tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30671379369048857692024-03-19T04:48:20.070-04:00The Beautiful Life Of The Girl Next DoorFinding the beauty in every day life.Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-86951236815114739872014-06-17T08:01:00.000-04:002014-06-17T08:35:44.037-04:00What does a cancer patient look like?I know I have been the absolute worst blogger ever. I apologize. Today, though, I have something to say. A friend of mine, who I met through work, has Follicular Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She has recently been called a liar about the fact that she has cancer and actually took the person who called her a liar to her doctor's appointment to prove that she was telling the truth.<br />
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Why does this topic irritate me so much? Because I was also called a liar. So many times. Not by anyone I ever met in person but by people who could hide behind their computers and call me names. Because of this infamous picture (well, it feels infamous to me because it just pops up again and again haha).<br />
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So, in case you don't already know my story, I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at 26. No family history, no lynch syndrome, no real reason that I can figure out that I could have colon cancer. Stage IV. I googled survival rates and do you know what they told me? That, statistically, I had a 6% chance of being alive in 5 years. I'm sure if you heard that news you can imagine how that would make someone feel. </div>
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So what did I have to do treatment-wise? I had a left hemicolectomy where they removed the tumor from my colon, along with a foot of my colon, and the about 17 lymph nodes, 11 of which came back as cancerous.</div>
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I also started an intense chemotherapy regimen of 12 rounds of Oxaliplatin, leucovorin, 5FU, and Avastin. I went every other week for my infusions and had to wear a pump home (which stayed attached to my port) to infuse one of the medicines into my body over 46 hours. Here's a picture of me attached to my pump (they had given me a fanny pack to wear it in but that wasn't happening, I bought this bag from Target and it fit the pump in it perfectly). </div>
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I also had a liver resection, which included removing 60% of my liver.</div>
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I thought I was done with chemo when I took the infamous picture. My oncologist changed his mind and decided to then have me to 11 rounds of Xeloda (the chemo pill) and Avastin (which I had to have infused through my port).</div>
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I had a few hiccups and hospitalizations (and an emergency surgery) along the way but this is the shortened version of my story, which took place over about 17 months.</div>
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I went through what felt like a lot. My body's internal strength was tested to the extreme. But what did I look like when I was going through this? Allow me to show you. These are all pictures taken while I was on my intense chemo regimen.</div>
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I look like a normal girl, right? I am normal girl. I just happen to have had cancer. Do I look like what you picture when you imagine someone with stage IV cancer going through active treatment? Probably not.</div>
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Guess what? Cancer doesn't always look the same. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">You do not always lose your hair</span></b>. Let me repeat, you do not always lose your hair. Yes it happens a lot, but not all of the time! My hair thinned out but I did not lose it all. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">You do not always get emaciated.</span> </b> Again, yes, this does happen, but not always. In fact, a lot of people actually gain weight on chemo because of the steroids they give you.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">There is no rule that says you cannot wear makeup or jewelry.</span> </b>A huge reason people decided I was not telling the truth is because I wore makeup and jewelry to chemo. My oncologist never told me that was against the rules and I have yet to see a study how makeup and jewelry can interfere with how well chemo works.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">You can wear your own clothes to chemo</span></b> if you go to an outpatient cancer center like I did. I was not admitted to a hospital to have my chemo given to me. I'd show up, they'd do my infusion, I'd leave that same day and come back a couple days later to have my pump unhooked. </div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">You can still try to live your life normally. </b> Cancer can be very overwhelming and can easily consume your life. If you try to keep things normal and do things you would do even if you didn't have cancer, it makes you feel more normal, despite everything else going on. There are definitely days when you don't feel well but trying to live like a normal person makes things a little better.</div>
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So why do I feel the need to write this all out? Because it drives me mad that people, who have no idea what it's like to have cancer, feel like they can call people, who are fighting for their lives, liars because we don't look "sick enough." Why do I have to look "sick" for you to believe me? First, what does sick look like? And why is it that me looking sick would make you feel more comfortable? Does it make you uncomfortable because if a normal looking girl can get cancer, that means that you could too? You could. Anyone can get cancer. It does not care how old, young, strong, healthy, you are. You could be a vegan marathon runner and somehow still end up with cancer. Anyone could have or get cancer. </div>
