gradient dazzled sunrise

things I used to achieve this look:

806009-Gossamer White (Finger Paints)

81-Sunrise, Sunset (Sally Hansen Diamond Strength)

830-Pinky Glitter (Sinful Colors)

14-Flashy Fuchsia (Sally Hansen Insta-Dry)

405-Disco Dazzle (Cover Girl Boundless Color)

Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails w/ Nylon + Retinol

Steps:

1. Apply a single coat of the Gossamer White (It's a VERY sheer pinky nude color).

2. Create a pink tip with the Flashy Fuchsia onto each nail. 

3. Apply the Sunrise, Sunset polish to about 1/2 of each of your nails (this is also a sheer color, but gets more opaque as you apply more layers). 

4. Do this again with the same color to 1/4 of each of your nails (you will start seeing that gradient effect). 

5. Apply the Pinky Glitter to 1/2 of your nail (where the Sunrise, Sunset started).

6. Apply the Disco Dazzle (making sure the holographic glitter only touches the "colored" part of your nails). 

7. Seal and finish off with a coat of the Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails.

Voila! Fini! :0) Hope you like it!

sharing time

Even if you're not a Hello Kitty fan, how can you not LOVE this iphone theme?! Ishhh soo kawaii kute!!! <3 Thank you, Nicolix3! :0)

groupons. $25 for $50 gift certificate. nordstrom rack.

 Thanks, baby! I love you & I love these!!!~ 

 my new Betsey Johnson "Get Ruff to It" wallet. $50

 absolutely in lust w/ these "Dirty Laundry" rain boots! $30

  adoring my "Love Squared" roll sleeve tunic. $16

busy weeks. not enough pix. so little time..

GAH! I'm mad that sooo much has happened in the past couple weeks and I wasn't really able to capture too many moments. T.T Oh well, let's sum it all up, shall we? 

the HiGHLiGHTS..

+ Nina flies in to spend some time with the family (she won't be here for Christmas.. ).
+ The twins (Mindy & Nina) celebrate their 22nd birthday! ^.^ I'm a proud big sister. 
+ Spend some time with Mindy for her actual BEE-DAY! Made it all the way there in the snow. LOL. Mindy, you better be happy! Matt & I risked our lives for you!! 
+ The Canada ladies arrived and they partied HARD!
+ Celebrated me and Matt's 1-Year anniversary! <3
+ Celebrated Thanksgiving at babe's mom's house and Sokunn & Brian's place. Turkeys everywhere! 
+ Celebrated a LATE-Thanksgiving with all the friends. The house was full of crazy, but adorable kids you can't help but want to spend time with. :0) 

the ONLY pictures I was able to get my hands on..

 

the end.

pure max pink circle lens

I've been meaning to post an update on the lenses that have finally arrived, but been busy. :0) So here it is! I was superrrr excited when I saw the package sitting on the dresser. It's so cute! It even came with a little halloween gift! The little animal cases are just absolutely darling!







I really do love the pink, come on now, PINK! What girl doesn't love pink!? I like the gradient effect the lenses have on my eyes. The pink isn't TOO out there (but you can see it clearly with camera flashes, however). I think it's about time for a color closer to my natural eyes though. As cute as COLOR lenses are, they do start looking tacky when you wear them too much. My eyes are so small, so I like circle lenses to make 'em look bigger.

I love circle lenses. There's been hype about it being bad for your eyes.. I think there's always a risk with anything that touches your eyes. You really should thoroughly do your research before you decide to purchase them.

You should know:

- These lenses are 14.5mm, bigger than your typical contacts (personally, my eyes can fit them, but some people's eyes might be even smaller, so ask your doctor).

- They can last up to one year if you take excellent care of them.

- Don't wear them for a long period of time, I only wear mine for 5 hours MAX. When they start feeling dry, you really should take them out rather than just constantly putting in eye drops.

- There are so many different online circle lens stores (U.S isn't allowed to sell them, they are not FDA approved here). Do the research for your perfect pair within a great price range.

tutto bella italiano catering

My wonderful friend, Cara, had invited a bunch of us to a lovely evening of great company and delicious homemade cooking! It was a taste testing party for her catering company "Tutto Bella Italiano Catering" (<~Click to go to their website!). I'm a fan of food. No, let's try that again, I AM A FANATIC when it comes to food! My motto is (for food that is) "Try everything at least once!". I have a bad tendency to eat until I can't breathe. Bad habit. I'm working on that because I usually end up paying for it later (totally butt-hugging the toilet). 


