Eat, Eat, EAT!!!

So I am sittin in my bed watching TV, eating a bowl of pasta and enjoying a nice glass of wine and thought about how completely unoccupied with dieting and losing weight I've been for the past few months and I absolutely love it. The funny thing is I haven't gained any weight. I eat what I want at whatever time I want, but I make sure I don't go overboard. I make sure to eat healthy and not take in too many heavy foods and  I just feel a lot better just doing this then going on no carb diets and counting every calorie I take in. If I feel like eating, I eat and if I don't, I don't. Simple as that. I want to be able to enjoy life and food is of course is an important part of enjoying life. This does not mean go out and stuff yourself with French pastries and cake. This means enjoy eating without feeling guilty while keeping in mind that you are nourishing your body, and one's body can not be properly nourished with strawberry ice cream and macarons...a little here now and then doesn't hurt though :) I love that I am not restricting myself to a suffocating diet anymore!

Eating healthy > Eating less

And here's a picture of kimchi pasta just because I LOVE IT!!!! I know some of you may think it sounds gross, but don't judge until you've tried it. I am a kimchi monster!!!!!

Post Thanksgiving Pounds :))

I had two Thanksgiving dinners this year!! Twice the food, twice the weight gain!! I had Thanksgiving dinner with my dad's side of the family on Thursday and hosted another dinner for my mom on Friday. With the long break last week due to snow, I feel well rested and thankful for what lies ahead. I hope to land a new job soon and look forward to Christmas. My honey and I also had our 2nd anniversary, but celebrations are postponed because of our busy schedule and the fact that our anniversary happened to coincide with Thanksgiving.

A recent online order purchase from asos.com. I got this coat in grey. I fell in love with the puffed sleeves and high collar <3

This month I've been loving:

-Stella by Stella McCartney

-Coconut Oil and Rose Water as a moisturizer

-Earl Grey Tea with milk and honey

-Flawless you forever floral blush in Romance

-House training my dog

Update on my experiment:

I have not used shampoo for about three weeks now. There was one exception when I went to get my hair trimmed, but other than that I've been shampoo free. However, I have wash my hair with a baking soda and water mixture to keep my hair looking clean. I do that 1-2 times a week and hopefully I can cut it down to once a week. Other than the baking soda, I only wash my hair with water, brushing thoroughly from scalp to the ends of my hair with a natural bristle brush. I do this for about 10 minutes to distribute the oil in my hair evenly as well as brush out as much excess oil and grime possible. Sounds gross I know because that's exactly what I thought when going into this experiment, but so far it's not as bad as I thought it would be since I've gotten used to the routine now.  I haven't seen drastic results in my hair's health yet, but I have noticed that my hair is a bit less dry and tangly. I'm happy enough with the results to keep going with this experiment. I don't know why, but doing this no shampoo thing kind of feels refreshing and to a small degree makes me feel liberated.

Woke up this morning to a gorgeous surprise! First snow of the season, looks like Seattle might have snow for the holidays!!

Review: Flawless You Forever Floral Blush

I've been using these Flawless You Forever floral blushes for a while and I must say I am pleased with them. Not only are they pretty, but they have excellent pigmentation. I have two of the blushes in the colors Autumn(left) and Romance(right). The blushes can be purchased at flawlessyouforever.com at $19 a blush

Somehow this picture uploaded upside down, but here we have Romance on the left and Autumn on the right. The FYF floral blushes come in this pretty rose-carved design which was the biggest reason why I purchased them. I didn't want to fork up the money for Lancome's Le Rose Deco blush.

Romance is a soft rosy pink color which at first glance may look like it wouldn't show up on my skin, but like I said before these blushes have excellent pigmentation. It is composed of rose, mauve, peach and light pink color bits, which could be combined together or used separately as eyeshadow. The light pink color could work as a highlight. Some of the colors that make up this blush are shimmery while some are matte, so when combined an applied it will leave a slightly shimmery look.

Autumn is a peachy brown color and looks really nice for fall/winter when my skin looks pale and dead. Gives a beautiful wash of color on the cheeks that reminds me of autumn leaves. It is composed of medium brown, peachy brown and golden brown bits, some of which are shimmery. Again, I'm sure these color bits could be used individually as eye shadow.

Here are the two blushes swatched. Autumn(left) and Romance(right).

As you can see they are really pigmented and of course you have to apply these with a light hand, especially Autumn. The colors look prettier in person and I didn't have the best lighting since it was already dark outside when I took this and my camera flash sort of washed out the colors. I definitely recommend trying out these blushes, they are absolutely adorable in appearance and fun to use. I would repurchase these simply because I love how they are carved into a rose, but the quality in my opinion is good too.

MAC viva glam gaga lipglass

I loved the Viva Glam Gaga lipstick so I had to get the lipglass as well. I purchased a few of them since they are limited edition and they arrived by post yesterday!! I almost planned to return this because I ordered them online then went to the MAC store and swatched it on my hand and thought whoa this is too hot pink, but luckily I decided to try it on before returning it and ended up loving it. Here is a pic of the gloss over the Viva Glam Gaga lipstick. Sorry lips are chapped from cold weather, but I wanted to put a picture up so here it is!

OPI Lincoln Park After Park Dupe

I remember picking up this polish, Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Purple Rain, from a BOGO deal and just tested it out today on a finger and realized how similar it was to OPI Lincoln Park After Dark. Guess no need to purchase the OPI!

Mickey's ghastly haircut

Unfortunate news, Mickey's hair became matted beyond repair and so I had to cut off his hair. It will take 2-3 months to completely grow back which is a shame, but at least his hair is nice and untangled. It hurts me to see him with such an ugly haircut, but its just hair. Poor poor Mickey :(

I also had to take him to get his rabies shot. The vet weighed him and it turns out he only weighs 3.4 lb. I was kind of surprised because I thought he would weigh at least 5, but I guess I never checked. I was really sad I had to cut off his luscious thick hair, but he has been acting a lot more lively ever since I chopped off his hair so I guess it's not so bad.