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Harija Ravi
Today is the last day of January 2013, this year my "New Years Resolution" is similar to last year. However, this year, I am more concentrated in school and creating myself a health lifestyle. By now, (if you follow me on twitter) you would have already known that I spend around three to four hours per a week in the gym. But sadly, my weight has never changed, since I never created myself a healthy diet. So, this year I have committed myself to create a better healthy lifestyle. For the last thirty days, I have created and reformed myself a new healthy diet. I wouldn't actually call this a diet, but just a simple changing some of my regular food items into healthy choices, for instances rather than eating chips I started to snack on dried seaweed. This post is part of my new healthy diet, however this is actually a treat to control my sweet tooth.

This is a quick and simple smoothie, this is what I usually drink in the morning. It's definitely healthy and the best part is that I won't be hungry for six hours, since the avocado fulls me up.

Avocado is fruit that contains around 140 calories with 14 gram of fat per an average sized avocado. However, even with all assumptions, it’s still one of the best fruits to eat. Since avocado is good for your heart and it lowers cholesterol. Also, avocados make you feel full due to the fibre contained within it and finally, it tastes amazing too. (learned all the information from my high school teacher).
Tools:
 1 Avocado
1 Tea spoon of sugar
Milk (you can put as much as you prefer)
Knife  (to cut the avocado and if you are below sixteen 
I would recommend you to ask the adult of your house hold to help you)
Blender (any one is good - I use my magic bullet)

Directions:
1) Cut the avocado, remove the seed inside it and then place it into a clean blender.
2) Add the sugar in.
3) The add the milk in slowly.
4) Finally, seal the cap and blend the smoothies.
Finally, put it into a clean and serve.
Also, if you want to check out my past posts by click on the highlighted letter.

It's an all fresh healthy smoothie and if you like these types of posts be
free to let me know and I will get on it as soon as possible.

Enjoy and take care!
 
With lots of love,
Harija R
By Harija
The weather has once again has started to play tricks on people. Last week, I was outside cleaning the garage. Then during the week my classes were cancelled due to the extremely cold alert. Yesterday there was a huge snow storm, which caused an eighty-pile up collision on 401. However, today the weather is -4 Celsius and next week it will be heating up. Overall, the weather is going through a roller-coaster and sadly, even if I want to get out of the ride: I am not able to. So, with that entire thing in mind, today I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather, by wearing some black pumps.





Now Wearing:
Leggings with Rose Printed Patterns - c/o Chicnova 
 Concise Scoop Neck Loose-Fitting Long Sleeves Black Cotton Blend T-Shirt - c/o SammyDress
Necklace in Silver & Hoops Earrings - (similar Here)
Silver Retro Punk Bracelets- c/o AMiniDeal
Vintage Open Design Engraved Spike Bracelet - c/o Chicnova 
  Western Style Buckle Matte Pumps-  c/o LovelyWholeSale

For this post, I teamed up with a few companies: Chicnova, SammyDress, AMiniDeal and LovelyWholeSale. Many of you have heard about these companies in my last few posts last year: Chicnova (These Days & Spring In January), SammyDress (Promotions), AMiniDeal (Special Offer) and LovelyWholeSale (My Winter Fashion Basics).  At this time, I would like to thank all these companies for collaborating with me for this post. 



Also, I would love to thank you all for your support and in addition for all the beautiful comments.


Well, I would love to know how you weather is (where ever you are resided in)?

Other than that, hope you all have an amazing weekend.
Take care and stay warm.
Cheers,
Harija Ravi
 
By Harija
(Quick little post)

Recently, I have been extremely busy with the new semester and I am trying to create a good schedule to fit things in their right places. It's definitely taking more work than I ever expected. As I promised on twitter I am back with another post for today and it's a Now Wearing. Since this is one of the most request post for the year 2013. I really wasn't expecting so many emails from you all asking me to do more fashion, outfit related post. It really did come to me as a huge surprise, because I rarely dress-up to school. However, today even with all the bad weather, I still felt energizer and therefore I ended up taking photos of what I wore to school today. This look is definitely a casual and simple look, plus it's extremely comfortable. And if case your wondering on why I was delaying these post is because with my family's help I was able to change a small portion of my basement into my little photo-shoot area. Now, I literally have everything set up, with lights and for now I was only able to create a white background. Hopefully, it all turns out good in the upcoming posts. 


