Objektophilie

After I was able to get an exclusive sneak peek of the show from behind the scenes last week I was so excited to get the VIP experience at Pacha for Objektophilie! The amazing geometric costumes that I was able to preview last week looked wicked on stage and the make-up was wild! We were seated at our own booth with a perfect view of the main stage performances. Although there was activity everywhere so I found myself skipping around trying to see everything on each level – not an easy feat when there’s so much happening! 

The CLUB MTV Tour provided music with Melbourne dance duo SCNDL turning the tunes late into the night. Personally I was digging the tracks played by NatNoiz – she really warmed up the crowd before the headliners hit. Between feeling up a grass covered lift, to sitting gob-smacked watching the aerial artists, and cuddling the Pacha dancers covered in huge balls and other crazy costumes, I can safely say that Pacha delivers an ace night out in ol’ Sydney town.

emma

HALLO-WHENEVER

Oooooh what a night! I’ve been off travelling the globe quite a bit this year and between travels I always make the most of being around my friends. This year our schedules clashed and we missed that precious night of the year when you personally alter reality … Halloween that is. So ‘Hallo-whenever’ was born!

It was a challenge to host a Halloween get together for absolutely no reason other than the fact that we wanted to. An approach to living inspired by Chambord’s #becausenoreason attitude, where we do and we don’t for no reason whatsoever.

What do I need? The drink, let’s say “potions”, the treats and the costume. My potion of choice was the Chambord Royale (recipe below). For the treats, I tracked down some toffee apples (Hello childhood memories). As for the costume, as you can see I went as a clown … Wearing a cat mask.... (I kid!)

Life is pretty spooky at the best of times. So if there’s an excuse to eat candy & mix potions I’ll take it. #becausenoreason

(How to make a Chambord Royale? It's simply a splash of Chambord added to your favourite Sparkling or Champagne. Add a Raspberry garnish for a little extra magic). More #becausenoreason here. 

This post was created in partnership with Chambord. Please remember to always drink responsibly.

emma

Broadway's Moving Catwalk

Yesterday I had the pleasure of going behind the scenes at Australia’s first moving catwalk! Hosted by Broadway Shopping Centre the catwalk featured both men’s and woman’s trends for the upcoming season, all styled by Catharine Sarjeant and selected from the stores at Broadway including Marcs, Bardot, Cotton On, Sheike and more! See a quick video from the show here.

The show was to celebrate the launch of Broadway’s #BeYou Booth which will be open to shoppers from Monday 2nd of June (next week! Wow time does fly, huh?) till the 15^th of June - Mon, Tue Wed & Fri 12pm-4pm, Thursday 12pm-8pm and weekends 11am-3pm. At the #BeYou Booth you get to play dress ups with some of the styles seen at the show and take a snap in the booth to be printed out to take home. Visit the Broadway Facebook page for more info on the #BeYou Booth. I had a fab time striking poses with the lovely Bonnie of the blog ozbeautyexpert. I wore this cute little black lace panel dress from the new Candidate collection at General Pants, vintage belt and Zu shoes. Check out my youtube video below for some behind the scenes snippets! Plus a little bit of me getting interviewed - scary!

A huge thanks to Broadway Shopping Centre for having me, Magnum PR - the lovely Liarna for looking after me, and Bonnie for helping out with photos.

emma

NIKE SHE RUNS

First 7 photos over the 6 week training period - Last 7 from the run night. 

If you don't follow me on instagram, apart from being partially insane you've probably missed my recent fitness updates. Over the past 6 weeks I've been training with Nike for the Nike She Runs 10km run in Sydney. As someone who has only done very minimal exercise over the past year (before that I pretty much did zero exercise since my teenage gymnast years), I was skeptical but excited to be invited to be involved with Nike. After returning from Vietnam in March I had lost all fitness I had, not to mention gained a few kilos thanks to the amazing food. When I told my family (the people who know me best) the news, I was faced with a bunch of cackling people in dis-belief. "You?! Running?! 10km?! Pah!" was pretty much how the conversation went. 

I was placed into the 'South Side Crew' with South Side leader, Ashley Freeman, and after my first training session I learnt that perhaps I had been a bit optimistic. I know run club isn't a race but let's just say I was last, trailing behind the whole pack - mostly filled with women older than me. Fortunately, we had been given a calendar with a full training guide for the entire 6 weeks which I started following religiously. Unfortunately, on the day before Fashion Week (Week 3 of Nike Training) I was knocked down with the flu. By the end of Week 4 I was able to flick the flu however I had lost 2 weeks of crucial training. I'm ashamed to say I began looking for an excuse to get out of the final run. How could I possibly do this?! I'm so thankful for my friends who encouraged me to keep going. By the end of Week 5 I had actually learnt how to breathe properly while running and I was truly surprised when I was able to take kilometres in my (slow but steady) stride. After you've sorted out the basic physical elements of running, it is like everyone says ...'MENTAL'. It's all in your head - so if you start to tire, don't give up. Lets not get too deep here as I'm not one for an emotional/motivational speech but the moral of this story is, if I started from scratch and made it the whole 10km (spoiler alert), then anyone can. 

On Saturday, with my boy Luke by my side supporting me, I made my way to Centennial Park in Sydney. I met up with all the other amazing media chicks in the media lounge before the race and we prepared for the long run ahead. The atmosphere was electric and I was so impressed with how well the whole event was organised. I had selected the slowest pace group for the run so we were called last. I have to say I wasn't expecting the small hills we were presented with in the first half of the run therefore the first half of the race was the hardest for me. I realised I should be keeping my pace steady so fell back behind some of the swift runners - luckily it paid off and I even ended up passing some people in the pace groups before me. Along the way not only was there water stations and signs stating how far we had run, but we were treated to amazing encouragement from drummers, lovely volunteers, cheerleaders and at one point a huge marching band.  I'm pretty chuffed to say that apart from slowing for water, I ended up jogging the 10km! I left elated. I would completely recommend being involved in Nike She Runs in your own state, country or for those in Sydney, next year's run. Huge thanks to all those behind the scenes who made it magic for me! 

emma

p.s. Winners of my Logitech giveaway are as follows. Logitech Case+Energy = Jennie C, Case+Drive Jessie Khoo & Case+Tilt = Sonia De Macedo. Congrats girls! new giveaway coming soon.