Lately I’ve been trying lots and lots of new make-up items. And some I’ve loved and some I’ve only barely liked. So here are a few of my New favorite things because why would I tell you about the things I didn’t like? You can find most (if not ALL) of these things at your local Sephora. And definitely sign up for the Sephora Beauty Insider to earn free things. Life’s so much better with free things.
Stila Smudgestick eyeliner in Peacock :: Oh my gooodness this color prevails on all! I wear it and so does my friend of a darker complexion, and it looks good on both of us. A+ Stila. And its $20 bucks at Sephora. I might like this better than Lancome’s Black Lapiz. Maybe ;/It goes great with anything. If you like to keep it casual in neutral color clothing, this will add instant jazz to that outfit. Or if you like neutral eyeshadow shades (I usually wear gold) this is great to line with.
Nars EyeShadow base :: I never thought of using a base/primer until I got this sample. Even then I debated on using it. But I got tired of days when my eyeshadow would cake into the creases of my eyes. No bueno. This is just a little tiny brush and you swipe the eyelid. (or at least that’s what I did since it didn’t really come with instructions). It gives great long lasting eyeshadow.
Lancome Cils Booster XL+ Clinique Lash Doubling mascara :: I have short thin eyelashes and mascara can help them look thicker. But THIS combo gives me LASHES!! Total adoration for this. I’m giving up Maybelline great lash. More $$ but well worth it. I’ve tried many mascara’s but this one takes the cake. I’ve been instructed by Diq to try the Lancome HYPNOSE Drama mascara… but this works so well I don’t want to find something better. More money than my old Maybelline, but definitely well worth it.
And last but definitely not least –
Nars Stylo :: I’ve had this for awhile and man, I totally love this as eyeliner. It goes on quick and easy and stays all day. On days I want an EXTRA dramatic eye, I use the Clinique very black pencil as a base liner and lay the Nars stylo over it. BOOM dark eyes that last aaaallllll day, no fade. (Thanks Diq for the tip!!) One day I was at the Nars counter in Nordstrom and the nice young gentleman told me that tip is reversible, after I told him that I think it was time for a new one because it wasn’t going on AS dark. So I promptly went home and flipped it. Got some all over my hands, but who cares, it was just like new!My friend Diq is like my make-up consultant. She spent many years working for Clinique and is always giving me tips and hints. But if it was up to her my whole makeup/beauty regime would consist of only clinique products. At least she’s brand loyal. I now spend way too much money at Clinique. Macy’s loves me for it though
If you can’t try ANY of these by way of FREE sample (as I did) I highly recommend you do so! PRONTO
In case your new to this, you should know I have been looking forward to Alice in Wonderland for quite some time. Way back hen, in NVvember of 2008, i first came across the images on Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and began patiently waiting.. Then I came across these real scans .. and was in LOVE still. I watched every preview and eagerly anticipated my Imax 3D experience.
So this weekend I did it. I sat there in front of a row of 8-year olds and watched Tim Burton bring it. And I think it was brought! Some reviewers online said that it wasn’t good. I disagree. I think I had extremely high hopes for this movie, being the ultimate J.Depp and T.Burton fan. I know that because it was a Disney movie it couldn’t be as creepy as I’d like it, but it was good.
Storyline: We all know that Alice falls down a rabbit hole into Wonderland where she battle the Red Queen .. The story doesn’t change, except that in this adaption, Alice has been to Wonderland before. She’s 19 and not 6. Alice was my least favorite character. She was so … insolent. She looked great though. I totally adored the dresses they styled her in. This was my favorite:
Besides the fashion, She was just so blah. She didn’t add anything extra to Alice. The other actors carried this movie.
