Sooo... in the meantime, let's catch up! Expect a lot of new and poorly designed content but with a lot of heart in it <3 As always, thank you for coming to this place.
Meet with you soon!
Cherry~
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As a child I could only imagine what my life would be like as a young adult, only wandering in scenarios of being part of a large corporate and already living by myself in a luxurious condo or discovered by a talent recruiter and travelling the world as a famous artist. Anyways, none of that happened, and there is nothing to worry about, because in this world, everyone has their own time, without having to be absorbed by others expectations of our own lives.
Today about six weeks and three days away from my birthday, life pushed me to a point in which a lot of people my age deal with...I think. Let me give you some context in the form of a list:
1 . Searching for a job
2 . Unsure about life path
3 . Figuring out a life purpose
Sounds so dramatic, but there is no other way to describe how sometimes we feel, without sugar coating or a fancy editing that makes us look flawless as Queen B once sang for us.
Turning 23 is also about reflecting on what you want, money? love? money and love? And if I know what I want, how to get it? Multiple questions come over the surface as we walk one more step into the 24 path fearing we'll reach halfway of the tweenties feeling the same way.
Wish I could tell you how to take the next step out of the questioning but I'm as uncertain as you perhaps. The only thing I can assure you is that hard times give us the tools to grow and overcome them, learning a lot through the progress of understanding who we are at least in the present. Be sure not to fall in a pit of lazyness disguised as self-care, because that line is an easy one to cross and make us feel we are in a parisian movie, when in fact, we are just hiding and avoiding our own growth, so challenge yourself everyday, whether is making your bed or taking a walk outside, courage is within us and we gotta let the world know about it!
If you ever need anyone to listen, here I am, judge free, sending all good vibes right at you <3
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My heritage has given to me specific and
wonderful qualities and also certain biological details that I cannot change,
one of them: OILY SKIN.
Yep!
I am one of the shiniest faces in town and believe me, it is not because of my
killing highlighter or the glassy dewy skin make up provided, noup, it is my
own oily face shining through the day as if there was no tomorrow.
For
this reason I am always on the look for a great face moistureizer that can keep
me hydrated and not add a ton of grease in order to accomplish that, and one
day walking through the aisles of Walmart looking for nothing in particular,
there was a bottle that called my name and without blinking the item was in my
shopping cart, what was it?
Anyways let me tell you how excited I was to find an oil-free
moistureizer + the magical addition of SPF15! Oh well, my dreams were shattered
by the first application. Went on the skin great and I noticed a gorgeous
fragance that reminded me of a fresh summer vacation, until the feeling of a
thick greasy film all over my face was discovered by a glance at the mirror.
Not only it was feeling heavy and greasy, it also left my face looking shiny,
and not the cute dewy shine, just oily!
Not to panic! Maybe it was only the first application and then my skin
will get used to it, and absorb it better. Yeah it never happened, it was
literally like applying a regular sunscreen.
After weeks of trying it all over my body attempting to like it, because
it really promises moisture + sunscreen effect + oil-free qualities! And yet,
none was the best for me, it even made me break out on various parts of my
face. Actually, it is advertised as a moistureizer but, the
bottle directions are merely sunscreen ones, saying you have to apply it 15
minutes before sun exposure and reaply every 2 hours at
least! Am, nope, not this time Neutrogena, how
are we oily skins gonna apply it every two hours and maximize the greasy mess
it left after the first application?
*Thinking it could work as a sunscreen only if you do not have oily
skin*
It was sad, mostly because this brand has been one of the most
affordable and promising that I have ever found, and a lot of their products
have worked for me in the past but, this one is a true pass for me. So, Mexican
Cherry approved? No...not this time, but hey! it might have been only
my sassy face not cooperating and it could really work on yours! Who
knows!
Have you tried it? Was your experience a good one with this product? Tell
me more! Let's share our tips, tricks and adventures! I am eager to know more
about your thoughts on this!
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Photo by: Mexican Cherry
Photo by: Mexican Cherry
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Oh hello there! It has been a while since we meet and I am glad to tell you something unexplainable happened and the future of the blog has gone another way.
*Special thanks for Moose Photos for the gorgeous polish shot*
What? How?
