There's something about brunch food that just holds a special place in my heart. Something about the time of day and the type of food you eat just also makes it 100 times better than Lunner. But then again, I think it's just the breakfast food part of the mix that really does it for me. 

Anyways, lately I've been brunching. Twice. In two days. But then again, if I had the choice and could support my addiction financially, I would probably have brunch every single day. 

I got the Asado, which has got peppers and chimichurri beef on top of a grilled ciabatta, and arugula and onions and peppers on the other piece. And then that little bowl in the middle has a blue potato salad. 

I really enjoyed my meal as well, minus the potato salad, but I definitely much preferred his meal. Those short ribs doe,...

For drinks I decided to try their Root Beer Float. It comes with earnest ice cream, but it was only okay. For 7 dollars.. I wasn't impressed. 

What's most memorable for me about Jethro's is definitely their pancakes. You can either get a half stack which comes with two pancakes, or a full stack which is 4. 

Doesn't seem like a lot when you just read about it, but these pancakes aren't your typical pancakes.

These pancakes are the fluffiest, most yummy pancakes you'll ever have. 

I mean just LOOOK at how fat and fluffy they are. UNF. 

Their honestly the best pancakes I've ever had. I prefer them greatly over the classic thin pancakes that is usually served at breakfast places. 

The other dish I ordered (that I order at ever brunch place as long as it's on the menu) is the Eggs Benedict. 

I need you guys to understand, I've had a lot of eggs benedicts in my short 19 years of life. I LITERALLY will order it where ever I am as long as it's an option. Like you do not understand my love for eggs bennies. 

And I will always order a plain, classic one. No crazy Santa Fe bennie for me, no. I will never change it up LOL. Just a classic bennie for me please. 

The eggs bennie at Jethro's is pretty good. I like the ham that they use with it, as well as the fact that the egg is poached just enough so that the yolk is still runny when you cut into it. SO PERFECT. Their hollandaise sauce is also classic and delicious if you were wondering. 

I LOVE their potatoes. They are amazing. Some places mess up the potatoes sometimes and it makes me angry because it is an essential part of a eggs benedict dish for me. 

Our table full of eggs bennies. 

Honestly, I highly recommend you checking out both of these places. Jethro's more so, just because it's a reasonable price for AMMMAZING brunch food. But Medina Cafe as well. Both of them have great vibes to them. Different , but both awesome. and both well worth checking out. 

I'll leave both their websites here so you can check them out. 

www.medinacafe.com

So all of the above pictures happened in one night. The night started out as a planned girls night. Cathleen, Kimmi and I (shown in the bottom right picture) decided to go out to Nero's and grab some waffles for dessert. And then some how we ended up going to Celebs nightclub for a bit. Hence the pink lighting in that same picture. I was NOT planning to go out that night especially since I had work the next morning. BUT after dropping Kimmi off at home because she needed to get home, Cathleen and I were already in the mood for clubbing sooooo we went to Fortune Sound club . LOL. 

That's where the bottom left picture comes into play. One of our friends was DJing there for this event he created called Rap Book Club. He was playing all J.Cole songs that night. And the icing on top of the cake? Mr. Carmack was also playing at fortune, so it ended up being a bomb ass night. 

Oh and the dude in the top right picture is my favorite bouncer EVER. His name is Teddy and I adore him. 

I promise I'll get some review posts and what not soon ! 

Love you guys so much, 

I LOVED this look that I wore the other day. Something about it (probably the lip color) reminds me of an old hollywood glam feel. I'm obsessed. If you want to see how I achieved this look, scroll to the bottom and check out my youtube video (:

Lots of love , 

Another one that really seems to resonate with me more as I get older.

"People change so you can learn to let go" 

Sometimes that person is you. You change, and sometimes that means letting go of certain things. Even certain people.

"Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right"

Whether it's appreciating them when they finally come back around, or whether it's appreciating the new thing when it comes along. But just learning to appreciate what you have, and not to so easily let go of a good thing. 

Good things are rare now a days. 

Pretty self explanatory I think. Been trying to work on myself a lot lately, so this one resonates a lot with me. 

What do you think about this quote? 

I recently decided to splurge on the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade. I mean, it wasn't all that expensive, think it was $25 at my local sephora. But compared to the $3 Essence eyebrow pencil I was using previously.. I think it's quite a jump. 