I loved Helena Bonham Carter in her role as Red Queen. I don’t understand why she had such a huge head. I do wish they would have elaborated on that. Johnny Depp was creepy. I don’t know how I want to describe his character. He definitely was ‘Mad’. His make up was flawless! And the Dance (you have to watch the movie to see this) was like WTF. I think that that was odd. I loved Professor Snapes Caterpillar. He was creepy. His voice is so creepy. Snape is a win in my book. Anne Hathaway’s White Queen was good. Her role was small, but well played. Her gliding everywhere kind of irked me. I kept thinking, ‘Why is this B!tch gliding all over the place?” LOL. OH, and the Jabowokee? I thought he was really out of place for this movie. His ugliness was just soo .. un Wonderland. HE should have been more colorful and more of a slickster fighter. IDK .. I’m sure he’ll make a cool action figure though.
All in all this film was entertaining to watch. Not Tim Burton’s or Johnny Depp’s best. But good nonetheless. Now that I’ve seen the movie, I’m going to read the book, because apparently some critics out there are upset about this adaptation. I want to see what all the fuss is about.
“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.”
It sounds like it should be scary, right? That’s what I thought too about the move The Wolfman. All the previews made it look devilishly creepy and exciting. So, you can imagine that I was very excited to be creeped out at the movies last night. I should have known something would be amiss when the lady in front of me gave us a stank face when we said we were going to see Wolfman. It was that face like Nina gave Carrie in the bathroom.. Yeah, that bad.
I don’t want to spoil the movie for anyone, but I will say that while not a movie that kept me on my toes, it was gory. Blood gushing, guts on the floor goryness that some people enjoy. And that is what you need with a movie set in the last 1800s, blood and gore to spice it up. I would definitely recommend waiting for the DVD or the HBO premiere of this movie. While entertaining its not worth the steep 10.50 movie price. But now I’m curious to see the 1941 version. I have this thing where I need to see the original and the remake. I have a lot of originals to catch up on.
Benecio Del Toro is a great actor. He played anguished so well. Anthony Hopkins can never NOT be creepy. It’s just in his blood. Emily Blunt was someone I never paid much attention to, and I probably still won’t, but she was good.
Never have I been an Ed Hardy fan. I mean, who was this brand I had never heard of, and why are people so gaga over it suddenly? And why the hell are there skulls on damn near everything? But yet they were so popular it’s a wine now?
And then I’m on Zappos browsing for some scarves and Ed Hardy has some pretty dope ones. Absoutely FAB scarves. Also Absolutely OVERpriced too! And that’s why I freaking LOVE Zappos! I mean, their customer service is the bomb! They are great. They always respond to @ replies on twitter. Even before twitter, when I had to call them, they were helpful. Absolutely adore Zappos and their low costs. And I am loving these scarves I found by Ed Hardy (for a significantly lower price!!)
check them:
Wild Ride Fringe scarf CUTE!!
Silk C'mse - you can't even tell those are skulls!
And this one- my FAV!
They have soo many cute scarves and other accessories you must check them out. Not that I’m going to turn around and become an Ed Hardy fan, but he does have a lot of stuff I wasn’t familiar with. Those skulls just don’t do it for me though. And I’m just not sold on Ed Hardy shoes. The sneakers were cute for kids, but the heels? For women, no bueno!!
*sigh* I want a new leather bag like nobodies business. this Tory Burch ‘Nico’ Genuine Shearling Hobo would SO fulfill that need. Check out the details:
* Magnetic snap closure.
* Genuine shearling.
* Imported.
I’d never been onto Tony birch before I saw this on Nordstrom’s online, but now I have my eye on him!
In case ya’ll don’t know Wendy Williams is, as she would call it, a friend in my head. I like to think we’re cool because we’re from the same small town area (Yay Monmouth county!!). I like to support her endeavors. I listen to her show when I can, I’ve read all her books, and I dvr’ed her show because it came on mid day when I was working. Now, this doesn’t mean I’m a stan, but hey I like what I like, so who cares. Anyway, I didn’t even know the self-proclaimed Queen of All Media had a new addition to her Ritz Harper Chronicles until I stolled up in Borders the other day (which was odd in itself because I’m a Barnes & Noble kinda girl, but I digress).
