Mini Illamasqua haul and The Little Snail
Hi ladies! How was your weekend? Work on Saturday was crazy busy (think drunk and fighting patients!) so I was looking forward to spending my one and only weekend day off with the boy. We went on a relaxing outing to the city yesterday for a lovely French lunch and to do some browsing. Too bad it was so darn hot!
I made a beeline for Myer to take advantage of the Illamasqua Make-Up Amnesty. Until January 30th at Illamasqua counters in Aus, you can bring in any unwanted make-up product and they will give you a huge 25% discount off your IIlamasqua purchase. It was too good an opportunity to pass up so even though I'm not supposed to be buying so I only did a very mini haul. But as @IllamasquaAus said on Twitter, I AM saving money so it was definitely worth breaking my no buy hehe ;)
I had to limit myself to 2 polishes and it was SOOOOOO hard to choose which colours to purchase! I ended up choosing Baptiste and Wink - gorgeous purple shades. They retail for $34Aus which is over my budget so with the 25% discount the polishes came to only $24.50 each which is reasonable for the quality of the polishes. I had a $40 Myerone voucher to use so all up I only paid $11 for 2 polishes!! What a steal =D
We then went to The Little Snail for lunch which we haven't been to in ages. It was another bargain for the day as we went courtesy of the Entertainment card and got 25% off woot. Everything was absolutely delicious as always!
We both had Escargot de Bourgogne (Dozen snails marinated in herb-infused court-bouillon, oven baked in garlic butter) for entree. These were SO deliciously garlicy!
I had the Prime Australian Beef Fillet served with pommes puree and red wine jus for my main:
The boy got the seafood plate which included grilled salmon, garlic prawns, salt and pepper squid, chilli mussels, beer battered soft shell crab and mesclun salad. It wasn't really enough for him so I gave him some of my steak hehe.
I love dessert so it was hard choosing what to get as their selections are always so yummy. I ended up getting the chef churned Hazelnut and Praline Ice Cream on shortbread with Grand Marnier caramel. YUMMO!
While the boy had his favourite Crème Caramel:
All in all a nice end to the week! What did you guys get up to?
Thanks for looking!
I made a beeline for Myer to take advantage of the Illamasqua Make-Up Amnesty. Until January 30th at Illamasqua counters in Aus, you can bring in any unwanted make-up product and they will give you a huge 25% discount off your IIlamasqua purchase. It was too good an opportunity to pass up so even though I'm not supposed to be buying so I only did a very mini haul. But as @IllamasquaAus said on Twitter, I AM saving money so it was definitely worth breaking my no buy hehe ;)
I had to limit myself to 2 polishes and it was SOOOOOO hard to choose which colours to purchase! I ended up choosing Baptiste and Wink - gorgeous purple shades. They retail for $34Aus which is over my budget so with the 25% discount the polishes came to only $24.50 each which is reasonable for the quality of the polishes. I had a $40 Myerone voucher to use so all up I only paid $11 for 2 polishes!! What a steal =D
We then went to The Little Snail for lunch which we haven't been to in ages. It was another bargain for the day as we went courtesy of the Entertainment card and got 25% off woot. Everything was absolutely delicious as always!
We both had Escargot de Bourgogne (Dozen snails marinated in herb-infused court-bouillon, oven baked in garlic butter) for entree. These were SO deliciously garlicy!
I had the Prime Australian Beef Fillet served with pommes puree and red wine jus for my main:
The boy got the seafood plate which included grilled salmon, garlic prawns, salt and pepper squid, chilli mussels, beer battered soft shell crab and mesclun salad. It wasn't really enough for him so I gave him some of my steak hehe.
I love dessert so it was hard choosing what to get as their selections are always so yummy. I ended up getting the chef churned Hazelnut and Praline Ice Cream on shortbread with Grand Marnier caramel. YUMMO!
While the boy had his favourite Crème Caramel:
All in all a nice end to the week! What did you guys get up to?
Thanks for looking!
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Great choices! I wish we had Illamasqua here...
ReplyDeleteYour food photos are making me drool over the keyboard.
Those polishes are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for informing other Aussies about Illamasqua Makeup Amnesty, Chelle! I will definitely check it out and take advantage of it before the 30th!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'll be going to The Little Snail for a friend's birthday this Friday. I've never been there before and the food looks absolutely delicious =D Especially the desserts!!
The dark purple looks amazing! I wonder if that duochromey goodness in the bottle transfers to the nail.
ReplyDeleteAnd as always, yummy food porn. It's good to see people being adventurous and trying escargot! I've always wanted to try them but I'm not sure how brave I'd be. And the first dessert...wow!
ooh, those Illamasqua look awesome!!~ and what yummy looking food! sounded like a great weekend you had :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see these polishes. :) Yum, food porn.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the colours you chose hun! So pretty & different, that dark one especially looks gorg! Mmm I do love the yummy food pics, even if they do make my tummy rumble away. I've never tried snails before!! Hehe maybe one day...
ReplyDeleteLove Aysh xoxo
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Mmmm the creme caramel looks so good!(=
ReplyDeleteYour meal photographs overtook the whole article and the fashion accessory mentioned in the post. this photos make make my mouth watered.
ReplyDelete@juznie: Illamasqua only came to Australia late last year so we are really lucky! We don't get many other brands down under though =(
ReplyDeleteOoops sorry to make you drool!
@Jennifer Leigh: I couldn't agree more! Illamasqua have wonderful colours in their range.
@Donna: No worries Donna! Definitely head to Myer and take advantage of the offer. It's so unheard of a makeup brand giving 25% off anything so it's just fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll love The Little Snail! The food is fantastic and the restaurant is lovely. You must have the escargot! I hope you have fun this Friday!
@Danielle: In the swatch pics I've seen online I think it does. It's just such a gorgeous dark purple I had to have it =p
ReplyDeleteI wasn't game at 1st to try escargot but my bf coerced me to 6years ago and I loved them! They're delicious in garlic butter. It helps not to think about the garden variety snail lol.
@Katrina: I love the Illamasqua bottles and the colours are just so pretty =)
@Rachel Marie: You wouldn't believe the number of pics of food I have on my hard drive haha. Definitely food porn!
ReplyDelete@Aysh: Escargot is delicious so do try it one day! Especially when done properly at a nice French restaurant. Just don't think about your average garden variety of snails and you'll be fine ;)
@makeupbykatie: It tasted just as good as it looked! I preferred my icecream though =p
ReplyDelete@Glucosamine: Thanks!
ohhh wow that Hazelnut and Praline Ice Cream looks to die for! the snails shells are so pretty but i must admit i get a bit creeped out at the idea of eating snails lol
ReplyDelete@chocolatesuze: It was just as delicious as it looked! Nom nom! But you must have tried LOADS more gross stuff Suze! I have to remind myself not to think of the garden variety otherwise I'd probably be sick haha.
ReplyDeletesome amazing mouth watering dishes thanks for sharing
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