Billie Philips

/ GRATITUDE 1 / 

I am grateful to live in such a beautiful country. I always find myself taking South Australia for granted, thinking it’s boring and there’s nothing here for me. But just getting in my car and driving for that extra hour I discovered such an incredibly beautiful place down south. Waking up before the sun, I sat on the top of those stairs and waited until the sun and earth did its thing and rotated a little, and that’s where my day began. I am so lucky to be able to sit and unwind, breathing in the salty sea air and taking in the serenity.

/ D-D-DIY DENIM / 

Hey babes, I’m back with another outfit post while I slave away writing essays, but what’s new? Nothing really, just filling my wardrobe with countless amounts of denim. What’s even better is getting all ‘diy’ and putting cool things on my clothes and making them my own! 

I’m wearing: - Denim jacket / Factorie - Sunglasses / ZeroUV - Top / Glassons - Skirt / We Are Cow - Shoes / Converse - Watch / Hirigoyen

/ MONOCHROME / 

Oh hey, long time no see (again). I’m real sorry I go MIA for months and come back with the whole “I promise I’ll post regularly” blah blah blah. But hey, life gets in the way and it’s good to have a breather.

So here’s a quick outfit post, I actually will have more posts up in the coming weeks and not disappear for two months, so stay tuned xx

I’m wearing: - Sunglasses / Zero UV - Top / Glassons - Jeans / General Pants - Boots / Lipstik - Watch / Hirigoyen

/ AMELIA /

I have so many photos to share with you guys, so to start it off here’s a little photoset of this mega babe Amelia Mastrapasqua (@theameliajane). 

/ IT’S FUN TO BE A PUNK SOMETIMES /

Hello, long time no see! I know... I said I would post more regularly, but I am so freaking caught up in uni work it’s difficult to maintain my blog, social life, uni life, and just my life in general. 

But hey, I whipped up a quick lil post for you all, while I slave away writing a 2500 word essay and designing an iPhone app (and also maybe listening to Dune Rats a bit too much)

Here I’m wearing: Cap from Alphabet City  (I am so obsessed, go check them out!!!), Dune Rats tee, some old Target jeans I ripped up, and my Daniel Wellington watch.

/ COME ON EILEEN /

Hey hey, this was a beautiful day, and I spent it messing around in my back yard, running around in bare feet, dodging bull ant nests and prickle bushes, how lovely!

Here I’m wearing a pair of vintage mom jeans from the ASOS marketplace (similar here), a belt (thanks mum for helping me make this beauty), my fav funky sunnies from ZeroUV, and the cutest top and bralette from No Wallflowers! 

Enjoy the piccys while I dance around my room to Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners, because whenever I hear the word ‘wallflower’ this song pops into my head, thank you Logan Lerman. If you’re ever in a bad mood just blast this song as loud as you can and just sing and dance you’ll be fine ;) 

/ 21 APRIL, 2016 /

Hello, here’s a little photo diary of some of today’s antics. I had a wonderful crazy adventurous day out with the beautiful Amelia (theameliajane.com), filled with walks along the jetty, being way too excited whenever we saw a dog, visiting cute cafés and dying over the interiors, and eating burritos and nachos and milkshakes that were way too pretty to eat. 

I also bought myself a phone case, and what did I do? Take a guess... I SMASHED MY PHONE AND SHATTERED THE SCREEN AS I TRIED TO PUT THE CASE ON. Great. Amelia also managed to spill her perfectly crafted caramel shake all over the floor seconds after telling me “don’t spill this Billie”.

But hey, it was a beautiful day and I’d do it all over again! (maybe minus the phone smash and milkshake spill)

/ MOODY /

Charli Philips, photographed by me. Enjoy.

/ SLEEPY HEAD /

Hello, I don’t really have much to say. I am tired. I am also having a sort of good hair and brow day today woo!! Also, the sun was coming through the window was making pretty lights in the room, so I thought I would take some snaps. Enjoy.

/ A LAZY PLAYLIST /

You know those moods, where you are just so freaking lazy, and you literally cannot be bothered with anything and anyone anymore, and you just want to lay in bed and cry and sleep forever and plan an escape to some little country town in France and never ever look back. 

Yeah, those moods. You know, you just want to do so much and be so much more but at the same time you just want to stay lazily in bed and read magazines, and listen to music that makes you really think and dream and takes you away to the little French town. 

So here’s a lazy playlist, of music you can listen to when you’re in one of those moods. Enjoy. And be lazy. Love Billie xx

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

/ PRETTY DRESSES IN THE GARDEN / 

Mind you, this isn’t my garden... just some random house along the beachfront who happened to have really nice looking plants! So why not take some photos in front of the garden in a pretty dress and heels?

Here I’m wearing yet another STUNNING dress from Jones and Jones, paired with some cute heels from Public Desire, and also threw on a sleek black hat! 