Wendy, love ya no matter what, but this book blows. Seriously. I guess the best way to say how I feel is that the story line is not done the best it can be. There’s so much fluff. There is no nitty gritty. And she tries to get into too many characters heads. NEVER do that, IMO. Or if you do decide which characters you want to focus on and make it clear when you are leaving the thoughts of character A to focus on Character B. This caused much confusion. There were secondary characters getting monologues and shit they didn’t deserve. See, this is why I tried to get into publishing.. I think I’d make a great editor… sorry, back to the program..
I’m not even going to give too much away, because well there isn’t anything to really give away. The things that happened between this book & the last were barely filled in. The characters don’t have any real emotion to express. It’s all so fluff. I don’t thinkm this book was written for people who read outside of the “True to the game” and “Candy Girls” books. I’m a quick reader and all, but I should not finish your novel in less than 3 hours. A day, sure that’s feasible, but 3 hours. I’d like my time & money back please. If I had known this was a Simon & Schuster book I wouldn’t have saved my money and hollered at my BFF.
But I still love you Wendy!!
OH NO! I heard this weekend that Sims 3 wasn’t being released until June. I knew this was a lie, because all the information I had said Febuary. So imagine my shock when I found out it indeed was pushed back. I am fuming angry! I was ready for some new Sim-adventures!!!BLOODY HELL!!
I found this info on another blog, simworldnews, that they are pushing it back for better marketing. BLASPHEMY I tell you! This is wretched (this is my new favorite word). I probably wasn’t going to actually buy the Sims for a few months because of budget reasons, but I wanted to read about it, talk to others who played it, and pretty much oogle it and give them time to work out any kinks. I’m extremely sad. Well… at least I can put the wish out there for a birthday gift now
What better way to talk about random things than with a Far Side comic strip…
Random Ramblings..
1. I commute now to work since I recently moved. I noticed a few things, besides the fact that most people cannot drive.
-yellow cars almost always drive fast. If ever you are in a rush-get behind a yellow car (not to be confused with a taxi)
-People do NOT know how to merge. Merging creates the absolute worse traffic congestions. I avoid routes with heavy mergers because I hate sitting in traffic and I don’t like to let people in front of me.
-living farther away I am actually more punctual for work than I am when I lived ten minutes away. Go figure.
-I’m overly aware of rises and drops in gas prices. AND I now try to make sure I pay cash for gas since it is normal now to charge two different prices for cash and card, which think is highway robbery. WHO THE FUCK CARRIES CASH!! WTF!! I miss my old EXXon I used to go to, it was same price.
-Is EZpass really that easy? I mean kinda, yes when you’re going through those like big 7 lane EZpass sections, but other times, I debate about it. I mean yes, only have to slow to 15 mph is better than a complete stop, but why can’t I zoom though at like 45? That would be even more convenient. I’m just saying! But it is great to know that when I’m down to my last 2 dollars, I don’t have to save $1 for my toll.
I thought of a lot more while I was driving home from work today, but for some reason now I can’t think. FREAK! I will update this as I get the new ideas..
2. Things I found wrong with the Notorious Movie.
-This “biopic” had no point. Yes, we are telling the story of Christopher Wallace, but from who’s view. Was it how his mother saw him? How his friends saw him? I felt that this lack of vision really hurt the (barely there) plot line.
-Anti-Climatic.. yes, I knew everything about him. I knew he sold drugs, I knew he got “discovered” by Puff and that him and Pac were cool. The point of a biopic/biography/whatever you want to call it is to let people know something they didn’t know about the character. Give them the hidden details that they secretly are dying to know. Although in this paparazzi age nothing is a secret.
3. They movie neglected to have any real relationships developed. He met Kim, fucked her. If him and Puff were BOOYYYZZZZ like Puffy portrays that wasn’t shown in the movie. Him & Faiths relationship wasn’t even developed. This made for loopholes. I mean, one minute him & faith were fighting the next she had a baby. WTF!! I’m glad this movie didn’t get my duckets!
-Derek Luke is better than this. Seriously. WTF man. I love you!! Why are you playing Puffy? seriously??? All the other acting was cool… And Angela Basset. why? Ur getting ER money now!!! And was this really a passion project? Lemme know girl!
