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California Summer: OOTD

August 10, 2015 15 Comments

On Thursday my buddy Lauren and I met up for coffee at one of my favourite and coolest looking coffee shop I’ve ever found, Blue Bottle atÂ Hana Haus in the city of Palo Alto. I took my buddy Jenna here too when she was visiting back in May. We caught up on one another’s lives since we hadn’t seen each other in over a month. Then we decided to venture out and explore Palo Alto a bit, and while we were at it, scope out some really cool spots for snapping outfit of the days together. Of course I filmed a vlog of our entire day, having expensive lunches, following it up with ice cream sandwiches and shopping at Stanford!

You’ll have to wait until Wednesday to see the YouTube video though. Subscribe so you won’t miss it!

And onto the photos. A California summer OOTD :)

Apparently this is what I look like when I vlog, and get caught on camera. I was laughing here at Lauren snapping photos of me vlogging. It was a bit awkward, I’m still not used to whippin’ out the ol’ vlogging camera in public at any given time.

Fake it til you make it, yo.

Isn’t HanaHaus the coolest looking coffee spot? I swear I could easily spend an entire afternoon here just people watching.

Oh, and fake-working on “my” laptop (Lauren’s chromebook). Â Ha!!

If you hang out with me in person, you know I’m a little foolish. I didn’t realize Lauren was snapping away as I was getting overheated tryin’ to get some air circulatin’ under the ol’ tee shirt.

After scouting out locations we found this really pretty european-vibe courtyard and snapped some photos there too. While the staff working there gave us smirks while we were posing. It was a little awkward!

Hence the awkward nancy-running-away in the middle picture.

Then onto Stanford Shopping Centre. Where IÂ picked up a little splurge item from the Chanel makeup counter. You’ll have to watch my YouTube video on Wednesday to see what I got.

Outfit details:Â Forever 21 tee, Zara Jeans, Target shoes and Rayban sunglasses. Pretty simple and to the point! :)

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Video: Get Ready With Me â€“ Dior Cosmopolite 2 Ways (Blonde vs. Brunette)

August 7, 2015 No Comments

My friend Megan and I did another collaboration together on YouTube. This time we used the same products we both received from teh Dior Cosmopolite (Fall 2015 collection) and created our own makeup looks. Since she has light hair and is lighter skined, and I’m a brunette with darker skin we thought it would be interesting for us to both film how the same products could look on one another.

Here is a sneak peak of the outcome.

Go ahead and watch! You can see Megan’s video here too.

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Dior Cosmopolite | Powder Eyebrow Pencils

August 6, 2015 5 Comments

It’s incredibly easy to define your eyebrows with a few swipes of the Dior powder eyebrow pencils. I don’t think I’ve seen something so pigmented in a pencil form, it’s literally an eyeshadow in pencil form.

Seeing as I received 6 shades of the Dior brow products, I decided to share the love with my neighbour who has blonde hair, and gave her a couple of the pencils I knew would never suit my brow colour. She was definitely pleased, especially considering it’s a Dior product! Hello! Might as well share the wealth, especially after I’ve completeled swatching and photographing them all, am I right? No sense being a hoarder sure.

Right, back to the brow game.

Brow game be strong with these bad boys. It has taken me a bit of getting used to when applying the pencils to my brows. because it’s so pigmented it lays down colour easily, so a light hand for a newbie eyebrow person like myself is necessary. With that said, I can already tell that the pencil is going to last me years due to how little product I need.

<Â Top to bottom:Â â€ŽBlonde,Â Ash blonde,Â Brown,Â Soft brown,Â Dark brown,Â Black.

I’ve heard that in the past the Dior brow pencils were harder and tugged on the skin. They must’ve reformulated them, because it’s definitely not the case with these powder eyebrow pencils.
I love that each pencil comes with its own sharpener, imprinted with Dior on the side. Classy!

Left to right swatches of: Blonde,Â Ash blonde,Â Brown,Â Soft brown,Â Dark brown,Â Black.

I am undecided as to what colour I like best on my own eyebrows â€” soft brown or dark brown. I’ve been using soft brown because it has a more ashy undertone instead of a stark brown. But if I’m feeling more bold, I opt for the dark brown. Oh the ‘brow options are endless.