And....once again, I'm thankful!!

Hello everyone,

I wrote a post a while back which was very similar to what I'm going to write about today. It was actually written on Thanksgiving Day here in Canada and since it is Thanksgiving Day everywhere else today, I will say it again...Happy Thanksgiving Day to those celebrating.

Although I don't religiously celebrate this day, I think it is one of the most beautiful holidays. I like to take my time to offer my thanks to everyone I can, specially on this day.
Often times, we forget to be thankful for each moment.
I was scrolling through my Facebook's newsfeed when I saw a post which I really liked and I thought why not share it with you guys.

It was about being thankful to your spouse for any and everything.

The idea was to spend some quality time together with you spouse. It went like:
Take a paper n' a pen; and write down 1 thing about your spouse you are thankful for. You had to do this everyday until Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day, wrap a ribbon around the paper or put it in a bottle and put it on the table; and when both of you have time, read it out to each other.

I thought this was a great idea.
Instead of waiting for an year to read it out to each other, we thought we'd do it every month. This was a way for us to connect and be faced with things about ourselves even we thought didn't exist.
We spent such a quality time doing it and you know how much I love spending quality time with my family and friends.


I have some parenting tips on how to limit your child(ren)'s screen time so that you could spend some quality time with them, check it out.

And if you are not married, or you'd like to do this with someone else, by all means...go right ahead and be surprised/amazed about the qualities even you didn't think existed in you.

For now, that's all I got to say. Comment below on what you would like me to talk about next.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!!

What in the world is going on?

Greetings my friends,

I hope everyone's day is going great. Today, I want to talk to you about what's happening with me and in my life. So, if you are not the kind of person who is interested in reading about what others have to say about themselves or their lives, stick around (see what I did there) ;P. And if you are, then read on...

First of all, let me start about talking about the party we are planning for our daughter. You might remember that a month ago, which was basically when I disappeared, I wrote this post about my plans for this year and what happened last year.

Her birthday is in December, but unfortunately we are postponing it again like last year. There are reasons and one of them is budget. Remember, I mentioned in the last post something like we want this year's party to be the best it could be? That is what exactly we are trying to do. I don't want to throw a crappy party again, just because we currently are on a tight budget. So we thought that if we want to throw her party on her birthday (which makes SENSE!), that's how it will be! CRAPPY! And if we wait, it will be like how we have thought and planned! The best party it could be!

However, I do have a lot of ideas and plans, at hand, ready to go! I would love to share them with you if you like.

Next, I want to talk about what's going on in the world. This may be a very sensitive topic to some people, so I'll try to be careful with my words. It is a sensitive topic for me to write as well, and I'm looking for words to talk about it.

The thing is that the things that are happening around the world are saddening me and every time I see something bad happens to anyone, I feel so sad. I, currently, feel like there's just too much negativity going on right now. And somewhere this negativity is impacting me too. I am a very positive person, I will always think about and look at the positive side of everything. I rarely take things in a negative way, but some issues are depressing to see for me. I think that's what was going on with me and kinda still is. I think that's what stopped me to write, but I'll try my best to give my best.

On the positive side, this negativity has encouraged me to know more. I feel like I know more about things now, as compared to I ever did before. I know more about what's going on around me, I know how to handle situations better, I can stand up for myself and my fellows, etc.

Well, that's all I can say without going too much into details and hurting my or someone else's feelings. I know I was too vague and you had no idea what I was talking about, but now I feel light. I feel a burden has been lifted from my chest and I'm back to normal.

Let me know if you'd like me to talk about it in details, but be cautious because it is a extremely sesitive topic!!! I really don't want to say something which would hurt anyone's feelings. Talk to you guys later.

Last but not least,

Another review?? Sure, why not!!

Hello beauties and handsies, I hope everyone's day is going well. Let me just talk about what's been going on, before I move on to the actual topic of this post. Well, I think we'll leave that for another day ;)

So, here I am again, with another product review. Yes, I know!! So handsies might be like nooo, not again! But sorry guys, come back another day? Or, if you like stay in and read on...

