Top 5 Beauty Must-Haves!

Hey everybody!

Today I'll be talking about my top 5 beauty must-have products. These are products that I typically use when I want a polished look.

5. MAC Pro-Longwear Concealer: This one seems boring, but a great concealer can really make a difference! I've used concealer that are too liquidy, too creamy, or simply didn't match my skin tone, and I whole heartedly love this concealer. It's a liquid concealer, though not too runny. It lasts all day, and since you have to go to a counter to buy it, you can even get a makeup artist to match one to your skin.

4. Urban Decay's Primer Potion: This is the one product that keeps my eyeshadow lasting all day, even with my oily lids and the humid Dubai heat! It comes in different formulas, though I prefer the original. It eliminates unattractive creasing, and helps the eyeshadow stick on more vibrantly.

3. Benefit's Bad Gal Lash Mascara: By far, this mascara is one of my all time favorites. I've run out of it, so I'm currently not using it on a daily basis, but I have enough experience with it to say that it's amazing! The formulation is on the thicker side, which helps volumize lashes without being clumpy. It lasts all day and doesn't flake or smudge.

2. Jouer Moisturizing Lip Gloss: I've tried other lip glosses, and this one is perfect for me! I strongly dislike glosses that are too thick/ gooey and opaque. This has a very thin and moisturizing formulation, that keeps my lips so soft I don't even have to apply lip balm under! The kind I have is in the color "Rose Glisten".

1. Urban Decay's Naked Palette: I got the Naked Palette for Christmas, and is the one palette I reach for constantly. It's full of neutral eyeshadows that are anything but boring! It comes with 12 shades, which means that a wide variety of eye looks are possible with one palette!

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 

Mall of the Emirates

Hey everybody!

Mall of the Emirates is by far one of my favorite malls here in Dubai. It's big without being too overwhelming, and since I've spent so much time in it, I'm familiar with the layout. It also has most of the stores I enjoy going into. (The Dubai Mall has all the stores I could possibly want to shop at, but it's so huge it's easy to get lost!)

This is the sea-horse water fountain right underneath the fashion dome.

Looking up at the dome from inside the mall.

One of the horses right inside the PF Chang's. This restaurant is one of my favorites at Mall of the Emirates. Another great restaurant would be Al Halabi, which serves Lebanese cuisine.

This is the Louis Vuitton. I love how they translated the name phonetically into Arabic! It's very elegant.

Just outside of the Crate and Barrel. It's also translated into Arabic!

Finally, the Michael Kors shop. I've never bought anything from here, but it looks so high-end and classy. Lots of the local Emirati ladies here carry designer purses, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Chanel, you name it!

I'll definitely have a part 2 to this! I'll put up another photo blog when I take more pictures. :)

Hope you enjoyed!
Until next time <3 Lucero