Spa Week: April 11th ~17th Mark Your Calendars - $50 Treatments!

$50 Spa Treatments at Participating Spa Week Facilities!!!

Mark your Calendars People!  The List will be announced Monday, March 14th and the booking begins!
They book fast especially on weekends, so decide and book fast!

Check http://www.spaweek.com/ on Monday morning for the list of participating spas.
If you have not been to this site before, it'll require you to sign up with an e-mail as a log in. 

I've gotten $100 to $250 spa treatments and massages at some nice Spas in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during spa week for $50!  Great way to try the pricier Spas without getting too disappointed and a dent in your bank account. 

I think Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery participates (I mentioned in my previous posts and video).  They have participated in the past but we will find out on Monday!   I highly recommend the Diamond Tip Microdermabrasion.  This normally costs $150. 

In Las Vegas, my friends and I were lucky enough to try the new Aria Spa.  Big spas in Las Vegas normally do not participate, but they did last year, because they weren't opened for very long and I think they wanted to get their name out there.  Out of all the spas I've been to in my life, this is my favorite place!  They have infiniti pool style jacuzzi (co-ed) overlooking the outdoor pools of Aria Hotel.  It's like a private pool.  Plus, the water is at comfy 90 degrees, so you can even visit during the cold winter months. :) 

And unlike other Spas, Aria Spa has many many co-ed areas.  So if you are just going with your significant others, there are many rooms you can enjoy together.  Even if you don't want to try any of their services, I highly recommend you paying the entrance fee (I think it's either $25 or $30) to use the facility.  It's heavenly. 

 

From my experience, these two places are worth mentioning. 

I'll probably go back to Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery MediSpa to visit Pearl or try a new spa!  Can't wait to tell you guys all about it!

Mark your calendars!!!  Go Pamper Yourselves!  You Deserve it! Cuz I said you do! hahaha

Lazy Cooking: How to make my Lazy but Yummy Omlette

I used to love cooking! But I've gotten lazy throughout the years. So when I cook these days, I like things easy and fast. But at the same time I refuse to eat anything that's not Yummy! I'm a picky eater... Meaning I can only eat Yummies. ^_^
I get really hungry in the mornings and have to eat a hearty breakfast, so I made this easy lazy omlette for breakfast the next morning.
This is what you need. As pictured below.
Eggs, already made Pico de Gallo ( fresh kind cuz it's yummier), meat of your choice, I chose pastrami, and Mushrooms.

1. Wash and cut your mushrooms.

2. Cut the pastrami or meat of your choice.  I just used food scissors to cut up my pastrami.

3. Warm up the pan with oil (medium heat) and crack egss directly into the pan.  Once again, for lazy cooking, you don't need to mix the eggs in another bowl.  Why? Cuz that's another dish you have to wash!  It's lazy cooking remember? hahaha  Remember to put your heat in low or medium.  You need time to crack all your eggs and mix in the pan before it starts cooking it all.

4. Then start swirlling your eggs like you are making scrambled eggs.

5. Start adding your meat and mushrooms before the eggs are cooked all the way.

6. When the mushrooms are almost cooked, add your pico de gallo and a little bit of salt and stir.

7.  The mushrooms and pico de gallo can make your omlette a little watery so you can leave the juice out when you transfer onto a plate/bowl.

That's it!  It takes about 5-10 minutes to prep and cook!  It doesn't get any easier than that!

I like to add some tapatio or hot sauce to my breakfast.... ^_^

Enjoy!

Bad Hair Day fix: messy side french braid

I've been talking a lot about makeup and skin care on here but not much about hair... So I'm blogging about my nasty hair day I'm havin today.

Today, my bangs were messed up and I was not in the mood to fix my hair this morning. On days like this I usually put it up in a bun, but didn't want to do that either.  So I remembered watching a YouTube video awhile back about braiding hair, so I've decided to give it a shot.

This is what it looked like. It's a messy, and very easy look. But at the same time it looks like I did something to my hair! ^_^

So to achieve this look...

1. You need some texture for this so if you just woke up, don't brush it. Hahaha or if you must, brush your hair upside down.
2. Part your hair and put all your hair where your braid is going to be. I like to pick my good side. ( you know everyone has a good and bad side!)
3. Grab part of your bangs and some of your hair, about 3-4 inches of your hair and star French braiding to the side of your head. But very loosely. Remember to grab hair all the way from the other side!!!
Then once you reach the nape of your neck or you are done grabbing all the hair just do a regular braid all the way down.
4. If you feel you braided it too tight, loosen it by grabbing both side of the braid and pulling it apart. This will definitely loosen the braid.
5. Then hair spray or pin or do whatever you feel necessary.

