My wonderful Christmas Boots

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Image via BBC Good Food

I am celebrating Christmas in Summer this year. It is my first time. I am beyond excited about reinventing all new traditions and I have written about it here on my personal lifestyle blog Liv+Dave= I am dreaming about a homemade Pavlova and some cool Champagne. We are doing a little Secret Santa as well, and I am really looking forward to buying and wrapping gifts. My Mum just sent me those wonderful new shoes by Betty London, red ankle boots that look so festive in red with little golden zip. I really want to wear them for Christmas. Thanks for sending Mum, I love them, it's just...uhm...Christmas here in Sydney might be a little bit warmer than where you are in Germany. But I am sure I will get to wear them a lot, regardless. And now I am looking for a recipe to make the perfect Pavlova! Happy Christmas time everyone!

One fabulous bride with Specs

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Not long ago I was writing about brides with glasses and how to do your bridal makeup accordingly if you choose to wear your specs on your wedding day. Only days ago I came across Amanda's great blog she has recently been that wonderful unique bride that truly had her wedding in her individual style and totally carried of the glasses. I just wanted to share this with you, since I think she is rather fabulous! Check out her wedding here.

Some rad little wedding things

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I have been amazed by the creative wedding culture that I have found in Australia. Being a makeup artist in Sydney has been amazing in the little time I have spent here. I already mentioned the great unique wedding fair One Fine Day that is happening in February 2012. Besides that I have found incredibly inspiring wedding magazines like WHITE, which I just bought and absolutely love. As well as Hello May Magazine, another magazine with an amazing creative and unique approach to weddings. I hope to get a chance to collaborate with them and meeting the inspiring people behind them. If you are going to get married anytime soon, check them out asap.

Being inspired by all this rad magazines and people. I thought I put together a little post about unique and different wedding flats. As the temperatures are rising over here, I found flat shoes and comfortable shoes are becoming more important. How adorable are the little mustard ones from My Suelly? I hope you enjoy my little selection of cute little shoes that I would totally wear on a summer wedding.

///shoes above from left corner tan/lightblue: Belmondo, above left Blue polkadots: Paul & Joe Sister, right above colourful stripes: Nine West, right corner My Suelly, center tan/pink: Marithé & Francois Girbaud///

Farewell London

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One of the last makeup jobs I have done before leaving London for our new home Sydney, was this Editorial just published in Papercut Magazine. I loved working with the super talented photographer Samantha Nandez and although she is based in the USA and I am in Australia, I really hope to get the chance of working together again in the future. Check out our London Editorial here.

One Fine Day- An amazing Wedding fair in Sydney

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I am really exciting to be part of the next One Fine Day in Sydney in February. They just featured a lovely blog post about my work too, check it out here. I love working over here, and even though I have just landed I have immediately started doing bridal makeup for all the wonderful Sydney brides. Amazing! Of course One Fine Day is also on Twitter and Facebook, if you want to keep up to date about the latest vendors and events.

I’m really excited and can’t wait to see everyone at ‘One Fine Day’ Stop by my stand and say hello!”

What I will bring to “One Fine Day”

1kg of Sunshine 500g of Relaxation soaked overnight A big handful of Love One large bag of home grown Ideas and Inspiration. A good dash of Fun 1 cup of Friendship and Trust Garnished with a warm smile Always served fresh with a sprinkle of magic.