Now Wearing:
Black Jeans - H&M
Loose Bat-wing Short Sleeves T-Shirt - c/o Chicnova
Key and Number Necklace in Silver - c/o ToFebruary
Hoops Earrings - (similar Here)
Silver Bracelets - (similar Here)
  Swiss Gear Watch - Gift by my Dad
Black Boots -  (similar here)

This photo was taken by me.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week!
 Enjoy!





-Harija Ravi
  
By Harija
('A Night To Remember' - prom is one of my favourite memories in high school)

Prom season is just around the corner and I know that many of you are extremely stressed about high school exams and university acceptances. I know this time of year is extremely difficult on all the students and trust me I know how it feels. Getting through high school seems like an easy process and it is however, when it's time for the end of the semester exams is when all the students panic. Especially of you are in grade twelve, where your average is extremely crucial, so that you can get into a university/college to continue your studies. So, during this harass time of stress, I would like to remind you all about prom. "Prom (short for promenade) is a formal (black tie) dance or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year (i.e., the last year of high school). It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students" (copied & pasted from Wikipedia). From yesterday post, many of you already know that I have collaborated with Ms Dressy for a giveaway. (If you haven't already seen that post, click here and good luck). Also, the lovely representative of Ms Dressy contacted me to do a review on one of their dresses. I received this email during my exams week last year, and trust me this email boosted up my confidence even more and surprisingly I received the package during the first week of January. It was definitely a treat to come home after the fist day of lectures and to see a big package on in the family room.

From Ms Dressy I choose the "Sheath/Column One Shoulder Short/Mini Satin Popular Prom Dress with Beading (JPROM364)" in Fuchsia, Satin. For this post, I wasn't able to model the dress, so I used my sister to model the dress. Many of you would have seen her in my previous posts from last year. 

 This particular dress is extremely cool, it have a satin layer dress form inside and over that there is a mesh material fully covering the whole dress, giving the dress a glam look.
It's a one shoulder dress with a gem detailing on the waist line and the shoulder strap.
 The satin material inside is formed in a sweet heart neckline detailing.
 Full view of the dress.
Overall, the dress looks stunning and I love the final outcome of it. Plus, for those of you who are stressing about what to where to prom you should definitely check out MsDressy.com. 
Also, in-case your interested yesterday I posted a giveaway hosted by Ms Dressy. 
(If you haven't already seen that post, click here and good luck).
 Also, as always thank you so much for all your lovely comments and support! 
 
I really appreciate it! 
Thank you!

(These photos were taken by my brother and the model is my sister)
 
Hope you all  have a marvelous Monday!
-Harija Ravi
By Harija
It's almost time for prom season for many high school and recently I was contacted by Ms Dressy to conduct a giveaway, which gives one of my lucky reader to win a $80 gift voucher.Yesterday, I was contacted by Ms Dressy wanting to collaborate with me and my blog, I am extremely delighted to work with them. As I mentioned early, Ms Dressy wants to take away all your prom/home coming dress shopping stress. So, for all of those who enter good luck.

Here are the ways to enter:

1. You need an account at Msdressy, please make one if you haven't yet; http://www.msdressy.com/create_account.html 

2. Like Msdressy on Facebook; http://www.facebook.com/msdressy 

3. Leave a comment here with the email you registered in Msdressy. This is very important so they can send you the prize!

I will choose the winners via random.org. The giveaway closes in two weeks!

Good Luck to you all!
By Harija
Quick Note: "Hello to all my lovely followers/readers! First of all, I would like to thank you all for the wonderful support and encouragement. Two weeks ago, I joined the "Lucky Magazine" Blogger Contribution program and on Saturday, I made my first post. Due to all you supports and votes, my post made it to the "top stories". Thank you so much and I really appreciate you all for the support and encouragement you have given me for the last two years. Plus, as I promised you all: I will working more hard to keep you all entertained with all my future posts. Also, Happy Thai Pongal to all my Tamil follower!! ((Thai Pongal is the Tamil harvest/thanksgiving day))" 

Carrying on to today's post: On Saturday, I made my first outfit of the day post for the year 2013 and I introduced you all to two new companies: Chicnova and AhaIShopping.com. Today's post will be all based on AhaIShopping.com.

