Quick day trip to Búzios and Arraial do Cabo...I want more!

I've been out for a while, i finally got myself a job so i can save some money and do some REAL travelling by the end of the year...where to? Honestly i dont even know yet! I do know, i'm going somewhere far for a change. :)
This time on the other hand, i went to spend the weekend with my family for my brothers birthday in Macaé, where there's not really much to see or do and the restaurants are all posh.
Well, saturday we went and spent the day in two beeeeautiful places in Rio, i just wish i had more time, to really discover these places.
First we did a quick stop in Arraial do Cabo, amazing beaches!! I only could see one though...got some great photos anyway :)

Búzios has the most cute little village center, much less simple than arraial do cabo's and i also only had time to see one of the great beaches they have to offer, the one close to the famous "rua das pedras" where's all te restaurants, one club or another, etc.

My mother's poor attempt of taking a shot of me with Brigitte Bardot statue in Búzios :D

Oh, yeah...this is not the proper review of those two places, i'll write about both when i have the chance to go there for longer! :) This is just a glimpse really, haha.

Cheerie Cheers,

Jess.

Rain in Rio and new bags

It was fairly sunny these days here in Rio, but all of a sudden this storm started =/
I just hate storms..no kidding. A very good thing to do when its raining anyway would be watching a good film, wich i just did by seeing "Into The Wild" there's just not enough words to describe how much i loved it!!

I highly recommend it my fortunates!
Another great thing to go through time when its raining is reading a good book, u might think its childish reading fantasy books or whatever, but i really like it, its not dull like the every-day routine of our lives so yeah, i do find it entertaining. The one of the moment is "Beautiful Creatures" so much more there to be said than on the film, so...read it, don't watch it!

Well i was supposed to write here about these bags a week ago, but oh well, you all know me! :D
A few weeks ago i went to this great store and fetched myself two greeeat bags! Its all leather so i'm sure itll last for a long while. (i hope)

This one because its quite basic and itll go with pretty much anything...

This one because its shineeey!! And it is really big so will fit all my junk in :D

Anyways, short post for you just so i wont lose the habit here...^^"



Cheerie Cheers my forunates,

Jess

Some Beauty Stuff

It's not my intention to make this entirely a fashion blog, in fact, i didnt even think about making it about fashion at all. Still, i guess this helps me on keep this blog going so i'll make posts fashion related as well. If you come here for the travel tips, nooo worries, they'll keep coming. ;)

I went to the mall yesterday and apparently found my way into one of the Granado's store,well...that happened:

(got myself something i really wanted it's been a while!)

I adore their products, it's really good quality but its not one of the cheapest stores around here...It's worth a visit to see what they offer anyway, the stores and products have a vintage look to it, loovely! Btw, they really good nail varnishes along with all sorts of products to strengthen nails, etc.

(relaxing gel, anti-stress)

This gel came as a freebie and i can say it is really good for that day your muscles are all sore and you need to relax a bit, works like magic!

(cute lil package)

A note..I've gotta say their packages are starting to resemble Benefit's! A little cheeky and cute ones :)

(concealer camouflage trio)

THAT, ive been wanting this for a while now. It's one of those "trios" that come with the lilac coloured cream and two more in beige. It hides imperfections such as eye bags and brownish/dark spots u may have on your not so lovely skin, like i do! haha My skin is not that bad actually, but sometimes i get some spots on my face on the most inconvenient moments, i'm sure you know what i mean...haha. Anyways, i used it already and it works peeerfectly! Also, for me it will surely last for a long time cause like i said, i dont have spots often, i do have  naasty eyebags though, so, we'll see. For now i am fairly satisfied with this. :)

PS. Sorry for not putting the pictures of the trio opened, i'll put it here as soon as possible!


