Holy cow, where has June gone?! I feel like I was just in school waiting for graduation to happen and here it is nearly July. Anyway, I've discovered some things this month and I thought I would share them with you in case you were looking for new things to try out.
Let's start with food, shall we? Since that is pretty much my favorite thing in the whole world anyway.
-Chocolate Almond Milk. Ok, I'm really not sure how in the 2 years that I've been drinking almond milk that I have never tried the chocolate flavor but I picked it up on a recent grocery trip and sweet Georgia peach is it good! Back before my life sucked and I had to start eating nondairy things, I would ALWAYS have a glass of chocolate milk when I was craving something sweet but was way too full to eat dessert. Now I can still do that. I did it tonight, in fact. And it was delicious :)
-Vegan Cream Cheese. Much like the chocolate almond milk, I've been aware of this stuff for a while but I never tried it because I've heard such bad things about other vegan dairy substitutes. I really didn't want to try it and be let down. But I picked up a tub at Trader Joe's a few weeks ago and I have been able to eat bagels for the last month with something other than hummus on them (which is good because hummus only works on savory bagels). I will definitely be picking up more.
-Chocolate Sea Salt Almonds. Another recent find when I was at Target shopping for other things. I was ACTUALLY looking for the rosemary and black pepper almonds that I love but they were out and I grabbed the chocolate sea salt to try. Overall, they're pretty good. Not SUPER chocolaty but still good for a protein-packed sweet snack.
-MINT! In an effort to drink more water, I bring a travel cup to work every day and I've been LOVING putting mint in my water cup. Initially, a friend of ours had sent my mom home with a few springs out of their garden. But I started adding the leaves to my water and they were pretty much gone in a week. After a few days drinking regular water, I realized that I missed it. So much so that I got a mint plant at Home Depot so that I can just grow my own mint and not have to worry about running out. So long as I water it ;)
That's about it where food is concerned. Let's go on to the girly stuff, shall we?
- Pixi h2o Skin Tint. As one of the laziest female humans in the world when it comes to doing makeup or putting things on my face, this stuff is literally Holy Grail status. It is light, airy and despite being water-based, stays on all day and has solid coverage for my acne scar covered skin. I've been having a lot of trouble with my skin lately and a lot of that I've attributed to wearing makeup. This stuff hasn't broken me out, yet *fingers crossed* and every time I put it on I see myself in the mirror and think, "damn, my skin looks amazing".
-Pacifica Persian Rose perfume. For some reason, since like mid June, I had been wanting a rose perfume to wear for the summer. However, most of the rose perfumes out there smell a little too geriatric for me. Lo and behold, I snuck into Whole Foods one morning to pick myself up some dairy free ice cream and decided to swing into their cosmetics section and found this perfume. It's so good. It smells like rose and lime and is just so great for summertime. I've not worn anything else since I got it...in fact, I won't put on makeup for the day but I'll roll this on before leaving the house or I feel naked.
-Anything orange. I don't know what it is about this spring and summer but I have been loving just about anything with a tint...or more...of orange to it. From
Bang lip color at Urban Decay, a gorgeous poppy orange-red shade, to creamsicle colored nail polishes, I've been loving anything orange for summer. I even pulled out my Cream Soda blush from MAC to use. It's a gorgeous peachy shade that goes great with any summer color I'm able to pick up. I haven't tried full on orange lipstick yet, but rest assured, I'm sure it's coming.
And finally, let's talk entertainment.
Since it's the off season for most of my favorite shows right now, I've been looking for new things to watch during the week and boy, I've found a lot of new shoes and a couple of new favorite movies as well.
-The Night Shift. This is the new ER drama series on CBS that I'm obsessed with. The drama, the characters, the full on views of actual medical situations, I LOVE it. Plus, Eoin Mackin is back on TV and I couldn't be more excited about it.
-Undateable. Also on CBS, this comedic gem has me addicted. I watched one episode and proceeded to devour Hulu's entire selection of episodes after that. I would explain more, but you really just need to watch it. I've been telling all my friends to get on the bandwagon too.
-The Real Girl's Kitchen. This is Haylie Duff's cooking show and I'm seriously girl crushing on Haylie right now. Every episode I watch, I decide that we definitely should be friends. The food looks delicious and it's a nice combination of actual recipes and background stories as well. Not gonna lie, her cook book, of the same name, is on my Christmas list already.
-Maleficent. Ok, I HATED Sleeping Beauty as a kid. In a movie all about her, Sleeping Beauty is like the least interesting character and maybe says what, like 5 lines the entire time? Needless to say, other than her attraction at Disneyland, I wasn't paying that princess any attention. However, the Maleficent movie was one of the best things that I've seen from Disney in a while. At least live action wise. I loved it so much that I've already preordered it on iTunes for when it comes out. P.S. The little girl in the picture is her daughter Vivienne. They used her to play young Aurora so she wouldn't be afraid of Angelina in all her Malificent makeup. How cute is that?!
Well, that's it for June. We're now pretty into July so I will definitely have some favorites from this month as well. Keep your eyes out :)