AhaIShopping.com is a "A Korean & Street Style Women's Fashion Clothing Online Store offering women’s apparel, dresses, bags, shoes, jewellery, accessories, beauty products, etc. AhaIshopping was founded in late 2011, and has already grown to one of the best women's fashion clothing online stores. We keep updating products at a high rate every day. Now we update more than 300 new products each week. Those products mentioned definitely belong to the latest fashion trend. AhaIshopping's mission is to make you close to the planet's most cutting-edge fashion, no matter where you are or what class or age group you are in. Pursuing fashion is the right of every woman."(from their website)

Since many of you commented about the Round Head Rivets High-Heeled Back Zipper Boots in Black, I decided to do a separate post just for the boots itself. Plus, I hope all your questions are answered in this post.

For my last post, many of you already know that I am really in love with these pair of black boots. This is definitely my first ever shoe sponsorship post I ever did and it definitely was worth it. 

These pair of Round Head Rivets High-Heeled Back Zipper Boots in Black are really comfortable and really soft inside. This particular boots follows three trends: 1) Studs 2) Black Tassels 3) Leather (inspired). In the collage below I went in depth on the boots interior and exterior design. 

As I mentioned early, I am extremely happy with these boots and I am now a huge fan of AhaIShopping.com. They are really comfortable and it feels like you are walking on cloud. Yes, it definitely does, even though these boots have high-heels they are still absolutely delightful. So, definitely check out their website and I would love to know what you favourite item is? 


Also, if you haven't seen my full outfit post, please feel free to click on the photo below.


Well, I hope you have a lovely week and take care.

With love,
Harija Ravi
By Harija
Mother Nature is definitely a mystery! It's been only one week since New Year, but in Toronto the weather has made some huge high points. During this time of year, we usually have tons of snow on our driveways however this year the drive is all dried up. Even though, I miss the white snowy winter, yesterday was definitely a bright and shine day. Without a wasting a second, I took the opportunity to take my first outfit post for this year. The weather definitely helped my outfit to stand out and best part I didn’t have to wear a winter jacket, so I ended up wearing a black blazer.


Yesterday, I had a day off from school and decided to have a girls`lunch date with my sister and cousin. I decided to were a green loose tank top, so I can hide my tummy having a big lunch. Also, I finally got my hands on a pair of "Black Legging with PU Panel". I never had the confidence to try out any PU clothing items. However, thanks to Chicnova I received my first pair of PU clothing item. Chicnova is a "leading online fashion retailer, belonging to Hermes Holding (Hong Kong) Limited. It offers trended fashion and mix & match style fashion, aiming to deliver fast fashion to worldwide. The name ‘Chicnova’ consists of chic and nova, which directly expresses our wish: help women discover their styles to make chic star looks.Our mission is to become a world-class fast fashion deliverer to women worldwide at affordable prices."(from their website) Plus, I love their name "Chicnova" and also I received a few more items from them, which will be included in another "Now Wearing" post.


By now many you all already know that I am only 5'2 and due to this I tend to wear more heels to increase my height.  During the month of December I received an amazing opportunity to team up with AhaIshopping.com as a fashion blogger. Therefore, I received my first ever pair of boots from AhaIShopping.com. I choose the "Round Head Rivets High-Heeled Back Zipper Boots in Black", since it goes out all my outfits and it's extremely comfortable. It has the perfect amount of heels and does perfectly with everything. I love the gold studded details on the back of the boots. AhaIShopping.com is a "A Korean & Street Style Women's Fashion Clothing Online Store offering women’s apparel, dresses, bags, shoes, jewellery, accessories, beauty products, etc. AhaIshopping was founded in late 2011, and has already grown to one of the best women's fashion clothing online stores. We keep updating products at a high rate every day. Now we update more than 300 new products each week. Those products mentioned definitely belong to the latest fashion trend. AhaIshopping's mission is to make you close to the planet's most cutting-edge fashion, no matter where you are or what class or age group you are in. Pursuing fashion is the right of every woman."(from their website)

Now Wearing:
Black Blazer - H&M
Lime Green Tank Dress - (similar Here)
Black Legging with PU Panel - c/o Chicnova
  Owl Necklace  - Choies
Beautiful Jewellery Alloy Rhinestones Bracelet in Anti-Gold  - c/o Born Pretty Stores
Metal Pyramid Ring with Openable Shank - c/o Chicnova 
Golden Brown Earrings - (similar Here)
Round Head Rivets High-Heeled Back Zipper Boots in Black - c/o AhaIShopping.com

These photos were taken by my dad.
 Also, as always thank you so much for all your lovely comments and support! 
I really appreciate it! Thank you!
Hope you all  have a wonderful weekend!
-Harija Ravi
By Harija
It's a brand new year and this means (for me and many of you out there) it's back to school time. For the last two years, I have received tons of requests from you all questioning me about my daily outfits to school. Now, with all your support I have finally gotten the courage to start conducting some outfit post, however I wanted to do a full post based on my "weekly" outfit choices. When it comes to fashion, I ain't picky about brand names and stuff. However, I love to dress up with minimum makeup and comfortable/cute clothing pieces. In this post, will be be concentrating more on the top, tunics, sweater and etc rather than the lower half. In this particular post, I will be using images from a website called "AsianFashionist" to explain my daily style wear.

