Here’s the make-up stuff I was talking about. I guess it’s not a tutorial, but it’s how I put on subtle make-up… My theatrical make-up would have made for a more interesting post, but maybe I’ll post some pictures of that after Halloween! I think I’m going to be a pirate or something. Anyway, as a note, anything I say regarding anything is my own personal experience and may not work for everyone.

First start out with a clean, moisturised face!

I wash and exfoliate with Dr Bronner’s Magic soap. This stuff is crazy. Three drops lathers like a handfull of soap! I have a 9:1 mix of water and soap in the bottle since it’s so concentrated. After that, I mist my face with a mixture of tea tree, lavender and rosemary in water. These three essential oils are natural antibiotics. Rosemary is supposed to stimulate blood flow and lavender is supposed to calm it. Using this helps keep pimples from external elements at bay. Doesn’t save me when I eat dairy products, though! :(  Last, I use unrefined shea butter as a moisturiser. Shea is full of nutrients and is easily absorbed into the skin so it doesn’t clog your pores.  It’s helped even out my skin tone, and I actually don’t wear make-up as heavily or as much as I used to before simplifying my routine. These are the only things I ever put on my face as far as product goes!

I was going to put a picture of my clean face to start with, but it was all red from scrubbing, so I think I’ll save your eyes and move on. ;)

Colours!

Here’s what I decided to use, minus my shadow colour. From the left, MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork, Eye Shadow in Sumptuous Olive, Sushi Flower and Sketch (not pictured) and eye shadow brushes from The Body Shop. I use synthetic brushes because I hate the feel of animal hair on my face. xP The Body Shop brushes are the softest synthetics I’ve used so far. I forgot to take a picture of the powder, but it’s my mum’s old Prescriptives loose powder. I’m planning to go in and buy their All Skins Mineral Powder though, because I really like the coverage of the regular loose powder, but they don’t sell it anymore! I use powder instead of liquid because my face always looks oily by the end of the day with liquid make-up. Plus, it just doesn’t feel nice. Read the rest of this entry »

Autumn is here and that means cold and rainy! It’s definitely one of my favourite seasons, but it’s somewhat diminished here in Seattle because of so many grey days. I still love it though; the leaves changing colour looks magical no matter what the backdrop!

About a year ago, I cut my hair and let it grow out naturally. It was chemically straightened before.  It was strange at first; I’d never had short hair before, but now I wish I’d done it sooner!

Anyway, besides that, I changed the layout into something festive for Halloween! I got a job, so hopefully I will get paid in time to get a costume… I still have no idea what I should be. Something warm, haha. It’s cold here!

In the meantime, I’ve been studying, working on commissioned art and working on my webpage. It’s mostly functional, but I can’t get the subpages to work! Who knows PHP?

I was going to post a make-up tutorial of sorts, but I’ll do it later. Happy October!

I stated my summer session last week. So far, so good, but I can’t waitwaitwait to be out for good. It’s hard to imagine being finished with school… I’ve been a student for almost 20 years now. Now that the end is sort of looming in the distance, it feels a bit surreal!

Anyway, I’ve not been doing much else besides packing. My knitting has been put on hold and in fact, I need new needles to finish up the trim for the camisole I talked about last entry. Packing is an ordeal, let me tell you. I have (or had, I’ve been diligent about throwing things out) 10 years worth of accumulation in my bedroom. Luckily, my bedroom is all I really have to pack (as opposed to say, the entire house) and since I’ve had my furniture since I was 5, I am justified in saying I don’t want it anymore! So, I’m just moving my bed and my TV stuff and possibly my desk. Ah. Now if it were up to me, I’d leave my desk too because it is enormous, but my dad got it for me and I’d feel bad leaving it since it’s not very old.

I got to go see Sex and the City last weekend with a friend. It was amazing, and I realised that all my clothes and shoes and crap and I’m probably going to throw everything out and get new, ridiculous and impractical clothes and shoes. Not really. Well, maybe a little, but I won’t throw out everything. But that’s how I felt immediately after leaving the theatre: I need to go shopping. It was a fun time all around! The audience was really enthused as if I was in a Harry Potter screening or something– even down to the dressing up!  I really want the blue Manolo’s… they were perfection.

Other than that, all is well. I got new spectacles! Check ‘em out.

I am a big dork, obviously.

So. I’ve been through a dead blog, a blog that didn’t work, moving my blog, and everything else. Finally, I moved from the most inept host on the planet to a really good one (so far). I think I’m all settled! Now I feel like I can actually start working on things instead of worrying about what if my site won’t work when I try to update?

I don’t know what this blog should be called yet. ‘Belles-Letters’ means pretty letters or writing with style but not with much substance. That’s probably very fitting, actually, but if someone has another suggestion, please tell me.

I have a lot to post these days, finally, so at least for a little while, the blog will be active. Since I’m graduating soon, I might have more time for knitting and drawing and working on my site… but who knows? I might get lazy and spend all the time I could be working staring at the TV instead. I am wont to do that, unfortunately.

That’s all!