Winner of the US Trendy $100 Giftcard Giveaway!

It's time for me to choose a winner for the US Trendy giveaway, and I've got to say that you guys sure didn't make it easy for me! Honourable mentions go to Amy, Kelsey, Marissa, Sydney and Jade for putting together some really pretty/themed outfits and making it really hard to choose a winner! However, after a looooong decision, I'm awarding first place to Becky Bedbug's board - not only is every item on there something I would die to own, the entire board is both colour and style coordinated - in a rainbow hue as you go down the page! It's like I've stumbled across the most wonderful, colourful, fantastical wardrobe in existence. For that, and the amazing amount of effort clearly put into it, I had to choose Becky as winner. I hope you really enjoy your prize lovely lady, and that it can go towards buying some of the amazing stuff on your Pinterest board! If you didn't win, please don't be too disappointed - all your entries were really amazing (seriously though guys quit being so creative - you all made it so hard to pick a winner) and I enjoyed going through them all. I wish I could give you all some sort of prize for entering!! Love love love,

DIY Bear Pinafore Dress

Hey guys! This DIY design has been pinned on my wall for around 2 months now, and today I was finally inspired to create it, not least in part after seeing Kathryn from Kitsune-kun's amazing Raccoon dress and hence also getting the idea for putting claws on my pockets! This little bear-face pinafore is my current favourite DIY creation (although basically every new DIY I do ends up taking place as my favourite, haha). I also kind of decided to change my clothes halfway through taking these photos, and now I can't decide which outfit I like best, so lucky you guys, you get to see both :) wearing first outfit: pinafore - DIY shoes - Ebay bag - vintage second outfit: shirt - forever 21 shoes and bag - vintage Hope you're all having a wonderful day. Right now, I'm heading off to see the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra play songs from Dr Who and I am SO excited (River Song is going to be there, OMG) #supergeek. But before I go, here's a super cute science item sent to me by my friend Brenton. These awesome chemists Chanteau and Tour, in order to interest kids in Chemistry, synthesised and anthropomorphised an organic molecule and made it look like a little dancing man, dubbing it "The Nanokid". If you saw my "science of cute" post from 2 days ago - isn't it weird that even stick abbreviations of organic molecules can look cute?? I mean, awwww! Look at that little dancing man molecule, just happily dancing away there! So cute! If you know anything about chemistry, it's pretty interesting seeing all the steps they took to synthesize this molecule - and you can read the paper here. If you don't know much about chemistry: all the straight lines are carbon atoms in chains with hydrogen atoms coming off the sides, and the O's are oxygens annnd that still probably doesn't mean much to you but at least you can kind of pretend to know what's going on now :)

Wig review (In the form of a vlog! See me in motion!)

I've had a few requests for this, so here we go, I'm reviewing all of the wigs that I own in the form of a vlog! You guys can see me in motion for the first time (OMG) Here are the links to each one as promised: Ebay - Dark Brown Wavy Wig $10.87 rating: 6/10 Ebay - Half Pink/Half Brown $16 rating: 4.5/10 Ebay - Pastel Pink and Super Long $18 rating: 5/10 Choies - Natural Curly Orange $33.41 rating: 8/10 Ebay - Curly Lilac $19.79 rating: 6/10 Choies - Medium Brown Wavy $32.61 rating: 9/10 Other very useful wig accessories that I mention/are good to have: Wig cap - $1 Wig brush - $3 Please also note that the Choies wigs were sponsored. This has not, however, affected my review of them - I have rated them more highly here as they are better quality wigs than the ebay ones, but they are also slightly more expensive. For some reason I had the idea that making a video would be easier than taking photos (as my camera's wireless remote is broken). That was very much a fantastical idea, video editing takes ages! Yikes! I'm also quite scared of putting something on youtube because the commenting culture is basically the polar opposite of fashion blogs. Negative comments are basically NOT A THING on fashion blogs, whereas I can't ever bring myself to look at comments on youtube videos as most are usually along the lines of "I hate you and you're worse than hitler, please go die" (and its like on a video of baby ducks or something). So what I'm trying to say is: please be nice to me youtube :) Also, I always freak out when bloggers I follow for ages upload videos and their voices and affectations aren't anything like I imagined them to be. I want to know if my voice is anything like what you might have imagined and/or if I freaked you guys out ;) haha. Hope you like it and hope it helps your wig purchasing :)