First of all, you all be wondering, who and what is AsianFashionist, well it's s simple intro about them (from their website): "Asian Fashionist is an online global manufacturer, distributor and retailer company of various apparels, which is based mainly in Asia. It proffers over thousand brands of dresses, sweaters, and other Asian clothing apparels to different parts of the world, in which targeting the Asia, UK, US and mainland China. Moreover, we also shipped thousands of items to over hundreds of countries from its central distribution."

Here is a collage of my top picks for the week and below the photo I described each outfits look. Plus, described all the trends that is used for each look.

Once again, this post will be be concentrating more on the upper half rather than the lower half.
MONDAY: Ready For An Adventure (White Long Loose Fit Black Zig Zag Print Korean Tunic)
TUESDAY: Comfy & Cute (Yellow Cute Hello Kitty Long Sweet Sweater Korean Fashion)
WEDNESDAY: Soft & Girly (Beige Grey Short Asymmetric Layers Blouse Asian Fashion)
THURSDAY: Sophisticated (Grey Long Asymmmetric Elegent Cardigan Asian Fashion)
FRIDAY: Dolled Up (White Stylish Peplum Blose With Fitted Long Ruched Sleeves & Ruffled Hem)
SATURDAY: Chic (Green Back Side & Edging Open Shoulders Short Sleeves T-shirt With Prints)
SUNDAY: Chilling (Orange Panel Long Sleeves Loose Long Blue Chiffon Clouse With Tie Bows Cuffs)

Well, hope you like the description of looks I choose, plus all the photos used on 
the collage are from AsianFashionist.

Also, I would love to know what you fashion picks for school?
Be free to let me know and if you have any questions 
please free to {}
Also, this is NOT a sponsored post!
Well, have a lovely week and enjoy!

Cheers,
Harija Ravi
By Harija
This been a since I officially starting doing product reviews and Pinky Paradise has been my first product review I conduct last year. Surprisingly same for this year as well. Once again, I am back with another product review but the only difference is that this is a brand new year and this means a new, fresh start for us all. I hope all of you are all doing well and hope you all had an amazing holiday with you loved one. Well, now going on to today`s post, which is a product review of a pair of lenses from Pinky Paradise.

Just a disclaimer that this review is based on my personal experience and 110% honest opinion. 

Here is a quick info of Pinky Paradise from their website.
Besides eye makeup, choosing best circle lenses is the top priority of everyone to cast a gorgeous look at others.However it may be difficult for many to "choose" a brand of your lenses in this competitive market. Here I am going to review an online store "Pinky Paradise" from where you can make a confident purchase without any fear or hesitation.
Pinky Paradise has largest collection of circle lenses in all the hit and lovely colors for instance blacks, brown, greys, blues, pinks, violets, greens etc. See the product details
here. You can choose even from the variety of brands at PinkyParadise that give different hot looks to your eyes.
The store also sells
contact lenses accessories, eye makeup, face makeup and hair accessories. Shipment is done through Fedex and you may receive your goods just with in 4 to 7 working days.

For the product review I chose the do a review on (Geo Starmish Brown) Contact Lenses. 

For the product review I chose the do a review on (Geo Starmish Brown) Contact Lenses.

Item details

Diameter: 14.5mm
Water Content: 38%
Base Curve: 8.6mm
Type: 1 year disposal
What inside: One pair of lenses and one cutie animal lens case
And down below are photos of me wearing them. Also, for these pictures I decided only put eye liner on to emphasis more on the lenses.


