst I’m standing in line waiting to withdraw money.

One day last week I thought I needed to understand the working mind of a Hipster. I really want to know why they choose hideous clothing and how they process it in their brain to come to conclusion that they should buy this item of clothing, wear it out on public and think that it’s acceptable attire.
I stood there watching for about fifteen minutes before giving up. I couldn’t understand it. None of it made sense.

Other things that baffles me: Hipster glasses and why oh WHY do they not have the lenses in them. What is the point of wearing frames? Facial decoration? To make yourself look smarter?
Why don’t you like eating carbs either, particularly bread. I can’t believe how many Hipsters I see who refuse to eat a basic staple of food that families across every culture, race and country all over the world have on their table at any given time.

For those who know me, I love bread. It is almost an obsession of mine. So you can imagine how much I appreciate a good bakery. My grandma is the Queen of baking her own bread. Since I was a little girl I’ve never known them to have a loaf of bread in their pantry. My grandma would only ever bake her own. So, although it didn’t look like your traditional sliced loaf, it was the most amazing bread I’ve ever eaten in my life! I love how my grandparents’ house always smelled of fresh bread every time I visit, so I can’t for the life of me understand why Hipsters don’t like eating bread.

Hey Hipsters, don’t think that just because you decide that carbs and gluten is suddenly your enemy and that you’re doing the right thing by eating organic, it makes you instantly cool…? It doesn’t. It makes you extremely difficult to cater for and extremely annoying.

Why are they so against things that are mainstream? When was it suddenly “cool” to be the black sheep?
Let me just say – and this is coming from a black sheep herself – being one is extremely difficult. I have spent me entire life wishing I could fit in with my family and different groups of friends, so why isolate yourself like that? Oh wait… because you don’t care? Because it’s cool?

Can someone educate me please because I just don’t see the appeal in it. It’s not cool nor flattering. So… just WHY I ask. Particularly with Hipster “Fashion”.
Maybe this makes me arrogant because my lack of understanding in this so-called “culture”, but so far I have seen nothing positive about it, unless it’s poking fun at it – see video above as reference.

May 12, 2012


PRODUCT REVIEW: KORA Organics Cream Cleanser

I think everyone by now knows how much I’m in love with KORA Organics. I’m a huge fan and I am a firm believer in organic skincare.


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May 10, 2012


BLOG CRUSH: The Flaxen Owl

I love coming across beautiful blogs like this. It’s nice to know that there are some beauty bloggers who don’t follow trends and chase after the newest beauty cult buy.

When I started this blog I only had one objective: everything that was to be featured on here was going to be beautiful, healthy, animal-friendly and when and where I could, organic.

So it should come to no surprise that I fell in love with this blog: The Flaxen Owl. Owned and run by a woman named Hayley who buys natural and organic beauty products.


If you’re interested in natural, organic and cruelty-free products, you can learn a thing or two from The Flaxen Owl. I sure did!

PS. Hayley, I love your work! ♥

May 7, 2012


PRODUCT REVIEW: Apivita Queen Bee Firming & Restoring Serum with Royal Jelly & Honey

Since I’ve started blogging about beauty products there hasn’t been many things that has crossed my desk that I haven’t liked completely. There has been a few hit and misses but there has never been a product that I had high hopes for but let me down immensely… til now!


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May 5, 2012


I ♥ HER MAKEUP – Mila Kunis

What can I say about this actress? She’s one of my favourite actresses from That 70′s Show to being the voice of black sheep Meg Griffin’s in Family Guy to Jamie Rellis in Friends with Benefits.

I love the natural makeup she wears, her bold brows and very flirty lashes.


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May 2, 2012


PRODUCT REVIEW: All The Better to Kiss You With in ‘Pepperminty’

Hi everyone. I have another product review. This time it’s for a brand I’ve never heard of before, All The Better To Kiss You With.


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April 30, 2012


REESE RAVES – April

Well, here we are at the end of the April.
I don’t have many favourites this month, for a change. At the beginning of the month my skin went absolutely ballistic! It wasn’t a breakout but it was extremely sensitive to pretty much everything I put on it despite me using certain products for years. It was sudden (literally overnight), no warning, just didn’t want to co-operate and I really struggled with trying to get it to settle down. So I was really afraid of try out new products because I didn’t want to irritate my skin further.

But here are the things I did love this month and which didn’t contribute to my skin’s tantrum.


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April 28, 2012


SING FOR THE MOMENT: Usher – Climax (Cover)

I have this song playing on my iPod on repeat. It’s kind of sad when you prefer the cover over the original.

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