3. Why the hell is winter in full force? It is colder than Alaska’s uncle out there. Damn global climate change. Naturally here on the East coast we have cold winters, but this one has been brutal. I’m deeply saddened.
4. the other day I was driving and I saw PeptoBismo pink stretch Hummer… I mean seriously.. did you really need to put an obnoxious car in such an obnoxious color? Why must you torment my eyes.
5. I signed up for a class this semester. And yay, I’m excited but I reallized I have an undergraduate mentality in a grad School world. I need to get reacclimated and adjusted quick before I realize I wasted my money! I am excited for learning and using my brain, but not for having to read so much in 3 days.
6. The economy is NOT an excuse for everything. “Officer I was speeding, but you know.. blame the economy.”
7. speaking of tickets, I got a ticket in the mail after New Years, at my old apartment. The ticket says the offense occured on 10/3, but was dated 12/29. And mailed to me on January 6th. What kind of blasphemy is this shit? How do I dispute something that happned 32 years ago? Being that they lost my ticket for so long, I’m losing theirs. which probably isn’t the best idea, but I’m satisfied that its a great retaliatory act.
Beyonce’s album is still on my I’m not quite sure if I like it list. Some songs stand out, but others don’t. I like ‘Smash into You’ , ‘Broken-hearted Girl’, ‘Why Don’t You Love Me’ (from the Japanese bonus version). Ones I’m not sure about are ‘Ego’, ‘Hello’ and ‘Satellites’. I did have high hopes for Beyonce, I miss the Dangerously in Love Beyonce. That was a classic album.
Now, I said in this post that Beyonce could do better than songs like “Diva” or if I didn’t say it I definitely thought it. I do NOT like this song in the least bit. So, when I saw still images of the video a few weeks ago I was thinking maybe the video will make me like this song, because sometimes that does happen. Definitely NOT the case here. This video is a mess. I don’t get the dancing, why she blew up the car, why she has these ugly ass shades that look like drapes. Beyonce, what is up with you? And the thing with her new double cd is that she releases 2 videos at the same time. So “Halo” also has a video and this one is better even though she is having her Flashdance/Dirty Dancing: Havana nights/ A Chorus Line moments.But damn, this girl is bi-polar. One video is superactive and glam and another is full of a calmer/innocent person. I need a happy medium because it makes me dizzy trying to figure out what personality she is going to be. It almost looks like in the Halo video she is practicing for her role as Sasha Fierce, LOL. Anyway, for your viewing enjoyment, here she is… Sashonce!
They don’t make movie posters like they used to, lol!
I went this Friday, opening night, to see Keanu Reeves star in The Day the Earth Stood Still and I can say that overall it was a decent movie. I didn’t see the original so I have nothing to compare it to, except my movie criteria as a 20 something. To sum up the movie: there was some OK acting, some good special affects, a sub par plot, and Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves as Klaatu was remarkably unbelievable. The concept of Klaatu that I believe he was meant to portray was an alien who was sent to Earth to judge us. Klaatu needed to make the decision of whether humans deserved to be saved or was the earth better off without us. This character should have started off detached at first, but eventually recognize the duality of the human race which leads to the outcome. (I’m trying not to spoil too much here.) However, Keanu was just blah. There is one scene where he is speaking to a fellow alien who came to earth for the same task- he highlights the internal struggle of what it is to be of this world but not of this world. He speaks of the downfalls of the human race but the says he loves them, and he doesn’t want to leave. He captured the essence of what Klaatu needed. The best special affect: GORT. Super big, super strong.. super right..
Keanu was devoid of any depth and emotion in this role. I mean, I know it is probably hard to play a distant character but his lines weren’t even delivered well and delivery is everything. This is why you get paid millions of dollars each film right? To show us how much better at this you are than someone else. Keanu is forever stuck in the role of playing the person who doesn’t really have much of an idea of what is going on very well. He plays dumb all too well.
