I used NARS Lhasa eyeshadow from the spring 2012 collection for the first time today. I decided that I'm in love with it. Simple as that. It's a beautiful grey-taupe shade with a lavender undertone that is unlike any shadow I currently own. It has the perfect amount of shimmer without reading metallic. Here would be a good time to show a swatch, but I didn't photograph one because I am an awesome blogger like that. Ugh. I'm sorry! I will soon...
After applying Lhasa to my lid, I decided used Urban Decay Creep in the outer-v since I rarely touch either of the two shades to the right of Hustle in the original Naked palette...and by rarely, I mean roughly 3 times....ever :-/
I blended everything out with a dirty MAC 217 (when I say dirty, I mean not freshly washed, not actually dirty dirty) and loved the bit of mid-toned brown it managed to deposit into my crease unintentionally. Not sure what color that is exactly, though, since I use that brush for everything!
Face:
MUFE F&B Foundation in #20
Armani Master Corrector in #1
Dior Sculpt Lifting Smoothing Concealer in 002
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer in SC-3
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
Dior Matte Bronzer in 002
Tarte Blush in Exposed
Eyes:
TFSI
NARS e/s in Lhasa
UD e/s in Creep
UD e/s in Virgin
Milani Liquif'Eye Pencil in Black
Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in Black Mauve
Prestige My Blackest Lashes Mascara
Lips:
17 l/s in Beehive
Bourjois l/g in 48 Rose Romantic
And while in my tanner days, a shade like 17 Beehive would've been a bit too pale and nude for my personal preference, it's become one of my favorites now that I'm pale and proud! Bourjois Rose Romantic added the perfect finishing touch to Beehive by imparting the perfect pearlescent pink sheen to my lips! Win!
I FINALLY got my lip pierced, after wanting to do it for 7 years! :3
I only have one picture.. more will probably come later. Since I am with Michi, and we took pictures outside today. :D Now, my lip is a bit swollen, but it's nothing to be scared of. It's always like that in the beginning. And.. it actually didn't hurt at all, it only sting a bit.
Mexico 86! Again? Sorry... I don’t just cut 'n' paste these articles you know, but given myfootball nostalgia begins at this juncture, it’s no real surprise it’s a commonreference point.
Anyway, there was a World Cup held in Mexico in 1986 and, aswith all World Cups since 1966, FIFA produced an official film. You could tell it was an official FIFAproduct as it was supplied in a brown envelope and cost £300K in used notesplus a vote in some bidding process. Ha! Satire! Hello, is this thing on? Sorry... again...
And so to the film, and we begin with footage of Maradona (the Hero you see) gliding through the England defence on his way to score what became the 'Goal of the Century' accompanied by what some may call a cod-Aztec synth riff, closely followed by the mandatory-for-the-mid-80s, syn-drums. This was 1986. Rick Wakeman was providing thesoundtrack. Prog rock may have beendead, but keyboards were very much alive. "Worldmark Soccer International Presents" a "Challis / Maylan Production"- "Hero - The Official Film of XIII World Cup..."
The film itself begins by covering the devastatingearthquake that so nearly cost the country host status only eight months prior tothe tournament’s opening match. To this day it remains a great credit to Mexicorecovering in such a short space of time. Contrast that with the current situation in Brazil, who’ve so farstruggled just to build the infrastructure needed, let alone rebuild any of it. Stirring music plays as the story is told, then as kids play soccer in the streets, contrasted with footgage of "local boy" Hugo Sanchez in Mexico's first match of the finals, the keyboards are back with a vengeance. A much longed for Sanchez goal brings understandably jubilant scenes in Mexico's still ravaged streets.
(NB I'd embed the YouTube video, but Blogger can't find it...it can find Part 2 though!)
After that it's headlong into the bit we all came for; the football, narrated here by Michael Cainedoing his best Michael Caine from The Italian Job impression. Greats like Francescoli and Laudrup are showcased in Denmark's mauling of Uruguay, then we link nicely to Denmark's own downfall at the hands of Spain. It’s at thispoint that the fact this is a ‘film’ as opposed to a record of the event comesto the fore, as a narrative, a story arc, must be forged. To this end, instead offollowing the tournament in a vaguely chronological fashion, the film detailsthe various routes taken by the more notable teams.
