It's a girl.

 I used to wish for boys. For god to bless me with beautiful, healthy boys when that time came when I was ready to forgot about my selfish desires and commit to the innocence of my own child.

I now pray for girls.

I pray for one of the 200 million missing girls in the world today. The souls of those killed in today’s modern genocide or gendercide. Today, India and China abort or kill more female foetuses and babies than the total number of girls born in America.

An entire gender in various countries is being exterminated. Strangled, choked, tossed, dumped, aborted, abandoned, drowned and tortured. The gendercide is the modern day holocaust yet we have failed to act, instead we turn a blind eye to established countries decision to treat girls as sick cattle.

“It’s a girl” has been branded by the movie sharing the same name as the three deadliest words in the world.

Woman are the ones that complete 66% of the world’s work and in developing worlds they do 60-80% of the farming. Girls, as Beyonce said to a beat, run the world....yet only if given the chance to let their heart beat.

I pray for the castoff girls. The ones that gasped for air only to have it cut off by their own family. The ones seen only as a dowry burden or a shame on the family name.

Give me girls. Give me the forgotten girls.

A baby girl is not a problem. She is not a burden. She is a hope for tomorrow.

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The love of my life

Before I begin I must disclose that I am THAT person. Don’t worry in a few more words you will see what I mean.

I booked my dog in for a doggy glamour shot. Yup I am THAT person. I am a 20-somthing professional with no children – my dog is the love of my life. My family has always had dogs but Harley is MY first dog. I chose where he would come from, picked him out and paid for him. I went through the sleepless nights as he adjusted to life without his doggy mummy and bonded with human mummy, we have cuddled as boys have come and gone and enjoyed Saturday ice creams in the park – he is my other half and my true soul mate. He knows when I want to laugh and when I need a shoulder to cry on. I wouldn’t be me without him. Yes I am THAT kind of person – scream it from the roof tops – OBSESSED with my dog.

I can't describe the love I have for Harley and the connection we share. When I am without him I don't feel whole - he lights me up and centers me. He inspires me spiritually and educates me on living life full of grace. We lean on each other and seek solace in our bond. He is my protector, best friend and child.

After saying all this, I am actually leaving Harley for some time to live in London (don't worry he will still be at home with mum and dad). It will break my heart saying good-bye but it is an adventure I must do. I decided I wanted to get some truly amazing shots of my boy to take with me on my journey and contacted Diana from K9 Photography.

Harley was a complete diva for one who hasn’t even cracked the modelling industry yet, but with a face like his it was hard to get a bad shot.

God I love him and thank God everyday for bringing us together.

Don't act like you don't!

As you grow up you begin to learn a few things about walking in big kid shoes – vanity, dignity and embarrassment – and how to become an everyday liar with big flaming pants.

I somehow failed to acquire the complete facets of these big kid qualities, frequently feeling like the odd one out, when I know everyone is simply lying to save face. This isn’t Japan people!

So I decided to compose a list of the top five lies we ALL tell to look like we are actually really really good people. So what do YOU lie about everyday:

1. Flossing. I went to the dentist and was told I need to floss. I went to work the next day to breach this topic, thinking we would all rise up in unison and agree it is just all in the too hard basket to play our teeth like violins each day. I was met with the following backlash “oh my god you don’t floss everyday!” Stop joking around, I know none of you without braces floss everyday – stop the lies!
2. Washing hands. I refuse to believe that in the comfort of one’s own home everyone washes their hands after number ones. Not possible. 
3. Nose picking. Don’t act like you don’t pick your nose. Just stop it now, you stick your fingers in every other hole don’t pretend this one is a prude. 
4. Peeing in the shower. Seinfeld brought this age old debate to light. “I saw a drain!” “Different pipes go to different places!” While Elaine is right, a little watered down wee is fine, it is basically cancelled out by all the soap you’re lathering up with. I know you wee wee in there. 
5. Wipe and throw. Ewww I don’t wipe my bum then look at it! Yes you do. Human’s are like my dog Harley – he knows his poo is gross and embarrassing but he always goes back for a peek! You poo peek. 

The biggest lies, as you may have noticed, centre around bodily functions because we are all pretty embarrassed by what our bodies leak, secrete, seep and project.

