Eyeliner Overkill

I swear...it's always something.  The struggle goes on...

Today I actually had time to do my makeup at home, so I decided to go for some eyeliner.  It started off okay, but then after I messed up my left eye, then I tried to wipe some off and smudged it, then I started trying to make it even...and I just ended up with way too much.  And then it's not even really nice looking and THEN on top of that I have the messiest hair going on today...and it's raining.  And it's only Tuesday.  And and and...

Le sigh.

What color are my eyes, even?  They aren't blue, they aren't green, they aren't grey...and what is that little brown spot that has recently appeared there?  Am I dying?  Eyeliner poisoning?!

So I think I'm ready to try something different.  I have an eyeliner pencil that I am going to try next time, and then I'm also looking into getting the Mary Kay gel eyeliner, so there's that.  Anywho, I can relate so much to this graphic right now:

Messy hair, messy eyeliner don't care.  Happy Tuesday.

Also, just in case anyone was wondering, the eyeliner I've been using since I started this adventure is Hard Candy's Walk the Line.  The brush isn't very fine, so maybe that is part of the reason for my struggle?

Image from KraseyBeauty.com.

EDIT: Okay, in hindsight, and not looking so CLOSE UP AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, I don't think my eyeliner looks all THAT bad.  Right...?  I think maybe it is too much without enough of anything else.  I really need to start experimenting with my eyeshadow palette!

Told you my hair was messy - I'm in disguise as a student today.

The Oops Birchbox Arrived!

I got my second Birchbox in the mail yesterday.  Only one overlap in products between the two boxes, and that is the Air Repair lip balm stuff (that I really didn't even like, so meh).

Here's a picture:

A lotion, a hair serum (LOVE hair care product samples so MUCH), a cleanser and lotion set (excited the lotion is oil-free!), and an eyeliner pencil.  I am a little iffy about this eyeliner pencil...it is metallic pea green, called "Lagoon green."  I'm just barely getting the hang of wearing black eyeliner, so green seems a little more adventurous than I am ready for.  Not to mention that I just don't think that pea green is my color and I can't imagine matching it to a single thing in my wardrobe.  Why not send the purple or blue, which are for sell on the website?  Those are fun colors that I could match to lots of things!  Ah well, it'll be interesting.  I'll definitely post pictures and a review when I get around to trying it!

Secretly just let me say that I'm happy this was NOT the first box I received this month...I would have been just slightly disappointed.  My first box was pretty amazing.  I'm still getting around to sampling some of the stuff, though.  I'm going to try the Curl Keeper this weekend.  I'm always scared to try new stuff on days before I head to work; you never know how it might turn out!

Um...What's Up, Birchbox?

So I love my Birchbox coming in monthly.  I especially loved it when I figured out that I could review my products on their website during the month and earn points for those reviews.  But all of a sudden the website isn't cooperating with me?!

So on my account page, it shows my FEBRUARY shipping information, although at one point it did show March.  Then my March box disappeared from my "Boxes" page.  When I emailed about this, they assumed that I didn't get my box and shipped me another one.  Okay?  I'm really excited about getting a second box this month, but really I just wanted the website to work?!  So I emailed again and tried to clarify my problem, this time including screencaps.  Now my March box preview works (at one point I was seeing the March 2012 box preview and wow, what I tease/let down that was; it was amazing!), but it is for the new box and not the products I received in the original box.

Also it seems that I got my March box almost a week earlier than my other friends, so I'm not sure if there is some sort of glitch on their end or what?  So yeah, expect another unboxing for March's Spring Forward box...the preview is showing only one sample overlap.  I feel a little guilty, but I think my original email was straightforward and they misinterpreted it.  I suppose it is pretty amazing customer service!

My Hair Matches Again!

My sister did my hair yesterday morning! :)  Although our agreed upon time was 10am, I still had to ring the doorbell and knock and call continuously for over five minutes before she finally came to the door (yes, she was sleeping and yes, she sleeps HARD)!  I am a good sister, though, so I brought her some yummy coffee and doughnuts from Dunkin Donuts.

