~ Karabana ~: 2014 Festival Gala

~ Karabana ~: 2014 Festival Gala

Why Candy Crush Saga is So Successful and Popular But Will Never Be an Angry Birds: A Cognitive Tear Down of the User Experience (UX)

Why Candy Crush Saga is So Successful and Popular But Will Never Be an Angry Birds: A Cognitive Tear Down of the User Experience (UX)

Doing What I Am

I've completed many vocational tests - you know the type. Do you like working with numbers, then be an accountant. They've always seemed really cut and dried to me. This book, however, Do What You Are by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger breaks the mold. It's based on your personality type and is extremely helpful. You start by choosing which sentences apply to you and then you verify your selections in the following chapter. I've got to say, the way they described the INTP personality (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinker, Perceiver), was as if they knew me.


You learn a lot i.e. the four temperaments are Sensing Judgers, Sensing Perceivers, Intuitive Feelers, and Intuitive Thinkers. The book gives you your strengths based on your personality type. What I found interesting was that introverts actually do direct (the mind, their interests, etc.) outward - what we direct outside outside ourselves is senses, thoughts, feelings, and intuition.

Do What You Are informs you that your abilities increase as you age. True to form, I've seen this development in my own life. In university, this book helped me decide what to major in (Economics) which led to a very fulfilling learning experience as well as academic success. Years later it also helped me on choosing a profession. I've found much satisfaction in being a Management Consultant - one of the positions recommended for my personality type.

Added bonuses from this book include these features that are all personality specific:

• implications for the job search
• pathways to success and
• possible pitfalls

This book colored my judgement

British tv hosts Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are well known for their show and book "What Not to Wear". I'm not a huge fan of the way these titles sound - negative. I think a positive title like "What to Wear"sets one on a positive and affirming note. This may be why I prefer their book "What you wear can change your life". It provides positive tips for various body types. However, my favorite feature is the color recommendations.

I learned that with my dark skin tone, cool and bright colors suit me best. This book introduced me to a fantastic color: "Schiaparelli pink". It is a shocking pink that I've applied through Nars nail polish (available at department stores and Sephora). I would definately recommend "Schiap" to others and am looking forward to purchasing the matching lipstick.

Another brilliant feature of "What you wear can change your life" is the color matching solutions.  They highlight a base color of an outfit and offer colors that complement the base well. 

Again, I've extended their recommendations. Instead of using the flattering colors applied to a brown outfit, I've used the colors to flatter my very own skin. Compliments when I wear orange, aqua, or turquoise have validated Trinny and Susannah's color matching system.

So if you want to know how to look great, check out the color recommendations in this book or even read the duo's recent post about how to wear a color, that isn't necessarily your color. http://trinnyandsusannah.com/wear-peach-make-work/

  

Head into the Shade: Sunglasses and tips for big foreheads.

I’ll admit it – I’ve got a big head. I’m not talking about having a huge ego like Kanye West. I literally have a big head – a big forehead to be exact. Although it is not my favorite feature, I have come to accept it with lots of help from big forehead beauty Tyra Banks. I’ve also learned to accessorize to balance out my  flawsome eighthead.  Wearing sunglasses with sharp wide edged frames, help to make the forehead look smaller. Below are pictures of my favorite sunglasses that I own. 

Wayfarers and cat-eye flatter my face (I always get compliments when I wear them). Wearing aviators only mimicks, highlights and even exaggerates a large forehead. Whatever style you choose, arm youself with this quote:

But genius looks forward: the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, and poet