Unicorns are Cooooool...

Unicorns are Cooooool by asnowbunny

I found this 8-bit unicorn dress at ModCloth over the summer. My belt is these colors but is actually a C4 rubber one *plastic fuuuuuun*  Know about C4? You choose whatever belt/buckle colors you want and they put it together and send it off to you! And they donate a bit of profit to one of three charities you can choose from. (IIRC mine was an animal rescue.) I'll do a separate post on the Locketship unicorn necklace including the rest of my little order from them. Oh, and how awesome-saucy is this nail polish?? It's 'Unicorn' by piCture pOlish x blogger Brit Nails. Teal with purple-pink and silver glitter! Be still my beating 80's heart.

Etude House Like20...

Well, my prayers have been answered! The Man helped me turn my thoughts around and see clearly again. Now I feel free to go on a bit about some material luxuries I'm totally digging right now!

Ok, so first, since I said I'd be giving more details on my Like20 love...I'm now on my second jar of finishing cream and went ahead and ordered a full size booster essence. I'll talk about the essence first...

Still kicking it...

I know I haven't been blogging but I'm still here, just...dealing. Depression has been a real PITA the last few months so I've been trying to work that out and not bring it to the blog. Instagramming is pretty fun though since pictures are easier to share than words. Anyhoo, I do have lots of floofy things to blog about. Just need to get a handle of my mindspace first. I have a call coming from BFF tonight to talk about stuff and am praying and praying so...hopefully soon I'll have everything righted.

Winter Mermaid...

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Winter ocean
I found this Topshop sweater at Nordstrom a couple of months ago. It's super-duper soft. So soft in fact that, when I tried it on, Sprout wouldn't stop hanging all over me and proclaiming it the snuggliest sweater in all the land. That pretty much ended any waffling I'd been doing. Of course, once I finally decided I needed them, BlackMilk stopped making their original mermaid leggings, but I'm hopeful I can find similar ones out there. (That *aren't* cheapos from ebay! Been there, done that, have the ripped-after-two-wearings leggings to prove it.) These TooFast boots...le sigh! I ordered the wrong size and was told the smaller size I needed was OOS *after* I returned them. GREAT shoes, but I'm not really pleased with TooFast's communication so, while I'll keep looking at their shoes, I'll most likely order from a different shop.

Yama Girl polyvore...

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This is most definitely an outfit I could rock while hiking or camping! I REALLY hope to try this fragrance one day if I can still find it.

 I have these Black Milk Aurora Skye leggings and can tell you they are absolutely worth the price. They have a heft to them that makes them such good quality. They don't fall off me bum either, and have a fantastic,( non-gathered!) waistband that stays nice and flat.

Etude House Like20...,like, love...

It's time to get real with my skin problems, people. As much as I long to use only the cutest products, now is the time to go for some serious efficacy whether or not the packaging is shaped like an adorable piece of produce or an animal.

Awhile back I discovered EH's Like20 line and it sounded AH-mazing- super-moisture for aging but geared for younger skin that shouldn't be smothered in heavy creams. With my horrible dryness+aging (lines and roughness)+insane blackheads it sounded perfect. Turns out? It is. First I'm going to do a quickie review of each item and then more detailed posts later as I purchase full sizes of some.

I didn't have a ton of moolah for trying out new, full-sized products so I went for this trial kit:

Pic from love-youl on ebay- I ordered it from them and would definitely order from them again!

A little primer review...

I've tried a bunch of new (to me) products in the last months. I decided to lump these two primers into one post since they're quite similar in form and function. (Though not in result for me as you'll see.)

 

Tonymoly Egg Pore Silky Smooth Balm

The Face Shop Face It Oil Cut Pore Balm

 

 

Finally Instagramming...

After years of just not getting the appeal, I suddenly had an urge to try Instagram and LOVE IT. So please check it out to see lots of pics that won't be on the blog!

Happy pants...

FINALLY got Blogger to cooperate for creating and publishing this post. I think the awesomeness caused an error or something. So please disregard the time/place description.

I'm suffering through family movie night at Sprout's school surrounded by chattering (occasionally shrieking children) watching...something...known as The Nut Job. Well, Sprout is watching. I'm escaping to the blogosphere. (Though I'll admit it- I laughed when an animated squirrel farted. Je regret rien.)
Anyway, since this movie epitomizes all that is Not My Thing I'm sharing about my super-happy paaaaaants!

An actual dress...

