summer diy: tie dye

tie dye is one of those things that I had always imagined would be incredibly hard. something that i would build up in my mind to be a success, and the subsequently fuck it up because i am uncapable to successful do DIY projects. so, whilst listen to the beatles- let it be, on my ipod, I will reguritate the process of my own experience with diy. spoiler alert: in the process I dye my hands hard purple. yay.

I really should have documented the entirety of the project. Unfortunately I only have the final product.





I purchased a packet of Dylon fabric dye, and use a dark purple colour. I filled a bucket with 6L of wwater, added 5 table spoon’s of salt and added the sachet. i then proceeded to tie hair-ties (i have no rubberbands!!) and tied them around evenly apart, in a messy manner. i left it in the bucket for a couple of hours, drained the bucket, and sprayed the bucket with clean water! i let the skirt soak for another hours and then repeated a rinse.

For this project I used a cheap, cotton white skirt. The beauty of tie dye is that you can basically use all the rags/crap from around the house. Next time, I may try and make head bands. Bonne chance mes enfants!

univeristy crap + summer foundation review:

http://www.maccosmetics.com.au/product/shaded/158/393/Face-And-Body-Foundation/index.tmpl

I have been so stressed lately. The idea of choosing majors/minors/fuckall is stressful. It's not like highschool, the subjects I pick will shape my career. And I will be doing them for three years. *shudder*. Regardless, on with the review!

I am reviewing a not so recently purchased foundation. It's MAC FACE AND BODY foundation.

First and foremost, im going to come out and say that I love this foundation. And suprisingly it is not due to the hype that surrounds this foundation. I live in Australia, currently it is summer. This foundation works perfect in the summer heat, giving me a dewy look, nature and like "real" skin. I hate the feeling of wearing a mask of foundation or having foundation sweat of in the heat. Don't get me wrong, I love me a matte foundation, JUST NOT IN THE HEAT!

I would say that colour for me is great, yellow based colour. As I have quite rosey cheeks, the yellow tones compliment the pink on my face and masks any major imperfections I have.

As for price, MAC face and body retails at $60. THIS IS RID-U-LOUS! QUOI LE FUCK. I had a friend who was traveling in America to pick this one up for me, but I would never pay over the counter prices for this foundation. Instead, I recommend trying American stockists that ship to Australia or google whole sale cosmetics to get it for around $30. A price well worth the quality of this foundation.

Some negatives of the foundation could be said to be that if you apply LAYER after LAYER a paste like consistency does arise on the skin, though this can be easily avoided. Overall an amazing summer foundation in my opinion. Any more questions, please feel free to hit me up!

welcome aboard

Hello and welcome to oui j'aspire! A makeup, fashion and general crap-of-life blog. Please, wipe your feet at the door and come inside, the kettle is on!

Firstly, my name is Alexandra and I am from melbourne australia. WHY have I decided to make a blog? Primarily because I would like to contribute my thoughts and opinions to the beauty and fashion community of blogger! I am a massive fan of reading blogs and YouTube video of fashion (especially British b/vloggers) so I felt that I am finally in a stage of my life where I can dedicate tme and effort to make that a reality. I am 18 years old and am about to commence university.

Well, I think this is enough of a first post. I have heaps of ideas for posts and have in mind a weekly rant that I would love to do. Anywho, I'm off!

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