Boy have I got some reviews coming up. Insane.
March is the month of the splurge, and somewhat a purge.
First my Ipsy bag came in.
I truly visited Ulta for the first time.
Random Wet N Wild things.
Then bam.
Much of my excitement is riding on the IpsyMe offer listed on Facebook for the Marvelous Moxie lip trio. Like dang. I was already planning on purchasing a nude lipstick (or gloss!) from the line.
The deal was $10 above regular retail and you received the stick, gloss, and a liner. $51 value.
I spent $28 on lipstick.
No amount of fathoming could have prepared me for doing this in my life...
One of my pals is reuniting with makeup as well! It's like we're on a journey!
Aside from the makeup frontiers, my covered wagon is stocked with polymer clay galore.
My lifestyle is not a beauty lifestyle in any way, buuut I have much I can expound upon with my other hobbies aaand yeah.
Maybe next time.
Have to finish up that Ulta product review. Or somethng.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Stupid Statements
A girl bought a vending machine food. Laughed and said to her friend
"I know it's so weird, I just love jerky."
Wow. You and just about all the rest of the population who eats meat.
What an amazing and daring confession.
So special.
Such snowflake.
I'm not in any sort of foul mood, but I will put that in my pile of things people say.
10 year old shows me some notes she starred in pencil.
Me: "those will really show up if you use a highlighter."
10 year old: "I'm not old enough for those, just cell phones."
As she brandished her new cell phone and plans to run away with a fellow ten year old boy.
Gal dang, I played with mud as a kid.
Shoot I'm hungry. Thirsty. Ehh.
"I know it's so weird, I just love jerky."
Wow. You and just about all the rest of the population who eats meat.
What an amazing and daring confession.
So special.
Such snowflake.
I'm not in any sort of foul mood, but I will put that in my pile of things people say.
10 year old shows me some notes she starred in pencil.
Me: "those will really show up if you use a highlighter."
10 year old: "I'm not old enough for those, just cell phones."
As she brandished her new cell phone and plans to run away with a fellow ten year old boy.
Gal dang, I played with mud as a kid.
Shoot I'm hungry. Thirsty. Ehh.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Happiness is...
Happiness is using your freshly-turned 5 year old nephew as a studying tool.
I told him all that I knew of BSE Mad Cow Disease.
So that led to telling him about different brain lobes.
That continued from one of our other conversations about bacteria over the past year.
It tied in to a conversation about the Bubonic Plague/Black Death and it's impact on England.
The England conversation relates back to our earlier conversation about my great grandparents/his great greats, coming to Poland in the early 20th century. That led to the American Revolution. To Michigan. Snakes. Poison. Back to bacteria. E. Coli.
It came back full circle at my mom's birthday dinner.
Me: "Tommy, what's Bovine Spogiform Encephalopathy?"
Other family members: "That word is too big."
Me: "He knows it."
Tommy: "Mad Cow Disease!"
Jaws dropped around the table.
He always drives his peddle tractor towards me now saying, "Bobby it's Mad Cow Disease time!" And he knows about prions and proteins.
He was working with the ladies at the Farm and my husband, while I was in another section. I heard an account of how he pulled the roots from some stray flower plugs and said "These are the brains" and the rest of the flowers were his skull collection. Then he talked about blood infections.
Me: "Tommy, what are you excited to learn about when you start school in the fall?"
Tommy: "Zombies, Monsters, Skeletons, Ghost-es!"
This kid. I have taught him well.
I told him all that I knew of BSE Mad Cow Disease.
So that led to telling him about different brain lobes.
That continued from one of our other conversations about bacteria over the past year.
It tied in to a conversation about the Bubonic Plague/Black Death and it's impact on England.
The England conversation relates back to our earlier conversation about my great grandparents/his great greats, coming to Poland in the early 20th century. That led to the American Revolution. To Michigan. Snakes. Poison. Back to bacteria. E. Coli.
It came back full circle at my mom's birthday dinner.
Me: "Tommy, what's Bovine Spogiform Encephalopathy?"
Other family members: "That word is too big."
Me: "He knows it."
Tommy: "Mad Cow Disease!"
Jaws dropped around the table.
He always drives his peddle tractor towards me now saying, "Bobby it's Mad Cow Disease time!" And he knows about prions and proteins.
He was working with the ladies at the Farm and my husband, while I was in another section. I heard an account of how he pulled the roots from some stray flower plugs and said "These are the brains" and the rest of the flowers were his skull collection. Then he talked about blood infections.
Me: "Tommy, what are you excited to learn about when you start school in the fall?"
Tommy: "Zombies, Monsters, Skeletons, Ghost-es!"
