Favorite Baking Books // AliceOlivia

Favorite Baking Books // AliceOlivia

I am a bit of a baking fanatic. In fact, I bake just as much as I apply makeup, and I wont go two days without whipping egg whites or icing a carrot cake with creme cheese frosting. No, I am not one of those strange, delusional (yet some what admirable) people who live their sad life not enjoying a massive slab of cake once in a while, but instead drink a kale smoothie for dessert. My motto is everything in moderation my friends. Since I bake so often, I have accumulated a rather disturbing number of cookbooks and have a folder on my iPad that has dozens of links to recipes I've found in the past years. These four books however are my most grubby, covered in some sort of batter, as they are my most loved. If you are in need for a new baking book, I hope my recommendations help!

Australian Women's Weekly Cakes, Biscuits and Slices
Australian Women's Weekly is a fantastic source for delicious, dependable recipes that promise to turn out well, and this book in particular is fantastic. I use this recipe book for many of its cake recipes, such as its chocolate mud cake that beats every other, and a fantastic ginger cake that is my favorite cake at the moment.

Edmonds Cookery Book
A must have for all cooking fanatics, as it includes both savory and sweet; and is what I depend on for classics (sponges, shortbread, icing, bread, sauces etc.) While its not the most exiting book of the bunch, it sure is useful.

Little and Friday Celebrations
By far the most beautiful cook book I own, and some of the most delicious food I have baked. I am a huge fan of their cafe, and this book is perfect for recipes to fit special occasions. In fact, I cooked 95% of the Christmas chapter in December.

Treats from Little and Friday
Another beautiful book full of mouth watering recipes. I love this one for its tarts (in particular the Baked Chocolate Tart - I have one in the oven as we speak!), all its delectable cakes, its cream cheese icing recipe that beats any other food on this planet, and their sweet pastry recipe is unbeatable. Like my other book, I have cooked almost every recipe in this book, some more than a dozen times. 

Happy Easter!
Alice xxx

Favorite Clothing Pieces Of The Moment

Favorite Clothing Pieces Of The Moment

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Hi lovelies! I hope you are having a fantastic week. Today's blog post is a little different; I haven't done a fashion related blog post in yonks, for numerous reasons. Firstly, I am not the best model in the world and I feel like I'm really not doing the clothing justice in my photos. Secondly, I do not have an extensive wardrobe full of Gucci and Karen Walker (I wish!) like other bloggers, because I'm a high schooler and nowhere near rich or successful. 

However in saying that, I am going to try to alternate between beauty, lifestyle and now fashion posts, as well as updates on how my room is going. I love fashion just as much (if not, more) as makeup, so it makes sense to do fashion posts more often.
Today, instead of doing a monthly beauty favorites, I will be sharing with you some of my favorite clothing pieces at the moment. I will also link everything in case anything takes you fancy.

Daisy Blouse: Wild Pair (Mika & Gala)

Stripe Dress: Glassons

Lace Shorts: Glassons

Palm Tree Shirt: Glassons

Fluffy Cardigan: Glassons


Alice xxx

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My Favorite Jewellery

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Hi there! I hope you have had a fantastic week so far! As you may know, I am doing quite a bit of traveling in the next few weeks (in fact, as you're reading this I may be in Queenstown or Fiji) - hence all the traveling related blog posts. As I was packing my jewellery for my trip to Queenstown, I thought why not show you some of my favorites! Some are new purchases, and others have sentimental value to me, but as you can probably see, the trend of most of my jewellery is classic. 

Ring: Forever New

I love wearing bright statement rings with plain outfits, like jeans and a tee, or a little black dress.

Earrings (left to right): Forever New, all other three are from Equip

Ring on far left: Equip. Other 4 rings: Glassons

Charm Bracelet: Pandora

I have been collecting Pandora charms for at least 5 years. I have been given a lot of charms from family members and each charm has such a meaning, which I love about it. This is one of the most important pieces of jewellery I own, plus it looks super cute with a plain silver bangle as well. I don't collect Pandora charms as much at the moment, but I would like to get back into it more in the future. 

The leather and gold bracelet was given to me from my beautiful cousin Martha (click HERE to see the makeup look I did on her), and the two other pastel stud bracelets came in a pack of three from Forever New (Forever New is a fantastic place to get sophisticated trendy jewellery). 

Silver Chain: Michael Hill Jeweller - my parents gave it to me on my 14th birthday, and I love wearing it by itself, or putting any of my Pandora charms on it.