Well, you know when out of nowhere you remember something or get an answer as a mental pop-up? Pretty much like that! and because of self knowledge practiced this year, it has come to Mexican Cherry a way to express one of her passions and a helpful insight that could advice or recommend others that are looking for items or services and want an actual human being that has tried and experienced them.
And the most important part of this is that at least as a customer I have experienced many encounters with reviews, haven't we all? But, it seems the most popular or recent products take over the forums and sometimes it is hard to find a review of a more common item or one that has been on the market for years and might not be trendy now, yet it still is a part of the day to day life.
Another fact that took me in this changing direction was that I realized the amount of products I purchase over the years is a bit out of control and no, believe me, I am definitely not a hoarder~ The reality is that I am like any other 23 year old that sometimes walks through a shop and has this burning curiosity to try on products for the sake of discovering new things. I just love it!
After using them, usually there are recommendations made to accquaintances, and this time I want to be able to share with you my experience and honest review of a variety of items I'm sure you have seen, thought about or have been wanting to try!
Do you have a product you want me to review? An idea of a service, movie, book or even an album to try? No fear and let's do this together, leave your suggestion below. 💗
Come on this journey with me,
Mexican Cherry
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*Special thanks for Moose Photos for the gorgeous polish shot*
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Hello cherries~
As valentine's hit our doors and everything went magical with love, I wondered and sat on a café at 1:00 pm thinking of plenty, but mostly regarding all the writing done in loving yourself for Valentine's day... and a bubble popped in my mind If I had a party for myself...what would the theme be like?
As valentine's hit our doors and everything went magical with love, I wondered and sat on a café at 1:00 pm thinking of plenty, but mostly regarding all the writing done in loving yourself for Valentine's day... and a bubble popped in my mind If I had a party for myself...what would the theme be like?
So here it is, an idea for a party that has that romantic yet not love exclusive theme that we can all enjoy and if you ever wondered how Mexican Cherry would do her parties, this is the way!
I gathered a moodboard that has inspiration images that represent how the salon, plates and even the candy table (cause who doesn't enjoy those?) which could be an excellent way to tell your organizer how you want the event to be done or your own guide to style it that is already landed on a real visual, because, whenever I express some of my wildest dreams about styling I've learned it can always become real through a moodboard, that way you can tell others how your vision goes for real, or put together colors, patterns, food even into a wonderful event.
So, above we have the concept put together that gathers a minimalist natural vintage mood with hints of pink, only hints, and golden that accentuate the greenery and white canvas. In the last image the rose petals represent the color palette to be used for accentuations and touches of color for the utensils, perhaps some candles or even centerpieces of roses.
The moodboard is what I'd suggest already put together, but if you want some more inspiration I found some more ideas that complement the theme above, so you grab and mix them together with your style.
FLOWERS AND CANDY + DESSERT TABLE
EXTRA ACCESSORIES
There are details that can turn an event in a magical one, some of them are just accessories that you may never thought of putting in your revenue or styling with flowers as we can see in the images below. These arrangements are so simple yet so chic and elegant, displaying the romantic concept without a bouquet of a thousand roses so, if you're on a budget, some single flowers and dim lights can complement a white linen tablecloth in the best way.
*If you happen to know the sources of the images, please let me know to credit propperly since these were found on an archive from when you just scroll over thousands and save them to look at them and get inspired*
So, above we have the concept put together that gathers a minimalist natural vintage mood with hints of pink, only hints, and golden that accentuate the greenery and white canvas. In the last image the rose petals represent the color palette to be used for accentuations and touches of color for the utensils, perhaps some candles or even centerpieces of roses.
The moodboard is what I'd suggest already put together, but if you want some more inspiration I found some more ideas that complement the theme above, so you grab and mix them together with your style.
FLOWERS AND CANDY + DESSERT TABLE
Some are explosive and some just minimal and can have three varieties of dessert with no problem without intervening in the concept, the important thing is that you feel enlightened with your party, because as any professional might say or style for you, sometimes your gut tells you the most true to your heart, making it into the party you always wanted.
There are details that can turn an event in a magical one, some of them are just accessories that you may never thought of putting in your revenue or styling with flowers as we can see in the images below. These arrangements are so simple yet so chic and elegant, displaying the romantic concept without a bouquet of a thousand roses so, if you're on a budget, some single flowers and dim lights can complement a white linen tablecloth in the best way.