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I have a wedding to go to in a few weeks and actually need to dress up. I never dress up. I own, like, two non-knit tops. The only skirts I currently wear are knit maxis (you know the ones- available everywhere, really cheap), and denim minis. In fact, my mom was so excited to hear that I NEEDED A DRESS that she bought me the dress AND shoes as a Mother's Day gift! So sweet!! (I haven't bought or made anything for her yet, but I usually give her Mother's Day gift to her when I visit in summer so I have time.)

Springspringspringspringspring....

HAPPY DAYS!!!

 

 

I heart spring oh so much. It smells good, it feels fresh and the sights and sounds are just so lovely. Our new apartment has a huge wetland right behind it so we hear red-winged blackbirds all day long. I try to start every day with a good sit'n'stare out the back window.

 

 

 

And last week...DOUBLE RAINBOW !!!

WTH is EK?

Hey, so every now and then you might see (read?) me mention "my EK". I've never actually met anyone who knew what it is and had to search awhile online before I found definitive information. So I wanted to share since it's something that affects some of my beauty posts. Nail pics to be exact.

What does it stand for?
EK= exfoliative keratolosis

What is it anyway?
EK is a syndrome which affects skin cell regeneration, usually on the hands and feet. Specifically, the cells' life cycle is dramatically short so the skin peels A LOT. Sometimes it's barely noticeable and other times your skin cracks and peels enough to make simple tasks really painful. Mine showed up on my fingertips when I was around 10. It's worst on my thumbs which is why I hide them in a lot of my nail pics. Ragged cuticles and giant hangnails are the norm.
(Fear not, there are no pics in this post!! LOL)

OTT pastel nails & why I love fakes...

 

I'm getting braver about materials! I'm actually really frugal and, while I want to wear ALL the nail deco, I don't want to have to throw the cuteness away after wearing it and removing. (Most bits don't hold up too well.) But if I do the fakes then I can wear them over and over. Or until I snag one on my hair or jeans! LOL Another plus to fakes is that I only have to apply a PITA polish once. Srsly, I own so many that are just horrible by nature (whites, glitter you have to fish for, etc...My nail homies know!) They're all gorgeous but I really have to psych myself into the application process- especially with the way ALL polish (and basecoats and strengtheners) peel off after a few hours. Something with my body chemistry in the last year...

So those are reasons I rock the fake nail sets more often than not these days!

Mochithings...

 Last week I ordered a few office supplies from mochithings.com in Seattle. I don't even remember how I discovered the sight but I only found it recently. They have a huge assortment of cutely designed home and office items.

 

Here are my goodies:

 

 

Squishable love...

Love stuffed animals (or pancakes or teacups or tentacly Old Gods?) Love GIANT stuffed...stuff? If you haven't seen Squishables, well, you have my pity. But get to it!! Go to squishable.com right. Now. I've admired them for YEARS but have never been able to justify purchasing a huge stuffed beast. (They offer minis but really, part of the novelty is the sheer size.) Nor could I decide on just one anyway. Hedgehog? Narwhal?

And then I saw him. The Squishable Yeti. Yes.

Partly as a challenge to a relative who hates giving gift cards and hassles me when I say that's all I can think of, I said, "Hey, I finally thought of a 'thing' I want for Christmas...a stuffed yeti! I'll even give a second choice in case the yeti sells out...Arctic Fox." Booyah! How ya like that for an actual thing you can buy an adult relative? I might add she's pretty conservative and doesn't tend to shop outside her comfort zone of, like, housewares. (I did score a sweet vacuum cleaner from her several years back when I got my first single-mom apartment though, so don't think I'm ungrateful!!)

Whaddaya know...holy buhjeebuhmuhs...

 

*pics from Squishable, edited by me*

I brought BOTH of these guys home from Texas!! I internally took back EVERYTHING I'd ever thought of her uptight gifting believe me LOL. How sweet on so many levels!!

They are even squishier and softer than I'd imagined. Offspring is seriously eyeballing the arctic fox, but I'm all hay-ell no, boy! (Don't think him deprived. He has bushels of stuffed animals AND has plenty of Christmas dough saved. He can buy a Squishable for himself LOL.)

If I lived in my Dream House (I love my boyfriend, but refuse to stop imagining a solo dream house of my very own!) I'd totally get Narwhal and Seal (harp) too and just leave them on couches as throw pillows!

Holiday travels...

I'm so excited over the fact that the Offspring and I got to spend most of his winter break in Texas with family! We haven't visited in winter for, oh, seven years? Anyway, we had a blast with aunts and uncles and tons of cousins.
As always Mom and I did serious shopping- even if we're getting older and "shop 'till you drop" isn't so much of a joke now. Ha! I have much to tell about everywhere we went so more posts to come. But here're a little about the pics above...