I got this product to review from BzzAgent, free of charge! I didn't pay shipping, I didn't pay postage, nothing!! So after reading this post, go and check it out. I think it is only a Canadian, US and UK website, but I am not too sure, so again check it out! This was the campaign:

Now, on to the main purpose of this post! I got a COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation to try out and give my honest reviews. By the way, if you are wondering about product size, almost everything I got up until today was full size product!! BONUS!!!

To be honest, this was my FIRST EVER foundation with a pump! Yeah, I know...you are like no way! But, I'm like yes way. :P
I have just recently started using makeup and I already had 3 foundations before I got to try this one out. I like to keep more quantities of things at hand, just in case. 1 was in a form of a tube, 1 was in a bottle just like this one but no pump, and 1 was in a round jar.
So, I was definitely excited to try this out because I had heard positive reviews about foundation bottles which came with pumps. It was definitely convenient to use because I could control how much I wanted out of the bottle.
Second, I read the back of it and I was even more excited. Well, it is a 3 in 1 kind of foundation, the 3 in 1 functions were; "Lasting power of primer, coverage of a concealer, and blendablity of a foundation". This made me think WOW! I won't have to buy 2 more things, great!
But when I tried it on, I noticed the foundation was flaking on my nose after a few minutes. Haha, why on nose? I don't know, but I waited and watched, what would happen next.
Oh, and, the color was pick and choose, so I picked the one I thought would match my skin tone/color. However, it is a shade or two lighter than my skin color, and I don't mind that because it was no one's fault.
Next, after a few hours (maybe around 3 hours), I felt like I had to reapply but I didn't because I was home. I didn't think that it had the "Lasting power of a primer" at all because it only lasted about 3 hours! My other foundations I have, last more than that for sure!
AND, unfortunately, I felt that I had to put on my concealer. To me, it didn't give me enough coverage as a concealer. Maybe, I have extreme dark circles (which THANK GOD, I don't).

 

There you go, now you have it! My honest first-hand opinion on COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation. Give it a try and maybe, you'll have different results! And don't forget to share!!

NOTE: this was my first time trying it out, so I'll give it a few more tries and see if the opinion changes. Let me know if you want me to report back after a few more tries. 

"STAY FABULOUS"

I'm back...

Hello everyone,


I hope everyone's having a wonderful day. Let me start off by apologizing...for not writing, for disappearing, for not letting you know anything, for everything. I am so sorry I didn't write because I was feeling very low once again. I don't know what it is that is bothering me and what phase I'm going through, but I do know that I am sorry. :(

I hope you will forgive me because this time I really am sorry. I haven't written a single post in ONE month and that makes me so sad. I didn't want to return because of the guilt I was feeling but then I thought you people deserve to know. But honestly, I have nothing to tell you other than that I am sorry.

I promise to deliver my best and perform like before and write like before. I need you help, please comment below and tell me what you would like me to talk about. I made this blog for you, and for me, I was there but you were not. I need you guys! Remember, if you don't want/like to comment, you can always contact me.

FORGIVE ME??

Birthday party planning and bloopers from last year...

Good day beautiful people of this beautiful world,

I hope everyone's day is going well; sending you all the wellness, if for any reason it is not.

You may be wondering why haven't I posted in a while. To be honest, I was planning for my daughter's birthday and trying to decorate my apartment (on a budget).

Hold on, before you think my daughter's birthday might be right around the corner, it actually isn't.

It is in December. I know it is 2 months away and that seems like I'm going ahead of time. I actually don't think so, because I really want to be prepared for this year.

Now, what do I mean by 'be prepared for this year'?

Well...you see, I am the kind of person who does everything at the last moment (which I hate and try not to, but somehow end up doing it anyway). So, that's exactly what happened last year!

