I was supposed to be in class but decided I had a craving for soap (as I always do) and was searching around on Etsy for bar soap. I was not interested in Mad City Soap, everything smells great, but the overall was just a temporary high for me.
I run into this website on Etsy, Cranberry Creek and think to myself dang those soaps look good. And she runs an occasional special where you get a bar for free, just pay for shipping. So I bit. I ordered the soap on September 25, 2009. I pay for the White Lilac soap, and I am so excited to get it...but a week passes, and another week. I figured maybe I didnt read correctly and her turnaround time is longer than what is stated on her website. So I go to her policy page, where I correctly read that she ships within a day. Oh really? Then why am I still waiting. I check my emails to see if something is up...if something is wrong...am I tardy for the party? Nope I'm not, she hasnt notified me of a scheduled delay. I do the only thing that I can...I file a paypal claim. She never responded to the claim and the day that the claim is settled..guess what's in the mail? THE SOAP!!!!!!!!
At this point I am lost, confused and angry. Only to find its about to get worse before it gets better.
The packaging for the soap...I will give a 2. For a soap to be so expensive, you would think that it could be wrapped better and protected better. After all it is soap right? There is one large bar of soap, the Lilac one, and a smaller one, Sunflower in the smallest bubble mailer they sell! Wrapped in wax paper and thrown in this bubble mailer. No bubble wrap whatsoever! What if it breaks? What if I am an aesthetic person? I want my soap in tact!
Oh and the pet hair! It was a very classy touch! I know I am not lying cause I can say what color the pet hair is! And it wasnt like a hair I'm tripping on, it was ALOT of hair on the soap. Did you wash your pet's butt with the soap because I filed a paypal claim? I dont have pets, well I have fish but they live outside and we are not on a personal level with one another. I would think that you would not mix business with pets? That's gross. But I picked off the hairs (GROSSSSSSS) and I sprayed bleach on the soap and scraped the first layer off for my own protection (after all I am pregnant).
The smell is a dream, the soap takes you to a place...sunny...maybe a flower field, in the spring...very fragrant, beautiful. Leaves the skin very soft, very smooth, the Shea Butter is a dream, the dried flower petals are a perfect touch.
But if I am gonna get treated like that as a customer....is all that dreamy soap fantasy worth it? You decide.
"Good Hair" not good for African American women
I thought long and hard about whether or not to even post about this, because the African American woman and their hair is something that is sacred depending upon whom you are talking about it to.
So anyway, Chris Rock decided that he would disrespect Black woman and make a documentary mocking the struggles (and not really struggles) of black women and their hair...Not to mention the concept of this whole documentary was stolen from another woman (allegedly, the jury is out on that one, but I smell a thief!) by the name of Regina Kimbell who made a documentary by the name of "My Nappy Roots".
Anyway back to the hair and my question: Why are black women singled out every chance they are given concerning relaxers and weave? Why is the joke always on us? What about the other races that use relaxers? Oh you didnt know that? I know women of other races that use relaxers, Japanese Straightning crap, and use the flat irons and whatever else to MAKE THEIR HAIR STRAIGHT....notice I put that in all caps...other races modify the texture of their hair. What about the Caucasian women who use perms to make their hair wavy? And what about biracial women? Majority do not have nappy hair, but they use relaxers. Why if you have straight hair would you place your hair in rollers to make it curly? I wouldnt in no way shape or form make the inference that they are trying to be another race.
And this weave thing? Come the hell on! Mr. Rock, do you think Jessica Simpson makes her extensions for black women? Uh no she makes them primarily for Caucasian women...because some days you feel like hair and the next day you might not. But that doesn't mean that as an African American woman that I have some kind of identity issue because I may (even though I personally dont) throw a track in my hair.
ITS ABOUT PERSONAL STYLE AND MANAGEBILITY PEOPLE (ESPECIALLY CHIRS ROCK) You, Chris Rock with the aid and assistance of the other people of our race that cant keep their fucking mouths shut...have set us back another 500 years, because you felt the need to belittle AA women because of the choices that they make in the maintenace of their hair. This documentary was not for educational purposes, this wasnt made to teach black women how to feel good about themselves no matter what they do, you made money by making nasty and crude jokes, about the women of your race.
Our asses are not big enough anymore....
Our waists are not small enough anymore....
Our hair is not straight enough anymore.....
Our hair is not long enough anymore.....
Our skin is not the right color depending on who you ask....
We dont keep dick in our mouths long enough....
We dont feel the need to support you anymore....
Our education is too much for you....
Our independence disgusts you....
You make fun of us...but I bet your wife/ex wife keeps a scalp full of 'creamy crack' every 6-8 weeks:That hair dosent look fresh out the womb to me.
We need to get together and teach self-acceptance to our daughters and sons before it gets out of hand.
