Mellow Friday (Bubble Tea + Indoor Market)

   Although I had an uneventful Friday, where the usual grocery shopping, late breakfast and lunch, and wandering around Amman routine took place, it was still a casually nice afternoon. I took my mum to the bubble tea shop in Amman, one of my favorite new discoveries that I am currently hooked on, called JuiceBangBang ! I am loving their Yogurt based flavored tea they have! So far I've tried passion fruit, avocado, melon, and papaya, and I can't decide which is my favorite. Dying to try the normal flavored teas, however I am trying to cut down on caffeine wherever I can! So on a hot summer afternoon (or evening) instead of stuffing your self with unnecessary calories from Starbucks (where in Amman has become full of obnoxious teenagers!), those chilled Organic bubble teas (Bubbles are made of Tapiocas) are so ideal! It is located in Avenue Mall in Sweifieh!

Never having entered that mall, after having our tea, we went in this not very spectacular mall, and found a small indoor marker (souq) selling all kinds of home made jewelery, dates and other food for Ramadan, and many more! So you'd think I'd get out of there without buying me a few things? ;)

   

Would also like to mention that the people in the market, and the staff of juicebangbang as always were the all smiley and friendly, something you don't see much in Amman (like City Mall?). A lovely day :)

Summer & Body Skin Care!

It is May - Summer is just around the corner, and this should be the time where the more skin you show, the more you should take care of your skin. In actual reality, the most essential time to take care of your skin is winter, because it's dry! But unless you're not showing it, it seems unimportant.
Only bought two creams so far an average drugstore product I've never heard of, but it smells marvelous and feels just as lovely on the skin, would not mind repurchasing it! And I will upload some of my body butter collections from body shop as well - some of these I've already finished, but will be repurchasing!
This barely counts as a post - it is just my introduction to the summer where more focus is going on the skin rather than makeup to get the healthy look where not much makeup will be needed - to make sure you take care for that smooth summer skin!

Eye Liner & Lip Butters

April has been busy for me, as I had my family visiting from Japan. The first  week of April I was a full time tourist in Jordan, taking my family around and site seeing, of which I will update on a separate post.

That means that my purchases and shopping in April was limited, and not a lot of expenditures this month (thank god). I am thinking my relatives should visit more often and keep me busy, but then again the rest of my relatives are actually based in Jordan!

Very limited in number compared to my other purchases, so thought I'd share for now as I haven't blogged in quite sometime, as I am sure there are a lot more purchases to come!

Over the years, when defining my lash line I have been continuously using a pencil liner, where in few hours time would smudge out, and so I would have to carry it with me everywhere. Since January, I bought both a liquid and a gel liner and have gotten quite attached to the gel liner. Although a drug store product, I have been using it non stop and has become one of my everyday make up holy grails... I always use black, but now that spring and summer are approaching, I don't want the definition around my eyes to be too strong so I just purchased the brown one today. I am using Maybelline, and the best thing about this product is that you don't have to buy a brush separately, the package comes including a brush that is not that bad:

I have also recently bought a Lemon Lip Butter from Body Shop, as my wish to wear lipsticks and color is decreasing with spring, and my coconut lip butter was running out! This tastes and smells lovely and in comparison to the coconut one (which I still adore) is that the smell and taste isn't as strong or heavy, and quite perfect for summer!

More posts to come in May on my Perfume Collection, Skin Care Products that are working for me, My family's visit and my days of a full time tourist to give you an insight of what to expect if you're ever visiting Jordan (Will have to research some links to post on my page, so you can actually read more if interested, as don't expect me to type in he details!).
Love, Peculiar Ami xxx

Banana Shampoo

Saturday , February 16th 2011 - 4:30 PM

Without mentioning details, i have recently feeling down, not getting out of the house much and feeling the need to stay distant and as far away from people as possible. Of coarse nothing anyone can ever say will ever make me cheer up except some retail therapy of coarse. However, the usual retail therapy does not work on those days as no matter what kind of t shirt, pair of jeans or even bags you wear will make you feel lifted, as these are all exterior and will not change how you feel.

