Hi, everyone! I finally got my circle lenses (you probably know this from my last couple of posts), but here they are, my Geo Natural Black Lenses. Remember this picture? 

Well, I'm wearing them now. I've been wearing them for about four hours now, and they are really comfortable. Well, they're more comfortable than last time. Right now, despite technical difficulties earlier today (I'll get into that later), the left one feels pretty natural, while I can feel the right one a bit. I'm not really sure why I can feel the right one, I couldn't earlier.

Anyway, Here's a pic of them in my eyes:

Sorry it's such a huge closeup of my eyes/nose, lol. I'm using my webcam right now.

They came with a cute piggy lense case:

I know, my "vintage" macbook pro, lol.

The good: I think they look pretty natural on me, I mean, yes, my eyes do look bigger, which was the goal. You can see here to compare:

   

The bad: I really don't think there is a "bad", I just have to get used to them. I'm still not used to poking my eye so often and having something slip around in there, but I do like the look of them. I'll definitely be coming back for another pair. 

The shipping: I think they shipped in a timely manner. I've heard that Pinky Paradise is the slowest of them all, but I've also heard that they're the most reliable from quite a few sources, so I don't mind if I have to wait two weeks for them to get here (I think they might have even gotten to me sooner, but I wasn't really tracking my order, to be honest, anyway.) 

So, here's the ranking: 

comfort: 4.5/5 because sometimes, I can feel them in there, this might be normal or a sign that I need eye drops, so I won't dock too much here. 

Design: 5/5 they are exactly the swirl pattern that I wanted!

Enlargement: 5/5. I think they get the job done nicely. ^_^

Source: 5/5. I fully trust Pinky Paradise, and I can't wait to buy from them again. 

Review time! (last post didn't load)

This was supposed to be a hairspray review, but I don’t know how much you can really say about hairspray. I’ll talk about that a little bit, but there are a couple of other things I felt were more worthwhile to review, and I stumbled on them yesterday. The first is a lipstain I found: covergirl’s outlst lipstain. I got a deep shade, because I thought my two-tone but dark lips would benefit from a darker shade.

I’ll get to the lipstain in a second though, because I was supposed to talk about this hairspray that I rather quickly forgot about in the excitement of my other – more fun – finds.

The hairspray I got was Suave’s Extreme Hold, which looks like this:

It says that it’s unscented, but “ay, que olor!” Foul is one adjective that comes to mind when I have to hold a style with this.

Where “extreme hold” is concerned, yes, it does have that. It held my cute li’l piggytails for hours on fair day. I’d probably have still had them the next day if I hadn’t taken them down and slept so wildly…

Anysnooch, Let’s get on to the ingredients, shall we?

They are: water, dimethyl ether, SD alcohol 40-b, va/crotonates/vinyl neodecnoate copolymer, acrylates copolymer, aminomethyl propanol, sodium benzoate, cyclohexylamine, triethyl citrate, cyclopentasiloxane, sodium pca, masking fragrance, tocopherol, panthenol, butylene glycol, amp-isostearoyl hydrolyzed soy protein.

The feel: It reminds me of spritz, which I hated as a child (more for the fact that it stung than for it’s smell or the fact that it, too made my hair rather stiff and uncomfortable to touch). So, yes, as previously stated, it holds, and the hair feels stiff, as though it would break if touched roughly. (Don’t worry, it won’t. I kept touching my hair all day at the fair, and my spirals stayed until I took my hair down right before bed.)

The Verdict: While I love the hold, I’d rather have it without the stiff, cruncy feeling (which is why I always spray a coat or two of the next spray to soften it up quicker. You still get the hold, but it’ll feel nicer.)

Now onto my personal favorite hair spray. Unfortunately, I can’t remember who recommended it to me, but I thank them anyway.

Here it is:

Luster’s Pink Brand plus 2-n-1 scalp soother & oil sheen. I don’t think you can see the little straw, but it plugs into the spray nozzle, and you get a nice cool jet of soothing oil sheen directly on your scalp.

The scent is incredible! It smells just like cotton candy, which is my second favorite flavor after cherry anything.

The feel: It feels cool, refreshing, smooth, but yes, a bit heavy. Maybe I put too much on, and if you lean on anything accidentally (or on purpose, if it’s your habit), you’ll be doomed to see a bit of residue, unless it’s dried up. At least the residue will smell nice.

My hair really likes this stuff, and so do I. Though it’s probably not ideal for anyone with a really oily scalp. Mine’s pretty dry, so that’s another reason I use it.

Now, for this lip stain. I’m again comparing two. One I got today, the other I got a while ago, and kept just for these purposes…kind of…

So, the cover girl outlast lip stain 440 berry wink:

Appearance:

I thought it was pretty cute. The French bit just translates from English “lip stain”. It’s advertised to “feel 5x lighter than lipstick”. I haven’t used lipstick in a while, so I don’t know. Sure, I guess.

