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Makeup Trial #3

First things  first, this trial run went nicely. Still want a little tiny bit more color on my cheeks and might look for a long-wearing lipstick in red vs. the liner-color-gloss thing I’ve been doing (it wears off if I eat or drink,e tc).

Today I woke up and tried out my soft-retro-glam look, with ALL my new makeup… Smashbox primer to go and new eyeliner. However, Zoom lash from Mac didn’t impress me much (for the money). I had to layer like 3 coats and it just seemed too clumpy for like, $14 or whatever it cost. I didn’t like Urban decay’s Skyscraper, either, so the mascara dilemma continues.

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Mascara! I found one I loved. Hourglass, Superficial Lash. My lashes are SUPER long, but blonde, I wanted something that was all-around good, somewhat lengthening, somewhat volumizing, water-resistant… and this stuff delivered.

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S-C-O-R-E

My friend Betsey mentioned these plastic forks and other plastic flatware that are PLASTIC but look like SILVERY METAL… I found the most well known kind, they are called “Reflections” and are a little budget-unfriendly, at $37.00 to provide settings for 25 people. With those numbers I’d have to spend $74. for 50 people to have ONE fork, knife & spoon to use (let alone extra for dessert or serving certain spreads, etc). I looked into dollar store silverware. It’d still be about $50 for 50 people to have a setting… Too hard on the budget just for flatware.

While I took my grandmother Daisy grocery shopping, I decided to pop into our local discount store, Amazing Savings on Route 18 here in East Brunswick. It’s one of those independently run, discounted houseware type joints that has books, kitchenware,  picture frames, party/gift stuff, makeup and all sorts of other closeouts (and a giant scrapbooking section – very nice). I obsessed over the picture frames for a while – I’m looking for a frame to hold a picture of Tobiah and I to put on this little table on the patio.

Once I was finished with frames I turned the corner and there is a rack full of silvery plastic flatware. What? No stampede for this stuff? This plastic flatware is called “Silver Spoons” (instead of “Reflections”) and it was a fraction of the price at $1.29 for a packet of 20. I bought 100 each of spoons, knives and forks; adding up to a whopping $15.48! I also bought their serving spoons & forks for the snacks and spreads and salads – for $.0.99 a pack, it was just a blessed moment of shopping.

Bonus – I found cute little baskets that fit the silverware very nicely. I’ll tie a ribbon around the basket, put a napkin or little cloth inside and BOOM, adorable flatware baskets for the food tables. I have enough budget that I could even put OUT settings on the table to look nice.

I was very satisfied. I also found a chipboard sign that says “cherish,” which I want to find a spot for (either in the house or out in the yard hanging from some ribbon or something sweet.

HAIR

As for my hair woes, Tobiah’s sister is a stylist. He put her on the phone with me and she gave me some ideas for the back – like pinning the hair across the back in an “X” pattern, or pinning each curl individually. I need to take much more time with the back of my hair than I have been. I’ve been expecting too much from too little. More on that later. But you see how it came out today was not terrible, but I want it to get this right… Because I’m thinking I’m doing my hair and makeup almost for sure.

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