There you have it! A romantic party concept that you can totally achieve on a budget by using simple bases and adding the extra touch accessorizing. You can even make a candy table decorated with flowers as we see above and that hits to birds with one stone~
Hoping you have an amazing party
Mexican Cherry
*If you happen to know the sources of the images, please let me know to credit propperly since these were found on an archive from when you just scroll over thousands and save them to look at them and get inspired*
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Sometimes people leave marks in your life, somehow there are certain individuals that engrave their certain something on us and the print remains forever, or at least a long period of time. Of course, in my life there have been incidents with some and also lovely encounters that now are a permanent memory that as Voldemort's horcruxes were stained on a specific place or object. Below I present you the more impactful of them:
An oldie but an eternal memory...yes! A friend that now clearly grew up to be another man nicknamed me Smurfy and used to give me these chocolate and marshmallow baked goods every Saturday...wonder if he still remembers this silly thing.
So, Spain...more specifically Barcelona was known to have one individual that loves dark chocolate, singing, dancing and obviously sports, plus the ability to dissapear.
This one is an older one even, and the memory attached is mostly by the sense of smell. This creature smelled so damn nice! Manly actually, but in the good way! The person acused me of stealing it or losing it, but as I remember, he was just sent to a better place~
In a more mundane meaning, this little was passed from girl to girl, you know, faking the sincerity of having something from him...plenty had him since I forgot the existence of the little one but hey! Hope happiness reached him either way.
Oh boy! We reached the weirdest one! Came out from one of those times that you were looking for nothing on Facebook and suddenly an announcement crashes your hope and silly dreams turning them into heartbreak.
Don't be too sad for me! This one is a memory that was more simbolical of the hardships but developed to be the most amazing and rich story ever so, no hard feelings here on this one!
One Valentines you wonder wether he's playing the Jay-Z on you and a sudden cheap as candy you notice in his hands catches your attention. You ask for it and the reaction is none other than a NO that denotes it is something special. You will never know the full story behind that lollipop and in a future it won't really matter but, in that exact moment, it means there is a Becky with the good hair.
The relaxing trip was supposed to fill energy was hit by a tropical storm that never went away. No sunny beach, no sandcastles and no reply to what the thing is going on with you two. Perhaps you cried too much over it, didn't even enjoyed the stay....
You ask: Do you miss me?
He replies: Lool no
That year is a blurry blurry rollercoaster. Between hard as college work to the most stressing period of your so called relationship at the time, you forget all the good things that came up in 2016. We don't wanna remember much. It was THAT hard to overcome.
This one. Sorry but I don't have long hipster wavy hair, mine is straight, so so straight and not even the less messy. Just ain't me. You had to know mine is not that way and now you do.
Howdy! It seems memories that stained were mostly evil and saddening. Not to worry now~ Liberate every single stain and tint of it, now we are free.
This bus...Let's say it is the continuation of the situation in Etta James I'd Rather be Blind, after they walk out together and move to another location, leaving you not even a little blind of what happened.
Video killed the radio star was a song that I enjoyed as a teenager until the individual attached a hole bunch of evil and cringey stuff to it. Wasn't able to listen to it for a long time after that.
Guess the friend that told me those details wasn't exactly helping me at all but in the end it was known by many. The memory was something that messed up the visit to surroundings, never wanting to step into the same place where the stuff happened once.
We get to a happy one. Plenty was done here. It witnessed everything to write it down.
Bonus: A symbolic one that doesn't make me feel anything at all but that meant a lot the past few years.
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This collection of weird, specific and intense memories is an act of liberation, reaching freedom out of bad thoughts, no more negativity from now on! Letting go of these to open up for new and fresher impactful moments that fill my life with the purest love mankind has ever known.
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As we reached the final days of 2017, many thoughts pass through my mind. While playing videogames yesterday and listening to Björk's album Vulnicura, it seemed the old feelings that made me understand the story of it were just an old passage of life, one that is now out of date. This memories marked my life, let's remember 2015 and 2016 got together and punched me in my lowest, leaving me trembling on the floor and sobbing each second, while this year (without a couple of these past few days), was kind and opened the doors of pure happiness again.
