I’m on vacation at North Cascades National Park in Washington, and today we did a pretty tough hike with 2000 feet of elevation gain. The first 3.8 miles were all uphill on uneven rocky terrain and I’m not gonna lie, I got kinda cranky lol. But I persevered and I’m glad I did because the view from the peak was worth it!

This looks interesting! I will watch it later, but I just have to say I love their energy with the mic clipped to the spatula haha :)

Tips and tricks:

• Makeup goes bad, so keep an eye on expiration dates, especially for mascara. Look for a symbol like this:

The number tells you how many months you have from opening the product until it expires. I pay most attention to this for mascara - I don’t want to get an eye infection just because I was too cheap to buy a new mascara! For any other kind of makeup, if it’s getting older, I make sure it looks and smells okay before I use it. If the texture or smell of a product has changed, there’s a decent chance it’s gone bad, and I chuck it. Better safe than sorry!

• Always do your makeup in a well-lit area. It’s easy to overdo on foundation or blush if you’re working in a poorly-lit room!
• When starting out, you might want to try softer colors like brown mascara instead of black, or a soft lip tint instead of a bold red lip. Bold makeup is great but it takes practice to make it look good, so I’d advise waiting on bold looks until you have your technique down.
• There are tons of makeup tutorials on YouTube. I’d recommend poking around to find someone who has similar coloring to you and wears makeup that you like. One Beauty YouTuber that I really like is Angela Bright. She does a lot of tutorials with easy soft glam looks, and she really takes the time to explain what products, brushes, and techniques she’s using. Plus she just seems like a good human :)
• I mentioned this in another comment, but setting spray can really help your makeup last.

How to make blush look natural:

• Pinch your cheeks a bit and observe what color they turn. That’s the color of blush that will look most natural on you.
• Start with powder blush. Other formulations like creme or liquid take a little more practice but powder has an easy learning curve.
• Use a smallish to medium fluffy brush - something like the BK Beauty 112 is nice because the brush is small enough that you can be more precise with color placement.
• Depending on your face shape, decide where you want to place your blush. Commonly blush goes on the apples of your cheeks and/or along the upper part of the cheekbone. Here’s a little guide that might be helpful.
• If you’re doing base makeup, make sure you do that before your blush. Typically the order I do face products is foundation, then bronzer, then undereye concealer, then setting powder, then blush, then highlighter.
• To apply powder blush, lightly drag your brush across the powder, then tap off the excess. Using light upward/outward motions, sweep the blush across your cheekbones. Do one side lightly, then the other. Compare to be sure they’re even in coverage and shape. Build up as desired from there, but remember starting out that less is more, especially if you want it to look natural.
• If you add to much powder blush, you can gently wipe some off with a tissue.
• A downside of powder blush is that it can wear off kind of quickly, especially if you’re a more oily lady. To help your makeup last longer, consider using a setting spray.

Good luck!

I wear mascara! I don’t love the feeling of falsies, never could get used to them.

That’s a really pretty eyeshadow, especially with your eye color! And it goes nicely with the eyeliner color too.

You did a great job with the bottom liner - you have a good shape and stayed close to the lash line. For the top, it looks like maybe you had a hard time getting the eyeliner to make an even line, or maybe it wore off in a couple of places? Either way an eye primer might help. I use this one but any basic eye primer should do the trick. It’ll make your eye makeup go on more smoothly and stay in place longer (especially if you have oily eyelids like I do!). And I would recommend maybe using a little more pressure when you do your top liner - it’ll help make a more defined, even line without skips. It shouldn’t hurt obviously but it does take some getting used to the feeling of pressure on your eyeball when you do your liner!

I hope this helps :)

That’s interesting, I’d always wondered if safari was all it’s cracked up to be.

My initial thought about deep diving is no way, I’d be too anxious, but on second thought - yes, as long as I had time to familiarize myself well with the equipment and what to do if I panic!

I read that book, it was super informative! My GYN recommended it. I’m going through peri and have recently started HRT. It’s amazing how little we’ve been taught about this phase of life.

Now if only there were a book on finding the perfect chunky necklace…

Like Corey Feldman and Dan Levy had a deeply awkward baby

We stayed at the “resort” where the wedding took place. We didn’t bother doing any research about it because we figured the couple would’ve done that and chosen a nice place. Holy crap were we wrong! This place was a glorified motel, the rooms were full of black mold, our toilet wasn’t really adhered to the floor, the beach stank like a sewer, the “gym” was just a dust-filled guest room with an elliptical, an exercise bike, and a broken treadmill…I could go on but suffice to say it was a really awful experience. And we’d paid like $600/night!

I’d love to see Spain someday! Everything I hear about it sounds lovely.

I’ve made tons of accessories! I used to make all kinds of beaded jewelry - earrings, necklaces, bracelets. I’ve also made some wallet chains out of chainmail rings.

Have you ever made your own clothing?

I would! But I’d probably be on the lookout for spiderwebs the whole time 😬

Would you ever go on safari?

Would you ever go skydiving?

Yeah I went to St. Thomas for a wedding a few years ago. It was pretty crappy and I wouldn’t go back.

Have you ever been to a country with a primary language different to your own?

Ideally? Mature, secure, kind.

Ugh what a crappy choice to have to make. Your FIL sounds like an absolute jerk. If I were you I’d be inclined to blow it off but you just know you’ll be the ‘bad guy’ if you do!

Good for you! There’s no reason you should have to put up with that kind of work environment and sometimes management acts like people don’t have the guts to leave.

Jesus, that has to be deliberate.

Yeah I’m 5’0" and my husband is 6’4". I envy his ability to just order a burger at a restaurant and know it’ll fit into his calories for the day.

Yeah but viruses are obligate intracellular parasites - they can’t survive for long outside of a host cell and have to reproduce using the machinery of a host cell. I’m curious what this virus is parasitizing.

OMG her little goatee fluff 🤍