A Day At The Flower Fields

April is the best month of the year to visit botanical gardens as a lot of flowers are in full bloom. This time I have decided to visit the beautiful Flower Fields located at the Carlsbad Ranch in San Diego. This is my first time waiting The Flower Fields and it was honestly very breathe taking!

50 acres of rainbow colored giant Tecolote Ranunculus! One of the best place for flower site seeing as the garden is very well taken care of and there's also a lot of variety of flowers to look at!

I decided to dress up in a loose and flowy Spring outfit wearing a Esley asymmetric skirt and tank along with a cardigan as the weather was kind of chilly that day. To top everything off, a sun hat is definitely essential for the spring and summer time!

Pictures of more beautiful flowers!

A beautiful bed of flowers with a different color for each section.

The Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flower looks beautiful up close as there's so many layers of petals making this flower very unique.

Alright this is all the pictures for my glamorous Spring day.... I will definitely be back next year!

Dr. Hu's Jalili Face Mask Review

Dry skin is honestly a girl's worst nightmare as makeup does not stay and skin appears very flaky. Sadly, my face has been super dry lately due to the change of weather so I've been actively using face mask to keep my face moisturized at night so that I can wake up to much more hydrated skin. 

I actually have never heard of this brand, Dr. Hu, before until I purchased this face mask at a local street festival a few months ago. The ladies at the stand told me that this line Jalili from Dr. Hu is actually one of the top selling mask in Taiwan and was on sale for $1 a piece so I bought a few to test out.

 Dr. Hu's Jalili mask comes in 8 variety each with a different set of benefits. The one I've tested today is made with Ascorbic Acid which is used to help with whitening, firming, and moisturizing.

Direction says to apply the face mask after face is cleaned. Next allow mask to sit for 15-20 mins on face before removing the mask and then lightly pat the excess moisture into face.

The mask is very moist and there is plenty of left over serum in the package!

Sorry to show you guys a  picture of me with the mask on but I wanted to show you guys the texture of the mask so here it goes! The mask is very thin with a lot of moisture. Mask sticks very closely to the face and I love the two little flaps that I can pull up to moisturize my eyelids.

Wahhhhhhlaaa.. I super love the results. As you can see in these pictures the before picture of my face looks very oily and my pore are quite enlarged and after using the mask for 20 minutes my face looks much more hydrated, whiter, and pores are a lot smaller. Overall, I am super excited about this product and I will definitely buy more to use! Hope you guys give it a try too!

Picking My Own Strawberries!

Sometime leaving the city life and going out to the farm land for a fresh breath of air is very relaxing. I'm quite happy that it's currently spring and there's so much stuff to do and the weather in California is perfect for a lot of outdoor activities.

Now looking at the pictures the strawberries look so plump and juicy! Unfortunately, the strawberries were not sweet at all.

Haha... I found my self a big and juicy strawberry!

It was a bunch of fun picking strawberries at the U-Pick Strawberries in Carlsbad, California but it was a lot of hard work too. The rows of strawberry plants are very narrow so I had a hard time walking and bending down looking for strawberries. Man, picking strawberries and really make a person appreciate all the fruits we have at the market as a lot are hand picked by farmers!

Here's an up close picture of the strawberries. You can see a lot of strawberries are still green, white and tiny so I really had to dig real hard to find the big juicy red ones! Since this is a public strawberry picking farm some of the strawberries are damaged do to human abuse so I had to be real careful for not picking a spoiled strawberry!

See... I really have to squat to pick the strawberries as the plant is so low. Picking the strawberries was so expensive, the tiny cup you see in this picture cost $10 and I cannot overflow over the top too. I guess I was paying for the experience and not really the strawberries as a whole basket only cost $1 at my local market.

Eating my hard pick strawberries is very satisfying so I'm definitely going to try apple pickings next time!

Photo Session With My New Nikon 35mm Micro Lens

I recently purchased a new lens for my Nikon 3100 camera so my first round of testing subjects are of course the beloved pets! The cost of this lens was almost $300 with tax but I think the results are pretty much worth every penny I paid for it!

I realized that the results of the 35mm lens is almost the same as the 40mm so buying this lens I will not have to buy the other one so horray!

This is a picture of using the lens under macro mode. Wow... I can see almost every detail of the flower that I couldn't even see with my naked eye.

Here's a picture of the sweet and gentle MeiMei! I took her out for a stroll and she sure is enjoying the weather. Talking about his picture perfect shot...

Another shot here is my cute kitty fat cat! You can see every inch of his fur so closely.

Oh my my sister's doggie, Porky, looks real cute here. Porky looks like she's drooling while waiting to get a taste of that doggie bone. Yum Yum...

The lens pick up such great color, of course the subject must be beautiful too!

Here's another shot.. this one MeiMei is smelling the flower. OMG... she's just too cute... I just want to hug her right now!

Here's a picture of fat cat at night. The lens picks up a great amount of light even at night.

Side profile of Porky. She looks real good for a 10 years old dog.

I will end this post with a picture of MeiMei strolling down my block. Absolutely stunning... Overall, I like the results of the pictures and there's definitely no regret in buying this lens. It's so easy to use and the outcome are great but the only thing I need to learn is to focus correctly so hopefully I'll get better with practice.