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2020 - 2021 // What a year! Getting in early becau

2020 - 2021 // What a year! Getting in early because I might only JUST make it to the kids fireworks at 9pm 😝 #mumlife
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Things I learnt this year: patience is a necessary requirement for my soul to be at peace. Expressing constant gratitude (and also encouraging Penelope to do the same at any moment) is a direct link to pure, unfiltered happiness & contentment. What others do or say is not in my control, only my response to them is. Regular and consistent conversations with my inner dialogue, nurturing self love, is actually my superpower. Studying & learning about topics & processes that I haven’t had a great deal of healthy & positive exposure to is the only way for me to be at ease about making significant life choices & changes. For me this is: conversations about managing finances, more efficient ways to tidy & stay organised (I’m a solid #KonMari fan & it’s amplifying my choice of a minimalist lifestyle 🙌🏻✨) . Raising an independent & resilient child minus the generational curses that I’ve been raised with. Some deep stuff that will require constant attention behind the scenes.
.
We’re now at Day 15 of COVID lockdown restrictions here on the #NorthernBeaches (if you’ve just tuned in, yes - Christmas was ‘postponed’; might be ‘lit’ from 09Jan). When this ends, may we find that we’re more like the people we wanted to be, had hoped to be - and may be stay that way, better for each other because of the worst.
.
I’ll be kissing & cuddling my little Princess goodnight at 630pm with a champagne in hand (I know, who am I!!?? 🤣). Stay safe, kick those New Years Resolutions, create that work-life balance you’ve always wanted, enjoy the little things. HAPPY NEW YEAR friends & loves, make 2021 yours 💛 Kate xx
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Ps: On the exterior - I’m EXCITED to be rocking into 2021 with a strong #BrowGame. Thank you @noush.eyecouture.brows ✨

ISO DIARIES // When they say ‘she never cooks’

ISO DIARIES // When they say ‘she never cooks’ it’s so true. I’ve never once cooked dinner in an evening gown!! Behold: ‘The Kitchen Series’ 💁🏼‍♀️🤪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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These latest COVID lockdowns here on the Northern Beaches have brought out my creative side. What’s a girl to do with: nice things + no where to go + a very upset toddler!? 💁🏼‍♀️👶🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Penelope has been sick for a few weeks now... What started as a runny nose developed into a chesty cough with a tonne of vomiting phlegm. A visit to our family GP to have her assessed (& tested for COVID, thankfully negative) and we were sent home with a course of antibiotics to treat her respiratory infection. Insert a long fortnight of tears, sleepless nights & thousands of mummy cuddles all hours. Bring on the cheers, giggles & laughter over tears any damn day, whatever it takes! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Who doesn’t feel better with a splash of makeup and a twirl in some flowing gowns!!? I have kept a very minimalist home since my (full time) modelling/pageant days, more so since I adopted the @konmari.co method this year too. I did keep a few evening gowns that #sparkjoy - this one for the vast array of colour. I purchased this originally for the ‘Singapore Sling’ Officers Ball at RAAF Base Darwin in 2009... #postbaby fits like a glove, and made cooking, well, FUN!! 🥳✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I feel a few more dress up sessions are in order. What do you think!? What have you been doing in lockdown!? Xx⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Ps: Christmas has JUST been cancelled for us here on the Northern Beaches. We can’t travel to see my family and it’s devastating. Most importantly - stay safe. Reach out if you need to, you’re not alone 💛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#isodiaries #covidlockdown #northernbeaches #hotspot #dressups #cosplay #girlsjustwannahavefun #motheranddaughter #kateheussler #penelopeheussler #blackandwhite #series #eveningcouture #postpartum

KEEP GOING // Only a few more mental breakdowns un

KEEP GOING // Only a few more mental breakdowns until Christmas guys - we got this!! 🙌🏻🤪🥳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Day 6 of lockdowns here in Sydney. Stay safe #NorthernBeaches xx