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And before you go calling people liars, how about you educate yourself and find out the truth. Put yourself in our shoes. We have fought, with everything our bodies have, to live and you're looking at us saying, "no you didn't." Based on what? The fact I still have hair?</div>
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I am currently cancer-free, by the way. This is me holding my latest scan results (wearing my awesome shirt from Stupid Cancer)!! </div>
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I am appreciative that God gave me this challenge in my life because it has made me so aware of how misinformed people are about cancer and cancer patients. I'm doing what I can to change that. </div>
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Let's start off by saying I was sooo excited for this palette. I looked at swatches and reviews from the people who get sent palettes to try and review before they're for sale. I saw it and immediately thought what an awesome bridal palette this would be. And it is.<br />
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This palette retails for $52. $52 sounds like a lot but when you think about the fact that you're getting 12 full-sized Urban Decay shadows, which retail for $18/apiece, you're actually saving $164 by buying them in a palette.<br />
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What Urban Decay (I'm going to call them UD) says: "pale neutral-pink matte satin"</div>
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What I think: their description is pretty good, but there's just the slightest hint of pink in there, it's really a good neutral color.</div>
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What UD says: "pale metallic pink shimmer with iridescent micro-glitter"</div>
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What I think: This shadow is no bueno. The color itself is really pretty. However, it's kinda chalky and you really don't get any kind of color payoff from it. It really is like pink fairy dust, as you're left with a light pink glitter.</div>
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What UD says: "light pinky-peach satin"</div>
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What I think: I'd call it more of a shimmer, but it's pretty.</div>
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What UD says: "light dusty rose matte"</div>
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What I think: Gorgeous color. I love this one. It's a purple-based pink matte shadow. It's beautiful.</div>
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What UD says: "metallic rose shimmer with silver micro-glitter"</div>
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What I think: This is not a glitter like their other glitters. You can barely see it. So it's more just a shimmery shadow. I love the color.</div>
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What UD says: "light metallic pinky-copper shimmer with tonal micro-glitter"</div>
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What I think: It's a coppery-rose gold with glitter. Not my favorite color in the bunch but I'm also not huge on golds. I don't love UD's Half Baked shadow either, which is in both of the other Naked palettes.</div>
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What UD says: "medium pinky-brown matte:</div>
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What I think: This color is probably my favorite color in the palette. This and "Limit" are. These mattes are really smooth and blend really, really well. This one is great for adding depth to the crease.</div>
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What UD says: "medium metallic mauve shimmer"</div>
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What I think: It's a pretty shimmery color for a smokey eye.</div>
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What UD says: "pinky-brown satin"</div>
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What I think: I love that this isn't super shimmery, just slightly. Another great color for a smokey eye.</div>
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What UD says: "metallic taupe shimmer with slight pink shift"</div>
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What I think: I guess if you look really hard, you can see the pink in there but it's basically a taupe color. Quite shimmery.</div>
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What UD says: "deep taupe-mauve satin"</div>
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What I think: It's a shimmery dark grey purpley pink color haha. Does that make sense? This photographed less purple than it looks in person.</div>
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What UD says: "smokey black matte with rosy red microsparkle"</div>
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What I think: To me, it doesn't look black. It looks like a deep, deep reddish brown with rose sparkles. This color is WAY more pigmented than I had expected. LOVE this color! This color looks more black in the picture than it does in person.</div>
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I own all three Naked palettes. I was really excited about this one because it was different from the others, it was more specific. I do like it. I think the colors are all pretty and nicely pigmented (with the exception of "Dust"). However, here's my problem: I have used this palette many, many times and I have used different colors in different places, over different bases and I've really mixed up where and how I use the colors... all of the looks I have done look the same. I don't know how that's possible or why that is but it's true. No matter what I do, everything looks the same. I also wish there was a shimmery highlight color because "Dust" just doesn't work.</div>