I've said this a million times before and I will say it again, the food was superb! :0) I wrote up a little review of it on yelp.com. Here's how it went: 

Where do I even start?

!. The food is AHH-MAY-ZINGGG! Especially the cocktail meatballs, those are my absolute favorite. I've tried things I've never tried before and fell in love.

2. The family behind the cooking is just as amazing as the food. Everyone is so warm and welcoming. They make you feel like you are apart of another big happy family.

3. This company ALSO has doggy goodies! These aren't  just people that think "Hey, let's ad a menu for dogs just so we can get more diversity out there", this family LOVES all animals and believes our best friends at home deserve something yummy too.

4. Everything is of course made from scratch, so you really get the feel and taste of that homemade goodness.

Please give Tutto Bella a try and taste for yourself. I'm sure you'll be coming back for more. I know I certainly will! :) 

Feast your eyes out! Mwahaha... 

Antipasto: italian pepperoni cheese puffs, artichoke pesto bruschetta, cocktail meatballs, artichoke spinach dip w/ fresh flat bread, roma tomatoes basil & garlic bruschetta. 

Main Course: lasagna, pork tenderloin w/ spinach stuffing, italian sausage calzones, braciole served w/ lingiune in tomato veal & pork sauce topped w/ fresh goat cheese imported from italy.

Deserto: irish soda bread, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate & walnut brownies, chocolate ribboned biscotti.

The setup was so sweet!

My mouth waters looking at this!

Mmm! But kind of hard to eat w/ the string! lol

My favorite of all favorties of favorites! :0)

YUM! I especially loved the stuffing!

The portions were HUGE!!! Couldn't finish it all.

My plate. <3
Babe's plate.<3

I <3 Chocolate.

This is very new, an interesting taste. I want to try it again!

Um, how freakin' cute are the doggie treats!

The load we ended up taking home. I finished it all that same night! FAIL. I was suppose to share. -_-

The jello shots look so yummy! But a no-no to me.

The beautiful ladies of the night. <3

To Cara: Thanks so much for inviting us! We had a good time! :) MMM.. Thinking about them delicious meatballs are making me so hungry! I wish your mom was in the picture too! I wanted to ask, but didn't wanna come off weird. LOL. Love you!!! 

out of boredom.

When there's nothing else to really do, I like to do something creative with my girly side. :0) I haven't done french tips in a long time, so I decided to try out a few designs, while still maintaining those classic white tips. Not too bad, eh? LOL, some girls really can't get ENOUGH of Hello Kitty.. and I am one of them. Mwahaha!~ Ugh, the only challenge is painting my right hand as perfectly as my left hand (I am right-handed, durrr!).*Sigh* Whatever. But, because it's too gosh darn difficult to do my other hand, I think I might just erase the faces. I need things to be evened out. I have a tattoo on my right side and it drives me CRAZZZZZZZYYY that there's nothing on the other side. I need to even it out! Bleh, I know I'm weird like that. Tomorrow is Halloween! Hmm, I wonder what costumes we are going to see.. I definitely won't be wearing one. I'm not a costume-y kind of person. I'll throw on whatever and be the simplest thing I can be. Well, I probably won't be on this tomorrow, so Happy Halloween, everyone! Be safe and have fun!

Products I used to achieve this look:

- Sally Hansen "Diamond Strength" Instant Nail Hardener

-Orly "French Tip" (White Tip)

- Sally Hansen "Nail Art Pen" (Black)

- Finger Paints (Curator's Crimson)

- Sally Hansem "Xtreme Wear" (27-Mellow Yellow)

- Seche Clear Base Coat

What to do:

01. Clean, file, smooth, & buff to prep your nails.

02. Apply Sally Hansen nail hardener as your base coat. (Note: Always apply a base coat before using a nail art pen because it will end up staining your naked nails, it's easier to remove and leaves no stains w/ the base.)

03. Use the black nail art pen and draw little vertical oval-shaped eyes (don't draw them too close together, HK has some space between her eyes). Then draw a horizontal oval-shaped nose in the middle of her face, but right underneath her eyes). Then draw in 3 whiskers on each side of her cheeks, but have the first line coming out near her eyes (that's where HK's whiskers start).