Shop the dress: Luna Navy and White Structured Dress

Shop the shoes: Rhea Block Heels

/ TODAY I … /

Don’t really feel like writing much, my head is too overwhelmed with the fact that I will be starting Uni soon, and still so unsure where I’m headed in life… But hey, let’s just give it all I’ve got, and just take life as it comes!! *positivity* :-))

So here’s a little photoset of my outfit, just a casual look in my most FAVOURITE vintage denim overalls, I practically live in these. I don’t know whether I’m channeling a farmers vibe, or my inner 6-year-old just starting my first day at kindy… But who cares, they are freaking amazing anyway!

/ RED AND GOLD / 

Hi guys, so sorry I haven’t posted a blog post in sooo long, it’s been a pretty hectic holiday season with Christmas and New Years, I just couldn’t seem to find the time... But I’m back with another outfit post, featuring yet another one of Jones and Jones’s GORGEOUS dresses!!

Here I’m wearing the Louise Red Burnout Dress, which has a gorgeous floral detailing, with a fluffy puffy skirt. Instead of accessorising with jewellery, I decided on some stunning gold flash tattoos from Sioou (what makes them even MORE special, is they came all the way from the beautiful France). The red and gold colours just match so perfectly together, creating a subtle look that somehow stands out.

I hope you guys enjoy these photos, I had heaps of fun with this shoot, although we did drive around for ages looking for the perfect blooming tree hahah!! 

/ ADORE BEAUTY REVIEW / 

Hi everyone, I recently received some amazing goodies from the team over at www.adorebeauty.com.au, which I’d like to share a bit about them with y’all! The items I’m reviewing include:

Philosophy cinnamon buns shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath Smith’s rosebud salve mocha rose lip balm L’occitane delicious hands with almond milk

First of all, the online service Adore Beauty offers is simple and so easy to access, it’s super easy to find products, and they give you a brief description of what the product is and what it does. Purchasing is also quick and easy, and you even get free shipping on orders over $20! My parcel came within a few days with no hassle, which I was very pleased about as online shopping can sometimes take forever!! (also they gave me a little TimTam in the package, thank you for satisfying my chocolate cravings hehe)

Now to the products! Philosophy’s cinnamon buns was just that, cinnamon buns in a little bottle, and wow did it smell AMAZING!! I just wish there was an online smellogram thing so I could share the amazing scent with you hahah, but anyway I used it as a bubble bath, which filled the bathroom with a gorgeous sweet cinnamon scent, and leaving my skin feeling silky and smooth, and smelling delicious too. The Smith’s Rosebud lip balm is my new go-to lip balm when I have dry and parched lips, it instantly revives the dryness and also smells so good, I almost want to eat it (I may have licked my lips once or twice... oops). Also, I always find myself having quite dry hands, especially in summer, so the L’occitane hand cream is amazing at moisturising them, and I love how it keeps my hands smooth for the whole day. The smell is nice, however it is a bit too strong so I suggest if you’re not one for strong smelling perfumes, especially on your hands, maybe this isn’t for you!

/ CONTRAST /

Contrast: the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

I find that contrast is a beautiful element that shapes the world we live in. Like the free-flowing and ever-growing grape vines that follow their own unique path, expanding their branches and stems out in all directions, compared with the structured wooden planks, placed specifically along side each other with no room for change. 

And similarly in this dress I’m wearing from Jones and Jones, the contrast between the elegant white with floral detailing and the deep black creates a striking and eye-catching piece of clothing. I just can’t get enough of this gorgeous dress with its asymmetrical cut and free-flowing skirt, a piece that I will admire forever, just like I will admire the world’s contrasting elements.

(A little treat for all my readers, you can score 20% off your next order at jonesandjonesfashion.com using the discount code ‘BILLIEPHILIPS20′)

/ CRASHING WAVES / 

This post is probably much overdue, as my little getaway along the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia happened around a month ago. But at this time in my life, I feel like now is the perfect time to post. 

So I’ve come to the end of my schooling years... 12 and a half years of repetitiveness, finishing one year, moving to the next, but what do I do now? My years have felt like the waves crashing on the rocks, some slowly, some with speed, some huge and with force, and some a little weak. But when it crashes, it all ends up back in the same place again, right back in the ocean. My ocean was school, and now the final wave has crashed but the ocean has changed, and I’m still quite unsure as to where I’m headed next! 

The hundreds of choices of University courses are crazily overwhelming, and all these ideas of “who I should be” fill my head. Photographer? Interior designer? Fashion designer? Journalist? Psychologist? I just don’t know yet, but maybe I’m not ready yet...

And as my final two waves are about to crash, with my last two exams this week, hopefully I can find myself in a clear ocean, with a clear view of who I am, and who I want to be. I guess I’ll just wait and see!