Here’s what happened when I put it on:

I only did the bottom to show what the top looked like when I used the other lip stain.  You can see that right here: 

I need to re-do my nails, of course, but this is my old lip stain. NYC smooch proof lipstain, 16 hr.

Here’s what it looks like on the top half of my lips: Absolutely nothing. It never really did work, unfortunately (so why keep it? I was hoping that leaving it upside down for a while would help, like maybe all the “stuff” was just at the bottom? ) Well, anyway, it didn’t work. Maybe it's because I had it for months, but I don't remember that one ever doing anything for me, actually, other than smelling nice. It could just be a color that doesn't show on my lips:

Somewhat disappointing...

The NYC one still feels wet, though. And it smells nice. My new covergirl one feels wet, applies, and it’s really bright, as you can see. It also lasts for a long time (It fades, and unless you let it dry before you drink something, it can fade pretty fast), but I put my lipstain on yesterday, and even after washing my face, my lips are still stained. I like the effect, ‘cuz at least my lips aren’t two-toned anyore.  The scent would be a nice addition, but it’s not strictly necessary.

Well, have a look at my quick make:

Now, my make with *lenses:

(you can see here that the lip sain has faded, but my lips are still stained, sure enough.) 

*in another post or two, I'll be reviewing my lenses as a first timer! I'm so excited!

state fair

#me, #boyfriend, #friends, #state fair, #summer
unit at the fair. edited with isplash for funsies.

I couldn't wait!

Here's my bb cream review.

I got maybelline's Dream Fresh BB cream. The tube says:
Maybelline New York Dream Fresh BB 8-in-1 Beauty Balm Skin Perfector Titanium Dioxide Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF30 Medium/Deep sheer tint. it's the 30 ml 1.0 fl oz size.  Heres a picture:

Sorry about the stuff on the sticker. I took it off once to read what the ingrediens were, and you know what happens when you peel a sticker off, especially if it's on something round...never sticks back on the same...

So anywho, the ingredients are (in this picture):

Let me know if you can't see some of these (I think you can enlarge the picture by clicking it), and I'll list them, later. Sorry, it got darker in here 'cuz it's about an hour after I took the first picture (I get REALLY distracted on the internet.)

On to the application:
It's really smooth, perfectly matches my skin tone. It feels really creamy, not too thick, just pleasant.
It blends really well, and it works as a great foundation for me. I'd give it five out of five cherries*, especially since it doesn't contain paraben, which I like to avoid because my mom is allergic to it in all of it's many forms, as a just in case.

Oh, but for the eight things that it's supposed to do: blur imperfections: I think it covers them up nicely.
Enhances: I don't know what it's supposed to enhance, really, but sure, it ehnanced the nice-lookingness of my hand (since that's where I applied it today). Brightens: That, it definitely does.
Adjusts to skin-tone: within reason, yes. This shade adjusted just fine. Smoohtes: yep. My left hand looks smoother than my right. Hydrates: Perhaps. SPF30 protects: Potentially. I've only worn it outside a couple of times so far, and I didn't really take notes on those days (also I was really busy at work (I work outside on the weekends)), so I can't say too well here. 0% oils and other heavy ingredients: sure. Though, about here is where I would tell them they should say "7-in-1", but that's just my opinion.

I did this today, because I just remembered that since my hours switched at work, I won't have internet on wednesday. I can do my hair spray review on thursday, I guess.

Some people grade/rate with hearts or stars, but since I love cherries so much, that's how I choose to grade/rate. 

So Many Changes!!!

It feels like there've been so many changes recently, but I could just be exaggerating, I don't know, really. Like my work schedule, most people have one that's pretty consistent, I think and I was happy to have that, only to have it changed when I came in yesterday. I still got to keep my shift, but now I'm switched to wednesday instead for next week. I was so happy with my last arrangement, but this one won't kill me.

Anyway, on to a more positive note. Well, not so much, I think. Today was pretty hectic and it's only 3 pm. Last night, when we came home from Funk Thursdays at the bar, there was a notice, so we ran around like headless chickens. All is well and everything is alright, but I already feel kinda worn out. :(

I'll be energized for work tomorrow, though. I'm sure. I'm keeping both of my weekend shifts, since they're early morning to early afternoon, which leaves the rest of my day/weekend to do whatever I want.

I want to do a product review, so I think I'll do Maybelline's bb cream, since i bought that recently, and I've been meaning to talk about it. If I buy another product, I'll probably review that as well. Oh, I also got a couple of hairsprays. I was watching a youtube video and it reminded me that I need some hair spray, but not to use on my hair. I don't remember what the video was or what I was supposed to use it on, but there's a hairspray that I like (well, there are two), and I really want to review. I'll probably do that around Wednesday, so I can continue to get a good feel of it, and I'll even get some pictures. It'll be a two-in-one, though, because, well, my Wednesday post will explain that.

