Trashy Friday: Eye Candy, Married at First Sight, and Sex Box

Welcome back to another edition of Trashy Fridays! Today we will be covering MTv’s “Eye Candy”, FYI’s “Married at First Sight: The First Year” and WeTv’s “Sex Box”. Let’s get to the trashiness!

Eye Candy:

We got an amazing episode of Eye Candy this week. Finally we get to know who the killer is. Lindy tries to investigate her sister’s disappearance with Jake. She has decided to ignore the Cyber Crime’s unit because they have betrayed her trust. Tommy decides to investigate Hamish because he thinks he is behind the trafficking site. But really the main point in this episode, is that Jake is sooo cute J.  Anyway, Lindy confronts Catherine and wants to know the information she has on her sister. We get some weird back story about her niece, but the important thing is that it is believed that Sara is dead. So Lindy goes with Jake to find her body number and wants to go to the grave site to see if her sister is really dead. (She has to go there personally since the killer took the photo of the dead body associated with her number.) Meanwhile, the killer attacks Catherine in her home and she ends up getting ran over by a truck. (Ouch.) Tommy works with Connor to find Hamish’s other servers. Hamish finds this out and makes a deal with Tommy that he won’t be prosecuted and he will give him a tip on the killer if he shuts down the site himself. (He does it.) Meanwhile in cute Jake land, his car breaks down and he and Lindy are forced to stay at a bed and breakfast. They end up having sex. (Jake also has a very nice body J) Jake gets his car fixed and they go to a boat so they can go the island to find her sisters body. Hamish’s tip to Tommy and Catherine identified (dramatic music) Jake was the creepy stalker killer all along and now Lindy is in a lot of trouble.

I was kinda disappointed that Jake was the killer, because I have been rooting for him but at the same time I really like it. Next week is the finale and I’m super excited. Lindy will learn that Jake is the killer and now she and Sofia, who was kidnapped, will be in trouble.

Married at First Sight:

Last episode we left off with Doug wanting to propose to Jamie, without spending 100,000 dollars on a ring and Jason offering to marry Cortney again in Vegas, and she says no.

Jason and Cortney: Cortney wants a break and move to North Carolina. She is willing to go without Jason. (Girl what is your problem.) Jason is really nice and still wants to work things out with her and feels bad that she has been hurting so much.  He also explains why he wants to get remarried and after some convincing (and her feeling really loved I guess) Cortney agrees. So now she is all of a sudden excited about a remarriage and she invites her friends to go wedding dress shopping.  Jason’s friend gives him advice on his marriage and how to make Cortney happier. It’s the wedding. They do a dumb and dumber suits. (Orange is not a good color…)  They have a little cheesy Vegas wedding. Haha its really funny. “Elvis” is the preacher in this wedding.  When they return home they seem to have a renewed appreciation for each other. Jason decides to take Cortney out more often to give her reasons to love NYC and to make it home for her.

Jamie and Doug: Jamie vents to Doug’s mom about her own mom. They still have a great relationship. Jamie gets a TV hosting job.  Doug is stressing out about proposing to Jamie, like he has no idea how to do it. He is trying to plan something nice for the proposal (but he can’t tell Jamie) so she is getting suspicious and he is acting weird. So she feels like she can’t trust him. Jamie thinks she has to go to another interview but really they arrange it so Doug proposes in the cutest way. She was very very surprised. Jamie is so happy with Doug and they seem like a really nice couple.

Monet: Monet meets with Jamie and she has decide to be friends with her dates first. Not to rush into intimacy like she did with Vaughn. But I’m happy to hear that she is enjoying the single life.

For the next episode, Jamie decides to remarry Doug and she wants to plan everything. They are having a huge wedding special for them, which is really nice and I just really like Doug and Jamie as a couple.

