February 2017 – Tiana Feng

Dollarama Review: Hot Designs Nail Polish

February 28, 2017Dollarama Reviews, ShoppingLeave a Comment

dscf0286 I thought it was a steal to find these for $3 at Dollarama. I usually see them at the Walmart compulsive buy aisle for like $9.
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They are like nail polish markers. Each was two sided.

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It also came with cleaning pins that look like they could double as the thing that helps remove a sim card from your iPhone.

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The sad part is when I opened it, a lot of the pen end was jabbed inside, rendering it semi useless. It’s supposed to be like a fine point pen sized thing, but since it got sucked inwards it can no longer handle details like it’s supposed to.

Boo, what a dud. I’m glad I didn’t pay $9 for this and could potentially still use it as regular polish.

Brunch @ Takht-e Tavoos

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

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I recently went for a Persian brunch at Tavoos, owned by the same people as The Pomegranate. Persian Chai was served to us in a beautiful pot.

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To start, we had Zeitoon Parvardeh: green olives marinated in a sauce of walnuts, pomegranate molasses, garlic and mint. This was served with a light Persian flat bread. This is a must for olive fans and was super addictive.

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My friend Karol had the Serious Lunch (pictured). It was a Dizi Sangi: a stew with lamb shank, lamb rib, chickpeas, white beans, potato, onion and tomato cooked for four hours. The soup part is served separately and there is a stick to pound the meat and beans into a purée.

For some reason, I forgot to take a picture of my food but I had the weekend special called Bandari which was spicy halal sausages sautéed in a tomato garlic purée, mixed with potatoes. Atop sat two sunnyside up eggs with creamy feta cheese and marinated olives on the side. It was definitely classic brunch with a twist!

We loved every part of our meal as it was flavourful and the portions were generous. I think Persian food is becoming some of my favourite cuisines!

NYX Suede Cream Lip Vault

February 26, 2017BeautyLeave a Comment

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My sister bought me the Liquid Suede Vault from NYX for my birthday. It features 24 liquid lipsticks in tons of fun colours. There’s one that is a bit more tame, but I was looking for fun colours I didn’t already have.

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Here’s the swatch test! They appear super bright and vivid just like the bottle. It also took a bit of washing to get these off my arm, so they are definitely long wearing.

I wore a vibrant red to a wedding over the weekend and it lasted through coffee and a meal before needing to replay a little bit. I love the purples and I can’t wait to find an excuse to wear it!

Coffee Lids

February 25, 2017Life1 Comment

I don’t know why but every time I order a coffee and put on a lid, the coffee would explode everywhere.

It doesn’t matter where it is. Maybe I walk weird or something.

I Turned 29 Today!

February 24, 2017LifeLeave a Comment

My week was already exciting enough, but I also turned 29 today! On both Facebook and Twitter, I asked people to send me dog and or Simpsons gifs instead of generic messages.

All I want today are your Simpsons and/or dog gifs

— Tiana Feng (@tianafeng) February 24, 2017

I had tons on Facebook! It made my day.

Now I will accept them here in the comments too if you have any!

I’m Engaged!

February 23, 2017Life, RelationshipsLeave a Comment

This was super unexpected and I’m still in slight shock but Nash put a ring on it! I also used this chance to test out Instagram’s new gallery feature.