So anyway, Chris Rock decided that he would disrespect Black woman and make a documentary mocking the struggles (and not really struggles) of black women and their hair...Not to mention the concept of this whole documentary was stolen from another woman (allegedly, the jury is out on that one, but I smell a thief!) by the name of Regina Kimbell who made a documentary by the name of "My Nappy Roots".
Anyway back to the hair and my question: Why are black women singled out every chance they are given concerning relaxers and weave? Why is the joke always on us? What about the other races that use relaxers? Oh you didnt know that? I know women of other races that use relaxers, Japanese Straightning crap, and use the flat irons and whatever else to MAKE THEIR HAIR STRAIGHT....notice I put that in all caps...other races modify the texture of their hair. What about the Caucasian women who use perms to make their hair wavy? And what about biracial women? Majority do not have nappy hair, but they use relaxers. Why if you have straight hair would you place your hair in rollers to make it curly? I wouldnt in no way shape or form make the inference that they are trying to be another race.
And this weave thing? Come the hell on! Mr. Rock, do you think Jessica Simpson makes her extensions for black women? Uh no she makes them primarily for Caucasian women...because some days you feel like hair and the next day you might not. But that doesn't mean that as an African American woman that I have some kind of identity issue because I may (even though I personally dont) throw a track in my hair.
ITS ABOUT PERSONAL STYLE AND MANAGEBILITY PEOPLE (ESPECIALLY CHIRS ROCK) You, Chris Rock with the aid and assistance of the other people of our race that cant keep their fucking mouths shut...have set us back another 500 years, because you felt the need to belittle AA women because of the choices that they make in the maintenace of their hair. This documentary was not for educational purposes, this wasnt made to teach black women how to feel good about themselves no matter what they do, you made money by making nasty and crude jokes, about the women of your race.
Our asses are not big enough anymore....
Our waists are not small enough anymore....
Our hair is not straight enough anymore.....
Our hair is not long enough anymore.....
Our skin is not the right color depending on who you ask....
We dont keep dick in our mouths long enough....
We dont feel the need to support you anymore....
Our education is too much for you....
Our independence disgusts you....
You make fun of us...but I bet your wife/ex wife keeps a scalp full of 'creamy crack' every 6-8 weeks:That hair dosent look fresh out the womb to me.
We need to get together and teach self-acceptance to our daughters and sons before it gets out of hand.
Yeah you can stop lying to my face now.....
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skin care
The one thing that almost every women that I have ever encountered on makeuptalk.com is striving for one thing in the ultimate achivement of beauty.....beautiful skin. If you are like me you have spent tons and tons of money, followed advice of numerous people, scoured the skin care boards on makeup websites looking for a solution to get rid of the acne, the wrinkles, the bags under your eyes, the crow's feet....All of it. And then StopLyingToMyFace.com was born.....
It is about time that we as women get some real information on what we need in skin care and some important information is brought to light like:
* If our skin cant absorb water...why is water in everything that we use (including which brands use water and which dont)
*Exfoliation 101
*Products designed for stretch marks and cellulite.
So go check it out! http://stoplyingtomyface.com/#/break-up-with-big-beauty
Wet n Wild Craze Nailpolish
(I must learn to take good pictures properly, until then, adjust your head so that you can see it properly :p)
I FINALLY found the nailpolishes at the Walgreens on the corner of Robinson and Ellis (if you live here, you know what I am saying). I was not in love with all of them. But I picked two: Rustic and Shield.
Shield is a metallic silver color that is perfect for the fall. The nailpolish lasts a long time on the nail, the brush is too short and made me want a pro-wide brush so bad! Rustic is a beautiful metallic bronze color, and it is beautiful! I will take pics of it later but here is shield:
I FINALLY found the nailpolishes at the Walgreens on the corner of Robinson and Ellis (if you live here, you know what I am saying). I was not in love with all of them. But I picked two: Rustic and Shield.
Shield is a metallic silver color that is perfect for the fall. The nailpolish lasts a long time on the nail, the brush is too short and made me want a pro-wide brush so bad! Rustic is a beautiful metallic bronze color, and it is beautiful! I will take pics of it later but here is shield:
YES MY NAILS ARE SHORT AND DAMAGED!
MAC Style Black Collection (tardy for the party edition)
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(image credit specktra.net)
MAC Style Black collection will be released September 24, 2009. And everything (well almost everything) is black or dark colored.
Style Black - Colour
Lipsticks: (LE) $14.00
- Black Knight - Creamy true black (cremesheen)
Mattenes: (LE) $14.50
- Midnight Media - Dense matte black
- Night Violet - Deep purple grape
Glimmerglass: (LE) $18.00USD
This is a new lip product. They are in the same packaging as the Dazzleglass tubes and have a brush applicator.
