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Gah, my huge nose!

Here's a link to the bubzbeauty vid! (Check her out, she's got some great tutorials!) And here's a link to my vid! (Which is not so great, but still.)

So I made this SUPER quick video about this makeup tutorial. I've put my own spin on it, but hey, that's what makeup's about! Anyway, here's what I was wearing and/or used for the video and where I got it... (Yes, this is the acutal order I do my makeup in!)

FACE
Covergirl Clean - Sensitive Skin (Foundation) in Warm Beige (#245) {Walgreens}
Covergirl FreshComplexion (Consealer) (For under my eyes, sorry, no color/#) {Walgreens}
Neutrogena SkinClearing Blemish Consealer (For acne spots) in Light (#10) {Ulta}
Covergirl TruBlend Minerals (Powder) in Translucent Fair (#405) {Wal-Mart}
Bronze Gems Bronzer, Highlighter, & Eyeshadow in Light Bronzer {Ulta}
Revlon Brow Fantasy (Eyebrow pencil) in Dark Brown {Walgreens}

EYES
10-Piece Brush Set {Wal-Mart}
L.A. Colors Eyeshadow Palette in Urban (#BEP425) [I used the yellow in the top right and a combination of the orange and pink in the bottom left] {Dollar Tree}
L.A. Colors Eyeliner/Brow Pencil (Eyeliner) in Black {Dollar General}
Maybelline Waterproof Ultra Liner in Black {Dollar General}
Japonesque Power Curl Eyelash Curler {Ulta}
Covergirl LashBlastVolume (Mascara) in Black {Fred's}

LIPS
Maybelline ColorSensational Lipstain in Touch of Toffee (#95) {Ulta}
Caboodles Lipgloss in Kiss & Tell {Unknown?}


You probably noticed that most of this stuff is cheap, drugstore makeup. A, I do not believe in spending a fortune on makeup and 2, the closest high-end makeup place (Ulta) is about an hours drive from my house. But hey, this stuff works for me and feel free to use your own makeup and imagination!

I had a dream...

I dreamed we were back in Oklahoma. We (being me, my mom, and my cousin) were filling up the car at a gas station in front of walmart when we saw one of my other cousins. She had been in a car accident and had a huge sling on her left arm. She had two children with her and was even pumping gas with a kid on her hip. Next I was in the store. Mom had asked me to buy beer but I didn't want to, so she had me buy water instead. After that, me and my brother were walking through some kind of massive sweet shop. I talked him into buying me some cake. We find an entire section of the store with penguin-themed items and I buy a few, all for $1. I wanted to get a pen, too, but it was twenty. $19.95 to be exact. I wasn't paying that much, so we left. I also remember hearing girls gossipping near the frozen food section in walmart and being in my dad's truck and driving to Georgia at some point.

I think my dream was trying to tell me that even with something good (being back in Oklahoma), there's something wrong with it (my cousin, the beer, prices).

More later. I wasn't even really up to writing this.

Birthday Adventures!

I have had a busy day! My dad took me shopping for my birthday (Sweet 16, heeeeey!) and here's a non-photographic rendition of what all went down.

Our first destination was Wal-Mart where I got......

(wait for it; drumroll, if you please, Tommy, haha!)

Left 4 Dead 2!

Yes, one of my favorite purchases of the day, I can now shoot zombies in the gut on a mere whim. Mindless, brain-eating flesh-bags will cower at the mention of my sniper rifle, my AK-47, and the frying pan I found in that shack back at the swampy camp ground.

Except for the witch. She can go cry in her emo corner and, y'know, not kill me...

Next place, which I drove to, was the mall in Tupelo. We had some time to kill, so we decided to go to Old Navy and all first. It kind of freaked me out driving through there though, and I turned in the wrong places sometimes, but I made it there in one piece. Got a t-shirt and some cargo pants at Old Navy. I know, I was bad. No more t-shirts, I promise!... Yeah. Well I got my pants on clearance and the shirt was a special thingy, so only about $10 altogether. (Lemmetellya, I wanted some cargo pants like nobodies business!)

We walked over to Sally's, but it wasn't open yet. Then we walked over to Rue 21. Which wasn't open yet. Nooooo!

OK, dad didn't think it was such a hot idea for me to drive again, so he drove us over to the mall. We kind of had to sit for a little while and wait on the stores to open, but I figured since most of the good stores were on one side, we'd go down the other one to kill some time. Barnes and Noble was down the cruddy side and once I got in there, by the time I got out, everything was open. I got a book called The Hunger Games, which my English teacher had told us about. I was also THISCLOSE to buying this other book, called Infinity, but it was $20. Oh, but the promise of witches, werewolves, and zombies was so tempting!

