A few days ago, I was having one of those "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" days. Really it was that bad: absolute junk at work (weeping on the job? not one of my fav things to do) and then when I got home--a gift waiting for me from one of my dogs, one that just kept on giving...and giving...and giving all night long. Poor puppeh was sick all night from the candy he'd broken a bowl to get into.
That's about as nasty as it gets without the occurrence of some heaven-forbidden tragedy. Within three hours of getting home from the work day from hell I had crawled into bed, curled up, and was praying for the day to be over. I ended up staying with our other dog at home while the hubby took our boy to the vet. I was so upset I couldn't even eat! Boo.
The following morning, I checked email including a tracking message for a package I was expecting and what did I find? "Package delivered..." the previous night! I was so caught up in the DOTD (drama of the day lol!) that I hadn't even checked the mail. Wanna see what I practically ran to retrieve from my mailbox?
Showing posts with label franken. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Franken-Shading!!!
Recent tremors in the MMU world have left me (and a great many other beautiful ladies) with more than a few items of mineral makeup of...well, let's just say questionable provenance. Several have even mentioned in a variety of forums that the quality of these products were also in question, with concerns running the gamut from lack of opacity, depth, or texture to allergic reactions. Many of us have learned a hard lesson from this experience: caveat emptor--let the buyer beware. Fortunately in the age of instant access, finding support from those who have similar experiences (positive or not) and banding together to advocate on behalf of ourselves and those who might be harmed in the future is much less burdensome.
One of the wonderful things to come out of this is the practice of "frankening"--taking a product you are less than thrilled with and mixing into it other elements (base, additional shades, etc.) to create something both beautiful and useful. This can result in a collection of "franken-polishes" (MMU shades mixed with clear nail polish--especially helpful in using up product discovered to be not eye or lip-safe), "franken-glosses" (mixing shades with clear or tinted lip glosses), and "franken-shadows."
I have to say there is something about frankening that I just adore--not the reasons that necessitate it, of course, but "cooking up" something unique and special from disappointing product takes me right back to my early days playing in my mother's makeup...and lotions...shampoo...you get the picture ;)
One of the wonderful things to come out of this is the practice of "frankening"--taking a product you are less than thrilled with and mixing into it other elements (base, additional shades, etc.) to create something both beautiful and useful. This can result in a collection of "franken-polishes" (MMU shades mixed with clear nail polish--especially helpful in using up product discovered to be not eye or lip-safe), "franken-glosses" (mixing shades with clear or tinted lip glosses), and "franken-shadows."
I have to say there is something about frankening that I just adore--not the reasons that necessitate it, of course, but "cooking up" something unique and special from disappointing product takes me right back to my early days playing in my mother's makeup...and lotions...shampoo...you get the picture ;)
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