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I still think this palette is an AMAZING bridal palette!! It looks great on everyone I've seen it on, from dark skin to light skin, blue eyes to brown eyes, especially green eyes. So it really is beautiful and neutral. Just don't expect to get a huge range of looks from this palette because I've tried and it hasn't happened haha. </div>
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So here's a bridal look I did when I got the palette:</div>
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And the color placement:</div>
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Now, how to do it:</div>
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1. Prime eyelid, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I have also already chosen to line the inner rims of my eyes, both top and bottom, with a black gel liner, I used "<a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eye-liners/gel-liner/makeup-geek-gel-liner-immortal.html">Immortal</a>" from Makeup Geek.</div>
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2. For good smokey eyes, you'll want to use a base of some sort to add some extra depth to your shadow, I usually use <a href="http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/nyx/nyx-jumbo-eye-pencil/16196&cat=0&page=1">NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil</a> in "Black Bean". Since I'm doing a blue look, I used a blue gel liner, "<a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eye-liners/gel-liner/makeup-geek-gel-liner-electric-1.html">Electric</a>" from Makeup Geek. I took this under my eye as well.</div>
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3. Top base with your darkest color. I used MAC's "Sea & Sky" mineralized eyeshadow duo, the darker color of the two. I made sure that I took this color high enough that you could still just barely see it when I opened my eyes (I have hooded eyelids).</div>
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4. Take a mid-toned blending color and place along the edge of your dark color. I used "<a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-purely-naked.html">Purely Naked</a>" from Makeup Geek.</div>
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5. Blend the colors together, trying to create an almost seamless fade from one color to the other. You will probably have to go back and add more blue, then more tan, then more blue, and so forth to get the blending right.</div>
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6. To make my highlight color stand out more and clean up the line of my brow, I add <a href="http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/nyx/nyx-jumbo-eye-pencil/16196&cat=0&page=1">NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil</a> in "Milk" (which I have melted into a little pot and apply with a concealer brush) under my brow.</div>
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7. Add highlight color on top of the white base. I chose "<a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-bling.html">Bling</a>" from Makeup Geek.</div>
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8. Go back with the tan color and blend that up into your highlight color, again trying to crease a seamless fade.</div>
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9. With my eye shape, I need a bit of depth in the outer v area so I added some black ("<a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-corrupt.html">Corrupt</a>" from Makeup Geek).</div>
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10. Blend that well and add some liner. I chose Motives Luxe Precision Eye line in "Jet Black."</div>
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11. Add mascara. I used Benefit "They're Real" mascara. This would be way better if I had felt like going the extra mile and adding false lashes!!</div>
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12. Now it's time to clean up around your eye. Brush off and fallout and clean up under your eyes. On top of brows use a slightly too-light concealer to help highlight the area.</div>
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13. Blend that out and set with a translucent powder.</div>
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Add simple face makeup and a nude lip and you're good to go!</div>
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Face makeup:</div>
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Revlon Colorstay for oily/combo skin "Sand Beige"</div>
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Maybelline Fit Me concealer</div>
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Maybelline Dark Circle Eraser "Fair"</div>
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Ben Nye Translucent Fair setting powder</div>
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Motives <a href="http://www.motivescosmetics.com/index.cfm?action=shopping.csProductDetail&groupID=8_CS_USA&cat2ID=USA22601&cat3ID=USA33324&groupIndex=5">Contour, Bronze, and Highlight kit</a></div>
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Lips:</div>
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NYX "Harmonica" lipstick (this color is seriously horrible unless you use a liner and top it with a gloss!!)</div>
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Buxom lipgloss "Debbie"</div>
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And then I put together this little picture tutorial with the highlights if you want to see it all together!</div>
