Delicious Delights!

Hi everybody!

Here I have a few pictures of some baked goodies! Yum!

These pictures are from my recent stop at Bloomingdale's, located in the Dubai Mall.

Here's a very festive pumpkin cookie!

Hope you all enjoyed!
<3 Lucero

Bike Ride Around the Green Community

Hey everybody!

Today, my brother and I went on a little bike ride around our community. I jumped at the opportunity to bring my camera along! So, here are a few of my favorite pictures from around the neighborhood.

Hope you all enjoyed! Until next time,
<3 Lucero

MAC Angel Flame Quad!

Hey everybody!

Last week my MAC shipment came in, and it made me so excited! Two of the products I received are limited edition, from their latest collection and the other is is part of their Pro Longwear line.

Here I have Angel Flame, which is the limited edition quad. I really like the colors, especially the pink and orange because they go surprisingly well together. I'm a teeny bit disappointed, I'l admit, because the colors aren't as pigmented or vibrant as I would like, but it's still a great quad.

I also have a few swatches of the colors!

Chamomile is a satin finish, and is a great highlighting color. It's not completely white, it's somewhere between eggshell and ivory.

Feather Pink is also a satin finish, and a wonderful, bright, all-over lid color. It's a mid-tone light fuchsia color that leans towards purple.

Angel Flame, after which the quad is named, is a frost finish, thus it's very shimmery. The shimmer and sheen made it so difficult to take a close up of the swatch (my camera couldn't focus properly)! It has a lot of golden undertones, so it doesn't show up as orange as it looks. I think this warm-toned eyeshadow really helps off-set the brightness of Feather Pink.

And finally, we have Gravel which is a matte finish. It's a charcoal grey color with blue undertones, and it's fabulous for use as a liner.

Hope you all enjoyed! Until next time,
<3 Lucero

ChicTravels: Egypt

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While I didn't particularly enjoy living in Cyprus, one great advantage to living in the Mediterranean is having access to a wide variety of countries! During the couple of years I lived in Cyprus, I got to travel with my family all around Europe, and a few countries in Africa/Asia. So, during Blogtober, I'm going to talk about some of the places I visited and include pictures! Today's post is about Egypt.

My family and I went with some friends to Cairo, Egypt in October of 2008, I believe. I remember how hot it was there, even though it was already October (Dubai is hot in much the same way!) While in Egypt, we visited the pyramids at Giza, the Sphinx, and a local bazaar.

What I loved most about Egypt was definitely the pyramids and the history surrounding them! Seeing the pyramids in person definitely brought ancient history to life. I thought it was so cool being able to study the ancient Egyptian civilization, and then go to Egypt a few weeks later! Seeing something as monumental as the pyramids withstand thousands of years is mind boggling in itself.

The sphinx is also such a grand piece of history, it's hard to wrap your head around the notion of people creating such a statue thousands of years ago with limited inventions and supplies. Imagine how long it would take us to create a statue like that with modern day tools!

One downside, however, was seeing the poverty that the locals lived in. Everywhere, there were little kids selling trinkets and souvenirs to oblivious tourists. It made me sad to see such young kids be forced to become so street-smart, and grownup so soon.

This trip definitely changed me. It brought to life history that seemed so long ago, and I can honestly say that going to Egypt really helped spark my fascination with history. I also came to the realization that the human race as a whole has been on this earth for a relatively short amount of time, yet we've accomplished so much.

Hope you enjoyed! Until next time,
<3 Lucero

Restaurant Rave: Ping Pong

Hey everybody!

For the past couple of weeks, my family and I have been dining at this amazing restaurant called Ping Pong (located at the Dubai Mall). They specialize in teas, and dim sum. They have a dim sum menu where you check off the dishes you'd like, and they bring 3-4 pieces of the dim sum. It's great, because you get to try a lot of different entrees without fully committing to one! I honestly haven't come across a dish I didn't like!

Also, the service is fabulous! Even during the busiest hours on the busiest days of the week, the service is friendly, and efficient. The food comes very quickly, so that means no waiting when you're hungry!

This is my Grape & Apple jasmine iced tea. There are 4 different types of iced tea, and they're all different flavors infused with jasmine tea. 

A few of the starters, we have duck puffs and prawn crackers.

Here we have lemon chicken, spring rolls, and shrimp balls.

This is the spicy seafood dumpling.

Here we have the spicy chicken dumpling.

Here we have scallop dumplings (clear) and seafood dumplings (yellow).

These are little bundles of rice, which are wrapped in leaves and steamed.

This is another chicken dumpling dish.

Lobster dumplings (pink), scallop dumplings (clear) and lemon chicken.

A close up of the seafood dumplings.

 A close up of my favorite dumplings!

This isn't at Ping Pong, but at a gelato place called Morelli's which is also inside the Dubai Mall. Isaiah and I shared this delicious  hot chocolate fudge sundae!

Hope you all enjoyed this restaurant rave! Until next time, 

<3 Lucero