But I decided to pick it up because I decided I needed to branch out and try new things as far as eyebrows go, so this gel, mousse, thing seemed like a good idea. 

I have the video posted down below, if you want to watch it, just scroll down a bit, and you'll see it. It's the first one. 

The second video I put on here is my old brow routine. And I thought I was just include that one anyways, incase any of you still love and live by eyebrow pencils.

Okay, now for the pictorial ! 

My first little pictorial! How exciting. This is just me filling them in. None of the setting, or concealor steals that I usually will do after. 

1. So this is my natural brow. It's dark mostly, but it has a few space areas. 

2. The first line I draw with the Dipbrow is on the bottom of my brow, from where the dark part of my brow starts to where the arch is. 

3. Next step is to draw the tail. So this just connects from where I ended off on the first line down to as far as you want your tail to be ! I usually over draw it just a little bit, to make my arch look... archier.. LOL

4. Moving on to the top of my brow. I usually start by taking whatever is left over on the brush and do the same steps as the bottom to kind of lightly trace how I want my arch to be. You should try to follow the natural shape of your brows when doing this. You can over draw it a little bit to make it look a little thicker, or make the arch look curvier, but don't over do it, and don't try changing the shape too much ! After I lightly outline it, I will pick up more product, to solidify that line like you see in the picture. 

5. Using whatever is left on the brush, I fill in the gap that is at the end of the brow, making sure it's nice a opaque. 

6. Then what I like to do is take my brush and slowly start to blend the colour forward to the front of my brow. Usually, where I first drew those two lines , there will be some extra product, so I just take my brush and feather that colour out towards the front. 

7. once again, using whatever is left on your brush, lightly outline where you want the bottom of the front of your brow to end, as well as the top. 

8. Turn your brush 90 degrees, so it is facing vertically instead of horizontally, and start to feather that colour closer and closer to the front. But making sure you are using a lighter hand when dealing with the front of your brow. 

9. and if you think the front of your brow is a little too dark (it's hard to grasp how light of a hand you need to use sometimes), just take your spooly and feather the colour at the very front out even more, to create that ombre effect. 

While I was in Hong Kong I got to pick up one 3 Concept Eyes blush to play around with. 

The one I picked up is called My Muse and is a Carrot Orange shade with a little bit of Coral in it. 

In the picture it is definitely showing up more Coral than orange, but when looking at it in the pan in real life, it definitely is quite a bright, almost neon, orange. 

These blushes are very pigmented. I want to grab a few more but they're quite pricey to buy online, retailing for around $20

They aren't chalky, and have great staying power. 

Although pigmented, you could definitely use this blush with a light hand, and wearing as a flush of orangey coral. But you could also build it up to be a very beautiful orange blush. 

More soon, 

I think I've already talked about this blush once before, but I wanted to give you guys a swatch and review of the my very first MAC blush ; Peony Petal. 

I originally went into the MAC store to purchase their Melba blush. I've been eyeing it down for quite some time now, and it is pretty much the prettiest soft peach colour ever. 

However, the day I went in, they were actually fresh out of the Melba blush in pan form, so I decided I would pick up a different blush for the time being, just because I didn't want to leave the store without a buying something. It was just one of those days.

Peony Petal caught my eye because it looked very bright and daring in the pan, but when swatched, was actually a very soft barbie doll pink blush. One of the MAC girls applied it with a blush brush on the back of my hand and showed me how different it could look when lightly applied and heavily applied. It was definitely not what I went into MAC to buy, AT ALL, but my justification was "why not buy something that's different from all the other blushes you own."

Not a bad justification at all, but the only problem with that, is that I don't reach for this blush very often. 

Here's it swatched on the back of my hand. I really tried to swatch it nice and hard for this photo, so you could see it's true colour on my skin. But usually when I use it, I don't ever apply it so heavy-handedly, so it actually comes off as a soft rosey cool toned pink. 

I think this blush would look even better on someone with fairer skin than me, but even on my very yellow skintone, it gives off a nice soft glow. 

This blush isn't as creamy or as pigmented as some of the other blushes I own, but that's actually fine for the blush that it is. Because it is such a bright colour, it makes it a lot more wearable due to the fact that it's not super pigmented. I would have to be a lot more careful applying it if it was. It is a little on the chalky side, but it isn't something that is hard to deal with, and you can tell that it is still a very high quality blush.

I definitely don't regret buying this blush, but I don't reach for it as often as I would like, when spending 20 something dollars on a blush. 

