Al's Memorial

My parents and I went to Al's Memorial service today. Learned a bunch about him, like that he original went to bible college to be a minister. Although, that makes me feel a bit better, that he does rest in peace in Heaven. Heard some stories about Al. I wish I'd had the chance to hear more stories. My mom thinks that Al may have been the IBM guy @ the PUD back in the day.

Girly Stuff:
I think I'm going to modify how I do this part just a bit. I'll start with putting a list of the makeup used, then how I applied it.
Clinique powder
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Oil of Olay eyeshadow
Ulta eyeshadow
Stila
Benefit Get Bent Lash mascara
MAC
Clinique

Cleaning/Organizing:
I spent about 40 (concentrated) minutes on cleaning/organizing my bathroom. Probably spent about another 20 minutes off and on doing little things in the bathroom. Sadly, you can't really tell. But I did get rid of a lot of empty bottles from the bathroom. My goal is to get the 2 center drawers cleaned and organized for ease of use and finding things. I'm sick and tired of spending all my time looking for specific makeup items. I also want to clean/organize my desk in my bedroom so that it's partially usable for school/desk type items and partially usable as a makeup vanity. Wish me luck!

I think I kind of forgot how hard it can be trying to pick out an outfit when you've just purchased a bunch of new clothes.

Girly things:
Yay, I discovered that my MAC eyeshadow duo and beauty powder are both eligible for Back 2 MAC!
Okay, for my makeup for today I started with my Clinique face powder, then used the Urban Decay Primer Potion on my eyes. For eyeshadow I used my MAC Eye Shadow Suite in 'Shallow V. Deep' and put the lighter color on my lid and the darker color in my crease. I also used the darker color to line my eyes. I lined my lower water line with my new Stila Kajal Eye Liner in 'Emerald'. For my mascara I used Benefit's 'Get Bent Lash'. On my cheeks I used MAC's Beauty Powder in 'Summer Rose' from the 'A Rose Romance' collection. Finally, on my lips I used CoverGirl 'Outlast All-day Lipcolor' in Always Rosy.

I wore my new black slacks and black & white plaid wool coat, both from Banana Republic. I also wore a new teal short-sleeved sweater that I got at JCPenney's. I earned some compliments, so I think it turned out well.

New Wardrobe for a New Year/Decade!

This morning, after getting up, I cleaned out a sample pot of lotion, and went to work 'depotting' my Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion. The hardest part was cutting through the plastic of the bottle, took a while to cut through. I was amazed at how much was still left in the bottle! The bottle had to be no more than one quarter empty. I used the wand that came with the Primer Potion to scoop the primer out of the bottle and put it in my clear little pot. Then I cleaned the empty pieces of bottle and put them in the recycle bin.

This morning I didn't put any makeup on before going to church. I didn't have time, and I figured I'd give my face a sabbath from makeup. When we stopped off at home we discovered that my puppy, Ruby, had gotten onto the kitchen table and had finished off about half a dozen frosted sugar cookies. She was caught 'green-nosed' with the green frosting still on the top of her nose. It was quite cute and funny. I really wanted to go shopping, because I hadn't been shopping shopping in over a year.

My mom and I went to Alderwood Mall, and spent the whole afternoon there. First we hit up the sale at Victoria's Secret. I got 6 new bras on sale and 5 pairs of underwear. We then hit up Bath & Body Works and picked up a bunch of new hand soaps, a bottle of lotion, and a new loofah. We did our big purchases at Macy's and Banana Republic. And stopped at Sephora to pick up a Stila Kajal Eye Liner in Emerald.

The only thing that I really wanted at Macy's was a Clinique face mask. I ended up wandering over to the Benefit counter and the lady working the counter started talking to me. She ended up doing my makeup. So I ended up wearing makeup for half of the day. She used 'You're Bluffing!' on my blemishes, 'Play Sticks in Tea Party' for my foundation, 'The Big Beautiful Eyes' palette for my eye shadow and liner, 'BADgal Plum Mascara' for my lashes, 'Speed Brow' for my eyebrows, 'High Brow' for my brow highlight, 'Coralista' for my blush, and a lip gloss (forgot what color). I ended up getting 'powderflage', 'you're bluffing!', and 'play sticks in tea party', while my mom got 'Benetint', 'Benetint Pocket Pal', and 'Full-Finish Lipstick in Flirt Alert'. I did eventually get a Clinique face mask before leaving Macy's.

We stopped at Gap, but we just got confused by the weird jean sizing, and put off by the lack of customer service. We then went over to Banana Republic. We got a lot of awesome customer service there. Along with a lot of new clothes! We've never spent that much in one shopping trip before! It was insane, but fun.

Looking forward to starting this new year with a new outlook, wardrobe, and look.