Some thing I've bought recently/bored at night

China Glaze "Breakin'": not new, but I don't have any photos of it so far. I really like it.

I can't tell which picture is which now, so bear with me.

Swatches are as follows: NYX Lipliner Pencil in 840 "Rose", Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 900 "Pink Blush", Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 082 "Heavenly", and Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in 940 "Berry Queen".

The others: Too Faced Eye Shadow in "Label Whore", NYX Runway Collection e/s palette in "Jazz Night", CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser, Cetaphil Antibacterial Gentle Cleansing Bar for Dry, Sensitive Skin, L'Oréal Paris Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base, the lipliner, the lipsticks.

So far I absolutely LOVE Label Whore. It's gorgeous. It's very similar to MAC's "Club" eye shadow, but I like Too Faced better. I prefer the Rimmel Moisture Renew lipsticks to the Lasting Finish, though they are not especially moisturizing. I find both formulas to be drying. I was looking for the "Pink Chic" Moisture Renew l/s, but the only two left were damaged, so I found a similar color in the Lasting Finish line ("Pink Blush"), and I really like it. The L'Oréal primer is pretty good albeit extremely thick. It works, but I would not repurchase as it's only half an ounce for 14 USD or so, and the container is insanely small and impractical. I love "Heavenly" lipstick. Well, I love all of the lipsticks I bought. I haven't used the NYX palette at all yet, but I've swatched all the colors, and they're all gorgeous. They seem to be nicer than the single NYX eyeshadows, so that's a plus. The CeraVe cleanser is amazing, and I love it. A lot of people on MUA said that it clogged their pores, but I have not experienced that problem at all. The Cetaphil bar is really nice and cleans my face, and what else can I say about a bar of soap? It lacks sulfates, which is good for my dry skin. I love NYX lipliners, so that's all I need to say about that, except maybe the color is really pretty? It is. I am really into pink lipsticks at the moment, and I lack lighter pinks. I only have things like "Show Orchid" and stuff. I guess that's all I can say on that subject.

In other news, my friend did something stupid, and someone else is blaming me for it. It's not my fault at all. I can't really talk about it, and to be honest, I know said friend is in a good place, so I don't need to worry about it.

My school fucked me over yet again, so I'm finding a new one. It's going to be pretty difficult with my GPA being such crap, but I can find Something.

I haven't really been reading any books lately, too preoccupied with other things. I did, however, read Hiroshima by John Hersey for school, and I wrote a review on it for that class, but I won't post it here as it wasn't very good anyway. The only thing I want to say is that the book is Really good if you want to understand what happens when people experience total destruction. My teacher made it seem like it would be a book that would make all of us cringe and cry and have all other sorts of weird reactions, but I guess he has a weak heart. I only cringed when a man described trying to pull a woman up by her hands and having the skin of her hands "peel off like gloves" as that was pretty graphic and disgusting. Yes, it's sad, but I've read much worse, shockingly enough. My teacher apparently does not read the same types of non-fiction I do.

I hate the weather here.

I just catalogued all my mascara with photographs.

In Love with Peter Bjorn and John. Not a new thing.

I did my nails! I chose a color! yay. Wild Mink by China Glaze. That picture blows, but I don't feel like taking a better one. Since it's still summer for a couple of weeks, I want to use all of my summer colors! I am so excited for fall and winter though! This is one of my favorite pink nail polishes, even though the quality of China Glaze is SO sub-par. I should have used about three coats, but I didn't feel like it.

Yeah, my boyfriend takes four hours to respond to my text messages. What were you doing, love? HMM?! with your other girlfriend, eh? HMPH!

I love writing reviews for makeup products

Also, I tried my Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara, finally. I hate it. My expectations were a lot higher since so many people had so many good things to say, but it SUCKS. I will review it further later.

Public Enemies

Yes. Yes. Yes.   I have been waiting for this movie for ages, and now that I have seen it, something has been fulfilled (duh). Johnny Depp played the perfect John Dillinger, and Christian Bale played the perfect Melvin Purvis by making him like the complete idiot he was. And of course, the beautiful Marion Cotillard played her part as Billie Frechette perfectly, as she always does. She, being quite endearing by her own account, made the character very endearing, and it was heartbreaking to watch her cry at the end. I am very disappointed that the end of the movie did not say that the prostitute who sold Dillinger out in hopes of staying in America instead of being deported back to shitty Romania was later deported anyway, which means she sold out her friend who trusted her for nothing. Tsk tsk. There were a couple of inaccuracies, such as Frechette's arrest, but overall, they are easy to overlook. Everything about the film was very well done. 