I think my favorite Keanu Reeves film would have to be A Scanner Darkly, probably because it was animated and I didn’t have to feel like I was watching one man be stupid all over the screen. I did enjoy watching Speed every now and then, but that was because I loved Sandra Bullock. Watching them together in the LakeHouse was pure torture. I feel asleep on it-twice. I mean seriously, its hard for him to transition his stony face shots into a romance movie, which is all about dialog and drawing the viewer in. A romance movie is crap if I don’t feel for the characters. I need to feel their unrequited love so I can cry at the end. He cannot do that, therefore he isn’t one of the best cinematic actors of our time. And his voice.. it reeks of Can-a-duh!!!
The other night I was catching up on my VH1 Soul, seeing new music videos that I haven’t seen online. While watching, Bobby Valentino, or Bobby V as he apparently wants to be known as, had a video come on, titled “Beep.” This song and video are just all types of wrong. Well, not the whole video, just parts where I can see that Bobby V has this weird tail like thing on the back of his head, reminiscent of the ’90s. I mean seriously-a tail? I was watching in anticipation to catch it, to see what it was, because I saw it initially on a silhouette. I was like what is that! So I kept waiting anxiously for his head to turn, and when it finally did happen I saw this little tail afro type thing. What in the world! In addition to that the song is whack. I am not feeling it. Listen and judge for yourself!
I picked up this book in the train station, Shoe Addicts Anonymous, because I was done reading my current book on the ride to the city. If I had one word to describe this book it would be… FLUFF! I’m an avid fiction reader, but sometimes fiction still makes you think and ponder the possibilities. There was none of that here for me. It was an easy read. I bought it on Monday evening, was done Saturday night and didn’t even read some every day. The gist of the story is that there are four people who have a club dedicated to swapping shoes. The idea started with Lorna, who is so deep in credit card debt that she needs to consolidate. She works as a waitress and lives in a condo that is $1200 a month and still has time to shop for shoes and pay her other bills? UNREALISTIC in the DC area! Anyway, after meeting her her “debt counselor” she places an ad on “gregslist.org” for a group to meet. Other characters include Helene Zajaris, wife of a politician, who is unhappy that she’s been cut off from funds until she gets preggers by her hubby so he can have the perfect political family to tote around even though he’s a philanderer. Next is Sandra. Sandra is overweight and agoraphobic. She makes her money being phone sex operator. Thought that would be juicy but no. She talks on the phone to a psychiatrist about her agoraphobia and she eventually goes to a hypnotist. To get herself out the house, she goes to these meetings. She does eventually come out of her shell, realizes people are the big bad wolves and all that juicy stuff. And Jocelyn. She doesn’t even wear the size that they are swapping. She goes to thrift stores and finds the high-end shoes in their size to swap so she has a reason to get out of the house that she stays in. She is a nanny and her boss is a mean bitch who demeans her and makes her do work not in her contract. Hence a reason NOT to be a live-in nanny.
Anyway.. the characters, while all very real parts of society, only touch on the surface of what these real life caricuatures could do. I feel like yes, this is a great concept for a book, but the author always fell short of really pulling me in. I could not lose myself in this book which is what i like to do when i read fiction books. and as you all know I am a lover of shoes and books alike, so to combine the two was supposed to be heaven. But instead they threw out name brands i coudn’t afford and stores I never heard of. What is Ormands anyway? Is that like the DC version of Saks? Sure, there were Guccis and Jimmy’s in there too, but not enough. She also tries to make light of other cultural phenomenons, like ebay and her fake Craigslist, gregslist.com. I enjoyed her concept but didn’t like the author’s, Beth Harbison, execution. And it all had such a fairy tale ending. I don’t believe in fairy tale endings. Not cool folks! Good Fluff reading.. would I recommend it to a friend,, probably not. This book doesn’t get a rave nor does it get a wtf. It’s kinda just there.
I don’t know about some people, but I was excited about Jennifer Hudson’s cd being finally released. I was not so excited about Jazmine Sullivan’s cd. Not because she can’t sing, because she has skills, but because her first single didn’t wow me and there was so much hype around her. Everyone was talking about it. I like to be the kind of person that strays from the norm. Now, JHud, is a great singer. Do I think she should have gotten an Oscar for singing in DreamGirls… NO.. but that’s not my point.So these two albums came out pretty close together in time, and rather than write seperate reviews, I’m going to compare them.
