Danelle Kimberley

The Best Dressed Beauties of the Golden Globes

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So the Golden Globes have come and gone for another year, there were big winners of the night and even better dressed. Many who graced the Golden Globes Red Carpet looked beautiful but here is a wrap up on my top 5 best dressed of the evening.

LUPITA NYONG’O

Every red carpet event Lupita attends she blows everyone away and the Golden Globes was no exception. She graced the carpet in a Lilac Giambattista Valli Haute Couture dress that had beautiful floral applique on the bodice of the gown that tracked down the dress. She also paired her look with some beautiful Chopard jewels.

LORDE

Attending her first ever Golden Globes for her nomination in the Best Original Score, the New Zealand born singer did so in style. The talented teenager stunned in a Narciso Rodriguez suit with a cropped black top. She paired her outfit with a stunning Neil Lane necklace and accompanying jewellery, slicked back pony and her signature vampy lips.

JENNA DEWAN-TATUM

Yellow was one of the biggest colours at the Golden Globes this year, with stars from Naomi Watts to Leslie Mann opting to wear the colour. But it was the gorgeous Jenna Dewan-Tatun who caught my eye in her soft yellow gown. The Carolina Herrera strapless dress was perfect for Jenna’s skin tone and had a beautiful train trailing after her. She paired the dress with Lorraine Schwartz jewels and a Jimmy Choo clutch.

EMMA STONE

Emma turned heads in a Lanvin Jumpsuit that had critics tongues wagging. Some loved it and some hated it, I am of the first variety as it was one of my favourite looks of the night. The jumpsuit had a beautiful silver beaded bodice that highlighted the rest of the black jumpsuit. She paired it with black Christian Louboutin pumps and a huge satin bow that tied around her waist and trailed the ground. Her look was finished off with minimal makeup and a simple down hairdo.

GREER GRAMMER

Finishing it off with my absolute favourite look of the night hands down, this years miss Golden Globe, Greer Grammer. Greer wore a blush pink Lorena Sarbu Gown that was embellished with gold floral beading. She paired the look with a glittery gold clutch, Jimmy Choo pumps, Neil Lane jewels a cute up do and a dazzling smile.

Danelle x

Favourites

My 2014 Favourites

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So another year has come to an end and I am so glad that it has. Honestly 2014 was probably one of the worst years of my life so far. But nonetheless there were a few things that I did enjoy so today I’m bringing you my 2014 favourites! Also quick shout out to the amazing people in my life that have helped me through the tough year that was 2014, thank you for being my always favourites.

So starting it off with books; if you know me, you know I’m not a big reader. I’m a very slow reader, which can be extremely frustrating so I only ever read full books when they are extremely interesting. This year I read two full books (such an accomplishment) that I just loved, those were; “The Rumour Mill” by Roxy Jacenko and “The Wrong Girl” by Zoe Foster. Both of these authors are Australian, (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!) and both of these books are set in Australia, which made it a lot easier to picture it in my head, and well, just relate to the storyline and the characters in the books better. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend them.

Next on my list is Phone Apps; I am one of those people who are constantly on my phone, guilty as charged; it’s a little bit of a problem. And to be honest, I am never actually doing anything important, whatsoever. Normally I am just playing games or catching up on Instagram and my favourite YouTubers. So here are the apps that I have been majorly obsessed with this year. When it comes to games, I do try them all! I am constantly on the app store looking at new games (past the top 100) to try and find a new game, so I am normally over them by the time others start them, like candy crush, that game scarred me. Only two games lasted on my phone the whole year and they were, Kim Kardashian Hollywood and Covet. Yes Kimmy K got me, I had to download her game and live her life, I’m not even ashamed, it’s addicting and fun and I literally play it every day. I also really like Covet, which is like a fashion dress up sort of game where you have challenges and then people vote on your looks and you win things for your little person. Yeah I don’t really know how to explain it, you should just go download it, both of them, they’re free! My other two favourite apps are, Instagram and YouTube, which are pretty self-explanatory really. Instagram is like a better Facebook, where you can stalk people’s lives, but only have to deal with their photos and not their annoying status updates. Yes I know they have photo captions, but you don’t have to read them, and normally, I don’t. YouTube is just the bomb; I am on YouTube daily, hourly, just as often as one can be. I actually opt to watch YouTube videos over the television any day. Watching my favourite YouTubers is just so much more interesting to me, especially because they just seem so much more real, which is probably why I watch Reality TV so often. My absolute favourite YouTubers at them moment are; Alisha Marie, Gabriella Lindley, Mylifeaseva, Tess Christine and Zoella, they’re the bomb, go check them out!

As I said above, I watch a lot of Reality TV and I LOVE it! So I’m going to start off my favourite shows of the year with, you guessed it “Keeping up with the Kardashians” and all of their spinoff shows. I love it, it’s my guilty pleasure, I’m not even sorry. Team Khloe and Kendall forever guys! Other than that, the show I have been obsessing over this year is, “Pretty Little Liars”. I went a long time without watching it because they stopped playing it on the TV, so early in 2014 I thought I would just buy the DVD’s and I got the first three seasons on sale at Big W and watched them all within a week, I’m not even kidding. My sister bought me season 4 for Christmas, which I have already seen but I wanted it on DVD for when I want a marathon, which will probably happen very soon. I am fully caught up on all the seasons and season 5 just started again, and I am so excited, but am not loving the whole have to wait a week to see what happens next thing. I am so not that patient, I need to know NOW! If you have not watched PLL, I would recommend it, and if anyone could recommend a show I should watch while I’m waiting for the next episode, let me know in the comments below.

