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Blend: Life lessons from make-up

By on Mar 17, 2012 in Life

I have a lot of trouble finding make-up that’s the right color for my skin. Most light make-up has a pink base or sometimes yellow. My skin is pale and golden. After one of the drug store brands discontinued the only light gold foundation I’ve ever seen and I went through a bad skin phase, I decided to up my game and started using Mac make-up. The first time I went to the now-defunct Mac store in Soho, the women who made me over gave me a yellow toned foundation and powder (NC). It looked Ok but always seemed a bit light and not quite right. When I ran out of make-up, I went back and the dude who was helping me switched me to pink toned (NW). Again, there as always something a bit off. Then it occurred to me: BLEND. There was a real life lesson in this frivolous moment — stop trying to force things to fit you and create the thing/life you want. One of my favorite...

Sets of stocking stuffers killing it at $3

By on Dec 9, 2011 in Life

We’ve begun a Christmas Challenge in our family: buy everyone and the dogs a gift for $3 or less. Make it useful. Make it personal. Last year, I went all etsy on it. My cousin went to pawn shops. My husband (i.e. me) checked out ModCloth and UnCommon Goods. In my second list (here is the first), I use sets of stuff to get to the under $3 mark.

Useful, unqiue, and fun! stucking stuffers for under $3

By on Dec 2, 2011 in Life

We’ve begun a Christmas Challenge in our family: buy everyone and the dogs a gift for $3 or less. Make it useful. Make it personal. Last year, I went all etsy on it. My cousin went to pawn shops. My husband (i.e. me) checked out ModCloth and UnCommon Goods. This year, I’ve started making idea boards using etsy’s treasure lists. Here is my first stab:

Um, what?

By on Jan 16, 2009 in Life, Politics

So I just got this really random IM: **** IronedCoho: You know, I’m a Christian and your recent post offended me! What if my children were on? I mean, it’s all the rage to be edgy and everything but is it really necessary to use such prejudicing words like the N-word? Grow up and read your Bible. me: who are you and what the hell are you talking about? ironedcoho is offline. **** This was an interesting moment for me, because, other than the telling fact that I never used the N-word in any post, the truth is that this guy could totally be talking about a post I wrote. So I thought I’d comment on a statement made to somehow make me feel guilty: “What if my children were on?” First of all, it is not my responsibility to ensure that your children don’t see things you don’t want them to or to ensure that your children can deal with and understand...

My sister is awesome!

By on Dec 18, 2008 in Life, Politics

Check out the Obama love over at Mabel Hand Bags: I ♥ Obama Hand Bag – in blue and in redObama Rocks My Socks Hand Bag in blue and in red I do have to stop myself for a second and appreciate the fact that someone who got upset when my parents and I had political discussions at dinner is now so excited about a politician. I just wish the excitement was about policy and issues and not just his charisma. Either way, the bags are freakin’ awesome. Don’t you want...