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    Dreamboat brush

    Product: MAC’s 217 blending brush

    What I use it for: Uh, this one’s a no-brainer: I use this super-hyped brush for blending shadows!Loves: What you notice right off the bat once you pick this baby up is that it’s incredibly soft – like, OHMYGOD I’M ON ECSTASY soft. Even for my super-sensitive skin, it feels like a dream!! And it blends like a dream too. It’s the perfect size for buffing out those hard edges, no matter if you’re a beginner or a pro. This one’s talked about all the time for a reason!

    Dislikes: None! I honestly have NO complaints about this brush. It’s super soft, blends well, weighted perfectly, and its white bristles let you know when there’s colour on it, so you don’t accidentally blend something into that work of art that is your eyelids.

    If you don’t “blend”: that’s still okay. I know some ladies just like a sheer wash of colour, and this would do that well, too! I say this only because it’s SO soft – even if you’re using a $5 eyeshadow, it’ll definitely feel luxe going on. (And hey! No harsh lines!) We can all use a little glam in the mornings, weather it takes thirty seconds, or half an hour!The Verdict? I don’t care how old you are, or how skilled you are. This is a must-buy, no matter what! Though blending is a skill, it definitely helps to have the right tools – and this definitely is the right tool. It’s worth it’s $22.50USD price tag over and over again! I’m tempted to buy another one, just because I use it so often.

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    Posting in the past and future, but not present.

    I left this morning at 1AM – damn Air Canada rescheduled my flight to an ungodly hour and added an extra stop. I’ll get into Rivière-du-Loup, QC, around noon… enter isolation, with no computer, no phone, and no food!

    Just kidding – I’ll have limited computer access, a phone, and food. However, I’ll probably also be the only Asian person in the entire freaking town. Whee, fun. I wonder how many people will ask me if I can speak Chinese before I snap. Bets, anyone? I’m calling $10 on eight people.

    Anyhow, I have posts scheduled right until I get back on the thirteenth of August – over a month from now! Comment moderation will be turned off, with verification on, and I probably won’t have time to reply to all of them. But I promise – I’ll still be reading them all :) If there are any questions that you’d usually ask in the comments, don’t be a stranger! Just send me an email and I promise to get back to it as soon as I humanly can.

    Seriously though, guys. How kickass am I? Honestly. There are at least four posts each week and I’m not even there. They’re all pre-written, just like this one. If I didn’t post this, I bet 90% of you wouldn’t even notice.

    God, technology is fantastic. Confusing and frustrating, yes, but also fantastic.

    I’ll miss you guys!!

    xoxo,

    Rae.


    Geo IP

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    Stash photos! -MALM

    The MALM contains my everyday stuff – it’s essentially my huge-ass vanity :P

    The MALM dressing table… 191cm!
    (The mirror is “FIGGJO”, if I remember correctly? Super-heavy and super-sturdy.)

    Everyday/often used brushes, lip products, and eye pencils. Also from IKEA!

    The MALM, open

    First section – I had to move my desk to the room next to mine, so the MALM will sometimes have a dual-function. The other room is technically now our second office.

    Second – lip balms, sanitary items, “sample box” of things to try

    Third – everyday makeup. For the record, 90% of this was NOT from the traincase-from-heaven, but really is “mine”.

    And fourth – skincare etc

    Feel free to ask about anything :)
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    Stash photos! – other

    Everything else that isn’t personal and/or everyday.

    “Client” foundations etc
    (Moved out of the traincase so they can keep cool in the summer)

    Traincase and brush roll

    Traincase, open

    Brush roll, open

    Swap stash

    Extra storage for dry items and/or things I’ll need to grab within the month
    (Liquids etc, like hair serum, are stored otherwise in a box in the cold storage room)

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    Transformation of my room

    Here are some uncut photos of my room taking shape – finishing with my new MALM! Scroll and love it to pieces, because it’s freaking awesome. Unfortunately, it’s not 100% done (we won’t have time to move any of the artwork on my walls until I get back) but this is what it looks like right now!

    empty room

    the first arrangement

    …second

    …and some more furniture

    something to tide me over until I had time to pick up my MALM

    finally, my MALM and gorgeous drapes are moved in.
    (I love my drapes the way I love having two feet.)

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    On behalf of the orange glow

    No one likes an oompa loompa tan – but there’s certainly something that can be said for it. (Aside from “tacky”, of course.)

    I’ve finally decided that I cannot single-handedly erase the public opinion that tanned is good. I can, of course, still stand tall on my soapbox and preach about it: super-tan is not super-healthy. Beautiful does not have to be bronze.
    That said, I support fake tanning. I still don’t think being tan is a necessity, but I support getting bronzed in your bathroom – does that make sense? So, while I still think a bad bottle-bronze looks tacky and awful, I feel a strange sense of support for it.

    Why?

    Well, while bronze may not say beautiful, orangeish says that you’re too smart to let the sun roast away your epidermis just so you won’t be pale. With self-tanners and bronzers, you can slather on the SPF, keep yourself safe, and still look as bronzed as you want. Orangeish means that you don’t have to risk your health just to be tan.
    And this is why I support fake tanning.

    (But seriously, guys. If you’re so orange I want to eat you — you need to lay off the GlowFusion.)

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    Not just bones and skin

    Hilary Duff, in a black bikini, on Popsugar.

    May I just take a moment to say thank you? It’s refreshing to finally see someone in Hollywood that doesn’t look like she’s about to pass out because it’s been fourteen days since her last feeding *rolls eyes*

    Thanks for looking healthy, Hilary!

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    Here’s the day you hoped would never come

    Night terrors.

    They’re not dreams and they’re not nightmares – night terrors are what you end up with when you get a nightmare and you’re not in stage 4 delta sleep. If you were, then your mind would be prepared for it, and it would simply be a nightmare. But it’s not.

    I didn’t want to wake up today. Today, according to the terrors I’ve been having recently, is the day I die. I have a stroke. There isn’t anything you or I can do to stop it, there isn’t anything you or I could have done to prevent it.

    It is irrational, to say the least. But I can’t stop thinking that today — today is the day that I die.

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