Good Riddance 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FIRST check out Wendi of awesomeness and follow her wicked ass Makeup Zombie blog because she is dying to hold a massive giveaway and she just needs a few more followers to hit her 1000 target. Do eeeeeet.

Okie dokie smokies, I've been on holidays the last 2 weeks. This means 2 weeks worth of blogger dashboard to sift through.
Those weeks went WAY too damn fast. Good news for the blog though, NEW CAMERA.

No more elphail.

I'd take a pic of the new one but the other cameras are still in the suitcase.

Yup.

I hopped on the computer before unpacking.

I'm THAT person.

The camera is a Canon EOS Rebel T2i and it's going to take me awhile to figure it out but it seems to take wicked awesome pics... (click to make bigger)


Meow Abductee 2011


Hi-Fi Slime & Snails (YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE GLITTER!)


Annabelle quad I have to swatch still





NICE!

The only thing makeup related that happened recently is I made an epic OCC Lip Tar haul. If you've been reading this blog for awhile you know I hate the word "epic" but it's really the only way to describe my moment of insanity of hauling 23 freakin lip tars. They had a sale so they dropped to $10.40/ea from $13 and the cart kept screwing up so I made like 8 carts all weekend (because of the error) and the very last cart I made a half hour before midnight on New Years Eve let me add a bunch before it screwed up to full price again and then I narrowed it down from there. At 23 I didn't do a good job at the narrowing down part but I am SO excited to see what I can create colourwise with these guys!

NEW YEARS RESOLUTION: Buy less makeup

Those lip tars were bought BEFORE midnight so I'm still on target :D

Uber, Butch, Pageant, Feathered, Tarred, RX, Petty Beige, Traffic, Trick, Interlace, Katricia, Hoochie, Narcissus, Anime, NSFW, Stalker, Harlot, Beta, Banjee, Cha Cha, Femme, Hush and Tone.

And that brings me to...
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION numero dos: Wear lip stuff.

Speaking of which, anyone who does loads of lip swatching, what do you use to wipe the old stuff off to stop your lips from chapping? I can usually only go 3 shades in a row and I might as well have rubbed my face down a brick wall because the end result is fugly. And hurty.

I'm gonna hit up my craft store for empty containers and mix some magic and hopefully 2012 is the year of lip swatches because I have a feeling these things are going to keep me busy. I plan on trying to dupe shades, like the MAC Quite Cute lippies, and since I have the actual lipsticks I can see how far off I really am. SCOREEEEE DUDES! I also wanna try to dupe a certain purple-toned grey lipstick...

*~:.NOTE TO COMPANIES CONTACTING ME.:~*

I've posted this to the side, but I figure it deserves a post because I'm tired of all the spam I've been getting recently. Some people don't mind free shit when all they have to do is post about it, but I do because that's not what this blog is about. I'm not a walking billboard (most of the time :D ) I've only accepted from 2 companies (both makeup related) and I'm sure they're quite annoyed I haven't blogged about them enough because I only blog when I feel like it and only use the products when I feel like it. If I don't feel like talking about something, meh. Not gonna force myself. When you have to force yourself to do something you don't feel like doing, there's no more fun in it, and then I'd rather read a book. (119 now!)

THE MESSAGE:

Hi! If you are a company emailing me to offer me anything other than makeup for blog exposure I will not respond. My only interests are makeup (mostly indie) and reading. I don't want your bras (trust me, you don't have my size) I don't want your diet advice, etc. This is my personal space, I do EOTD's and swatches, and the random rant. That's it. I post what I feel like. I'm not turning it into something different. If you haven't seen a post on my blog offering what you're offering, chances are, I don't want it.
Thanks for understanding.


And now a picture because every post needs a picture! My broken Sleek palette of which they STILL haven't responded to me. Even when they GAVE me an email address of their associate. THANKS FOR NOTHING SLEEK.






LIES....

MAH BIRTHDAY PRESENT! + randomness

Super duper kick ass earrings in 5...4...3...2...1





ROBOT SPERM!

No, not really.


If they look familiar you may recognize them from True Blood! We just finished season 3 and when I saw the earrings from the show I thought they looked so awesome, and amazingly the dude agreed and he surprised me with them for my birthday yesterday!!!



They are from Tiffany & Co. called the Elsa Peretti Teardrop earrings.

Their picture shows the point to be more blunted than in real life. In real life these bitches drew BLOOD YO! Holy frig you have to really squish your ear in just the right way and fiddle for like 5 minutes. But in the end, LOOK AT THE BLING!
WORTH IT!



I had them on backwards and had the joy of taking them out and squishing them back on again. It's even harder when you put them the direction they're meant to go :D

I don't plan on taking them out for a long time anyways. My right hole started to heal because nothing was worn in my ears for so long because those cheapy earrings from Claire's tend to irritate my ears. So far since wearing these the only problem I had (other than initial freakin blood loss) was getting my towel stuck to my head.

Oh that was fun. I felt real special just then.

I also snagged Urban Decay's BOS 4 as a bday present to me.

HAH Who am I kidding, I would have bought the thing even if they released it 3 months ago.

The mall trip was to get more primer because the $30+ tube of UDPP DRIED OUT! And yeah, palette was impulse buy. YAY! At this rate the CC will be paid off XMAS '13...



And a super shitty EOTD I thought would have worked out but didn't.




Baked on lid
Hijack in crease
Bust above crease (probably could have skipped this step)
Crystal to blend inner 1/4 of lid
Zephyr on browbone
Cobra lower lashline with Baked blended below it
Liquid liner that came with the set
Mascara that came with the set

I was really hoping Hijack would have looked more teal like it did in the pan, but not on my eyes aparently.

