5 Make-up Mistakes to Avoid

You've seen them, make-up looks gone bad. Horribly bad.

1. WAAAYYYY too much blush - Blush is supposed to look natural, flushed, pretty. Think J.Low. She's got it down. Apply your blush before ANY other color on your face. If you look like you could throw on lip gloss and mascara and run out the door, you're good!

The best blush color? No, it's not fuscia. It's a pinky/peach. Look for something with soft shimmer, a pinky/peach that looks young, fresh on anyone of any age.

2. The dreaded blue eyeshadow a la 1960's. Okay, I think whenever someone is in that dreaded "color" shadow mode, it's because someone at some time said "gee! that looks great honey!" When it painfully didn't. We're suckers for a compliment.

3. Navy blue, dark blue, any blue. - Anything with blue, dark blue or grayish blue around your eyes really brings out the dark blue undereye circle under it. Copy a color on your face that you don't like in your makeup, and it'll look worse. Way worse. Case in point: a red dress with sunburn. See? Doesn't work. Go warmer, chestnutty, bronzy in shadows and liner instead. Trust me.

4. "You're looking a little tired. Are you feeling ok?" - We've all been there. If people ask if you're tired when you aren't it's could be your makeup. Incorrect make-up color choices can actually make your skin look tired. How? By unintentionally wearing colors that have gray in them. A grayish pink blush, a grayish mauvey lipstick, a grayish eyeshadow -- even your foundation might be gray.

All that gray can make you look tired by bringing out the gray in your skin.

5. The old school overdrawn lips. Overdrawing the lips does NOT make your lips look bigger. It can make you look like a clown. So how do you fake the illusion? It's in the color and the shine. Yes - shine! Start out with a lighter color, think about a nude pink. Look for a shade that mimics your lip color, or is 2 shades deeper than your actual lip color. Apply to your lip line and not a millimeter more. Then add shine. Shine bounces light and gives the illusion of a fuller pout. Try Bobbi Brown's lip gloss. She has a different type of shimmer going on in her lipglosses that makes your lips look 3-dimensional. It truly works.


by: Elke Von Freudenberg


There's a lot of great make-up out there to play with. Stay away from these common pitfalls and you're well on your way to looking fabulous.

Adieu Henri Salvador

Passed away last tuesday, Twelveth of Febuary 2008.

I still can't believe he left for good, and I regret that I never saw any of his concert. I like this guy, not only for his song but also, how he seems to enjoy every minute of his life, and when he laugh! God how he made me envy. He is one of a kind and guess I will miss him!

Better Together by: Jack Johnson

What makes me complete... what I call a "HOME"

Poulet coco réunionais

Easy and tasty recipe for a busy day.


INGREDIENTS: (for 4 person)

1 whole chicken cut into pieces
400 ml coconut milk
2 spoonfull concentrated tomato sauce
1 large onion
1 large red bellpepper
3 spoonfull olive oil
2 cups of water
salt & pepper

PREPARATION:

1) In a heavy bottom casserole or cocote, pour in the olive oil, then cook the chicken into golden brown. Put salt & pepper, then mix the concentrated tomato sauce & stir

2) Pour in the water & cook for 30 mins.

3) Dice onion and bellpepper, mix it with the chicken, stir. Pour in the cooconut milk, then cook for 45 mins. C'est prêt!

note: Eat with rice.

Our bags

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, HAVE YOU?

Have you seen women left there bags on the floor specially in the public toilets in the restaurant, then return to there seat and put there bags on the table! It happens all the time...

Its not always "the food in the restaurant" that gives us stomach problems...

Sometimes, what we do not know, makes us sick!!!

My mother always get upset when we or some guests throw there bags on the kitchen table or on the dining table. She always said: "This are the places where we prepare and eat our food, that bags are very dirty bacause most of you dont pay attention to where you put your bags". And she is right!

Amy Karen, Microbiologist of Nelson laboratories confirmed, that bags are not only infested with germs, but also bacterias that can cause eye infection. On top of that, they found out that it can be nourturing the bacteria called "salmonella" The salmonella is a type of microbes intervening in various types of food intoxications, but which can also be the reason of typhoid fever and paratyphoid.

Leather bags or in vinyl have tendency to be cleaner than bags in cloth. People with children seem to have dirtier bags than those without children, technically. The bag of a single woman who goes to nightclubs frequently introduced pollution of all the worst? a certain type of excrement (faeces), or vomit can be found.

The moral lesson of this subject: - Our handbags will not kill us, but it can be the reason to make us very ill if we continue putting it in the places where we eat-.

The experts said: "Our handbags are as dirty as our shoes"

Travailler pour se construire

"Travailler pour se construire". This phrase had hit my head so badly...

The main reason why we choose to work, is to able to earn, to be able to buy bread at the end of the day and to help our family we left back home. And believe me I'm not againts to this kind of reasoning, its just I believe on something more than that!

I used to work in a luxury hôtel, got an interesting salary, for an immigrant like me its quite worth it! but one day I decided to quit the job, suddenly got scared for many reasons, and one of those: "what if I'll be stuck to this kind of job forever?!"

Now, Im staying at home and I've been thinking...that working is not only about earning money, neither about buying bread at the end of the day, but for me working is about being independent...D'être un individu, avoir le priviledge d'aprendre quelques choses tout les jours. And lastly, if one day things doesn't turn out the way we want it to be, I know I can stand on my own two feet without being scared of facing the world.

My husband is having a soaring career and I'm very proud of him, but I don't want to be his responsibility for the rest of our lives. This time I will look for a job that suites me, I will aime higher, and I strongly believe that its possible. As what they said "Qui ne tente rien n'a rien".

Spicy beef caldereta à ma façon

INGREDIENTS:
700 gr beef for stewing, cut into medium size cubes
300 gr chicken liver, you can find in the supermarket already cooked
4 medium size potatoes, cut into wedges
2 medium size carots, peel & slice
1/2 cup of frozen green peas, defrost & set aside
1 large red bellpepper, cut into two, diced the other half & cut ino cubes the remaining for garnish
2 large white onions,diced small
3 heads of garlic,squashed & chopped
2 large riped tomatoes, diced small
2 lauriel leaves
1 pc of dried pepper, choped (be careful with the chili its quite strong)
1 bouquet de garni
1 knorr chicken cubes, or beef bouillon
3 spoons of olive oil
2 spoon of tornesol oil
3/4 cup cold water
salt & pepper to taste
PROCEDURE
1)Reheat your heavy bottom casserol w/ the olive oil (I use old style cocote very heavy perfect for stewing).
2)Sauté the onions till transparent, add garlic mix for 2 min & add the beef, sauté quickly.
3)Put the tomatoes & diced bellpepper, mix for about 5 min,then pour the cold water, put the knorr cubes and add the bouquet garni and lauriel leaves. Reduced the heat medium slow. Let it stew slowly for about 2 hours.
4) while waiting, mash the chicken liver (if you bought already cooked, if not boil water into a small casserol put little salt and pepper)with a fork if you have a blender you can use it but I prefer the fork so it will not be too mushy.
5) Reheat a nonstick frying pan w/ the tornesol oil. When its smoky hot fry the hedges of potatoes. When its done, put it on a paper towels so the exces oil will be absorbed.
6) When the beef is tender remove the bouquet garni and lauriel, adjust the taste with the salt & pepper, add the chicken liver, leave it for 5 min. Then add The remaining bellpepper, the peas and potatoes let it simmer for about 10 to 15 mins. Serve it with rice. Bon à petit!

When stewing beef if you want it to be tasteful & tender never boil them, & use cold water. Let it cooked slowly. Any suggestions, share it!