The Week On Thread Episode 33

The Week On Thread Episode 33 with highlights in pictures of what’s been awesome this week, in particular, hitting 6,000 on Instagram and celebrating with our #Thread6kGiveaway series, getting a fun house call from Maybelline, going into the brilliant Air New Zealand 75 years exhibition at Auckland Museum, and packing our Macpac bags and tent and heading on a road trip to Mystery Creek to camp at Festival One…

I’ve just hit a milestone of 6,000 followers on Instagram/threadnz and are celebrating with giveaways for you to win in the #thread6kgiveaway each day. To enter, just follow @threadnz on Instagram and tag a friend. You may enter as many times as you like, and your friend can enter too by following and tagging another friend. There are fab prizes up every day, so get in it to win it. 

MAYBELLINE HOUSECALL

Maybelline has paid me a beauty call! These lovely ladies from Maybelline New Zealand have visited me with the new season collection to play with, and a cool 2016 Maybelline diary to boot.

This tray of makeup is the new season from Maybelline, who, I was surprised to hear, have changed the classic tagline from “Maybe she’s born with it” to “Make it happen”, reflecting the go-getter drive of modern women. A key trend makeup-wise, is the matte and leather finishes this season in skin, lips, and eyes.

AIR NZ AT AUCKLAND MUSEUM 

Have you been to Auckland Museum lately? The current Air New Zealand 75 years exhibition is so great, and it’s free entry. I had no idea the Air NZ uniforms in the Sixties (above) were designed by Dior, and made here by their NZ licensees, El-Jay. We also sat in replica Solent sea planes and jet planes.

WATERMELON COCKTAILS 

Just used my Nutribullet juicer to make crushed iced watermelon vodka cocktails. I’m pretty sure they’re full of antioxidants ?

MINT CONDITION

Hot enough for you? Heck yeah! Cool off your eyes with these shades of mint: cards by The Social Types, nail polish by Essie, City Block by Clinique, and beauty products by Benefit.

MACPAC

My #packlay for this weekend. I’m going camping and taking the essentials: I can get everything into my Macpac backpack; my tip is packing no extra shoes just jandals, one small towel, and taking mini toiletries and leaving the heavy makeup in the city. Also this Macpac sleeping bag is the most compact I’ve found. You can visit their website at www.macpac.co.nz and I see they’re currently on sale so there’s even better deals and bargains to be had right now.

FESTIVAL ONE 

Beautiful day for camping. Lace dress by Capture, sunglasses by Le Specs, Fitbit Surge, phone case pendant by Karen Walker, hat by Max, Vintage Condor backpack by Macpac. I really like its vintage styling with the two-tone black with brown base and leather detailing as well as the durable and weatherproof fabric, and the zippered top pocket for putting small items in. 

Above: Strahan (Strahan Coleman, also in New Zealand band Avalanche City), performing on Saturday night on the Market Place stage which was my personal fave with its singer-songwriter and folksy-meets-electronic vibe. I really liked Young Lyre with their three keyboards too.

Above: Mt Atkinson Coffee kept us caffeinated at Festival One. Below: Breakfast time at camp… Nice of Sanitarium to put on a free feed for all 5,000 campers.

See you next week!

Megan Robinson
1st February 2016