VOILA! bad hair day fixed!

Oseque Oxygen Mask's Alter Ego Philosophy The Oxygen Peel

Hello Errbody! Happy Friday (for those of you reading it on a Friday).  I wanted to write this post, cuz I really think the Oseque Oxygen Mask is really working! I got a compliment about my skin today.  My co-worker said my skin looks really good and glowy and she wanted to know if I’m doing anything different! ^__^  Yipee~~~ I love it when other people notice the difference!  Whatever the case, the most important thing is, how you feel about yourself! And I feel great!

So, I wanted to give you guys an alternative to Oseque Oxygen Mask Cleanser that I talked about yesterday.  Since Oseque is not easily attainable in the US or online.

The alternative to the Oseque Oxygen Mask Cleanser is the Philosophy Oxygen Peel.  I actually have this at home, but since it’s a two step system, I keep forgetting to use it.  Philosophy’s Oxygen Peel works with same concept as Oseque Oxygen Mask but probably a bit stronger and with extra steps.  I find myself using the Oseque Oxygen Mask on a daily basis just because I only need to put it on my face and rub it. But when I was using the Philosophy Oxygen Peel, I loved it!

Philosophy Oxygen Peel comes with catalyst enzyme capsules, and a container to mix it in and oxygen foam and a mini spatula. 

1. First you must mix warm water and  the enzyme powder in the capsule. 

TIP: You do not need the whole capsule.  I usually use about 1/4 of it and little less water than what they recommend.  Then I screw the capsule back tightly. It’s plenty even if you use 1/4 of it.  Mix the water and capsule by shaking the closed container.

 

(fyi- these pictures were taken from google.... I did not take these two pictures!)

2. Apply mixed enzyme to your face.

3. Add oxygen foam cream to your face and massage. It’ll start to interact and start foaming up. 
TIP: You should use the spatula to scoop up the oxygen foam to the back of your hand before you start mixing the enzyme and foam together.  You don’t want to ruin the rest of your oxygen foam cream.  Also this oxygen foam is also known as hydrogen peroxide.  So it warns you not to put it near hairline and eyebrows.  It might lighten the hair color. 

4. You can take the spatula and scrape the foam off your face or just wash it off with warm water.

Recommended usage is once a week or 3 days in a row when experiencing breakouts.

Catalyst Enzyme mixed with the Hydrogen Peroxide will help you brighten and clear your skin and Hydrogen Peroxide is supposed to help kill the bacteria on the skin.  It also contains Vitamin E to provide powerful antioxidant protection.

You can get this at Ulta, Sephora, or wherever Philosophy is sold.  But you get a much better deal at QVC.  It normally sells for $50 for 10 capsules and 2 oz oxygen foam.  But if you use the Philosophy Purity Cleanser (I highly recommend this Cleanser), it comes in 32 oz supersize with a pump, and  Philosophy Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash (I highly recommend this as well) in 32 oz supersize with a pump, and Oxygen Peel with 20 capsules and 4 oz foam--- ALL FOR $102!!!

Sephora sells the Purity Wash 24 oz for $40, and the Microdelivery Exfoliator in 16 oz for $37, and the Oxygen Peel for 10 capsules and 2 oz foam for $50.  So if you happen to use all of this, it’s a much better deal at QVC.   You get more and for cheaper. 

I’ll probably do another post about my regular skin regimen later.  But I use the Purity Cleanser in the mornings and the Microdelivery Exfoliator in the shower at night.  I’ve been using these two for about two years now, and I have never looked the other way to look for another cleanser/exfoliator.  I have recommended this to other people and they have loved it and thanked me for introducing these items to them.  If you are unsure about it, go to Sephora and get some samples before committing to it. 

Here is a Youtube Videos about the Oxygen Peel: How to use and the benefits...




And I really didn't want to upload pictures of my nasty bumpy face while I was breaking out like crazy, but I figure I should show you guys the before and after pictures.
This picture of me with bumpy, acne scarred side of my face... this is even with make up on.  There was no hope with all these scars.



And this is now.  All the acne is gone, the bumps are much even now and my skin is on its way to recovery! Yipee!!

My happy skin!!!! ^_^

Random Ramblings...

