Friday, June 27, 2008
Body Issues and Improvements
I hate having irregularly shaped feet. I always find the cutest shoes online at really good prices, and my problem is always either that they don't have my size, or they have my size but I'm not sure if the shoes will turn out to be too long or too narrow due to size variations, and I can't buy them because the site doesn't allow returns on clearance-priced merchandise. Even if the shoes are only $7-10 plus shipping, I still can't justify that kind of waste of money if they don't fit. ;(
I guess it's better to spend a little more money on a shoe that I know I will be satisfied with or get my money back, but I'm still sad that I can't take advantage of some of the insanely cheap prices I've seen out there. I might try my luck sometime anyway, if I find a pair of shoes cute enough to be worth the risk. At least I could try buying them a half-size larger to make sure the shoes won't be too narrow and then get some insoles if they turn out too long.
I succeeded in finding some good lip products today. I bought a plain lip balm, a colored lip balm, two lip glosses, and a Maybelline lip plumper. I've tried the plain lip balm and one of the lip glosses, and I'm so happy with both of them that I'm thinking about throwing out my old tube of Chapstick, but I'll probably just put it away in a drawer until I run out of the new lip balm. I think I might try the lip plumper a little later tonight or tomorrow, and I hope it works and looks good on me.
I also bought some gradual self-tanning moisturizer for my pale legs. I'm hoping that it'll make them look less flabby because I've heard that tan skin doesn't show cellulite as much as pale skin. I don't want to use it on the rest of my body though, and I don't know if it'll look weird when my legs start to be a little darker than the rest of me. I guess if it looks too bad I can just stop using it because I definitely don't plan on tanning my torso, arms, or face. :\
I hope that by the end of the summer my long-term makeover will be complete. I've been trying to make a lot of little changes with myself in preparation for my new life at VCU, and I think that I'm nearing the final stages of my transformation. All I have left to do is to finish clearing up my skin and getting back into shape. :3
My orientation confirmation arrived in the mail today, finally~ I think I'm going to go start reading the handbook that came with it after I check my email and see how my dad's doing.
I guess it's better to spend a little more money on a shoe that I know I will be satisfied with or get my money back, but I'm still sad that I can't take advantage of some of the insanely cheap prices I've seen out there. I might try my luck sometime anyway, if I find a pair of shoes cute enough to be worth the risk. At least I could try buying them a half-size larger to make sure the shoes won't be too narrow and then get some insoles if they turn out too long.
I succeeded in finding some good lip products today. I bought a plain lip balm, a colored lip balm, two lip glosses, and a Maybelline lip plumper. I've tried the plain lip balm and one of the lip glosses, and I'm so happy with both of them that I'm thinking about throwing out my old tube of Chapstick, but I'll probably just put it away in a drawer until I run out of the new lip balm. I think I might try the lip plumper a little later tonight or tomorrow, and I hope it works and looks good on me.
I also bought some gradual self-tanning moisturizer for my pale legs. I'm hoping that it'll make them look less flabby because I've heard that tan skin doesn't show cellulite as much as pale skin. I don't want to use it on the rest of my body though, and I don't know if it'll look weird when my legs start to be a little darker than the rest of me. I guess if it looks too bad I can just stop using it because I definitely don't plan on tanning my torso, arms, or face. :\
I hope that by the end of the summer my long-term makeover will be complete. I've been trying to make a lot of little changes with myself in preparation for my new life at VCU, and I think that I'm nearing the final stages of my transformation. All I have left to do is to finish clearing up my skin and getting back into shape. :3
My orientation confirmation arrived in the mail today, finally~ I think I'm going to go start reading the handbook that came with it after I check my email and see how my dad's doing.
Labels: appearance, cosmetics, feet, lips, makeover, money, orientation, problems, self tanner, shoes, vcu
Thursday, June 26, 2008
A lot of rambling
For the past few days my life has been fairly uneventful, for the most part. Tuesday I finished a drawing of Jade, as part of my new CafePress series:
I still haven't put her on my website or made an actual CafePress shop for her design yet, but I will probably start on those things later today. Now that I think of it, I forgot to add my signature, but I guess that's okay. The high resolution image is only going on the actual CafePress designs anyway, and in order for people to steal that they'd have to actually buy my merchandise. X3 I might go ahead and add a signature for the sake of putting her on my website, though.
