Archive for May, 2007
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 29, 2007. News
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If you’d like to become known as your city’s very own Bargain Queen, then this could be your big chance.
Do you know where all the best deals are around town, on everything from fashion to shoes to home decor?
Do you always know a great place to go where the food is cheap but fantastic and the atmosphere is great?
If you’re hip to all your city’s secrets, then I could help you become established as the next Bargain Queen in your home-town.
If you’d like to know more about what’s in store for up-and-coming Bargain Queens, please send me an email — there are some exciting things happening around here…
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 28, 2007. Links
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Looking for some interesting reading? Here’s my favourite stuff around the web last week.
From this week’s fantastic Festival of Frugality at Get Rich Slowly, there were lots of great articles. My favourites include:
Professional Manicure/Pedicure VS Frugal DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) Manicure/Pedicure
Can a DIY manicure or pedicure be as good as the salon version? Find out here.
Clothes Swapping: Quite the Hoot
A fun way to get some clothes for almost free, and help a charity at the same time.
Elsewhere on the web…
The Wardrobe Miser
A cute new budget fashion blog — it’ll be interesting to see what the writer does with this one!
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 25, 2007. Advice, Hair
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Want to spend less money and still have great hair?
Yesterday, I wrote about how expensive great hair can be, and why I’m wary of cheap hairdressers — but I also promised to share my new strategy for finding a great cheap hair salon.
Here’s the steps I’m taking to make sure my next hairdresser is great as well as cheap.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 25, 2007. The Fabulous! Festival
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Next week’s Fabulous! Festival of fashion, beauty and style is just a few days away. It will be hosted by Rebecca at The Space Between My Peers (one of my personal favourite fashion blogs).
If you’re a fashion, beauty, style or shopping blogger and you’ve written something recently that you’re really proud of, submit your post to the Festival.
Each week, the Festival rounds up the best fashion, beauty, style and shopping posts from around the web — and the easiest way for us to find your best posts is if you tell us about them!
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 24, 2007. Advice, Hair
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There is exactly one place where my budget is regularly left in tatters — and it’s not the shoe store.
I confess, I have a hairdresser problem… but not with the cut, or the color, or the super-sleek blowdry. The only problem with my hairdresser is the bill.
My hair is currently Expensive Blonde, and it’s really living up to its name — it costs a small fortune to keep it looking that way.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 24, 2007. News
You might have noticed that the site’s been down for quite a few hours over the last couple of days. I apologise for any inconvenience or annoyance it’s caused.
Long story short, I’m having big problems with the company that hosts this site (Bluehost) and have decided it’s time to look for another hosting company. If you use a hosting company that lives up to its hype, please let me know about them!
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 21, 2007. Beauty, Fashion, Links
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UPDATE: Three more Fabulous Finds from Teri at Aging Fabulous — cropped jeans, ballet flats and eye lift serum, all at bargain prices. Plus some more beauty finds below.
These got lost in my email before, sorry everyone!
Each month, b5’s beauty and style channel aims to bring you some great Hot Finds.
This month, it’s my turn to host the monthly round-up, so I put everyone to work finding some fantastic bargains. We’ve got bargain beauty, T-shirts, accessories… and a few extras just for the boys.
Read them and enjoy!
Beauty bargains
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NEW! Naturally Beautiful Bargains
Teri from Pretty by Nature has found a great natural moisturiser, lip balm and shaving cream, for bargain prices. Check them out!
Epicurious Body Butter
The Scented Life reviews some gorgeous handmade beauty products from Etsy.
Three great budget beauty product reviews at Makeup Minute
Lush T for Toes
Smelly feet? Shopaholics Daily says, sort them out with this great product from Lush.
Bargain T-shirts
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If you love t-shirts, you’ll love The Daily Tee — a blog where they find a great tee every day. Here’s three of their best recent picks for those of us on a tight budget:
Bargain jewelry and accessories
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Heart cuff bracelets
Cute plastic cuff bracelets at Her Accessories.
Steve Madden boots
Also at Her Accessories, knee-high Steve Madden boots for 40% off.
How to Make your own Bikini
Swimwear can get really expensive. Here’s a way to save by making your own, at Tops 2 Bottoms.
Bargains for the boys
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Levi’s Jeans On Sale
Also at She Knows Best, a Levi’s jeans sale with fantastic styles at great prices. Grab them while you can, guys!
Derek Jeter : DRIVEN skin care from AVON
A new, well-priced skin care line for men. Well worth a look at She Knows Best.
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 21, 2007. Shoes, The Fabulous! Festival
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If you like shoes, you’ll love this week’s Fabulous! Festival… of shoes, kindly hosted by Icy at Individual Chic.
It’s got all the great shoe advice a girl could possibly need, including my personal favourites:
Next week’s Fabulous! Festival of fashion, beauty and style will be held at Rebecca’s brilliant blog, The Space Between My Peers. See you there!
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 18, 2007. Shoes
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I love gorgeous designer shoes and own half a dozen pairs.
If I’d paid full-price for all of them, they would have cost thousands of dollars.
Since I don’t have thousands to spend on shoes (no matter how lovely they are), I’ve found lots of tricks for finding them for a great discount.
For this week’s shoe-themed Fabulous! Festival at Individual Chic, here’s my tips on how to find fabulous discount designer shoes.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. May 17, 2007. Links
Fashion and beauty articles you might find interesting:
Beauty and Fashion Tips that Work
Tried-and-tested tips, culled from an enormous volume of oft-silly style suggestions.
Top 5 Ways To Define Your Own Personal Style
If you’ve read my articles on personal style, you’ll know my approach is fairly practical: find what suits your body, personality and lifestyle, and stick to it. Gala Darling takes a more creative approach, which I’m sure the artists out there will find much more inspiring!
DIY: Marc Jacobs Headband
Step-by-step instructions on how to make your own version of this gorgeous catwalk accessory, for a fraction of the cost.
Apologies for the lack of posts yesterday, I was out filming another TV appearance for most of the day. It was heaps of fun, but boy do television people work hard!
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