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Perfume for the Summer
Summer Fun with Perfume! "This week we’ve been enjoying snow, wind, ice, rain and a pretty large dose of gloominess. For this reason, we hope you don’t mind if we share this:Givenchy Very Irresistible While we have yet to sniff this new fragrance by Givenchy, we can’t help but like Very Irresistible Summer Sun already for its top notes of Lychee.Bailaoragaditana's Stash, Part 1: Lips
I know I promised a while ago to post complete pictures of my stash once I got home from school for the summer.... but you know how it is with summer vacations.... Well, that, and I've been tidying up the state of utter chaos that is my bedroom.
Lily Allen letting off steam or breaking down?
Lily Allen put on a show for the photographers, and made a complete spectacle of herself as she hung out at the Cannes Film Festival where her father Keith Allen was showing his documentary about Princess Diana.
Allen over the past while has seemed to be courting publicity and disaster with equal ardor: getting drunk, falling over and forgetting to wear her clothes in public.
It culminated being photographed as she passed out in a taxi on the way back to her hotel; her father holding her by the scruff of the neck to keep her from nose diving into the floor boards.
How to Decipher an Intimidating Wine List
Keep this cheat sheet from Matt Lilien, founder of Wine Wala advising company, in your purse.
Chardonnay
Tastes like: Tropical fruits, with a buttery finish
Pair it with: Pork, chicken, seafood, strong cheeses
Pinot Grigio (Gris)
Tastes like: Lemons, green apples, pears
Pair it with: Salads, light fish, light cheeses, white pizza
Sauvignon Blanc
Tastes like: Citrus, tropical fruits, herbs, gooseberries
Pair it with: Salads, vegetables, fish
Riesling
Tastes like: Apples, pears, flowers, minerals
Pair it with: Fish, cheeses, chicken, light appetizers, desserts (for sweet Riesling)
Gewürztraminer
Tastes like: Lychees, spices, flowers
Pair it with: Asian foods, spicy foods, strong cheeses
Cabernet Sauvignon
Tastes like: Cassis, black currants, herbs, cedar
Pair it with: Beef, lamb, stews
Merlot
Tastes like: Black cherries, plums, spices
Pair it with: Lamb shank, duck, sausage
Pinot Noir
Tastes like: Cherries, strawberries, spices, flowers
Pair it with: Salmon, tuna, pork
Syrah/Shiraz
Tastes like: Blackberries, black pepper, spices
Pair it with: Chicken, BBQ, curries, stews
My Perfume Collection
The list of names/brands (trying to go by row):
1st/Front Row:
Britney Spears - Curious
Philosophy - Amazing Grace Solid Perfume
Stila - Midnight Bloom
2nd:
Victorias Secret (mini) - Very Sexy 2
Urban Decay - Sin Perfum Oil
Victorias Secret (mini) - unknown name
Rapture
Body
3rd:
Dior - Pure Poison
Marc Jacobs - Daisy
Davidoff - Cool Water
Marc Jacobs - Marc Jacobs
Bare Essentials - Jamica
Elizabeth Arden - Casual
4th:
Calvin Klein - Euphoria Perfume Gel
Escada - Magnetism
Dolce & Gabbana - Sicily
Fresh - Sugar Lychee
Philosophy - Falling In Love
Calvin Klein - Sheer Obession
Burberry - Touch
Perfumes not pictured:
Vera Wang - Princess
Aquolina - Pink Sugar
Inside Out: Vitamin-Infused Lipglosses
Did you know that the average woman ingests between 2 to 4 pounds of lipgloss in her life? Let’s put that in perspective—708 tubes are in your belly right now! Beauty innovators Maureen Kelly of tarte cosmetics and Scott Vincent Borba of BORBA teamed up to make one of life's inevitables a little more edible.Review: Ile De Tahiti~Fei Banana~Eau De Toilette and Lotion
So have ya'll ever ate runts? the candy? (I ask because I good popple of mine who I was trying to tell about this HASN'T!)Well, if you ever tasted the banana ones, then you know what this stuff smells like!
Thai Bubble Tea
3 1/2 cup water
1/3 cup Thai tea mixture
1 scoop bubble tea sugar syrup
2 T sweetened condensed milk
2 fl. oz. tapioca Pearls
To make the tea:
Heat the water to boiling, then using four layers of cheesecloth as a filter, pour the water through the tea four times or until the tea reaches the right color.
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