French Champers' on a beer budget luv!

The whole champers’ taste on a beer budget thing?

 The only difference from when I was 18 and now is that I’m more than a little fond of a Moet, whereas back then anything with half a bubble would suffice.

I keep telling my income to catch up with my champagne tastes but it’s just not listening. Instead I chose to get clever. I decided I can drink champagne & dress for the occasion too.

Here are tips on how,

Shop smart. Know what you actually need by actually checking what’s missing in your wardrobe first.

Only buy something new (no matter how much of a bargain) if it makes you FEEL nothing short of fabulous.

Invest in great accessories. Accessories make any outfit. Why not make something of existing outfits in your wardrobe with a new statement necklace or a hot pair of heels?

 Subscribe via email to sales websites.

Trawl eBay. A friend of mine fell in love with a long gown at a fashion show but was determined not to pay full price for it. She got home and found the exact same dress – with tags on – on eBay for $500 cheaper. It was one size too big but easy to alter. Score.

Your girlfriends can offer a goldmine of borrowed fashion opportunities

Fossick in op shops and pre-loved stores

Organised clothes swaps

Don’t let your champagne outfit be let down by less-than-glowing skin and great hair. A regular skincare routine is a must; as are regular cut and colour appointments. Honestly, if your skin is glowing and your hair shiny and styled, you’re going to feel a million bucks even if your clothes more makeshift than millionaire.

Keep your head heels & standards high

Ex oh ex oh

SammyO

This is what I DO NOT stand for!

I really want to point some things out. I do not use ANY tan’s that are not green based (this means no orange oompa loompa) and DO NOT come to me at The Dollhouse and ask to go Ni**^r black tan..... Because 1, I will smack you for dropping the “N” bomb

And 2, I smack you again for being so drop dead stupid!

Spray tanning is the ONLY safe tan. I am all for it. Girls, what would you rather in 20 years....... skin like leather or soft beautiful smooth skin? I sometimes like a dark tan, but I have dark hair and my father is Samoan so I have dark features. But I never sleep in my tan that is seriously asking for trouble! Listen to your spray tanner; she knows what she is talking about. To be honest the last thing in the world I want is a Dolly not listening to me, ending up with a horrible tan and having someone ask her where she got  it! Oh Hellllllll NO! I have a pre & post tan care card, follow it and you will have a beautiful natural tan. Ignore it...... Don’t come back to me because I will not tan you again. Not all spray tans are bad. You get what you pay for..... My tans are not stupid cheap, that is because I don’t use cheap and nasty product. My tans are not cheap, because I know what I’m doing. I know how to tan. I’m trained to do a spray tan. I didn’t just order a tent and machine from eBay and start selling spray tanning.

SammyO tip..... Do your homework. Ask your chosen tanner questions.....

Keep your head heels & standards high

Ex oh ex oh

SammyO

Dreaming.............

Are words for this blog entry needed?

Oh perhaps their name.....

Royal ballets by (who else) Christian Louboutin.

MINE!

How Prada is this!

Saudi prince Waleed bin Talal get a gold made Mercedes worth $4800000It seems unlikely that there is a car with more bling on it than this Mercedes SL, Spotted at an auto show overseas. From a distance, it almost appears that the car is coated in glitter, but it is actually covered in diamonds. I won't speculate on the value, but you can bet that this isn't a car just anyone will turn up in

O NEWS

TGIF! Welcome to the first “O News” for 2011



My Jessica Rabbit



TGIF! I have to keep reminding myself that what I do every day is well..... Work? Sure, we have our nuts days, days where NOTHING goes right. But I LOVE every second of it.

Ner Ner Na Ner Ner!



I got to meet Jessica Rabbit this week. DAMN! This woman has curves for days! I thought I was in love with Kim Kardashian...... I have a new Love

S.O {HEART} J.R TL4E

It turned out, our lovely lady coming in for her "Discover Sensual You" experience wanting the 1920's look, This dress got tried on and my mind instantly started racing! JESSICA RABBIT JESSICA RABBIT JESSICA RABBIT! Then whaddya know we had the PERFECT wig for it character.

S.O {HEART} J.R

 Not to mention...... Daymn she had the curves for the character. Did she pull it off or what!?! I can not what to see the magic Kira does with this shoot. ALOT of magic happened yesterday. I stole this lil piccie of her to make a funny lil DVD cover for a preview of the shoot.

In other "O News" this week........