I must thank certain individuals for letting me live a life full of joy and excitement, mostly my one and only rock, my 첫사랑 .
Dear,
If you ever read this, I want you to know that you were the only constant this year that I could rely on. Reaching my highest and my lowest, you were always there to support me and cheer on me while I tried to overcome plenty of obstacles. I'll be here for you, always...
Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours
I could say there were characters that played an important role in this years play, and although they are always in my memory, that is what they are now...just a memory. Wish I could change some relationship outcomes but, in the end let's leave the past where it belongs and not base our current behaviour and feelings on it, with a few exceptions of happy memories of course~ It is not about forgetting, it is letting it be, whatever happened has a time and a certain circumstance surrounding the event, and even though we cannot pretend the past doesn't exist (and we shouldn't), we can grow and accept life, because life itself is a wonderful random play that throws weird acts and climaxes infinite times 💕
So, even though 2017 was something to remember and reflex on, this one is going to be a weirder one, since there is not a guideline to tell me where to step, how to go and more important...WHERE?
So, even though 2017 was something to remember and reflex on, this one is going to be a weirder one, since there is not a guideline to tell me where to step, how to go and more important...WHERE?
Let happiness knock on your door and take it down, let it stay and cuddle you to the warmest days ever, not looking back to any bad ~
No matter what happens, guess the only way is forward, but please, stay true to yourself, because this world screams us to be uniform, all the same and just followers. Last year, love taught me a lot. Love yourself, that is the main and most important thing ever...
Just like the moodboard above, my body could grasp love, sexiness, understanding, freedom...I worked plenty and never stopped for a day last year. Every single day I woke up wanting to live. A lot of those locks that were stopping me from having a wonderful romance story were faced, a lot of restrains were burned to never come back, a lot of tears was no longer in the daily roll up that contained life.
Just like the moodboard above, my body could grasp love, sexiness, understanding, freedom...I worked plenty and never stopped for a day last year. Every single day I woke up wanting to live. A lot of those locks that were stopping me from having a wonderful romance story were faced, a lot of restrains were burned to never come back, a lot of tears was no longer in the daily roll up that contained life.
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Saturday mornings can be two ways, either a lovely one with coffee and your favorite breakfast while netflix on the screen or the one I had today, late and worrying about the future and the present choices that take me further away from a better life. You see, it is scary to face the day when you have to search from 20,000 job offers that are not even meant for your field and expect someone to like you enough and call back.
How's health? Bad, bad choices were made. The Whole 30 beginning was messed up and well, they say there are no chances so, gotta start from the very first day again.At least the flu is now out of my system! Hooray for that! Guess the Nutella will take a bit longer to do so...
Haircut day too, because why not? Besides the only one to judge me for real might be my boyfriend if I ever get a bad haircut and hopefully this time he likes it as much as I think I do. And huge thanks to him for showing me this:
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| Watched a few with him and I became obsessed, plot is amazing, everything is on point! |
Moisturizing? Ehem, let's say it is definitely improving but still not at its best, the weather has been cold as ever and truly, after a midnight shower, all I wanna do is get dressed and cuddle my ten thousand covers to get warm so, an apology to my skin for suffering dehydration on the past week.
Organization? Laundry days kill my system, ok no, I don't really have a system but, every single time there is fresh laundry my energy goes down and I simply postpone the folding and arranging of the clothes until it is really needed. Sunday will be the day. I promise.
Logging off for the day to do the last chores of this lovely and incredibly lazy Saturday~
Until another time
Mexican Cherry
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After watching Rachel Nguyen's WHAT I EAT IN A WEEK video, my mind started to wander on dieting, yes, I diet sometimes but every single one there is a point in which I comply to others, wether is an outing with friends or my mother's favorite recipe, falling off track is pretty easy. Today, after a tiny binge on Nutella spreaded on white bread an alarm popped and told me it was time to reset.
Job hunting, exercising, worrying over the future seems like enough already, but Rachel made it look so pretty and elegant to reset yourself and eat clean, just giving the body good food for only 30 days.
Researching, it seems pretty easy, the program has it's on website "Whole 30", where they explain everything beforehand and here you can check the banned food: Download Whole 30 official rules.