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Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-43385015103749327362013-09-27T13:14:00.001-04:002013-09-27T13:15:01.370-04:00September Cancer Awareness!Ok, so I had this brilliant idea to try to, each month, raise awareness for the cancers whose awareness month it is by doing makeup inspired by their ribbon colors. I picked a difficult month to start this idea haha. September has eight cancers whose awareness month it is. That's crazy. So I decided to do this on my blog facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBeautifulLifeOfTheGirlNextDoor">(click here to check it out!)</a> and ask you guys to also contribute. I mean, I can't spread awareness all alone!!<br />
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So September is ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, gynecological cancer, and childhood cancer awareness month. So here are the looks:<br />
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Childhood cancer (gold): This is so important to me because I wouldn't wish cancer on my worst enemy, let alone and innocent child. If anyone in this world deserves cancer the least, it is a child. We lose so many children each year to this horrible, horrible disease. </div>
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Multiple Myeloma (burgundy): This cancer is important to me because it's what my grandmother died from. It's a crazy cancer that attacks the plasma cells of blood and shows itself in really weird ways. It affects kidneys and bones and other ways I'll never understand.</div>
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Leukemia (orange): Leukemia is a cancer of the blood. I have known quite a few people who have had leukemia. This affects people of all ages. My Uncle Brian had leukemia, he got an infection from having his immune system so suppressed from chemotherapy and that took his life.</div>
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Lymphoma (lime): Lymphoma is a cancer that starts in the cells of your immune system, called lymphocytes. My husband's coworker had a swollen lymphnode on his neck. After some convincing, he went to the doctor about it, the doctor said it was an infection and gave him an antibiotic. When the lump hadn't gone away, my husband convinced him he needed to get it looked at again (this was shortly after I was diagnosed). So he did. It was Hodgkin's lymphoma. Luckily it was caught early and he's ok after chemotherapy and radiation.</div>
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Prostate Cancer (light blue): Researching a little bit, I found out that prostate cancer is diagnosed in 80% of men who reach age 80. That's insane! It is the second leading cancer-related death in men in the United States.</div>
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Ovarian Cancer (teal): There is no good screening for ovarian cancer, no preventative screening. Women need to pay attention to their bodies and listen to any symptoms they may be showing. Some possible symptoms include pelvic discomfort or pain, loss of appetite or feeling full quickly, changes in bowel or bladder habits, low back pain, etc.</div>
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Gynecological Cancer (peach): This includes ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers. Women really need to be as proactive in screening for these as they are in screening for breast cancer. These cancers are serious and they affect so many women each year! Go for your pap-smear (I know, they suck!) every year because you owe it to yourself to make sure everything is good!</div>
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Thyroid cancer (teal, blue, and pink): I have read that thyroid cancer doesn't always have symptoms so it can be really hard to find and diagnose. Thyroid cancer starts with a thyroid nodule, most aren't cancerous, but they could be. If you feel a lump in your neck, a swollen lymphnode, if you have a hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing or breathing, you should get it checked out. There's no need to play around with something like that!</div>
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Fill brows in with pencil.</div>
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Here's what they look like when I've finished filling them in with the pencil.</div>
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Follow the bottom of your brows with the cream liner, creating as much or as little of an arch as you want</div>
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Fill brows in completely, covering the pencil and cream, blending everything together. I use the lighter color toward the inside of my brow and the darker color on the outside.</div>
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Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-49582907833970223572013-06-07T12:27:00.000-04:002013-06-07T12:44:03.357-04:00Super Sexy Smokey EyesI'm excited for this look today! It's been far too long since I did a look this intense. This look is not for the faint of heart because it is intense. I was inspired because my husband's friend shared a picture on facebook of porn stars without makeup and surprise! They look like normal girls. Weird, right? So I wanted to do an intense look to show that normal looking girls, who aren't "hot" can look sexy too. <br />
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A little preview:</div>
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So here's me on a day without hardly any eye makeup at all:</div>
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Here's me on a more normal day:</div>
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And here we are with porn star inspired makeup (minus false lashes because I didn't happen to have any), with a bit of a twist:</div>
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Here's a picture where you can better see the "twist"</div>
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I stinkin love this look. It's smokey but not your normal black, smokey eye.</div>
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What I used on the eyes:</div>
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All colors by Makeup Geek:</div>
