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I love Michael McIntyre - he makes me laugh with this skit...

Bookless Club - Moustache

November is the month of Movember -  all in aid of raising awareness for male cancers such as testicular & prostate cancer.

Moustaches; therefore seemed only fitting for my Bookless Club theme. I was even more excited when I found pink Moustaches - whoop whoop!

Bought from Big Blue - they didn't stick very well though!

Now before you think, "What a miserable lot"  - we couldn't smile because the darn things kept falling off.

SMILE (Not)

I had pretty much left all arrangements until the day before the event, so i had to come up with some quick & easy designs to implement.

I downloaded a template of a moustache and cut it out in various sizes to stick on the napkin ring...

... and the champagne glass...

... and for the "Balls Bowl"

Lindor Balls

I printed a few moustache images onto paper, photo-shopped a few in pink and used it for an extra decorative theme under the plates.

Place Settings

I also found a cute image which I printed and cut out into a square and stuck with some tape onto my coasters (top right of the photo above)

To finish the theme off...
I had painted my nails with the little moustache (my post here)

For the "manly" theme I had wanted to do male-inspired food such as beer (Savannah) and Burgers. But after I found the pretty pink moustaches, I settled on:

• Crumbed Chicken Breast on a Portuguese roll with cranberry sauce, Camembert cheese and rocket 
• For Tee (the pescatarian): Fishcakes on a Portuguese roll with a home-made Sweet Chilli Mayo mixed with lemon juice and black pepper.
  ...with a side of Sweet Potato Chips

Dessert was store bought Lamingtons which I had planned on cutting into a little moustache shape - but never got around to doing.
Would have been a nice touch - perhaps next time I won't leave it until the last possible moment!

Happy Powder

How pretty is this?

I finally gave in and used my Happy Booster™ Glow & Mood Boosting Powder by Physicians Formula. It was so difficult to ruin the cute little heart designs.

Instead of my Body Shop Mineral powder, I applied a light dusting of Happy Booster Powder, added my usual eyeshadow etc and off I went to work.

I received the nicest compliment from a work colleague who is extremely critical. She told me my skin looked radiant and that it looked as if I were wearing foundation. Score!

Does it boost your mood? Who knows. I was in a really good mood the morning I went to work - but thay might have more to do with the fact that I was flirting with a very cute supplier over the phone.

Based on my colleague's compliment alone, I will definitely use this product full time from now on.

To find out all the technical stuff about this product, visit the website here

Travel Tuesday: Hertford House

Today's post is not really about a travel destination per se... more of a road trip with the parents.

My parents stay in the deeeep south of Johannesburg in a small town by the name of Walkerville.
Everybody knows everybody - and there are almost more pubs than people in this little town.

People go to the shop without any shoes and the only people staring are the "out-of-towners" like myself.

My parents were burgled recently while they were asleep in their house. My dad - usually a light sleeper- never woke up and I am thankful for that. I am pissed off because my parents are not well off and everything they have has wither been worked really hard for, or given as a gift. They do not have insurance as it is simply too costly.

My biggest fear is losing my parents - I am not sure I would be able to cope with that loss...

Anyway, I digress.... I like to take my parents to new places outside of their sleepy little town, and this time I took them for Sunday lunch at Hertford House.

If you are a regular reader of my blog you would have read about Hertford House here when I went with my friends.

Here is a post from my roadtrip with my folks - and a silent thank you that they were unharmed.

Wondering why I am not focussing on them...

"Ah that's better - our daughter knows how to use the camera"

My mom releasing the inner child

Mom wanting to play Photographer - making me a model

I love plants and flowers

Dad retaliating with his inner child

Gorgeous rock building

Pretty blossoms

Manicure Monday: Summer sorbet colours

I'm not sure if this counts as a manicure, but it looks pretty, it's a nail polish & it's on my nails - so yes, I think it counts!

The generous Ralo Cosmetics sponsored us an entire range of nail polish colours at the #JhbBloggerMeetup.

These colours are perfect for Summer and are in deliciously pastel shades reminiscent of sorbet on the beach.

All the Colours

Ralo Range

The polish has a thin watery consistency, so I had to apply 3 coats to get an opaque colour.
I was a bit put out by this; until I was researching their online shop for the names of the shades (Why only print a number underneath?) and realised how affordable they were! A bottle retails for about R27.50 - bargain!

The matte coral and matte pink are very pretty, but need a Matte topcoat to get the effect. Either way - I think you will be seeing these colours in future posts a lot!

Ralo's sparkle & shimmer shades look very pretty as well. Check out their online store for all the ranges and colours they have to offer and follow Ralo Cosmetics on twitter @RaloCosmetics