Oh wells.

1 pic cuz it sucked.

SO THURR.

BOOK I'M READING RITE NAOWWW

1 more bit of news. Check your Kindle cords peeps.



Not even 5 months old and the cord is splitting. I went to Amazon to see how much it would be to order a new cord and noticed it had twice as many 1-star ratings than 5-star and it was mostly for the problem I had.
I emailed Amazon and they had to send a $10 credit to the account to place and order, and when the order ships, I email them again with the info so they reimburse me for the shipping charge.

PAIN IN THE ASS.

If someone pays $180 for something, parts of it should not be failing in less than 5 months. And with the amount of complaints, a better cord should be included, instead of the cheap one they send out instead. Yes I'm getting a new cord, but it still irks me so many people have this problem, and just a quick look at the reviews, it's been happening for awhile. Just keep an eye on your cords, and don't be surprised when teeny wires start popping out :(

There. Shiny stuff, new makeup, and a mini rant all in one.

GOOD TIMES!

BEEN READING! (Not makeup related NMR)

Oh hi there! I haven't updated sine the 11th because I've been a slave to the Kindle again. I'm pretty sure it's made of crack.

Since the middle of April I've read around 40 books. FORTY EFFING BOOKS! I'm hooked. It's kind of sad. I read until I'm sleepy and cranky and have to be up in 6 hrs, and then wake up, hear the dude in the shower, roll over and grab the Kindle.

I'm a real winner.

Nothing I'm reading is actually brain food, just a bunch of slutty vampire/supernatural stories.
Just in case anyboddeh is wonderin'...

BOOKS SERIES CAUGHT UP ON! (just waiting on new releases now):

Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost (the evil lady who got me hooked to slutty vampire books, or "paranormal romance" but that sounds icky, so slutty it is!) Main chickie Cat is half Vampire and she's pretty ass-kicking fantastic. There are currently 2 spin off books from the series but I don't think they are meant to be their own series. Just a 1 book kind of dealio.

The Hollows series by Kim Harrison (Witches, Vampires, Pixies <3!) Main character is Rachel Morgan, a witch detective who works with a Vampire lady Ivy- who I'm crazy in <3 with and I don't even swing that way - and a pixie dude Jenx. I read these right after reading the Hunger Games when I thought all books were now ruined because I loved those 3 so much, but NOPE! The Hollows series got me addicted so I googled more supernatural series and founnnnnnd>>

Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward (it took me longer to get into the storyline but then I got hooked. CHEEEEEESE but in a hilarious way that kept me reading) A bunch of hugemongous Vampires fighting off lessers while hookin up with ze ladies. My favourite character is Qhuinn. 2 coloured eyes, dark hair, pierced and sluttastic. WIN!

Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter. Not vampire-centric but ancient Greek warriors possesed by demons like Disease and Defeat. There are also Angels, Harpies, Gods and Goddesses of course. My favourite characters are Anya (Minor goddess of Anarchy) and Strider keeper of Defeat (who can't lose a challenge without crazy pain, who knows he's made of awesome, and I'm pretty awesome so in fantasy book land WE'D be pretty made of awesome TOOOOGEDDER :) hahaha nerd. I can't wait until his book gets released. You can get the 1st 4 books in a bundle for dirt cheap here

Fallen Angels series by J.R. Ward. So far there are only 2 stories. I pre-ordered the 3rd but didn't realize it wasn't to be released until September still. SO FAR AWAY! I didn't like these as much as the BDB series so far but now that I read the 1st 2, I have to keep going.

Out of all of those the Hollows series is my favourite. I like all the different types of creatures in it.

Next up I think I'm going to tackle the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole. I found that series when I bought the Lords of the Underworld companion guide thingy. There's a Q&A with the authors in it. Orrrr maybe read Gena's Atlantis series.



Anyone else read paranormal *gag* romance *gag* novels and can suggest something? Nothing very werewolfy though. I don't find hairy dogmen hawt and can't get past the whole "OH HEY I'M AN ANIMAL SOMETIMES, BEASTIALITY? OKAY!". The only reason I tolerate the Sookie Stackhouse books is because of Eric. nom nom vampire viking nom.


If anyone read this non-makeup-topic-post long enough, I will post a bunch of EOTD's I did in 1 mega post I think. Nothing was super amazing that I wore but I'll post them in case somebody likes 'em :)

Time for the cropping bonanza.

And here's a picture to look at that I took in Victoria BC. That's a castle. BAD.ASS.

mmmm CANDY!

CANDEH!! Being half Dutch, I always get excited when we go to Dutch or German shops because they have the good stuff, JUNK FOOD! This is the stuff I grew up on.

All this, including the big jar of cream was less than $40, it shocked the hell out of me. I totally expected more for imported awesomeness.

A lot of cookies I just call Dutch gingerbread. It doesn't taste anything like the stuff you make houses out of. It has cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg and cloves and it's squishy, not rock hard. Except for the ones in the little red bag front centre. They are more like little gingersnaps. NOMZ!

And the "Candy Cake" isn't a cake made of candy but it is Dutch breakfast cake/bread with chunky burnt sugar on top. We eat this with butter or margarine. Sounds nasty, I know, but it's GUD!


And saying that I just realized I forgot to buy some more chocolate spread :(

It's the european version of Nutella, minus the hazelnuts. Pure chocolatey goodness.

The 2 packages on top of the candy cake are STROOPIES!!! They are like wafer cookies with a buttery caramel layer in the middle.


Just thought I'd share my junk food :)