- Bling Black - Sheer black with gold pearl
- Blackfire - Sheer black with pink purple pearl
- Blackware - Creamy true black
Mineralize Eye Shadows: (LE) $19.00USD
- Cinderfella - Black with silver pearl
- Young Punk - Black with pink purple pearl
- Gilt by Association - Black with gold bronze pearl
- Blue Flame - Black with blue pearl
Grease Paintstick: ($17.50)
- Intense Black - Black base with purple shimmer. These are water-/smudge-resistant.
Penultimate Liner: (Permanent) $16.50
- Rapidblack - True black
Eye Kohl: (LE) $14.50USD
- Smolder - Intense Black
Nail Lacquer: $11.00USD
- Nocturnelle - True black (Cream) (Permanent)
- Seriously Hip - Black with gold particle pearl (Frost) (LE)
- Baby Goth Girl - Black with pink and purple pearl (Frost) (LE)
Tools:
- #214 Short Shader Brush - Short, rounded, double-chiselled brush with soft, natural bristles. Can be used with shadow to line and smudge around the lash line and very effective for densely shading lids. (Permanent) $23.00USD
Style Black - Face
Skincare:
Volcanic Ash Exfoliator (LE) $19.50USD
For all skin types. Volcanic ash (in the form of mineral-rich clay), sugar crystals and natural enzymes combine to exfoliate and remove excess oils from the skin.
- Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask (LE) $19.50USD
VATM contains natural volcanic ash to cleanse and treat the skin. The mineral-rich ash works with oat kernel flour to help absorb excess oil from the skin's surface. A combo of natural oils (lavendar, sunflower, safflower seed and evening primrose) help lubricate the skin, leaving it feeling soft and moisturized. It helps to even out the skin's texture and leaves the skin feeling smooth and perfected for makeup application. The unique formula glides effortlessly onto the skin, allowing ample playtime. The mask heats up on the skin when used with water and removes impurities from the surface, leaving skin looking radiant and fresh. Use 1-3 times a week. Derm-tested, non-acnegenic and for all skins. 3.4oz
- Black Creamy - True black (LE)
- Bat Black - Burgundy black with pink pearl (Permanent) (Pro)
Yes to Carrots Deliciously Rich Body Butter
If you have severely dry skin, then this is the product is for you. I have never found a body butter quite like this before. Say Yes to Carrots hosted a house party for myself and a few other people and this was a gift from them to me.
Packaging: The container is huge!A very large easily accessible 8.45 ounce container.
Smell: The smell is very light, very soft, and not overpowering. Shea butter, carrot and sweet potato I could definitely smell.
On the skin: Think of cashmere on your skin. The formula instantly melts into your skin and you feel silky smooth to the touch. I live in a humid place and it does not get sticky after wearing it in the heat and humidity. This is also a great product for someone who may have sensitive skin because it is paraben free and all the ingredients are natural. It will gradually (like instantly) improve the texture of your skin.
Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Dead Sea Water (Maris Aqua), Caprylic / Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, Algae Extracts (Rhodella, Dunaliella , Spirulina), Daucus Carota (Carrot) Juice, Daucus Carota (Carrot) Seed Oil, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Juice, Silt (Maris Limus), Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Juice, Ipomoera Batatas (Sweet Potato) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Juice, Fragrance (Parfum), Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Niacin, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Peel Extract.
Price: For the size of product that you will be getting, $10.00 is more than worth it considering that you spend $9.50 on Bath and Body Works lotion that does not soak into the skin and is sticky and perfumy.
Where can you buy:
http://www.yes-to-carrots.com/?CategoryID=208
Today is National Play-Doh Day!!
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Stupid Holiday
(I have not a drop of this in my home because Play-Doh is a product made by Lucifer). Good day and enjoy your Play-Doh today!! I will be back with a few more posts! (Aprill's feeling frisky)
Forehead Game Proper
Aint nothing like being able to jokey-joke about yourself. Some people are so fucking uptight and act like they dont know anything about themselves and when you say it, its a 'shock' and then they remove you from their facebook page BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (Inside problems I swear).
Anyway here is my FOTD from today, my forehead was extra big and greasy today!!!! I put on a little extra foundation for more coverage, but I still dont feel like I have the coverage I wanted. Ehhh....
MAC Studiofix
Covergirl pressed powder
Revlon Peachy Keen BLush
Teal pigment
some random teal color from the 88 palette
MAC carbon
Vanilla pigment
oh!! (UDPP Sin)
Black funk liner
Bobbi Brown (forgot the color, some nude color) gloss
Anyway here is my FOTD from today, my forehead was extra big and greasy today!!!! I put on a little extra foundation for more coverage, but I still dont feel like I have the coverage I wanted. Ehhh....
MAC Studiofix
Covergirl pressed powder
Revlon Peachy Keen BLush
Teal pigment
some random teal color from the 88 palette
MAC carbon
Vanilla pigment
oh!! (UDPP Sin)
Black funk liner
Bobbi Brown (forgot the color, some nude color) gloss
I pressed some pigments ya'll!!!!!!!!!
