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One and a half more weeks until my man and I leave for vacation: Orlando, FL. I really really can’t wait. I just want to get away from work, the crappy-awful-construction infested-beat up roads, the deceiving weather, and everything else that has to do with Michigan. I hate Michigan. Sooo ready to leave here for a bit.
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Today, I’m really starting to feel pain in the palms of my hands from work. Getting carpool tunnel…=( Before, it was just my forearms that were hurting, but now…my hands are killing. I need like an hour long massage on my shoulders, neck, arms, and hands.
I don’t want to do nails for the rest of my life. I don’t!
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I have four more months until I have I move to a new place. My place is about 45 minutes away from where I work. Sucks…so I wanna move closer. Plus, the biggest thing I hate about my place right now is that the trash is allll the way in the back behind the whole complex. For me to take out my trash, I would have to put my trash in my trunk and drive there. Such a hassle. And get this…there’s another apartment complex next to us, where they have their trash bins conveniently placed for their residents. Their trash bins are a short walk away from me. So, I do what a lot of my neighbors do…sneak at night and put our trash in their bin. Yeah, we have to “sneak” our trash away because there’s a sign on our side saying there’s a 500 dollar fine if we throw our trash there. That’s so stupid. Everyone in my apartment building received a second letter in the past two months not to throw trash there. Maybe the apartment complex should move the trash bins in the back in convenient places for everyone. Then we wouldn’t have a problem.
I also don’t like my dishwasher. It’s sooo loud! It annoying and embarrassing.
Don’t like the parking space…
I’m sick of the place. =P
Ready to move to a new place.
new book & new color
I started reading “A NEW EARTH Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose,” by Eckhart Tolle. (Oprah’s Book Club)
So far, I’m on chapter two and it got me thinking in a whole new perspective on life. Me liking this book. I’ll get into more detail with the book and my thought when I’m in the pulp of it. =P
Change of subject:
For the past like 2-3 years I’ve been dying my hair jet black. Naturally I already have some pretty dark hair, but with a tint of brown. I like the look of it being so black that it looks blue. Just a few days ago, I didn’t to get rid of that blue-blackness by using Color Oops Extra Strength Hair Color Remover. At first, I thought it wasn’t gonna work with me since I’ve been dying it black for years. But surprisingly, it worked…actually leaving my hair in a dark reddish brown tint. That color looked cool, but I didn’t like it with my skin tone. So the next day, which was last night, I dyed it a light brown. My hair is still dark but with a brown tint instead of red.
Every time I look at it, I wanna dye my hair back to black. I feel like black looks the best on my for my tan-olive skin tone. So yeah, after all that work, I’m gonna go back to black hair. Oh yeah…when I do dye my hair back to black, I’m so using the product I used to dye it that Light Brown: Clairol’s NEW PERFECT 10 hair color. It’s the application with the built on brush. Man, I am so in love with this product. I have long hair, so it was a bitch to dye my hair with the applicator tip. With the brush, I feel like the dye is even distributed throughout my hair. BUT be very careful not to squeeze the bottle too hard when applying. I got dye all over my shirt, then on my slippers and ended on my bathroom floor. =X So when I squeeze the stuff on, I make sure I have my other hand below to catch any drippings. Other than that, I believe this is a great invention for hair dying products. Also, instead of waiting 25 minutes for the product to cure onto your hair, you only have to wait 10 minutes!
Sho…, why didn’t they come up with this years ago?! =P
Happy, happy, happy.
the right match
I’ve been having an on going battle on finding the right foundation for me for the longest time. I finally found one that I’m absolutely happy about. Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Foundation is the best! It’s been around for quite a while, don’t know why I waited until now to get it. Usually, I would use a liquid concealer to lighten up the dark circles under my eyes and finish off buy buffing a loose powder/compact powder all over to even my tone. It looked good, but after a few hours, you see shininess on my t-zone area. That has always been a problem for me since I have combination skin (oily & dry). bareMinerals has this Mineral Veil powder that fixed that problem. I love it! Instead of using two different products to conceal and even out my skin tone, I just have to use the bareMinerals Foundation itself with two different kinds of brushes.
The product feels very light and doesn’t rub of that much. I love it. And it does really make ya glow! =)
my new love
About a year ago, my boyfriend got the Mac Pro. Since then, I’ve been dying to get one on my own, but didn’t need anything too fancy. I love Macs. Way better than my PC. I love blogging and doing artwork, but only could do that when I got home after a ten hour shift of work. I could have gotten a cheaper laptop, but sooo not the same. =) I love Mac even more now with the new Leopard operating system. Sweetness! The Book is sooo cute too. =)
So this all means, more blogs and more artwork (if I don’t get lazy).
sensitive art
When I see a friend or anyone post something up in they’re photos and they get bad feedback, it breaks my heart. And the people that gave them that feedback, I know, are really close to them. Pictures of art like drawings, paintings, make-up work, fashion design, graphic design, etc…are posted and when I look at the following comments, I see negative feedback. “I think you should change this and change that.” The “bashers” just write a whole paragraph on what they think needs to be changed. Why don’t you just make your own then! Sorry…=P
Being somewhat of an artist myself, I would spend hours, days, even weeks on an art project. If someone were to tell me that I should change this and change that…I would be hurt. I spend hours and hours on something, and the only reason I’d post up something is to show people my talents. The way these “bashers” leave feedback aren’t like suggestions…they sound more like…like…haters. Tsk. When people post something up like this…why not understand that it’s a real personal and sensitive stuff.
If you wanna suggest a change…try saying what’s good/great about the project first. Or sometimes don’t even say anything bad at all. About 90% of the time, I look at my old artwork..and tell myself what I need to change.
“Imma test this out. Now keep in mind that I’m an artist and I’m sensitive about my shit.” – Erykah Badu
Outback Aphrodisiac
My favorite part of my job is polishing nails. I love love LOVE playing with color. I believe its the most exciting part about doing nails. =) I’ve been polishing nails since I was like 15. I can still remember it clearly…me having to go to my parents’ then nail shop every weekend, doing polish changes and building up my polishing skills by painting fake-nail-tips after fake-nail-tips. He would give me the hard colors to work with too, like Sation Corvette Red and Essie Fiji. Haha…Sation is such a ghetto brand. I hated going to the nail shop when I was younger. What kid wouldn’t? But now…I am very thankful for it. I’m proud of my manicurist skills. =)
When working with nail polish and loving it so much, it’s hard not to play with all colors by polishing my own nails. =P I pretty much have a different color on every week. I gotta have my nails looking good. =)
Nail polish of my week: OPI Laquer in Outback Aphrodisiac.
Unfortunately, the color is discontinued. =( I’m gonna have to search supply store after supply store for the color. I wanna buy it for myself. It’s like a fuschia-ish plum. Great transitional color for winter-going-on-spring time. I love it!
Hope this works!
I was reading in a magazine about skin disorders. I found out that the bumps on certain parts of my body is called Keratosis Pilaris. I don’t feel like defining it so, you can google it. =) So, in the magazine and a couple of websites recommended using Dermadoctor KP Duty Moisturizer and the Scrub
I really hope these work for me. I’ve had KP all my life, and tired of looking at my skin like that. It’s really not a big deal, but it would be nice to have smooth skin. I’ll check in about this after a week or two. =)
Hello, my name is Vana. An artsy fartsy-status updating-sexy beast. Lol. Scratch that last part. Thank you for visiting this blog; it's my baby. Created to simply share my passions and thoughts. ^-^