More walking, along with my commentary of various stores. (Buckle = Expen$ive, maxRave = has-been store, A&E = smells good, but that's it, etc.) Went in American Eagle because I saw this really cute shirt in there, but it was actually 3 different pieces. I hate when stores do that because it looks so cute, but is so expensive! And often not the right size, but anyway. Aeropostale was much more promising, got a shirt on sale (which looks great, btw) and two tank tops (also kind of sale-ish.) Oh, and we had to walk in GameStop, just to satisfy my sick need of being surrounded with hundreds of games.

For the first time in forever, I went in Claire's. Part of what got me in there was a Glee ad, and partly to see if their earrings were as cute as they were three years ago. I did end up buying some earrings, a ring (with a strawberry on it!), some bobby pins, and a stuffed penguin. I know, I'm a sucker for the little guys. Next came Ulta, where I spent way more than I meant to. I was looking for the China Glaze and OPI nail polishes and found the China ones first with a sale. I got 3, haha! I'm a sucker for nail polish. It's amazing, by the way. I've used two of them already and they've lasted through a bath, whoo! Didn't pick up any OPI, though, since it was $12.50 a bottle. I just don't believe in spending a fortune on makeup! Anyway, I also found those Maybellene Color Sensation things. It's a lip stain instead of a gloss or lipstick. I love it since it doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything. Kind of dries out your lips a little, though, so I'd suggest a good lip balm or gloss if you get any. (Eos lip balm, anyone?) Also found this concealer, but I'll wait until tomorrow to find out if it works. So far it's been worth the $35 I spent in there, haha! (Eventually I just had to make myself get out of there, so yeah, it could've been disastrous!)

Because it was my birthday and my daddy loves me and all, he drove back so I could go in Rue 21. Shirt on sale and some perfume. It's called Tarea and is my new favorite! And cheap to boot. Sales = <3

Dad had also been looking for a Coca Cola flavored slushie, and guess what we found? Slushies!:)

Oooh, this was so cool. Dad drove over to the Elvis Presley memorial thing and I got to see his house! Ahh it was so cool! Gah, I'm a dork, haha.

Learning Your Numbers+How NOT to Read!

Rant time!

Since school's started, I've noticed a few trends in my World History class: lack of knowledge of Roman Numerals and decent reading skills. I'll admit I'm not always a strong reader (even though Coach always calls on me and makes me read an entire page instead of a paragraph like everyone else. Gah, some people...) but at least I'll stop and look at the word so I don't have an HB moment.

This is part actually a funny story. This girl in my class (just HB for security's sake) was reading one day and the page said something about eternal damnation. Well when she read it, she said "eternal Dalmatian," so apparently we're all doomed to little spotted dogs.

OK, so Roman Numerals. Learn them! I = 1 (one), V = 5 (five), and X = 10 (ten). XIV = 14, XVI = 16. VIII = 8, XIII = 13. Believe it or not, someone actually made the last mistake.

Larger numerals come first. If there is a smaller one in front, subtract it from the next. Only ONE can go in front of a larger. IIX is NOT 8, you've just slapped some crap down and I have no idea what you were saying.

I'll tell you how I learned it -- I grew up on Disney cartoons and at the beginning of ever cartoon there's a "title page," if you will, and it has everything like "Walt Disney Production" and "Donald Duck Cartoon" along with the date in Roman Numerals. If it says MCMXL, I know the cartoon was made in 1940. (M = 1,000, C = 100, L = 50. Subtract the C from the second M and you have 1900. L minus X is 40; add it together and the year is 1940.) Cartoons got me started, but when I started playing the Final Fantasy games the whole thing was reinforced since they're all about some Roman Numerals.

Now take this sample from Wikipedia (my best friend):

"...sights on establishing a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California.

Hollywood
Disney and his brother pooled their money to set up a cartoon studio in Hollywood. Needing to find a distributor for his new Alice Comedies — which he started making while in Kansas City, but never got to distribute — Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him. She was keen on a distribution deal with Disney for more live-action/animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland.

Alice Comedies
Virginia Davis (the live-action star of Alice’s Wonderland) and her family were relocated at Disney's request from Kansas City to Hollywood, as were Iwerks and his family. This was the beginning of the..."

Yes, it is the article on Walt Disney, because the man was a genius. "Hollywood" and "Alice Comedies" are headers for a section of the article. You do not have to read them! My real pet peeve is this one guy who always gets called on to read and I simply despise the way he reads. I can't type how it's said, but it grinds on my every last nerve to hear him read. Like I said, I'm not that great either. Sometimes I get to going too fast and the words jumble up in my head. (Mild form of dyslexia?)

OK, rant over. Now please excuse me while I write my English II paper...

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I lied a little. I made ensemble! It's so exciting to get to sing and dance! Anyway, we've pretty much gotten our first song at least decent. Here's the real thing. BTW, our theme is Glee. How great is that show?!