Mexican Cherry

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?

You can buy it (or find it) HERE!

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

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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?

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

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.

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.

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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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?

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.

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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.