Personally, I think Jaz’s album blows Hudson’s out the box.. Not for vocal skills but because of how personal the material seems. Jhud’s seems so… generic. I don’t feel like I know her any better after listening to her album. Jazmine’s.. I feel like wow, she went through something like this. And it’s more youthful.
Let’s talk standout tracks… JHudson.. Of course her single Spotlight is pretty dope. But it is slightly generic. I like the track Pocketbook in a sense that its funny and cute. I like Giving myself, my heart, can’t stop the rain, and invisible. Cute, standard, formulaic tracks. She doesn’t do anything surprising on this album, which is a disappointment for me. She had so many people waiting for her to drop and it makes me wonder is that why she played it safe? they also included “and I’m telling you…” from Dreamgirls on the album. I think they should have included, “I love you I do” versus this song because, well it was cute and this one has been heard over and over and over again. Her songs are simply mid to low-tempo and the kind of blend together at some points. I guess thats why I like Pocketbook, its the riskiest song on the album. Overall, its an OK debut album but its a C level from someone with her talent. I do NOT feel her album was worth the wait. No sir I do NOT!
Jazmine Sullivan… where do we begin? This is a genuinely good cd to me. Good writing, good production. Not predictable. On this cd I only skip one song, Call Me Guilty, I don’t know why but it just isn’t one of my favorites. I love the track Dream big it has a different sound than the rest of the album and because it’s inspiring. It reminds me of #1 from the Instructions for Life.. Take risks.. Be in the moment. Wait, before I continue, I have to say that I may have listened to the songs in the wrong order because my burning program burned the alphabetically, weirdo! The first song I heard was After the Hurricane which was good to me. It wasn’t too mellow or mid tempo. Following that song was Bust ya Windows which now has a video, which even though it wasn’t in order it was a good followup song – in the sense that after you tore my life up like a hurricane I’ma bust your windows! Take that man! Take that!! Other songs that I like are Fear, which is utterly simple but yet so powerful. “you’re not human without fear” is so true. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. One night stand, This song took me more than one listen to like. Actually, her whole album did. The first time around I said, what is all the hype. But me being too lazy to take the cd out my car made me realize that hey, this is actually good. Lions, Tigers & Bears... this song hits my heart. So real, so heartfelt so personal for many people. Switch-the bonus track, love it! It’s so cute and fun and makes me laugh. This is why I like her album. it flows nice, it has a youthful feel to it. And i feel like I know her a little better after listening to it. I feel that she’s been through some of these situations and she understands me. I don’t know if someone else wrote them for her or not, but she makes me believe it.
Jennifer Hudson get a 3.5 outta 5.. Jazmine Sullivan is 4.5 teetering pretty darn close to 5, only because I skip that one song. Not that its a bad song, i just like everything else so much more. Now these are just my opinions, you are free to like Jennifer’s album more, but don’t get mad if i disagree. this is America, we can share! LOL..
HBO’s new series True Blood stars Anna Paquin and a few other people who i don’t know, but so far its pretty good. It’s based on a series of books by Charlaine HarrisI have watched all four episodes and each one has been pleasantly surprising. My friend says that the way they use the metaphor of vampires and humans is reminiscent of blacks and whites after the Civil War with the central idea of assimilation. She said that every time they say vampires she replaces it with the N word. Sometimes, it really does seem interchangeable.
I like the show because, well, I just like it. I don’t have a thing for vamps because I hated Buffy the Vampire Slayer so it can’t be inherent. True Blood takes place in Bon Temps, Louisiana and they have the WORST accents on this show. Especially the black chick. She’s the lead character from “How She Moves,” which I never saw. She is sort of stereotypical in the show-angry black chick with deep seeded issues stemming from a childhood with a drunk mother to loneliness issues. However, her character is obsessed with knowledge and reads on things from medical issues to the law and justice system. Either way her character can be slightly annoying but entertaining and vulnerable. We all love a little vulnerability. I know I do.
