Too Much Information (TMI) Tag!

Hello everyone!

We decided to do the TMI Tag as it is still floating around the web and it's a chance for you guys to get to know us a little bit more! Here are all the tidbits of information you probably didn't want to know...but here we go anyway!

1: What are you wearing? 
K: Forever21 black tee and a workout pants (lazy Saturday wear).
T: Forever21 pattern tights and a black long sleeved top.

2: Ever been in love? 
K: Nope! Waiting on my knight in shining armor (...or the dork in tin foil!).
T: Nope! 

3: Ever had a terrible breakup? 
K: My breakups haven't been terrible, but they weren't sunshine and rainbows either.
T: Haven't gone through it yet

4: How tall are you? 
K: 5 feet and 6.5 inches! (the 0.5 really matters!)
T: 5'2 (yes I'm that short!) 

5: How much do you weigh? 
K: 140lbs.
T: 56 kg (we use metric units down under!)

6: Any tattoos? 
K: Nope!
T: Nope!

7: Any piercings? 
K: Yep, two on each ear!
T: One on each ear

8: OTP? 
K: Nope.
T: Nope!

9: Favourite show? 
K: Grey's Anatomy and I cry every time but I love it dearly! 
T: Friends! Still makes me laugh many reruns later!

10: Favorite bands? 
K: Urban Cone
T: Coldplay

11: Something you miss? . 
K: My family and friends in Sri Lanka :(
T: My family and friends back home and the food! 

12: Favourite song? 
K:  Higher (Vocals and Drums Only Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue Cover Version) by Tribute Mega Stars
T: "Steps" - Handsome Ghost (Samuraii Remix) 

13: How old are you? 
K: 20!
T: 21

14: Zodiac sign? 
K: Pisces!
T: Pisces.

15: Quality you look for in a partner? 
K: I can't pick just one! If I had to choose though...probably intelligence.
T: I'd probably go with honesty, intelligence or humour.. (oops was I supposed to pick one? :P)

16: Favourite Quote? 
K: From Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy): "Oh, screw beautiful. I'm brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain."
T: Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength 

17: Favourite actor? 
K: Kerry Washington. No one can pull off Olivia Pope like Ms. Washington!
T: Don't think I have one but Ben Affleck? 

18: Favorite color? 
K: Red
T: Black

19: Loud music or soft? 
K: Both
T: Both.

20: Where do you go when you're sad? 
K: Literally? Just in my room. Figuratively? Somewhere in my brain that will force me to pull my life together and move on.
T: My room I guess 

21: How long does it take you to shower? 
K: 20 minutes if I'm washing my hair. 10 minutes if I'm not.
T: 15-20 minutes if I'm washing my hair. 10 minutes if not.

22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 
K: Around 45 minutes if I shower.
T: Around 30 minutes.

23: Ever been in a physical fight? 
K: With my brother, yes.
T: I have a younger brother.. so, yes! 

24: Turn on? 
K: Intellectual humans.
T: Intelligent, positive people

25: Turn off? 
K: People who have no sense of humor.
T: Same as Kavi! People with no sense of humour. 

26: The reason we made a blog? 
K & T: To share our love for all things food, fashion, beauty, health and everything in between.

27: Fears? 
K: An uncertain future. 
T: Snakes or anything that crawls (shudders) 

28: Last thing that made you cry? 
K: Last night as I was watching the newest episode of Grey's Anatomy.
T: Been a while so I can't recall

29: Last time you said you loved someone? 
K: To my mom a couple of hours ago!
T: To my mom a few minutes ago. 

30: Meaning behind your Blog Name? 
K & T: We're on opposite sides of the world right now, hence the "east west" and "musings" because it's a blog on our thoughts about the topics we mentioned above!

31: Last book you read? 
K: "Faefever" by Karen Marie Moning
T: "Nothing left to lose" by Kirsty Moseley 

32: The book you're currently reading? 
K: Re-reading "Me before You" by JoJo Moyes 
T: Re-reading "Fighting Temptation" by KC Lynn

33: Last show you watched? 
K: Scandal!
T: House

34: Last person you talked to? 
K: My housemate a couple of minutes ago.
T: My friend

35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted? 
K: BEST FRIENDS!
T: One of my best friends!

36: Favourite food? 
K: Sri Lankan spicy chicken kottu! 
T: Sri Lankan spicy roast chicken kottu with cheese! (miss it so much)

37: Place you want to visit? 
K: Cuba!
T: Santorini! 

38: Last place you were? 
K: Does the kitchen count?
T: University

39: Do you have a crush? 
K: Heh....yes!
T: You could say that, yes! 

40: Last time you kissed someone? 
K: Good god...a while ago.
T: I don't kiss and tell! 

41: Last time you were insulted? 
K: My lovely mother dearest about the cleanliness of my room a few hours ago!
T: Kavi on my sleeping patterns! haha

42: Favourite flavour of sweet? 
K: LIME! Bring on the sour!
T: Dark chocolate

43: What instruments do you play?
K: Used to play the piano and guitar...if that counts.
T: Used to play the piano and play the guitar now when I get the chance!

