Bondi Beach // Explore

On Sunday, Tiarney and I decided to go on a mini roadtrip (about an hour and a half away) to Bondi Beach for the afternoon. After taking a couple of wrong turns, we arrived and miraculously found 4 hours free parking right on the beach so we were stoked. We got out of the car and noticed some markets set up right next to the beach so we headed there first and wandered around, then set up for a picnic on the grass overlooking the beach. We wandered around for a while before heading back to the car.
We only then realized that we forgot to put a ticket on the windscreen so I was super relieved to find that I hadn't gotten a fine and literally 10 seconds after we jumped in the car, the ranger walked past checking the cars- talk about good timing!
Bondi is such a beautiful place and although it can be busy (especially on weekends), the people are friendly, the views are great and the general vibes are so nice. Hope you enjoy seeing a few photos from the day! x

We found a crepe stall and wanted to split one but I wanted homemade jam and Tiarney wanted nutella so we compromised and had both!

These necklaces were so gorgeous but they were about $80 each and therefore way out  of our budget.

We grabbed some lunch from a fish n chip shop and after sitting down and having seagulls steal our calamari and chips while we set up the blanket, the food was more than slightly disappointing and we really wished we found somewhere else to buy food.

Our first time trying deep fried mars bar! It looked gross and if the batter was nicer, it would have been quite yummy (although extremely rich)

I bought these cool reflective sunnies from the markets for $30

We may have had a bit of a selfie spree for a good 15 minutes

Walking along the graffiti lined path right next to the beach

People passing by were laughing at us while we took this photo haha

The gorgeous pools next to the sea

The sunset that we admired the whole way home

-Caitie x

My Bestfriend's Birthday // Gift Guide

So my best friend Tiarney turned 19 on Friday and I thought it might be nice to share what I bought her to hopefully give a few ideas for anyone in need of a gift for a friend. I'll include prices as well so you can get a feeling of what would suit your budget.

So an overview of what I bought her:
-Cards Against Humanity (card game) // $30.00
-Tangle Teezer Professional Detangling Brush Purple and Pink // $21.00
-Block of chocolate // $6.00
-Clip-on Camera Lens // $3.79
-Real Techniques Your Base/Flawless Core Collection // $22.60
-Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge // $7.52
-Maybelline Colour Drama Lipstick in 520 "Light it up" // $9.95
So, excluding shipping and the actual box and such, everything cost me around $100.
Okay, now lets get a little more detailed about things...

Cards Against Humanity (card game) // $30.00 - First up, don't buy this if you are offended easily. If you haven't heard about this game before (I'm sure most of you have) you basically have black cards with a fill-in-the-blank type of statement and all players then choose an answer to complete the sentence out of the white cards that they have in their hands (I'm really not the best at explaining things...).

Clip-on Camera Lens // $3.79 - I actually bought one for myself a few months ago and loved it so much that I bought a few extra to add to presents for people. Basically it comes with 3 lens (Fish-eye, Macro, Wide Lens) that screw onto a little clip that can attach to any device. It's awesome and can fit into your pocket so it's great for photos on the go.

Beauty bits and bobs

Real Techniques Your Base/Flawless Core Collection // $22.60 - She's wanted this set for ages so I thought I'd pop it in. It makes a great present for someone who is just starting their makeup collection.

Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge // $7.52 - This is another great gift for under $10 that is so nice to receive! 
(I bought both the real techniques products off iHerb - I have made a blog post on this website/company before which you can read here)

Tangle Teezer Professional Detangling Brush Purple and Pink // $21.00 - I haven't ever used this (although I may have purchased one for myself to save as a birthday present from me) but have heard great things, and she was using -and loving- a ripoff one from Kmart, so it was nice to surprise her with the real deal.

Maybelline Colour Drama Lipstick in 520 "Light it up" // $9.95 - A little lipstick is always a good stocking stuffer right? This one is a really nice red, and I quite like the formula of the Maybelline Color Drama range (as nice as you can get for a $10 lipstick, anyway).

To 'wrap' the present,  I just bought a black and white polka dot box and added some pink tissue paper (is it just me, or does tissue paper make a present so much nicer to open!) and tied with a big white bow. She loved all her presents and she seemed to have a really lovely birthday!

Hopefully this gave you a couple of ideas!

If you have any other ideas of things that make good gifts please let me know in the comments!

Caitie x