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Corrupt (matte black)</div>
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MUG gel liner in "Immortal"</div>
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A mixture of Revlon Colorstay and L'oreal True Match foundations to get the consistency and color I need</div>
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So do I think I look like a porn star? No. Maybe if I had some false lashes. But I think this is a very sexy, beautiful look. I LOVE the "Utopia" pigment. It's so beautiful and it really adds something to this look! Would I wear this look to my daughter's school? Probably not because I'd definitely get judged haha and people would wonder what I did for a living haha. If it's too much for a normal day-to-day look for you, it'd be perfect for Halloween, when you're dressed up as a sexy (insert whatever costume you choose)!</div>
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Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-46407546761304618842013-05-24T11:51:00.000-04:002013-05-24T11:58:06.618-04:00Summery neutrals with some sparkle!I really wanted to use Makeup Geek's "New Year's Eve" pigment in a look. I was trying to figure out how and I thought it would look really great in the center of your lid. So I went with that feeling and did this look with that as my inspiration.<br />
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And here is the look I came up with! I tried to create depth within my bone structure.</div>
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1- "New Year's Eve" pigment</div>
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2- "Glamorous" shadow</div>
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3- "Frappe" shadow</div>
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4- "Brown Sugar" shadow</div>
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5- "Cocoa Bear" shadow</div>
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6- "Beaches and Cream" shadow</div>
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I used Milani Liquid Eye Eyeliner in "Black", which I set with Makeup Geek shadow in "Corrupt." My mascara is Rimmel Scandaleyes Mascara in "Extreme Black." On my lips, I have a new (well, new to me) lipstick. It's Rimmel's Lasting Finish by Kate in 101. It's a super pretty natural pink color. I topped that with MAC "Right Image" Cremesheen Glass.</div>
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I hope you like this look! It's so easy to wear and the golds and bronze colors are great for summer (plus, if you have blue eyes, it really makes them stand out!!)! I hope you all are having a great week and I hope you do something fun this weekend!!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-44795365780756932992013-05-22T13:10:00.004-04:002013-05-22T13:10:38.366-04:00Easy smokey charcoal eyes!If you read my <a href="http://thebeautifullifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/2013/05/makeup-geek-pigments-swatches-and-review.html">review of the new Makeup Geek pigments</a> the other day, you would have read that I couldn't wait to try out "Paparazzi" over a black base. So I got on that haha. This is how it looks!<br />
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I kept this look simple by using a white liner (NYX JEP in "milk") on my waterline instead of lining all the way around my eyes with black like I would usually do. I find this to be slightly less intimidating when trying smokey eyes.</div>
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What I used:</div>
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Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper</div>
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Makeup Geek pigment "Paparazzi" all over lid and a little on my lower lashline</div>
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MUG "Corrupt" shadow to set liner and add a bit of depth to my outer v area</div>
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Just an easy way to wear some smokey eyes! I hope you all like it! What's your favorite way to wear smokey eyes?Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-91166274927730773322013-05-20T11:29:00.001-04:002013-05-20T11:29:48.351-04:00Makeup Geek pigments! Swatches and review!Recently I received a message from a Makeup Geek employee asking me if I wanted to try out their new pigments. This was a no-brainer. I stinkin love pigments. They make me very, very happy. So of course I jumped at the opportunity to try them out! And since they are brand new, I figured it would be a good time to show them to you and tell you what I think about them!<br />
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It's the normal, cute Makeup Geek packaging, just in blue.</div>
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And here are the pigments!</div>
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These do not come with a sifter. So be prepared for that because you can make quite a mess! And just a note, some pictures were taken with flash, some without, some with both. I wanted you to see as clearly as possible what they look like in person. All swatches were done with no base. The left swatch is dry, the right swatch is applied wet, just using water.</div>
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<b>"Afterglow"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek site's bottom line: "Soft shimmery champagne"</div>
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What I think: I think the MUG's bottom line description is a fair one. Definitely one of my favorites. It's got a gorgeous shimmery glow to it!</div>
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<b>"Birthday Wish"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Shimmery light gold peach"</div>
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What I think: Definitely another favorite! I couldn't wait to use this one! I'd call it more of an orangey-peach than a gold peach though.<br /></div>
