2014 03 20 TRADITIONAL KOREAN TEA CALLED YUJACHA FOUND IN MY ASIAN GROCERY STORE

EVER SINCE I GOT BACK FROM MY ASIA TRIP, I'VE BEEN EXPLORING THE ASIAN FOOD STORES AND THE ETHNIC AISLES IN GROCERY STORES A BIT MORE CLOSELY.  MY TASTE BUDS ARE INTRIGUED!  SEEING AND TASTING FOOD FROM ABROAD HAS SPARKED MY INTEREST IN DISCOVERING WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR LOCAL GROCERY STORES. 

ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO KOREA (.....YET),  MY LATEST OBSESSION WITH THE KOREAN CULTURE HAS SENT ME EYEING ON THIS PRODUCT EVER SINCE MY LAST NEW YORK TRIP AT HMART AND ALSO TO FIND MORE ABOUT TRADITIONAL KOREAN TEA. THANK GOODNESS THE ORLANDO ASIAN GROCERY STORES CARRIES THIS.  

TO DRINK, SCOOP A SPOON FULL AND POUR HOT WATER TO DISSOLVE.
I AM A HUGE FAN OF HOT WATER WITH LEMON.  YOU GET THE VITAMIN C AND ALL THE MYSTERIOUS BENEFITS OF DRINKING HOT/WARM WATER.  PLUS, NO SUGAR = NO CALORIES.ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS HAS FRUCTOSE.  SO, I AM THINKING NOT TO OVERDOSE ON THIS!

IT LOOKS LIKE JAM OR MARMALADE EXCEPT THAT IT IS A BIT MORE ON THE SYRUP SIDE.  MAKES ME WANT TO TOAST A BREAD AND THROW SOME ON IT.  BASICALLY, IT HAS THIN SLICES OF CITRON PEEL IN IT TO EAT IF YOU WANT TO ABSORB ALL THE NUTRIENTS.  IT TASTES LIKE A REALLY SWEET VERSION OF HONEY AND LEMON WITH A HINT OF CITRUS PUNCH (IN MY OPINION).  TASTES LIKE A REALLY SWEET FRUIT TEA, WITHOUT THE TEA.
OF COURSE THE SWEETNESS CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU PUT IN TO DISSOLVE.

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FOUND OUT THAT TRADITIONAL KOREAN TEA IS CALLED: YUJACHA.  

TRADITIONAL KOREAN TEA MADE FROM THE CITRON FRUIT OR YUJA.

SUPPOSEDLY ORIGINATED FROM CHINA BUT MADE IT'S WAY TO KOREA AND JAPAN.
IT IS A KNOWN REMEDY FOR COLDS AND FLU.
USE TO BE USED AS A NATURAL REMEDY FOR SKIN IRRITATIONS.  
IT CARRIES 3 TIMES MORE VITAMIN C THAN A LEMON.
REJUVENATES MATURING SKIN
ACTIVATES CELL AND FAT BURNING EFFECT.

LOOK IT UP, IT DOES THE BODY AND SKIN REAL GOOOOOD.

2013 06 19 ORLANDO KOREAN GROCERY STORE WOO SUNG FOOD MART

Woo Sung Oriental Food Mart

5079 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL 32810

(407) 295-4077

KOREAN GROCERY STORE IN ORLANDO!  I'M SURE THERE ARE A FAIR AMOUNT HERE BUT  I MADE IT AN AGENDA TO DROP BY THIS ONE AND EXPLORE!  I'VE ALWAYS PASSED BY THIS GOING TO CREW PRACTICE ON LEE ROAD BUT NEVER MADE ANY ATTEMPTS TO GO IN.  IT IS RANDOMLY PLACED IN THIS BARE SHOPPING CENTER, SO IT HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN ENTICING TO DRIVE INTO. BUT RECENTLY THE INCREASE IN CURIOSITY WITH THE KOREAN CULTURE HAS MADE ME EXPLORE.

5079 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL 32810
(407) 295-4077

OFF EXPLORING I GO !

COLORFUL, NEAT, SETTINGS.  THEIR PRODUCT PLACEMENT IS QUITE UNUSUAL.

DID NOT GET MUCH. BUT SNACKS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED FOR THE ROAD. CHOMP!  IT TASTED LIKE AN OTHER SHRIMP CHIP, BUT ON THE THICKER SIDE.

2013 03 31 KPOP INSPIRED GLITTER EYE MAKE UP

THANKS TO KW, I HAVE INVESTED ENERGY TO KPOP. KOREAN POP MUSIC THAT IS.......  I HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE KOREAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.  ONLY IN THE BACK OF MY MIND KNOW THAT THERE IS A HUGE POPULATION OF KOREAN AMERICAN DANCERS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.  

DOING RANDOM SEARCHES ON YOUTUBE LEAD TO MY CURRENT FAVORITE KPOP GROUP, GIRL GENERATION AKA SNSD.  THEIR GLITTERY EYE MAKEUP IN THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS IS EYE CATCHING.  HECK,YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE EYE GLITTER IN THEIR CONCERTS FROM MILES AWAY. I LIKE HOW THE LOOK IS A SETTLE AND NATURAL SPARKLE GLITTER.  NOTHING OVER THE TOP BUT YET A SETTLE ENTICING GLIMMER. EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN HERE ARE ALWAYS ON EYE LIDS.

