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    Toothy Godsend

    Found mine 12 for $1 at Dollarama :P I adore these!! My finger *does* get wet through them (ew), but they’re super small (smaller and thinner than a credit card), and they’re the perfect midday mouth pick-me-up.

    Especially for someone who loves a clean-feeling, plaque-free, minty mouth as much as I do.

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    Strange Walmart Pouch

    *note: I do not condone shopping at WalMart. The only reason I was there is that my sister wanted to look at their small things – which is how we ended up with The Pouch.

    It was filled with miniature beauty samples – we bought it because my sister was looking for, in specific, a super small Aveeno (so adorable!), and they didn’t sell them separately. Also in the pouch: Cold FX, Bic Soleil razor, Kleenex packet, and…my share:
    The soap smells amazing – like a fruity drink that I want to consume! It’s passionfruit mango, and smells spot-on. It’s surprisingly liquidy (usually, shower gels are more…gel-like), but it is definitely worth a try! Also, because it’s a Softsoap product (and therefore a drugstore product), I can basically guarantee that this one won’t break the bank :P

    The silver tube is Maybelline Shine Seduction in Magic Sunset – corny name, I know, but I will review this later. I was quite impressed, actually!

    I’m not quite sure why they would put all that in a $5 bag (the gloss alone retails for $8, I believe, in Canada!). But if you’re near a WalMart sometime soon, check the beauty aisles for these. They were on the top shelf (so hard to get at!) above the miniature/travel-sized products.

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    Necklaces

    So this is my summer plan: I want to make and sell necklaces. I mean, I have a ton of fun doing it, and I have an old keyboard:I’ve gone and hilighted, in purple, what you must read. Please read the whole thing if you are considering ordering one – especially the “other” section, because that’s where it’s mentioned that prices are negotiable, if you need to negotiate! Also: All listed costs apply only if you are in North America. If you are out of North America, I will ship to you for as little as possible, but it might mean a few dollars more.

    Here’s the basic rundown of a basic keyboard necklace.

    • Ordering: Email me at my.make.belive@gmail.com (make sure you don’t get the first ‘e’ in believe!) saying that you want a basic keyboard necklace, specify the keys, give me your address, and tell me how you’ll be paying. Feel free to email me with any questions as well – ie, “I’d like to order five necklaces, can I do that?” (*more on that later!)
    • Number of keys: 1 or 2. These can be ANY keys – number, letter, shift keys, whatever – on a first come first serve basis. If you want a T, and your email gets to me at 11:56, and someone else emailed me at 11:54…they get it!
    • Sanitation: I’m a clean freak, and you know it. These keys were removed off the keyboard (note: don’t do this ever again. Pain!!), then they sat in soap/water. Then they were rinsed. Then they sat in shampoo/water. Then they were rinsed again. After that came the hydrogen peroxide/water, another rinse, and they were finally sloshed around in bleach/water. Rinsed twice. Trust me, they’re clean.
    • Consists of: Key(s), black necklace cord, barrel clasp (my favourite!).
    • Style: All you’re guaranteed is this: 1 or 2 key necklaces will be the traditional pendant style. However, I may get creative with the 2 key ones – this is up to me, k? Either they’ll be on the same loop, or on two different loops attached to the same barrel clasp… my call. Also, if I think the keys look too lonely, they may end up with some detailing; for instance, a few lines going down the side. I promise, nothing tacky – lines and dots are the extent of my creative abilities!
    • Cost: $10, through PayPal or concealed cash. This covers the cost of parts and shipping – I probably won’t end up making much, but more than anything I just want something to do this summer!

    If you want something fancier

    • I love making necklaces like this one. For these, I need to know what colours of rope you want, and I reserve the creative rights from there on :P It will look very much alike to the one below, but I’ll choose a stone/bead/etc to go with the colour scheme. These are $20+ because I’d need to CP the materials from a necklace shop in city centre, and so the materials are more expensive. Also, these would take about 2 weeks to make, because I’d have to get there and back. As mentioned, though, I would really like to make a few of these!! I had a ton of fun making mine :)
    • 3+ keys would probably be done in choker style, unless otherwise specified. Prices change because the more keys you need in your necklace, the less keys I can put on others!
    • 3 keys would cost $12
    • 4 keys would cost $15
    • Unless you have an obscure garble of random letters (I would LOVE you if you just let me throw on randoms, lol!), 5+ keys would cost $20
    • I’m a strange one – I can’t stand really lightweight necklaces. So, if you want yours weighted down, specify a ‘heavy‘ necklace in your email and I’ll either back the key(s) with beads (glued in) or magnet slices, instead of lightweight fillers.

    Other things that you need to read!!

