Spain Spanish in Sydney

Buenos dias! ¿Como estas?
Today is such a beautiful day… again.
Max temperature 23 Min 11degrees…
That’s like… summer now.

Hope it’s not gonna go down again I wish this weather would last forever…

Spanish night last night 🙂
With my Venezuelan friend

Forgot which restaurant exactly we went to haha
There are so many Spanish restaurants around that area ( On liverpool street )

Spanish wine ( with a lot of fruit ) Sangria
Mixed with Sparkling water and ice e.t.c. so it’s not alcoholic they say
Was very fruity but still was very alcoholic to me… haha

My friend’s favorite Jamon something… ( well HAM. )
Was very delicioso

Yumm I am already missing those beautiful food…
Never really have a courage to go to Spanish restaurant though ( especially alone )

My favorite, Paella!
I LOVE Paella, I absolutely love them!
I would even love to cook myself at home but don’t know how.

I have eaten Paella only twice before so that was my third time eating it
The first time was in Japan second time was at a fish and chips restaurant in Watsons bay
This one was the best for sure!

Chicken and seafood Paella…

And one another favorite of mine…

Churros con chocolate!
Spanish Doughnut!

Oh my baby I love you churros…
I think every Japanese does though!
Since they always have to eat them in Disney land… haha

Anyway I think Spanish food is my most favorite food now haha
I want to go to Melbourne again… Churros shops everywhere

Que tengas un bien dia hoy!

Kerastase

I am a Kerastase addict.
Everything I use for my hair is Kerastase
Well before I have worked in a Kerastase/L’Oreal salon and
Ever since I just can’t cut myself off them.

My favorite is the Chroma series the pink ones on the top left
They are for colored  hair and really rich and milky and smells so good!

My sharemate uses this series Oleo relax
And Oleo Slim masque is my favorite.
These are to smooth down your hair and gets rid of the hair frizz.
Leave in treatment smells like mango!

It’s not what I use but from the same series
My hair is very damaged as I have bleached my hair a couple times before
So this is not enough though Chroma reflect is basically for those
who’s dyed their hair black or darker, and Chroma reflect doesn’t really weigh down your hair
a light conditioner but still for colored hair
I love the look! so pretty!

I don’t know if it’s still popular now though
When I was working there there were always customers ( not only one )
coming in for this treatment every day.

Chronologiste

The caviar pearls contain all the nutrition and the cream get them in through.
It comes with a 30minutes of head massage and I couldn’t forget the massage routine anymore.

And again it smells so good…
Forgot what it smelt like but it did smell good anyway
like you would wanna rub the treatment into your hand…

Not only these three but my favorite shampoos ( baths ) …
Chroma riche- colored hair ( rich )
Bain de force- strengthening the hair
Age recharge- repairing the hair, one of the lightest ones
Oleo relax- smoothing down, nourishing
Bio recharge- fixing scalp problem
Bain divalent- Oily scalp

Maybe that’s about it.
I even learnt French to study about Kerastase back then…
Can’t pronounce them anymore though…
I think Kerastase products are awesome with good technologies.

Oh yeh the last one

This was my speciality… lol

This was the only “heat activated” treatment from Kerastase when I was working there.
Bain Nutri-Thermique ( Shampoo )
Fondant Nutri-Thermique ( light conditioner )
Nutri-Thermique masque ( intense treatment )

This was and is my absolute favorite.
Back then my hair was almost platinum blonde and was so dry then
And this series was revolutionary as
It just so easily detangled my hair and made it so soft and smooth
It was absolutely addictive from the first use!

It was made for the most women who have a dry hair and
still use thermal hair styling tools like hot tongs or straighteners
Nutri thermique uses the heat ( Hot shower, hot towel, blowdryer, GHD…e.t.c )
to lock the nutrition within the hair

I always check out Kerastase salons from outside still but
They seem to have got new products again, but don’t know what.
I miss Kerastase so much I need the interaction with Kerastase products every now and then… lol

Hope I can go back to work in a Kerastase salon again soon and catch up… haha
Viva Kerastase XOXO

Feels fresher feel better

In this morning I was in my room looking at my new bag from Forever new
I always buy a lot of shoes but never got into the habit of buying bags so
It feels really new and fresh and feels like I could walk on a new pathway.

Well maybe too much exaggeration though really feel much better
Doesn’t really matter what kind of bag they are really

It was on sale and was the second last one…
It’s just my cultural thing but I find it funny how the workers react to some things.