Something that will make your body feel a bit different or better are usually creams and other drug store materials.

Although I did not buy anything too fancy, using them sort of made me relax as I the aftermath of using them when I went home was sort of like a getaway spa alone at home, which is exactly what I need. No distractions, no wonderful view or 5 star service, just by myself, a time to think.

Banana scent shampoo from Body Shop <3 

and a cheap product of Cocoa Body Butter that smells lovely

Valentines + A weekend of money spending

Monday, February 14th 2011 - 8:43 PM

Although this is suppose to be a time where I am saving money, and not buying too much so I don't have to carry a lot with me when I move, except necessary items, the weekend of February 11th & 12th, I seemed to find exactly what is absolutely necessary and pissed my money away!!

1. EXTREMELY NECESSARY ITEM NO. 1: An adidas Originals casual wear training suit because one day before I was watching "stomp the yard" and it always fascinated me how everyone dancing looks so good, funky, hip and young. Although I wont be dancing anytime soon, you do need a good pair comfy wearing track suit to go grocery shopping with! and everyone's rockin' Juicy Couture and is just too cute for my taste!

Hot!

2. EXTREMELY NECESSARY ITEMS NO. 2 : Make up

Revlon - Lipgloss - Pink Crystals (no. 21)

Bourjois - Lipstick - Sweet Kiss (no. 41)

L'Oreal Paris Blush - Rouge/Concrete

Revlon - Lipstick - Soft Nude (No. 070)

The attempt of buying drug store make up was not to spend money on expensive label makeups, a phase I was going through, spending over 100 $ on make up like MAC and Clinique!

However, the outcome was the same, as the quantity I buy is much more, so the amount of money I spent in the end is just as bad. These products however, I am loving, and you don't feel as bad when using them because each is roughly about 10 $, unlike my 28 $ MAC lipstick... used on occasions and with so much care...!

3. EXTREMELY NECESSARY ITEM NO. 3 : BOOK

Also as I was running out of creams (ones I blogged earlier this month) and went out to buy these necessary items that were running out, could not help but stop at the book store (Yes, I do have around 10 books I still haven't read, but I love entering book shops and purchasing books). Most of the books I read are usually mystery and adventurous fictions, as I love novels written by Dan Brown and Steve Berry, they are so complex. However, recently (winter) I find it really hard to stay up in bed and concentrate while reading, so I needed an easier fun book that doesn't require my brain to be 100 % operating, and been reading those girly books. A friend of mine introduced me a few Sophie Kinsella books, and although I never thought I'd say this, those girly silly pink novels are so spirit lifting. It is amazing how much you can relate. Although I do love chick flicks, movies don't really tell you how they feel when they break up, you just see them crying in their PJs in their Manhattan apartment eating Hagen-Daz... But in the book when the character tells the reader : I feel humiliated, I am so embarrassed, I was a joke to him, I can't show up at work tomorrow. You can't help but completely understand how she feels. Two books I read for Sophie Kinsella are "Can you keep a secret?" and "Remember Me?". I preferred the first one

Completely went off the topic, I bought a book written by the same author who wrote Sex and The City :

I bought the book for the obvious reason, the cover was so cute!! And next to it is my fluffy doggy book mark, although purchased many months ago, thought I'd share as it makes book reading so much more exciting!!

4. EXTREMELY NECESSARY ITEM NO. 4: Valentines Gift,

Last but not least, today is valentine's day, and although single, I am a happy valentiner! It never bugs me that I am single and have as much reason to celebrate. On the contrary, instead of spending money on someone else, I get to spend money on myself and get what I want (instead of getting a present, which a lot of the times is lovely, but not exactly what you want...).

A Heart shaped Strawberry Tart!! (^_^) - and just like Valentine's Day is suppose to be, mine with filled with LOVE! well my tummy was <3

Peculiar Ami