Slip Silk Pillowcase – I can’t get over how great this is. Helps your skin and hair just by falling asleep on it?! Yes, please! This is definitely pricier than other silk pillowcases on the market, but I promise you I can feel the difference in quality. This is far ahead of its other competitors. GHD Platinum Hair Straightener – I wrote about this as being one of those ridiculously priced beauty gadgets that I spent money on but… I really like it. It makes my hair look almost healthy. AND, it straightens better and faster than any other flatiron
Author: Kristen Grace
Beauty junkie, food obsessed, and constant wanderer.
Men Who Rock Makeup
Obviously, you know what this post is about if you read the title. If you blindly clicked on my post than lemme tell ya, it’s about men who know how to rock a full face of cosmetics. I’m sticking to celebrity males here and leaving the YouTubers and Instagrammers off the list, because we already KNOW MannyMua, Jeffree Star, and James Charles know how to apply their highlighter. Boy George Boy George really knows how to take it *there* and back. Sometimes he edges the border between “too far” and “just right” but honestly? I’d love it if he could
Grad School? Maybe.
I’ve decided to try and go back to school and get my Masters, guys. Can you imagine? I feel like I left that behind and now I’m throwing myself back in. I hate homework and tests. Speaking of tests, I have to take the GRE, which is basically the SAT, but for grad school. I’M DYING. I have to restudy all those equations and formulas that I was certain I would never need again once I graduated. Eep! Though, I’ll continue to do my best to keep up the superb quality (lolz) of this blog, you might have to give
Strength and Sculpt Part 4
I’ve managed to convince myself I have superhuman powers. I woke up two days ago thinking, “Ugh, Strength and Sculpt, I hope it gets cancelled so I can’t go and nobody can shame me for it.” The next day, our instructor emailed us letting us know she she had tweaked her back and that she would let us know if Strength and Sculpt would happen or not. I thought, “OMG, I used my powers for bad. I never wanted her hurt!” Except I guess I kinda did, because I texted my boyfriend hoping class was cancelled and it WASN’T. Sigh.
The Story of Floofy, the Unwanted Sloth
We were in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware when one of those damn carnival games lured in my significant other. It was the one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and whoever gets the most in wins. He always wants to play it because he never loses. NEVER. And lo and behold he won! And thus started a journey with a sloth that he promptly named Floofy (I’ve banned him from ever naming our pets.) Upon winning, the kid next to us barely lost and I overheard his father telling him he did a great job. I told my significant
My Style Icons: Dakota Fanning
Although I enjoy fashion, I don’t always push the boundaries as much as I’d like to. Most of the time, I don’t even try to push them at all. I quite like my leggings and graphic tee shirts with converse shoes. Unoriginal, uninspiring and flat out B-O-R-I-N-G. Which is why I wish I could do fashion like Dakota Fanning. Sheesh, even as a kid she was quite the fashion darling. She has a knack for always looking super comfortable while dressing with some flair. She also takes the basics and makes them… less basic. Hers is a fashion I *think*
Week in Review #7
I feel like this week flew by and I sort of lived it in a haze. Ever feel that way? This week on the blog… I relived my childhood a bit in The Royal British Columbia Museum. By that I mean that I went through this place in THE BEST WAY EVER. I went to the Washington State Fair and nearly vomited at the prices. WTF, this is not family friendly if families can’t afford it! After getting the money sucked out of my bank account, the only way to make me feel better was by eating some homemade cake.
Venus in Furs by Deborah Lippmann
I can’t tell you how long I dithered over how to describe the color of this nail polish. At first I thought “This is so what a vampire who’s part of the Volturi clan would wear!” But then I looked at the first coat of nail polish and thought “Blueberries! Blueberries that have been squished!” The squish then triggered a memory of an I Love Lucy episode where her and Ethel are stomping on grapes to make wine which of course led me to think, “No, these nails are the color of red wine!” Which now has me wanting to
Cosmetic Ingredient: Castor Oil
Castor oil. It’s a pretty common ingredient when you read the labels of your bath and beauty products. It’s a vegetable oil that comes from the castor bean which kind of blew my mind because who would’ve thought it came from a bean. Obviously, I’m easily shocked and awed. What’s it Made Of? Castor oil, or Ricinus communis if we are using Latin names, is a fixed oil. It is comprised mostly of fatty oils. Its structure is made up of roughly 90% ricinoleaic acid with small amounts of oleic acid and linoleic acid thrown in. This allows it to be both hydrophilic and
Strength and Sculpt, Part 3
Ugh, this class is such a (beeeeeeeep). Sorry, trying to clean up my profanity when I discuss exercising. I went to this class with a full on migraine. I’m talking pulsating head, a stomach that felt like it was going to heave at any moment, and an aura of dread emanating from me. I took two Excedrin, crossed my fingers, and prepared to enter the seventh circle of Hell. Hell took the form of two to five pound weights and an excess of arm exercises. I’m shocked that my limbs didn’t fall off though they did refuse to cooperate at