Get to know who's behind Tea Time Diva

Hi everyone :) Hope you're having a great mid-week.

As the title goes, this entry will be basically about me, hihi :) I would like to share a few bits and pieces of me. Anyways, here it goes :)

I'm Chaye and I'm 30 :) 10 years ago, I married the most wonderful man-my greatest critic-biggest fan, life mentor-remote control opponent, annoying dietician-coffee buddy, greatest love and best friend. Yes, I married young. But the past 10 years of my life was the happiest. A blessing. A decade of bliss. For the mean time while we are waiting for our greatest blessing-a kid, we indulge ourselves by taking care of our 4 lovely dogs. 

I'm a coffe and tea lover. Waking up each morning is always exciting because of caffeine. But 2 days ago, I decided to skip coffee coz I feel like I consumed too much caffeine last weekend (8 cups a day x 2 days=16 cups of coffee and 2 cups a day x 2 days=4 cups of tea) total of 20 cups. So 2 days ago, I decided to skip coffee and satisfied myself with just 2 cups of decaffeinated Earl Grey Tea each day. It's hard. It's really hard specially after lunch. There are times that I'll come downstairs with the intention of breaking my new found rule, I get tempted a lot of times but I'm so glad I can resist the temptation. But honestly, I don't think I can resist very long! teehee :)

I can skip coffee but I can't last a day without chocolate or candy or marmalade or a spoonful of Cookie Butter and Marshmallow Fluff. I'm addicted. Blame my grandparents for spoiling me when I was little. They always have something sweet to cheer me up or some kind of reward for whatever good deed I made for the day. Good thing I'm not a fan of junk food (if chocolates and sweets isn't considered a junkfood-I mean the salty, sour, spicy type of junkfood) coz I heard they aren't good together :) I'm trying to reason out and walk my way out here :)

I have a weight issue :( I'd like to solely blame it on my bad case of asthma coz I take meds with steroids every morning and before sleeping, sometime at the middle of the day and during worst time, I had to take it every 4 hours. But I also know that a huge part of my weight issue is because of my inability to resist sweets and my laziness towards exercise. I'm terrible-I know. And I'd like to change this attitude hopefully sometime soon. :)

My perception towards make up and beauty products is the same with my perception over chocolates and sweets. Irrisistable. I can't say that I have a lot but I enjoy whatever I have. On make up, I'm going gaga over Chanel, closely followed by Nars, Mac and drugstore brands like Revlon and Maybelline. I'm a huge fan of Revlon Lipbutters and Maybelline's Babylips. They're heaven sent. I favored lip products whether it is lipbalm or lipstick. I can go to the grocery, banks and spa with just a tinted lipbalm or a simple lipstick. But I love to indulge myself with a good blush every now and then. I have tons of beauty product (Dear Husband's words, not mine-coz I think that men and women have different perception over the quantity of beauty product). I'm not really good on refraining myself from buying but I'm learning. I always have 3 sets of matching shampoo and conditioner on rotation. On lotion, body butters, body scrubs, body wash, hand creams, etc-I try to maximize the use. Not too long ago, when I buy something, I'd like to use it as soon as I enter the bathroom. But not now. I forced myself to use down to the last drop of every opened bottle and after that I'll just open a new bottle-to maximize the products and of course-my spendings. And I can't deny that the idea is working! thumbs up! teehee :)

I'm crazy over nail polish. It excites me. It makes me giddy. Every trip to the nail salon is like an amusement park for me. Every nail chip however is a heart break. Painting my nails is an instant pamper time and ME time. I try hard to learn how to paint my own nails. It took me almost 2 months of daily application to be contented-not perfect just contented :) Little by little I'm trying to add up a bottle or two. I have maybe a close to 100 bottles and I'm happy with it. My favorite shades will always be pink and red-pale, hot, light, dark- as long as it's red and pink-I like it. But I'll try to broaden my horizon and lately I'm trying a few blue, coral, mint and lilacs. My holy grail is Chanel-I'm just in love! A bit amused by NARS, quite entertained by Essie, positively wowed by Revlon, a huge fan of OPI and a newbie of China Glaze. Soon I'll be sharing my favorite shades here. What are your favorite brand and shades? Post me some link so I can check yours... :)

Bye for now...

xoxo,

Chaye