LONDON Part 2

One of life's little luxury's - hotel brunch hehehe.

Various viennoiseries, cheeses, meats & salmon

Nom nom nom their viennoiserie were soo buttery and delicious!

I could stuff myself with Pain Au Chocolate everyday if they weren't killer for my waistline.

But on vacation I eat pastries/dessert everyday lol!

Bacon, Blood Sausage, Sausage, Potatoes, Mushroom, Tomato & Fried Eggs

Traditional English Breakfast!

Basically the best picture I've ever taken!

On our way to the Tube station we fell upon this amazing antique store and had to go in!

I picked up that gorgeous silver tray above and a few other small things.

Tube station located right by our hotel!

The British Museum 

The British Museum is by far one of my absolute favorite museums in the world.  It's been quite a few years since I've been back.. and we weren't able to make it on our last trip to London so I was pretty adamant about making a point to go this time around.

The British Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts outside of Egypt.

The Hubs: She's hot.... but she should really consider a  pedicure.

Me: -___-

*SIGH*

Ham & Cheese Panini, Fish & Chips w/ smashed peas

English Pub fare before heading home!

Chanel, Hermes, Cartier

Duty Free Goodies!

Lately I've been a SPF nazi.  

I truly wish I had listened to some of my gf's (Wei! lol!) that have been telling me to wear SPF since my early 20's and I ignored them and I've started to notice some pigmentation/freckles around my nose lately. BOO. 

Anyways I went in only intending to purchase the 42 Urban Environment Oil-Free UV Protector for face.. however they were having a gift with purchase if you spent a certain amount so I ending up grabbing the 50+ Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion for face & body too.

I have yet to try the 50+ for face & body but I did use the 42 Urban Environment everyday on my trip and I have to say I REALLY love it!  The reasons why I dislike wearing SPF is that tends to leave a white cast, it's greasy & causes me to break out.  Well I had none of those issues!  My make-up looked normal, didn't run and I didn't break out.   

This was the free gift with purchase!  I was super excited about the Deluxe sample sizes because they were perfect to toss in my travel toiletries bag.

I LOVED the face mask!!!  My skin felt SO moisturized and my face looked visibly "plumper" after using it. I always like to do a face mask when I get off of the plane because the air is so dry when you're flying. 

And in continuing with my SPF obsession. 

Smashbox CC cream!

I LOVE THIS STUFF!

OMGOSH.  I don't think I can EVER go back to regular foundation again.  I used this in conjunction with the Shiseido 42 Urban Environment SPF everyday on my trip.  And I really loved how my skin looked! 

The Smashbox CC cream is awesome.. it has SPF 30 which is pretty high for foundations I think.  It's definitely more coverage then a tinted moisturizer but not AS heavy as a foundation.  Also it contains skin reflecting particles so your skin looks really luminous and "glowy" when you wear it.  Bonus is that it's supposedly Dark Spot correcting.  And as you know that's one of my concerns right now since I've noticed some pigmentation.  I haven't been using it long enough to see any results in that area. But I think every little bit counts!  At any rate the SPF 30 in it should prevent some new ones from forming *hopefully*!

And last but not least my Snack haul!

Tyrrell's kettle chips are sooo good I love their unusal and unique flavors!

I also picked up some Caramel Sea Salt shortbread biscuits, Turkish Delights & Charbonnel Walker chocolates when we were at Harrod's.  

When we visited Harry Potter I picked up Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Jelly Beans & Chocolate frog!

That wraps up my London trip :) 

Hope you enjoyed "traveling" with me!!

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Off we go!

Steak & Potato Pasty

Not trying to toot my own horn buuuut.... my Mini Beef Curry Pie's are better LOL.. this pasty was really bland.. I ate about a 1/4 of it and handed it to the Hubs and.... I NEVER GIVE UP FOOD EVER. lol.

To view the recipe for my Beef Curry Pie's go HERE!

Hyde Park

Our Hotel! 

Centrally located in Kensington within walking distance to Hyde Park, Kensington Palace, Harrods, Luxury Shopping on Sloane St. and tons of museums & restaurants w/ a subway station or the Tube as they call it about a block away!

Absolutely adored the decor in our hotel.  Lots of luxe fabrics, chandeliers, mirrored, glass & marble tabletops!

Loved all the beautiful crown molding too!

I noticed there's a lot of Chinoiserie influence in London and our hotel was no exception it was accented with my latest obsession - porcelain blue ginger jars!

Service was excellent to boot!  

The bellhop offered to take our photo for us when he saw me snapping away :)!

Our hotel room!

Loved the floor to ceiling floral drapes as well!  

Take about drama!

Coffee, Tea, Nespresso station with complimentary Shortbread Biscuits!!

I could seriously eat Shortbread biscuits everyday.... if they weren't basically a stick of butter -___- 

And on that note I did in fact bring my jump rope with me to get my 10 mins in a day! 

LOL!

I blogged about it awhile ago the secret exercise I do for toning & weight loss HERE!

Natural History Museum

Harrod's!

Had to constantly remind myself to not buy EVERYTHING.  It was hard because everything was yummy/cute/pretty/all of the above lol!  But we were on our way to tea so I was trying to stay focused hehe!

Afternoon Tea @ Harrod's!

Roast Beef, Egg salad, Salmon, Curry Chicken Finger Sandwiches, Raisin & Black Current Scones & Mini Cakes

Everything is so cute!!  

That blue door lead to the dressing room lol!

I wanted to take this ENTIRE collection home with me.

Loved that vintage armoire!

When we were walking through Harrod's.  The Hubs said he wanted to go into Cartier to look at watches. When we went in.. I wandered off to look at jewelry and a few seconds later a young woman tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the direction of these two champagne flutes on the table.

I was like 'uhh.. what?'

And then I see the Hubs walking over with another sales person holding some red boxes and sitting down!!!

I ran over and.....

Me: "OMG are you buying a watch?!"

The Hubs: "Nooooooooo.. something for you :)"

Me: "WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? NO NO NO NO NO"

Sales Lady: "It was all pre-arranged.. your very sweet Husband called a few days ago to make sure everything was ready to go.. just needed him to bring you in to make sure the size was correct."

Me: "WHAT??! WHY??"

The Hubs: "Lisa.. I know the last few years haven't been the easiest because of my career choices. We've had to move a half a dozen times in the last 3 years and it's taken you away from all of your friends and family.. and as our time in Europe is coming to a close..  I just want you to know how much I appreciate you and that your support doesn't go unnoticed."

Me: *@#(*&WKJHEKf.

(I think I was just blubbering at this point to keep from crying.)

You are so amazing booboo.

I love you with all my heart!!

#BestHubsEver #Blessed #SoLucky #Cartier

Butter Chicken, Palek Paneer & Paratha Roti

Ending an amazing day the best way possible!

Hubs favorite food in the world at our absolute favorite Indian Restaurant in London - Khan's!  I mean he did after all surprise me w/ Cartier LOL.  Their Butter Chicken is crazy delicious and never fails to disappoint!

Stay tuned for more London posts :)!

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