E.L.F. Review

Eyes lips face, otherwise known as e.l.f.
These cosmetics can be found online or at target and are quite cheap compared to most other cosmetics. I've tried a few and have decided to share my results.

Mineral Powder Foundation: $5 light coverage, fine for a good skin day but if you're feeling broken out then go with a mousse foundation or physicians' formula mineral powder foundation.

Therapeutic Conditioning Lip Balm: $1 I used the orange creme and it smells wonderful. However, it does not contain SPF.

Waterproof Eyeliner Pen: $1 I ordered plum and it was dry when I received it, I shook it and stored it upside down but nothing helped. Once I decided to try wetting the tip it worked fine. Not sure if this is a fluke, other online reviews seemed to be fine.

Brightening Eyeliner: $1 Wonderful, I bought the black and it works as well as Kohl's Flirt! $12 eyeliner (which I love). It's soft so it doesn't pull and glides on easily with lots of color. Each pencil comes with a new sharpener.

Mineral Face Primer: $6 Works as well as Victoria's Secret's $18 primer. However, it does not contain SPF. I'm saving it for winter and still plan to purchase the VS version.

Zit Zapper: $1 Contains Salicylic Acid, Witch Hazel, Tea Tree Oil, and Camphor. Tingles and seems to help clear up pimples. However, it is not very effective on popped pimples, use as they appear.

Clairifying Pressed Powder: $1 Seems to cover more than the powder foundation but is also much darker. I ordered in Ivory and plan to only use during the summer because it is darker. Covers shine wonderfully though.

Brightening Eye Color: $1 Nice colors, glides on easily but not the best I've ever used.

Mineral Eyeshadow: $3 Awesome! I use one of their $1 brushes to apply (which are also wonderful) and it stays on without creasing all day, even in the hot summer months.

Overall, I recommend checking out the elf website, the first logo picture should be linked to it.
Feel free to ask question or leave your own feedback :)

Sugary Sweetness

I look forward to the day that artificial sweeteners are found to cause health problems and are no longer used (mostly the no longer used part). The reason for this is quite selfish: I can't stand Diet.

Today I visited Walmart where I saw some very interesting soda flavors, Cherry Limeade, Blueberry Lemonade...yumm. I got 4 bottles and excitedly took a sip of the Cherry Limeade only to be immediately disgusted with the result. One look at the ingredients found the culprit: aspartame. Yuck. The bottles said nothing about sweeteners, Splenda, Diet....just a big pretty picture of cherries and limes :) However, all I tasted was the sweetener; and my taste-buds were less than thrilled.

I enjoy sugar and I enjoy corn syrup but I just cannot bring myself to consume artificial sweeteners. Perhaps if my taste-buds would pay less attention I would have a more enjoyable experience but, for now, I'll continue to steer clear of the Diet aisle and enjoy the sugary sweetness.

I have returned

I seem to have neglected my blog for a few months but I'm baaaack! :)

In my absence I have launched a jewelry brand primarily through etsy called ArtemisSchenck. It's been fun finding new patterns and coming up with original designs. I had my first sale on eBay a few days ago and have thus far received positive reviews on my designs. My new favorite stores have become JoAnn, A.C. Moore, and Michael's...I frequent them often.

In other news:

Prince William and Kate Middleton have tied the knot, yay (she's gorgeous!!!!)

Osama bin Laden is dead, yay

Azerbaijan won Eurovision but Lipstick by Jedward was much more catchy :P They even have more ridiculous hair than Twilight

and aloe works great for treating match burns: always move fingers quickly when lighting matches

Enjoy the wedding photo and the musicvideo until next time :)

Dracula

I have always had a fascination with vampires thoug I'm not sure why. I remember dreaming about Dracula's castle in 2nd grade but I don't think I had read any vampire-related books or seen any vampire-related movies. I don't know how I was introduced to them.

Until recently I hadn't really watched vampire movies or read vampire books, I liked to search for myths from different cultures telling about vampires. I researched Dracula and discovered that he is descended from Prince Vlad Tepes 'Draculea', a 15th century super-bad guy (whether you were enemy or family).

I would like to point out that yet another super-bad guy has stupid looking facial hair...

If you're interested Vlad please see the link above, it's back to vampires for me :)

Vampires, as most mysterious beings, have many different explanations, characteristics, weaknesses, etc. depending upon whom you consult. In my mind they are the perfect predator, strong and fast yet seductive. They can frighten their prey or seduce it to its own demise. Yes, they are evil, but the very coolest sort of evil.

Vampires should be the epitome of grace and hotness.

I have begun reading Dracula (free download from Borders for ereaders :D hooray free books!) and, thus far, my picture has mostly been true. However, it does bother me that in mysterious- creature- type stories those who suspect the 'monster' constantly allude to it without just telling everyone else what they saw.

Communication: lack of it will get you killed by funky monster things.
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Rings of Uranus

Due to a lack of topic ideas, I turned to a random topic generator (which turned out to be quite entertaining, I suggest you try it)

The topic: Rings of Uranus
It's been a while since I've had an astronomy class, and I've had many more classes since then, so I'm going to consult wikipedia and see what I find.....

The rings were discovered in 1977 although possibly even in the 1700s. I find this to be just incredible, Uranus is soooooo very far away and yet we know that it has rings! It's amazing!
Uranus is 2.57 BILLION km from the Earth, at its closest; yet we know that it has 13 rings and what the thickness and width is of each ring. Flabbergasting.

Considered to be young by astronomical standards, the rings of Uranus are about 600 million years old. Talk about hard to comprehend, 600 million years! Wanna feel young again? Study astronomy.

PSU Snow Day: Highly Unlikely

The last time Penn State University Park had a snow day was.... February 14th, 2007...before that.... February 17, 2003.

My conclusion: Penn State is kickass.

Students often want a snowday, they're quite a lot of fun, but it's kind of nice to brag about still going to classes during the Snowpocalypse of 2010. Everyone else closed around the region but University Park remained open. There's even a facebook group dedicated to the hardiness of PSU: If the world ends in 2012, Penn State University Park will still be open. It is annoying to walk to class in x feet of snow or on solid ice but it also makes us much more awesome than other schools, other campuses even. We're kickass enough, and possibly foolish enough, to keep on going no matter what the weather.

Apparently Hitler felt the need to chime in on the issue: check out the Youtube video

Ultimate Snowplow Smackdown: State College, PA

Funny and Fabulous: Nanny Fein

Around 11:30pm I like to turn on Nick @Nite to see The Nanny. Nanny Fein is fabulous, seriously fabulous. She's fabulous ----------------->
(and that picture doesn't even do her justice)

She's funny, endearing, entertaining, and fashionable (but in a crazy way).
The crazy part is that The Nanny ran from 1993-1999 yet still appears nightly on Nick... Hasn't gotten old, although the obviously dated parts are hilarious.


Her Yetta is just as fabulous and funny, although quite a bit older.....
If you haven't seen this large-haired show full of fabulously quirky ladies definitely check it out..... Now back to the show :)