Daily Favorites

Hello lovelies!

It's that time of day again! Today, I decided to include my favorite photo of MY day, which means I included a photo taken by yours truly! I hope you like the personal addition to my daily post. 

My day has been extremely productive. I cooked, worked out (did some Blogilates), washed the dishes, and studied! I also managed to take a couple deep breaths and short breaks. All in all, what a great day! Hope your days were also fantabulous. Now, on to my favorites:

My Photo of the Day:

I decided to get a refreshing shaken iced tea from Starbucks today. One of the best decisions of the day. I got the shaken iced green tea, unsweetened. I prefer to have my tea straight without all that extra sugar. It was perfection. It was extremely hot in Honolulu today, so I enjoyed my tea in the shade for the most part. I also wanted to mention that this was my photo selection for the #100happydays photography project. If you don't know what the project is and want to learn more about it, click here! I am loving the project; it allows me to take time out of each day to appreciate the world around me.

Favorite Makeup Look:

I love this makeup look on her, and I totally want to recreate it! Although it's summer, I still think the dark lip is F A B.  This look has inspired me to pull out my dark red lipstick and some edgy summer wear for tomorrows #ootd. See the original blog post here.

Favorite Animal Photo:

Omg. Look how a d o r a b l e these little guys (or girls) are! These are sloths from the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica. I really want to make a trip there just to see these little cuties! Don't they just look like they want to play? To see more sloth pictures, click here to visit the original buzzfeed post.

Favorite Workout Find:

I love this workout from Back on Pointe.  The workout looks tough and also looks easily modifiable. If you needed to make it harder or easier, I'm sure you could. I do not have much arm strength, so I am excited to try this one out in the next couple of days! 

Hope you liked my favorites, and see you soon!

Aloha,

Cassie

"I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place within you, which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of Peace. When you are in that place within you and I am in that place within me, WE ARE ONE"

Daily Favorites

Hello lovelies,

I hope you all had an amazing Friday! I know I did! My boyfriend and I celebrated his birthday today in Waikiki, since we are celebrating his REAL birthday with his friends tomorrow! We ate at a pretty good izakaya, which is like a bar that also serves good food! All the food is basically bar food, but Japanese bar food is amazing and is a dining experience in and of itself. Also, the bathroom was phenomenal. I'll probably be blogging about that tomorrow, so stay tuned! If I do decide to blog about the restaurant, I'll also provide a review of the restaurant, in case any of you are interested!

With no further adieu, here are my daily favorites!

Favorite Nature Photo:

(Source: http://r2--d2.tumblr.com/)

I love the colors in this photo! The red and orange in the sky contrast so beautifully with the blue-green water! How gorgeous!

Favorite Workout Find:

Source: pinterest.com

I know the print is hard to read, but the photos are self-explanatory I think! In case you really can't see the print, you do 3 sets of 10 reps for each arm and for each move! I need to work on my arm strength, and these movies are perfect for that. I am going to try to make it harder for myself by doing heavier weights though! 

EDIT 7/12/14: just did this. A LOT harder than I thought it would be! I did use heavier weights for some sets though. I am so glad though; I felt the burn! :)

Favorite Recipe of the Day:

(Source: http://www.yumsugar.com/Argentine-Steak-Recipe-Chimichurri-30778663)

In honor of the World Cup Finals, I decided to post a recipe of Argentinian Steak. This looks so delicious! Perfect for those who love to grill in the summer (who doesn't?). I am not necessarily rooting for Argentina, since my team (go USA!) has already been eliminated. I just thought this Argentinian recipe looked too good not to share! Click here to access the recipe!

Favorite Makeup Product and Tutorial:

(Source: http://harperandharley.com/2014/07/nars-illuminator-makeup)

This is such a gorgeous, fresh-faced look that I want to recreate! The model is wearing the Nars Illuminator in Hot Sand. I now want to run and get this ASAP! The blog entry also details how to apply the illuminator to achieve her look! Click here if you want more details on how to recreate this glowy look.

Favorite Outfit of the Day:

(Source: http://thechrisellefactor.com/2014/07/watercolored-lips/)

I adore Chriselle's outfit so much! That skirt is to D I E for! I love how feminine and girly and daring this look is. I want to recreate this look on my budget! Click here to check out her blog entry!

I hope you enjoyed my favorites, and talk to you all soon!

Aloha,

Cassie

"I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place within you, which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of Peace. When you are in that place within you and I am in that place within me, WE ARE ONE"