I finally got some pans in...I got two quarters...the c-clamp was in the washroom covered in lint...I got alcohol...I got pigments...yeah baby!!!!! First (for Ricci especially), let me discuss what I did as opposed to what I have seen done.
1. First I got all my materials together...my pans, the pigments that I planned on doing...I picked out like 3 pinks, 3 purples, 2 neutrals, 2 greens and 3 blues. My alcohol, a syringe (removed and disposed of the needle), an old pillowcase to do all the mixing on, a small spatula to mix with, and some labels to label the pans. A camera!
2. Clean everything with alcohol (90%), yes, I even cleaned the 15 pan with alcohol.
3. Get your first pan...put some alcohol in the bottom of the pan. This will help the pigment adhere to the pan better....now get your pigment...and this is where I went to the left:
4. What I have seen: I have seen ladies mix it on a zip-lock bag, I have seen people mix it in a small container...
What I did: I am very...(what's the word I'm looking for....) cheap. No. Frugal? Put it like this, I dont like to be wasteful...I hate it! So I took a small cut of paper, and I placed the dry pigment directly into the pan. I took the syringe and filled it with alcohol and then put small drops at a time into the pan with the pigment until I got the consistency that I wanted. I wanted the consistency to be like....I dunno! You just dont want it to be soupy, but you want it to have a nice consistency that is free of lumps, but nice and smooth.
5. Sit it somewhere safe! And let it dry. I let mine dry overnight, but in most cases (in my house) they are dry in like 6-8 hours or so.
6. Its dry? Great press it! Get a piece of denim (or fabric of your choice for hetchmarks) and layer just like this: quarter, pan, denim, quarter....meaning you will have a quarter under the pan, a piece of denim on top of the pan, and a quarter on top of the denim, now get youe 3'' C-clamp and put your quarter sandwich and put it in the c-clamp and screw it down!!! you want it is tight as possible, and let it sit for a minute. Then if you did as many as I did...you get this:
1. First I got all my materials together...my pans, the pigments that I planned on doing...I picked out like 3 pinks, 3 purples, 2 neutrals, 2 greens and 3 blues. My alcohol, a syringe (removed and disposed of the needle), an old pillowcase to do all the mixing on, a small spatula to mix with, and some labels to label the pans. A camera!
2. Clean everything with alcohol (90%), yes, I even cleaned the 15 pan with alcohol.
3. Get your first pan...put some alcohol in the bottom of the pan. This will help the pigment adhere to the pan better....now get your pigment...and this is where I went to the left:
4. What I have seen: I have seen ladies mix it on a zip-lock bag, I have seen people mix it in a small container...
What I did: I am very...(what's the word I'm looking for....) cheap. No. Frugal? Put it like this, I dont like to be wasteful...I hate it! So I took a small cut of paper, and I placed the dry pigment directly into the pan. I took the syringe and filled it with alcohol and then put small drops at a time into the pan with the pigment until I got the consistency that I wanted. I wanted the consistency to be like....I dunno! You just dont want it to be soupy, but you want it to have a nice consistency that is free of lumps, but nice and smooth.
5. Sit it somewhere safe! And let it dry. I let mine dry overnight, but in most cases (in my house) they are dry in like 6-8 hours or so.
6. Its dry? Great press it! Get a piece of denim (or fabric of your choice for hetchmarks) and layer just like this: quarter, pan, denim, quarter....meaning you will have a quarter under the pan, a piece of denim on top of the pan, and a quarter on top of the denim, now get youe 3'' C-clamp and put your quarter sandwich and put it in the c-clamp and screw it down!!! you want it is tight as possible, and let it sit for a minute. Then if you did as many as I did...you get this:
From left to right
Row 1: RR blue, helium, golden olive, viz-a-violet
Row 2: Mutiny, Fuschia, True Chartreuse, Provence, Violet
Row 3: Marine Ultra, Bright Fuschia, Blonde's Gold, Cornflower
What happened to fuschia's pan? I have no clue!!
Well that's all for now. I will post about the Solar bits I pressed later, because that process was a little different. Hope someone enjoys this!
I got alcohol!! I got alcohol!!
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randomness
BUT WHERE IS MY C-CLAMP AND CAN I BORROW A QUARTER PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I mean really!! I got the pans...I got alcohol...I got everything except a c-clamp and a quarter...and the day and age I live in...I may never get a quarter...unless I go to Walgreens and buy something so I can get a quarter cash back so the cashier can look at me strange........
I mean really!! I got the pans...I got alcohol...I got everything except a c-clamp and a quarter...and the day and age I live in...I may never get a quarter...unless I go to Walgreens and buy something so I can get a quarter cash back so the cashier can look at me strange........
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