Sex Box:

I saw commercials about this show and I heard about it on a local radio station. Apparently this show first started off in England but has now been brought to the U.S. (Probably a bad idea but oh well.) The purpose of the show is to have sex therapists help couples spice things up in the bedroom and they get to go in this sex box to try new things XD.  The warning in the first 5 second saying this talks about a lot of sex, tells me I’m in for an entertaining ride. XD

Couple 1: We have Brandon and Elle married for less than a year and they barely have sex, but when they do no one is satisfied. Brandon seems nice saying he just wants to please his wife. Well being interview apparently wifey won’t orgasm but Brandon will making her very sad. However, Brandon seems to use jokes to get out of the issues, which is really immature.  The therapists suggest that he listens to her more and that wifey becomes more assertive to her own needs. Now they pop the question, are you ready for the box(dun dun)? Brandon and Elle go in the box together. (This show is ridiculous and then they are like when you come out where your favorite pjs that weve provided..)  As they wait for them to come out the therapist talk about the couple and what they need to do. (It’s so sad they just wait there outside. But its weird they record how long they are in there and such.) After they get out everyone cheers. The therapist ask to rate Brandon’s performance. (Wait what???) He thinks he did pretty well, and she agrees.  Elle said they talked more and she orgasmed first. (Brandon gives a cocky kinda look like yes I did, omg..)  She also said that he wouldn’t allow her to do a thing until she did orgasm.  The therapists are hopeful for this couple.

Couple 2: Dyson and Rebecca have been together for 17 years.  They have apparently tried everything so they need the help of the sex box. (I’m sorry Rebeccas’s boobs are just huge omg..) Even though they have tried everything, Dyson wants to have a 3 person committed relationship. (That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.) He is crazy, the preacher asks why do you want another woman. He says oh like old is good, but new is a lot better. (Preacher lady seems kinda pissed.)  Basically Dyson is an asshole and keeps insulting Rebecca but she will still stick up for him. (I do not like Dyson..) Chris asks them if they want to go in the sex box. They agree. The therapists just want them to enjoy each other.  Dyson and Rebecca come out and he is exhausted. (Thank goodness he doesn’t have another girl to please.) Anyway she liked it because he did more work on her than usual. Even though Rebecca would be uncomfortable bringing another girl in the house, Dyson won’t promise not to do it. (again I really don’t like how he won’t work with his wife!)  But he agrees that he will not pursue that right now.

Couple 3: Alexia and Chris are together and she has lost interest in having sex with him. This has also caused their relationship to go downhill. (They don’t even talk much anymore.)  The talk about what these people do is uncomfortable. Apparently she had a huge sex drive when pregnant and gave him a bj while having contractions. (OMG!!) Alexia now feels different when he touches her because she is a mom and doesn’t want things to be as kinky. But Chris thinks that could still be fun once in a while. So Chris asks if they want to go in the box. They agree. Everytime people come out of the box, the therapist get too excited for my liking. Alexia and Chris had a good time and she admits that she changed because her mom wasn’t there for her growing up. The therapists are very hopeful for this couple.

They also interview all the couples and they all do very well after therapy.

Well this was way too much for me and I just can’t believe this show exists. 
~Katrina

Pineapple Quinoa

This recipe is really quick and easy, healthy, and super delicious!  It’s completely customizable so make it however you like it.

Ingredients:

1 cup of quinoa

1 cup of pineapple juice

Diced/crushed pineapple

Diced Onion

Black beans

Red chili powder

Salt

Anything you want to add (for example, diced red pepper)

Directions: Prepare the quinoa according to the directions on the package, substituting the water for the pineapple juice.  In a large skillet, sauté the onion, pineapple and black beans (and peppers or whatever else you added) until softened.  Mix in the prepared quinoa then add salt and chili powder to your liking!

~Alyssa

Color of the Moment: Light Blue

Marsala may be the color of the year, but the color of the moment is definitely a light blue fit for a princess.  With the new Cinderella hitting theaters soon, you can find this pretty color everywhere.  Here are a few of my favorite light blue picks!

