Mind on My Matcha & Matcha on My Mind

Matcha Green Tea Powder

The other day on instagram (is this how I start out every sentence/story????????) a fashion blogger posted about a homemade green tea latte. DING DING DING you've caught my interest. She posted the recipe with the picture, and I've googled my way into finding a local health food store with all the products I need. The next natural step for me was to follow said locally owned health food store on Twitter. After writing this blog post, I have full intentions to go to the store, buy matcha green tea powder, and ask them who runs their Twitter account (I WOULD LIKE TO SPRUCE IT UP A BIT).

anyways... #tangent.....

Matcha green tea is some super stuff. You know how the health food retailers got all hyped up about Greek yogurt lately? Everything even remotely in the dairy or health category at the store has a greek version brand extension. EVEN YOPLAIT, Y'ALL. I could see matcha green tea products taking over the mass market. It's so powerful!!!!!!!

Matcha Magic Benefits (not all of them--just the ones I care about):

• Calms & relaxes (ahhh, bath time)
• Enhances mood (oh good, I hate it when my inner bridezilla comes out)
• Aids in concentration (nine-to-five werqe griiiind)
• Boosts metabolism & burns calories (more cals burned = more froyo -!-)
• Does not raise heart rate (I'm on the caffeine sensitive side... Probably why I'm addicted to coffee)
• Boost of energy throughout the day (GOOD BECAUSE THE HOURS OF 3-5 IS ROUGH)
• One glass of matcha is equivalent to 10 glasses of green tea in health benefits (s.w.a.g.)
• Fights cancer (GOOD BECAUSE I SWEAR ALL OF MY MOLES ARE MELANOMA) 

Read more about matcha benefits here. THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD THINGS TO READ ABOUT IT, I CAN'T EVEN--I CAN'T. 

Matcha Green Tea Latte

• 1-2 cups almond milk
• 1 tablespoon matcha
• 1-2 teaspoons raw honey (or any other natural sweetener)

Microwave the almond milk for 1 minute. Add matcha & sweet stuff. Blend 10 seconds. Microwave 1 minute. 

~oOoOo YuMmMmYyYy~

One last thing...

Through my tea-googling, I discovered this tea heaven website. Teavana.com. Special teas and products and wonderful little tea-trinkets that make me want to spoil and pamper myself on week nights with tea stuff. Oh, my inner 89-year-old just made a brief appearance, sorry about that. Stifling it. 

Tweet me if you have questions about where I buy my Matcha. I live in Dallas. Google is also an option, but I'm still open to being tweeted. @FashFoodFriv

{images: green tea latte here, }

How to wear tropical print: Style Guide for the BB

Tropical print has officially left South Africa and entered the closets of stylish women and metrosexual men all over the USA. 

 But if you don't wear it right, you could potentially end up looking like you walked out of a retirement home, because plant-prints are known to be an old-people favorite item for as long as our GEN Y brains can remember. Trendsetters love to mix and match prints, but it can be it can be tricky with tropical. Stick to BOLD and GRAPHIC, minimally colored, prints to mix with the busy tropical pattern.

GNO
Girls night is an excuse to wear really weird crap. Brave enough to try out the rib-driff top? Do it. Pair it with wedge sneakers. And a maxi? Why not? You didn't shave your legs today anyway.
Favorite item: the Kate Spade "Off We Go" clutch.

The 9 to 5
I've never had to look professional until this summer so I'm really going all out with workwear and trying to still look like a trendy MFr in the process. When testing out trendy patters in the workplace, it's CRUCIAL to stick to classic silhouettes. You can never EVER EVER go wrong with the classic shift dress. I mean, assuming it's not too short (I mean, get it together). The yellow pumps may be too loud for your law office, but I think the pop of color is a welcomed element with the green and black dress.
Favorite item: the BaubleBar necklace. I cannot get enough baublebar.

Date Night
Obviously your boyfriend doesn't know a fashion trend from mandarin chinese (unless your boyfriend is Ryan Seacrest, who is no doubt in the know of this season's trends), but your efforts to be in style on date night don't go unnoticed or unappreciated. By your friends or mom or someone. Anyways. I wouldn't recommend tropical print harlem pants on dinner and movie night, unless you're the man repeller, of course. A fitted skirt with a flowy top makes sense for the occasion. Oh and obviously hanky pankys are never discouraged.
Favorite item: the Melissa wedges. I own these in nude/red, and once I get started on this brand, I can't stop. It's one of my very favorites. And from my experience in selling them, they FLY off the shelves.

Wishing everyone a fabulous, relaxing, Miguel-filled Saturday. And in case you aren't sure who "BB" is directed towards, please do educate yourself here.