I wee'd my panties when I found this! My latest accessory obsession? Meet the FIAT 500 by Gucci *SQUEEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLL*

A limited edition vehicle, Thats right!! a Gucci car, that is beyond luxurious inside and out! Merging two legendary designers, this sweet set of wheels unites Gucci's inimitable aesthetic with the revolutionary FIAT brand. It incorporates the lables signiture style, like the classic red and green stripe along the exterior & a chrome Gucci logo on the door frames!!

WAIT! WHAT?

Kirstie Alley's back to 55kg? Ummmm, Yeah, darling we all know you will be kickin it at 100kg again in no time! I have such empathy for her, to a point. As a confessed Yo-yo'er myself for 15 years.... I get it. But hunny...... stop selling weight loss books when you can not keep it off for more than a year! NO ONE WILL BUY THEM!Stop this fame hungry crap. You were a good actress, Its great you have lost weight. You should be proud. But stop yo-yo'ing just to be in the papers!

Happy Weekend ^_^

Ex Oh

SammyO

SammyO Stripped

When you decide to get nude photos done you do your homework! You want to be comfortable. You want to be given the freedom to go at your own pace. You don’t want to be treated like a number. I am NOT a model. My body is NOT something you would see in a magazine (unless it was a pre-op photo of a tummy tuck!)  I have lumps and bumps, scars & curves galore. For my 25^th birthday, I celebrated QUITTING my 15 years of Yo-Yo dieting! I also did this to try and see, if what I am trying to sell ladies.... well...... (Don’t fire me Kira) is true.

I’m not going to lie; this was extremely hard for me to actually do! I have had a hate/hate relationship with my body for as long as I can remember. I won’t even swim in a full piece swim suit because I need a sarong or board shorts. So how on earth was I going to strip down RAW strip down naked and publicly put this photo out there? In fear of what my ex love would think? In fear of what my evil sister in law would say? In fear of my husband being embarrassed his heffa wife wants to be photographed nude! Not only that but publicly share the images?!?! Yesterday I turned 25. I quit trying to be anyone else but who I am a few years ago. But this cements it. I used to say “I don’t care what anyone thinks” but that was the biggest lie. I care to much! I always have. I would take everything to heart. I have been learning how to love myself. Working at Art Photography by Kira has boosted my confidence so much. I am Beautiful. Just as I am. Yes, I want to lose weight. But I am beautiful. Just as I am.

I am lucky enough to have a husband who met me skinny and has kept his rose coloured glasses on as I have yo-yoed up and down throughout the years. Ryan and I are completely different people, I am fire and he is a calm ocean. Myself--with all my wild ideas, fast talking ways, and flailing of arms to tell a story--was deeply in love with a man whose patience, calm, and strength made him an anchor in my life. I call Ryan my anchor because we met at time when life's winds were gusting around me so strong and I tried to hold on, but to what? To whom? And then he walked in the room. Ash covered fire brigade pants and a black bonds singlet, motorbike helmet and jacket in arms. Sold. In love. He was mine and I would do whatever I had to do to get him. I found him so sexy and am so repulsed by the sight of my own body I had to find my mojo. I had to find a lil love for myself!  Just a lil.

I have worked here for 2ish months now. I have learned allot about women and their body image of themselves. I stripped off today. I stripped down raw! {Yes I kind of made hubby spray tan me last night for an extra boost of confidence} when I took off my clothes in front of the mirror {in my work place :O } I freaked out a little! But then I put on my birthday present, a brand spanking new pair of Christian Louboutin Daffodil shoes and I was Kim Kardashian! I was HOT! Having worked with Kira before I know this woman knows what she is doing! When I shoot with her, I surrender myself to her and trust in what she is doing. When the robe came off surprisingly I felt powerful. I was nervous to the end result and if there would be anything I would like. But I was having fun. I enjoyed the ride. The result? Well, I AM FREAKING HOT! Curves and all. I am perfect, however I come. I am perfect, curves saggy belly and all! But feel free to judge for yourself.

Would I do it again? Hell yeah! I had a blast. It has cemented in my mind what I am doing here.

Ex Oh Ex Oh

SammyO

HAHA besides doing this blog on work time {SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh}

I was not paid for this, and every single word is true and written by me haha

Beautiful Before's and Awesome After's

We have all had those times where we just needed a makeover!

This is my beautiful Neighbour

(please note, I am kicking myself now, but we tried to make her look bad in the before photo by squishing her chin in, but it is very obvious lol)

Mrs A Before

Mrs A After a full head of foils, toner, full makeup & hair styling.