I have to visit my school or find internet on Monday, which I won't mind, but I'm supposed to visit this chinese food restaurant with my boyfriend that I've never been to. He really likes it, though. I just hope I can find dairy pills in time (I know I can), because I'm super lactose-intolerant, but I love cream cheese wontons. So tasty.

I think that's probably it for now. I'm at one of my favorite coffee shops right now, mainly so I can download this book for my class. :P

Until later, everyone. Hope you all have a splendiferous weekend. ^___^

Expectations

Of both varieties (met and unmet).

Recently, I had an experience where expectations went unmet, and I'll elaborate in a second.

I was at the fair (my last post about the fair was just to keep it fun, and one post), with my friends and my man. We all stuck together throughout the day at a tag-along's request, although no one planned on separating, anyway. Not to the best of my knowledge, anyway.

Well, I lied, we got separated from the group when we went to get my wings, but I honestly thought they were right behind us (I walk really fast, especially when I'm excited about something ghost-pepper flavored), then when I got there, I realized that only half the group was there. We found the rest of them eventually, and we even left the fair once to get pizza (I don't know who wanted pizza, and I don't really care, cuz it was fun and we had ghost sauce on our pizza).

So when we got back, I wanted to ask about when one of the booths was coming, so I stopped for a second, the group went on while my boyfriend asked at the booth. The group went on a bit, stopped for a second, and then continued walking after having a chat.

This is where I got a bit irritated. The entire day, if one or two wandered off, the whole group would come up, or at least hang around and send one other person to ask what was going on, then we'd all either stay and continue our route, or collectively team up and head in a new direction. As you can imagine, by now it was dark, so I couldn't see the group once they were a ways off.

And no text. I know it goes both ways, but two people in the group had my number, and I only had one of theirs, but I was busy trying to find them, google the light show starting time (I'd never seen one before until that night), and walk in the dark.

I don't know or really care what happened once we left because no one listened when I told them the light show time, and one of the guys texted me when it ended to ask what time it would be starting. All I could tell him was that they missed it and we were leaving. I went to the bazaar before we left, and I don't know if they caught the fireworks, because I wasn't aware that any would be going on (they also asked about fireworks). I got some last-minute taffy, and the two trinkets you saw in my last post.

Communication really is key, because had we all communicated, perhaps we would have all caught the light show, I wouldn't have been irritated, and the night would have had a more pleasant ending, but I got to spend the rest of it with my man, and we had a blast, anyway. That's what counts.

So, if your expectations aren't being met, let the other party know.

But this reminds me, there were expectations I had for someone, that I communicated to them, and all I got back was verbal confirmation that they would not be met, likely out of spite. I didn't know I was supposed to look for a change in behavior, because I was told that there would not be one. I won't elaborate on the matter further, but I will say this: You can't notice a change in behavior if you were told that the behavior would not change (so you won't look for it, of course). The expectation for you to notice something is not apparent because you don't know it is supposed to be. This is unfair to both parties, because while one is making a concerted effort to change their behavior, they told the first party that they would not, which leaves the other party feeling however they told you they would feel about the behavior that they wanted change.

That was probably too specific, and if it is, I apologize, it was just to say that if you have an expectation out of someone, tell them, and see if you can find an agreement that works for the both of you.  

The fair was so much fun!!!!

You have no idea! I got to meet up with most of my guys, and do most of the things I wanted to do. I even got to do a couple of extra things that I didn't really intend to, either. It was pretty fun. I got this snake and elephant right before the fair closed. They are so cute!

I attempted to do something with my nails (on the bus, no less.) I'm sure you can't tell that it's blue/purple each other nail, but that's what i did. And I spiraled my piggy tails. 

Here's my outfit of the day, don't mind the badge, but I wore a skirt and my favorite longer shirt. 

The guys next to each other in red and black shirts are two of my buds, they went on the big slide together. 

I was just trying to track them on my cam. Yay for action shot mode!

They really enjoyed it. If I didn't have a skirt and had remembered the slide was there, I'd have gone, too!

The Unit: G, Timmy, my boyfriend, me, and Rick. We were missing B. 

Ghost wings! Hot!

They no longer sell the sauce. :'(

Alton's Ghost wings. 

Timmy says my boyfriend and I took it like G's. (We forgot he's sensitive to spice, so I bought ice cream after. Sorry Tim!) 

See, 'Twas no problem!

A strawberry cone and Mint bonbon Ice cream. So refreshing.

More later, class is about to start!