    • All prices are negotiable. If you really want the word ‘carps’ for some weird reason but can only spend $15 on jewellery in your budget, don’t hesitate to contact me!! The listed costs are all guidelines that I’d like to meet, but if you can’t afford it, or you think the price is unreasonable, we can negotiate!
    • I’m definitely up to swaps – you want a “BEAUTY” choker, for instance, and you don’t have the $20, but you do have a lot of gently (or never) used cosmetics? Email me!! This would be my favourite kind of arrangement :P
    • If you want a specific length, or have an abnormally thin or thick neck (lol!), you need to give me measurements!! Find out the perfect length and I will match the measurement as closely as possible :) If you don’t, I’ll just make it what I think will be an appropriate length! (Don’t worry, you won’t end up with any ridiculous sizes. I’ll just size it to myself, or a little larger.)
    • If you hate your necklace or choker, email me. We can work things out, I promise! I won’t refund you or pay for shipping costs on the return of a necklace, but if you send it back to me, I will try my hardest to rework it with you.
    • Lastly…If your necklace breaks or arrives damaged, please tell me! I would hate for this to happen, but sometimes shit does happen. Email me and we’ll work something out – if you send it back and I’ll fix it. And, if it arrived damaged, I will reimburse you for return shipping as long as you send it the cheapest way possible! However, if you crush it with a chair, or it’s been five years, or the key is totally destroyed… that is not my problem. You shouldn’t have rolled over it with your chair and crushed it with a hammer in the first place :P

    Mmkay chicas – I believe that’s all. Go fourth and order! And please, please, please, link to this post! There may be something in it for the person who directs the most links at the end :P (on that note, if you email me and you were linked here, try to remember to include whose site you came from!)

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    Choker/Necklace/Thingy

    I was going to wait to post this, but I’ll throw it out there now, because I have to link to it in my next post. I did it a while back, and it was so much fun!!

    The Necklace

    Up close shot…of the clasp (barrel)

    …of the bead (that’s all-natural toothfloss, because I loved how it looked!! lol)

    …of the chord (what really makes these choker/necklaces special!)

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    "early" mornings

    Don’t you just hate those mornings when you wake up and the only thing you can think (aside from “Screw you, Brain!”) is “Fuck you, Body!”

    Yah, I’m definitely not having one of those mornings.

    Why not?

    BECAUSE I DIDN’T FUCKING WAKE UP.

    Yup. I didn’t fall asleep. It was go go go for me. Noooo sleeping for Rae. Just an over-active brain and lots and lots of anxiety…

    Dear body.

    Fuck you.

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    < insert title here >

    • Finals over
    • Chasing after five year old yesterday
    • While holding his seven month brother
    • For two hours
    • Sleeping = not happening
    • Bad dreams = definitely happening
    • Veronica Mars
    • Weeds


    all of the above = no posting.

    *so I figured out that the spaces in the title help…

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    The Stereotypical Teen

    I doubted their existence – that is, the existence of the stereotypical teenager. I’m clearly far from normal, and I just figured everyone else was too. Or, at the very least, that things weren’t as bad as the media portrays them as.

    I was proven wrong listening to girls chitchat in our last Cosmet class. Apparently, girls my age do go to random bush parties, hit on random guys, and sleep with almost everyone (including their best friend’s boyfriends.) This was news to me. I mean, some of them seem so nice! But no, they get drunk and end up so high they can’t see straight and find themselves waking up, naked, in a stranger’s bedroom with another stranger. Or two.

    A profile of a few of my cosmet mates:
    The cheerleader
    Really, can you profile a cosmetology class without a cheerleader? No. No, you can’t.
    This girl’s actually a sweetheart – unexpected, right? I thought she would be the worst of the bunch. But no, she runs around in jeans and sweatshirts, has baby-blonde hair, and loves to gossip about the stereotypical cheerleading bitches. I quite liked her, actually.

    The model
    The other one you almost expect to take cosmetology.
    She’s about 5″7, with gorgeous fire-red, naturally curly hair. Super-pale, tight-pored skin, you can tell that she was totally born to model – her legs are, I swear to god, as long as my entire body. She’s fine too – completely uninhibited and funny.
    However, she is also a bit of a disappointment – she dates pretty guys for one night stands, sees no problem with underage drinking. But she does have fantastic points as well – she makes it dead clear that she won’t go clubbing if it’s an 18+ club, and isn’t comfortable with fake ID. Also, she won’t go to bush parties unless she either knows a bunch of people going or she’s friends with the person throwing it – none of these are things that I would ever have to worry about, but I’m so glad that she sets rules like these to keep herself out of trouble. It restores my faith in people my age, just a bit – if you’re going to party, party safe!

    The IB kid that tries too hard
    Oh, god. She’s like a leech that won’t let go of me, nevermind the fact that I don’t particularly like her. One, one guy likes her, and she suddenly won’t shut the fuck up about him. “Oh, he likes me SO MUCH, and I don’t know what to do because I don’t like him like that!” or, “O-M-G, Rae! He was ALL OVER ME today!”
    A word of advice to this girl: give it up. From what I know from other sources, the guy’s a sweetie and he does like you – but hon, there’s an obvious difference between worrying about your friendship with him and bragging about his crush. And it’s also obvious that you crossed that sixteen-hours-of-bitching ago.

    The IB kid that tries even harder
    Grew up going to school with rich kids but lives in the not-so-great part of town. Can’t use complete sentences and thinks that, just because I can pull eighties without breaking a sweat and nineties if I study, I’m perfect and problem free. I don’t like her at all – she’s too loud, parties with anyone in a desperate attempt to be “cool”, and compulsively paints her nails (don’t ask. Just don’t.)

    The ghetto girl
    I like her, surprisingly! So maybe she has six inches of cleavage, smells kinda funny, and wears way to much makeup. So maybe she’s a little (fine, a LOT) whore-y. She’s funny! She does the whole “overly-black” thing for fun, and manages to balence partial IB with heavy clubbing. I would never want to be her, but she knows how to have fun and, more importantly, how to be happy.

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