Hope I don’t kill it

Being an artistic creative person, working in the arts and graphic design my whole life — you’d think I’d be alright in keeping plants alive and nurtured too, right? Well. I’m not. I’ve killed every plant I have ever owned. So I decided to stop letting things die in my hands and give myself a few years break, and start looking after a dog instead.

Pom, Pomeranian, #Pom, #Pomeranian, #DogsOfInstagram, Alfie the PomThis smiling squirt’s name is Alfie, in case you didn’t know. He’s almost 5, and definitely not dead. Jeeze you guys this is getting morbid. So now that The Guy and I have kept Alfie fed and hydrated — I thought I’d take another shot at a plant. Like I can compare the two. See? Ridiculous.

Jessica invited me along to go to a smoothie place that just opened in Los Altos, I’ll talk about that at another time. Delicious by the way. After our drinks were in our tummies, we walked around down town a bit more and popped into The Botanist, where I purchased an air plant called a Tillandsia Andreana. Tillandsia-Andreana

I’ll never remember that, it was written on my receipt — I don’t even know how to pronounce it. Thankfully, it requires very little watering in fact — just a light misting every 7-10 days, and it doesn’t sit in soil. See? It’s a funny little thing.

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Dior Spring Look

The Dior Trianon Collection for Spring is now out on shelves. So, what better way to celebrate the first day of the new season than to put on a little fancy makeup and hang out with a friend? Dior-Trianon-Palette

Dior-Spring-2014It’s been far too long since I’ve done a what-I-wore look, besides the swatches and general close ups of products.

 DiorBlush-Trianon-Edition Dior-lipsticks

Trianon Collection colours from Dior are right up my alley, so I thought I’d wear them more frequently. Since I don’t wear eyeshadow often, I had to start practicing and this is what I’ve been wearing if I choose to put on eyeshadow any given day.

Light pink colour all over my lid, Yellow as highlight on the brow bone
Dark grey as an eye liner, Light grey above the liner
Then I dabbed a bit of blue on the lid because why not use all 5?

Dior-2014-SpringTrianon is a very fresh, and clean looking collection that is very easy to wear.

Dior-Trianon

Face:
Glow Maximizer, Dior
Hydra Life BB Cream, Dior
Sunset bronzer, Jouer
Corail Bagatelle Trianon Blush, Dior

 Eyes:
Pastel Fontanges Couture Colour Eyeshadow, Dior
Mascara, Buxom

Lips:
Allégresse Rouge, Dior
Pétillante Dior Addict Gloss, Dior

What do you think of the finished look? The bright pink lipstick colour may be a little intimidating to some, however it’s easily tamed down if you just dab a small amount to your lips, and rub it in with your ring finger. I only added a hint of gloss, which completed the natural look I was going for.Spring-Makeup-from-Dior

Disclaimer, I received all Dior products from the PR company for review — with exception of the Hydra Life BB cream.

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Sneaking in

I wanted to pop in here because I don’t want to leave my site completely bare while we make this transition into living in the USA.

I finally have snuck a break in my jam packed evenings of packing boxes, purging old stuff, donating things that CAN be donated and saying goodbyes to friends. Taking a moment to blog before I get back at it. So. Many. Boxes.

Trying to be very optimistic about it all, and things are going pretty smoothly. However I can’t help but wonder when we’re going to hit a bump in the road. Hope we won’t.
That moving-talk may be a little boring to you. Let’s talk about something more visually interesting.

Tonight I got my hair done, a last routine checkup at the dentist and after that, we took Alfie to his yearly vet appointment and get appropriate papers for the boarder crossing.Alfie at the vet

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