Healthy healthy health

Ok so once again I'm trying to do the whole eat health and exercise thing. I'n not going to lie I find it hard. I'm half Italian so I LOVE food, esp pasta's, bread and big portions so I find it hard trying to cut down. I also got NLP to stop eating chocolate. This worked for a year and a half but I've now fallen off the band wagon and am now back on the Dairy Milks and Caramels.

So my boyfriend and I have come up with this work out regime and what nights we run and the other night we got arm, legs and core work. So far the running is going well....but the healthier eating I'm still battling with.

Don't get me wrong I'm no McDonald's eater and I don't really eat dinner that much, it's just snack bits I fall at the line with.

I found this site on another blog that is based in the UK. I think it's such an awesome idea I just wish they had something like this over here in Sydney. Maybe I should try set it up?!

So take a look....

http://www.graze.com/

You basically have this massive selection of nuts, dried fruit, crackers and olives etc and decided wether you want a nibble box for during your day at work or a nutrition box where they have food full of vitamins and minerals.

You then chose the days you want it delivered at the cost of 3.49 pounds.

I love this idea and would kill for something like this here.

Here's to health eating folks!

Wax away

An American artist has decided against using traditional paints and pencil and has gone back to his childhood roots with using wax crayons.

He starts off by scanning a photograph then breaking it down into larger coloured blocks. He places thousand of crayons onto a grid before adding a wooden frame as a finishing touch.

Here are some of his pieces which I think are outstanding....

Nail it

So my latest obsession is my nails and constantly painting them.

I've recently discovered this awesome set by OPI that comes with a metallic nail varnish and the other is a shatter varnish. It does exactly what it says on the tin!

Once you've painted your nails with the desired colour, then go over the top of it with the black shatter varnish. Pretty much instantly it starts to take shape.

Here are mine from the other day.

I also came across a London founded nail salon called WAH which also has a salon in the basement of Topshop on Oxford Street, London.

The designs they do are just amazing. Varying from the more simple patterns to the absolute crazy and bizarre.

Take a look at some of the below.

C'est la vie

I have two days until I embark on my four week holiday extravaganza! I wasn't really thinking about it until today, now that i'm nearly all packed and have some last minute things to do I am itching to set off.

My friends arrive back in Sydney on Monday arvo then Tues morning we go to collect the camper van then set off into the sun set...well sunshine. You get the idea!

Goodbye chilly Sydney, work and hectic lifestyles and hello sun, sand and beach after beach after beach.

Below is where we will start and finish up in Cairns.

Australia's Next Top Model

Last night was the final of Australia's Next Top Model with three of the girls battling it out for final place (and yes this show for the past how ever many weeks has been my version of a chocolate addiction)

The three girls were Kelsey, Amanda and Sophie, all gorgeous girls.

Kelsey was my favourite to win. Even though she is a little short side for the modelling industry, she pulled off the most amazing photos throughout the cycle being one of the strong favourites throughout the show. She knew how to work her body, angle it to make her appear taller and work the light on her face. Even though Kelsey came second I do hope that her modelling career does take off.

Here are some of Kelsey's photos from the show...

Amanda was the winner (eventually) from cycle 6. After an embarrassing mishap where Sarah Murdoch was told that Kelsey was the winner, then only to discover several minutes later it was actually Amanda. Kelsey totally understood the mistake and took it all with absolute grace. In the end as compensation, she too got a $25,000 prize money, an all expenses paid trip to New York and her cover is also getting published for Harpers Bazaar along with Amanda's.

So back to Amanda.

She is just stunning and ticks all the boxes to be a model. A fantastic face and bone structor, a body to die for and not to mention she has the height.

She took a number of knocks throughout due to her not knowing how to work or move her body and not being able to relax her mouth.

However after some practice and words of wisdom from the judges she pulled out some outstanding shots and which led her to win the competition.

Sophie Van Den Akker also went through to the live final along with Kelsey and Amanda as the judges the week before couldn't decided who to send home and would leave it up to the general public to vote.

Sophie came into the competition and was instantly labelled the 'Paris Hilton' or 'Barbie' wannabe. She has a bone structor like no other, an amazing body but she also covered her face in think make-up, white pale lips and awful bleached blonde hair with the worst extensions. The transformation from Barbie to now was a tough one though. She didn't like her hair being dyed darker, then cut, and then cut even shorter again.

But with the new short hair look her photos were killer and in the words of Alex Perry...expensive. She also knew how to work her face, jaw line from the new hair and her eyes would show so much emotion.

I think out of al the girls Sophie went through the biggest transformation looks and attitude wise. Take a look....

Eco warrior

I am LOVING this idea of the Green Box. This New York based company ECO (Environmentally Conscious Organisation) think up ways of saving and improving food packaging so that it's safe for the environment and cost effective.

It is true that once you have devoured your scrummy pizza you are left with this ridiculous square box clogging up your bin or recycling and this is where Eco Green box would come in.

Take a look for yourself and tell me you don't think that this is a genius idea.