04. Take some of the yellow, dip the end of a toothpick with it, and slightly dab it on the middle of the nose.

05. Use the white to create a french tip on each nail & let dry.

06. After the white has dried, but the black nail art pen and draw in a black bow on the right side where her "ears" should be(easiest way is to make a small black circle, a smaller circle, and another small circle, and color it in).

07. Dab some the red nail polish and dot the center of each circle of the bow.

08. Seal with Seche Clear top coat! I like to apply about 3 coats.

Wait for your nails to dry completely and voila! ^_______^ CUTE NAILS!!

hello cutie, hello kitty!

The necklace I ordered finally came in! ^______^ I'm a happy cubby bear today! Sooo kaaahh-yooottt!

work's simple joys.

My family (mom)and I own a teriyaki/ burger/ Chinese wok restaurant in Auburn, Washington called Cubby’s. We’ve had it for about 11 years now. Here, let me break down a little history segment of this here building. This restaurant had a few previous owners since it opened, but it started with a man (I think his name was Ron). He opened this place up about 60 years ago. I hear stories about Cubby’s ALL the time. Here is a list of the things I’ve heard, I’m sure they all are legit considering I’ve heard these stories more than once by different people:

- Cubby’s used to be “the spot” to kick it at back in the day. People would come here after school and the parking lots would be full of motorcycles & hot rods. We had a juke box & games setup as well. (Hard to imagine considering how small the space is here.)

- Seems like EVERYONE worked here at one point, 85% of all the customers I’ve ever had all tell me they used to work here.

- The fryer exploded & the owner got severely hurt ..

- A car drove INTO the building! It was an accident, but they had to rebuild the wall, obviously.

- EVERYONE tells us the burgers taste exactly the same as it did 60 years ago. (That’s probably because we still use the same sauce recipe and same exact machines til this very day.)

- If you look around, there’s plenty of businesses and restaurants around here, but I guess back then, the only buildings here was here Cubby’s and a fire station across the street. Everything else was just road and dirt.

So many things have change since then. The building, the people, and the area, everything is different. I’ll never get to experience what life was like back then, but I can tell you how things are now. I’ve met some interesting people while being here. Some of them are very bad, some of them good, but overall, all of them are very memorable. Here’s a list of the things/ people I’ve seen and met working here:

- Sir Mix-a-Lot is a regular customer! Always orders the spicy chicken teriyaki, always on the phone, a bit rude, and never tips. I guess he’s a bit bitter considering what happened to his career.

- I found a man peeing on the side of our building and when I confronted him, he had brown stuff all over his hands and he tried to hug me and pet my hair. Nastyyyyyy… I screamed, “Don’t touch me, sicko!” and walked away. His friend must have been embarrassed for him, because they walked away pretty fast too (looking like they didn’t want to be associated with a weirdo).

- A black man started screaming racist remarks at my little asian mother when she refused to give him free food. Serious? Get a real day job, fucker.

- A little girl was mumbling something to her mother and her mother said to go ahead and tell me. I thought she was going to complain about something, but she said softly, “I think you are really, really pretty..” AWW!! Made my day!!  She was so cute and shy too!

- Someone used a $100 bill, it passed the “pen test” because it turned to be a washed out $5 bill that someone re-printed. Mom tried to use it at Walgreens and almost got arrested! Grrr.. My momma should have listened to her instincts, she said the lady looked a bit suspicious, she had all these other bills, but decided to pay with her Benny Franklin.

- An accident happened on the main street right before my (and the 15+ customers we had eating here) eyes! (FYI: The stupid city put in a divider on the main street so it’s hurting ALL businesses on this side. It’s so fucked up because you are able to make a turn onto the other side, but to make it to our side, you have to drive ALL the way down and make a bunch of u-turns. All the small family owned businesses happen to be on this side too.) Anyways, also because of the divider, it’s been harder to semi-trucks to make it though because the roads are so much more narrow now. We watched as a HUGE semi smashes and crushes the passenger side of a small green Honda and then just drives off like nothing happened. Luckily the driver was ok and no one sitting in the passenger’s side or they would have been severely injured for sure. Every single person I know here has complained about that damn divider. I don’t know why they even built it or haven’t teared it down already.

Blah. Talking about work stresses me out. I could go on and on with so many more stories, but I’ll end it here before I end up getting worked up and taking it out on a customer.

There are times when it is super, duper slow here. OHEMJEE. There’s seriously nothing to do. No customers, everything is cleaned and stocked. Sometimes it can be like that for hours! Yes, HOURS! So what do I do that keeps me sane?