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<b>"Enchanted"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Light plum shimmer"</div>
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What I think: To me, this color comes off a bit more neutral than it appears on the MUG site. Still a beautiful color, though. I was impressed with how well this one applied dry.</div>
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<b>"Insomnia"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "A dark chocolate brown duochrome with blue/teal reflects"</div>
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What I think: Pretty color. I expected a lot from this seeing as how I have another very similar color from <a href="http://thebeautifullifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/2012/02/ive-got-dino-spotz.html">Glamour Doll Eyes called "Dino Spotz."</a> This is a beautiful teal color when applied wet, very disappointing dry.</div>
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<b>"Liquid Gold"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "True Metallic Gold"</div>
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What I think: It's not a pure gold, it's got a little olive in there. Definitely one of the best performers dry. A very interesting, unique color. Just beautiful.</div>
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<b>"New Year's Eve"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Light Gold Reflective Glitter"</div>
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What I think: Super pretty. Definitely more of a glitter than a pigment, but not a glitter that you need a glitter glue for. Would be perfect for a sticky base like <a href="http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/products/EYESHADOW-HELPER.html">Lime Crime's Eyeshadow Helper</a>. It's a great way to dress up everyday makeup. The worst one when applied wet, it got very streaky and milky.</div>
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<b>"Paparazzi"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Glittery Smokey Grey"</div>
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What I think: MUG's bottom line is a very fair description. It's a charcoal grey with glitter. It's super pretty! I can't wait to try it over a black base!</div>
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<b>"Prince Charming"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Metallic Cool Silver"</div>
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What I think: A true silver. Gorgeous, gorgeous color. I did notice, though, the more I rubbed the color onto my skin, the more apparent the black base of the color became, you can see it in the dry swatch. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of. If you don't want that to come out, be sure not to rub too much.</div>
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<b>"Sweet Dreams"</b></div>
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Makeup Geek's bottom line: "Light flesh toned beige pink with slight shimmer"</div>
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What I think: This is the least shimmery pigment of the bunch. This is perfect for everyday wear, as it's a beautiful, soft color. You can wear this anywhere and not look overdone. When applied wet, it really brings out the gold in the color.</div>
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What I think: This color is to die for!!! Love love love. In the jar, it's very chunky looking, the more you pat it on, the more it breaks down into a more fine glitter. You need a sticky base for this, or to apply it wet. You will get fallout but it is so worth it. </div>
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Makeup Geek pigments retail for $6.99 for 1.4g of product. In comparison, MAC pigments retail for $21 for 4.5g of product, Sugarpill loose shadows are $12 for 4.5g of product, and since I mentioned them, Glamour Doll Eyes shadows retail for $6 for 2-2.5g of product. This chart is from the Makeup Geek site to show you how they compare:<br />
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However, I don't think this is a totally fair comparison as the bottom of the MUG pigments say they contain 1.4g of product and they did this math saying they contain 2g of product. You can check out their swatches and descriptions <a href="http://www.makeupgeek.com/announcements/makeup-geek-pigments-are-here/">here</a>.</div>
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Overall I think they're really great. I mean, it's not hard to sell me on pigments or loose shadows anyway as I just love them, I think they're so versatile! I actually like that they only have 1.4g of product in the jars because it will take me many lifetimes to use up the three MAC pigments I own haha. I will honestly have them the rest of my life and that seems almost wasteful to me.</div>
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I did a couple of looks using these pigments (I've done more than what I've photographed, I just don't always remember!). So here they are:</div>
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For this I used "Birthday Wish" applied wet on lid. I blended it up slightly with some dry "Birthday Wish." I used a little bit of MUG's "Cocoa Bear" shadow in the crease and I used "Afterglow" pigment as my highlight color as well as on my cheekbones.</div>
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For this I used "Utopia" over Lime Crime's Eyeshadow Helper primer (because it's such a good, sticky base). I blended that up using MUG shadows in "Pretentious" and "Hipster" with "Bling" as my highlight color. I wish this picture showed how sparkly and amazing Utopia actually is.</div>
