Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda

I've been reading a lot of makeup/fashion blogs recently, and tend to love when bloggers open up up their purse or makeup bag. I love seeing what people carry around, or what they use everyday.

I figured that was something easy I could do - I live for makeup. Since I have way too much makeup for the average individual, I just went with the products I'd use for a single day's look (with a few extras).

(It seems like a lot, yes. And true, while I don't always use all the products - particularly the blush - this is about average for me)



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Idea and format borrowed from the lovely Kendi Everyday

Nothing much has been going on... Work is DRAINING me. It's weird, I have more days free (since I work four 10-hour shifts), but it seems like a lot less time, for some reason. I never have time for anything.

That being said, there are a few things to talk about, so... Bulleted Update!

- We had a barbecue at work yesterday. It was fun, and there was SO MUCH FOOD. I baked a huge ass cake, and it was delicious. Everyone was impressed that I had baked it from scratch. Which is odd, because it's not like it's particularly hard. But whatevs.

- I tend to develop obsessions with THINGS. I'm a collector, and right now I'm collecting makeup. I've always collected the stuff, but now it's getting kinda ridiculous. Especially stila stuff. And last night I randomly found some Orly FX polishes (which aren't supposed to be released yet). Excitement!

- I might start doing a few swatches of my new stuff here. Just because. I've recently been enamoured with makeup blogs. Partially because I'm being vicarious. Partially because I wish I was one - they get SO MUCH free makeup. I want free makeup...

- I'm trying to decide whether to go to the Chuseok Festival in New York this October. Lee Hyori's going to be there, and I do love her. On the other hand, blaaaah. Driving there is a pain. I guess I could take a bus... And one of my friends lives there, so it wouldn't be too bad.

- On Big Bang; I'm planning a meta post for "Beautiful Hangover", because that video is pretty ridiculous/awesome. I like the song a lot more with the video attached. YB's international album is GOOOOOD. I like it so so so much better than the original SOLAR. Patiently awaiting their new album...

- I have ridiculous amounts of albums to buy. Six, at last count. And the Big Show 2010 DVD (while not terribly necessary since I was at the concert, it would be nice, considering all I can remember from it is Baby being hot(?!), and TOP on a wire above my head). The annoying part is, I'm actually trying to wait until a few are released (2NE1's album, and Fahrenheit's - both in September).

- No drama-watching, as of yet. I'm incomprehensibly busy. And I just haven't been feeling anything.

*sigh* Back to work...

My recent thing is nail art. Which means I've been buying lots of nail polishes... I've added 16 new ones. I honestly don't understand why I'm so into this all of a sudden, but here I am.

Today I went searching for O.P.I creme polish. I tend to buy glitter/shimmery polish, so I had to curtail my natural instincts. It worked. I walked away with 8 bottles of polish, and all of them cremes.

And because I like to randomly show pictures of things I buy;

( Polish! )

I half want to do all my nails different colors, for I fear it will take awhile before I get to use all of them!

I went to Boston today to find the Adidas store, and goddamn thing is gone. Like, they're turning the building into a bank. Would have been nice if they'd updated their website so I would have known, and not driven an hour and a half (and gotten lost) for no reason. The next closest store is in NYC... four hours away.

On the plus side, I went to Lush, and replenished my stash of Flying Fox shower gel (undoubtedly the best smelling stuff in the world... Jasmine to the nth degree). I do think it's made differently here, because my bottle from Taiwan has a totally different consistency. We'll see how I like it (btw, Lush is EVERYWHERE in Taiwan... weird). I also bought Retread conditioner, which the saleslady recommended for my hair. My hair is an enigma, it's dry and fine (which makes it hard to find a conditioner, because heavy duty ones usually weight my hair down). I've been using an AWESOME conditioner I bought in Taiwan, but it's almost gone. Seriously, that stuff is amazing. Apparently my hair likes products made for Asian hair (I think it's because my hair is a lot finer than typical Caucasian hair).

IN OTHER NEWS...
I'm thinking of doing more 2NE1 eyelooks. I've been looking over the videos, and a lot of them look do-able. Since I can't afford/find a lot of the fashions they wear, makeup is the next best thing :D

Also, I'm pretty sure I found the silver accent lashes CL is wearing in the "Try to Copy Me" video. You know, these ones:

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I wish I were a Kpop star just so I could wear some of the awesome makeup looks they rock IRL. I would wear these every single day if I could.

Okay, I tried a few eyemakeup imitations from the "Try to Copy Me" MV.

The basics were simple, it was just getting to fit my eye that was hard. My eyes are round, deep set, and heavily double lidded. Basically as non-Asian as you can get. Incidentally this means that I cannot possibly make the makeup look exactly the same as it does on the 2NE1 girls. So I altered it for my eyes. (They look better in person, since the light sucks here... it IS 4am...)

I also didn't have nearly the same amount of false eyelashes that they used, so I compromised.

( Two looks )