Labor Day Fun! Arbor Mist Frozen Wine Cocktails.

It was the Labor Day holiday this past Monday, so we went down to the lake to eat fish & chips, enjoy the sunset and try the new Arbor Mist Frozen Wine Cocktails.

I got the opportunity to try these cocktails through SheSpeaks, just in time for Labor Day. They come in 3 flavours, Blackberry Merlot, Strawberry White Zinfandel and White Pear Pinot Grigio.

Basically, you put them in the freezer for about 5 hours, take them out and gently massage them a bit, before pouring into your glass. Each pouch is probably 1-2 drinks, depending on how big you like your drinks lol. I don't drink much (especially not at the moment), but I had a tiny bit of each and they were absolutely delicious! I have tried frozen margaritas before and these are a similar concept, if you like wine coolers these might be more to your taste. If you don't like wine coolers, these are STILL going to be to your taste... as I said, they are DELICIOUS! The Strawberry was my favourite, I am SUCH a sucker for strawberries! What I like about these pouches is that although they are the same alcohol level as Arbor Mist wines (6%), they don't taste harsh at all. They are tasty and smooth, while still tasting like an alcoholic beverage. The fruity taste is not artificial at all, the flavours actually taste like the fruits they are supposed to be i.e. the Blackberry tastes like blackberry, White Pear tastes like pear etc etc.... The only thing you need to be aware of is that you definitely need to drink them while frozen and in this heat, it wont take long for them to melt. Unless you keep them in ice, you should definitely drink them straight out of the freezer.

Here are some pics of the Strawberry and White Pear flavours in my teeny, tiny glass!

Strawberry White Zinfandel

Lol, tried to get fruity with an orange wedge... as you can see, it dwarfed my glass.

White Pear Pinot Grigio

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Me, trying to be high class with my wine :p

As I can't really drink at this present time (lol so cryptic), I had my teeny glass of each flavour and my husband drank the rest. If you think males can't enjoy these, think again! He really liked them as well and they were strong enough for him not to consider them sugar water, hehe. Arbor Mist frozen cocktails are awesome for these hot days and nights, throw a bunch (frozen) in your ice chest and have them at your next pool party ;) I saw a bunch of them at Walmart for under $2 a pouch, definitely cheaper than going out for cocktails.

What did you get up to this past weekend? Do you have a favourite summer beverage?

Product sent for review.

Photo Diary: Orange County Fair

Heart-attack inducing fatty fried food, rides that I never go on, animals galore, sun, dust and never bringing enough water: this is the Orange County Fair.

This photo diary consists of pics from my recent trip to the OC Fair.

My arm candy of the day, shiny, silvery bangles from Forever 21 and a beaded crystal bracelet my mama sent me.

Deep fried klondike bar. This was my husband's, it was good but a little overdone. Icecream was liquid inside and he was complaining about it not being real fried ice cream. I'm like wtf do you think this? A chinese restaurant?

Deep fried oreos. This was mine (of course, I am an oreo fiend!) and it was heavenly. I didn't think oreos could get any better, but this was like a powdered doughnut with oreo filling.

Super sized chili cheese curly fries stack. Crispy, melty, mildly spicy goodness. The whole family (4 of us) shared this and it was enough for all of us.

All Fried Everything. Even frogs legs.

The ferris wheel! The only ride I go on nowadays. I'm just not into the whole spending $10 on a ride that's over in about 30 seconds and causes me to want to vomit. I like the ferris wheel though :D

A photo of me! Pretty much the only one of the whole day, since I'm ever the photographer, never the photographed.

Oh no wait! There's another photo of me.............................

A super unflattering picture of me in a scarecrow cut out.

Awww yeah, total fashion plate. Look out for 'Scarecrow' on your local runways.


Little wallabies! They were very placid, seemed quite  used to being around massive amounts of people. Too bad we couldn't pat them :(

Street performers, they were all on stilts and were doing crazy stunts.

Dude went and climbed that structure, freehand and wearing stilts. The people who were sitting under him eating were a little apprehensive. Well I sure as heck wouldn't want a random dude on stilts to fall into my food either..

It was a hot, long, tiring and extremely fun day :) I'm kinda disappointed because I wanted to eat funnel cake and ice cream too, but I think after the deep fried oreos anything else would have been excessive.

Does anyone else find that the older you get, the more going to places is about the food you eat? It seems to be that way for me anyway.

Hope you all have a great weekend! If you're in the SoCal area, let me know if you made it down to the fair, or if you're planning to!

Influenster Summer Beauty VoxBox 2012

So this is my first VoxBox from Influenster!

If you don't know what I'm on about, check this out. Most of the items are sample sized, but I was pleasantly surprised to see a full sized nail polish and cuticle cream!

Quaker Banana Nut Bread Soft Baked Bar

First up, I tried the Quaker Banana Nut Bread Soft Baked Bar (now that's a mouthful. Get it? Mouthf.. yeah).

 OMG. OMFG. It was soooo good. It really tasted like banana bread, it was delicious. I saw someone say it tasted too much like a protein bar, but I didn't get that at all. It was really yummy, even without warming it up (which they suggest).

-5g Fiber*
-20% daily value of 5 B Vitamins
-6g of Protein
*Contains 3.5g of total fat per serving

You can find Quaker Soft Baked Bars at most major retailers. Suggested retail price: $3.29 for a box of 5 bars

CLEAR Nourishing Shampoo & Daily Conditioner

I've been wanting to try the Clear brand of hair products for a while, as they claim to nourish the roots and give you stronger hair.

