In an effort to do more blogging I'm trying to come up with themes that I know I can build post from.
Thrifty Tuesday are going to be post on items (makeup, skincare, clothing, food, gadgets and maybe even some toys) I that love that won't deflate your wallet.
Today we are talking about makeup (one of my first loves), specifically powder foundation.
I had been on the hunt for a new powder foundation once I realized I wasn't in love with my Sephora Collection MircoSmooth Baked Foundation Face Powder in the color #56Maghogany. First few times wearing the powder was fine but somehow it developed a hard film on top that for the life of me I could not scrap off.; making application a chore.
At $22 I don't feel I should have multiple steps that include a small knife to get product on my face. I told myself just go back to your one true love MAC StudioFix. For maybe a decade all I wore was StudioFix. Liquid or cream foundations held no interest because StudioFix did it all.
Buuuuuut, I'm a product junkie. I will try the newest thing for no other reason than...it's a novelty item...
I didn't want to shell out $27 for my beloved StudioFix. I love it, and it would last forever...eh...money is tight for me and I had just wasted $22 at Sephora I'm saving to move, I want to go on vacation...I keep doing new protective styles ;-) I looked for a cheaper alternative.
NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat Powder Foundation in the color Tawny (SMP12) has the right price at $9.50. The powder is soft, provides great coverage yet at times will feel heavy. I have dry skin and I seem to get a nice glow once the powder settles. Downside is I have already hit pan and it has only been maybe a month and a half. I purchase this at a local beauty supply store.
Another powder that love and often forget about is Ruby Kisses No More Blemish Powder in Toasted Almond. I don't use it for blemishes. I picked it up on a whim years ago. Since then whenever I go to the BSS I think fondly of how it worked well (no heavy transferring on clothing or paperwork- sometimes MAC and NYX do) At $4.99 I really have no complaints. Picking a color might be hard. In the case they can look the same. My BSS had testers but they looked the same there too. I picked based on what I saw through the little window in the compact.
Out of the two I'm happier with my $5 powder. I would go as far as to say to is up there with my StudioFix in terms of HOLY GRAIL status.
*Sorry for the lack of photos. I did this post of on the fly and didn't have a chance to gather any.*
Do you have any thrifty products that you love?
Until next time,
xo
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Lust
LUST: a passionate or overmastering desire or craving
As I think about HIM I'm trying to recall when my innocent, school girl crush turned into the all consuming lust that I feel today.
What was the situation? What were the words spoken that flipped the switch and brightened this emotion to my mind?
When I look at HIM I still have remnants of the days of crushing.
My inability to stand still in HIS presence.
The way I would fumble my words in rapid succession like my beating pulse.
How I trained my ear to listen to his ninja silent footsteps.
HIM...with his subtle glances and nonchalant demeanor put an extra edge on that ledge of my emotions.
There is a lust for him that I can't nor want to contain.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Diluted- Shana Elmsford
I am a child of the 80's. As such I grew up watching some pretty cool cartoons...Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Smurfs. One of my all time favorites was Jem and the Holograms. I LOVED me some Jem with her hair and bright colors, and cool group of friends, her bandmates...Jem was a rockstar, an alter-ego of Jerrica Benton.
I even owned a
(I was never able to find all of them...especially Shana)
When I heard talks of a live version being made I was all smiles.
On Friday, the 25th the cast was announced. I quickly posted the link to an article on my FB feed and went about my day. It was a busy day. On Saturday I woke up to further investigate...i.e. I click on my own link and I read the article.
I couldn't wait to see who was chosen.
Everything is...looking...ok...wait!!!!
HOLD UP!!!
Why is the actress cast as Shana (the dark skin, purple afro wearing Hologram on the far right) about four shades lighter than my cartoon version?
I know there are talented brown skin (cocoa, chocolate, hazelnut) actress that can sing.
Why wasn't one of them chosen? If not for talent for keeping honest to the damn cartoon.
Growing up Shana was one of the few ( I think of 3) characters that looked like me :-)
I have nothing against Aurora Perrineau. I can't I know nothing about her. Apparently she had a role on Pretty Little Liars ( I love and watch) but I don't remember her.
Her father is Harold Perrineau. Now him I know...him I love...He played Augustus Hill in Oz and Damon Pope in Sons of Anarchy.
Good acting runs in the family but my beef isn't about acting.
I'm pissed and so are some other people that here was a perfect opportunity to show true diversity while staying true to the original character.