·      Express (Minus the) Leather Quilted Shoulder Moto Jacket in Sky Blue- For a modern princess look, or a slightly tougher take on the usual princess style, this is perfect!  It’s a great light jacket for spring, perfect to pair with some light wash, cuffed jeans or a pretty patterned circle skirt.

·      Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s Tulle Skirt in Cindyhood- This skirt (actually from a Cinderella collection) is a really fun look for spring!  It’s perfect for an extra feminine look; pair it with a light sweater for a more casual style when it’s still cooler out, or tuck a fitted tank into the skirt and add a cool jacket for a little toughness to balance out the tulle.

·      Forever 21 Life in Progress Floral-Embroidered Chambray Dress- This tee dress is simple and cute, perfect to throw on quickly when you’re running late with sandals or to add wedges and dress up a little!  The light color keeps your look soft and understated.

·      BaubleBar Aquamarine Cavalier Collar- This gorgeous statement necklace is a great way to dress up any casual outfit easily and instantly.  Add it to jeans and a tee or a simple dress to pull your outfit together and automatically look like you put some effort into getting ready (even if you really didn’t)!  The light blue stones add a soft, pretty element to your outfit without being too loud.

·      Target Crossbody Handbag in Turquoise- If you want a trendy light blue bag for spring but don’t want to spend a ton of money, this little crossbody is great.  The color adds a fun pop to your spring and summer outfits and the front buckle and chain strap give it a classic look.

~Alyssa

Disney Princess Nails: Mulan

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all…  These nails are inspired by the princess from the movie Mulan (1998).  Each month I will bring you a new set of nails based on a Disney princess, in the order of their release.

You’ll need:

Base coat

Top coat (I prefer Seche Vite)

Striper brush

Dotting tool

Neutral, dark/medium/light green, dark/medium/light blue, red, purple, pink, deep pink, gold, yellow, white, black, brown, light/medium nude, and golden brown nail polishes  (I used: Essie Nail Lacquer in limo-scene; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Emerald City; Sally Girl Nail Color in Surfs Up; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in 340 Mint Sorbet; Lancome Nail Color in 561; Pure Ice in Kissy Kiss; Sinful Colors in Cinderella; Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Nail Paint in a cherry red color; Sephora by OPI in Stop Stocking Me!; Covergirl Continuous Color Nail Polish in Parisian Pink; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in 540 Bedrock; Love My Nails in Gold Dust; Pure Ice in Excuse Me; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in 110 Hard to Get; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in 880 Black Heart; OPI Nail Lacquer in You Don’t Know Jacques! Suede; OPI Nail Lacquer in My Vampire is Buff; Sephora by OPI in Nonfat Soy Half Caff; and Sally Hansen Satin Glam Nail Color in 01 Go Gold)

Start with a base coat.  Paint your pinky nail a neutral color (like a pearl shade), your ring finger dark green (keep it on the sheer side), your middle finger a medium blue, your index finger deep blue and your thumb red.

On your pinky nail, use your striper brush dipped in a light nude to create a small chin and neck shape in the center at the top.  Make a V shape around the neck in light blue, then around that in purple with a short line extending down from the middle.  Add a deep blue horizontal stripe under the extended purple line and at the base of your nail, a red stripe in between the two blue stripes, and a small red lip shape on the chin area.  Fill in the sides of Mulan’s dress with pink polish.

Use your striper brush dipped in light green to make quick, short vertical strokes on your ring finger, and use a clear coat to blur the lines a bit.  Use the striper brush dipped in gold or yellow (I did yellow on top of gold for a brighter shade) to make the curved shape of Mushu’s stomach.  Outline the left edge of the gold/yellow with red, create the shape of his head and ears, and add two small arms, hands on hips.  Then add details: scowling white eyes, a white sneering mouth, blue hair on his head, deep pinkish tufts on his back and as his nose, gold/yellow whiskers, and black tips on the blue hair and his ears.

