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Someone needs to stop me from watching tutorial videos on youtube!

Only shirt we could find was a medium, but it was stretched out – and the cutting opened it up even more – so it's fits my XXL shape well-enough. Still wouldn't wear it in public though, because I hate the color. Oh well!

Love my Omelete Ease, one of the best kitchen utensils I've ever bought.

Think it's time for a new one, though! Whisky, the egg on the handle, has lost almost all the color from his beak.

So I watched this easy Newspaper Nail Art tutorial the other day, tested it out, and it worked great! Then I thought to myself... "You know, self, they also print photos and art in the newspaper, in color! Do you suppose that would transfer as well?"

Apparently the answer is yes.

Quite like how grainy and subtle they turned out. If you look closely, you can actually SEE the pixilation.

Pro Tip : Use a light touch when putting on the top coat or the brush will rub off the newspaper ink! Example: my thumb in the second picture. And please ignore the bad paint job in general! I'm not great at painting and I was doing this in the dark, to boot.

All patterns taken from a photo of one of Shepard Fairey's wheat-pasted Wynwood murals - featured in El Sentinel

How To : Make Your Own Lipstick/Lipgloss

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1) Petroleum jelly, however much you'd like 2) Scrape some old/used eyeshadows onto jelly until you get a color you'd like (I actually did this in a separate cell, and THEN mixed it with the jelly, so I could blend the colors thouroughly.)

If you want a gloss, use less eyeshadow. I noticed the matte colors also aren't as sharp, so use those. 

If you want a lipstick, use more eyeshadow, to the point where you start to think you've actually used a little to much. Glittery colors seem more highly pigmented. 

3) Add peppermint extract for flavor. (And tingle!) 4) Mix together 5) Melt in microwave 6) Spread into container. (I used a $1 e.l.f compact, and it was VERY MESSY, but totally worth it.) 7) Done! You've officially made your own lipstick.

I can't seem to make myself do anything productive or even vaguely interesting... I'm so bored.

This is how I roll now, I watch Awkward. and Girl Code while I paint my nails.

(Laziest gradient nail EVER. I didn't even stipple both colors, just painted a couple layers of the base color and stippled the accent on top. They're gorgeous in person, but I had trouble getting the camera to pick up the color variation.)

Gradient Nails, EASY

All of the gradient nail tutorials on youtube were way too labor intensive for me, until I finally found one that was just two stripes of color on a makeup sponge, stipple & repeat until you get the desired coverage. FINALLY! Something I could see myself spending a few minutes on!

I grabbed a packet pf makeup sponges today, months later, and tried it out. AMAZING! But now I can't find the video that taught me. This one comes closest.

    P.S. Right hand included for posterity, even though it looks shit. The left hand looks fantastic in person, though! More so than it does in the photo. I should have switched to the other side of the sponge when I started on the right.