44: Favorite piece of jewelry? 
K: My H&M midi ring set
T: The necklace I'm wearing in the picture above from Lovisa

45: Last sport you played? 
K: Soccer!
T: Badminton

46: Last song you sang? 
K: Katy Perry's "Dark Horse"
T: "It wasn't me" by Shaggy

47: Favourite chat up line? 
K: "On a scale of one to human centipede, how close am I to that a**?" 
T: "I think I need a library card because I'm gonna check you out" ;)

48: Have you ever used it? 
K: Nope! I just like it 'cause it's funny!
T: Nope! Too cheesy but funny! 

49: Last time you hung out with anyone? 
K: Last night with my housemates!
T: Couple of days ago with friends

50: Who should answer these questions next? 
K & T: Anyone, really. It's entertaining! 




Cheers,
Thavi & Kavi

Love and Beauty (Forever 21) Matte Eyeshadow Palette Tutorial!

Hello!

So, a couple of days ago my housemates and I went out for dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday (along with her family) and I wore a beautiful Forever21 purple and black dress paired with this eyeshadow look. I love this look so much because it's not flashy but complements well with a dress of any of the colors used for this look!

So, first, I just want to mention that I used one eyeshadow palette for this! It is the Love and Beauty Matte Eyeshadow Palette by Forever 21! Let's digest this for a minute first shall we? I was quite reluctant to purchase this because I didn't see that many reviews online nor did I know how well the color pay off would be. It was only $8.90 so I decided, why the heck not and went ahead with it. This was the first look I did with this palette, and let me say, guys, it was not disappointing! The colors are very pigmented, especially the darker colors. I am yet to use all the colors, but I will keep you guys posted. You can use any matte eyeshadows that are comparable to the one's I will be showing you to get this look as well! Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it!

1) As usual, prime your eyelids. I used the ELF shadowlock primer

2) I used a light tan color all over my lid just to lock in the primer and even out the skin tone on my eyelids (1*)

3) I used a leather brown color share as my transitional color all over the crease of my lid with an ELF eyeshadow brush (2*)

4) I added this red-violet color all over the lid except the inner corner with another ELF eyeshadow brush (3*).

5) I used the dark brown in the palette on the outer corner to smoke it out and then added a touch of the black to emphasize it even more with an Eco tools full eyeshadow brush. I also added a touch of an off-white color to the inner corner (4, 5 & 6*).

6) I used my N.Y. Colors black liquid eyeliner and drew a thin line across my upper lashes

7) I added a coat of Wet n Wild volumanizing mascara to finish off this look!

*Colors used:

That is it, guys! I hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you very soon!

Cheers,
Kavi

Homemade Sausage and Veggie Pizza!

Hello everyone!

As a college student living on her own, I have to cook for myself. My initial thought about this: why me! Now: hey, it's not so bad after all! And it really isn't. This is not to say that every recipe is easy as pie, but there are a ridiculous amount of recipes that are pretty do-able. Let's face it, guys, if I can do it, you can do it ten times better! Anyway, that's my little introductory spiel, and on to the actual recipe itself!

Who doesn't like pizza? Certainly not me, but Pizza hut and Dominos can burn a hole in your pocket and not to mention it's not always on the healthy side of the scale! My recipe is not a textbook definition of a healthy meal, but it definitely lists better than something you can order and trust me when I say it tastes amazing!

The indigents you need are pretty simple and you have probably have most, if not all of this already in your kitchen! Here's what I used for 1 serving:

Ingredients

1. 1 Pita bread
2. 1/3 cup of finely grated mild cheddar cheese 
3. 1/3 pound of ground Italian sausage
4. 1/3 cup of chunky tomato, garlic and onion pasta sauce
5. 1/2 a large white onion
6. 1/3 green bell pepper
7. 1.5 tsp butter or oil
8. 1/3 tsp ginger and garlic paste (optional)
9. 1tsp chili flakes (optional)
10. 1tsp chili powder (optional)
11. Salt to taste

**you can substitute many of these ingredients such as the meat, cheese, pasta sauce, and veggies. 

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit or 205 degrees Celsius
2. I started off by cooking the meat on a medium-high heat. I didn't add any oil because the fat in the meat sufficed. Once it developed a beautiful brown color, I added the ginger garlic paste, chili flakes and powder to give it some heat (Sri Lankan roots showing here!)

   

   Sausage cooked to perfection!

3. In a hot skillet, I added the onions and bell pepper with 1.5tsp of butter to soften up the veggies. I added a pinch of salt here 

   

   Cooking the veggies!

4. Next, I placed one pita bread on a pizza pan and slathered a generous amount of pasta sauce. I love the sweet and thick texture of chunky pasta sauce but feel free to change it up!

   

   All that pasta sauce..yum

   
   
5. Then, I added some beautiful golden cheese 

   

   Add the cheese!

6. After, I piled up on the sausage and added the veggies before sprinkling a little bit of cheese. (Personally, you can never have too much cheese!)

   

   Pile on that meat!

Veggies next!

Top it off with the cheese!

    7.     Finally, I let the pizza sit in the oven for 12 minutes before serving it up!

One word: DELISH!