Now on to movies, and to be honest with you, I didn’t watch many movies in 2014. (New ones anyway, I watched Harry Potter like 30 times). So I only have a pick of three to share with you guys. So lets start with “Captain America”, Okay so I LOVE the Marvel movies and Captain America just happens to be my favourite, so I was very excited when this came out, and it did not disappoint me, just as good as the first! And lets just give a little appreciation to how much of a GOD Chris Evans is; I mean seriously, look at that face, perfection! The second movie is “Maleficent”; I loved seeing a different side to Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent herself. I thought Angelina Jolie played the role really well and all the graphics were great. That last movie is an animation as they are probably my favourite movie types, and it is “How to Train your Dragon 2”. I loved the first movie and this one was just as good. Not many movies do well with a sequel but this movie was definitely an exception. The graphics were beautiful, the story line was great and that dragons were magnificent, and I really want one! So those are my movie picks for 2014, I know I missed out on a lot of movies but I am really fussy and hate watching movies that have insane hype over them because I usually end up disappointed. So if there are any movies from 2014 that you really think I should watch, tell me in the comments below.

So I’m going to finish up this blog post with a list of my favourite songs. I love music and the songs that came out in 2014 were so good! These are the songs I could not stop listening to all year, no matter how often they were played on the radio.

Jessie J – Bang Bang featuring Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

Ariana Grande – Break Free and Problem featuring Iggy Azalea

Nicki Minaj – Anaconda

Tinashe – 2 On and Pretend

Iggy Azalea – Fancy featuring Charli XCX and Black Widow featuring Rita Ora

Taylor Swift – Shake It Off and Blank Space

Chris Brown – Drunk Texting

Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud and Don’t

Hilary Duff – All About You

Sia – Chandelier

G.R.L – Ugly Heart

Jennifer Lopez – Booty featuring Iggy Azalea

So that’s it for my 2014 favourites, I didn’t add anything beauty wise because nothing really stood out for me and I didn’t try enough/wear enough make up to find anything I seriously loved in that category, but hopefully I will have some in my monthly favourites. Let me know below some of your 2014 favourites and what you’re looking forward to the most about 2015.

Danelle x

Gift Guide

Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas

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If you’re anything like me, you’re sitting here, a week out from Christmas, with still a load of presents to still buy. This happens to me year after year, but I never learn my lesson. So the year I thought I would give both you and I a hand and find some last minute gift ideas. I have found 15 gifts for under $20 that you can buy from both online and in store that would suit any of the ladies in your life.

1. Magic Wand Reusable Bubble Bar $9.95

The Reusable Bubble Bar from lush is a great gift for your bath-loving friend. With the cute star shaped style and sweet candy smell, they will want to use this again and again.

2. 2015 A5 Buffalo WTO $16.99

With heaps of different styles you can’t go wrong with a Typo 2015 Planner. This one works Week to Opening but you can also get ones that are Day to a Page for a couple of dollars more. A Great gift for any of your well organised friends.

3. Poptastic Gift $11.95

Lush’s pre packaged gifts are a great way to go for those last minute gifts. For the “friend you accidentally forgot about” or the “you found out that they bought you something but you didn’t get them anything gift”. The Poptastic gift comes with the Cinder’s and Shoot for the Stars Bath Bombs.

4. Little Book of Happiness $19.99

The Little Book of Happiness from Forever New is a great pick me up gift to make anyone smile. Pictures of cute animals and nice quotes? Yes Please!

5. Glasshouse Miniature Candles $18.95

Your house can soon smell like Peter Alexander with these amazing Glasshouse Miniature Candles. With 12 different fragrances you will be sure to find the perfect scent for each of your friends.

6. Kitty Coin Purse $7.95

These cute purses are the purr-fect gift for any of your fun loving friends. Buy one from Miss Shop in Myer in four different and cute animal styles.

7. Revlon Perpetual Bliss $19.95

This Revlon gift set from Myer is great for any of your makeup loving friends. Containing Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Showy and ColorBurst Lacquer Balm in Vivacious. Your friend will be set with beautiful colours for any occasion.

8. Daisy Enamel Photo Frame $11.95

Photo frames are always a sweet gift to give your Best Friend and with this Daisy Enamel frame from Forever New you can’t go wrong. Add a picture of the two of you and it will be a perfect forever gift.

9. Taylor Cosmetic Case $19.99

This stylish cosmetic bag, from Forever New, is the perfect gift for that friend who is always loosing her makeup in her massive handbag. Give her this bag and she will never loose her makeup again.

10. Northern Lights Bath Bomb $5.50

This in demand bath bomb from Lush will turn your bath into an amazing picture of colour. With the amazing colours and calming scents, you will receive a relaxing bath and show all at the same time.

11. Snow Angel Bath Melt $8.50

The Snow Angel Bath Melt form Lush will turn your bath into glittery snow. Moisturising your skin and leaving it feeling soft and shimmery as well as giving off a gorgeous light floral scent for relaxation.

12. Coconut Soft Hands Warm Kisses $14.40

This little pack from the Body Shop comes with a moisturising hand cream and lip balm. Coming in a range of scents and great compact size, your friend will be able to keep it on hand at all times.

13. Message in a Tea Cup $14.95

This little Tea Cup from Typo is a great gift for anyone who loves a cuppa. The super cute style and sweet message inside would make anyone feel fancy.

14. Little Snow Fairy Gift $13.95

The Little Snow Fairy gift is one of the 9 pre wrapped Christmas Gifts from lush. Containing the sweet scented smells of the Snow Fairy shower gel and the versatile Fun Pink. These products will leave you looking shimmery and feeling great.

15. Mango Gift Cube $8.45
This gift cube from the Body Shop contains a gorgeous smelling shower gel and body milk, with a bath lily to help apply. Coming in a range of scents, these products will leave everyone smelling like summer.

Danelle x