= a happy mummy?

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN MAKES ME WANT TO ORGASM!

The Obsession with Christian Louboutin shoes lasts more than 50 years! A woman will wear Christian Louboutin shoes for 51 years of her life, according to a study that links Christian Louboutin to the female psyche.

I can not agree more. I do not have an EXACT answer when any "male" {cause' they just don't get it} asks me the "WHY??}

I am obsessed with Christian Louboutin Shoes. I have always had a shoe obsession! But now I have a designer shoe obsession! I stalk Christian Louboutin

I want to know what he is making, who he is dressing, where I can get it!

I want to know everything about him.

I am saving, not for a house, But to own my first pair of Christian Louboutin's!

Or wardrobe full of Louboutin's!

The average woman puts on her first pair at 12 and takes off her last at 63, when comfort begins to take precedence.

I am 25 years old in 2 days. I have never put a pair of louboutins of my feet.

This makes me very sad that I am not the "Average" woman, But I tell you what...... That just means I will be 75 when I take off my last pair of Louboutin's!

She will start with a low one-inch heel and build up to a towering five inches by the age of 23, as she teeters into womanhood.

I remember I got my first "heel" at 10,

they were cream lace up the leg wedges. I felt so grown up.

From there it was on. I grew up in the "Spice Girl" age

at 12 I owned several pairs of heels, boots & those crazy white space shoes that the spice girls wore!

This Obsession is leading into new territory.

I have two daughters, Sophie 5 & Maryah 2

For christmas, much to my husbands distress. I have ordered.....

Bom Bom Booowm........

Christian Louboutin Barbie!

WHY?

I hit back with " Why Not?"

Its the obsession with owing an exclusive piece.

Its the want,

The desire,

The way it makes you feel

The sex on legs

CL'S are the ONLY time shoes are allowed in the bed!

Ex Oh Ex Oh

SammyO

P.S I am a size 40 If you wanted to know ;)

Sticks & Stones

So we all know the saying, Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. Really? You think? It must of been a man that came up with that because its a really, really stupid thing to say! Children who were bullied were up to nine times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, say some studies. As a mother of three this scares me! To make it worse for me {two of those three being little ladies} British studies say girls who were victims of bullying in their early primary school years were more likely to remain victims as they got older. Bullying doesn't stop in childhood years, as my mother promised it would. Yes kids are cruel yadayadayada but it never ends! I watched this one study on a bullying doco, They had a group of girls in a park. Five girls were the bullies and one girl was the victim. They wanted to see the reactions of the elder women around them. Now I would of done what every single one of those women did, they pulled the five bullies up on their actions, but then went on to bully the bullies to make the victim feel better. Which in turn, makes them a bully too! It is a very very fine line. Being a young mum I need to learn all this now, because I'm scared the day one of my babies comes home upset about "real" bullying I'm going to march into the school and pick a fight with the kids mum. I say "real" bullying as my eldest is 5 and goes through BFF's like she changes her knickers. Having been bullied in primary school pretty bad, then leaving school and getting a breast reduction because of the bullying {Go figure, getting bullied FOR having boobies?? } I know I never want my babies to go through this. I would love to know how you deal with bullies? For your kids and yourself?

The "F" Word

Fat! Fat! Fat! I have always been a bigger girl, but with life getting away from me in heading into scary waters with my weight! I am busier than ever and always on the go. I’m making some HUGE food mistakes! So guess it’s now or never to get off my ass and do something about it.......... Again...... In January this year I took on a 12 week challenge. I lost 22kg :) yay :) then moved home with mum & dad for 6 weeks {while the hubby was away at sea with the navy for the first half of the year} to get some help with the three terrors, I mean angels....
Thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn in those 6 weeks I gain 24kg........ Leaving me 2kg heavier than when I started....... No, this is not new for me. I have done this every year for 15 years. I am a hard core yoyo dieter. I’m busting out of my fat clothes. Yet, it’s funny. I’m comfortable and confidant at the moment. I’m super happy. I have always had a guy who loved me, he has some hard core rose coloured glasses on! Poor fella, he met me skinny{during one of my biggest yoyo stages, lost 40kg in 3 months}, didn’t know he was getting with an ex heffa. I don’t doubt that I would be so much happier if I was much lighter. But I guess this is a good thing. I need to do this slow...... Slow and steady wins the race..... Step one.... Take away ban! Step two, devouring sweets while sitting on the laptop ban! Step three, increase water intake. You have to be slow with me. I’m so freaking busy it’s not funny. But, I’m not too busy to do something about this. Baby steps, baby steps. So I stick to it.
I know I’m not alone in my weight battles. Don’t be shy, share with me. Leave a comment or email me at sammy_okeeffe@hotmail.com
Your stories will motivate me. Help me. Share with me :)

