Today is officially the last day of the year 2011 and as frequently it went really quickly. This year, 2011 I had my little staircase of going up and down. Turning 21 years old, get my full G licence, getting featured on a magazine and etc. However, this year it differed in many ways. For instances, when I took a look at my memory lane I feel as if more confident and strong from where I started on the year 2011. Furthermore, I am extremely delighted to have this encouraging energy going into another brand new year, 2012. In 2011 has been another year, which went by so quickly. It just feels like it all started by sadly we are already at the end. This year, I have learned many life lessons that I am praying to keep with me for my future. So that, I don’t ever that those route of danger again in my life. This year I literally learned that just being smart at school isn’t good enough to succeed in this world. For what I have learned I can officially confirm that my parents and teachers were telling the truth when they said that the outside world is a deathly and dangerous place. I have never felt so depressed and sad about my actions, but somehow I am glad that the things that happened to me did happen. Since it was like an awake up call telling me to wake up from dreaming of a perfect world. Instead I got to learn to trust myself and believe in the power within. I am hoping that this year’s ups and downs will lead me to a better future in the years to come. As always school did bring out some harsh moments, but now it’s all over and I am on winter break. Also, this year brought me much positive energy with all the social work, volunteering experience has given me. With that quick note of reality around each human being, just like myself this year has giving me a huge positive self accomplishment with the start of my blog. The main focal point of this year revolves around the fact that I officially started my very own blog, My Lyfe ; My Story and stood by it for 365 days. This in fact is a huge record breaker for me since I usually end up giving up or quitting. In view of the fact that, I decided to create a blog just to share my ideas, hope, dreams and my obsessions about fashion, beauty and everything around the world. Plus, on that day I never imagine that I would be here, where I am today. I created my first ever blog post on January, 1 2011 and for that day onwards it has reached many height that even I never imagined. I would have never imagined having my name published on an online magazine or even an online store. Moreover, I even created a twitter account after so many requests and right now with many readers quests I am struggling to decide on whether to start a facebook page or a youtube channel.  All of this success I have succeeded is because of all the support from my family, online blog friends, readers and followers. Thank you so much for all your support and encouragements, it literally means the world to me.

I really hope "my thoughts" help and wish you all the best.

Much love,

Harija Ravi

Pathway to Opportunities

I am back! Well, if you follow me on twitter, I recently mentioned that I will away from blogging for a week during my one week vacation to Montreal, Quebec.

During my eight hours bus, I realized something and suddenly it inspired me to write another journal.This inspirational journal is based on the life and it's journey.

Handbags!! I am a huge sucker for purses I need to have one with me everyday and I know many you would agree that it’s get hectic when it’s time to change bags to match the outfit. I rarely make these changes it’s pretty hectic. Since I carry lots of items in my purse (check out my What’s in my purse tag). It’s expensive to purchase several new handbags every year and not always feasible. Well, if you are a hater like me for the bag switcher or hate the high prices. Then look no further, a company called Miche bags is here to rescue all of us! Also, if you are interested in Miche’s amazing https://www.michebag.ca/pages/home_parties work from home opportunities, check out their website at www.michebag.ca, which is pretty amazing!

Miche offers a enormous line of handbags that consist of an inner base bag along with an outer shell.  The outer shell is interchangeable. So you can easily change the complete look of your bag on a whim, lacking buying an entirely new bag. The bags come in 4 different styles.  The Classic,Prima, Petite Base and Demi.  These four base bag options differ in shape and size. Picking a base bag and trying to find an outer shell is literally a fun process! Each base bag comes with a huge variety of shells. Basically pick and choose out the ones you like and they quickly fit over your base for an instantaneous transform.  No changing the filling of your bag or intricate zipping. There is a magnetized flap at the top of the shell that just flips over the edge of your base to hold it in place. It’s a simple and sweet process.



Before the review, here is a quick peek into the Miche Package and a quicklook into the “Prima Base Bag”


The package was well packed and I received faster than I accepted. Also, the “Prima Base Bag” has tons of pockets plus it also has a unique leather base. Also, the straps are really strong and safe (which means I don’t need to fear about it ripping). Plus, it have a huge space so more space for my things.

Now here’s my review on the “Rihanna Prima Bag” and “Rosalyn Prima Bag”.







 The Petite Bag…
Bag dimensions: 4"(wide) x 8"(long) x 6"(tall). Features one small open elasticized pocket. The handle that comes with the bag is 20"long and 1/2" wide with an 11.5" handle drop.

Width	4"
Length	8"
Height	6"
Weight	0.4lbs (bag only)
Shell	Credit card safe Magnetic

Hey guys,
Today I am officially done my exams and so I decided to do a quick post =) It's been a while since I did a tag, plus since this is the holiday season I found an interesting tag called the "Holiday Tag". So, for this tag there are ten specific questions that you have to answer and all of the ten questions revolves around the theme holiday.

1) Which Holiday do you celebrate?
Mainly I only celebrate "New Years". Plus, on Christmas day I just want to stay home all snuggled up in my warm blanket, with a hot cup of hot white chocolate peppermint mocha and watch some TV special.  However, when I was younger during the age of eight I did enjoy the excitement of Christmas and Santa Claus, but as I got older it all changed.