My first thought when I saw her was "Is she mixed?" then I said "REALLY? You gonna do Shana like that!!!"
Integrity Toys got the memo that Shana is of the darker complexion.
The director, Jon M. Chu held an open casting call (social media at it's best)
[youtube=http://youtu.be/yzVnNVrunAE]
Not one of entries had a hopeful wonder that looked like Shana?
The director was wants to "reinvent" Jem for a current audience?
Current audience devoid of color? When the past audience did just fine with it?
I don't buy that Aurora Perineau was the BEST choice.
I do buy that Aurora Perineau is the Hollywood standard of the easiest and safest way to say "we have a diverse cast".
While she may be half white (her mother) and half black most of the world sees her as Black.
That's all we need.
But it isn't because that isn't all there is.
Our First Daughters of the White House
are beautiful shades of brown.
Lupita Nyong'o
named People magazines Most Beautiful Person of 2014 (days before the cast was revealed) is gorgeous shade of chocolate.
Hollywood needs to let go of it's "safety net" and take the rose tinted glasses off.
What I see in that cast line up is NOT diversity. I see a group of young, beautiful women who kinda look the same, save for eye and hair colors...
I don't even think their hair textures are different!
Brown and dark skin women deserve to be represented in films and TV shows because we exist. Not enough is being done to show that.
We don't deserve a diluted version of us.
This casting choice is a diluted version.
People are going to say "It isn't that serious. It's just a movie...The girl is BLACK."
To quote a friend that posted a comment on my FB page regarding the link to the cast article, she said "Where is the Black girl?"
Sometimes what is seen on the surface is what matters.
~Until Next Time~
xo
I even owned a
(I was never able to find all of them...especially Shana)
When I heard talks of a live version being made I was all smiles.
On Friday, the 25th the cast was announced. I quickly posted the link to an article on my FB feed and went about my day. It was a busy day. On Saturday I woke up to further investigate...i.e. I click on my own link and I read the article.
I couldn't wait to see who was chosen.
Everything is...looking...ok...wait!!!!
HOLD UP!!!
Why is the actress cast as Shana (the dark skin, purple afro wearing Hologram on the far right) about four shades lighter than my cartoon version?
I know there are talented brown skin (cocoa, chocolate, hazelnut) actress that can sing.
Why wasn't one of them chosen? If not for talent for keeping honest to the damn cartoon.
Growing up Shana was one of the few ( I think of 3) characters that looked like me :-)
I have nothing against Aurora Perrineau. I can't I know nothing about her. Apparently she had a role on Pretty Little Liars ( I love and watch) but I don't remember her.
Her father is Harold Perrineau. Now him I know...him I love...He played Augustus Hill in Oz and Damon Pope in Sons of Anarchy.
Good acting runs in the family but my beef isn't about acting.
I'm pissed and so are some other people that here was a perfect opportunity to show true diversity while staying true to the original character.
My first thought when I saw her was "Is she mixed?" then I said "REALLY? You gonna do Shana like that!!!"
Integrity Toys got the memo that Shana is of the darker complexion.
The director, Jon M. Chu held an open casting call (social media at it's best)
[youtube=http://youtu.be/yzVnNVrunAE]
Not one of entries had a hopeful wonder that looked like Shana?
The director was wants to "reinvent" Jem for a current audience?
Current audience devoid of color? When the past audience did just fine with it?
I don't buy that Aurora Perineau was the BEST choice.
I do buy that Aurora Perineau is the Hollywood standard of the easiest and safest way to say "we have a diverse cast".
While she may be half white (her mother) and half black most of the world sees her as Black.
That's all we need.
But it isn't because that isn't all there is.
Our First Daughters of the White House
are beautiful shades of brown.
Lupita Nyong'o
named People magazines Most Beautiful Person of 2014 (days before the cast was revealed) is gorgeous shade of chocolate.
Hollywood needs to let go of it's "safety net" and take the rose tinted glasses off.
What I see in that cast line up is NOT diversity. I see a group of young, beautiful women who kinda look the same, save for eye and hair colors...
I don't even think their hair textures are different!
Brown and dark skin women deserve to be represented in films and TV shows because we exist. Not enough is being done to show that.
We don't deserve a diluted version of us.
This casting choice is a diluted version.
People are going to say "It isn't that serious. It's just a movie...The girl is BLACK."
To quote a friend that posted a comment on my FB page regarding the link to the cast article, she said "Where is the Black girl?"
Sometimes what is seen on the surface is what matters.
~Until Next Time~
xo
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