Triple Kitten Part 2 & The Science of Cute

This dress is so completely cute and amazing! I think it went out of stock and restocked about 3 times before I managed to snag it from Romwe. A word about wearing this dress though - if you're thinking of buying it, you'll need to also have a stick-on, nude-coloured bra. The cut of the dress is pretty darn scandalous. But if you love dressing adventurously, it's awesome ;) This is also the second wig which I got from my sponsor Choies! It's actually a really good wig (and on special right now) because it looks very real and is soooo soft, and I can brush it without it all falling apart so hooray - no more scuzzy, balding wigs for me! I'll have a post up reviewing all my wigs very soon, as some people have requested it :) wearing wig - c/o Choies dress - c/o Romwe tights - c/o Oasap bag - c/o Oasap boots - Asos So here's a good science question for a fashion blog on which I often try and wear super cute dresses. What is the science behind the concept of "cute"? Youtuber Vsauce attempts to quantify cuteness and explain why we might perceive things as "cute" from an evolutionary behavioural point of view. This is why the internet is now basically 90% cat, puppy and baby animal photos. (Image source) Speaking of, if you're looking for cute animals, look up baby pygmy hippos. I just discovered these the other day and I think they're now my favourite animal.

I've always wanted to be a redhead // meteor shower

I've always wished that I had long, curly red hair, and I've always been jealous of people who are natural gingers! So hooray for wigs - all of today I have been pretending that I am a natural redhead! One of my sponsors, Choies, recently started selling wigs, so of course I had to give them a go. They're very soft and don't fall apart like this wig unfortunately has been from the moment I got it, and they also look more realistic - I've been wearing this one and this one out at night (without a hat too) and people just think it's my real hair. They're on special right now, and though I wouldn't buy it for $60, the $30 special is definitely a reasonable price. wearing wig - c/o Choies top - Forever 21 skirt and belt - Vintage shoes - Forever 21 On the science side of life, apparently there is a sweet meteor shower known as "the Geminids" peaking tonight and tomorrow night, and it is visible from basically all around the world (weather permitting, of course)! This meteor shower happens annually, and has been observed for over 500 years. (Image source) I was wondering why they occur at the same time each year, and this is why - it's because we run through the debris of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon each time we rotate around the sun, this asteroid being the most likely candidate for the Geminid meteor shower with an orbit that runs right through Earth's orbit! This year's meteor shower is meant to be particularly impressive because there is a new moon, meaning the night sky is nice and dark and ideal for spotting falling meteors! This page tells you when you should by looking at the sky depending what country you are in, and this post written by Phil Plait explains what meteors are and gives you a how-to guide on watching a meteor shower.

Super exciting annoucement: Grand opening of the Little Pineneedle!

Guess what guess what guess what guys?! I've decided to open a store! It's called the Little Pineneedle and will be selling cute handmade outfit accessories including sweater/collar clips and lace sock cuffs! If you know the lovely Paige Joanna, you may have noticed that she has recently posted about a pair of collar clips I sent her to try out! Read her post here. But firstly, this is what I have in store right now: ~ Sunflower sweater clips ~ There's only THREE of these available to ship right away. And for these first three that I sell, I'll also customize the tag like Paige's as way of thanks, and you can feel super special and loved :) And if all goes well, I'll start making many more! You may have noticed me sneakily wearing these clips in a bunch of outfit posts recently: And here's the lovely Paige wearing them! (her full post here) ~ Lace Sock Cuffs ~ The second thing I'm selling are these lacy sock cuffs! I've been sneakily wearing these  in my last few blog posts as well because they're kind of perfect to add to any pair of unfrilled socks, and I haven't been able to resist: ~ Mushroom Garden Sweater Clips ~ AND if I get my way with the post office ($15 for international shipping? No miss post office lady, I don't think so), hopefully you'll also be able to buy these super cute mushroom sweater clips soon as well. Unfortunately I can really only sell these to people in Australia right now (unless you're totally in love and must have them and are happy to pay $15 for shipping)! I've got two of these ready to ship. Hopefully my little store might actually start running a profit one day, but really I'm just going to be pretty content if there are some people in different parts of the world  wearing and getting some joy from something that I made! WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. (eep!) I can't wait to hear your thoughts! (I'm very very excited and very very nervous!) You can visit the Little Pineneedle here! Much love!!