Curry!

The curry that I made up as I went along....
Well I started this idea the night before. I know I had shrimp, curry powder, tomato and tomato sauce, and I didn't have any kind of milk or dairy at home. The next day I took the shrimp and a package of frozen onion and bell pepper stir fry out of the freezer....I was trying to figure out how to do this.

This is the curry powder I used. Got it from the farmers market here in town. The label says its Indian Curry if anyone is wondering.

Ingredients used:

• 1 roma tomato
• a good amount of the onions from the stir fry freezer pack
• garlic powder
• paprika 
• two handfuls of cooked frozen shrimp
• rice
• fresh spinach
• canned black beans(found in mexican aisle at the store)
• spaghetti sauce 
• salt

First I fried the roma tomato and onions for a little bit, I sprinkled it with garlic powder, added a touch of water. After that started smelling wonderful I added the spinach leafs which I ripped up a little and the spaghetti sauce. I let that simmer a little then I added paprika, and the curry powder. I am never shy with the curry powder, so you shouldn't be either!

I let that cook for about 5minutes and added salt, then tasted it to make sure it wasn't bland. I ran my shrimp under a bit of hot water and took the tails off. I added them to the curry mix as well. OH! I started my rice at the very beginning of this process... anyways, I let the curry mixture cook for about 8minutes or so. Till I felt it was ready, turned the heat down to low-medium(4 on my dial). The rice was pretty much done as well.

 I'm sure there are better ways to go about making curry, but I was extremely happy with the results and it tasted great to me. Ill be having more of it later today! 

Little 5 Points Pizza!!

422 Seminole Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Neighborhood: Little Five Points

(404) 525-2530

 This place. What can I not say about this place? I first went to this pizza place with my friend from school. I had been to lil 5 points already but never to that pizza shop. The price had me skeptical but I decided to try it out. I got the vegetarian and a pepperoni. Both were mouth watering and amazing. They make the dough there, I'm pretty sure they make their own sauce too. You make your order, get a little sign and wait for them to make it fresh for you. When you get it its like, "Wow is all that for me?" The slices are HUGE!!

This is pizza done right! Give it two thumbs up, five golden stars. The taste is orgasmic. Green olives make so much difference than the black ones.

The menu is great. There's lots to choose from. Pizza, pasta, calzone, probably other stuff I can't think of at the moment.  

From my research this place used to be called Fellini's Pizza, but is now under new management. I've also been to Fellini's right in the heart of Decatur, Ga. And the pizza is on point. I'm going to wrap up this review with, next time you are in the Atlanta area, visit this little spot. You won't be disappointed. There's also loads of shops to look through and a couple pubs. 

How I Achieved this Look

Lets start with my hair:

How I got this nice twist-out I started with freshly washed hair. I used Organix Coconut Milk shampoo and conditioner. I side parted my hair and sectioned it off a bit unevenly. I spritzed my hair with a bit of water and added softened pure African Shea butter to my section and first flat-twisted my hair then transitioned to a two strand twist. I left that in while I did my make-up. I'll get back to the hair part in a minute...

Make-up:

• MAYBELLINE NEWYORK: Fit me! Shade: 355 with SPF18
• Wet n Wild Coloricon 380B Walking  on Eggshells
• NIKKA K High Definition Eye Shadow(not sure what the color is. Deep Hot Pink)
• Itaolia Powder Blush 02Rose
• REVELON Just Bitten: Frenzy
• NYC HD  Liquid Eyeliner 889 Extra Black
• Remy eyelashes
• Black eyelash glue

Make-up: What I did:

First I applied the foundation with my fingertips. I read that using your fingertips is better than using a sponge because it warms up the foundation so it sticks to your skin better, plus it doesn't absorb precious product. Then I used my eyeshadow brush to apply the eyelid shadow then the crease shadow above it. I don't think I used the brow bone shadow. Maybe a little bit. I blended it, then applied that hot pink color to the crease and outter edge of my eye lid, also the tear line(I got this inspiration from an editorial photo of a model). I then applied my lashes and brush on some blush(to apply blush you make a 'C' shape from your cheek to the level of your eyes). I added my lip-stain and filled in my eyebrows a little with a dark brown pencil.

Hair continued:

Now that all my make-up was applied I began untwisting my hair. Yes, it is still slightly wet, but that's okay. It will give your hair that well moisturized look. When all the sections were untwisted I took the section that hung over my face and twisted it loosely, then I pinned it to the side(which would be the left). I pinned the right side back a little and added the flower.  I spritzed it again with a little water.

Clothes and Accessories

• Gold glitter dress
• Dangle earrings
• Flower hair clip
• Bobby pins
• Necklace

I finished this look with a dress and necklace I borrowed from my friends with a pair of black stilettos. I am not the most advanced when it comes to looking fabulous, but this was simple enough. 

End of the Beginning, Doesn't Mean It's the Beginning of the End

Hi, and welcome to The Simple Life. I would like to introduce this blog as a project of sorts. I will be exploring things like cooking, baking, fashion, hair, make-up, diy art projects. Some topics will be simple some more complicated, but all explained in a way that is easy to understand and follow. I will also be playing around with designing this blog for I am learning to be a graphic designer/web designer.

I look forward to starting this up, rather exciting for me.