Yesterday I drove my boyfriend to the optometrist because we thought that he would have to have his eyes dilated and need me to drive him home, but that didn't happen. However, my trip there wasn't completely pointless. I was able to help him pick out some attractive frames for his new glasses prescription. The optometrist is also conveniently located inside Wal-mart, so I was able to lurk around the beauty and cosmetics aisles while he was getting his eyes checked. I found a set of five colorful headbands and a hand-held bathroom mirror for only about $7 altogether.
I was also very tempted to buy some new lip gloss or lipstick at Wal-mart because I wanted to try something new after not being happy with most of the lip products I have at home. I really want to try a plumping lipstick or gloss because my lips are so small and shapeless and undefined, and since I'm clumsy and not good at applying makeup in general, I really don't want to try a liner. However, in the end I decided not to buy any of the cosmetics I looked at because a few of them looked like they had already been opened and used, and I didn't want to risk buying one of those. :\
To be honest, I'm still not sure what lip colors look best on me because I'm fairly pale and a lot of colors either wash me out or make me look old. I'm going to have to look into that later, but I think what I need is a subtle rose color, nothing too bright or too dark, but at the same time nothing too light, either.
After we finished at Wal-mart, I visited some of my former coworkers at Belk because my mom needed me to drop off her Belk card payment, and then we picked up some lunch at a local cafe. :3 I was a little disappointed that the cafe didn't have the mango smoothie I had the last time we went there, but the passion fruit smoothie I ordered instead was almost just as good. The food was pretty good, too.
As of today I still haven't received my orientation packet from VCU, but I finished reading my handbook for accepted students last night. Most of it was information I already knew, but I did find out a few new tidbits of information. I also looked at their art foundation website last night and looked over their course information to get an idea of what I will be doing in my classes in the fall, and to be honest I'm really hoping that I didn't transfer out of their drawing studio course because I want to do more drawing. Other than that, I'm just hoping that my general education requirement classes will transfer because I don't want to have to take more math and science classes. :\
And man, I hope the good apartments aren't all taken by the time I can visit them.
I still haven't put her on my website or made an actual CafePress shop for her design yet, but I will probably start on those things later today. Now that I think of it, I forgot to add my signature, but I guess that's okay. The high resolution image is only going on the actual CafePress designs anyway, and in order for people to steal that they'd have to actually buy my merchandise. X3 I might go ahead and add a signature for the sake of putting her on my website, though.
Yesterday I drove my boyfriend to the optometrist because we thought that he would have to have his eyes dilated and need me to drive him home, but that didn't happen. However, my trip there wasn't completely pointless. I was able to help him pick out some attractive frames for his new glasses prescription. The optometrist is also conveniently located inside Wal-mart, so I was able to lurk around the beauty and cosmetics aisles while he was getting his eyes checked. I found a set of five colorful headbands and a hand-held bathroom mirror for only about $7 altogether.
I was also very tempted to buy some new lip gloss or lipstick at Wal-mart because I wanted to try something new after not being happy with most of the lip products I have at home. I really want to try a plumping lipstick or gloss because my lips are so small and shapeless and undefined, and since I'm clumsy and not good at applying makeup in general, I really don't want to try a liner. However, in the end I decided not to buy any of the cosmetics I looked at because a few of them looked like they had already been opened and used, and I didn't want to risk buying one of those. :\
To be honest, I'm still not sure what lip colors look best on me because I'm fairly pale and a lot of colors either wash me out or make me look old. I'm going to have to look into that later, but I think what I need is a subtle rose color, nothing too bright or too dark, but at the same time nothing too light, either.
After we finished at Wal-mart, I visited some of my former coworkers at Belk because my mom needed me to drop off her Belk card payment, and then we picked up some lunch at a local cafe. :3 I was a little disappointed that the cafe didn't have the mango smoothie I had the last time we went there, but the passion fruit smoothie I ordered instead was almost just as good. The food was pretty good, too.
As of today I still haven't received my orientation packet from VCU, but I finished reading my handbook for accepted students last night. Most of it was information I already knew, but I did find out a few new tidbits of information. I also looked at their art foundation website last night and looked over their course information to get an idea of what I will be doing in my classes in the fall, and to be honest I'm really hoping that I didn't transfer out of their drawing studio course because I want to do more drawing. Other than that, I'm just hoping that my general education requirement classes will transfer because I don't want to have to take more math and science classes. :\
And man, I hope the good apartments aren't all taken by the time I can visit them.
Labels: art, cafepress, characters, cosmetics, vcu, wal-mart
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