BROW GAME STRONG // Santa came early this year!! I

BROW GAME STRONG // Santa came early this year!! I’ve been researching (aka stalking 🤭) a number of brow artists for YEARS now. I’ve had my brows plucked only a handful of times in my life (there’s not a lot of hair, and it’s fair!) and for the most part have worked with amazing Makeup Artists to colour them in to ‘finish the look’ for all my model assignments. Generally I’ve just accepted the ‘nice and natural but thin’ eyebrows I was born with.
.
I’m wary of any/all beauty & cosmetic treatments, and today that all changed... (finally!!!) I trusted @noush.eyecouture.brows with her magic touch, she understood my need for ‘natural look’, had the best/latest in pigments (super hard to find for natural
blondes) and TA-DAHH - I have no idea why I waited so long. I finally have the brows I’ve always wanted, and feel like a whole new woman!! ✨
.
Not even guilty - Merry Christmas to ME 😁🥰 Ps: very fresh-faced with no makeup here —-> SWIPE to see before, during, and after 💁🏼‍♀️💛
.
I need to go back for a touch up appointment in a few weeks, though... WHAT DO YOU THINK!!?? Should I go darker? Should I have the arch heightened? Should I have the tail lengthened? Have you had brow tattooing/micro blading done - how did you find it!? Xx
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#browsbynoush #eyecouture #microblading #sydneymicrobladingstudio #browbabes #kateheussler #eyebrows #browgame #makeupfree #freshfaced #winkmodels

TWO // Where has the time gone!!?? 😭 HAPPY BIRT

TWO // Where has the time gone!!?? 😭 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet as can be Penelope Perfect 👶🏼🥰 Today, two years ago, she entered the world in her own time... 17 hours of labour, 2 hours pushing to a then (very immediate) emergency c-section at 2am... and she’s marched to her own beat ever since 💛
.
Bubbly, curious, affectionate, sassy, and an avid Baby-Shark groupie - I’m so proud of the little lady she is becoming and so blessed she chose me to be her Mamma Bear Xx
.
—> swipe to see a few of my memorable moments from her delivery 👶🏼✨ #twoyearsold #happybirthday

FESTIVITIES // It’s beginning to look a lot like

FESTIVITIES // It’s beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS 🎄💛 Getting ahead of myself this year... the tree & decorations went up before my usual 01Dec deadline 🤭 Blush & rose gold has been good for the last 3 years - and now I’m going for a Hampton’s theme (blue baubles thanks to @kmartaus).
.
I started a new family tradition when Penelope was born; contributing to the @kmartaus Wishing Tree would be a regular feature in our festive preparations. Christmas to me is about GIVING, especially to those in need.
.
Now that Penelope is a little older I have to start hiding her gifts that I’ve already wrapped - calling all parents - where is a good place to hide things from curious toddlers!!??

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2020 - 2021 // What a year! Getting in early becau

2020 - 2021 // What a year! Getting in early because I might only JUST make it to the kids fireworks at 9pm 😝 #mumlife
.
Things I learnt this year: patience is a necessary requirement for my soul to be at peace. Expressing constant gratitude (and also encouraging Penelope to do the same at any moment) is a direct link to pure, unfiltered happiness & contentment. What others do or say is not in my control, only my response to them is. Regular and consistent conversations with my inner dialogue, nurturing self love, is actually my superpower. Studying & learning about topics & processes that I haven’t had a great deal of healthy & positive exposure to is the only way for me to be at ease about making significant life choices & changes. For me this is: conversations about managing finances, more efficient ways to tidy & stay organised (I’m a solid #KonMari fan & it’s amplifying my choice of a minimalist lifestyle 🙌🏻✨) . Raising an independent & resilient child minus the generational curses that I’ve been raised with. Some deep stuff that will require constant attention behind the scenes.
.
We’re now at Day 15 of COVID lockdown restrictions here on the #NorthernBeaches (if you’ve just tuned in, yes - Christmas was ‘postponed’; might be ‘lit’ from 09Jan). When this ends, may we find that we’re more like the people we wanted to be, had hoped to be - and may be stay that way, better for each other because of the worst.
.
I’ll be kissing & cuddling my little Princess goodnight at 630pm with a champagne in hand (I know, who am I!!?? 🤣). Stay safe, kick those New Years Resolutions, create that work-life balance you’ve always wanted, enjoy the little things. HAPPY NEW YEAR friends & loves, make 2021 yours 💛 Kate xx
.
Ps: On the exterior - I’m EXCITED to be rocking into 2021 with a strong #BrowGame. Thank you @noush.eyecouture.brows ✨

ISO DIARIES // When they say ‘she never cooks’