While this approach may provide some dramatictension, albeit tension somewhat deflated by the keyboard tinklings of Mr.Wakeman, it does leave one with a rather disjointed view of the wholeaffair. It also suffers from arc-crash,which is a term I’ve just made up. WhatI mean is, they follow a certain team down their route to the final, e.g.Argentina. However, Argentina play Englandin the quarter final, so then we have to jump back to the first round to coverEngland’s progress to said match.
This method of storytelling, while effective, means that Maradona (the Hero, remember) doesn't feature 'til nearly 20 minutes in and England some while later. As Isay, it makes a change from the usual method, but it does often leave youwondering which round you’re watching... and why. Then again, if you want more comprehensive coverageof every goal scored, you may want to track down a copy of ‘Every Goal of Mexico86’ - though having watched it, I’d advise against it, graced as it is by MartinTyler in full on ‘reading from the script auto-pilot monotone’ mode and poor man's synth track played through a pillow.
As well as the storyline flying all over the place, thesoundtrack also takes a similar flight path, though appears to crash intoseveral objects on its way, such is the jarring nature of it at times. This happens in the form of teams havingtheir own little signature tune, meaning every time, say, France appear, we aretreated to a shot of the crowd chanting about their beloved 'Bleus.' This chantisn’t seamlessly blended into the soundtrack however - rather it smashes into itat high speed, meaning the classic quarter final and nerve-shredding penaltyshoot-out between France and Brazil is played out to a soundscape that boltstogether Mexican Cheese Synth, Cockney narration, “VIVA, VIVA, VIVA LES BLEUS!VIVA!!!” and “Loooooo, lo looooo, lo loooooo, lo lo BRAZIL!”
In spite of these issues, the football itself is served up verywell with lots of quality footage, plenty of time given to the stand out teams andmatches and goals and replays given the right balance between ‘Ooh let’s seethat again’ and the more modern phenomenon of ‘What did that goal look like from the POV of a passing crow?’
To summarise, yes it has its idiosyncrasies and has adistinctly cheesy feeling, but Hero is still a very entertaining watch and doesmanage to tell the story of Mexico 86 well. The FIFA films do seem to capturethe nature of the tournament, with Hero being all bright colours and hard,midday shadows, contrasting nicely with the Official Film of the 1990 World Cup- Soccer Shootout - a much more sombre affair.
Even though I often feel as though school takes over my life, I like to make an effort to reserve one day each weekend to have fun doing non-school related things. Some weeks this is easier to achieve than others, but I still try my best for the sake of my own sanity.
Since my friend and I decided tomorrow would be our study-all-day-long-until-you-want-to-pull-your-hair-out day, that meant that today was our day to have fun!
Things I did today:
1. Shopped. I bought a few blouses and cardigans with cute prints on them, like bunnies and hearts (not on the same piece of course ;) LOVE!
2. Ate a lollipop.
3. Had delicious fish tacos.
4. Devoured some fresh raw oysters on half shells.
5. Drank a Starbucks coffee with a dash of non-fat milk, sweetened with toffee nut syrup. Yummmm.
I also used a few new products this morning, including theBalm Shady Lady Vol.I palette, Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder, and Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed. I definitely started my day off right because I have yet to be disappointed by any of these products!
Face:
MUFE F&B Foundation in #20
Dior Sculpt Lifting Smoothing Concealer in 002
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer in SC-3
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder
Benefit Hoola
Tarte Exposed
Eyes:
UDPP in Greed
theBalm e/s Luscious Lani
theBalm e/s in Shameless Shana
theBalm e/s in Caught in the Act Courtney
theBalm e/s in Jealous Jordana (lower lashline)
Milani Liquif'Eye Pencil in Black
Prestige My Blackest Lashes Mascara
Lips: Revlon l/s in Peach Parfait (definitely my favorite lip product of this week!)
