LAVENDER LOCKS

MY HAIR IS NOW A BRIGHTER SHADE OF LILAC, ALL THANKS TO MY GORGEOUS FRIEND AND VERY TALENTED COLOUR DIRECTOR SHEREE KNOBEL. SHEREE HAS WORKED WITH SOME AMAZING CLIENTS OVER THE YEARS, SOME VERY WELL KNOWN CELEBRITIES WHO WORK IN FASHION AND FILM, AND SHE'S ALSO HAD PLENTY OF EDITORIAL WORK APPEAR IN HARPERS BAZAAR, MARIE CLAIRE AND GRAZIA. YOU CAN FIND HER AT SALON X IN PADDINGTON OR YOU CAN TRY THIS YOURSELF USING FUDGE HAIR DYE OR US BRAND MANIC PANIC WHICH SHE SAYS HAS AN AMAZING COLOUR RANGE. GOOD LUCK! B & G. X

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

OK SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT JUST LIKE THIS LATE SUMMER HOPEFULLY THIS POST IS WORTH THE WAIT. AFTERNOON SUN AT REDLEAF POOL, A LITTLE BIT OF BONDI BLISS AND PLENTY OF LE TAN COCONUT SUNSCREEN! I EVEN MANAGED TO GET JUNIOR IN THE WATER -HE'S USUALLY A LITTLE CHICKEN. B & G. X

MEGAN PARK ADDITION

A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THE MAIL IS ALWAYS EXCITING AND WHEN THIS LOVELY BEADED BRASS NUMBER WAS PUSHED UNDER MY TERRACE FRONT DOOR -WELL -I WAS IN LOVE! KINDLY SENT MY MEGAN PARK WHO HAS BEEN A DESIGNER OF BEAUTIFUL PIECES SINCE SHE LAUNCHED HER LABEL IN LONDON. I ACTUALLY REMEMBER MY FIRST MEGAN PARK PIECE WAS A TEAL SILK CROSS OVER BAG WITH FRIENDSHIP BEAD DETAILS WHICH I BOUGHT WHEN I WAS WORKING THE GLOSSY SHOP FLOOR AT SCANLAN & THEODORE. THESE ARE THE SORT OF DESIGNERS WHO HAVE LONGEVITY -CHECK IT OUT AT http://www.meganpark.co.uk/ B & G. X

NEW YEAR -NEW START

WOW IT'S BEEN A WHOLE MONTH SINCE MY LAST POST WHICH MEANS XMAS IS OVER AND IT'S 2012! MY NYE WAS SPENT ON A PRIVATE BOAT ON SYDNEY HARBOUR AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I HAD SOME TIME OFF WORK SO GARTH AND I HAD FUN RUNNING AROUND THE BACK STREETS OF SURRY HILLS, AND THROUGH THE VERY GREEN & LUSH CENTENNIAL PARK (PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE DECEMBER RAIN) WHILE I WAS SHOWING OFF SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS. IN PARTICULAR I'M LOVING MY JEFFREY CAMPBELL BOOTS (THANKS G XX) & MY ILLESTEVA SUNNIES FROM TUCHUZY. I'VE BEEN TOLD SIENNA MILLER HAS A PAIR. WE CAME UP WITH SOME NICE PICS TO SHARE WITH YOU -HOPE YOU LIKE THEM. HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR! B & G. X

SUMMER WISHES

SO WE THOUGHT SUMMER WAS HERE BUT IT'S DISAPPEARED -NO WHERE TO BE SEEN. WE HOPE IT REARS IT'S SUNNY HEAD SOON. IN THE MEANTIME GARTH AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING -HE'S BEEN TESTING SOME PHOTOGRAPHER MOVES WHILE I CHANNELED THE DANCER IN ME IN A COUPLE OF TALULAH SUMMER DRESSES -CHILDHOOD MEMORIES MINI DRESS FROM SPRING 11 AND SHONE IN THE BRASS FROM THE CRUISE COLLECTION. B & G. X

STREET ART MOVEMENT

OUTPOST PROJECT ON COCKATOO ISLAND IS PRESENTING WORKS FROM THE LIKES OF BRITISH BANKSY AND NEW YORKER FAILE, ALONG WITH MANY EMERGING LOCAL STREET ARTISTS SHOWING. APPARENTLY THE FIRST OF THIS SCALE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

MY PICKS WERE THE MURALS BY DEB (THINK FAFI) AND THE LARGE SCALE WORKS BY VEXTA. NEXT IS AMAZING TOO -ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOVE THE CULTURE SURROUNDING GRAPHIC ART & THE HUMBLE T-SHIRT.
ON UNTIL 11 DEC AND FREE WITH YOUR FERRY TICKET!

B & G. X

ANIMALIA

MY FAVOURITE PHOTO FROM THE LATEST AUSTRALIAN VOGUE OF ISABEL LUCAS IN AFRICA HAS GOT EVERYONE TALKING -AND I FOR ONE THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I LOVE THE HAIR, THE INFLUENCE OF TRIBAL AND ETHNIC PRINTS IN THE ROBERTO CAVALLI LOOK, THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND AND OF COURSE THE MEERKATS. IF YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH YOU'LL KNOW I'M A MASSIVE ANIMAL FAN AND I LOVE THEM ALL.

B & G. X