Making Up.

I like makeup.

I don't act like I like it.  I never wear it to work, because my job can be physical and I sweat easily and profusely.  I don't wear much when I'm chilling with friends, because the dress code for my version of 'chilling' usually involves sweat pants and hair scrunchies.   What can I say--I'm not usually out to impress.

Last night was New Year's Eve, so of course I went out drinking.  And since I was going to a bar and shit, I put on a cute top and my nice jeans and did my makeup.  And because the new year is a reason to try new things, I put on some false eyelashes.

AND BY GOD, THEY CHANGED MY LIFE.

I only have some truly shit cell phone pictures of me with them on, so I'm going to spare you all seeing me booze-saturated in low light.  But I will show you a picture of the lashes:

 They are awesome.  I was worried, because I've never really attempted falsies before, and I had all these horrible images of Rock of Love girls going through my brain.  Luckily, though, I was getting ready sober, and had as much rational ability to judge my appearance as I ever do.

 I did my makeup with some eyeshadows I just got in the mail a few days ago from Santa. I guess I didn't have enough things that have the potential to make me look like a clown.  They're from Sugarpill.  The above pictures are two eyeshadow quads and a single eyeshadow.  There are nine pressed shadows in their line right now, so this represents all of them.  And because I've wanted these things for over a year, I'm going to geek out over them and show you the swatches I took.

 I swatched these over an eyeshadow primer, mostly because I didn't want them to stain my arm.  (They didn't.  I used mineral oil to remove them and they all melted off with no staining.)  I especially love the red (love+) and white (tako).

 The purple (poison plum) and pink (dollipop) are awesome, too.

Oh, remember when I told you I wasn't going to subject you to a boozy, embarrassing cell phone picture?  I lied.

Sorry to make the first post of the new year about STUFF.  Hopefully you'll understand.  I'm coming down off of the gift high of Christmas.