It works well as a spring time / summer time blush because of it's bright dolly pink nature. Even in the winter, applied lightly to the tops of the apples of your cheek, it could give a very nice "I was just outside in the snow" look. 

More soon, 

So here's another GRWM for y'all. Please ignore the acne on my face in the cover photo. I've been breaking out terribly lately, and I didn't want to pile make up on top of it because , well.. I want it to heal and breathe. 

If you have any good acne remedies for dry skin , PLEASE let me know ASAP because I am in desperately need of any and all help. 

I've never had a problem with acne before, even going through puberty, so this really is becoming the death of me ):

Anyways, if you're interested in how I got this simple purple smokey eye, you can watch it here. (:

Love you long time, 

Have you ever walked by the corner of W4th ave and Yew St., and seen this adorable cafe that's always busy and all decked out in the prettiest turquoise colour? 

That would be the 49th Parallel cafe.

During the day time, the huge windows all along two of their walls give the cafe a gorgeous, bright, airy feel. Every time I've encountered it during the day time, it was very busy. 

I also came here once when it was night time, and it was quite the opposite. A lot less busy, it gave off a nice cozy feel to it. 

 The first time I had one of their drinks was actually when my friend bought me a cup of their Venezuelan Coffee to go. 

It. Was. Delicious. 

To be fair though, I don't think I can give the best advice on coffee just because I'm not really a true coffee drinker. 

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE coffee. I need at least a cup everyday. 

But I'm one of those coffee drinkers that takes their coffee with lots of cream and even more sugar. Now you may say that people just take their coffee differently, but to me, I feel like the true coffee lovers are the ones that take it black. 

So whether you want to take my word for it, it's totally up to you. But holy mother of god, it's soooo good. 

But be warned, it is quite a sweet coffee beverage.

The description on the menu says something along the lines of "carmelized milk reduction, espresso, textured milk" 

Check out their website here : http://sh.st/i0hKH

Something else that I've decided to start recently is Yoga ! My mom has been doing yoga for years, and it seems to benefit her in so many ways. Not only has it kept her body in pristine conditions, she says it makes her more flexible, feel happier, and just generally be healthier. 

So after watching her go to Yoga classes daily, and also following the occasional youtube video when I'm feeling stressed, I've decided to join a class. 

I've done hot yoga once with my mom (she does it at Bikrams) and it was... not fun. I honestly didn't really enjoy it. I blame it on my claustrophobia. The room was filled with sweaty bodies and the heat cranked up so high, I felt like I couldn't breathe. SOOOO after that experience, it kind of turned me off the idea for a while. 

And then recently, out of sheer boredom, a friend and I decided to do some yoga for fun. I'm not going to lie, we smoked up a little beforehand, so it made it VERY fun and relaxing, but even after that day, everytime I've done yoga myself at home, I've felt significantly happier and more relaxed afterwards. 

After some research, I found this Yoga studio a couple of blocks away from my house. They've got this introductory membership for newbies that seems pretty appealing. 

The deal is you pay 99 dollars for unlimited yoga for 9 weeks as a trial. Which seems like a pretty good deal if you ask me, since my mother pays 120 a month for Bikrams. 

And then after your 9 week trial period is up, you can choose between two different unlimited memberships or 3 different session pass bundles. 

If I decide I like this whole yoga thing after my trial period , I will probably continue with one of the unlimited monthly bundles since they seem to be the best deal. If you want to check out their prices, the link is http://sh.st/uBb22

My first day : 

I decided to try out the 9:30 am Hatha yoga class for my first day. Early, I know, but I wanted to start getting in the habit of getting up early (my body automatically wakes me up pretty early, but I just stay in bed for another hour or so) and getting my day started.

So I got up bright and early and headed to the yoga studio. It wasn't quite what I expected. When I went to Bikram's with my mom, it was quite a big facility. I walked in and there was the teacher sitting at a desk by the door. So I talked to her for a bit, got signed up, paid for my trial period, and got a little tour. It was pretty much one big room with big open windows, and a very open floor plan. There were two small "rooms". One was where all the equipment was kept, and the other was where the refreshments, tea, snacks and water was kept. 

For equipment they provide you with mats and bolsters and bricks and straps and whatever else you could need. Which I thought was a very nice touch considering usually you'd have to pay a little extra to rent the equipment. 