My attempt at a decent plating!

This took me under 30 minutes to make and it's a great recipe to have in you repertoire! The pita bread developed a beautiful crunch and the cheese was melted to perfection! I hope you guys enjoy this recipe!

Cheers,
Kavi

Dusky Pink & Purple Eyeshadow Tutorial

Hello hello!

I was craving a colorful eyeshadow look for a night a few days ago, and decided on a pink/purple shimmer eyes to match a baby pink dress I was going to wear that night! By no means am I a professional/qualified makeup artist, but I've learned a few tricks by watching a ridiculous amount of makeup tutorials and decided to have a go at it! I used all drugstore makeup (including brushes!) so I hope you guys enjoy!

1) I started off with taping the sides of my eyes at an angle toward my temples. This gave a guide for the shadows (and the eyeliner at the end). I don't usually use tape because the skin around the eyes is sensitive, so try to use the edge of an old credit card. But, take your time here, guys 'cause this is the base for your eyeshadow. I made sure to stick the tape on to my hand a couple of times to take away the tackiness first so it barely even stuck to my skin. I used a primer as well to stop creasing. The Elf Shadow Lock Eyeshadow Primer is the absolute bomb! It retails for US$2 (I believe), and it keeps your eyeshadow looking fresh and on point!

Step 1

2) Next, I used the the dark dusky pink/purple from the L.A. Colors Trendy Palette all over the eyelid with an ELF Professional Eyeshadow Brush.

Step 2

3) I blended the dusky pink/purple with the lid color from ELF Beautiful Brown's eyeshadow palette. This was the transitional color used. I used an ELF Professional Blending Brush for this.

Step 3

4) I sprayed an angled ELF Defining Eye Brush with the ELF setting mist and mixed the line color in the ELF Tantalizing Taupe shadow palette with the shimmery purple in L.A. Colors Haute Palette on the outer corner of the eye.

Step 4

5) I used another Elf Blending brush and blended the dusky color with the purple. I realized that the purple did not give the definition and depth I wanted, so I decided to add a touch of matte black shadow and blended again! Black is a hard color to blend, so keep going at it, guys! As with any eyeshadow look, blending is the key! I also added a touch of a shimmery peach/pink color from the L.A. Colors Haute Palette to give the dusky pink a pop.

Step 5

6) Now comes the fun part..eyeliner! I used the NYC liquid eyeliner in black. The tape works as a great guide to get a precise winged look. Follow the line of the tape and create another connecting 1/3  toward the inner corner of the eye and color it in. Then follow the eyeliner along the lash line to finish the look. (As you can see the tape helps eliminate any mishaps!)

Step 6

7) Now to reveal your masterpiece...take the tape off and remove any fall out around the eye. Then run your eyeshadow brush along the bottom lash line with the dusky pink and add a coat of mascara! I used the Wet N Wild Mega Volume mascara! 

So that's the final look, guys! Finish this off with your favorite foundation and I added a touch of matte pink lipstick to complete the look!

I hope you guys enjoyed this!

Cheers,
Kavi

Who Are We?

Hey there!

We are Thavisha and Kavindra (but call us Thavi and Kavi)! We are cousins currently living across the globe from each other in pursuit of our undergraduate studies! We can literally finish each others thoughts and we constantly amaze ourselves by how alike we think (even 20 years later)! We share a passion for fitness, health, food, and a little bit of fashion and beauty. Here's a little bit more about us:

Thavi:

I'm studying Food and Nutrition at university down under. I'm nearly done with my second year. On my way to becoming a Nutritionist. I'm also working at a fine dining Italian restaurant as a waitress. Food is my passion which is evident from what I have chosen to study. Some could call me a 'Foodie'.When I find time (which is hard to do with juggling university work and a job) I browse through a lot of food bloggers and food channels on YouTube. I love watching how just a few ingredients can be used to make something spectacular. I love to bake so I browse through a lot of recipes and try them out. I love being creative with recipes. When I feel inspired I tweak the recipe to make it just a bit more healthier. Doesn't it feel great when you try something new and its successful? I think so!

Like Kavi has said below fitness is very important to me. You can find me at the gym 3-4 times a week. Trying out new exercises and challenging myself to push harder is exhilarating even though getting out of bed the next day is nearly impossible!

Thanks for stopping by and we hope you like what we have to say!

Kavi:

 Sorry for the picture quality, guys! I'll find a better one!

I'm a junior studying Marketing and Communications at college in the States. Apart from drowning myself in the workload, I spend a lot of my time going through food/recipe websites and beauty vloggers on YouTube and constantly wish I could be as talented! Even though I can't cook to save my life, I enjoy experiencing a culture through the food it has to offer. I love adventure as well, so I'm always down for an afternoon jaunt to the river for some kayaking or the mountains for a good ol' hike.

I've gotten into the fitness scene a tad bit and I've been loving it but that's more Thavi's style! I've also been interested in the beauty aspect a little bit, and slowly building up my makeup collection in hopes I can (maybe) pull off a decent smokey eye! Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I have to post, along with my fellow partner in crime, Thavi!







A toast to an exciting adventure!

Cheers,
Thavi & Kavi