So stop pretending you don't do these things...I know you smell your farts.


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Doctor Harry starts my Monday

Here I was minding my own business when I received a text from my boyfriend - standard - what wasn't standard was the video attached.

OH MY GOLDEN RETRIEVER IT'S DOCTOR HARRY! Yes THE Dr.Harry sent out a hi to not just me but the love of my life, my German Shepard Harley. Jealous?

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Clips to make your week

Hello Monday, how did you get here so quickly? It only felt like yesterday Friday was swooning me...alas we meet again, as always. So to cure any Mondayitus, check at these clips that will make your weekly fresh start much more palatable.

So lets cue the lols - watch fantastic comedian, Michael McIntyer discuss something we all have - THE MAN DRAW - don't be confused this isn't a draw just for men, it's that draw we all have in the house, usually at the bottom filled with orphaned crap! Think batteries, rubber bands, screw drivers and user manuals.

Now all my nearest and dearest know I love me a one-piece. Yes I am talking swimwear - ALREADY you say - girl it's almost spring hit the treadmill! Tyra Banks has released a lol-tastic clip about her love of one-pieces and how to wear them.

If you havn't watched this where have you been? Whether you want to marry her like me or don't give a booty shake about Beyonce` this mini-doco is so fasinating. The 'Year of 4' takes a look at the interesting process of producing an album. Oh and Beyonce was her own Manger for this album!

And finally because I love animals and Harry Potter- this clip sums up the whole series by some cutie pie kittens...

Enjoy!

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Me as a vegan?

I have decided to go vegan. For 21 days. Yes, not vegetarian, the whole hog (pun intended). I have decided to completely swing my normal eating habits on their head and cleanse the system. Why? Because I am tired of being tired, tired of being sick, tired of feeling like I am out of sync with my body. Is veganism the answer? I really don’t know, but I believe if I strip everything back and eat as natural as I can I will be able to see more clearly where my problems lie. I am a firm believer in we are what we eat, so I believe going back to the raw basics of fruit and vegetables will aid in finding balance and wellness in my diet.

So why vegan? Well, I eat hardly any meat as it is so vegetarianism wouldn’t be too hard and I know dairy is my killer – I FUCKING LOVE EGGS – I have been known to have a hardboiled egg in my hand bag for a snack. But to be frank, diary makes me feel like shit. Doctors tell me I am “lactose intolerant” – to that I say GIVE ME ICE CREAM! It’s a drug, one big juicy, creamy drug. But when you think about it, how disgusting* are we to eat another milk produced by a completely different species? We are the only known living beings to do this by choice, not by situation or lack of available resources but because hell we want to milk the shit out of cows!

The purpose of milk – from any animal – is to essentially fatten up a baby. However, eventually animals are weaned off it once they are strong enough to eat solids....except humans. Many scream “CALCIUM” but all animals once weaned off milk get their calcium from plants – yet we humans have become too lazy to eat some spinach, instead we gorge on chocolate milk. [On a side note, if you do rely on milk as your main source of calcium you must be eating enough magnesium otherwise your body cannot absorb the calcium in milk.] You’re body naturally absorbs calcium from plants with more ease than dairy and the World Health Organisation actually recommends reducing animal proteins and increasing fruits and veggies to promote healthy bones.

On a humanitarian note –milking cows just don’t live a very happy life. I like to think they chill

on the land and someone with a little wooden stool and a straw hat comes and fills up a bucket and goes on their merry way. NU-AHHH. Due to selective breeding and genetic manipulation,

cows in Australia produce 35 – 50 litres of milk per day, ten times more than what they would naturally produce for their young. So what is the point? All this milk puts strain on the animal causing painful stretching of udders, tearing of ligaments, infections etc. Which means some GROSS results in our milk – think blood, mucus and bacteria which isn’t all washed out when pasteurised. In Victoria there is NO limit on the amount of pus or “Somantic Cell Count” that appears in pasteurised milk. ICKY ICKY POO!

