Beauty Blog #1

This is my first “beauty blog” before you continue reading, read my disclaimer:

Disclaimer:
I am by no means a make-up artist. I know diddly about the “correct” way to apply make up or about which shampoo is best for a certain hair type. I do know, however, how much cosmetics cost, the complements I get when I wear or use certain products and how they make me feel. When I apply make up or do my nails I am not aiming for “perfection”. I am aiming for the following: I don’t want to look like an 7 year old who was fooling around with her moms make up and I don’t want to look like the girl who has TONS of foundation, eye make-up and lipstick but STILL looks ugly. (Sorry, I’m not going to sugar coat it and say beauty is on the inside. If you’re ugly, you’re ugly and make up should help you look LESS ugly not UGLIER)
These are the criteria of any product I use:
cost (I really don’t do expensive make-up. My boyfriend is a manager at Rite-Aid so he gets 20% off of all cosmetics and if they suck I can return them. So most of my make-up is from a local pharmacy unless there is a product that is unbelievable wonderful and Maybeline hasn’t found a way to make a knock off yet)
time to apply/use (I don’t have time to spend 30 minutes putting on make-up in the morning. If I had an extra half hour in the morning, I would MUCH rather spend it sitting down drinking coffee and having a wonderful breakfast ALONE before being locked away in a classroom for 7 hours with hyper children. So my morning make up regime is usually 10 minutes.)
quality (although I like cheap, I would much rather pay more for a quality product that would not cause me stress.)
quantity (I not only read the price tag but contents information too.)
end result (This is pretty simple: Do I look like shit after the product is used? Usually the answer is no, because I was blessed with a breath taking face which can’t be ruined no matter how horrible the product is. jk lol(I’m only half kidding by the way) But on those rare occasions where I look gross-tastic and a product is to blame, the product goes flying out the window- no matter what the price was... or I send it to my sister so she can try it out)

So when I vent or rave about a product take my advice the way you would a friend’s NOT an expert.

Also these “Beauty Blogs” will be few. The only time I have free to think about nonsensical things like make up is during the summer or my vacations. Also if I find something that works, I don’t change it.

So with that in mind, lets begin...

I swear by Fiberwig’s mascara. If I want long lashes, I grab my Fiberwig. I love the natural long lash look that my eyes get after using it. I know Fiberwig doesn’t do anything for volume, but the mascara really gets my lashes long. Sometimes I mix LashBlast and Fiberwig to add length and volume. I tried the Falsies by Mayebaline to try to get a cheaper alternative for Fiberwig. I am not one for name brands, so if I can buy a product that gives me the same results or something very close to it, I always go for the cheaper option. Unfortunately I haven’t found a cheaper alternative to Fiberwig. The Falsie’s wand is horrible and if not used correctly can actually ruin your entire eye make up for the day. The scooped wand has bristles that do not go all the way around the tip of the wand. So if by chance you accidentally swipe the wrong side of the wand on your lashes, your lashes will have CLUMPS of mascara on them. I have tried to brush it out with the wand, but then the lashes clump together to make tarantula eyes. Sometimes so much mascara has been dumped on your lashes that when you try to brush it out it goes on your lid and ruins everything. I have given this mascara at least 5 trys, and out of 5 only 2 of them were successful. I plan on one day trying the Falsies mascara with a different wand.

So if you want a false lash look, buy them or use Fiberwig. Fiberwig is a little more pricey, but sooooooooo worth the money.
ALSO Fiberwig comes off with warm water and by lightly running your finger over your eyelashes, so hardly any lashes are lost when you take it off. I don't know about you, but a little piece of me dies every time I lose a lash. :'(

My sister picked up the new l'oreal telescopic mascara for me. The difference with the mascara, the packaging says is the way the color is formulated and the wand. The only difference that my eye could see was the wand. Now this wand is very interesting. The “wand” is a little spiky ball. Because of it’s shape it can go into any little crevice and reach every little lash. BUT its size is small and I feel that when I push it against my lashes it feels kinda flimsy. I think it should have been made with a firmer material that “pushes back”.