And in case you're wondering, I'm also obsessed with my gold collar necklace! I also have it in silver, and I got both from Hautelook a little while ago :)
For just ten of your British pennies, this catalogue could have been yours in the late 1970's, a small price to pay for the unfettered joy that lay within. Twenty-four half-size pages filled with every possible football team, accessory and Subbuteo set was displayed in full colour and capable of generating so much excitement in the juvenile mind that there barely seemed any point in buying the stuff at all.
I say that because this was a doorway into the realms of fantasy that any young football fan would have genuinely relished. Inside we get The Subbuteo Story, a history of the table soccer game in three paragraphs that reminded the reader how this simple pastime had grown and grown over more than three decades.
We see six different Subbuteo Soccer sets available to purchase, each with a differing array of components and each aimed at a variety of budgets. Whether you wanted a basic Display Edition (teams, balls, goals but no pitch) or the full Stadium Edition (containing teams, a pitch, balls, floodlights, ball boys, a scoreboard and a section of grandstand), you couldn't help but let your mind boggle at the choice on offer.
But all of that was nothing compared to the main feature of this catalogue and many others (to say nothing of wallcharts) – the six pages featuring 322 Subbuteo teams in all their myriad colours and patterns. How many hours must have been lost by the thousands of kids gazing in wonderment at the regimented rows of vivid and bright figures before them. Some were familiar, others less so but they were never unfamiliar for long. A quick check of the 6-page index would quickly tell you that the team wearing red and white quartered shirts with red socks and shorts was actually the Italian club Rimini - a team you were never likely to buy but you wouldn't have left out of the catalogue for all the world.
At the back, there were pictures of all the things you could buy to personalise your Subbuteo collection beyond comprehension. Tournament goals, 'live action' goalkeepers (spring-loaded, of course), TV camera crews – hell, even the World Cup itself if you were prepared to squint a bit. And if football wasn't your thing, why not pay the 10p anyway and check out the Subbuteo Rugby and Cricket sets. The enormous cricket-bat-on-a-stick and the oversized ball seemed a little bit odd, but then, like rugby, cricket was for strange people anyway.
And that was that, except for one final note: this was the first of two near-identical Subbuteo catalogues produced in 1979. The other was released later in the year and was different in only one small detail – it had the Iran national football team in its listings. Never let it be said that Subbuteo didn't cater for all tastes.
For those of you who aren’t in the know, The Big Match is a wonderful range of DVDs containing footage from ITV’s football archives. The DVDs, made by ILC Media, typically focus on an individual club and a selection of TV games they appeared in from the late-1960’s through to the early-1980’s.
From the nostalgist’s point of view, this set provides everything you could possibly want: bags of brilliant football action, all the original titles and signature tunes, plus the inimitable Brian Moore introducing each of the games. Each disc also comes complete with a bonus set of items culled from the records featuring Moore, Jimmy Hill and Jim Rosenthal discussing tactics, interviewing players and reading viewer’s letters. There’s also a generous helping of the sort of humorous clips that gave the show a friendlier, more relaxed feel than its BBC rival, Match of the Day.
Putting those bonus features aside, let's first take a look at The Big Match: Manchester United, released back in 2009. There are 14 match highlights to watch (see details below), starting with a 2-1 win for United over Arsenal that's notable for being Peter Marinello's debut for The Gunners.
The Next George Best?
As the fresh-faced Brian Moore told us after the game, Marinello was once nicknamed 'the next George Best' although the player was at pains to tell people he was 'the first Peter Marinello.' Given the celebrity spotlight and heavy drinking he endured during his time in London, it's probably fair to say Marinello was ultimately wider of the mark than those people that judged him.
The next match, from the tail end of the 1970-71 season, was United's trip to Crystal Palace which seemed to generate just as much excitement off the pitch as on it. To begin, Brian Moore told us that the Greek national side were in the UK to play England in a friendly and had opted to watch this match at Selhurst Park rather than see Arsenal or West Ham. Their decision, we're told, was made squarely on the basis of wanting to see George Best in action – a shrewdness of judgement borne out by Best's brace in a 5-3 win.
Shooting practice at Palace
After the match, Moore told us that 'he always thought Palace were a fair minded club but they were disappointed to lose a match they thought they'd win.' Was the famous commentator being brutal in his assessment of the South London club? Not a bit of it. Unbeknown to us, Moore was just teeing up a short, humorous clip edited together by the boys in VT.
