it's a snow day here at the apartment and i imagine that we're not alone in being unwilling to venture out into the wind. there is something about being "stuck" in the house that makes the catching up on neglected tasks more tolerable. see: vacuuming and dishes for us. even coco's upping her snow day nap game. we love popie so much. head over heels in love with everything she does, including poop on her mat in the house when it's too cold to go out.
as promised, i have swatch photos to enhance last week's makeup post. this includes all of the new colourpop, pacifica, and nyx lip products i've got.
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| the pretty artsy shot with the light just right, my tea lights and the chakra pyramids. |
from left to right (top row), leather, dalia, lbb, bichette, i <3 this, clique, yasmin, fancy, and lumiere - all are from colourpop and all but fancy (the pink/peach shade) are matte. my favorites are lbb, clique, and fancy.
the two in the bottom row are the nyx intense butterglosses that i have, which i'm in love with. the first is spice cake and the second is toasted marshmallow. these will be getting a lot of wear for me since they're not drying in the least.
the strange irony with the lower half of my arm is that most of these colors look very similar, and they really are.
bottom three are nyx soft matte lip cremes in copenhagen, morocco (which is actually val's) and milan. if you lips have not been exfoliated and aren't moist, the lip creme may look a bit rough. aside from solid pigmentation, you'll enjoy the baked-good smell that these have.
middle three are the nyx high voltage lipsticks in wine and dine, free spirit, and pink lady. out of the bunch the first two impressed me most. pink lady is way too light and patchy on my lips. i didn't even swatch playdate (a light lavendar color) because it grayed me out immensely. super fun for halloween or theme parties, but not for my everyday wear.
top three are the pacifica devocean lipsticks in rebel sol (shimmery light coral) and firebird (shimmery orange red) and the too faced melted lipstick in velvet. the pacifica colors are all vegan and mineral-based, so these will need definite building. the melted velvet is super rich and glossy, but you don't need super primed lips to wear this well.
i guess the important thing to remember when choosing lipsticks is that your arm is usually not the same shade as you lips and face, especially if you use sunscreen appropriately. after enough swatches you'll figure out which color families you like (pinks/reds/corals/berries/
best for...
budget: nyx and colourpop
color choice and range of finishes: colourpop, followed by nyx
natural/vegan makeup: pacifica
high end splurge: too faced
onto the other bits.
as i prep - err, maybe that's too strong a word - for rescheduled novel-writing week in the spring, i'm checking this site for ideas. now that my desktop command center is set up (thanks, babe and steve!) i can settle into late nights of music and musing with more regularity. that's usually when i find the most inspiration.
a person's favorite quote tells you a lot about them and what they value, or so i think. so i've saved a lot quotes in hopes that i'll find one that speaks to my characters. my favorite quote is either directly from hemingway or paraphrased, though i'm not the biggest fan of his world view otherwise. "courage is grace under pressure." when things were really, really tough for me, i found myself saying this to myself, even printed the words out and hung the quote over my desk in college. i like to think i'm pretty courageous.
i've got a sense of one of my characters. catherine bakes for stress relief. i feel like making a pretty pie crust is a skillset that she's got in her arsenal.
another idea i've got, though it might be too tropey, is to pull concepts from mythology and philosophy and pack them into a character's arc.
when it comes to showing and not telling how a character's feeling, i struggle a bit. years of writing explanatory essays will do that to you. i'll be leaning on this cheatsheet and editing like a mofo.
ultimately, whether or not i let the road blocks and self-doubt steer me into "crushed" or "smashed" territory has yet to be seen, but this infographic on the struggle to get anything done is pretty spot-on.
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enjoy the week <3
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