Bought! Stretch Tack Stitch Chinos by Just Jeans

It fascinates me just how quickly my style can change from week to week. While through most of summer has been girly girly quirky, I'm now finding it's slid very quickly into chic, androgenic but still emphasising that I am indeed a woman! My work uniform is morphing from pencil skirts to tailored pants and skinny jeans. One of my favourite things that has come through recently are the beautiful colours of the season, lots of darker colours that can only be expected in winter, but the lovely jewel tones of Mustard, Deep red, and Jade green are almost impossible to miss in a variety of garments. Do try them out if you haven't already, they look awesome in winter with the lighter tones your skin gets from not being in the sun.
So of course what drew me to these jeans are their amazingly gorgeous hue! I saw it while walking past the store and had to have a closer look. These are the jeans I did my waistband trick with the other day because unfortunately they do fit me everywhere but the waist, after a few hours of wear they've stretched enough for me to do them up properly though. (incredibly handy trick to make more styles of jeans within reach!)
The cuffs are only done by hand and can be rolled back down, and they look amazing with little heeled ankle boots. True denim love.

Brisbane Myer Centre: Fashionably Free

So I might've mentioned on Twitter last week about the free Adorn necklace I manage to score while traipsing about the Myer Centre, but I haven't had the chance to let you guys know about the great promotion that they're running.

Called Fashionable Free, there are a stack of awesome stuff to score, with heaps of give-aways. Magazines, accessories, flowers, beauty services, the list goes on.

The general time to make your way each day is between 11 and 2, but to make sure you don't miss out on anything, you should like The Myer Centre on Facebook.

My favourite things? The free Three Minute Nngels and mini manicures from the Revlon Nail bar. Gotta love free grooming! So make the most of it and if you're in the area, visit the information desk and see what's going on!

What have you been able to check out and score??

Link Love: April 16 2012

The best kept braid secret - Kristen Ess from The Beauty Department gives us her take on how to create the ideal messy braid (or plait in Australia).

Repair a shattered eye-shadow - You can also use this method for any broken compact, an invaluable make up trick.

Mamamia's wardrobe week - I'm so glad to see I'm not the only person who wants to see more everyday girls and their style.

Tip of the day: Jeans with a tight waistband

I feel it's been far too long since I dished out some advice.
Back early last year I stood on the scales and had finally reached the weight that was my limit. I had to do something about myself before I just let myself go completely. I was barely fitting into half my clothes for one, and that was probably my biggest problem, I couldn't afford to get any bigger. But I did learn some tricks to extend my wardrobe.
This is a trick that comes in handy for girls who have the perfect pair of jeans, that fit everywhere but the waist. They just dig in unflatteringly and give you a dreaded muffin top, but your legs and butt look so good!
Put them back on the shelf right? I say no. If they really are that good it could be worth giving them a chance.
For one thing, you can take them to a tailor and get them to fix the waistband for you. There may be enough fabric in the band to move the button over. Otherwise there is a budget friendly trick you can use with just a hair elastic.
Double a thin hair elastic over itself and loop it through the button hole to create a new button hole, like so.

To cover up the adjustment, don't tuck in your top and wear a belt, you may find that you'll need one to help hold the jeans up now anyway!

What advice do you have to help extend your wardrobe? I'd love to know!

Myer Super Saturday TODAY!

Just a quick one letting regular readers know that today is Myer's Super Saturday, apart from opening day this is the day you really want to check out as the bargains at at their best. I'll be heading over later and I'll show you what I find.