I had brunch at Hardware Societe with a
good friend on Saturday. This involved a 45-minute wait in true Melbourne city
café form style. Luckily, it only started drizzling with rain 5 minutes before
we managed to snag a table inside The wait time is getting quite ridiculous and
I have always avoided Hardware Societe because
of the ridiculous lines. We both had baked eggs with chorizo, which were
amazing! I forgot about the wait as soon as I was presented with the food!
Afterwards, we headed on over to La Belle Miette, which is a small, cute macaron shop on Hardware Lane (branches also on Collins St, Church St and at Chadstone Shopping Centre. I bought a box of
six macarons and all were amazing! My favourite were the Earl Grey and Salted
Caramel though. I highly recommend you pay them a visit if you are in the city
area.
Last but not least, shopping. There are some
great sales on at the moment. I picked up this pair of faux leather shorts from Milk and Honey with
intricate cut outs at the bottom. I do not own a pair of leather shorts so this
was calling my name. They were also on sale for $31.50! I can see myself
getting a lot of use out of these, especially because Melbourne seems to be
warming up again… slightly (warm up more please!). The only detail I would
change would be the white drawstring. I see this getting dirty and I feel like
it cheapens the shorts a tad. I’ll probably pull it out,
tuck it in or dye it black though.
On Sunday, I had brunch with another group
of friends at Neapoli which is off Bourke Street. No lines there! After that, I
went shopping… again. I came out with two sneaky purchases. One I feel is
justified (kinda?) and the other is… well I’ve been lusting after it for
awhile.
That’s right. I finally caved in to the Hourglass
Ambient Lighting Powders. I picked mine up in Diffused Light. I was choosing
between this and Dim Light. Originally, I was going to go for Dim Light
however, after reading reviews and deciding what I wanted it for I went for
Diffused Light. In the store it seemed extremely
sparkly as in, if I put it on my face I would look like a disco ball but
people said that it doesn’t show up and the ones in the store tend to be more
glittery due to ‘cross-contamination’ from other products. They were right, you
can’t see any huge glitter particles on your face when you apply it. It just
gives you face a new glow, takes down my redness and helps my makeup last.
The last purchase of the day was in a
tweed-like skirt in this amazing, amazing citrus colour. It's so summery! I have my friend’s wedding
coming up in 2 weeks and I thought this would be perfect. I figure I would get
more use out of a top and a skirt than just a dress. This was also on sale at
Marcs with 40% off making it $79. This makes it justified...right?
What have you indulged in lately?
Jess
xoxo