Next up: BRUNO! He is a much better character than Borat, so this one promises to be more funny. And I do love me some Sacha Baron Cohen. He is hot when he's not dressed as an Austrian homosexual, and he's damn funny when he is. (and he has the most Jewish name EVER) I think the latter sentence is an example of zeugma, but I can't be sure as I'm not sure I understand the definition of that word just yet. 

9 July the Colour Craft collection is being released by MAC, and I am just hoping that I'm not as impressed with the colors as I think I'll be. That way I won't want to buy anything, and I definitely won't be disappointed when I don't get anything. I love their MSFs. That's really all I like from MAC. MSFs and lip products. I suppose their brighter eye shadows are nice, too. I still really want Chrome Yellow and Sushi Flower. 

Yesterday I bought the best thing of my life: Soap and Glory's Flake Away body polishing scrub. It is amazing. It exfoliates really well without being painful, smells delicious, and leaves skin feeling super soft. It apparently has moisturizers in it as well because after I used it, I didn't feel as if I needed any lotion, though now I am tempted to buy Soap and Glory body butter or something. While out I also picked up Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara to try it since I hear it's good, and I love mascaras. I have not opened it yet because I have a lot of mascaras opened at the moment, and I don't want to have to throw away a bunch of mascara because I couldn't use it all up. 

Mascaras I Want

• Revlon Double-Twist
• Stila Major Lash
• L'Oreal Telescopic
• L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion
• Rimmel Glam Eyes
• Rimmel Sexy Curves
• Urban Decay Big Fatty in Black Cherry
• Too Faced Lash Injection PinPoint (full size--I only has travel size)
• L'Oreal Voluminous
• Max Factor 2000 Calorie
• Physician's Formula PlentiFull Thickening
• Bourjois Volume Glamour
• Benefit BadGal Blue
  

I think that's all on my mascara wish list. Yes, I am a mascara junkie. I love mascaras. 

I'd also like to try Coppertone's Sunless Tanning Gradual Tan Lotion. I'll just try them all until I find a perfect one! And I like Coppertone products. 

I am also considering trying L'Oreal's Ever Pure volume hair line, since it's for colored hair and all. I am particularly interested in the conditioning masques and the UV protect spray. My hair could use it! And all this stuff is on super sale at Ulta right now. 

I'd like to try lots of things! I must go take a nap or something now. I don't know. 

Rubbish!

I cannot find the L'oreal Telescopic Explosion mascara anywhere, but there are so many new mascaras coming out that I'm super overwhelmed. I am such a ridiculous mascara junkie. That and foundation. I really want to try the regular Telescopic since I've never used it, but so many people seem to like it. I have low hopes of ever finding anything as wonderful as my Too Faced Lash Injection. It is quite a lot up to which to live, and no mascara I've tried has done it just yet. I still don't have a good brown or burgundy. Life will go on. 

I have been using my Revlon Matte Lipstick in Nude Attitude a lot lately. I really like the slightly subdued pinky tone it gives my lips. I do not find it to be drying at all. It may pass my MAC Fresh Brew (from Hello Kitty) as my favorite lipstick, though the Fresh Brew is really moisturizing. All of my other lip colors have been lonely since I've only been using the Revlon lately. Poor NYX lip glosses, Jane Lipkick, Maybelline something or other, etc. Oh, and my poor Rimmels. I love Rimmel lipsticks. They have such a nice texture, and color payoff is fantastic. The only problem is that the red I have is really messy. It's very difficult to get it on without making a huge mess! Maybe that's just me though. 

I am also really in love with my Maybelline Dream Matte Powder. I use it for touch ups during the day as I use a silica powder to set my makeup and MAC MSF natural/shimmer all over for a nice, dewy glow. It is more convenient to stick in my bag than the MSF. 

I think I should probably put some of my unloved perfumes and such on MUA. They are harder to ship since they are liquids, but since I do not like them and do not use them, it makes sense to send them off to someone who might like them. 