Because the wand is a little ball, I needed to go root to tip five times to do the entire top lash line. Now, one thing you may or may not know about me is that I am always pressed for time in the morning. I am always running late, which is why some of my recommendations are based on how time consuming they are. This mascara did take more time than usual to put on. Also because you might go over the same lash more than once, I think there is a chance to make your lashes look clumpy or tarantula- y. Overall, I liked this one WAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the Falsies.

I tried to add pictures but blogger is acting like a real B. lol I'll revise this later and add lots of eye candy.

Bed Lifts: blessing or curse?

I purchased bed lifts from my local Bed, Bath & Beyond this weekend in an attempt to organize my shoe addiction.
You see, I already have 2 "shoe unders" a flat plastic rectangular tub which holds all my summer flats and flippys, and now my shoebox tower was growing too high to handle in my closet- not to mention blocking the actual clothing that the closet was intended for.

So I got these bed lifts and decided to try them out.

My first concern of course was: can this hold the weight of the bed plus my own?
(You see, I have an this "obese girl" mentality, where I think I weigh about 700 pounds and might break everything I sit on. Which is why I never sit on people's laps. Not even Santa- no gifts for me)
My other concern was: can this withstand my raucous love making? (which also stems from the aforementioned obese girl mentality)

Well, each individual lift hold 300 pounds, so 4 x 300= 1200 pounds. Okay, that was reassuring.

I moved the bed and lifted each corner and carefully slid the bed lift under. I took a step back and looked and noticed the the bottom of the bed formed a slight curve, as if the bed was giving me a sneaky smile to say "Wait 'till ya' sit on me, fatty...I'm going to collapse!" . I checked again and noticed that I put the lifts at the wrong place. I put them on the bottom of the head and foot boards, instead of the bed frame. So I switched them and instantly noticed difference in sturdiness. I hopped on top and gave the bed a wiggle... so far so good.
The bed lifts were a great success in solving my shoe box problem. I was able to stack 3 shoe boxes on top of each other because of the added lift. It also solved the Wii attachment problem, because now my 2 guitars and drum set also slide beneath my bed.

When I got ready for bed that night, the bed lifts also served as a self esteem booster. I did a little Borat singing "king in the castle, king in the castle" because having your bed that high make it seem as if you are indeed a king looking over your kingdom or in my case, the slew of rejected shoes that were on the floor waiting to be tossed in the trash.

Here is where the problem lies: In order to get off the bed I have to slide down off of it, which can be fun. Not so much fun for my remote control which also slide down and off the bed, slamming into the floor 3 times this morning.

Affirmation for the day...maybe year

My relationship is filled with steamy, passionate, monogamous sex.
My relationship is filled with steamy, passionate, monogamous sex.
My relationship is filled with steamy, passionate, monogamous sex.
My relationship is filled with steamy, passionate, monogamous sex.

Here are my wonderings about affirmations:
Is there a limit to adjectives that I can include in one affirmation?
I could have totally kept adding... but stopped because I thought it would bog down the positive vibe and then it would drag through the universe at a slow speed, and I would like this affirmation to work instantaneously.

July 26, 2010

Annoyed...
Isn't the feeling of a wasted moment annoying?
Like ugh, did I really just waste my time here?
Or having a great idea stolen!
Not like "inception" stolen, just like looking and watching something happen and saying to yourself "I could have done that way better"?
Well, that happened to me but I'm not going to sit around and watch it happen, which is why I started to write in my blog again. I still haven't decided whether or not I wanted to limit this blog to one category because I have a lot of thoughts on various subjects that aren't necessarily related and I don't consider myself to be a guru in anything so I don't want to limit my genius to one subject. I guess I'll start and see where it leads to...

My first blog...

I've decided to begin blogging. I've tried blogging before but have always reveled my identity or added friends from real life to my blog and then I've felt the need to censor myself. So now here I go. My life-uncensored. Get ready.