Pink Flowers and Rosy Cheeks

Sunday has turned out to be a great day 🙂 Most of the day was spent inside…staying away from the strange weather patterns and gettin’ some work done.

While inside, I enjoyed some of the recent additions to our apartment.  Yesterday afternoon, Ian and I picked up some flowers that were dyed pink…and I put them in a small little vase to brighten up our bathroom.  I just love them.

My day did include one short, but worthwhile trip outside to Sephora to pick up some new make-up.  I recently ran out of my usual foundation and mascara and was in need of some more of “the goods.”  Lately, in the city, it has been so hot that I actually skip the foundation step anyway because it will just drip down my face by the time I get to the subway.  I don’t know if it is the humidity – but I have been loving the  “dewy” look lately — and wanted to invest in some lighter makeup that could stand up to the heat, plus give a “glowy” look.

Laura Mercier Tinted illuminating foundation with spf 20. – this is my first time trying this one!

Tarte – Natural cheek stain in Tipsy.  This is essentially a cream blush – it can also be used on lips!

The picture of me is just with a little of the white Nars illuminator – I will update with how these new products work!

(Side note: For anyone interested the Nars Blush trio is on sale for $55 right now at Sephora. It contains 3 of my favorites in one. Orgasm blush, Laguna Bronzer, and the white illuminator. I think this is a great deal for a great product – esp. because this will probably last me a very long time and one of their blushes is usually close to $30)

And that is some of my Sunday 🙂

Sunday Funday

I’m still torn on my feelings about Sundays.  I love waking up and having this one last day of the weekend, but I also hate it because Monday is right around the corner.  I just need to keep myself from thinking about that and enjoy the day in the present.

Thankfully – Today’s plans are something to be excited about!

But first, I wanted to give a quick re-cap of yesterday and post the treadmill workout intervals I was talking about. I’m still so slow with my computer so it took me awhile to figure out excel, even though I know this is practically a job requirement nowadays.  So my interval workout yesterday looked like this:

My total distance ended up being a little over 4 miles.  Not bad! I followed this up with some assisted pull-ups and tricep dips. Then – tried out this great circuit from the girls at Tone it Up!

I started out doing this workout with 8 pound weights and found that it was too challenging for the shoulder moves, so I switched to 5 for that part.  I strongly suggest checking out Tone it Up!! They really play off the whole California girl beach vibe, esp. during the summer, but don’t be fooled by appearances, these girls know what they are talking about and have some seriously great workouts.  I find myself doing one of their workouts at least once a week AT HOME – which I’ve never really been into before until I saw them.  I also picked up tons of ideas for the gym.

Now…onto plans for today!

We will be celebrating Ian’s soon-to-be birthday! His birthday falls on a weekday so a group of friends are getting together for brunch this morning/afternoon on the lower east side.  We will be trying out a place called Yuca Bar.  The weather outside has been beautiful all weekend too which is perfect! I have learned to never take a sunny day for granted in this city!

Lovin’ summer in the city!

Hope you enjoy your Sundays as well 🙂