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My Vintage Makeup Capsule Bag
I started exploring a lot of my vintage makeup looks with a book called Style Me Vintage: Makeup (which inspired my earlier Clara Bow photos!) and one of the key things i learned from it was to build a small collection that you can build lots of looks from. Having a capsule bag or collection saves money, keeps things simple and organized, and makes sure you can be ready in a hurry! Foundation and Primer I keep things simple when it comes to foundation with drugstore brands. I find these work really well for me and can be found almost anywhere – and if you buy it on Amazon it’s about 75%%…
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100 Things To Do In 2018
It’s 2018 planner time again! I’m working through the Leonie Dawson Shining Year Workbook, and in it you work for several days to create a list of 100 AMAZING things you’d like to happen in 2018. They can be big goals, or little ones, or in between – it’s supposed to be a way to quickly jot down all the neat things that you’d like to happen in the coming year. I actually managed to get done a huge chunk of mine last year (!!) and I can’t wait to get started on them again! Here’s my list of small, and not so-small goals for the coming year. Learn how…
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5 Public Transport Essentials, or, Buses Are Hard
I am not a bus expert. In fact, I am a bus newb. A bewb, if you will. I was keenly aware that when I moved to Hunstville, a large part of my transportation situation would rely on this thing I don’t have much experience with. I researched it thoroughly, checking and double-checking routes, and, like a big giant nerd, leaving an hour (or more!) early to leave myself a time buffer in case anything went wrong. Several things went wrong. At one point, things went so wrong that I had too get off the bus and call a Lyft. But on this, my fourth week (how did that happen??) in Huntsville,…
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According to Em – Top 10 Movies of All Time
I intended to post a few more times BEFORE my move, but about two weeks before I was supposed to be in Huntsville, my digestive system descended into the underworld and didn’t completely return until I had about three days to move. Those three days were POSSIBLY the most exhausting of my life, where I wasn’t so much of a person as I was an organic device for placing objects in cardboard cubes and transporting them down a flight of stairs. I was going to write a post that was a little more in-depth, but I feel like I’m literally about to pass out in the next five minutes, so…
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Moving, Dolly Parton, and Decluttering Myself
I spent the morning wading through a pile of my possessions so closely resembling the size of the Smoky Mountains that Dolly Parton came to me in a vision and offered me a stack of pancakes and a Ripley’s Believe it or Not t-shirt. Normally, my room is messy for…unpleasant reasons. It’s a direct reflection of my mental health, and at this point It’s been a mini-disaster for more than half a year, because frankly, between the state of the world and the state of my life personally, I’m pretty sure this year has been set in a dump because I’ve spent most of it feeling like a garbage person.…
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The Extra Girl’s Guide To The Ultimate Bathroom
Have you ever seen that episode of 2 Broke Girls where they break into Caroline’s former rich girl mansion and Max falls in love with her tub? I feel like Max and I understand one another when it comes to the perfect bathtub. A spa night is a regular part of my week, but my bathtub is a plain old, slightly-too-small tub in a rental. So, because I have entirely too much time on my hands, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make it…how you say…awesome. So without further ado, here is how I would create my very own ultimate bathtub. The Shower Curtain Is The…
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50 Things About Me
my favorite color is purple, but my favorite color combination is red and gold unsurprisingly, I am a Gryffindor I didn’t meet my best friend for the first 3 years of our friendship – we texted and Skyped ever day. I finally got to meet her this summer, and it WAS THE BEST THING. my favorite savory food is seafood fettuccini alfredo – particularly with scallops if left to my own devices I would consume my weight in diet ginger ale I drink every other soft drink with lime juice – I carry it with me everywhere I spent several years appearing at conventions as a Doctor Who cosplayer, and…