VHS + CiGARETTES + iPHONE/ iNTERNET.

We have an old school TV & VCR, so unfortunately can’t watch any DVD’s. But I am content with my VHS movies!!! Brings back childhood memories. I love going to the swap meet and finding $1 VHS movies. Yay me!

Which reminds me, did anyone ever used to read Archie Comic books?!?!? My sisters and I were obsessed with them! I remember a friend of mine called me and let me borrow her Archie real life movie that her brother had recorded from the TV. I was 11 or so at the time.. I was at the swap meet not too long ago, and found the VHS of that same movie! DURRRRRRRR.. I had to get it. I LUURRRRVVEE re-watching old movies I haven’t seen since I was a kid. :0) My fave!

Anyhoooossss—I’m outtro! XOXO -Jen

girl's stuff.

So I always knew ebay.com was basically like an internet auction site. I never bought or sold anything from it, but while browsing for random ass shit, I came across the cutest Hello Kitty necklace/ pendant for $2.84 each! I don't know how the quality will be, but either way, HK for only $3 w/ free shipping?! I'm a girl. I'm a Hello Kitty obsessed girl. I need her. :0) I ordered 4. One for me, my two twin sisters (Mindy & Nina), & the woman that got me into HK when I was a baby, my equally obsessed mother! I love finding cute stuff for cheap! It's just like finding money in your pockets that you totally forgot about before, except better!! Well, at least I think it's a definite better feeling. Bargain shoppers, unite! *Fist pump*
So, me, being an asian girl, I love making my eyes look bigger. Haha, we asians are usually born with two little lines for eyes (jk!). I'll admit, my eyes are a little bigger than the typical monolid look. I have a very small double eyelid (I guess you would call it a "hooded-lid")? It's there, but I have a lot of skin on the top of my eyes, so they sorta "fold over". So wacksauce! :0( But I do like to create the illusion that I do have double eyelids with makeup. Yay me! xD

To make my eyes look bigger, I typically wore colored contacts (hazel). They do wonders for my eyes! They weren't CHEAP considering where I got them and how the quality was. Yes, they lasted for a while. Nope, they didn't blend that naturally when you look at them closely. Where did I get them? HAHA! A little corner convenience store, owned by Koreans. I love how we Koreans sell the most random items in the most random places. (My family and I own a restaurant. We've actually sold combs, blankets, etc. on the side, inside the store! RANDOM..) Anyways, the pair that I had eventually retired and it was time for a new investment. I came across Pinky Paradise, an online circle lens store. Apparently, I've heard nothing but great things about this site, so might as well give it a try. ;0) I can't wait until what I ordered comes in!!! I got the "Max Pure Pink" 14.5mm. Yes, pink lenses! I LOVEEE pink! *claps hands*





I think this picture was taken with bad lighting. I've seen it on someone else and it seems to blend better. Anyways, if these are as oober cute as I hope they are, definitely going to purchase more. I should probably stick to brown, my natural eye color. But colors are so much more fun!!

my makeup artist, my best friend.

I started wearing makeup at 13. It's so crazy when I look back at old pictures and how different I looked then and now. I've learned a lot over the years. Most things I figured out on my own and some from one of my besticles, Cristina Cee. She's been doing people's makeup for different events since she was in high school. I think she definitely deserves some recognition. She does amazing work! :) I love her. Visit her MM click Cristina Cee. I love that she's not just being "safe" and she's pushing at all these different looks. Being her guinea pig is the best! I learn something new and capture some interesting photos.  :D She actual inspired me to try new things and take a risk! LOL. Don't be afraid to be bold with colors.So many colors that you wouldn't think, really does go good together. She's a talented artist, not just on face, but even on canvas! I am proud of her and wish her the best of luck. *HUGSSSS, CEE!*  I don't think makeup "makes" anyone beautiful. I think everyone is already beautiful, but like I said, we are our own worst critics. Sometimes some makeup boosts up our confidence a bit. I think we all need a little bit of that. Some people push it to the limit and there are people that like to keep it simple. I like it many different ways, which I named! There's: my "club/going out" look, "close to natural (mascara + brow+ blush)" look, and there's the "professional-day at the office" look. Haha, I need to try more things like these pictures!! ^_^ Well, when I have time. Me and Cee should be scheduling another makeup session soon! HURRRAAAYY! x) I love you, mamas!