Silver Bangle: A gift from my cousin

The silver bracelet with the A on it was a bridesmaid's gift from my Aunty and I absolutely love it.

Necklace: Glassons

I absolutely love this necklace with collared shirts, jumpers, and dresses and tees with a high neckline. 

I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Let me know what you think in the comments, and if you have a blog of your own, please let me know in the comments and I will check it out! Thanks so much for all your love and support. Dont forget to follow me on bloglovin, to keep updated on new blog posts. Love you all! 
Alice xxx

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My Favorite Blogs of the Moment

My Favorite Blogs of the Moment

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Hi lovelies! I hope you are all having a fantastic week. I am aware that a lot of you (including myself) are on holiday right now, which for us blog addicts means reading more blogs! Today I thought I would share my favorite blogs at the moment; a lot of these people you may already know, but I  still thought it would be fun to show you!

Lily Pebbles 

http://www.lilypebbles.co.uk/

I have to admit that Lily's blog may be the best blog in the entire world; her posts are informative and so interesting, her style is amazing, her photos are gorgeous, do I need to say more?! If you've never checked her blog out before, please do. I'm begging you.

Vivianna Does Makeup

http://www.viviannadoesmakeup.com/

Anna's blog is quite similar to Lily's (in fact, in real life they are actually close friends!). Her blog is stunning in all aspects, and I love how interesting and different her blog posts are. She honestly comes up with the best ideas for blog posts, they are always so original! 

Essie Button

http://www.essiebutton.com/

Essie's blog instantly makes you feel positive and all warm and fuzzy inside; her blog posts are fantastic, and they reflect her bubbly personality. Her makeup always looks absolutely flawless, and her makeup recommendations are fantastic.

Atlantic-Pacific

http://atlantic-pacific.blogspot.co.nz/

This girl's style is TO DIE FOR. I honestly think my dream wardrobe would be hers. Her style is trendy, bold, and super chic. Her blog is perfect for when you don't want to read a lot of text, but just stare and drool at amazing outfits.

Little Mac Book

http://littlemacbook.blogspot.ca/

Megan commented on one of my blog posts (thank you, by the way!) and when I looked at her blog I instantly fell in love. Her style is gorgeous and she has the most amazing smile that could brighten anyone's mood.


I hope you enjoyed this blog post, please let me know what your favorite blogs are, I would be interested to know. Love you all!

Alice xxx

My New Favorite Lipstick

My New Favorite Lipstick

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Hi lovelies! I hope you have all had a fantastic week. Today's blog post is all about my new but strong addiction in life: this lipstick. 

Believe it or not, this is my first ever "nude lipstick" (usually go for more balmy lip products like lip butters, baby lips, and chubby sticks), so I wanted to do my research and find a good one. I had heard so much about the Rimmel Moisture Renew lipsticks, so I thought I should give one a try. Tanya Burr uses this particular color and loves it, and she has the same coloring as me (Mac NW20 - for reference), so I thought "why not give it a try".  

Of I  went to the computer, and I bought this baby on BeautyJoint. And I do have to admit, I have never fallen so in love with a lipstick as what I have with this.

Today I am going to share my opinion about this life-saving lipstick, plus provide swatches and photos, as for some reason I always struggle to find good makeup swatches true to color. 

The formula is super creamy and very moisturizing, and lasts a reasonable amount of time on the lips. It gives a nice glossy sheen to the lips, plus this color does not highlight any dry skin. The color is more of a peachy nude than a pink nude, and is just slightly lighter than my natural lip color- only slightly. However it still looks completely natural - just like your lips but better a color, as some would describe it.

The packaging is extremely sturdy, and is a glossy vibrant purple. I also love how the lipstick winds all the way down - there is nothing more annoying than having to be super cautious lifting a lipstick lip and then crushing the top of it. Nothing. More. Annoying. I'm pretty sure they have repackaged some of their lipsticks, however I'm sure the packaging will not be any worse. 

Swatches on

So as you can see, I absolutely love this lipstick. The formula is fantastic, the color is beautiful, the packaging is sturdy... I could honestly go on about this lipstick however I will not bore you :). 

I hope you enjoyed todays blog post, let me know what you would like me to blog about next in the comments, I love all of your recommendations! Also, please let me know what your favorite drugstore lip product is, I would love to know! 

Love you all!
Alice xxx

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