Beauty for the Working Mum

As a mum of three under 6, I don’t have time for complicated skin care routines. Showering alone is a luxury that I rarely indulge in. So I’m a big fan of Dr LeeWinn’s anti-aging scrub. I use it morning and night, while brushing my teeth, washing my face and washing my hair telling my two year old not to pee in the shower.   

I use a mask twice a week. I use Dr LeeWinn’s anti-aging mask (no I don’t work for this company, they sell their products in coles and thats where I do my food shopping online at midnight in my PJ’s) I apply my mask when I walk in the door on a Monday and Thursday after work, then I leave it to dry while I cook dinner, wash it off in the laundry while I put the wet laundry from this morning out of the washer and into the (most likely full of dry clothes) dryer.

Drinking pure water is one of the best ways you can improve your general health without much effort. Why? Because our body is over 85% water. Drinking tap water, which is often filled with chemicals, will over time adversely affect your entire system. Right around the world people are purifying their tap water or choosing to drink fresh spring water, and they are loving the amazing benefits.

Another thing I do for my skin is Silica. Silica is AMAZING! I take Blackmores silica & Blackmores Hair Skin & Nails morning and night. While I’m in the kitchen being a maid to my babies.

MY BIGGEST SECRET, Liquid Gold, Bio Oil. Finding time for this one is easy. Bribe the hubby to put it on by offering to be nudie ;)

Skin care doesn’t need to take up too much time. If I can find time in my day for skin care I’m sure you can too.

Ex Oh Ex Oh

SammyO

Beauty School Drop Out.

I am SammyO, & I am now, a beauty school dropout. I had a disagreement with my diploma of beauty school last week. Not only did they loose records of 6 months of my bookwork {that has been marked and sent back to me}  They abused, yes I didn’t use that word lightly, verbally abused me for not doing ANY work over the last 6 months. Then had the hide to ask me to re-fill in my form for VET fee help {otherwise they don’t get paid} TUT TUT TUT.... what a stupid mistake....... Telling me that not only did they loose my work, they lost their chance of getting paid. Being absolutely devastated from being yelled at by some cranky cow named Cathay. I tell her where she can stick it.... I come back down to earth after all the tears have dried and think, SHIT! How am I going to be a makeup artist with NO training? Then I think to myself........ You are SammyO. Nothing. Nothing will stop you on your trip to Prada. I have options. But nothing set in stone. I will let you know as I do.

Ex Oh Ex Oh

SammyO

The Great Wall Of Vagina's

So this is my third week in this job. I have met with..... one, two, three, four, Eight woman. Ranging in ages, sizes, backgrounds. I hear from every single one of them, eeuuw I’m ugly, no I’m fat, look at my cellulite, I have stretch marks, I hate my ears, my nose is too big and so on & soooooooo ON!  I’m sitting here thinking, ARE THEY HIGH? I have deep seeded self esteem issues. But being here for only three weeks I’m already learning to shut up and just say thank you when someone gives me a compliment. It’s faster and easier than the uncomfortable response I would have given in the past. I’m SammyO, The new Marketing person here at APBK {mind you I have no education in marketing so if you want to help me keep my job and share some tips I can be reached at; sammyo@artphotobykira.com.au J}

These women are absolutely breath taking. I kid you not. Yet they still have the same hang up’s that myself, a size 16 has. One breath takingly beautiful client came in here last week. I would kill that Bieber kid if I could look like her! She was self conscious of her body after giving birth to a beautiful baby. Mind you I could not see one single flaw with this lady at all.

So to help me realise WTH is going on here, I dug a bit deeper. I found that women love to compare themselves. We always want what we don’t have. I want to be thin, while she wants my breasts {she’s nuts I tell ya!} I want long hair while she is dying to just chop her’s off! We are all beautiful. Thin, chubby, tall, short, black, white, purple. The experience with discover Sensual You will help you realise this. There is no mould for beauty. It comes in every shape and colour. That’s what makes it so desired.

