THE SECRET GARDEN

"You have the key to enter the Secret Garden"

So after months of meetings, organising and time our beautiful school ball was created! The theme was "The Secret Garden" and I have to say it was amazing! Being part of the ball committee was such a privilege because I got to choose and decided on everything from the theme to the last little decoration. I was so proud of the committee because we all worked so well together and everything was pulled off without a hitch! (Apart from the ivy started to die a little bit on the arches...) The feature wall took such a LONG time to do (see photo below) because we literally stapled metre long pieces of ivy to the wall. But I think it was worth it. don't you?

Well... To be honest, I didn't really want to put a whole lot of photos up of me and all my friends because of privacy reasons... But here's a few of me and two of my best friends. Please excuse the cheesy 'typical ball photo' pictures but these were the best I had showing my dress! When I was overseas in the summer holidays, I had this dress tailor-made in Cambodia. Such a shame that it will probably only ever be worn once though... I was a bit annoyed about my hair because the hairdresser didn't exactly do it how I wanted but ah well... All in all, it was a beautiful night and I'm so happy that all our hard work paid off! I think everyone really enjoyed it and that's really what matters!

How cute were our year 12 helpers??

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SNEAK PEEK: BOYS HIGH BALL

Here's just a taste of my hair and dress that I had for the boys high ball last Saturday night. Will post more photos up as soon as I get the official photos!

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INSPIRATION/BALL MAKEUP

So much a time is wasted scouring the internet for inspiration for the upcoming balls. Shoes, dresses, jewellery, hair and of course make up! Is it sad to admit that I have a folder just dedicated to all things materialistic regarding the ball...? Most likely. But what is a blog for if you can't unleash all your wants and needs(?) Well to the point of this post... I have now found a dress for the boys high ball (not sure if I've told you that or not?) which is great because I'm borrowing it off my best friend's sister. It was her bridesmaids dress and I'm so lucky that I fit it! Well kind of... Some alterations may be needed. Anyway, it's a navy blue lace dress and I was thinking a red lip and liquid eye liner would look rather nice with it... What do you think? Well since I have quite olive skin, a shade between the two above would look better on me. Ho hum...

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BALL DRESSES- "LACE VS. CHIFFON"

Yes, ball season is coming up! I've already had my school ball dress tailor made in Cambodia and I'm really happy how it turned out! Can't wait for the night when I can see everyone dressed up... Now I'm on the hunt for a second dress for the boys high ball. I went to Hamilton to look for one but no such luck. They were either really tacky or extremely expensive! So I've been looking on the Topshop website and came across these four dresses that I took a liking to. I want something quite different to my other dress and these ones seem to fit the mould...

So... I would really appreciate it if you commented telling me what one you like the most out of these. Personally, I'm quite liking the last black one... It would look really nice with a red lip I'm thinking...

Thanks!

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