So hey! Time to go ahead and work hard for myself only, hoping I'm strong enough to order green tea instead of a nice hot chocolate, but I do want to clean my body and see what this healthy clean changes do for my overall health. Sure, it will be hard, but in the end WORTH IT! Besides, one of the rules is to stay off the scale so, today I weighed myself and it will be the last time until 30 days pass.
Wish me luck
Until another time
Mexican Cherry
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The title of this post might sound daring and way bold, while for me, as an International Relations graduate, is actually a part of reality and just an advice towards the rest of the IR community.
Disclaimer: This is definitely not directed towards the UN itself or any of it's activities. I respect it for what it is. Consider this post as an advice or suggestion for our fellow colleagues and others to perceive this field in a broader sight.
When I entered college, there was this group of people that displayed their reasons to study International Relations and their expectations for the future, and everyone kinda said something about traveling around the world. As fancy and tempting this sounds, the IR field has no limits. Yes! No limits!
Then, as our student journey kept going forward, most teachers would ask if we saw what the UN (insert assembly) was about, or if we would like to do a model an debate international topics. It always seemed to me that others think about consulates, diplomatic missions and finally the UN.
Yes, it would be a great opportunity to be able to participate within the UN activities, although to my perspective, teachers and students are missing the big picture... As much as we love international organisms and the massive meaning of them, my colleagues often forget that our field is composed by different scenarios, and we have the local, national, international all interacting with each other. Whatever is done in an international way, affects us locally. Don't believe me? Think about how most of us have an imported item in the household, or about the music and movies, series, books, art...etc, that we have or has influenced our daily life.
Everything is involved in an international performance, which is why dear colleagues, we can aspire to work in plenty spheres, not only the diplomatic way or the international organism is available. Dear colleagues, the world is ours! We can dream of anything! From yes, makeup, art, politics and even design, we can do it! It obviously depends on each individual but please, do not let yourselves fool that there is only one accepted way for us. This world offers more than you'd think.
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Life takes us on changes all the time, wether it's changing our hair colour, transitioning from spring to winter clothes and of course, there is the ultimate change we all must face:WORK.
As a kid, work seems like a fantasy, everyone makes money, everyone is happy attending at 7 am and everyone is a CEO. As you grow older and realize life is diversity and not at all static and smiling working people on stock images:
It hits you, you can be anything you want and however you want, but not really, multiple factors alter your own desires and aspirations, but we'll to discuss that in another post to get to the center of the magical issue. This specific sentence was pronnounced by my lips when my mother asked me:
How does it feel to be a working lady now?
My instant reaction was an awful face and the only words I could spoke were:
Work does NOT define me
Perhaps it sounds a bit rude, but believe me, the fact that you now work for a company, organization or anything alike, does not change who you are, maybe there are some changes, which is normal, from the schedule to what your activities are, but the person you are before entering the job remains. As my mother asked that, my heart fell. It could only feel a little bit of sadness for the fact that people expect that from you, that you become a bussiness woman once you enter the "ADULT WORLD".
Did i change? Well, now I'm more tired and I have had a hard time adjusting to my schedule. After the gym I can barely open a book and focus on learning new theories or investigating, but that also happened when I entered college and changes were made because of my personal decisions, not the institution or the learning experience.
A job should be an addition to your person, even if you love it and breathe for it, without it there should not be an empty girl, because with and without the job I am a full 100% human that has herself very clearly, and no job, payment, institution or meeting will ever change the fact that I can live without it, I can be anything I want and I do NOT need a job or a title to be myself.
The question was perhaps directed to the growing child she still perceives, but at the same time it contains a lot of expectation from just doing another activity, working or not, I'm still awesome! Still myself, and the working girl concept, as magical an empowering it is, it also pressures a lifestyle that might not be as flexible as we think, pushing people out of their tracks expecting something out of them that doesn't necessarily has to be the "best".
So, if you're ever in a situation in which WORK seems the only defining aspect of your life, let that feeling go away with the wind or maybe you can even blow the feeling far far away too cause no matter what, do not let anyone define you over anything!
Until another time
Mexican Cherry
So, if you're ever in a situation in which WORK seems the only defining aspect of your life, let that feeling go away with the wind or maybe you can even blow the feeling far far away too cause no matter what, do not let anyone define you over anything!
Until another time
Mexican Cherry
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