As always Pinky Paradise didn't disappoint me and just as last time I am extremely happy about the product. This time for the review I decided choose the Geo Starmish Brown, at first I wasn't sure on how it would look on me, since my eyes are dark brown rather than black. But still out of curiosity I choose this particular colour and brand. At first, when I tried on the Geo Starmish Brown lenses I felt really uncomfortable and my eyes were irritating me. Then when I removed the lenses I released the I worn them the wrong way (no wonder), but later I fixed them and guess what it was so much more comfortable. Plus, the Geo Starmish Brown lenses looks really natural on me and therefore, I am able to wear it everyday. Also, it came it a cute little animal case as usual. I really wanted to get these lenses after see the photos on their site (the photo is show below), I wasn't sure if it would stand out on me. However, once again for my surprise it did and I already wore it five times this week. I am a happy customer and will guarantee it for you all.

Also, the members of Pinky Paradise was so sweet enough to make create a coupon code for you
(my readers) :
 1. Customers entitle a FREE cute animal lens case PLUS mystery gifts
2. The coupon code can be stacked, If you purchase 3 pairs, you will get 3 lens case plus 3 mystery gifts.
3. A minimum of 1 lens purchased to activate the code.
4. The code has no expired dates :)

Have fun shopping!

Also, I hope all of you have a fantastic week!
- Harija R

 FTC: Pinky Paradise sponsored the (Geo Starmish Brown) for my honest review. I was not compensated to make this entry and this is 100% my honest opinion.
By Harija
After four days, I am back on blogger to write up another blog post. First of all, I must admit that even before the first week of this year comes to an end, I have officially started slacking off. However, I have a valid reason: stress. Yes, I said stress... recently I have going through a mental stress down and haven't been myself. Therefore, I haven't been available to come up with any unique ideas to post. Well, now my stress has officially decreased, so I m back with my second post for 2013 and this is a special post. This is actually my first ever officially haul post. I actually did one in 2011 and that was just a small and simple haul. Rather than calling this haul, I would like to name this post as "goodies". Goodies: some special and unique items I have purchased or received.

Here are some of my recently items (it's actually a Christmas gift haul rather than what I actually purchased):
 First Photo: Hair Products
Paul Mitchell Color Care Shampoo & Conditioner - Paul Mitchell
Infinitely Finish Hair Spray - White Sands

Second Photo: Makeup/Body Care Products
Evidence Body Lotion - Yves Rocher
 Bobbi Brown Beach Body Lotion - Bobbi Brown
Two Bobbi Brown Lip Gloss - Rose Sugar (3) & Bare Sparkle (15)

Third Photo: Random Items
Two Printed Fabric - Random Boutique (for future DIYs)
Breast Cancer Support Purse Hanger - Purse Hangers
Chinese "Good Luck" Charm Necklace - Gifted (by a teacher) 

Fourth Photo: Wearable Clothing Pieces
 Pink Bubble Studs - AhaiShopping.com
Purple Floral Mesh T-Shirt - Gifted by mom
Scarf - Gifted by mom

Fifth Photo: Jewelery Pieces
Necklace - Ardenes (Gifted)
Purple & Blue Circular Earrings - Ardenes (Gifted)
Gold Flower Studs - Forever 21 (Gifted by my sister)
Bracelets - Handmade

Sixth Photo: Cuteness& Hair Pieces
Teddy Bear - (Gifted)
Bow Hair Pieces - Handmade
Floral Pieces -  Handmade two of them (except the black pieces)

Well, that's all for now! I hope you have an amazing weekend and I will be back again with another post.

Take Care and Enjoy!

- Harija Ravi

By Harija
Wow, it's already 2013! It just feels as if I started blogging yesterday, but as of today it's my first day of my third year on blogger. When I look back at this blog, I feel happy and proud that my small hobby to reduce stress too me so far. In the past two year, I made a huge group of friends all around the world; received actually fan emails and postcards for some of you; got an opportunity to work with some amazing magazines and even receive a large amount of sponsors. Just in the past two year, I got an opportunity to meet some amazing people. The past two years, has been a memorable journey and I hope 2013 will be similar too. This year my New Year resolution is to have a fresh new start. A fresh start that will help me to rediscover myself, recreate my inner child and redefine my goals in life. Last year, I had a huge list of resolutions and I tried my best to fulfill them all. This year with all those resolutions in mind I want to give myself a fresh start.

So, what are your 2013 New Year Resolution and how you do plan to fulfill them?

At this time, I wish you all a "Happy New Year"!! Also, thank you so much for helping me get through my second year of blogging. I hope you all join me again this year, 2013 to see how I get through all my ups and downs. Once again, thank you and hope you all have an amazing year!

With love,
Harija Ravi

(PS. I love you all and I have tons of new segments and posts planned for you all.)
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