Since it's my beautiful daughter's second birthday, her first ever birthday was last year (OBVIOUSLY!). First birthdays are special, or maybe they are not. For the family it is, but for the child, it doesn't really matter until like 3rd or 4th birthday. So, it was supposed to be the best birthday it could be, but it was a disaster!

Yes, it was!

We hadn't planned, we didn't know what we were doing. We were just like huh?

In addition, we had planned 1 month later. So let's say her actual birthday is December 20th, we planned for Jan 20th, thinking that if we have more time, we'll do it better.

But a year later, and after some days had passed, we realized it was a horrible 1st BIRTHDAY party anyone could ever throw!

I feel so bad for the families that had to attend! No, seriously I do! I had no party food, no games, no personalized cake, no theme, basically it was just blah!

The food I had was like actual meal, children were playing on their tabs/ps/electronics that they had brought with themselves (I guess they had a feeling :D).

This year, I want to make up for last year! And we are scared that what if no one comes this year? What if they got too scared last year, that they never would want to come to any party at my place? We will be heart broken!

But I have faith and I know people will come; despite what they experienced last year! :D They know that:

At least, I hope they do! :D

Stay tuned to find out what I have planned for this year's party and the home decor I was talking about. Talk to you soon.

STAY STRONG!

How I put my angel to sleep without any hustle and bustle (tips/tricks)

Good day (or should I say good night?) everyone,

I hope everyone's day is going well. In my Hush little baby blog post, I discussed about how my easy it is to put my angel to sleep. But, I did not discuss any techniques on how I do it or how I started. While I was writing that post, I thought this should be a separate post in itself, so here we go.

It's not that complicated. I had to start little, like I said in that post. How it goes:
1. I would sing a clean up song and she would know it is almost time
2. We clean up together
3. Then we brush our teeth
4. (Attempt to) use the washroom
5. Take bath (every 2nd or 3rd day)
6. Read a book together (usually the same one everyday)
7. And magically, she knows it's bedtime; I put her in her crib and boom! She's sleeping in the next 5-7 minutes or even less, some days.
 

Yup, I know! It is that simple, it really is! Give it a shot and you'll be surprised too. Now, I am not saying it will work all the time, everyday. I've had some days when I had to struggle to put her to sleep, like today.  On those days, I try to stay calm (because it is hard to do when I'm used to her sleeping early and without all the fuss). I just pick her up and lie down on our bed together and I just pat her back for a minute or two or more and when she's calmed down a bit, I put her back in her crib and she's gone off to her dreamland within a few minutes (that was a long long sentence with too many ands). Oh and I forgot to mention blankies, my daughter has 2 blankies she has to have while sleeping no matter what! She will NOT sleep without them (not even 1). So if your child(ren) has a soft toy or a blankie they like to sleep with, BIG bonus! Just make sure that the blankie is not too big, to avoid suffocation.

Also, just want to mention that the reason I don't give her bath everyday is because I don't take bath everyday too, nor does my hubby. All of us are dirty little creatures! Haha, no I'm just joking. The reason being us taking shower/bath every other or third day is that I feel that is sufficient. If we take shower/bath everyday, I believe, our skin dries out and the natural oils (which our body needs) are just getting washed off every single day and the result? Dry, itchy and patchy skin. Ugh! Well, not everyone thinks like me and that is totally OK, I respect everyone's opinions.

Talking of opinions, I just remembered that we haven't talked for a long time. Remember my post where I asked you how was/is your day? I haven't had a response from many of you. :( But that's OK, because you now have a new post to comment on or if nothing sounds fun, here try this.

Also, I just noticed the other day, that I don't encourage you guys enough to comment. I think why I don't do it because I don't want to be pushy and seem like I want something from you guys. Instead, I want to be offering you guys information and whatever I feel like. I signed up for the blog, you guys didn't sign up to comment, so I really should push you guys into doing so. But if you did, it would make me happy and we might end-up chatting.

Have a wonderful, wonderful week and we shall talk soon.

SWEET DREAMS!