Posts tagged with: Australia
Sure, cheap sunglasses can let you experiment with shutter shades and other summer fads without breaking your budget. However, if you’re serious about protecting your eyesight (or just want to look luxe for less), then I recommend splurging a bit for a quality pair that you and your eyes will love for years to come.
These oversize Gucci sunglasses provide 100% UVA/UVB protection to protect your eyes and delicate eye area from the sun’s harmful rays all year…
We get a lot of emails asking, “where is the best place to look for …”
To help us answer your questions, we have a list here at BQ HQ where we share all our favorite shopping spots with each other. As well as helping us answer your questions, we also use it to find fabulous things to write about, and of course, to work out which retailers we want as affiliates too!
Today, we’ve decided to…
As part of my strategy to focus on small gifts to make Christmas shopping easier and cheaper, I’m compiling the ultimate lists of gifts for under $20.
Men have skin, too. Many would rather suffer in silence, though, than to ask their friends to recommend good skincare products.
Fortunately, many men have women in their lives to help them out. Unfortunately, men still don’t have nearly as many choices if they want good products that don’t smell…
As part of my strategy to focus on small gifts to make Christmas shopping easier and cheaper, I’m compiling the ultimate lists of gifts for under $20. I haven’t forgotten our four legged friends, though.
Chances are there are more than a few pet lovers on your gift list; about a third of U.S. citizens have pets, and nearly two thirds of Australians have a pet. Seeing how many of us pet lovers treat our pets as family, bringing…
Whether you’re taking an eco-chic tour of Antarctica or just a business trip, don’t give your favorite makeup to the airline security guys.
Instead, take an e.l.f. 2 Go Kit in “Natural Necessities”. It’s approved for carry-on baggage & contains five great products to freshen you up when you hop off the red-eye.
For just $5, you get Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15 in “Pink Kiss”, Therapeutic Conditioning Balm, Shimmering Facial Whip in “Pink Lemonade”, Shine Eraser and an Eye…
A funny piece of Australian trivia: here, thrift stores are called op shops, short for ‘opportunity shop’.
The opportunity that thrift stores provide is for poor people to wear the cast-offs of wealthier people — which might sound trivial, but it can really help people to change their lives. For example, to get a job you need to dress appropriately at the interview. Easy if you’re well-off, but really tough if you’re poor and don’t own…
Congratulations to LJP from Melbourne, who won last month’s “win your favorite bargain” contest! (She blogs at Save Save Save)
She won an e.l.f. cosmetics gift pack with her choice of products, as her favorite bargain couldn’t be shipped to Australia.
Stay tuned for this year’s Christmas contest…
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Remember A’s great makeover, quite a few weeks ago?
If you’ve been waiting to see pictures of the results… here they are!
