Thursday, October 29, 2009

Real Post, No Word Vomit! Triple Product Review

Hi y'all!!! My broke behind has a product review!! I really had no business in Sephora....  I'm in a new city and to be 'safe'  I had to check out the malls.  So far my favorite mall is the Perimeter Mall, which is about 20mins from where I'm staying.  Besides I needed to go meet the girls at Sephora and see if they are stalkerish like the ones in CT......  I walked in with two swatches on my hand...

Urban Decay liquid liner in Perversion


 Stila Smudge Pot in Black

MUFE ~ Waterproof Liquid Liner


I swatched them at Ulta that I happened to find on my way and I wanted to compare them to the MUFE liquid liner.  When it comes to black liquid liner I a bold black almost shiny-ish line. A lot people recommend Fluidline, which I already own but it doesn't really change my life....
I had a psycho pic of the 3 swatches in my phone b/c I tweeted them for opinions, but I must of deleted it. Out of the 3 MUFE won! Figures it was the most expensive *rolls eyes at empty wallet*...  Just a tip, it goes on really wet! I wish the formula was a less runny, I'm not a fan of the brush b/c I like me line a little thicker, so I have to do it twice, but no big deal.



the picture doesn't do the liner justice........Ignore the scraggly unfinished brow....


I was also searching for a new mascara. I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and step away from my HG Loreal Voluminous & Lash Blast.. Yeah, I mix mascaras! They all do different stuff!
I bought L'oreal Telescopic Explosion and it's alright, didn't change my life.. The wand ball does work for getting all up in your lashes but, I found that too much product gets on the ball wandy thing..... it's not a FAIL but not a win............


I let my cousin Monica borrow it and she feels the same and stole my new phrase 'it didn't change my life' but with a southern twang. So I was still on the prowl.  While I was in Sephora I noticed the sales girl had, nice lashes and she said she uses Bare Ecentuals Buxom Lash Mascara.  So I copied her and grabbed it. I really like it! It's black black and doesn't smudge or fade. I love it!!!  I love the brush, the shape of the brush let's you get all up in your lashes.  I can even get my non-existent bottom lashes with the wand!



 What Sephora.com says ~

Blackest Black holds the style of your lashes for a continuous 12 hours with no flakiness. The silky, vitamin-rich formula darkens, lengthens, and thickens from root to tip without ever clumping. Its patented, hourglass-shaped brush is designed to lift and separate every lash while delivering the perfect amount of antioxidant-rich mascara needed for bigger, fuller lashes.


What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Synthetic Fragrances
- Synthetic Dyes
- Phthalates

What else you need to know:
It Intensely volumizes lashes up to 300%.






I really fail at taking 'eye shots' 





So let's break it down:
L'oreal Telescopic Explosion~ ♥♥  
MUFE Liquid Eyeliner~ ♥♥♥♥♥  
Bare Ecentuals Buxom Lash Mascara~ ♥♥♥♥♥  

I'm on the hunt for a hot roller set!!!! Please leave me a comment with any suggestions & opinions.  I want one that has at least 6-8 jumbo or XL curlers, and the rest large and medium and maybe a few smalls ones.  I'm rocking long ass extensions so I need a set that's geared toward long hair.

My next project is to master individual lashes, I watched my cousin Krissy get them done, and I think if I study some YT tutorials I'll be able to get it down! I'm interested b/c people can wear them for up to 1 or 2 weeks if they don't use any oils around the eye.

I'm so sorry for being a bad blogger.  I'm trying to keep up with everybody, but when moving, getting used to my new environment and keeping up with school, I'm a hott mess.  I was feeling sad and homestick, wanting my mommy like I'm 4yrs old, but I spent the day and over night with me cousin Krissy who lives in Columbus, GA (1hr 20mins from ATL), and I feel better!!
We went to the Columbus mall and I kept Damia- 3yrs old, and Damien- 5wks old while Krissy got beautified in the nail salon.  She had a formal last night for her hubby's graduation to 'Officer' (I think I may have the rank wrong, b/c he has alot of pins on his jacket. I'm going back tomorrow for the official graduation ceremony.  While Krissy and big Damien went to the formal dinner.  I watched the kids, I love kids and babies and for some reason little kids love me, my mom calls me the baby whisperer. When I have kids my baby kid powers wont work and I'll have bad a$$ kids that will get chancletas en la cabeza!!!