On your middle nail, use your striper brush dipped in brown to make a bendy tree trunk toward the left side of your nail, with large branches going in different directions near the top.  Add a brown bench at the base of the tree.  Use the striper brush dipped in dark green to make grass, and then use the dotting tool to make small pink dots all along the branches, with a few deep pink dots added in for dimension.

Use your striper brush in medium green to write “Be a man” (or anything you like) on your index finger, then add fireworks around the writing in various colors such as pink and gold.

For your thumb, use the striper brush dipped in a medium nude shade to create the outline of Mulan’s head (and ear and neck) near the center of the nail.  Outline and fill in her shirt (with one arm extended to the left and the other bent inward from the right) with the lighter nude shade.  Use the golden brown color to make the first part of her legs (one extended out toward left, other bent inward from right), then the lighter nude color to finish off the leg shapes.

Use your striper brush in medium green to outline the neckline of her top, extending down toward the left and crossing horizontally as a belt.  Add green cuffs at both wrists.  Then use the medium nude shade to make her hands and use the golden brown for her staff.

Then add the details!  Fierce white eyes and mouth, scowling black eyebrows with black hair in a bun and a medium green hair tie, and black shoes.

Finish with a top coat and you’re done!

~Alyssa

Healthy and Deliciously Simple Tomato Sauce

The best memories of my childhood often included my grandmother making a homemade tomato sauce. Recently, I just tried to recreate it and was very successful. The recipe I am using makes a lot of sauce, so you can tweak it to make as much or little as you need.

Ingredients: 

6 cans of whole peeled tomatoes

3 cans of tomato purree

1/2 can of tomato paste

1 can of water

2 tbsps of salt

3 tsps of black pepper

1 tbsp of sweet dried basil(If you happen to have fresh that's even better)

1 tbsp of parsley (again fresh is awesome but dried works too)

4 tsps of sugar

1 shot of red wine

1 big garlic clove, cut into four

2 tbsps of olive oil
2 tbsps of baking soda

Directions: On medium heat, put olive oil and cook garlic for 5 minutes. Then add the cans of tomatoes, water, wine, and spices. Cook this  on medium low to low(adjust as needed once it starts to bubble) stirring often, especially remembering to scrape the sides, bottom, and top so nothing burns. After two hours, remove the garlic and put the whole tomatoes in a blender. Return to pot and mix everything together. Taste it to see if you need to add any more spices, and if way too acidic add the baking soda and stir. Cook this for another 2 hours on low and it is ready to go. If so desired you can add meatballs. You can serve this over your favorite pasta with cheese, or freeze it so you always have a homemade sauce ready to go at any time.
~Katrina

Trashy Friday: Eye Candy and The Slap

Welcome to another exciting edition of Trashy Friday!! Today we will be reviewing MTV’s “Eye Candy” and NBC’s “The Slap”. Let’s sink our teeth in the trashy fun!!

Eye Candy

Again this week we are given an episode where the creepy stalker’s existence lasts 5 to 10 minutes AT MOST!!!! (I don’t like this, he was the point and star of this show, why cut him out) Instead we get another cyber crimes investigation show… ugh, again I don’t care!!!! This time, Jake’s(now Lindy’s boyfriend????, which the creepy stalker doesn’t like to see) friend, needs help because he was framed for a murder or something and was covered with whip marks after he stayed in this sketchy apartment. Lindy decides that she can help investigate and clear him of the murder. With the investigating they discover that if you stay in one of these apartments, you are video taped and the footage is uploaded on the internet. (Which people can pay to see.) Lindy somehow stays at one of the apartments and notices that she has been “purchased”. So she decides that she must stay there overnight so the police can catch the weird dude doing things to people. Tommy decides to stay the night with Lindy and Jake has to just watch. (This can’t be good…) When they get to the apartment the police are watching and there is wine to welcome them. After Tommy is given advice to “lighten up” by the cop that Sofia is into, he kisses Lindy rather passionately. (I really think he likes her… And poor Jake has to just watch.. But Jake looks so cute in his suit, so that helps) After Lindy decides its bed time and something happens where the video is altered so the creepy guy can do his thing. (Lindy’s work friend alerts to the cops that they are in trouble.) Lindy ends up being taken to a dark room where it looks like she is gonna be tortured or something. Jake enters the room to only find Tommy, and you can feel some tension between them. The episode ends with Tommy catching the guy before anything bad happens to Lindy and they interview him. It is revealed that a mysterious person (the creepy stalker who is supposed to be the star of this show…) hired him to scare Lindy.

