Stripped Down

 

Last week I went out for my first raw food dinner at Rawlicious with @a_mandolin and @erisb. It was pretty amazing because I have been dying to go to this resto for a long time as I want to start incorporating raw food into my eating regime more and figured I'd be inspired by this healthy place. Both Amanda and Eris saw my desire to do this via Twitter and so we scheduled a #RawTO Tweet up. For those not Twitter inclined, a Tweet up is when you meet people from Twitter in your city IRL. It was my first time meeting with both of them and I was in heart at the first conversation. It turns out we have all had a long history of complicated relationships with food. We spent hours talking and enjoying our food. We shared raw "nachos" and I had a taco salad (I have been obsessed with taco salads lately). We had a great time and I think we all felt pretty happy to meet other people that we can talk about our food sensitivities with, without receiving eye rolls or yawns after 2 minutes ...

I was inspired by Eris, because she has recently decided to go sans makeup. She has seriously flawless, glowing skin and she said that she noticed a major improvement after deciding to do this. Amanda said she has also decided to go sans makeup more often than not as of late. Then I decided to try it too. Since I started the new job I have literally like ten minutes to do my makeup and hair since I am always rushing behind and there is no beauty competition at work I am not working at a fashion magazine, or in PR so it's not such a big deal. So I thought, why not try it out for myself?

I have since gone without makeup ... mostly. I use Cover FX, which is dermatologist friendly and the powder is made from minerals, which I use on an as-needed basis. I also had Korres Absynnia Oil mascara kicking around that I hadn't tried yet. It's free from most chemicals, and is a more natural mascara than most that I have been using. I am really happy with the results. It gives a really natural look but it still thickens and lengthens my eyelashes (just don't expect DiorShow performance here). I use the mascara only if I am going out at night for dinner, or meeting up with friends now (and not going straight home to do my moonlighting freelance writing).This new 'stripped down' look feels really good so I decided to take this approach in other parts of my life too.

Today I am headed off to LA for the weekend, and I am so excited to announce that I have packed everything into a carry-on for the entire weekend. I didn't even cheat and pack a backpack or briefcase, but just bringing my usual massive leather hobo bag. I was skeptical of whether I could make it happen, since I love to overpack and bring things "just in case" but I had some guidance from @melissaiscool, a savvy traveller (she went for a week in Tokyo with only a carry on), and made it through. I even have room in my carry-on for shopping.

At this rate, I am slightly tempted to start at my wardrobe for a more 'stripped down' approach. But who am I kidding, it's already a minimalist-at-heart's wardrobe, any more and I might just be austere.

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