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Friday, July 11, 2014

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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Monday, July 7, 2014

LONDON OOTD: Grey Tweed







Shirt: H&M, Skirt: TAIPEI STREET VENDOR, Necklace: GILT GROUPE, Tights: DKNY,
Jacket: TAIPEI STREET VENDOR, Bracelets: HERMES & CARTIER,  Booties: CHINESE LAUNDRY, Handbag: CHANEL

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Monday, June 30, 2014

GUESS WHAT???

We're moving again! 

I've blogged about how The Hubs is working on his 2nd post graduate degree an MPH from UC Berkeley however he's actually going on a sabbatical from Berkeley because he has just recently been offered (and now accepted!) a residency position in North Carolina!! Woot Woot!

#superproudwifey :)

My life in a nutshell!

I thought I'd be sad about losing my closet but surprisingly I'm not lol. - and actually when I was in DC for a few months last year The Hubs and I had a convo about my closet.

The Hubs: Ok be honest what do you miss more Me? or your closet?
(I really thought about it long and hard)
Me: You.
The Hubs: NO WAY!
Me: Yeah.. I'm surprised too HAHA. jk.. but seriously that stuff is just stuff.. and replaceable. But you not so much."

*GAG* I know... but seriously a man that is this intelligent, generous, hard working, loving, thoughtful, driven and awe-inspiring I know he's a once in a lifetime kind of guy and I'm just lucky to be along for the ride.

Even though I'm stressing I'm reminded that I've/we've been really blessed this year.  Here's looking to our new journey in North Carolina!!!

Btw's we're moving to the Raleigh-Durham area I believe it's known as the "Research Triangle" because of how saturated the area is with research facilities, high tech companies, and universities. I'm excited but nervous/scared/anxious if anyone has visited/lived/currently live in the area - tips, suggestions ect are more then welcomed!!

I think I'll be a little spotty on blogger for the next month or so while we're moving and getting settled.

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Instagram has been so awesome.. I'm tempted to give up blogging completely lol!

#kidding #notkidding