2) What are you doing for the holidays this year?
This year for the holidays, I am will be going on a small on-week trip to Montreal with my sister to spend time with one of my aunt and uncle. Other than that I will be staying home and catch up with some sleep. 

 3) Favorite Holiday Drink?
My favourite drink for this season is Peppermint Hot Cocoa with White Chocolate from Starbucks. 

4) Candy cane or Gingerbread men?
Gingerbread men! Since I am banned from eating any hard candy due to my braces. 

5) Favorite Holiday/Christmas song?
My favourite Holiday song is "Shake It Up!" by Train.

6) Weirdest gift you have received?
The weirdest gift that I ever received was the time when I got a dictionary from a loved one. I literally had no idea on how to act. 

7) Have you ever made a snowman?
Yes, I try my best to make one every year with my family.

8) Favorite winter fragrance?
I don't go out and buy any specific holiday perfume however, if I have to pick someone it would be the winter fragrance peppermint body spray from Bath & Body Works. 


9) What is at the top of your list this Christmas?
Right now, all I want for Christmas this year is sleep and tons of it.


10) What is most important to you about the Holidays?
The most important thing to me about Holidays is the time people get to share with their loved ones. After the long months of school and work, it good to take some time off for ourselves to relax and rest.


Now I have decided to tag all the fellow readers to do this tag and it would be nice to see how your holiday season are.

Hope you all have a great time with this tag and have a great week!
Enjoy your holidays =)
Harija R

The style I received to review was the European Beaded Bracelets. All their bracelets are beautiful, and I had a very hard time choosing which bracelet I wanted to write my review on.

Here is some information about the “European Beaded Bracelets” from the website:
 “The charms are made of European style beads, silver plated brass, lead free pewter, and glass. They’re assembled in the USA and the pewter beads are made in the USA. One end of the bracelet screws off, so you can add charms from Charm Factory’s European style beads, or you can remove a few charms. The bracelet also locks with a heart toggle.
 At Charm Factory, you can get the look of the more expensive European style bracelets like Pandora, Chamilia, Biagi, Troll and more with their new silver tone Luv Link beads, Murano glass beads and bracelets. You can put together your own bracelet at a fraction of the cost to create your own unique style. Prices start at $14.99 for any of Charm Factory’s European Style Bracelets.”

This post is going be DIY project/Revamp.

Tomorrow is the first day of December!! And who else is excited??? (other than me)

Since, it's time for the holidays and I know that many of you are already started shopping for your Christmas gifts. So i guess this the best time to do a product review. The products that I would be reviewing today are from ToFebruary.com. (I just recently had an opportunity to do an interview with Cara and also, I did a "quick peek" post too).
 
ToFebruary.com is Asian inspired fashion, jewelries, accessories, and drama collectibles. The company is an Asian  
United States based online store specializing in Asian inspired fashion, jewelries, accessories, and drama collectibles. Moreover, they do ship internationally!inspired fashion, jewelries, accessories, and drama collectibles. They have a great variety of Dresses, tops, outerwear, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, cellphone charms, drama collectibles, press on nails, hair accessories and etc.

Here is some information about the site :
Welcome to ToFebruary.com, an online store specializing in bringing you Asia's uniquely cute and colorful fashion, jewelries, and accessories. All items sold here come from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or China and many selling products are featured in Asian Inspired Fashion magazines such as Japan's hit fashion magazine, ViVi. Here at ToFebruary.com, we value each and every one of our customers and strive to make every transaction a fast, successful, and most of all, happy one!

I just love the site and many items from the site caught my attention and they are all hard to resist. Plus, I gave a small hint to each of family members that I want to get some items from ToFebruary.com (hopefully they were all pay attention to me) 

The necklaces are all so adorable yet stylish in their own unique ways.  Absolutely amazing, it truly makes the perfect gift and definitely will be shopping on this website for my Christmas shopping!!

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	Check out the website "ToFebruary"  Also, Check out: ToFebruary's YouTube Channel for raffles and contests. Twitter for instant updates. Facebook for updates become friends. Like them on Facebook! Also, for outfit of the day look check out Cara's blog So, spread the word to your friends, tell their friends and tell their friends’ friends about this wonderful offer. Have fun shopping for the special occasions! Also, I hope all of you have a fantastic day! Harija R Disclaimer: I received the product from  ToFebruary.com  for review purposes. The opinions expressed in my review are honest and my own, based on my personal experiences with the product.

It's almost time for the holidays and I know that many of you are already started shopping for your Christmas gifts, unless your like me (a last minute shoppers).

Well, during the end of summer break I was recently giving the opportunity by ToFebruary to do a product review for the company. Finally, after a few months of trail, I would love to confirm that I have officially fallen in love with the website. There are some amazing selection from clothes to unique jewelleries! Ever since I feel in love with the website, I decided to do a interview with Cara, the founder of ToFebruary.

Quick description about ToFebruary from the website:

"Welcome to ToFebruary.com, an online store specializing in bringing you Asia's uniquely cute and colorful fashion, jewelries, and accessories. All items sold here come from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or China and many selling products are featured in Asian Inspired Fashion magazines such as Japan's hit fashion magazine, ViVi. Here at ToFebruary, we value each and every one of our customers and strive to make every transaction a fast, successful, and most of all, happy one!"

Cara founder of ToFebruary