I really like this series but every trailer keeps hinting to me that the creepy stalker is coming back and that hasn’t happened in three episodes. They only hint at the things he does and I really don’t like it. But this series is still pretty enjoyable to watch.

The Slap

Again this series pretty much went in a totally different direction than the show was originally about… So you’d think because of the title, that this show would mostly be about the slap that shook a household, right? Nope, they only touched the actual slap for 5 minutes at most. I don’t understand why a show has a premise and then they add other irrelevant stuff in it. This show follows Anouk, one of Hector’s friends She is an actress on a soap opera and she is sleeping with a coworker. Which they had to show maybe eight minutes into the show, because after the whole fiasco having sex solves everything. Anouk seems to hate kids and relationships, so her perception on the slap is a little different from everyone else. (In fact she is quite mean to the Hugo’s mother. But in my mind she deserves it.) Anyway in this episode we find out that she gets pregnant, she visits her mother and that her mother is moving away because she will be dying soon, and that her boyfriend, after finding out she’s pregnant, offers to marry her. This woman has to have the worst pregnant woman’s mood swings ever!! In the course of 4 days she gets mad at her mother, lashes out at her boyfriend and breaks up with him for a day, and decides that she needs an abortion. She just gets super emotional and Hector’s wife and her mother are just really supportive. In the end she goes back to her boyfriend and that’s pretty much it. We seriously got a pointless show on a side character. I really didn’t like it at all, but next time they will be covering legal aspects of the slap so it gets better?

~Katrina

Trashy Friday: Eye Candy and Married at First Sight

Welcome back to another edition of Trashy Fridays!!!! Today we will be covering Mtv’s “Eye Candy” and FYI’s “Married at First Sight: The First Year”. Let’s get to the wonderful trashiness.

Eye Candy:

This week again, we are given another episode where Lindy will be helping out the Cyber Crimes unit some more. I personally am not a fan of this, and I would rather see the creeper stalker do his thing! Tommy decides he has to help his ex girlfriend, a neurosurgeon, after an “accident” during brain surgery caused everyone to pass out while a poor kid’s brains were exposed. (This caused more problems and was kinda gross to see. Thus getting this girl in trouble.) Tommy invites Lindy to help her out. Lindy gets into the hospital and it shows that the hacker is located in the neurological ICU. So she decides to make check herself in so she can investigate. She invites her work friend to hack into the hospital so it shows that she has a serious neurological disorder. (Syphilis of all things XD) The friend tells her the symptoms and Lindy is forced to faint. (Which was done in a very poor and comical fashion) As she investigates, Lindy meets this dying girl and they seem to connect. Things get awkward as the investigation continues due to the fact they make it look like Tommy and Lindy are a couple and they have to do “unnecessary” tests on Lindy. The tests eventually involve the help of Tommy’s ex. (To get Lindy out of the tests) The dying girl’s heart machine stops and she dies. They discover that the dying girl created a virus that would attack the hospital because they caused her to be denied a heart transplant and she wanted to die. (I know this sounds cruel, but if you really wanted that to happen you could just refuse treatment, right?? Problem solved and no Eye Candy episode needed) To stop the virus because chaos has ensued in the hospital, they must get a key thing that can override it. (They find on video that she swallowed it, but they never indicate when or anything. Like what if she got rid of it. There are so many unanswered questions here.) Tommy and Lindy go to the morgue and have a dramatic scene where Tommy has to cut the girl open. Lindy’s friend finds a youtube video to show them how to do it professional style. (Like why, just cut her open and get it out.) They attempt to cut from her throat to her stomach. (Which I do not understand, why not just cut open the stomach and save some work?) So Tommy stands over her with a scalpel, just standing hesitating hesitating. (OMG just do it!!!!!!!!) Lindy comes over for a cute moment and says let’s do it together, still waiting. Then a miracle happens and the ex comes in and they get her to do it. (Well what was the point of that scene, I did not like that.) They get the key and Lindy discovers that creepy stalker is watching(because he is texting her) and she lets him help her decipher the password. (Which seems to piss her off, and creepy stalker notices.) The episode ends with the Cyber Crimes unit saving the day and Jake giving Lindy a present for blowing off their date. (Which was a good idea on his part, because apparently Lindy cooked and she didn’t do well.)

