May 8, 2008

it was this or a boob job

I’m testing mascaras, again; the L’Oreal Lash Out has been working pretty well, except that it dries out after about three weeks and so I am constantly tossing the tube. On the one hand, it’s like six bucks at the drugstore, so it’s not a huge investment to buy a new tube every month, but it seems like a tube of mascara should last longer than three weeks.

I’m also experimenting, again, with water resistant but not waterPROOF formulas; I am still skeptical that there is a water RESISTANT formula that will actually stay on all day, but I am optimistic at heart. And I read in the new Lucky magazine that wearing waterproof mascara every day can dry out your lashes, which is NOT something I need to be worrying about.

At all.

Currently I am wearing Clinique’s High Impact Mascara, not because I have any insight about Clinique’s mascaras but because my mom recently bought so much stuff at the Clinique counter that they gave her THREE gifts-with-purchase, and she brought me one, and there was a mascara in the cute pink makeup bag. So after I read the dire warnings about waterproof mascara (it will make your lashes BREAK OFF! the horror!) I dug out this free mascara because why not? How bad can it be?

It’s not bad, really. Although by the end of the day, I do have a little bit of raccoon face going on. But since my day begins at 5:00 am and ends at like 10:30, it’s no wonder I have mascara on my face, is it?

Metalia has recommended Maybelline’s Define-A-Lash; she likes the rubbery brush, and I am charmed by the hot pink tube. She swears that she’s wearing it without any flaking or raccooning, and I believe her because she is a product goddess. So that’s on my short list as well.

Also! I bought a box of false eyelashes earlier this week! Because I’m not going to have a boob job, so I’m thinking that maybe longer, thicker lashes might be the key to eternal youth. But I’m a little unnerved by the fact that the lashes came with GLUE but not REMOVER. Should I be worried about that? How do I get the lashes OFF at the end of the day? Help me, Internet.

And recommend some mascara while you’re at it.

May 7, 2008

the Great Mascara Road Test returns

Things my random Clinique mascara has outlasted today:

Torrential rainstorm during carpool.

Half an hour of having Chris try to explain how I can change my blog’s header (still not changed! not Chris’ fault though).

Six minutes of the Today Show pointing out that mommyblogging is the Next Big Thing, and an Easy Money Maker! Plus the added bonus of Kathie Lee Gifford telling the world that she doesn’t know how a computer works and she isn’t sure Heather Armstrong should be talking about her daughter in such a public way — woo good thing Kathie Lee never talked about HER kids in a public forum (banging my head on the table repeatedly did NOT hurt the mascara! amazing).

Hair cut and color (it’s even this time! woo! and since I’m a “mommyblogger” I get to write about things like that).

Forty five minute conference call, during which I did laundry (multi-tasking, you all).

Eye doctor appointment for kid (because we don’t go to the doctor ENOUGH around here).

Playdate with cute neighbor child (honestly an extra kid is SO MUCH EASIER — like a wee affordable babysitter).

Tornado emergency, which included strapping the bicycle helmets on the kids and piling them into the bathroom, where Henry IMMEDIATELY decided he needed to pee and my cell phone stopped working and Charlie finally realized that tornadoes are SCARY SCARY THINGS.

The tornado emergency was the real test: 125 mph straight line winds! and actual tornadoes! in my neighborhood! or close at least, but it was hard for the Storm Trackers to see because of the torrential rain and the fog! Either way, it was hard not to wonder if we were going to die. Or just lose our roof. (Neither happened, although my neighbor and I are mad that we didn’t run out and push the fence between our houses over, because we really want a new one, and 125 mph winds seem like a fence disaster waiting to happen.) My mascara was most certainly tested to its not-waterproof limits.

Tonight, when Wade got home, I said, “These are the days that you should be glad we have a good marriage. Because under different circumstances, a storm like that very well could be the last straw.”

Oh no wait, the Today Show already WAS the last straw. My bad.

March 24, 2008

princess me

I got my hair cut on Friday.  The days of growing it out are over, my friends. We will all miss them I am sure.

Someday I might actually think to put some lipgloss on before I take the picture. Maybe.

Tomorrow, I am going back to have the bangs cut again, because that spot where the bobby pins are, on the side there? Is TOTALLY too long. And it’s driving me berserk.

I am a princess. Get used to it.

February 28, 2008

I want this hair (and also, we miss you Heath Ledger)

Michelle Williams at the 2006 Indie Spirit awards.

And now I am done talking about my hair. The end.

(Also, do any of you know about cream blush?  Fill me in, please.)

February 27, 2008

you can be my Nick Arrojo*

I’m turning 40 soon (does that make you nervous? because people get all wigged out when I say I AM TURNING 40, like 40 is some disease that might RUB OFF on them if I get too close). I’m not a midlife crisis kind of girl; I’m more of a mid-week or mid-morning type, because why save it up? Let’s just get it over with and move on. For me, 40 is just a really great excuse to have a party.

Or three.

I’m totally good with turning 40; I have a terrific marriage, two great kids, a nice house, an interesting career (of sorts). I also have terrific friends and family.

But I have TERRIBLE hair.

(more…)

December 21, 2007

i can haz madd ritin skilz

Laundry list, because the ACTUAL laundry is taking over my house and must be dealt with ASAP.

1. I am going to hire my father to come edit for me at my five million various blogs, because ONLY HE caught the ginormous typo in my last post. I have left it there for your reading pleasure (and also to test you because COME ON PEOPLE!). Good luck!

2. HeatherB is gone, after two days of living the Suburban Mommy life, which consisted of brunch out, a manicure and pedicure, a trip to SuperTarget, watching Backyardigans with the kids, Christmas shopping at a local antiques store, a playdate with my fabulous next door neighbor, and dinner and drinks with Shana and Whoorl. Feel free to imagine that EVERY SINGLE DAY of my life is JUST LIKE THAT.

3. We’re celebrating the Winter Solstice with a high of 67. Chris, that’s for you.

4. I got my hair cut this week. Somehow my stylist heard “leave the length but do lots of texture” as “MULLETMULLETMULLET.” It’s fine right now but in a couple of weeks I will look like an extra from Talladega Nights. If you live in the Oklahoma City Metro and have a stylist you really REALLY love, shoot me an email because I’m looking. Again. Dammit.

5. I ran into my friend Laura at the grocery last weekend; she said, “I have a new favorite mascara, thanks to you!” And that reminded me that I have something to TELL you about the L’Oreal Lash Out mascara! And then I forgot again! And now I am remembering! I’m still loving the Lash Out, BUT — the first tube I had dried out awfully fast (maybe because I didn’t QUITE get the cap on all the way one day, but still) and it was smudging a little, probably because I’ve been mixing a teeny bit of eye cream with my concealer. So I’ve switched to the waterproof formula, which I’m very very happy with, and I’m screwing the cap on Extra Tight every day.

And I think that’s everything! Or nothing, depending on your perspective. Either way, I’m all done now because that laundry’s not doing itself, apparently.