I am still sad that I am lacking purple in my life, and I am having a very difficult time finding a color shampoo that doesn't have a migraine inducing scent. Since I discovered that my Pureology was giving me migraines (oh woe!), I set out to find a new shampoo. They all seem to have similar scents that make my eyes explode and head pound, so I've been using my Organix Shea Butter shampoo. It's sulfate free, so I know it's not stripping color or anything out of my hair. So that's fine. I don't know that I have anything new to report on hair products. 

I haven't got any new nail polishes, but I NEED TO. I really need more purples. It's killing me. It's making me depressed. 

Lots of little, stupid things have been making me depressed lately, and I'm so tired of it. It's so stupid. I keep getting really angry at the boyfriend and angry about life and frustrated and hopeless and depressed and unhappy and just ... :o(. I have no appreciation for such mood fluctuations. My quality of life should be massively improved since I'm not in school at the moment (lots of rest), and I have all of my lovely medications. I fucking HATE people acting like my medicine makes me happy. It obviously does not. Seriously---fuck people who say shit like that. I think they need to be punched in the face by someone less pacifistic than I am. It is fucking infuriating. I believe I have lost all hope in humanity. I do not forgive people for treating their environment and fellow humans and animals the way they do. I do not know what else to feel toward them. 

I still feel really sad for the octopodes at the aquarium. They looked so sad. I do not think I have ever seen an animal looking so unhappy. I feel like one of those little octopodes, trapped and unhappy, unable to properly hide and unable to swim somewhere else.

Just A Few of My Favorite Things

1. Yes to Carrots C is Smooth Body Moisturizing Lotion. The scent is divine, and all of their products smell this way. Delicious! 
2. NYX eyeshadow in "Rust." 
3. NYX Goddess of The Night Gloss in "African Queen." 
4. Everyday Minerals blush in "Snuggle."
5. CHI Silk Infusion
6. My new hair!
7. Removing acrylic nails
8. Secret Clinical Strength Anti-Perspirant/Deodorant
9. My skin looks good
10. Rimmel Lipstick in "Airy Fairy."
11. Revlon Matte Lipstick in "Nude Attitude." 
12. E.L.F. pro eyeshadow primer
13. applying the NYX eyeshadows I don't like with water! works beautifully
14. finding new alternatives
15. My rainbow quilt
16. Eco-Tools brushes
17. Chanel Allure
18. Love Dove's birthday present(s).
19. My new necklace that I haven't had an occasion to wear yet
20. the possibility of a new water heater as early as TODAY
21. the possibility of buying new nail polish and/or concealer (since I'm out)
22. Maybelline Age Rewind cream foundation
23. NYC Smooth Skin Bronzing Powder
24. Twin Peaks
25. valerian root capsules
26. Stila Convertible Lip/Cheek color in "Gerbera." 
27. Too Faced Shadow Insurance
28. Too Faced (the company)
29. Juicy Couture
30. Yes to Carrots chapstick in LEMON!

I got stuff today!

  L'Oreal Glam Bronze in Matte Bronze 947 (honey/bronze)

NYX Goddess of the Night gloss in African Queen.
N.Y.C. Smooth Skin Bronzing Face Powder in Matte Bronzer 720 A (Sunny)
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Strawberry Milk (605)
Rimmel Underground Eye Shadow in Three-Sum. 

I also bought Got2B Playful Texturizing Creme Pomade for my hairs. I love the way it smells and feels and works. It makes my hair nice without any crunchies. And a surprise. 

I chopped off all of my hair. It is very short. Very short, very cute. I like it. I love the new lip gloss. I love my N.Y.C. bronzer. I didn't buy it today though. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now as my contour, and I love it. Highly underrated. I haven't used any of the other stuff. I bought the Rimmel for the red. The white has a pink sheen to it. I like it. I cannot wait to try the eye pencil with my hot pink eye shadow to see if it helps it have color. 

On that note, I am giving up on NYX Chick eye shadow. It ALWAYS looks chunky on my eyes, like neon yellow mold. I have tried every base I have. I have tried mixing it with Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I have tried everything, and it never looks good. Even when I use it alone, it looks like crap. So--I don't know what to do with it. Swap? Lie about how it sucks? I don't know. I'm too not bad of a person to do that. 

I have been on another Twin Peaks binge. I love Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks! I am almost finished with season two and then I shall watch Fire Walk with Me and be super creeped out! Yay Twin Peaks!