The lady there talking to me got the price wrong and
at the counter she went

“Oops.. I said it was 30% more discounted from the price on tag but
it is already discounted already apparently! *awkward*
…At least you are buying it for much cheaper! :D”

Gotta love this culture, it wouldn’t work the same in Japan

Anyway, I wanted a bag my scissors case fits in so I am happy either way.
I don’t usually like white though as I always get everything white dirty.

Last night I went down to Darling harbor with my friend for dinner
for the first time in months!

We were initially gonna go to the bar he is gonna be working at and
we went there and figured they were closed ( Wednesday! )
So we rang Belgium beer cafe if we could make a booking for the night
( Wednesday mussle pot for half the price! ) then
They went it’s all full booked out and they could put us on a waiting list so

We just gave up and went down to harbor.

It’s one of my most favorite restaurants in Darling Harbor.
I am a huge fan of their steaks anyway.

It’s not a corn soup!
Seafood chowder my favorite but
I felt like it gets saltier everytime
Last night it felt like drinking salt.

Still the best though
My favorite garlic bread on the back.
Soft and crunchy on the same bread

Forgot what my friend was eating but
Apparently he wanted his steak well done and
The waitress was almost convincing him to order medium rare
looked a bit funny

Anyway the past few days have been really warm.
Yesterday I was even walking outside in half sleeved shirt…

Today is such a fine day again with no cloud on the sky.
Hope it’s gonna be a nice day.

Oops I did it again!

Confession of the shoeholic. Again.
I now own like 20 shoes at home maybe more.

I don’t buy a lot of cloths but keep buying only shoes!
I don’t know how I will wear them.

Firstly this is my most favorite shoes I bought online from Japan

Was around last September I think that I bought this shoes.
Was from Rakuten ( like Japanese version of ebay ) and
I thought was really cool, and it was only about $40AUD something.

It’s like one of the most comfortable shoes I own now and
It’s so easy to walk in this!
Also it’s got this massive cushion on the front bit so it’s not directly painful to the feet.
You can wear this with most of black cloths so I wear this a lot!
This is one of my favorite of all time

And this time’s oops I did it again was that

I accidentally bought two pairs of shoes again…

They were just so so cheap like $70AUD for two pairs and
I needed flat shoes for work so that’s for it…

Looks like it’s gonna break in a few days though hope they will survive for a while!

Today I was gonna have a photoshoot but I am a little sick for the first time in months
maybe from this weather and stuff so will take it easy today…
Resting time! Have a good day everyone xxx

Chameleon girls

California gurls by Katy Perry is like my recent favorite song.
Maybe cause my salon always plays it though.

Besides, she pulls off a lot of different look
that’s what I like about her, I love chameleon girls.
She is not just only a “I kissed a girl” girl.

She has such big eyes and pointy nose ( Well I love pointy nose )
I knew she was really pretty but I didn’t know she was that exceptionally gorgeous

I don’t listen to her music so I haven’t actually seen her after “I kissed a girl”
But a few months ago when I was walking in Myer I saw this poster of her

I think it is of her perfume no?
She was stunning I thought a long back hair suits her more than anyone else.

These are from the music video of California gurls.
Even blue hair looks awesome on her

This is gorgeous. From California gurls too.
She is awesome to pull off so many hair colors too.

I saw her in a blonde hair too, it looked so natural, rather suits her.
I am one chameleon girl too everyone tells me I always look too different every time they see me and
Some even don’t recognize me… even if we were friends.

I like her style! I may as well get more colorful wigs!

 

Time flies

I was just net surfing and saw the name Rola on some web news.
Rola is a Japanese Bangladeshi girl who models for magazines and runways in Japan.
She used to model for a magazine that I modeled for too and we worked together before when I was in Japan.

I wondered what she is doing now so
I went on Youtube and looked her up then some videos of TV shows she featured in came up.

It’s actually really amazing to see her on TV shows.
When I met her in person she was certainly skinny and pretty but
the strongest impression I have got about her was that she was anyway funny.

She kept on talking and talking and talking and just was hilarious.
It’s good to see her valued in TV shows, she has a good character.

Time flies though really.
I don’t remember how many years it’s been ever since though.
It feels like it was just yesterday I was in the studio and chatting with pretty girls.

Time flies, I have got so much I want to do but
can’t consume anything.
In rush in rush, gotta get over the frustration and progress every single day

Obsession with self improvement

Good afternoon. How is your day so far?
It’s been raining and windy and freezing and
Feels like it’s the peak of this winter these days.
I don’t feel like going out at all but I am sure it’s gonna be summer really soon.

Today I’ve changed my name … well again.
From Anabelle Francoeur to Anabelle De la rosa
Please remember my name it’s simpler right? haha

Anyway. I have been having a sore foot for weeks and
I was thinking of what to do, and I have had this Chinese massage in QVB but
The lady was like just rubbing my feet and I told her to do it stronger then she was still rubbing.
Ok I gave up and today I went to another place and had this Ion treatment.

