just watched the new rambo flick.

and well, rambo would solve all of the world's problems if we just gave him the chance.

i also watched 10,000 b.c. which was...errrrr..okay? it definitely reminded me a lot of the movie 300 minus the epic-ness. hahaha.

anywho, i managed to get around to playing around more with those l.a. color palettes. i did some swatches using just a white kohl pencil base and got some pretty good results actually!



yes yes, the picture sucks, but it was the best i could do at this hour. the best results came from the traditional palette, i swatched 2 of the shades on the far left. the 4 middle ones are from the urban palette, and the last 2 are from the chic palette. from left to right, a dark plum brown, burnt orange, yellow, pinkish shade, light blue, lavender, cream, and another blue.

here are the actual palettes.

upper left is chic, upper right is urban, and the bottom one is traditional. fun fun fun to mess around with for the cost of a dollar each.

i'm going to try an actual look with these shadows maybe tomorrow or monday when i've classes, but i will make sure to take a picture.

okay, it is 2am. why am i not asleep? this is not good. i cannot get use to this. damn you summer! it seriously does something to me. makes me lazy and come down with a case of insomnia. wthhhhhh?? it's not like i party hardy or anything. i'm just up..myspacing..blogging..or watching movies on PPV. hahaha. what a life, eh?

a dollar store haul!

so i came around to finally sucking it up and purchasing cosmetics from the dollar store. yay, go me!

i actually came across some cute things!

- 3 eyeshadow palettes from L.A. Colors in urban, chic, and traditional.
- Maybeline lip gloss in melon ball.
- L.A. Color lip gloss in frosted pink.

L.A color 12 eyeshadow palettes

so the palettes, each one has 12 different shades and comes with a dual ended sponge tip applicator. urban has greens, blues, oranges, a cream, and yellow. chic is a collection of more purples and shimmery browns and creams. traditonal, my favorite, is a whole palette of neutral brown tones.

what i like: everything you need is there in the palette. from a crease color to a highlight, it's there in the palette. not to mention, it only cost a DOLLAR.

what i dislike: it has this funky fragrance comparable to baby powder. i could even smell it while i was wearing the shadows. lol

overall: the color payoff is okay to say the least. it's not very pigmented at all, very sheer in fact, but it makes for nice neutral everyday looks. to get the best color pay off i recommend using a mixing medium first. it gives you a bit more intensity. take heed that my opinion could change since i've only played with these shadows without a base, just shadow straight onto my lid.

maybeline shiny-licious

this one really caught my eye because i loved the color! it's called melon ball and it's pretty shimmery peachy pink color.

what i like: the packaging is convenient. it's just in a regular squeeze tube, but i found the applicator portion to be easy to maneuver. it's a slanted applicator, exactly like the ones in the long tube lip glosses, but instead on a squeeze tube! there's a hole on the applicator portion just like any other squeeze tube and you have at it. application is smooth, a little goes a long way and it doesn't have too much of an obnoxious shine nor is its flavor too overwhelming.

what i dislike: i have yet to find a reason to dislike it.

L.A colors glossy lips

i got this in frosted pink. it's a cute opaque bubble gum pink with a tinge of shimmer also in a squeeze tube.

what i like: it also has that nifty applicator tip like the maybeline gloss. the color is gorgeous! it comes on as a kind of lustrous nude pink without too much of a gaudy glossiness. it has a fruity flavor which doesn't bother too much and the consistency is nice and thick moisturizing lips as well.

what i dislike: you've really got to work the product while applying. otherwise it will apply unevenly and streaky. it takes a lot of product to get some show and that serves as a problem since i've got big lips.

i also found a tub of got 2 be brand volumizing stuff, some bobby pins (i always lose them), and a buffing and polishing emery board, and a neato mini storage bin. it's has a white frame and is covered in a green vinyl plastic, very pleasing to the eye. i use it for, not surprising, more makeup storage. all in all, good haul.

death.

when you feel like you're looking in from the outside, you're staring up at the infinite skies. the velvety darkness drapes and almost caresses around each star. beg for the stars to tell you a secret because they will. in return they will only ask you not to share what depths they are to let you explore.

they'll whisper their deepest secrets to you ever so softly. your ears will perk up at the sound of heaven. and you'll see the velvet drapes of sky hold the stars back, afraid they will say too much. but you've gained their trust, sitting outside every night wishing on one star after the other. you've told them your most secret desires and they in turn do the same. they will tell you the secrets of life, of your life.

the softness of their words, almost like breaths, will whisk you off your feet. you'll float along side with them, the velvet cascading around you. in them the will grant every single want, need, wish you might have made.

and then..and then.....peace.

sun burnt..

and it's making my head hurt.

had a blast at the beach yesterday. it was achilles' first time and he loved playing in the sand, inching closer and closer to the water as his nerves grew bolder.

had dinner at house of genji later that day. it was nice, the mustard sauce was more tastier than usual.

now i'm just relaxing. the weather is just so perfect here in san jose. might take the boys out for pictures today, then heading on to my sister's mother-in-law's home for her birthday.

it's so quiet and peaceful here. so calming. makes me want to nap.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

waiting impatiently..

I'm leaving to san jose in less than an hour.

it will be the perfect vacation. I'll be out of desert land for a little more than a week. everybody needs a vacation from desert land once in a while.

busko gets off at 530, after which he needs to buy achilles a pair of sandals for the beach, and then fill up with gas.

after, he will pick up me and the sonsie and we will be off.

like I mentioned, we are going to the beach. we're going tomorrow. it'll be achilles' first time to sink his little toes in beach sand. I hope he doesn't freak out. busko already bought him his toys for the sand, but somehow I think busko bought them for himself. he's been talking about making a sand castle....lol

did I mention I got braces? well I did. and they suck.

I've just got some of my upper brackets on and spacers inbetween some of my molars, no wire yet. the spacers are killing me. they sometimes make it difficult to eat. apparently the spacer pain is nothing compared to tightening of the wire pain.

uggghhhhh.

it's almost timeeeee. eeeeeep!