The slow death

I am not trying to kill this blog. I just have no time what so ever. I graduate Cosmetology on the 20th of this month though! So I hope to have more time soon.

To line or not to line.. with what line?

Pencils, liquids, gels, kohls, autosharpen or felt tips. What are the best? And why?!

I think that everyone can agree that when they think of eyeliner their first thought is probably going to be a black winged eye. There are so many ways you can use eye liners and there are so many ways that you may wear them. What is the best formula? Are high end brands REALLY better than drugstore?

It is hard to go into a post and address all the aspects of different liners... So I shall break it up into sections for different posts. I guess I should come up with a cutsey name for the series? We will go with the Liner Days of Summer.

I know when I get ambitious I fail, so I shall aim for a post a week. Starting this upcoming Thursday.

By the way, I got a job at Ulta as a prestige makeup consultant and it is pretty much the best job I have ever had so far. Very excited about it! I get to analyze brands from Smashbox to Urban Decay to find the best make up fit for customers. Pretty dang awesome.

Tinted Lip Balms, the hype

What is it with people going crazy of tinted lip balms? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a tinted balm just as much as the next girl.. but.. really? I wouldn't say that the balms out on the market are THAT hydrating compared to a regular lip balm. The most hydrating is probably Burts Bees brand. I suppose their downfall is not coming in pretty packaging like the Revlon lip butters.

I am not saying that they are bad, in fact, they are quite nice. I don't know if they are worth getting your panties in a bunch if they are sold out. I am honestly surprised they are still selling like hot cakes. I have the ones that I want, and I don't really intend on buying more. Maybe to replace cupcake when I run out, but that is only because that color is just so darn cute. Or is is strawberry short cake? I can't really remember right now.

These are three of the few I have. I have two others. For the most part I am happy with all of them.  I feel I lucked out in a sense that I guessed the pigmentation these were going to have. I would take other pictures of my other tinted lip balms, however it is getting late and I don't like the camera quality on my phone (which is what I am using right now). I have one of the Hello Kitty Sephora tinted lip Balms, a sample Tarte one and a Burt's Bees in Tiger Lily... which has no color pay off for my lips!

My original goal was to swatch them on myself so you could see, but I got a shiner right under my nose... so I am just not feeling up to it. I am starting spring break this week. My goal is a post a day. We will see.

What about you? Do you like the Lip Butters? Do you like tinted moisturizer? Or do you just use balm then apply lipstick?

While I was away

Your's truly has a damned good excuse for being MIA. I was getting a move on with my life and getting ready to start Cosmetology.

I start the 30th... I will probably be posting more of those fun adventures here since it will finally apply. Yay!