Cut to a number of tanks trundling around the perimeter of the Selhurst Park pitch firing at randomly chosen United players that were seen writhing on the ground in agony.
We can only presume there had been some sort of military hardware demonstration on the day of the game and The Big Match, being what it was, couldn't pass up an opportunity to make it look like Palace had sent the tanks out to blast away at the United players. Weird, but pleasing in a 'couldn't-happen-in-this-day-and-age' sort of way.
A gradual slide
The first few highlights packages we see on the DVD show Man United as a team in transition at the start of the 70's. Although the big names such as Best, Law and Charlton were still around, so too were a number of lesser-known players long since consigned to the history books. By the time the 1974-75 season rolled around, United were only a shadow of the side that had won the European Cup six years earlier and they now found themselves in Division Two.
A new order emerged for United, destined as they were to make an immediate return to Division One under Tommy Docherty. We get to see his transitional side in an exciting 4-4 draw at Hillsborough during which Lou Macari (2), Ron Davies and Stewart Houston all got on the scoresheet, but these were worrying times on the terraces.
The hooligan element
When Bernard Shaw scored to put Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 up, many Manchester United fans ran onto the pitch. Commentator Keith Macklin concluded that this was another attempt to deliberately get a game postponed as had happened in a previous Man United match against Newcastle United. On this occasion at least, the rowdy fans were cleared and the game was allowed to continue.
The next clip showed a resurgent United brushing aside Birmingham City in January 1976, but it was the frosty post-match interview that caught the eye on this occasion. Birmingham's Archie Stiles had been sent off for aggressive behaviour towards Alex Forsyth and this prompted Tommy Docherty to tell Gerald Sinstadt that this was a growing trend in the modern game. He even went so far as to suggest that the media weren't highlighting the problem enough and told the commentator that TV companies were editing out most of the violent incidents to give a false impression of how things really were.
A big miss
In general terms, Brian Moore was only ever absent from his comfy studio chair once a year, and that was for the Christmas edition of The Big Match. On those occasions, the presenting duties were handed over to a well-known player of the day or, as was the case in 1976, Elton John. In January 1978, however, presenting duties were handed over to Dickie Davies (presumably because Moore was ill) and we get to see the World of Sport presenter being his usual professional self on the DVD as he introduces a match between Derby and Man United.
The clip from the 1979-80 season is something of a collector's item in that it shows Kenny Dalglish providing arguably the miss of the century at Old Trafford. With the score at 1-1, Liverpool were on the attack and Alan Hansen had the ball at his feet. Seeing the United defence push up in a regimented fashion, the future Match of the Day presenter played the ball over the top and ran onto it, thereby beating the offside trap. Hansen was left with only the United keeper to beat but he unselfishly passed to his team mate, Dalglish.
In so doing, Dalglish was flagged offside, but the Scottish international striker was unaware of this and duly shot into an empty net… but missed. Manchester United went on to win the match 2-1 yet for Liverpool it was difficult to know who was more at fault – Hansen for passing to his offside teammate or Dalglish for being so poor with his shooting.
Captain Marvel arrives
The rest of the highlights footage sees United slowly emerging from Liverpool's shadow, beginning with Bryan Robson signing for United on the Old Trafford pitch before their match against Wolves in October 1981. The DVD ends with a rousing 4-0 win for the Red Devils at home to Notts County in which Robson, Norman Whiteside, Frank Stapleton and Mike Duxbury all make their mark.
United's journey from the days of Best and Charlton through a traumatic relegation and back to being a big hitter in Division One again is chronicled wonderfully well here and like all the other DVDs in the collection, it gives a great overview of a fascinating period in football history. We'll be looking at more DVDs from The Big Match collection on The Football Attic in the not-too-distant future.