Yes, she's wearing heels, lol.... I have her a pedi and we played Toddlers & Tiaras, lol



Little man was chillin' in the swing, as long as I kept the bears over his head spinning.  He was a happy baby :)

Luv Y'all!!!
   Mean It!!! 
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

More ATL Quickie Word Vomit......

Hi Y'all!!! I know that lately I've sucked at blogging!  The days are just flying by! Being unemployed in a new city is a full time job.
I wake up, and do my hair and makeup (if I do my hair and makeup I don't crawl back into my bed). Make lunch. I'm trying so hard to eat in the house and stick to healthy food.  There's so much fast food down here.  There are places new to me like Chic-fil-A, Sonic, Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits, Bojangles' *Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits. There are more but y'all get the point.  My A$$ has expanded a bit >_< so I try to eat before I go out for the day, then eat dinner at home. 
Then I go to Borders or Starbucks check my email fill out job applications read the AJC, and do school work until I need a break. Then I wander around Wal-Mart & Target and buy stuff (I left a lot at home) and I need "stuff" to to set up my room here.  Plastic drawers are a gift from GOD!! Unfortunatley I was unable to bring mine from home so I had to get all new ones... I wander a lot, lol... I'm
Then I go back to Borders or Starbucks and do more school work and job hunting then I go home for the night and do the same thing... Sometimes I go to the movies since I've been here I've seen Couples Retreat, Good Hair, & Whip It.... It's all about entertaining yourself!
I'm a little homesick. I want to go home for like a weekend, NOT FOREVER, lol. I feel like my parents hide things from me....
I know this was another lame-ass quickie but I have to try really hard to go to bed early b/c I'm going to Columbus, GA to see my cousin Krissy, her daughter & her new baby and do her makeup for an event she has tomorrow.  :)

XoXo
  Luv Y'all
    Mean It!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

I'm In the "A".....

Hi Y'all!!!! Miss me??  I've been crazy busy pretty much since the day my behind got here.  Who knew that moving 800-ish miles would be so exhausting.  This is a post is just some random thoughts, pics & word vomit!!!

1. I moved to Atlanta, GA! (duh)

Car drive by pic



Another drive by pic... Wonder if they are hiring?



2. I'm living with my cousin and her roommate in College Park or 'Colli Park', they give me a serious side-eye when I say 'College Park'. Actually they think I talk really 'weird'...  Sometimes we don't understand each other, it's like the UN in there or thurr.... I should of took Southern as a second language instead of Spanish...

3. I met a pimp at the Quick Trip or QT, I politely told him I'm not interested in that line of work and if I was I'd be a freelance whore.



4. I get lost everywhere I go....  I think my GPS called me retarded......

5. It's in the mid 50's and it's like an emergency, in CT 50's now is a blessing! Now it's in the high 60's and supposed to be back in the low 70's.  The emergency is over....

6. I'm trying to be more polite and saying 'thank you' all the time.

7. Sometimes I use my fake Scarlett O'Hara accent to blend in when I don't feel like talking.... Everybody down here talks to you..... For like 10mins.....

8. If one more chick or gay man touches my hair I'm gonna cut them! I thought this was like the weave capital? Please don't touch my Malaysian hair without asking......

9. I went to lunch with Ms. Jaimie she ordered cheese grits like Britney Spears..... 



10. Grits are gross.... Even with cheese.....


11. I feel hella fat, I need to stay away from fried chicken or fried anything.........

12. So this is where all the black people are.....  It's really weird being the majority.  All my life I was the 'token'... Now I have to find something else to make me stand out, or find the white people.

13. The 'ethnic' hair care 'sections' are actual aisles, not a corner of a section.

14. They sell cheap weave hair in Walmart.... You can also go to Walmart and get your taxes done, eyes checked, hair did, nails & toes did, grab some McDonalds.........

15. I swear I saw real cotton on the roads on the drive down here.  It made my happy that those days are over. I'm a NW50 which would make me a field slave..........



16. The man pickins at Starbucks and Borders are bountiful!!! I love a man in a coffee shop or bookstore....

17. I've been called 'bougie', lol

18. The raised Aerobed is a godsend!!!!



19. I found the 'Asian' part of town!!  Stocked up on candy, snacks, & got my own bottle Nouc Mam! I'm gonna cook stuff now Pam Can Cook Style


 20. My cousin in Barnesville, GA is a black cowboy!!!!

Cinnamon & Caramel (don't know why the horses have stripper names...)



Pomogrante Tree


Like Farmville on FB but these were real & you don't get coins for picking them.  I thought Pomograntes were some kinda exotic tropical magic fruit....