I do have questions about this show. Only read on if you don’t mind slight spoiling if you haven’t seen it. How did she become telepathic. What crossed in her genes. Her being Anna Paquin, Sookie is her characters name. She is the main human character of the show. she is slightly eccentric being that she hears others thoughts. So of course the old country folk think she’s a “retard” on a count of the fact that she think she a psychic and all [/end sarcasm] LOL. She has an affection for the new vampire in town, the first that they know of in Bon Temps. Everyone thinks she’s going to get herself in some sort of trouble, especially with random killings going on. Sookie’s brother, Jason, is dumb as a box of rocks. He somehow keeps being a murder suspect… wonder where this is going. I personally think eventually he will become a vampire. Those are just my thoughts stemming from his activities and his anti-vampire prejudices.
Overall, I plan to continue watching this show and seeing where it goes. I heard it already got renewed for a second season and they are only 5 episodes into the first season. HBO generally has shows that have a cult like following-The Wire, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Carnival was an HBO show right? Oz was big too. I will continue to watch without getting my hopes up too high. Although Anna Paquin is someone I think has good acting potential I’m not so sure of her believeability in this role. Stay tuned…
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Stila Smudgestick eyeliner in Peacock :: Oh my gooodness this color prevails on all! I wear it and so does my friend of a darker complexion, and it looks good on both of us. A+ Stila. And its $20 bucks at Sephora. I might like this better than Lancome’s Black Lapiz. Maybe ;/It goes great with anything. If you like to keep it casual in neutral color clothing, this will add instant jazz to that outfit. Or if you like neutral eyeshadow shades (I usually wear gold) this is gr
eat to line with.
combo gives me LASHES!! Total adoration for this. I’m giving up Maybelline great lash. More $$ but well worth it. I’ve tried many mascara’s but this one takes the cake. I’ve been instructed by Diq to try the Lancome HYPNOSE Drama mascara… but th
is works so well I don’t want to find something better. More money than my old Maybelline, but definitely well worth it.
My friend Diq is like my make-up consultant. She spent many years working for Clinique and is always giving me tips and hints. But if it was up to her my whole makeup/beauty regime would consist of only clinique products. At least she’s brand loyal. I now spend way too much money at Clinique. Macy’s loves me for it though 
And this one- my FAV!
They don’t make movie posters like they used to, lol!
I picked up this book in the train station, Shoe Addicts Anonymous, because I was done reading my current book on the ride to the city. If I had one word to describe this book it would be… FLUFF! I’m an avid fiction reader, but sometimes fiction still makes you think and ponder the possibilities. There was none of that here for me. It was an easy read. I bought it on Monday evening, was done Saturday night and didn’t even read some every day. The gist of the story is that there are four people who have a club dedicated to swapping shoes. The idea started with Lorna, who is so deep in credit card debt that she needs to consolidate. She works as a waitress and lives in a condo that is $1200 a month and still has time to shop for shoes and pay her other bills? UNREALISTIC in the DC area! Anyway, after meeting her her “debt counselor” she places an ad on “gregslist.org” for a group to meet. Other characters include Helene Zajaris, wife of a politician, who is unhappy that she’s been cut off from funds until she gets preggers by her hubby so he can have the perfect political family to tote around even though he’s a philanderer. Next is Sandra. Sandra is overweight and agoraphobic. She makes her money being phone sex operator. Thought that would be juicy but no. She talks on the phone to a psychiatrist about her agoraphobia and she eventually goes to a hypnotist. To get herself out the house, she goes to these meetings. She does eventually come out of her shell, realizes people are the big bad wolves and all that juicy stuff. And Jocelyn. She doesn’t even wear the size that they are swapping. She goes to thrift stores and finds the high-end shoes in their size to swap so she has a reason to get out of the house that she stays in. She is a nanny and her boss is a mean bitch who demeans her and makes her do work not in her contract. Hence a reason NOT to be a live-in nanny.
