Just desserts

Hi everybody..Hi Doctor Nick!

Yes, I'm feeling a bit gay today due to the weather and the general sun-ness outside.

Anyway, got something that I want to say but can't really tell anyone because it wouldn't mean anything to them.

Quand je suis une petite fille, I used to connais (huh, huh?) a girl who I will call S. S had a sister who I will call K and a mum who I will call R.

S always wanted to be a doctor and I always wanted to be a solicitor. We got the grades we needed and went off to uni. K wanted to be a stock broker and whilst we were at school she was always seen as the less brainy half of the KnS kinship. Anyway, R would always say that her daughter would make it and that I was wasting my time learning the law as it would never help me because I didn't have the smarts to use it (because I was really immature at school..and still am now).

Anyway, my older brother (M) wanted to be a financial whizz kid and R always thought that me and him would never make it as her kids were smarter as my mum let us run "riot".

Now K is about three years younger than me and has just graduated..the same year as her sister.

Last year, R told us that her kid was doing work exp in a bank (she was, I saw her work pass) and that she would go on to be a stock broker at the same place.

Now my mum phoned R the other day and R told her that K now wants to be........a teacher.

Now I'm quite surprised at this comedown and why R told my mum because she loves to save face. She would always say that K would get a better job than M and be the best at anything.

S has done what she set out to do and I am proud of her because that's been her goal since forever and she has done it.

Why did K become a teacher? You can do a lot in the financial field apart from broker stocks, a friend of mine went on to work for HSBC and she had a law degree.

My thinking is why the sudden comedown? The only reason I can think of is that she didn't get the grades she needed..but then R's story began to fall apart.

She had always told us that her daughter was doing stats and maths at uni but then she told my mum that last year she did some work experience at our old school and they had offered her a perm position..so what is going on?

I'm taking some pleasure in this because R and K always thought they were better than me and M when it turns out she couldn't cut the mustard.

HAHAHA IN YOUR DUMB OLD FACE.

I know that people might find that childish and what have you but I don't care.

This is what you get when you speech it and don't have the goods to back it up.

Even with a 2:2 she could have done something financial.

I cannot wait to see how this unravels.

Makeup and Quotes

I think I want to seem a bit more educated than I am so I will start putting quotes on the bottom of each of my posts, I'm not going to go back and do that because I've written a lot and I don't have the time or patience to do so.

Anyway, this post is mainly about makeup (I must however remember to label my posts because I keep forgetting).

I have an extensive range of makeup which I do use but not all at once. I am currently figuring out how to use powder blusher and keep it on your cheeks. Maybe I should add some background..here goes..

I got Selfridges vouchers for my birthday and went off to spend them, now I had to change my YSL Touche Eclat as it was too light, the girl at the counter changed it as I had never used it, I thought that whilst I was there I might as well use the vouchers so I bought a Lip Plumper (solely for the colour and the fact that the gloss wasn't sticky and some skin perfecter which I haven't used ONCE as it is expensive and I am saving it for special occasions). Anyway, you got to take a free sample so I thought I'd take the plunge and get some blusher (my thinking being that from the other stuff that I could take from the freebie box, blusher was the one thing I didn't have and that it complimented the other two, I could whack on the gloss, the perfecter and the blush..also, I've never had a blush before whereas I have copious amount of eye shadows and Marcello's, the only reason I wanted the M's was because of the funky boxing but I got a sample of that from somewhere else).

So, I've used the blusher once but I never know how much to put on..I must ask someone.

I asked two males that I know and they both said I don't need makeup, which is very nice of them and I tend to agree, I don't wear makeup to make myself look decent, I look OK without it, there are times when I go barefaced to work and most weekends I am not wearing any. I normally whack it on when I am going out for the evening or to a wedding/party/desi function.

Also, I've been asked by some people who read this blog what my essential makeup items are and they are listed below, by essentials I mean stuff you MUST have in your makeup kit, not stuff I MUST apply to my face everyday, so here goes..

1)Benefit Doctor Feelgood
This is the shit, I've got pores on my nose and the sides of my nose and this chappy goes on and fills them in, I get what I call "model" skin..it's like the skin of a mannequin, smooth and shine free..no pores. You have to re-apply it but not very often and application is a doddle too..you can't put too much on because you get a little sponge with it. You have to wash the sponge though as you get little bits on it. It's a little metal tin which I love (hard wearing AND hard working) and the balm lasts an age, I use this whenever I go out (gives me perfect skin without any makeup at all) and I have had it since January and I have not even made a visible indent to it. It cost me about £16 because I got a special offer in my skymag, usually it is £22.50 and it is worth every penny. The only downside for me is the smell, it's not overpoweringly horrible, just smells slightly of damp..apart from that, it's a winner.

2)YSL Touche Eclat
This is also the shit but people are always arguing whether to use it as a concealer or a highlighter..I think that's really confusing because the packaging says it reflects light off dark areas so surely you'd use it on your under eye bags? Well, I don't care..use it wherever, I use it under my brows and it makes me look really alert and different..I would exercise caution however as you need to push the applicator (YSL are very keen on this, my gloss has it and they have other glosses that do it and now also a nail brush) and it's easy to keep pushing and then see all the product come rushing out and fall on the floor. Also, a teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeny bit is all you need of this, all you do is dab it in and it sets in very easily. It's cheapest in Superdrug, shade one is £15 and shades two and three and £16.99.

3)Clinique Moisturiser Gel
Best..moisturiser..ever. Moisturisers dry areas, keeps oily areas in good nick too. £27 quid but I'd wait til they do offers, I got mine for £27 but with a free toner and liquid soap.

4)Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer.
I didn't want to pay 9 quid for this so I saved up my Boots points and it is the best thing ever. It's like a glue for eye shadows, you put the tiniest amount on, wait for it to dry and then put your eyeshadow on over the top. Your eyeshadow won't budge until YOU want to take it off. I will definitely be buying more of this in the future. The only word of caution is that if you have darker skin, don't put too much on as it will alter the colour of your eyeshadow, it does claim to make your eyeshadow brighter so exercise some caution there. Apart from that, buy it!

PS..

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.


That is all.