Games featured: 1969-70: Man United 2-1 Arsenal ; 1970-71: Crystal Palace 3-5 Man United; 1971-72: Coventry 2-3 Man United; 1972-73: Man United 3-0 Derby; 1973-74: Man United 2-2 Chelsea; 1974-75: Sheffield Wednesday 4-4 Man United; 1975-76: Man United 3-1 Birmingham; 1976-77: Man United 3-1 Man City; 1977-78: Ipswich 1-2 Man United; 1978-79: Derby 1-3 Man United; 1979-80: Man United 2-1 Liverpool; 1980-81: Nottm Forest 1-2 Man United; 1981-82: Man United 5-0 Wolves; 1982-83: Man United 4-0 Notts County.
Happy Friday, everyone! Today, I thought I'd share with you my current skincare routine since it's changed quite a bit since I last talked about it in detail.
Morning Routine
In the morning, my goal is to simply give my skin a quick rinse to remove any oil that may have developed overnight. If I use anything too strong, it'll dry out my skin, especially in the winter, so I like to use Cetaphil Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin. I follow-up by adding a bit of moisture back into my skin and prime it for my foundation with The Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream. It's not really much of a cream at all, as it's very light and quick to absorb.
If my skin is in dire need of extra hydration (e.g., my patchy, dry cheeks these past few weeks :-/ ), I'll top it all off with a bit of Olay Active Hydrating Cream in Original only where I need it most. It healed my dry patches within about 2 days, and I haven't seen any traces of them since. Win! I also am using up the last bit of my last pot of the Swedish Skin Anti-Aging Eye Cream (which I forgot to photograph), but I'll soon need to find a replacement for it since the company no longer exists. If you have any light and hydrating eye cream recommendations, please let me know :)
Night Routine
At night, after I remove any makeup I have on with makeup removing wipes (although those will soon be tossed aside as I just ordered a new bottle of my favorite cleanser EVER, Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil in Fresh - eeek!!), I give my skin a deeper cleanser with a nickel-sized amount of Murad Clarifying Cleanser on my trusty, berry Clarisonic Mia. The Murad cleanser can be a bit drying if used twice daily (perhaps it would be more appropriate in the summer, more oily months), but when reserved for once daily usage, it's an oily, acne-prone skin savior! It has a bit of a tingling, cooling effect when you use it too, which is refreshing.
As for the Clarisonic? It's AMAZING. Can't live without it. I got it from Sephora when it was 20% off and it was worth every, shiny penny (<<< a lot of pennies!). While the Clarisonic itself will not get rid of all traces of acne as it's only an exfoliator after all, it has allowed me to get the most out of my cleansers by giving me the deepest, yet gentlest, and most effective cleanse ever. It has made a vast difference to the texture of my skin!
After thoroughly cleansing my skin, I apply my beloved La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo to my forehead, chin, and jaw line (areas where I'm most susceptible to breakouts). I love this stuff because it really makes a difference when used routinely (I used to use it morning and night when my acne was really bad), but yet, it's gentle and non-drying. This is about my fifth tube, so that's saying something! I finish off with a generous application of the Olay cream to lock in moisture as needed. I predict I'll only really be getting use out of this cream in the colder months when my skin isn't an oil slick, because it's much too hydrating (although not oily) for my skin under normal conditions.
And if any of you were curious, yes, I stopped taking the cod liver oil. I happened to run out of my bottle around the same time I started using the Clarisonic and decided to take my chances - and it paid off! It makes me feel good that I'm saving about $20 a month by not using something my skin doesn't really need any more. However, it's worth noting that had I not started using the Clarisonic, I most likely would still be taking the cod liver oil. My skin always needs something to give it an extra little kick in the @ss, if you know what I mean!
What are some of your skincare favorites and must-haves?
This weekend, I went to Stockholm to visit my sister. Well, we did plan to go to the cinema. But we unfortunately didn't. And went to the city instead, only to look around a bit and fix a new phone to me.
My new phone will probably arrive next week, and.. of course it's an iPhone 4. Because almost all of my family use Apple-products.
Anyway, we looked around in the city, and I bought these really nice shoes.. I just had to buy them.