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AND NOW I'M HOOKED.  IT ONLY TOOK ME A FEW GLANCES TO BECOME OBSESSED WITH FINDING MAKE UP THAT CAN PRODUCE THE SAME LOOK.  I DON'T WEAR MAKE UP AT ALL BUT HAVE MY COLLECTION OF ITEMS OVER THE YEARS JUST TO PLAY WITH FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T NORMALLY USE IT HENCE HAD NO CLUE WHERE TO LOOK.  

THROUGH OTHER BLOGS AND YOUTUBE I FOUND SOME NOTING THAT LIQUID GLITTER EYELINER WORKS.  THERE WAS ONE SITE THAT POINTED OUT THAT YOU CAN RE-CREATE THIS LOOK BY USING URBAN DECAY'S 24/7 COLOR CALLED EL DORADO.  IT WAS A BIG WHOPPING $18 FOR THIS LIQUID LINER.   I FOUND A SITE THAT GAVE THE PERFECT SAMPLE COLOR PALETTE ON SKIN(WWW.TEMPTALIA.COM). 

WITH THIS INFORMATION.  I WAS ON THE HUNT FOR GOLD SHIMMER!  ULTA WAS NEARBY AND UPON EXPLORING, I ALSO FOUND SIMILAR PRODUCT WITH THE NYX BRAND!  I WAS STOKED BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSE TO ONLY $5.  INITIALLY I PURCHASED 2 FROM NYX (CRYSTAL GOLD AND CRYSTAL SILK).  ALTHOUGH I DID NOT BUY THE ONE FROM URBAN DECAY, I DID SAMPLE SOME ON MY HAND AND NOTICE THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, URBAN DECAY LASTS LONGER.  IT LASTED A FEW DAYS WITHOUT ME SCRUBBING IT OFF WITH A BRILLO PAD.  AND THE NYX ONE PEELED OFF WITHIN THE SAME DAY.  IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SHEDDING A STRIP OF GLITTER OFF MY SKIN.  




THE ONE FROM URBAN DECAY LAST LONGER.  IT SHOULD, IF THE RETAIL PRICE IS AROUND $18.  IT COVERS THE SKIN WELL, LEAVING NO EMPTY SPOTS REVEALING THE SKIN.  I THINK OF IT AS MORE OF A METALLIC SHIMMER.

THE ONE BY NYX HAS LARGER GLITTERS AND COVERS LESS AREAS OF THE SKIN WHEN APPLIED.  IT ALSO DOES NOT LAST THROUGH OUT THE DAY.AND THE THICKER APPLICATIONS CAUSES IT TO PEEL/SHED.  BEING THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE NYX ONE DUE TO THE PRICE, I ACTUALLY APPLIED IT UNDER MY EYE AREAS AND THE GLITTERS EASILY GOT IN MY EYES.  IT STINGS!   I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE EYELINER.  DID NOT PUT ANY ON MY EYE LIDS.  I FOUND THE BEST WAY TO APPLY IS TO HOLD THE BRUSH PARALLEL UNDER YOUR EYES AND LIGHTLY STAMP THE GLITTERS INSTEAD OF SWEEPING THE IT ACROSS YOUR SKIN.  THIS WAY, IT GIVES A CONSISTENT DEFINED SPOT OF SHIMMER INSTEAD OF HAVING THE GLITTER SPREAD OUT ACROSS YOUR SKIN.

A FEW ROUNDS OF VISITS TO ULTA WAS NECESSARY SINCE THEY WERE HAVING A 40% OFF NYX PROMOTION UNTIL 4/19/13!  WHAT A COINCIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A SALE GOING ON DURING MY OBSESSIVE GOLD GLITTER HUNT!  IT WAS ALMOST LIKE GOLD SHIMMER WAS CALLING FOR MY PURCHASE WITH AN ENTICING SALE!





UPON WANDERING TARGET ONE DAY, I ALSO FOUND GLITTER EYELINER FROM ELF FOR ONLY $1.  IT DIDN'T HURT TO SPARE A DOLLAR TO THROW IN MY GOLD GLITTER COLLECTION.  THE LIQUID EYELINER FROM ELF HAS LARGER GLITTERS AND THE COLOR IS MORE OF A DARKER GOLD COMPARED WITH THE NYX THAT I BOUGHT.  THE BRUSH IS LARGER AS WELL, BUT THE COMBINATION OF THICKER BRUSH AND THICKER GLITTER AND GEL CAUSES IT TO BE A LITTLE SLOPPY WHEN APPLYING. (BUT.....I STILL LIKE THE PRICE).  OVERALL, THE ELF PRODUCTS ARE ON THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE.  

 

 

E.L.F WEBSITE

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)

ELF ESSENTIAL LIQUID EYELINER  #4210/COPPER  $1

NYX   GLAM  SHADOW STICK #GSS12 PINK RUBY       $2.69 (AFTER 40% DISCOUNT)

NYX   GLAM  SHADOW STICK #GSS09 24 KARAT          $2.69 (AFTER 40% DISCOUNT)

NYX   GLAM  LIQUID CRYSTAL LINER  #LCL101 CRYSTAL GOLD $4.49 (B4 DISCOUNT)

NYX   GLAM  LIQUID CRYSTAL LINER  #LCL104 CRYSTAL SILK    $4.49 (B4 DISCOUNT)

NYX   GLAM  SLIM EYE PENCIL  #933 GOLD SHIMMER  $2.09 (AFTER 40% DISCOUNT)