Because it was my first time, I felt a little out of place. Everyone in the class seemed quite a bit older than me.  It's not like I haven't done yoga before, but I usually do it in the comfort of my own home. So being around all these adults, I was a little intimidated. 

I think I was nervous for no reason though because it's yoga for crying out loud. It's the most chill, meditative, relaxing, worry-less exercise. As soon as the class started, I just focused all my attention to the directions that the teacher was giving me, and just kind of forgot about everything else. 

Overall I had a pretty good first day I would say. My body was definitely not used to being up and going at it that early, and I had to go home and take a little nap after my very relaxing class. But I like that they have classes so early, because being finished with yoga at 10:30 really helps with starting the day positively, and also still gives you loads of time to do whatever you need to do for the rest of the day. 

I'm excited to go again and start making a habit out of it. 

For me personally, I'm going to keep sticking with the 9 / 9:30 classes or the 10 / 10:30 classes. I love that it leaves me with so much time to other stuff, but I still want to give myself sleep in time every once in a while :3

So on those days that I need a little extra TLC in the beauty sleep department, I'll attend the 10 or 10:30 am classes, and start the rest of my day at 11:45. 

overall, I mean it's definitely not this huge company like YYoga or Bikrams, but I really enjoyed my experience at Open Door Yoga. It's really quite a quaint little studio but it gives off that nice "family" vibe. I feel like I would've been even more intimidated going to YYoga due to the sheer popularity and size of their studios. So I'm glad I'm starting my yoga journey here. 

I'll definitely keep you guys updated on how I do. 

If you're in vancouver and thinking about starting yoga, check out Open Door Yoga's website here http://sh.st/u2xaQ

They have 4 different locations to choose from, so I hope you find one close by you (:

More soon,

I was introduced to the Girl Bible by this woman that I really looked up to in high school. She was actually the representative for a program called SACY. What this program did was come to high schools and offer once a week lunch time classes that educated teens about drugs (this session usually included free pizza). 

This wasn't the conventional "don't do drugs kids!" lesson that you'd assume it was. 

SACY took pride in understanding that, no matter how hard adults tried to hammer into our heads that "drugs are bad", we were still probably going to do them anyways. 

So what they did instead, was educate teens about the wide spectrum of drug effects, how to take care of someone on drugs, and safe drug use. They gave us so much information about the drugs, that honestly.. sometimes it was enough for us to decide for ourselves that "NAAAAH , I ain't gunna try that EVER."

Anyways, this great mentor's name was MJ, and she was just about the coolest adult I've ever met. 

To be fair, she was not even thaaat old. When I say adult, I meant she was probably late 20s? early 30s? but to a 17 year old, that's pretty old. 

We got close because I had helped her round up the troops, and spread the word about this lunch time class ( that really, wasn't even a class. we just had a blast talking about drugs and eating pizza ). 

Sometimes we would even go out for ice cream, or coffee after school just because. I loved talking to her, and she loved giving me guidance. 

One of the greatest things she's guided me to was this book. 

"Why Men Love Bitches"

This isn't your typical "how to get a guy in 60 days" book. I mean, yes the book is teaching you strategies and ways that helps acquire your guy, BUT that's just the surface. What it really is teaching you, more than anything, is to be an independent and confident woman, to love yourself, and realize your worth as an amazing woman.... which just so happens to also be what gets you the guy.

The title may be daunting and confusing at first... "Why would I want to be a bitch?"

But read the book and you'll understand. The label "bitch" is used not in it's conventional meaning, but to represent a woman who is strong, and doesn't NEED a man to fulfil her every need. Because HELL, she can do it herself. 

This book teaches you to hold up your own in a relationship. Not just be his doormat, or fuck buddy. 

I've read this book over and over again. And to this day, I still pick it up every once in a while and give it a go. Especially when I am feeling down on my self, this book is the perfect "pick me up". Even just flipping to the back of the book and just reading the list of "attraction principles" that are explained throughout the book helps greatly. 

If you are a girl who's feeling down in the dumps lately, or if you are trying SO SO hard yet for some reason, you just can't get the guy.. give this book a go. 

I seriously recommend to ALL girls. not just the ones I described just now. Even if you're the most sophisticated, confident, successful, and independent girl EVER. Just read it anyways to remind yourself how GREAT you are. Everyone needs it every once in a while.

If you've read it, or you go and pick it up, let me know in the comments ! I'd love to hear what you guys think about my girl bible. 

Much love,