It’s no secret that I do like any opportunity to glam it up.
The reason?
Most of my workdays are spent in front of a computer at a desk in my lounge room.
I dress for comfort. The style bit, if evident at all, happens by accident.
Not so last Thursday.
I’d been asked to be on the Channel 7 travel show, The Great South East.
A little welcome for the crew at Willow & Bird, Cotton Tree
The segment won’t air until 2013 but I was asked to take The Great South East’s Sofie Formica on a quick shopping tour of just some of my fave places here on the Sunshine Coast.
So, I did what any lazy-girl beauty type would do … I called in the pros.
Makeup artist. Check.
Pru Edwards knows her stuff. I reckon she’s shaved a good 10 years off and given me the kind of definition and finish you need for TV makeup.
Hair stylist. Check.
The girls at Suite Three whipped a L’Oreal Professionnel Steam Pod treatment through my hair and had me swishing out the door in under 30 minutes.
And when it came to the TV shoot outfit, I enlisted some help there too*.
Given all the talk last week about kaftans, it seemed fitting not to divert from the theme.
My thinking: stray flapping tuckshop arms would be covered and panty lines would not be in any danger of upstaging me.
This Camilla Beach House kaftan from Zambezee Boutique answered my call (I layered over my Sancerre white slip dress for a little extra length).
It provided the perfect backdrop for even more show-stopping colour.
… because, quite frankly, at this point I couldn’t see any point in toning things down.
Why stop when you’re neon roll, I say.
Enter stage left, this show-stopping necklace from the latest collection at Red Phoenix Emporium. Perfecto.
Add in some Noosa Amsterdam arm candy from Willow & Bird {love how you can interchange the stud buttons on this cuff and collect more to create different styles} and THOSE Zoe Kratzmann chartreuse shoes and I was ready to shop.
Yes, I was.
So, where did I take the Great South East crew?
- Willow & Bird, Cotton Tree
- The Silva Spoon, Cotton Tree
- Zambezee Boutqiue, Mooloolaba
- Baby Goes Retro, Mooloolaba
These are just four of my many favourite stores here on the Sunshine Coast.
Photo: Willow & Bird
The mum and daughter team behind Zambezee Boutique … Lorelei and Natalie have been in business together for 15 years
Loved spending the day with The Great South East’s Sofie Formica
If you live here or travel here for weekends or holidays, what are your favourites?
Disclosure: I borrowed the kaftan and necklace for the shoot but fell in love with them afterwards … they now may or may not hang in my wardrobe 
The Noosa Amsterdam cuff was a gift from Willow & Bird. For my full disclosure policy, click here.