 I quite liked the shampoo, it didn't lather too much and strip my hair, but left it feeling clean.  The condition was pretty rich, but it didn't moisturise quite as much as I was expecting. Maybe I just need to use a bit more, I was a little frugal since they are mini bottles. The scent is really nice, reminiscent of the old Herbal Essences products.

CLEAR SCALP & HAIR BEAUTY THERAPY™ products are available at mass retailers, select drugstores and supermarkets nationwide. Suggested retail price: $4.99 – $5.99

Sally Hansen Nails & Cuticles Hand Creme

This hand creme is really nice.

It has a light orange scent which isn't overpowering and it moisturises nicely without leaving your hands feeling greasy. It is meant to soften cuticles as well and it did a pretty good job. If you have really dry, hard cuticles though, you will probably need to use a cuticle remover cream beforehand, but this is great for maintenance. 

Available at chain drug stores, food stores and mass merchandisers nationally. Suggested Retail Price: $5.99 for full size bottle

Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color in Graphite Gravity

Full size bottle. I quite liked this polish, despite the pattern not coming through as strongly as I'd hoped. Possibly application issues on my part...

 Check out my full review here.

Available at chain drug stores, food stores and mass merchandisers nationally. Suggested Retail Price: $9.99

Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen

This sunscreen smells soooo nice! I could just sniff it all day.

It says it's water resistant for 80 minutes and provides 12 hours of moisturisation. I liked the hydration and the fact that it sunk into my skin without leaving any residue. I actually used it on my face and neck and it felt fine, no irritation or sensitivity.

Also available in SPF 12, 30, 50.
You can find Hawaiian Tropic products at most major retailers. Suggested retail price: $8.99 for a 6oz bottle.

Always & Tampax Radiant Collection

I like Tampax, I always have. They work... that's all I need to tell you lol.

The VoxBox came with a cute little pink clutch which had samples of their new Radiant collection, pantyliners, a pad and a couple of tampons. I quite like the packaging, but I'm not into applicator tampons.... this must be a US thing, because they aren't that popular in Australia. Anyway, let me stop before TMI happens. I'm using the clutch as a new cosmetics case! My Hello Kitty one broke at the zipper ;_;

You can find Tampax products at most major retailers.

All in all, I was really happy with all the products I tried and I'm looking forward to the next VoxBox I'm selected for. They were all brand new products to me and I enjoyed testing them out.

Disclaimer: I received products from Influenster to test out. All opinions are 100% my own. For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy.

Photo Diary: out & about, random FOTDs, recent purchases & stuff.

Just wanted to show you guys some of the stuff I've been up to lately! Some of the pics are from my Instagram, @IshahxBeauty (follow me!).

Went to the Frank and Son Collectible Show (F&S) recently, it's a big warehouse type place with a plethora of collectible and novelty item dealers. They also sell Japanese manga, anime, figurines and posters and LOTS of phone charms/straps/cases etc. It's cool that my husband and I are both into stuff like that, otherwise it'd be a problem lol.

My FOTD, hair and nails. Keepin' it simple.

Glitter sandwich!

Hello Kitty lego army at one of the dealer's stalls.

I was craving Malay/Indonesian food, so after F&S we headed to this little place called Sate House for dinner.

YUMMY Chicken Sate with peanut sauce and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce).

Ikan Goreng (fried fish) with a side of mango sambal (chilli sauce). I love whole fish, it's just so much tastier! My grandfather's favourite part is the eyeball lol. Yeah, I'm not that much of a fanatic.

Random FOTD!

Ew, my hair looks orange in this lighting. Well, it fits my neon theme... Neon nails, bright pink lips, neon rainbow bow necklace, neon shirt.....

....which just so happens to be a purchase from F&S! Neon Batman shirt, how cool is that?

Another random FOTD pic.

I love my jacket, got it from Forever 21 for like $25 or something. Insanely cheap.

Random pic from when I did my ombre hair.

Huntington Beach... I love Summer! Expect to see a lot more pics of the beach in upcoming photo diaries. I need a new swim suit though, thinking of a retro style one piece because bikinis never seem to have that much boob support lol.

Chocolate love from my family back home in Australia! Cadbury chocolate Caramello Koalas and Freddo Frogs. Reminds me of good old childhood. And Tim Tams, literally the BEST biscuit/cookie EVER made. EVER. My mama sent me 2 regular, 3 double coat (mmmm), 1 honeycomb and 1 rum & raisin.

Love my Hello Kitty watch! I got it from focalprice.com, they have lots of cheap HK stuff (and yeah that's my Batman shirt again..).

I wanted to get some arm candy to go with it, so I dragged my family to the Temecula Promenade and had a look in the Forever 21 there.

Silvery....

Pink bling!

Silvery bling to the max.

After shopping, we got hungry.. This is Baked Ziti from an italian place in the Promenade food court. It was really yummy, better than I expected from one of those food court places.

Stopped at Sally Beauty Supply to pick up this little baby.... Yes, I am planning to dip dye my ends pink! I'm hoping for a baby pink, not a too shocking bright pink. We shall see.

Then a quick trip to Walmart where I got this Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (post on that coming soon)...

....and this creme facial bleach. No, it's not for my moustache, it's for my eyebrows!! I'm going to try and bleach them to a lighter brown colour so they match my hair better.

Lastly, I'll leave you with this funny pic of my 3 weirdos.... otherwise known as my husband and 2 kids! Yeah, if you can't tell, they are Power Rangers fans :p