This episode I have to say wasn’t my favorite at all.. I want to see Mr. Creepy-stalker do his thing. I’m very hopeful that this will happen next episode, because I kinda don’t care what Lindy does to help the Cyber crimes unit.

Married at First Sight:

I was watching this over the weekend and happened to see in the trailer that Jason and Courtney are going to be having lots of problems (Major problems). So I had to watch it this and it needed to be on this series for the week.

So the Holiday season is starting!

Jason and Cortney: Jason and Cortney start out by arguing(again) about Thanksgiving plans. Cortney is very unhappy right now, and is shown being very emotional. (Since she gave up a part of herself after marriage, which I thought they discussed all ready, and she misses her family.) Jason is being really really nice and is willing to give her his day off. Honestly I feel like Cortney should appreciate it that he is willing to do that for her, but I don’t see that. The day after Thanksgiving, they have a celebration with their friends. Jason is sad about his mom, but he is happy that Cortney stayed for him. (I like how appreciative he is!)  Cortney decides that it would be best for her if she visited her family. (Because she is so unhappy) She says “that she needs a break” and this concerns Jason.  He is confused about the status of their relationship. Jason thinks he must make a decision because he isn’t happy either. When Cortney returns from North Carolina and is shocked to find their apartment empty.  She calls Jason, but it won’t be revealed til the next episode what he says.

Doug and Jamie: Doug apparently feels like he isn’t getting enough sex and this causes him to think Jamie isn’t attracted to him. (I thought things were getting better, what happened???) So she decides to play a game with dice and they each get to tell each other what to do based on the roll. (Interesting.)  This is really funny to watch and they seem to have fun. Haha Doug had to put a pillow on his crotch after a while. (This is so awkwardly funny, I have no idea how else to describe it.) Jamie and Doug also plan Thanksgiving and they decide to invite both families. They unlike Jason and Courtney easily agreed with each other. (I love them as a couple.)  It’s Thanksgiving! Everyone seems to have a good time, but Jamie’s mom didn’t come. This made her very very upset and she gets emotional. Jamie finds it hard to be happy during this time, because she keeps getting reminded that her mom didn’t care to come. (I feel so bad for her and Doug is sad for her as well.)  Doug decides to reach out to Vaughn.  Vaughn is happy and sort of dating some girl. It’s good to see Vaughn again. Doug and Jamie take Christmas pictures. (Jamie is really into the tradition thing.)

Monet: Monet goes to the gym and attends a surfing class. (Looks so fun, I want to try it someday!) She goes with Clay, her gbf, and they get to talk about the dates he has hooked her up with. (He’s adorable.) Monet reveals that she has finalized her divorce and now has seemed to move on from Vaughn. Monet and Cortney hang out and they get to talk. (They end up somehow talking about guys with little penises.. haha I love Monet)

This episode was very very good. Jason and Cortney are going to continue to have problems and Jamie and Doug will continue to be happy. (Like I said I love them as a couple. However Cortney is still annoying.. Monet is starting to find herself and I am very happy for her.  I did like that we saw Vaughn, but I do not think we will see more of him any time soon.)

~Katrina