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Life So Far

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I’m just going to do a quick post before I head off to bed.

These past few days have been pretty hectic. A whole lot of arguments have taken place and so have good events, too. First off, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas out there. Maybe I’ll join you one day but for now, I can only wish you all the best.

I went to the shopping mall on Friday with Peter to do some Mother’s Day shopping and although we got what we were looking for, we both pretty much went home in a lot of physical pain. Who knew walking around at a mall could have us hobbling home by the end of the day … We got Mom a new Chanel lipstick, $100 worth of Bath & Body Works goodies, and an eyeliner from Clinique. (I just found out from her today that the lipstick seemed to look a bit too orange for her so that means another trip to the mall for an exchange. No!!!)

Since last Friday, I’ve been following the La Mer skincare regimen so hopefully, I’ll get a review on that soon enough once I get a few weeks into it. The ladies at Neiman Marcus were great enough to throw in a bunch of samples (hoping that I’d come back a do a La Mer haul) and I’m excited to try this brand out. I’ve heard a lot about La Mer and especially its Creme de la Mer and all its regenerative powers. After two days, I admit, the application is a pain but it ensures that the cream works, and also that I don’t end up using way more than I should. The dry patches on my face have definitely smoothed out and I find my complexion a lot more clearer/evened out. The refining scrub has almost two carats worth of diamonds in there. Sounds like a microdermabrasion to me and that is great. I’m hoping that La Mer works for me because that means I can stop my journey to finding the best skincare line for my very dry, sensitive skin … but, I’m also hoping that La Mer is nothing but too-good-to-be-true only because of the price. We shall see.

I got the Laura Mercier Flawless Skin Purifying Cleansing Oil while I was at Neiman’s and it’s working great so far. Very easy to apply and rinse off because all you do is apply a pump of the oil into your hands and massage it onto your face before rinsing off with warm water. According to the LM counter, this is a live oil so it easily rinses away and won’t cause you to break out. I’ll be the judge of that in a few weeks.

Mom, Peter, and I went out for dim sum this morning and man, it was packed. The food was okay although I wish I could be munching on something right now except for Twinkies.

Alright, I’m out and maybe I’ll be able to sleep before three tonight.

Playing Chemist Today & the Man Who Thought He Tasted Good

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I’m still impatiently waiting the day I get my hair colored and I have to admit, I don’t like waiting for things that I can do myself. Since last night, I’ve snipped a swatch of my hair and have taken the liberty to bleach and color it since I have a whole stash of hair color and lighteners in my bathroom. I like the results considering I started off with black hair (which was coarse and very-resistant) and now it’s a nice snip of light golden blonde with a few strands of bright golden blonde. I used 7th Stage Lightener with 30 volume cream developer as well as the bleach activator (ratio of 2:1:2) and it took about 45 minutes for it to lift from level 1 (black) to level 8 (light blonde). There were a lot of yellow undertones to it, but since I didn’t have any toner on me last night, I decided to lift it with a high lift blonde hair color that used blue and violet tones to counteract the yellow. The hair color has a nice consistency and I haven’t found any breakage or profound damage. I could add some copper brown lowlights and etc and I’m pretty sure I’ll definitely finish it off with toner but can’t do that now. So the swatch isn’t perfected yet. (yeah, I got lazy with lighting today so this photo will have to do.) Almost! Now, the hardest part is just deciding whether I should go ahead and do it myself or wait it out. Sigh … decisions, decisions.

I went and got my make up done this past weekend and so far so good. I swapped out my Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Foundation for the Silk Creme one since the Creme Smooth gave me a bit of an orange, ashy tone which didn’t work out so well since I like everything done to my chest to match. So I’m a Sand Beige in Silk Creme and that stuff really goes a long way because for the past few days, I’ve only had to use pea-sized drops. I left after my hour and a half make up session and I ended up going back to purchase the Flawless Skin Mega Moisturizer also from LM.

It wasn’t until I got home that I realized that my moisturizer was for normal/combination skin. I honestly hate going back and forth to the same places but the normal/dry skin version was definitely worth it. It has a light peppercorn scent. I don’t know why but no one seems to mind so far. It moisturizes all day and even if I start flaking, the cream does its job by keeping it all together and virtually unnoticeable. The cream has sunscreen infused in it as well as the Silk Cream Foundation so it’s a plus when it comes to protecting yourself from the sun. Yay, great skin until 65! It’s a 1.7 oz. pot of wonders and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to continue saying good things about it a few weeks from now.

I got a gift from the Laura Mercier counter and it was a make up bag full of everything I would’ve wanted from the collection such as tightliner, flawless skin repair serum, loose setting powder and so much more. I’ve been using the repair serum in the morning and evening after I cleanse my face and follow with a nickel-sized amount of the moisturizer. The serum works wonders and I can already see that it brightens the darker patches on my face and it’s only been four days! I’ll be hoping to purchase it soon when I have $95 to spare (yes, it’s great but a bit steep).

Nothing much has been going on except for that guy who went and cut his finger off to cook it with veggies last week. It’s pretty rare to find a cannibal let alone a self-cannibal.

The man from New Zealand reportedly consumed his finger after giving it a good saute with some peas and carrots. The 28-year-old was not under any kind of influences and after visiting the hospital do they diagnose him as moderately depressed. Crazy, huh? I guess we all wonder what we taste like ourselves at some point in our lives. I just hope he’s done after this.

Look out for my upcoming post this Friday on hair stylist etiquette and how to get the most out of your hair salon visit!