1. Snow Storm: we had our first big snow storm of the year this past weekend. It started on Saturday afternoon and by Monday morning, about 10 or so inches had accumulated. It was beautiful outside the first morning after the snow stopped, but of course it’s slushy and gross out there days later. We might get more this weekend…yikes!
1. Velvet Wrap Dress: John and I went to Brooklyn for his company’s holiday party on Monday. I packed a dress but wanted to browse some boutiques in case I found something I liked better. And I did! At Pinkyotto I bought this beautiful emerald green velvet wrap dress. The dress was a little long since I was wearing flats (stupid feet!), but the party was in our hotel so I didn’t need to set foot outside. It didn’t even occur to me when I first tried the dress on, but when I got dressed for the party I realized why I liked it so much. I LOVED the velvet robes that Olivia wore on The Haunting of Hill House…and this dress reminded me so much of her robes! I now want to live in this dress.
Because I’ve emptied the two Osmosis Skincare products that I was using for my dark spot fading experiment, I figured it was time for an update! I last posted an update six weeks into the experiment and at that time I was already seeing some very slight fading. Let’s jump right in and take a look at my super cool front-facing bathroom mug shots (click on any photo to see a larger version):
1. New Year’s Eve Makeup: we had dinner with another couple on NYE so of course I wanted to get gussied up. I did a glowy face with a subtle soft glam eye and a bold red lip (ColourPop Lux Lipstick in Liquid Courage). The lipstick lasted really well through dinner and lots of drinks! I also busted out my one statement necklace for the occasion.
I always see people posting Project Pan updates on Instagram. Basically, Project Pan is when you try to finish up select products from your makeup stash. “Pan” refers to when you reach the bottom of a product, like when the metal bottom of one of my eyeshadows in a palette started to peek through. Even better: when you actually empty the product.
Happy New Year! I for one am thrilled that 2018 is over. We lost my mother-in-law and our beloved cat Walter, and the world in general was a shitshow. Here’s hoping 2019 is better.
I emptied quite a few products at the end of 2018!
It’s time for another belated post! My December Play! by Sephora box arrived about two weeks ago and I totally dragged my feet on taking photos because of the weather. I skipped making an unboxing video this month because I have to be in the right mood to go on camera, and that mood was hard to come by in the days after my box arrived. If I’m being honest, making the videos is a lot of effort to have like 10 people watch them (it’s fine if I’m in the mood). Soooooooo, yeah. 😛
I’ve been running behind on some of my regular blog posts! I blame the holidays, the work we’re doing on the new house, and on the winter for not providing me with good light for taking photos. THANKS, WINTER! Last weekend I got my first Stitch Fix since June; for a variety of reasons, I took photos that are 100% not up to my usual standards. So my apologies for the less-than-stellar photos of me wearing the clothes.
1. Christmas Eve Spread: John and I don’t do much for Christmas, but this year we decided to have a couple other non-celebrators over for munchies and drinks. We of course went way overboard on the amount of food we provided for a total of four people. The below pic is just some of what we put out to snack on! We’re still grazing on our Christmas Eve munchies and probably will be for a few more days.
I’ve been running this blog for almost four years and have never received any products from a brand…until now. But there’s a first time for everything! Just before Christmas, bareMinerals very kindly sent me a box of four full sized products from their Skinlongevity collection. The box was such a wonderful surprise—thank you so much, bareMinerals!