In Australia, a diary cow is impregnated to produce at least one calf a year to ensure they keep producing milk. These calves are taken away from their mother within 12-24 hours. Imagine the stress mother and calf must be in? In nature a calf suckles from its mom for up to a year! So what does this scene look like? A mother screaming for its offspring and separated calf frightened and in complete shock. Then – mum is schlep off to milking to keep pumping out those dollars. And the calf? Three quarters of a million unwanted diary calves’ are sent to slaughter so you can eat veal – they are generally five to six days old. A FIVE DAY OLD BABY IS SENT TO SLAUGHTER! The Australian industry additionally approved withholding food from five day old calves for up to 30 hours before slaughter. Calves usually eat five times a day. Yep – this is what our country deems as humane.

So it is pretty obvio I LOVE MY ANIMALS. Can I be hypocritical – yes, especially if you challenge me when I’m eating my McDonalds cheeseburger. But the whole point is to be AWARE of WHERE your food comes from. This is why I have decreased my meat intake and in learning more about the dairy industry, why I want to decrease my demand on this animal by-product. I want to walk the walk more. I want to feel that sense of wholeness. I want to connect with my food and not absentmindedly scoff down my chicken breast in front of ‘Two and a Half Men.’ I know people will for some reason get offended at this vegan pledge, the same way many challenge you when you let on you believe in Jesus – people have a need to deduce ones beliefs maybe because they realise they have none?

So time to jump into the deep end tomorrow. Hopefully at the end of this I will have more energy, clearer skin, s-shaped poos and in the name of vanity, a few less kilo’s.

*I am not an angry cow with sore tits....or paid by cows to protest

Got any vegan recipe ideas? Please share!

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High Brow

Everyone has one. That thing they notice almost instantly on a person’s face. For some it’s hair or lack there-of, others its the eyes but for me, you had me at “eye-brows.” Yes my beauty OBSESSION is eyebrows. Those incredible slug line hair that drape curiously above your peepers. They do it for me.

Being blessed (this word has changed from cursed in my later years) with thick, black eyebrows I have been able to hone my talent on this completely necessary yet practically useless strips of hair. Eyes may be the window to your soul but a window is not a window without a frame and the eyebrows are the all important frame.

While i go BANANAS for eyebrows so many girls do not and it gives me eyebrow grief. A girl can be transformed with a good shape and shadow of the brow. Don’t believe me? Check out these babes who all have a dirty little secret – they all once had ICKY ICKY poo thin, unshaped eyebrows.

Example A: Jennifer Hawkins

Before she was crowned Miss Myer and ohh Miss Universe she was just another GC Miss Indy contestant who was channeling Pamela Anderson in the brows department. Now she exudes high glamour with her perfectly shaped and shaded brows (tip: JH does not have naturally thick brows she thickens them with shadow, you can should do this now!)

Example B: Lauren Conrad

From the beach to the hills was all it took for LC to realise she look HORRIFIC with those brows and made them red carpet ready.

Example C: Megan Fox

Mega babe was once mega travesty with her too thin brows that removed her sex-pot status with each tweeze.

HOW CAN I LOOK AHH-MAZING YOU SAY!?

Be realistic about your brow shape. While you may lust after Brooke Shields circa Blue Lagoon that style may be aiming a little too high. Look at celebrities with similar eyebrows to you and check them out. Also while the yummy bushy look is very much in decide whether it will work for you. A groomed brow suits all but a fashion forward bush on the brow does not. You must have an extremely beautiful face to do so – hence why it is generally reserved for models. But props for trying! I suggest looking for inspiration from my brow-babe Camille Belle.

The easiest way to find your brow shape is to grab a pen, while I did a tutorial on my own face I decided Angelina Jolie is better eye candy for us all.

Step 1: Line pen up along the side of your nose, this will show you where your brows START.

Step 2: Holding pen still at the corner of your nose tilt on an angle until it crosses your iris (looking forward) this is the HIGHEST point of the brow

Step three: Tilt pen even further from the corner of your nose until it reaches the end of your eye, this is where your brow ENDS

NOW when you know the rules you can break them. For a dramatic look extending the brow line even further is EPIC GLAM and was used by dames such as Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe.

So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pay attention to your brows - they will make your face SOOOO MUCH BETTER! The moment you do you will wonder how you went all those years not looking your best! Shaping your brow will make you look younger, more rested and HOTTER. It's the affordable face lift and the accessible make over.

Shape, shadow and love your brows today.

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