April Favorites

Hey all~

I'm glad April was such a relaxing month after the wedding...not!
I have been searching for a summer internship with all of my strength and willpower.

anyways...

Here's some favorites :)

Flying Cauldron Butterscotch soda by Reed

making mixed drinks at home :)

my dress that was on super sale from Express

watching Season 1 of Gossip Girl

Almond coconut scrub from Laura Mercier

mac lip pencil

my dress from madewell

my other dress from madewell

nekter juice bar. so addicting.

Other Happenings:

Easter brunch

Angel's game with the classmates

LACMA and going to The Bazaar by Jose Andres for dinner (amazing!!!)

Hoppy hour with the buns

Game of Thrones! yes

Board game meetup was fun

Crystal Cove walk with Matt

Farrell's in Brea for a shake after dinner

Chapman carnival (free food- corndogs with fancy mustard and potato salad)

The Bruery with the classmates

The Californian Disney hotel for food and drinks when class was cancelled :) yaye!

Looking forward to in May:

Roc race next weekend!

Mother's day with the parents

Finals being done

Palm Springs

finding an internship

Early Thoughts on Fun Birthday Ideas

this is silly, but I thought I would post it...

Trying to think of cool birthday ideas for the big 25. We're probably going down to San Diego that weekend in June since it's Scripps Day and we want to see everyone there (Carolina, Maria, Frances), but anyways, here's my birthday ideas:

San Diego stuff:

probably going to stay somewhere in La Jolla since it's close to Matt's work :) also Estancia has the best breakfast (We were also thinking Hyatt or La Valencia)

oooh Estancia spa

 I was also wondering about visiting the Hotel Palomar spa downtown. hmm...maybe. I really want to try their body wrap treatment.

Karl Strauss la jolla with the gang. obviously- we did this last year :)

Scripps pier is amazing. I miss seeing the view every day when I picked matt up (before he had a car!)

other activities:

The trolley Temecula wine tour. sounds silly and fun.

to buy:

or not do any of that and get a freaking expensive designer purse by Alexander Wang (that's stupid, i know)

Brownies from brownie points!!! yummy :) or chocolate at Chuao ooh~

anyways. i'm all out of ideas. We went to disney and universal the few years before that.

Best Spring Makeup Products

Hey all :)

I was trying to think of fun summer products, and here's all I could come up with:

bobbi brown lipgloss! So pretty :)

neon blue eye liner. very bright!

Bobbi brown shimmer brick ooh~ ahh~

the new mac lip pencil. sooo amazing!

and bobbi brown eye liner pencil- goes on smooth!

such a short post :(

Night Time Pamper Routine

Hey all~

I was trying to think if I had a "nighttime" routine other than pajamas, taking off my makeup, brushing my teeth and bedtime.

Here's usually what I do if I need to extra relax:

putting on either moisture surge lotion, laser repair wear serum, or an eye cream around my eyes

doing my nails so I feel sort of put together

putting on fuzzy pajamas- i love my onesie! so warm and cuddly.

using a bath melt from Lush in the bathtub :)

taking a soak in the bath! yaye!

...aaaand, that's all I could think of. What do you do to relax?

Spring Dresses

Here's some great ideas for spring dresses :) Enjoy~

This pretty yellow sunny one from Adrianna Papell

this maxi from American Eagle

not technically a dress, but this skirt from AE

this pretty artpiece from Eliza J

This grey comfortable and chic dress from Madewell

I found this one by Sabo on pinterest

this is from Shop Ruche!

Spring Shopping Ideas

Hello all...

I'm trying desperately not to go shopping BUT! if I went to the stores, here's what I would be checking out:

dresses at Banana Republic....always looking for more dresses :)

Benefit mascara- I had a sample of their bad gal lash and liked it

Clinique giveaways...I usually use the bag as my makeup bag for a few months before it's wrecked beyond repair.

dresses at madewell. YES. my favorite.

Express tops that look more grown up than my usual American Eagle casual stuff

necklaces from Forever 21. why not?

lace tops at Forever 21

shoes at DSW. looking for a nude heel

interested in the Too Faced chocolate palette...

my favorite Nordstrom dress designer: Ivy & Blu. too cute, ah!

and that's all in the 'trying not to buy' category :( I need to go clean my closet and focus on school now...

Bora Bora- Honeymoon photos

For Maria :) here's some photos. there's more on my instagram: cashen89

They're a little out of order since I combined both what I took and what Matt took...

Here's the food that was in our room when we got there (I ordered it because I knew after the long flight we would be starving)

Matt with a frufru beach drink

A traditional lunch- poisson cru- chopped up raw fish with coconut milk, rice, and lime

champagne on the deck of our room in the rain

some fish in the lagoon (there was a private lagoon at the hotel and the main lagoon of the island)

Matt on a jetski!

Matt and I during the jetski break

Obligatory honeymoon ring photo...

at the pool

The first look of the island when you get on the boat at the airport (you fly into Tahiti from LA, then Tahiti to Bora Bora on a tiny jet)

the view from our room deck

the view of the hotel beach

more hotel beach

the rooms overwater

sunset

me at breakfast with a coconut

more sunsets...

me writing in my journal on the deck

the boat to take us to dinner on the main island (bora bora has a main island with two islands around it)

Bloody Mary's restaurant bar (the whole restaurant has sand on the floor)

the appetizer (i was so full by the time dinner came)

matt in the relaxation room at the spa

and that's the trip! :)