So when it comes to my hair, I use Kaleiodocolors in purple, and I decided to go ahead and get the bucket this go around.  After a bit of experimentation, it turns out that my hair needs 30 volume developer (we started with 20 back about two years ago when my sister started to do my hair, but it would never lighten enough).  Then we tone it with Wella's T28 toner, which used to be called Princess Blonde.  I like feeling like a princess.  Rapunzel is my favorite. :)

All mixed up and ready to go! Also, those paper towels things are called Wubbies.  Wubbies?!  Who named them Wubbies and why?  This is something I'm dying to know.  Anywho...

 And the magic is done!  This is an above shot of my hair. I love how it always turns out.  Franki, my sister, does the best job.  She is pregnant right now (it's a GIRL! :D) so she isn't working, but she says she misses doing hair.  I'm glad to have her around to do mine because she keeps me beautiful! :)

I also have some brown underneath and we tried to lighten some of it to eventually blend back into the blonde.  Unfortunately it was a very stubborn brown, so it lightened, but is still dark.  I think it looks really cool, though!  Baby steps on the hair.  Just happy my roots are all matchy-matchy again! :)  Thanks again, sis! <3

Ultimate Bum

I never said this journey was going to be easy...

And I definitely never said I wasn't a bum.

Today's teacher workday meant I DIDN'T BRUSH MY HAIR (yay sleeping in! and yay messy wad of hair!) and I wore YESTERDAY'S MAKEUP.

You know, I just wiped the little raccoon rings out my under my eyes and called it a day.  It still looked good, right?

I girly-fied this picture to make up for how much I was bumming it. ;)

 Messy hair don't care!

Super happy with my new Gap jeans! :D

I DID come home and pluck my eyebrows, so that is something, right?

Also, *FINGERS CROSSED* I can manage to get my roots done this weekend around my busy schedule.  They are looking TOO RIDICULOUS!!!

TORI OUT!

March Birchbox Reviews: Skin Care

Hello Again!

[hi! <--Corbin typed that!]

So far I've tried two of the products in my March Birchbox: the Vasanti BrightenUp! enzymatic face rejuvenator and the Coola tinted mineral sunscreen.

Last night I used the rejuvenator.  Basically it is papaya enzymes and microcrystals that you apply to your damp face in small circular motions.  It works as an exfoliator, and it smells pretty decent.  It did make my face feel a little tingly, but after I rinsed it away, my face felt sooo smooth and wonderful.  It says I can use it 3-5 times a week, and I might just take them up on that offer.  I'd like to try it in the mornings in lieu of my usual salicylic acid facewash just to see if it makes a difference in how dry my skin ends up.  As it is, my face gets super dried out after using my facewash and I have to drench it in moisturizer.

Speaking of moisturizer...usually I use Clinique's gel moisturizer for oily combination skin.  I love that it isn't a lotion because it soaks right into my skin and doesn't leave an oily residue.  This morning after washing my face, I used the Coola tinted moisturizer with SPF 30 sunscreen.  I LOVE the matte finish and I love that is seemed to even out my tone (I get red areas around my mouth), but I still don't know if it was ENOUGH moisture.  I want to try it again on a day that I didn't use my face wash and my face isn't already feeling super dried out.  I liked it enough that I am definitely excited about trying it again and possibly purchasing the full size.  With the way it evened out my tone, it is like a moisturizer (which I already use) and a concealer in one, and that would save me time and make my skin look nice!

My face after 9 hours at work!

Ignore the sling...I have a Grade I AC joint sprain.  Yay roller derby!

I think my skin looks fantastic here!  So I'm pretty pleased with the products.  I will definitely edit this post if I find that anything changes.  Now on to that Curl Keeper...

Ridiculous Roots

I've always been a blonde...but more of the dirty blonde variety.  I like my hair at its current shade: Wella's T28 toner, which used to be called "Princess Blonde."  Unfortunately for me, my hair grows crazy fast and my roots get to looking like this quicker than I'd like!

That means it's time to harrass my lovely sister!  Lucky for me, I have a sister that is REALLY good at doing hair, so she keeps me looking gorgeous for next to nothing!  Be expecting my call VERY soon...these roots are looking ridiculous!!

PS.  Does anyone else have the most wrinkliest of foreheads like I do?  Why is my forehead so wrinkly?  Why is this a thing?  Why does it bother me?