Cheerie Cheers my fortunates,


Jess

Some cooking stuff

Oookay, so, i really love to cook, it takes a bit of stress away and i like to bake my own stuff rather than buy it ready at supermakets and such :D

This time my nightly (yes i like to cook late night, i am that weird) cooking has made me try a new cupcake recipe, a brown sugar one, yum! *.*

I always find nice recipes on food blogs ( i can make a post about my fav ones later, so this one won't get so long ^^") and this time i went on Bake Or Break - Adventures Of An Amateur Baker blog, wich i absolutely LOVE, it's simply delishouuus! There you can find great recipes to brighten up your day and your tummy..like i said, i went for the Brown Sugar Pound Cakes with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting, and being boldie as i am, i've baked it with an egg less and adding a tsp of vanilla extract, that gave me an excellent fluffy result, but you can always make it without any modification, or with your own ones. ^^

Here are my babiiiies! haha

(before and after frosting)

2 more posts soon to come, so hurray for me!!

That's it for now fortunates,
Cheerie Cheers,


Jess

Mangue Seco Blissfull Weekend With Friends

Alrighty!
I just came back from a brilliant weekend with friends, lots of bugs, beautiful beaches, dunes,and good food :)
On the last minute, when i thought i'd have to spend the weekend sitting home doing nothing, a good friend of mine called and asked if i wanted to go with them to his beach house in Mangue Seco, Sergipe, right after Bahia. Honestly at first i thought i wouldn't go, but then i had to ask myself for a better reason why not to, cause i had literally nothing to do at home and even though i do not love to go to the beach, it couldnt be such a bad option after all..and there i went, and there's no regrets! :)
You know, when you think you say a lot of "no" and not so many "yes" to things, you should try to re-think that. Saying more yeses gives you more oportunities and a lot more good memories. I'm saying this cause i think of myself as someone who usually says more "no" than "yes", or i used to do so. I just added saying more yes on my ever lasting to do list, along with the less partying and more travelling i mentioned before.

source: pinterest.

It was great seeing friends i havent seen in such a long time, have a good laugh at pretty much all times and just chill :)
On the first day we chilled at the beach close to the house till the sun was almost out. It was a good way to start.. day two was the day of the confederate cup's finals! we watched it together while me and two others were cooking dinner and preparing a evening BBQ, that after another whole day at this beach called Ponta do Saco, where river meets the sea, yup, we had it all!!

(day one - chillin' at the beach in front of our house)

(day 1 - never ending beach )

(playing with my shadow)

(good way to cool it off)

To get to Ponta do Saco beach on the second day, we rented two dune buggies, crossed the dunes and after about 15 to 20 mins we finally got there. If you have the chance to visit this place, know that there's no eletric energy at the beach or bars with it hahaha there's only a floating bar and a few other bars on the beach, but other than that there's not much at the beach. It is suuuch a paradise, a place to go and forget about everything else. It's quite deserted really, you wont see many people there, wich is nice (i like deserted places, quiet places).

(top left - beach on the way to ponta do saco, bottom left - ponta do saco river side, right - me playing with wood!)

(ponta do saco riverside with part of the floating bar)

(all pictures of the riverside)

(top left, one of the bars exterior. right, kids playing at the river. bottom left, part of the floating bar.)

(left pictures are of the river side, right ones, of the sea side)

The real treat was the sunset on the way back home at the dunes though, it was amaaazing! *.*

(views of the way back)

(on the buggy)

(beautiful sunset at the dunes)

After such relaxing day, cooking that dinner was easy!! ;) And also fun, cause Brazil won the match against Spain. (i still think that was bought though...) We ate like hell, drinked a whole lot of wine and went to bed already missing the weekend that was just ending..still, what a great one it was!! Perfect touch to my summery winter.

Next time i write here i'll most likely be back in Rio.. winter break is almost over :'' So sorry for the extremely long post, but i wanted to show as much as i could of this lovely place. Hope you enjoy and that onde day you can visit this paradise yourself :))

ps.all the pictures were taken by me, yesshhhh.

Cheerie Cheers,

Jess