Anyway, my weekend with my sister was good. I also actually didn't brought my Mac to Stockholm, which shocked my mother and sister a bit. xD
Today we started school. And.. it was a bit boring, only fun was in the morning and seeing my classmates again. After school, Linda and I went to town. To look around in the town, she was going to buy shoes for her cosplay. And I had to look for fake eye-lashes. I bought a pair of fake eye-lashes, underwear, things that makes the bra fit a bit better and Mini dental floss. xD
And that was all from me! :3 // Bye Bye Nashimoto! ^-^ <3
I'm sure you guys have all heard about the new L'Oreal Infallible 24hr Eyeshadows by now, but in case you haven't, they've been compared to the Armani Eyes to Kill Intense Eyeshadows. At about 1/4 of the price of an Armani ETK shadow, I'm sure you can understand everyone's excitement!
They even have the protective inside lid thing like the ETK shadows.
If you've never tried the Armani ETK shadows or these new L'Oreal ones, they're basically like pressed pigments. Technically, they're more of a powder and not a cream, but they have a tendency to apply more like a cream - meaning, really smoothly and without fallout.
Amber Rush
Amber Rush is a metallic pink, slightly coppery shade. This shade is a breeze to apply. You don't need much product on your finger or brush at all; a little goes a long way! As described above, Amber Rush applies sooo smoothly, much like a cream.
Bronzed Taupe
Bronzed Taupe is exactly that - a metallic taupe with a hint of bronze. This shades applies exactly like Amber Rush, mentioned above.
Midnight Blue
Midnight Blue is a navy blue with royal blue shimmer throughout. This shade does not apply as smoothly as the other two, although it is still very pigmented. I'd say it applies more like a smooth, pigmented powder eyeshadow (which it is), rather than like a cream like the others.
L to R:
Amber Rush
Bronzed Taupe
Midnight Blue
So far, I've only worn Amber Rush and Bronzed Taupe and they were both gorgeous! I'm in love. The only time I've ever experienced fallout with either of these shades is when I've grabbed too much product on my brush. As long as you avoid doing that, I don't imagine either of these shades would cause any problems in that department. I also found that they applied just as smoothly and effortlessly to my lid as they did in the swatches. I've only ever worn them over primer, and while they didn't last as long as my Armani ETK eyeshadow does on me, it's still a solid 6-8 hours before slight creasing (remember, I have oily lids), which is more than I can say for most other drugstore eyeshadows I've tried in the past.
And while I have not yet worn Midnight Blue so I cannot comment on how it wears, I will say that it left a stain on my arm both times I swatched it. You've been warned!
Overall, I am extremely pleased with these and super surprised to find them at affordable drugstore prices!
Big thank you to Jess for picking these up for me before I was able to find them in stores near me :)
I've been hearing more and more about kale and more specifically, kale chips, lately, so I thought I'd finally take the plunge and try it out for myself! I had never noticed kale at the grocery store before, let alone eaten it, so I really didn't know what to expect. Let's just say I made these kale chips for the first and second time today! When I like something, I tend to kind of be obsessed with it....anyone else crazy like this? ;)
The ingredients I used:
Red Pepper Flakes (optional)
Olive Oil (I used the spray kind)
Seasoned Salt (regular salt would be fine too)
And kale, obviously!
-First, wash the kale and tear off about 2 inch pieces from the stem.
-Discard the stems.
-After tearing them off, put the kale pieces in a bowl.
-Add olive oil (I think a spray is easier so you don't accidentally pour too much and soak the kale) and sprinkle a little bit of seasoned salt and red pepper flakes on top.
-Mix it up thoroughly with your hands to make sure each piece is coated with the oil and seasoning.
-Lay the pieces out on a baking sheet. Try not to overlap any pieces. I'm able to fit about half a head of kale on a baking sheet.
-Pop them in the oven at 250 degrees for 20 minutes or until all the pieces are crispy.
-Transfer them to a bowl so that you don't look like a fat cow feverishly devouring them straight off the baking sheet like I did ;)
Mine had just the perfect amount of saltiness and spice, and I think they make the perfect snack when you're craving something bad like potato chips. Kale is high in Vitamins K and C, as well as beta carotene, so as long as you don't go to town with the salt, you have nothing to feel guilty about when stuffing your face with these!
It's been a while since I blogged. But, it was mostly because I was busy with doing other things.