This kid. I have taught him well.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Baby Lips, Just Peachy; A Review
So last night I had a little splurge. I replaced my way-too-old, crusty mascara; which I bet is crawling with s. aureus or e. coli, in excess because you know. bathrooms exist. I would hate to see how much growth I would get in MacConkey agar. The thought gives me the shivers.
Anyways that was replaced with something from the trusty Maybelline selection. I have repurchased some of the same four mascaras a billion times.
Another splurge was to replace my 85% used up black nail polish. Studio M, of course. I had such a long usage of that polish and was impressed. Two coats to total opaque, totally acceptable with one when I felt lazy. I also bought a pastel pink, and dumped my "Fushia Power" Sally Hansen in the garbage.
In the cart also went in a Baby Lips. Recently, one of my sisters had a birthday. So another and I made a gift jar with a few drug store makeup finds and a book. We had Baby Lips Dr. Rescue picked out in Berry Soft. While at the Farm yesterday she had this lovely matte pink to her lips and it just looked...berry soft. I said, "Jessica. what lipstick are you wearing?" and she responded that it was the one we picked out.
I will be darned if I didn't snag one. Her warning was that on some days she loved it, and others she exclaims "WOAH PINK." as it isn't meshing that day. I believe that. It's quite pink. The shade I elected was "Just Peachy".
First application I was shocked in my passenger seat mirror. I did not expect such a slidy layer of color. I applied too much. Since the summer, I have made my own lip balm out of a simple beeswax, cocoa butter recipe. It tingles and smells of peppermint. Rather lovely, but you have to rub a bit on. That was not needed with the baby lips.
While my lips feel hydrated, and not dried out there is this distinctive feeling to them with product on that almost seems like a grit feeling. Very fine grit, that evidently I can not feel when I rub my lips together. Shea Butter and a few other oils might lend to the somewhat greasy feel. Yes it is greasy if I over apply. Going to sleep last night and waking up at 4, long after the balm would have wore off, my lips were still rather soft. All in all, Dr. Rescue is a nice balm. It's just not on the same level as medicated Blistex or Chapstick brand. I blame the tint.
As far as color goes. It's beautiful. I'm in love with the matte nude look it gives against my skin. Maybe it's a cool pink? It's fun and I see this looking extra fab during the summer months too. There is a high likelihood that I would repurchase from this line.
Anyways that was replaced with something from the trusty Maybelline selection. I have repurchased some of the same four mascaras a billion times.
Another splurge was to replace my 85% used up black nail polish. Studio M, of course. I had such a long usage of that polish and was impressed. Two coats to total opaque, totally acceptable with one when I felt lazy. I also bought a pastel pink, and dumped my "Fushia Power" Sally Hansen in the garbage.
In the cart also went in a Baby Lips. Recently, one of my sisters had a birthday. So another and I made a gift jar with a few drug store makeup finds and a book. We had Baby Lips Dr. Rescue picked out in Berry Soft. While at the Farm yesterday she had this lovely matte pink to her lips and it just looked...berry soft. I said, "Jessica. what lipstick are you wearing?" and she responded that it was the one we picked out.
I will be darned if I didn't snag one. Her warning was that on some days she loved it, and others she exclaims "WOAH PINK." as it isn't meshing that day. I believe that. It's quite pink. The shade I elected was "Just Peachy".
First application I was shocked in my passenger seat mirror. I did not expect such a slidy layer of color. I applied too much. Since the summer, I have made my own lip balm out of a simple beeswax, cocoa butter recipe. It tingles and smells of peppermint. Rather lovely, but you have to rub a bit on. That was not needed with the baby lips.
While my lips feel hydrated, and not dried out there is this distinctive feeling to them with product on that almost seems like a grit feeling. Very fine grit, that evidently I can not feel when I rub my lips together. Shea Butter and a few other oils might lend to the somewhat greasy feel. Yes it is greasy if I over apply. Going to sleep last night and waking up at 4, long after the balm would have wore off, my lips were still rather soft. All in all, Dr. Rescue is a nice balm. It's just not on the same level as medicated Blistex or Chapstick brand. I blame the tint.
0.5% Menthol as an External Analgesic. I have read some reviews comparing the smell to Vicks Vaporub. I only smell it directly from the tube. Perhaps I am so immersed with the smell of flowers and Formalin (aqueous formaldehyde solution), that I am not noticing the smell any more. Either that or our long winter of wearing Vicks as a neck tie. It should be noted, that I do not mind the smell of Chlorine in pools or embalming fluid. I do mind the smell of rotten potatoes and onions.