First of all, I really didn't realize it takes a lot of prep to just one post...  I give props to all the great bloggers out there!  Seriously, you have to make sure you have pictures, links, and research all done before you can post.  Goodness... so that was my excuse for not blogging as often as I should... well that and I've been quite busy lately!

Anyhow.... on to my random ramblings for today.  There's been so many things I've been wanting to write about... but haven't had the time, so I've decided to do a mixed post about little posts that I can get out of the way so I can work on my big posts later. :)
Here we go....

1. I just want to say, my skin's been feeling muchO FABULOSO lately!!! Like this morning, I felt my face after washing it, and it felt sooooooo awesome! So soft! and I can feel my skin is breathing and so ALIVE and Radiant!!!! I may sound crazy to you, but that's how my skin and I truly felt.  And my skin has not felt like that in a REALLY REALLY LONG LONG LONG ASSS TIME!  Especially after left side of my face was breaking out non stop leaving bumpy red scars for over a month now....

So got me thinking.... why is this happening? I haven't really been doing anything different lately... then I remembered I have added two different steps to my skin regimen.

Remember I've been using Philosophy Turbo C Booster Powder?  And my mom got me this mask/cleanser/exfoliator from Korea called Oseque Oxygen Mask (It was stashed away, and I found it recently cleaning, so decided to use it... why not....)
You already know about the Turbo C Booster Powder.
So let me talk about the Oseque Oxygen Mask.

It's in a gel form.  You use it to remove make up by putting 5-6 pumps of these goodies on your DRY face and letting it sit till the foam starts to form (it forms automatically) then you start to feel tingly feeling on your face.  It tickled at first and funny, but this step supposedly is supplying oxygen to my pores.  It really did feel that way!  Then you massage your face and wash it off.  Then voila... 3 in one!
I wasn't sure if it was really working, but I'm starting to think this is what is making me feel FANTASTIC!  Also... I think the Turbo C Booster Powder has really helped in lightening my pimple scars.  The scar has almost all diminished.... But maybe it's also mixture of both of those new products!  I don't care... I'm in HEAVEN!!!  My make up felt and looked really good cuz of it! ^_^

2. My current obsession... The Body Shop Pink GrapeFruit Body Butter  ($6 for mini size)

This smells heavenly! I love it! And it's Body Butter- it's great for really dry skin!  It melts right into your skin.  But forget all that, the scent alone is AWESOME!  I'd recommend the mini size cuz it's only $6 (or 2 for $10) and they last forever and tend to change scents, if you don't use it up. And easy to carry in your bags.  The big one is a tub size! Might be too big.


(Do you like my nails?) ^__^

3. Spring Colors...

It's been really cold here in So. Cal but I feel like March is supposed to be spring!  So I've been adding coral, pinkish items to my usually dark wardrobes.  Usually scarf does the job.

In addition, I've painted my OWN nails as you can see above.  Let me just tell you, I know how to do my own makeup and hair... but one thing I can't do is paint my nails!!! So for me to do this at home, I was desperate!  I had no time to stop by my nail lady... so was forced to do it on my own before heading to my long time friend's bachelorette party.

I took off my old nail color, cut my nails, filed it, then washed my hand with moisturizing soap and scraped off the nastiness on my nails with my nails.  This makes the new coat of nails much fresher without adding all the bumpiness to your new set of nail color. Then base, color, second coat, top coat. 
TIP: Make sure you start from outside in.  This means, start with pinky and work towards your thumb.  This is so you don't mess up your other nails that you've done.  Try it and you'll know what I mean.

I picked two colors and mixed it together to get the peachy coral color.  I first tried mixing it on my napkin to see what it might look like.  It obviously dries a lot faster on paper than your nails, so it's much faster to see the results if you are mixing.

I used The Face Shop Pink Color and old orangy glitter color from Beauty Credit (they used to have on in the States at Beverly Center... but not anymore)

After my base coat, and two coats of pink, then two light coats of the orange glitter, I wanted to add a little more BAM to my nails, so I added jewels to both of my ring fingers. 

For sticker type jewels for your nails, you can use your tweezers and gently place them where you want it, then tap on the jewels, to make sure it's on there.  You want to do this step while your nails are not completely dried, so it adhere better.  If you are using the individual jewels (like you see at your nail place) use a dab of clear coat on a tooth pick to pick up the jewel and place it where you need it.  Then make sure you put a clear top coat!

So there's my spring nail color! Not too shabby! ^__^

I could have sworn I had more to write... but can't remember now... I promise I'll write more useful stuff more often! :)