21. I went to Munford, Alabama to see the land that my g'ma left to me & my mom....   It was umm interesting...... I met my cousin Ms. Wilson....  She's 87 and strapped!!! Glad we called before showing up, she shoots first then asks questions.....

Yeah Alabmam!





So that's all for now!!!  I'll  be back to regular posting soon......  I have a few product reviews to do.

Luv Y'all!
   Mean It!!
  

Monday, October 12, 2009

Almost There............

Hi Y'all!!
 I'm exhausted from the 1st half of my drive down...... So I'll let the pics speak for me...

Drove straight through from CT to Roanoke VA........


Supplies Needed.....








I'm off to bed..... Have to wake up early tomorrow and do it all over again :)



Sunday, October 11, 2009

One More Before I Go....

Dear CT,
  I never choose to come here, and I came here under circumstances that were not under my control...  As lame as I claim this place to be I've met some people here who will forever change my life and I will miss you. It's time for my grown behind to leave the cushy comfy nest....  So this is just a random post of memories and lessons learned... In no particular order...

 I 'went' to YALE..... Anyone can go to visit & study in the libraries.....




I learned how to 'protect' myself...


Rode a mechanical bull....



I learned that people who have 'power' & money can falsely accuse you of something and get away with it...


Touched a farm animal....


Watched one of my first friends that I made here, Missy get married....


& have two babies (Landon & Luke)


Had many drinks with my other bestie!


Got a 'step-dog' (which I still have joint custody of and I swear if you don't take care of him I'm taking him!)


Let Francias feed me balls....


Got my first blue box!!!


Dated this guy for 3 years......


Watched it snow all the damn time........



Worked with some cool people....
Me & 'GiGi @StarStruck/ProTeam


Me & Janice from Danbury Medical

Cristina from StarStruck/Proteam



So, I've been here for 8 years and as much as I bitch & complain I'll miss certain things & certain people... I'll end this here before I get all emotional..... Peace Out! See y'all for Christmas!

Luv Ya!
  Mean It!!


P.S.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hi Y'all!!! I'm seriously slacking with the updates....  I've been trying to balance packing, school and a little bit of work and I'm going a little loca!!!!
 Hott Mess #1


Hott Mess #2


Hot Mess #3 (the other part of Hott Mess #2)


Hot Mess #4 (Hair & Makeup)


I'm leaving Saturday and I haven't even started to deal with my clothes and shoes!!!! It's soo overwhelming....  I really wish that the people from that Horder show on A&E would bring in their crew and pack this sh!t for me....
I also have to figure out what I'm doing to do with my fishy!!!  He can't stay here and I don't want to murder him....  I'm kinda hoping he'll have an untimely death by Friday night... I'm a straight up fish tank killer and this dude wont die he out lived every fishy in that tank.....
Oh my Peace Out CT Party was umm interesting!!  It was an intimate gathering of people who love me :)... Except the ex, he brought the new girlfriend and she wouldn't even look at me or say hello or come into the semi-private room where I was hosting my shin-dig!!!  Then my ex was like "I gotta go, but I came", then I got all "well I left my medals at home to pass out to people to came for 3 minutes, get out"!!!  Then I cried like a little kid, lol....  Then I got mad for crying and proceeded to let the bouncer and everyone know that I banned him from Maxwell's FOR LIFE!!!! :0) Can I ever have a drama free moment? If your new girlfriend doesn't like me because I exist DON'T BRING HER TO MY PARTY!!!  DUH!!!! Seriously Ms. New Girlfriend, him & I are just friends and we share joint custody of the dog! If I wanted him would I be MOVING to ATLANTA?? She shoulda brought me a going away present!
Unfortunately I didn't take to many pics because I was too busy adjusting my Spanxx and shoving umbrella's in all my drinks. I think I forgot to tell Cristina how to turn on the flash.  Tammy if you have any flattering pics please share!
Looks like a 5yr olds Bday, lol :)





 I took the umbrella thing too far....
 

See I seriously did, I was on a mission!


Me & Tammy (Not A Rich Girl)
 
Me, Tammy & Cristina (no blog Cristina)


Sorry Tony.... (I believe I was barefoot by this point)......


Sorry Tony.... (I believe I was barefoot by this point)......

Overall it was a great night!!!  I'm sooo happy I got to see Ms. Tammy again before I leave & some of my friends from college came.
But I must run....  Tons of school and packing left to do.......

Luv Y'all!
   Mean It!!!!