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| Why do I feel like this makes my lips look larger? |
As far as color goes. It's beautiful. I'm in love with the matte nude look it gives against my skin. Maybe it's a cool pink? It's fun and I see this looking extra fab during the summer months too. There is a high likelihood that I would repurchase from this line.
Subjective and arbitrary scaling! 7/10.
Most of those points are because I adore the color, but as a balm It's normal, or perhaps under-average performing. If it were not tinted like it were, it would receive a 4. Another point was lost due to the very cheap feeling tube. I had little clue as to where to hold it. It was very, very cheap and flimsy feeling.Monday, March 10, 2014
March 2014 Ipsy Unboxing
Like I had stated in my preview impressions post, I would willingly take any of the products released.
Last night, as I was waiting for the glam rooms to open (which would have been a 4AM in my EST zone, so needless to say I just went to sleep) I was lamenting on what I might recieve and it became very clear what I was excited for. There were some definite wants and things I was wishing I wouldn't get for my first glam bag.
this post will be updated when I actually receive the bag in the mail.
[ETA: March 11] perhaps this will aide other folks waiting on their bag in Michigan, but I finally got the tracking email. It's in Kentucky. Bleghghh.
[ETA: March 13] Bag came in around 2PM EST. I didn't open it yet, I was spending time with my sister.
[ETA: March 14] Wore everything for a day at work. I work in a greenhouse. It's 30˚ƒ outside, 85˚ inside.
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| On a cardboard box at work, for your viewing pleasure. Best available lighting too. |
Bare Minerals
Marvelous Moxie™ Lipstick in Get Ready
Full size retail: $18Near as I can calculate, this looks to be a little less than halvsies size. So let's change that value to about $7.95
Either way, I like the size of the stick. I have the tendency to keep all of my makeup in my purse (also previously stated, I have little). This little guy will really help avoid what happened to my Miche bag.
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| Super Elfin Coral. |
Get Ready reminds me of one of the flowers we grow at the greenhouse. Like an impatien maybe Super Elfin Coral.
It's not shimmery, thank the Lord, but it has somewhat of a petal look. It's not nude like I've been wanting so bad for a few years, but a color I would wear. It's not nearly as intimidating when the pigment isn't staring right at you in the tube.
This I applied throughout the day, and giggled over the size of the tube. If I dab it on, it's my lips only better. If I applied it with two or so coats, it was a Super Elfin Rose (again, impatien comparison. I speak in flower). It still looked lovely. This is something I would purchase I think, but maybe a different color.
NYX
Love in Rio Eye Shadow in Bikini Bottom
Full Size Retail: $6This is was a fufilled wish. While Bombshell's Bora Bora quad was cute, the colors were not totally suited to what I wanted at the moment. You see, I have a green trio for my green-hazel eyes. A purple trio, and a reddish trio. I have no brown for the days I just want a 'colorless' - if you will - look. I've been using my eyebrow palette to achieve that look, and it's been lackluster. Satisfaction had.
As far as usage goes, that sponge applicater is useless. I had trouble getting any color on my eyes from it. Eventually I resorted to using one of my own brushes, which yielded far more favorable results. This one was somewhat a pinkish brown? Warm brown? I don't know.
But the lightest shade made a great brow highlight. The other two went well with the blue liner, and I applied the darkest shade at the crease. Had I not been doing this in the car, I'm sure it would have been nicer.
I would probably purchase from NYX again, if I had some brighter colors to test. Test swatches at the store are very pigmented.
Chella
Indigo Blue Eyeliner
Full Size Retail: $24
Another satisfied customer. Out of the three choices, I wanted the nail polish the least. While I am desperate for nail polish, I'm relieve not to have a gritty one, albeit in a cute color. My best frand has some chocolately eyes, and whenever she put blue eyeshadow on them - I mean Superman's blue - they made her whole face pop. I'm excited to pair this with the brown palette, and deviated a little from the usual black.
I think this is full size too? I have never spent more than $10 on one makeup object, let alone $24. Dang son. I'm excited to try this.
I was surprised by the felt tip. I had one like it a few years back, but it got gunky quick, and I lost it. A more expensive brand hopefully lasts longer. Overall, even though I had no idea how to handle the pen and it went on sloppy, I felt it was great quality. It did not smudge and stayed on my eyes all day. Going to work with application, because I am very satisfied.
Pixi Beauty
Mini Flawless Beauty Primer
Full Size Retail: $9This is a .4oz (roughly 12 ml.) I believe it's full size deluxe sample or something.
Aside from the under eye treatment, this is also the one I wanted the most in that grouping. I have been meaning to try a good primer. I am tired of not having eyeshadow on my eyes after an hour. Hooded lids do not help either. I realize this is a foundation primer, but I will likely fudge my usage for eyeshadow. I don't use foundation, just concealer under my eyes on occasion. We can try that too.