At Christmas I left out the computer, just to share it with my family. I got a sweater, powder (which was too dark for me T^T), a set for mulled wine, a drawing block with pens, money, an electric toothbrush and a tank top as Christmas presents.
Then at New Year's Eve, I went to my friend Michi with Linda. We played Skyrim, and the first thing I did... was to die in the game. xD
Anyway, we played Skyrim, ate Tacos. Drank a whole bottle of mulled wine. And watched movies, before we went out to watch the fireworks. We had to get in a bit early, since we brought Michi's dogs with us and they got of course scared. Then we watched the whole season 1 for The Walking Dead, the whole night.
That was my New Year's Eve celebration.
Anyway, now.. I don't really have so much to say, than that I'm going to Stockholm today. And go to the cinema with my mother and my sister, before we will go to my sisters home (since she lives in Stockholm).
So that was all from me right now.. // Bye Bye Nashimoto! ^-^ <3
A recent news story highlights the case of a 16 year old cheerleader who refused to chant the name of a player who had previously sexually assaulted her, and was subsequently expelled from the squad for doing so. After attempting to bring a compensatory claim against her school which failed, she was ordered to pay $45,000 in costs.
The court ruled:
"As a cheerleader, HS served as a mouthpiece through which [the school district] could disseminate speech – namely, support for its athletic teams. This act constituted substantial interference with the work of the school because, as a cheerleader, HS was at the basketball game for the purpose of cheering, a position she undertook voluntarily."
I'm not sure of the credibility of this story as I have no background knowledge on it but one of the most interesting aspects is the distinction between the role and responsibilities of being an athlete (if one can call cheerleading a sport) and the rights one has as a free individual.
On a similar note, Danny Care has been dropped from the England rugby team for being found guilty of drink-driving after a New Year's party. This again highlights the ambiguous distinction between a private and public life and the rights and responsibilities that come with each. Care was not on duty with the England team at the time and the matter was rightly dealt with by the police and law courts. However, the act was seen to be justification for his dismissal from national selection.
These stories provide us with a couple of interesting philosophical questions:
To what extent is one a free individual in sport?
What bearing should decisions made in one's private life have on one's public sporting life?
I hope you all had a fun and safe New Year's Eve last night! I had to catch a flight back home last night since I was visiting my family in California for the holidays, and unfortunately, my 3 week break from school flew by way too fast :( I'm hoping to be able to find the time to blog once school starts back up again (I'll most likely be blogging less than I have been in December, but hopefully more than I had been in the months prior).
Anyway, since I'm a procrastinator, I hadn't packed up any of my things yet as of yesterday afternoon, and I found myself rushing to get ready, put makeup on, and get my stuff together so that I could make my flight. I wanted to do a fun look that was more NYE-worthy, but seeing as how I didn't really have any plans since I was getting in town so late and I was already rushing to get ready as it was, there wasn't really any point...so neutrals it was!
I wore Pomegranate Punk the other day without primer in this FOTD, and it did not crease at all after 10 hours! There was very minimal fading, but it seemed to fade pretty evenly all over and since there wasn't any creasing, it wasn't noticeable at all. In comparison, I normally only get about 1-2 hours of wear with MAC Paint Pots before they crease on me.
After being extremely impressed with Pomegranate Punk's wear time, I had high hopes for Bad to the Bronze. However, when I wore it yesterday (also without primer), I experienced a lot of creasing. I'm not sure how many hours it took before the creasing began, because I only checked my makeup once that night and by then, it had been about 7 hours since I applied my makeup. Surprisingly, I felt that Bad to the Bronze performed almost exactly like a MAC Paint Pot does on me, while Pomegranate Punk outperformed Paint Pots by a long shot.
The only reason I wore either of these on their own without primer was simply to test the wear time, and based on my experiences, the lasting power differed greatly between these two particular shades, so I imagine it may differ among other shades in the range as well. Keep in mind, I have oily skin and normally always use eyeshadow primer. I definitely think that using a primer under these will help to avoid the minimal fading I experienced with Pomegranate Punk and the creasing and fading I experienced with Bad to the Bronze. All in all, I think these are definitely worth looking into, especially if you're a fan of cream eyeshadows like the MAC Paint Pots or Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadows!
