Romwe $80 White Day Giveaway - Winner Announcement

The lucky winner of the $80.00 Romwe.com 'White Day' Giveaway is  ....

 'Andrea' - andreasotos_89 @ ........


Congratulations!!!!! :D 


Thanks to everyone who entered and thank you to Romwe for the great Giveaway :)

Giveaway (now Closed) - Romwe.com 'White Day'

** Thank you to everyone who entered this Giveaway, I will be drawing the winner and announcing it on my Blog in the next day or two) :)

Have you heard of a place called Romwe.com? If you haven't heard of them and you love fashion then you need to go take a little look.

Romwe are a fashion forward boutique who have been around for a couple of years and in that time have come from being a simple little vintage shop to a platform for high street fashion. Their turnover is very quick, if you see something you like you need to grab it because things move very fast on this site. Another great thing you'll find there is the free shipping WORLDWIDE!!

So, as a lot of you may know I'm in the midst of a 'love bubble' right now, completely and blissfully floating through life .... ahhhh :D So when Romwe suggested having a Giveaway to celebrate 'White Day' I was over the moon  ...... and then once again on google looking up what White Day actually means? hahaha

I love it, apparently White Day is a day held exactly one month after Valentines Day in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Traditionally on Valentines the ladies give romantic gifts to their boyfriends but also gift their male co-workers sweet treats of chocolate. One month afterwards the boyfriends and males who received gifts for Valentines should (in good manners) return the favour and give gifts to the ladies <3 <3 <3

I never knew of this tradition but I love it, apparently it was originally called 'Marshmallow Day' hehehe which brings to mind the song by IU called 'Marshmallow" See it here (that's friggin adorable) :D

Anyway, back to the Giveaway and how to enter :)

One lucky follower of mine will win a beautiful accessory from Romwe together with an $80.00 gift certificate!!! I bet everyone loves White Day now  <3 Oh, and it is International :D

All you have to do is register on the Romwe site and then leave me a comment on this post together with your email address (the same one you used to register at Romwe :D), now don't forget to come back and leave a comment because you can spend ages looking through all the gorgeous fashions they have, trust me, I know :P

The giveaway will close on 20th March, 2012 and one lucky winner will be picked at random :)

But the goodness doesn't stop there, Romwe also made some great coupon codes that you can use right now!!

Coupon code:  WhiteValentineDay1  $15 off on Purchase over $60
Coupon code:  WhiteValentineDay2  $25 off on Purchase over $90
Coupon code:  WhiteValentineDay3  $35 off on Purchase over $120
(Coupon codes finish on 15th March, 2012)

Mardi Gras/Carnival Inspired Makeup Tutorial (Collab) and Costume

I teamed together with Miss Pixie Lulu to do a 'Mardi Gra/Carnival' Inspired look which was so much fun to do :)  I chose the path of 'Harlequin/Pantamime' for mine, lots of black and white with a touch of red/fushia to break it all up, I really love the finished result of both versions, the way they are completely contrasting shows how you can mix things up and get a real individual look.

See Lucy's version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib50yWxuPt8&feature=channel_video_title

Working with black and white is not the easiest thing to do, it can get very messy so you need to be patient and allow a lot of time to get it right.  It's a perfect look for fancy dress/masquerade parties or any Mardi Gra and Carnival you might want to get involved in.

To complete the look I made my outfit up of items I already had, the only thing I purchased were the stockings, mask base and a few ribbons. Refer to previous blog post for DIY on mask and headpiece.

Outfit:

Papermache mask - art supply store $3.00 (DIY tut on previous blog post)
Headpiece (DIY tut on previous blog post)
striped singlet - tightrope (years ago)
puffy skirt, shrug, fingerless gloves (kittycat costume I already had) tail removed
patterned stockings - cosmetics plus $8.00
belt - Brisbane (already had)
black pumps - Brisbane (already had)
bracelet - diva (already had)
ring - diva (already had)
necklace - gift from friend 5 years ago
and a couple of balloons left over from my brother's birthday hahaha :)

** When you're planning a 'costume' for a fancy dress event try to use what you already have so that there is minimal outlay because these are not things that you will be wearing all the time so it's best not to spend too much money on them.  Go through your clothes and you might be surprised at what you come up with using a little imagination :) and if you don't have what you need, visit your local op-shop/thrift store for something, this way you will be pretty much guaranteed that no one else will be wearing the same as you! :)

Mother Nature Inspired Makeup

This is my inspired 'look' of Mother Nature/Earth which I tried to keep very 'do-able' for everyone, it's the type of look that's great for Halloween or pretty much any type of 'dress-up' party year round.

In my interpretation I have used GREEN to represent the trees, grass and foliage and BLUE for the rivers, rain and the sky.  BROWNS were added for the earth's rich soils and mountains and RED/PINK for the flowers and fire along with GEMS for the beautiful minerals of the earth and my dress is a deep GREEN/BLUE, flowing like the oceans and the veil moves just like the wind.

Products Used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion - crushcosmetics.com
120 eyeshadow Pallet - crushcosmetics.com
Devine Sleek Highlighter pallet - Sun Goddess - crushcosmetics.com
Barry M Dazzle Dust - Lime - crushcosmetics.com
NYX Doll Eye Mascara (waterproof) - crushcosmetics.com
NYX Studio Liquid Liner - Purple - crushcosmetics.com

BYS Gel Eyeliner - Black Magic - Cosmetics Plus

BYS Liquid Pearlised Eyeliner - Gold - Cosmetics Plus

BYS 5 pallet bronzer - Cosmetics Plus

Medusa's Makeup Mascara - Blue Blood - makeupnet.com
Limecrime Magic Dust - Troubadour - makeupnet.com
LA Girl Lipstick - Devoted - Tantycosmetics.com

False eyelashes - Cosmetics Plus
22" Remy Hair Extensions - VPFashion.com
Hairspray
tiny clips - woolworths

Costume:

Dress, veil and long garland of white roses - Op Shop/Thrift Store - $12.00 but on sale for 50% off so - $6.00
Blue and Green Gems and leaf - local scrapbook store - $5.00
Assorted stems of flowers from $1.00 store - $4.00
Green fabric dye - bargain bin at chemist - $2.50
Butterfly clips, 2 pack from craftstore - $3.99

Total cost of outfit - $21.49

The dress was a very shiny teal satin 80's style bridesmaid dress with a large collar, it was dyed a deep green (which didn't really work well but still gave a 'dirty/earthy' look) and the collar was cut off.  The headband was removed from the veil and then the veil was draped around the shoulder line of the dress and roughly sewn on, an old doily was attached to the right shoulder to add more interest.  Part of the garland, foliage and flowers were then hot glued onto the veil keeping the majority focused on the right shoulder and a long piece of the garland was attached to the long piece of veiling hanging down the back to one side.

The headpiece was made using the flimsy headband from the veil where I hot glued random flowers and foliage to. It was made to go to one side to keep the outfit in balance.

Two large purchased butterflies were used, one on the headpiece and one on the shoulderline.

The dress is teamed with a pair of 'Joshua Berger' vintage teal pumps.