This quickly became the item I was least excited about. I don't like the "youthful glow" it gives, because it's a translucent sparkle and I have bad lighting in my bathroom. I felt odd putting it on. All the same, where I used it, I could recognize exactly where I applied my eyeshadow hours later. It did it's job. I don't know if I would purchase it again, but it was not a bad product in anyway.
Total Retail of Contents
$46.95/10370% additional value.
My look.
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| Badly aimed sunlight ruined shot. Point of this is to show that this was 5:30 PM. I put on this makeup (sans the lipstick) on at 8:30AM while I rode in the car. Eyeliner is where I put it (yep. I put it on that badly) And the eyeshadow is where I put it. |
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| My eyemakeup is not in my suborbicularis oculi. Win. The lipstick after some car application, while riding home. |
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ipsy Previews
My first class lets out in a decent time to catch some previews for the Ipsy bag. Monday and Wednesday after Accounting released I was elated to drool over my phone.
Soo, onto my impressions.
Preview 1, they BareMinerals gloss and lipstick. I do like them, but I'm pretty timid about lip color. I really just want a fabuloso nude, but I would certainly use a color that I receive. Never used the brand of course, as I have really owned three tubes of revlon my whole life. I lack confidence to wear my current one (though I love it.)
Preview 2
Eyeshadow palettes from NYX or Be a Bombshell. I've bought NYX once, but as a gift sooo I have used neither. I enjoy eyeshadow. I wear eyeshadow always. Either one, I care not. I lean more towards the Nyx palette though, just because the bombshell palettes are not all colors I would normally pack.
Preview 3.
Given the choice of a Chella eyeliner (?), a textured polish in some nice pastel colors, or a BB cream I would be satisfied with either. Going to throw my Sally Hansen junk out. That stuff blows. Eyeliner is great always. And hey, I am interested in trying a bb cream. Gimme any.
Preview 4.
Okeh this one I was not initially excited for. I checked my phone at work. Some tanning lotion, body butter, eye bag gel patches (wtf?), or a primer.
I would least prefer the self tanning stuff because I wear a sweater to the beach. Still, I would use it. I am conflicted on the remaining three. I would dig an under eye treatment in a bath with a book. Even though bathtubs are nasty to think about. Everything is disconcerting when you think about microbes. But primer would be useful, and body butter would be used up for sure. Although I have a huge fugging 32oz cocoa butter lotion.
Again I will take any of the choices. I am not picky [yet]. And for $10, what the hey. All these grounds sound like I have to go into a fancy department store to obtain, rather than the place I also buy my dog food and milk.
I will update this with tomorrow's preview but I am confident it will be nice.
In other news, my 22 month old sheltie is getting neutered soon. And the 7 month old is getting the next round of shots.
That is all. Yay dogs.
Soo, onto my impressions.
Preview 1, they BareMinerals gloss and lipstick. I do like them, but I'm pretty timid about lip color. I really just want a fabuloso nude, but I would certainly use a color that I receive. Never used the brand of course, as I have really owned three tubes of revlon my whole life. I lack confidence to wear my current one (though I love it.)
Preview 2
Eyeshadow palettes from NYX or Be a Bombshell. I've bought NYX once, but as a gift sooo I have used neither. I enjoy eyeshadow. I wear eyeshadow always. Either one, I care not. I lean more towards the Nyx palette though, just because the bombshell palettes are not all colors I would normally pack.
Preview 3.
Given the choice of a Chella eyeliner (?), a textured polish in some nice pastel colors, or a BB cream I would be satisfied with either. Going to throw my Sally Hansen junk out. That stuff blows. Eyeliner is great always. And hey, I am interested in trying a bb cream. Gimme any.
Preview 4.
Okeh this one I was not initially excited for. I checked my phone at work. Some tanning lotion, body butter, eye bag gel patches (wtf?), or a primer.
I would least prefer the self tanning stuff because I wear a sweater to the beach. Still, I would use it. I am conflicted on the remaining three. I would dig an under eye treatment in a bath with a book. Even though bathtubs are nasty to think about. Everything is disconcerting when you think about microbes. But primer would be useful, and body butter would be used up for sure. Although I have a huge fugging 32oz cocoa butter lotion.
Again I will take any of the choices. I am not picky [yet]. And for $10, what the hey. All these grounds sound like I have to go into a fancy department store to obtain, rather than the place I also buy my dog food and milk.
I will update this with tomorrow's preview but I am confident it will be nice.
In other news, my 22 month old sheltie is getting neutered soon. And the 7 month old is getting the next round of shots.
That is all. Yay dogs.
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