Vanilla-Roasted Peaches with Raspberries

Prep Time: 10 min.
Total Time: 35 min.
Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 firm, ripe peaches (1 to 1 1/2 lbs total), halved and pitted
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 1 package (5 to 6 oz) raspberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large, shallow baking dish combine butter, lemon juice, sugar, and vanilla extract. Add peaches, and turn to coat with butter mixture; arrange (cut side down) in a single layer.
2. Roast until peaches are tender and cooking liquid is syrupy, 15 to 20 minutes, brushing with cooking liquid halfway through. Serve peaches (warm or at room temperature) with ice cream and raspberries. Drizzle with cooking liquid.

Had this last night...yum!!! :o)

Mascara!!!

First post ever...MASCARA!  The one thing I usually wear daily.  For someone who doesn't wear a ton of makeup on a daily basis, it is a little ridiculous how much I love trying new products and collecting beauty stuff.  The following is my current favorite mascara...L'Oreal Telescopic mascara.

L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara

Love love love this!  It separates, lengthens, and thickens.  No clumping and just takes one application. I had heard about this one for a while, and I'm so glad I finally tried it.  And for bottom lashes, you don't need to shell out for Clinique.  Maybelline's Lash Discovery is perfect for bottom and corner lashes, and you won't smudge the mascara on your lids!

Maybelline Lash Discovery mascara

My other all-time favorites...

Gives easy volume and no clumping.

Pretty much a cheaper version of the Lancome Hypnose

The "torture ball"-esque brush fans lashes out amazingly, but doesn't come off easily.

If you want to splurge, you really get a super dramatic effect with this Hypnose Drama by Lancome. 

There have been some that I definitely do regret buying, however...

Ugh! This was pretty much equivalent to using a pipe cleaner on your lashes, and the formula was so dry.  I definitely fell for the marketing on this one, thinking that since it looked like Lash Blast, it would probably work just as well...oh well.

This product tried (and failed) to combine a traditional mascara brush with a rubber brush, and it clumped worse that any mascara I've ever tried.  Maybe if I were going for the Twiggy look, it might work...

I officially don't trust any mascara that boosts its "Lycra" content.   I expected this sequel to Lash Blast to live up to the hype, but I might as well have been wearing no mascara with the effect this one had.