I’ve seen that at a few massage shops and was kind of interested in doing it
It’s maybe got nothing to do with my sore foot but
I felt a little better after this

I finally couldn’t figure what that thing was doing on my wrist though.
Were they checking my pulse?

The description says
During a 30minutes session,
the ions enter your body and begin to neutralize these tissue acid waste.
The process is called reverse osmosis.

Anyway it’s about detoxification and maybe you can see which bit of your body needs to detoxify most.

My water became like… between Orange and Brown
The girl that came in to collect the water said maybe that’s from the liver
I don’t drink I don’t smoke… umm what have I done to you oh my liver.

Orange signifies “detoxifying from joints” and I have bad joints so I guess maybe that…

After the treatment my legs felt a lot lighter and I felt fresher so I guess it’s a good treatment
I don’t know how exactly it’s working on me though.
There people come back to only have this treatment every fortnight apparently.

It was good, was very boring, 30minutes… was almost falling asleep.
I prefer really firm Chinese massage but I would like to take this Ion thing every now and then if I can be bothered…
Now my body is still feeling a little warmer than usual. Lucky!

 

Awesome hair cut

Hola! How have you been?
I haven’t written my blog in a while no?
Was doing busy last weekend and now I am a little sick
Maybe because of the weather… It’s started raining again.

Anyway today I was reading this L’Oreal ( INOA ) book at salon.
It was mostly about INOA color

This color was really popular at the previous salon I worked at and
The stylists always struggled to achieve this color apparently.
I have never heard anyone asking for this color but..

And there is this section in the book about
“L’ORÉAL COLOUR TROPHY 2010 FINALISTS”

And I was looking through the pictures
And the haircut there was as awesome as the hair color!

Maybe it’s a coloring competition but
I just LOVE the hairstyle so much…
I am in love with those asymmetrical haircut.

This is an amazing art too.
The model is stunning gorgeous too!

But if I really did have this hairstyle it would take me a few hours to style my hair every morning for sure…
Maybe I could just straighten the whole thing when I can’t be bothered to style…

And….
This is the hairstyle I want … on me.
I am wondering who can cut my hair like this in Sydney…

The ultimate awesomeness.

I don’t know how it’s like on the right side though.
I wanna cut my hair like this as soon as possible…
Apparently the salon that did this hair styling is in Queensland so I can’t really go…

Please let me know guys if you know any good hair salon in Sydney for a hair cut 😉

Haven’t cut my hair in like a year or maybe more…
Finally time for me to!
Anyway…
As you can see already from all those funky photos
I am now so much into funky stuff!
Cloths, hair, make up… Anything!
This year… I am gonna go all funky! Like

Gwen Stefani
…Like

P!nk!
… and like

Rihanna! and

I like this Posh’s hair too it’s pretty!

“The trend” is not something you follow anyway.
It is something that follows your style.
It’s the best to have your own style, and be unique.

You might even be somehow creating the trend one day without even trying to at all
if you were only going your own way.

I like that!

Anyway 2011 I will be “Funky” ! Without becoming too blonde again…. well hopefully…

About hair wax

Good morning everyone, how is your morning so far.
I went for run this morning again as always, was freezing.
I think this morning it was colder than usual.

Yesterday I have got a sudden urge to write about the hair wax that I am using on my blog and
forgot that at night, and I am writing that now.

Called UEVO, looks like a block.
The hair salon I used to work at only used this wax so they were my favorite.
When I went to Japan and went to a hair and beauty supplier, they were there and bought my favorite three.
Girls usually use the green one on right and the grey one for men.
The light green one on the top is a bit softer than the green one and it’s also good for girl’s hair styling for sure.
I think they have got about 10 different levels of shine/gloss and hardness.

The number says on the box/case shows it
The number on the left is for the hardness level and the one on right is for the shine/gloss level I think.

I remember we always run out of the grey wax, it was so popular!

You can put them together! So cute, looks like LEGO!

I like the green wax and I basically always only use the green one.
It’s a little shiny and light on hair, nice to apply on curled hair.

I am not sure where you can buy these wax outside Japan but
I think some Japanese salons have them too, double the price though..

And yeh by the way I have bought a lot of Manic Panic hair cream too, haven’t used them though…

I used to be really blonde like almost platinum blonde so I thought I could use them on my hair.
Would have been interesting if I could just make my hair pink but
I didn’t end up using them and dyed my hair permanently red then it all washed out ( turned out to be brown )
and then later on I have dyed my hair black then it all faded and now brown again.