I struggle with this too, so I do know it’s easier said than done. But around here if you put yourself down you get a newspaper to the back of the head {kidding, kind of haha} So the small change I have started to do is simple. I want you to do it too! Say nothing but “Thank-you” and smile when someone gives you a compliment.

I have attached this photo because I want you to see, We may think we are different and we are, But we are still normal. We are all beautiful.

Ex Oh Ex Oh

SammyO

To Produce a Vlog

Sounds simple enough yeah? Well, Im trying to shake things up at Art Photograpy By Kira, trying things a lil different. I suggested making a Vlog. Choose a topic, offer a tutorial, something close to what you are trying to advertise, get people interested. EPIC FAIL! In the most hilarious way! Having 3 kids under 6, I am a planner. I plan everything! I am one of these freaky people who plans holidays just so we get the most out of them. I thought I planned this Vlog pretty well. I wrote a script, knew what whas going on, had an idea on how long it would take..... well, NO. It just so happens that my partner in crime for this vlog, Vicky, has a freakish amount of hair. To look at her you would think wow what beautiful healthy hair, and you would be right. But she has the amount of hair of 5 PEOPLE! It is stupidly thick! It took 5 hours to style it! So my vlog that I thought would take half of Friday took all of Friday. But I must say after seeing it, (still not put together) It will be great. Well for a first attempt anyway.

I can't stick to a script. I can't censor myself in a blog. You either get me raw or you get me fake.... and thats FREAKING BORING! I am who I am. I'm loud, demanding, want everything now and my way. I'm also the kindest person in the world I would give the shirt off my back. I'm not one of these people who "sit on the fence." I choose sides and stand up for what I believe in. I have had many people leave my life because of this personal quality. At times I have been ridiculed and told that I am a bad person for thinking like this. It has taken me many teary nights to say, SCREW IT! I am who I am. I will change, but from personal growth. Not because you want me to. When you grow older you don't lose friends, you just learn who the real ones are. Who matters and who doesnt. {Love you Judy & Chrissie} People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out. But when darkness sets in their true beauty is only revealed if there is light from within. So you can love me, as I am right now, or go jump. I think I'm getting to a stage in my life where I like myself. For a 24 year old I think thats pretty good.

I'm the kinda chick I'd wanna be friends with. haha.

Hope you have subscribed to my blog cause I can not wait to show you the vlog we did :)

Discovering Sensual You

Well, from my facey spamming, you may know this is where I’m working. Basically I got offered a job from one of the best photographers in Australia. But I’m not a photographer’s butthole; People would die to work with this woman.... “Kira let me get your coffee, Kira let me pick up your cat poop, don’t pay me just let me work for you” And she chose me? An Ella Bache Diploma of Beauty student, Me? A mother of 3 crazy monkey's I mean kids, ME? Who didn’t apply? Who arrived on her doorstep to look at my wedding album design? Then she offers me this amazing opportunity. I freak! I can’t sleep, it plays over and over in my head till 1am when I wake up the ol’ ball and chain (5hours earlier than planned) drive to the gold coast have a lil holiday and process all this. I have no sales and marketing experience whatsoever! But I have always believed in her product. Besides my mother, I am the BEST at getting the most out of every buck! Sometimes it’s about value, not the price tag..... {Jessie J instantly pop’s into my head excuse me while I flick to YouTube to put it on}

So where was I, Value...... Yeah well this is what I learned while I was away on the Gold Coast....

{Well ok I noticed it written on a sign while I was getting a pedicure}

If you’re not being treated with the love and respect you deserve, Check your price tag. Have you marked yourself down? It’s YOU that tells people what you’re worth and what you will accept. Get off the clearance rack; get behind the glass where they keep the valuables. Bottom line value yourself more!

Taking this job with Kira was my way of valuing me. I have done everything for my husband’s career with the Navy & our kids. This is my time to sparkle and shine. I can do this job! I can do the crap out of this job! This is me on my own experience of Discover Sensual You. Pretty awesome to have a job where your boss uses you as a model and you get to play fantasy dress up’s while getting paid! BooYeah! This is one of my images from my Discovering Sensual You experience. If you watched the behind the scenes, hearing me talk about bestiality, wellllll lets say work is a comfortable place haha If you haven’t seen “behind the mask and lace gloves” it can be found on our facebook page at www.facebook/DSYOU and will be uploaded to youtube ect when The marketing person gets their finger out of their ass and does it....... Oh crap that’s me..... Yeah well I’m new to this...... I’ll get it J