ISO DIARIES // When they say ‘she never cooks’ it’s so true. I’ve never once cooked dinner in an evening gown!! Behold: ‘The Kitchen Series’ 💁🏼‍♀️🤪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
These latest COVID lockdowns here on the Northern Beaches have brought out my creative side. What’s a girl to do with: nice things + no where to go + a very upset toddler!? 💁🏼‍♀️👶🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Penelope has been sick for a few weeks now... What started as a runny nose developed into a chesty cough with a tonne of vomiting phlegm. A visit to our family GP to have her assessed (& tested for COVID, thankfully negative) and we were sent home with a course of antibiotics to treat her respiratory infection. Insert a long fortnight of tears, sleepless nights & thousands of mummy cuddles all hours. Bring on the cheers, giggles & laughter over tears any damn day, whatever it takes! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Who doesn’t feel better with a splash of makeup and a twirl in some flowing gowns!!? I have kept a very minimalist home since my (full time) modelling/pageant days, more so since I adopted the @konmari.co method this year too. I did keep a few evening gowns that #sparkjoy - this one for the vast array of colour. I purchased this originally for the ‘Singapore Sling’ Officers Ball at RAAF Base Darwin in 2009... #postbaby fits like a glove, and made cooking, well, FUN!! 🥳✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I feel a few more dress up sessions are in order. What do you think!? What have you been doing in lockdown!? Xx⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Ps: Christmas has JUST been cancelled for us here on the Northern Beaches. We can’t travel to see my family and it’s devastating. Most importantly - stay safe. Reach out if you need to, you’re not alone 💛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#isodiaries #covidlockdown #northernbeaches #hotspot #dressups #cosplay #girlsjustwannahavefun #motheranddaughter #kateheussler #penelopeheussler #blackandwhite #series #eveningcouture #postpartum

KEEP GOING // Only a few more mental breakdowns un

KEEP GOING // Only a few more mental breakdowns until Christmas guys - we got this!! 🙌🏻🤪🥳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Day 6 of lockdowns here in Sydney. Stay safe #NorthernBeaches xx

BROW GAME STRONG // Santa came early this year!! I

BROW GAME STRONG // Santa came early this year!! I’ve been researching (aka stalking 🤭) a number of brow artists for YEARS now. I’ve had my brows plucked only a handful of times in my life (there’s not a lot of hair, and it’s fair!) and for the most part have worked with amazing Makeup Artists to colour them in to ‘finish the look’ for all my model assignments. Generally I’ve just accepted the ‘nice and natural but thin’ eyebrows I was born with.
.
I’m wary of any/all beauty & cosmetic treatments, and today that all changed... (finally!!!) I trusted @noush.eyecouture.brows with her magic touch, she understood my need for ‘natural look’, had the best/latest in pigments (super hard to find for natural
blondes) and TA-DAHH - I have no idea why I waited so long. I finally have the brows I’ve always wanted, and feel like a whole new woman!! ✨
.
Not even guilty - Merry Christmas to ME 😁🥰 Ps: very fresh-faced with no makeup here —-> SWIPE to see before, during, and after 💁🏼‍♀️💛
.
I need to go back for a touch up appointment in a few weeks, though... WHAT DO YOU THINK!!?? Should I go darker? Should I have the arch heightened? Should I have the tail lengthened? Have you had brow tattooing/micro blading done - how did you find it!? Xx
.
.
.
#browsbynoush #eyecouture #microblading #sydneymicrobladingstudio #browbabes #kateheussler #eyebrows #browgame #makeupfree #freshfaced #winkmodels

TWO // Where has the time gone!!?? 😭 HAPPY BIRT

TWO // Where has the time gone!!?? 😭 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet as can be Penelope Perfect 👶🏼🥰 Today, two years ago, she entered the world in her own time... 17 hours of labour, 2 hours pushing to a then (very immediate) emergency c-section at 2am... and she’s marched to her own beat ever since 💛
.
Bubbly, curious, affectionate, sassy, and an avid Baby-Shark groupie - I’m so proud of the little lady she is becoming and so blessed she chose me to be her Mamma Bear Xx
.
—> swipe to see a few of my memorable moments from her delivery 👶🏼✨ #twoyearsold #happybirthday

FESTIVITIES // It’s beginning to look a lot like

FESTIVITIES // It’s beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS 🎄💛 Getting ahead of myself this year... the tree & decorations went up before my usual 01Dec deadline 🤭 Blush & rose gold has been good for the last 3 years - and now I’m going for a Hampton’s theme (blue baubles thanks to @kmartaus).
.
I started a new family tradition when Penelope was born; contributing to the @kmartaus Wishing Tree would be a regular feature in our festive preparations. Christmas to me is about GIVING, especially to those in need.
.
Now that Penelope is a little older I have to start hiding her gifts that I’ve already wrapped - calling all parents - where is a good place to hide things from curious toddlers!!??

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