About 3/4 of my hair doesn’t even have a bond inside anymore so eventually I have to cut them all off but…
Thinking of going bob or really short like Rihanna…

This is so pretty… Love this hairstyle.
Love how asymmetrical this hair style is.
It’s really beautiful but I don’t know how much weight I have to lose to pull off this hairstyle though.

I like these two too.
I personally like those thick fringe ( like Katie )
And I have always had one so would be nice…

Love Jessica’s hair color and the natural styling of the hair.
I wanna see the back of the hair though.

I wanna go back to blonde so badly but the same thing will happen again…

Anyway Have a good day everyone!
It is very cold today, take care! xx

Darling night

Good morning everyone, how is your day so far?

Sydney’s been so cold and freezing these days.
The minimum temperature is like 5degrees and stuff everyday
Sometimes can’t feel my fingers at home, it’s really painful.

Anyway last weekend for the first time in my life
Despite the fact that I am from Japan ( and I assume it’s a Japanese thing as well…)
I have finally eaten Teppanyaki in Darling Harbor!

Anyway before that my girlfriend and I went to Lindt cafe

She’s famous for her sexy lips.
Angelina Jolie lips we call.

No one knows why she’s doing that to her eyes though.

Her eclair… not sure what’s on the top but it was amazingly good apparently.

My favorite, Excellence 70% Dark chocolate, Pistachio and Salt caramel macaroons!
We’ve decided to have a hot chocolate so I’ve kinda chosen not-so-sweet ones! 🙂

Hot chocolate ( Dark )
Pour melted chocolate and milk into the cup. Yum.

Anyway after a bit of girls talk at Lindt cafe
Finally heading to Teppanyaki

Even though I am from Japan and I’ve lived in there for years
I didn’t even know how Teppanyaki worked.

And the first thing I heard before walking into the restaurant was that

“At Teppanyaki, the cook throws eggs at you”

I almost stepped back.
Well apparently they cook eggs and throw it into customer’s face
And they just have to catch it with their mouth.

Anyway I was wondering how it’s gonna happen but I just walked in and
Sat between two hot plates.

I have always seen these scenes on magazines and pictures and TV and everywhere but
Never actually been to one! Was very interesting.

Cooking everything together…

Our vegetable Tempura.

One Teppanyaki set was pretty big and this is for one person.
If you order for two apparently you get four plates of this… or maybe two for vegetables and two for meats…
Anyway I wasn’t as hungry so even had hard time eating half of this.

They were just cooking normally most of the times but
As my friend asked for a Teppanyaki show they have done that for us after cooking everything

Sometimes pour some oil and

Fire!  This is to clean the hot plate as well apparently.
Burn everything on the plate

That was really cool.
Was all really sudden so couldn’t capture well but.
The main show I think

And the next one was the egg throwing

He makes the eggs into an omelet and cut it into pieces and throw it into their mouth.

He is so professional at throwing it! Never misses the mouth.
And customers always get it in there, it’s amazing.
I was holding the camera so running away from the eggs but…

That’s the one he throws the omelet into a bowl that the customers are holding.
They have to catch the egg in the bowl but that was apparently really hard, no one actually got it.

Serious face … “The professionalism”

And after cleaning all the plates
Some cooks came around and wrote messages for us with salt

They wrote it upside down, that was absolutely amazing.
Requires a lot of experience!

See you again-

And after filling our stomach with Teppanyaki
We went to a Hard Rock cafe which is on the same floor
That has just opened on last Friday.

Was a massive cafe/restaurant.
There were a lot of costume displays and guitars and videos
of famous people and old rockbands and… was so cool.

Beer and toast

Non alcoholic drink for me

His name was… Rene I think.
It was his recommendation. It’s not on the menu apparently.

It’s like some berry liquid on the bottom and mango sorbet on the top?

Didn’t ask for the name though..
Was really tasty. Really sweet.

You need a spoon to “eat” this though.
It’s like the sorbet juice thing you eat with a spoon-straw

Hard Rock!

Apparently if you pay a bit more extra you can get a free glass ( this glass ) at the Hard Rock shop.

Hard Rock cafe was pretty awesome.
That was only my second time walking into a Hard Rock cafe ( once at the airport in Singapore )
But that one was far bigger and nicer but they have too many bar staffs!
Thought there were more staffs than customers there.

Anyway their food looked nice too and I would love to come back and “eat” next time!
Hard Rock cafes everywhere in the world…

Anyway everything happened in Darling Harbor that day…
Darling Harbor is such a nice place to chill at…
Was a nice and tasty day!