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If I had to pick my very favorites that I say you must own they would be Utopia, Birthday Wish, Afterglow, Paparazzi, and New Year's Eve. The only one that I felt kind of let down by was Insomnia and that's just because it didn't apply as nicely dry as I was expecting it to.</div>
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I have been doing so much better wearing color. I'm proud of myself for getting back into it a little bit more. Still nothing crazy but I've definitely been playing more. This is just a basic green look that I did. <br />
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I liked this look. I thought it was pretty and wearable but still had a little punch of color.</div>
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Now I don't think I ever told you guys that in January I had a CT scan done. It's always so nerve-wracking to have one done. The last thing you want to hear is that they found something. As much as I felt they weren't going to find anything, especially since I had just finished my IV chemo, you just never know. So I met with my liver surgeon to go over the results and he came back and said everything is good. My CT scan review read, "no evidence of metastatic disease." I was thrilled. And then he told me that I could continue doing my follow-up scans closer to home if I wanted to and that I could forget he ever existed. I told him that it is impossible for me to forget he existed one, because he helped save my life, and two because I have some nice scars from him on my belly. </div>
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I'm really self-conscious to do this, but I'm going to show you my tummy so you can see what I mean when I say I can never forget him haha. So here it is:</div>
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The top scar is from my liver surgery. As you can see, it's a pretty decent sized scar. It goes up a little more than what you can see. The lower scar is from my left hemicolectomy and that goes down a little farther than my pants line. And then the random other little scars are either from my laproscopic surgery for my bowel obstruction or they're from drains from the more major surgeries. I'm lucky that apparently I'm a good healer. My scars have faded a lot. The lower scar is a little over a year old and it's really not terribly visible.</div>
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Now, on the day I got my CT scan results back, I was so happy. Until I went on facebook to post about it. There I saw that my husband's cousin had lost a friend to cervical cancer that same day. It is unbelievably difficult to be happy for yourself when someone else just lost their fight. And this is something I'm really really struggling with. I'm so so grateful for being cancer-free but I cannot understand why I am and other people aren't. Why did I respond so well to chemo and other people don't? I mean, yeah, I fought, but they fought just as hard as I did. Yeah, my family needs me but their families need them too. I almost feel guilty for being healthy when other people who have been through the same thing I have aren't responding the same way I did.</div>
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But I am doing everything in my own personal power to make sure my cancer doesn't come back. As I said in my last post, I've changed the way I eat and have started juicing and drinking a lot of green smoothies. So I thought I'd share one of my favorite juice recipes with you! I'm telling you, it's soooo yummy.</div>
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Oranges support your immune system, combat cancer, protect your heart, and support respiration. Sweet potatoes protect your eyesight (better than carrots, even), combat cancer, lift your mood, and strengthen your bones. Celery fights cancer, lowers cholesterol, aids digestion, alkalizes the blood, lowers blood pressure. And ginger fights nausea, maintains normal blood circulation, strengthens immunity. All of these ingredients do so much more than what I've listed.</div>
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And the main difference between juicing and smoothies is that with juicing, you remove all of the fiber. There are debates all of the time about what's actually best for you. I do both so there's no debate for me haha. Juicing helps you to directly absorb the macro-nutrients in whatever you've juiced since your body doesn't have to break it down. This is great for people who have digestive issues. One of the benefits of smoothies is the fact that it does have the fiber and it slows the rate at which you absorb the sugars and your blood sugar won't spike like it could with a juice.</div>
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One of my followers, Sylvia, suggested I read "Eat to Live" and I fully intend on doing that! Any other recommendations are more than welcome! I really feel blessed that I've had support in learning what foods can do for me. One of my friends actually got her certification in holistic nutrition and she has been incredibly helpful to me. I'm always asking her questions haha. I've just been so frustrated with the fact that I specifically have asked all of my doctors and the dietitian at the cancer center if there were foods that could help and they all told me no, that nothing had been proven. I've learned differently. I was not looking to substitute the chemo, I just wanted something in addition to the chemo to help my odds.</div>
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I want to thank you all for being so amazing to me throughout everything I've been through. Your support has meant more to me than I could ever explain to you! Thank you all so much! I hope you're having a great week!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-76638052285698638112013-04-02T18:38:00.000-04:002013-04-02T18:38:10.729-04:00Where have I been?Gosh, guys, I suck. I haven't blogged in about 3 months. That's not good. But I have to be honest with you, I haven't been paying any attention to my makeup hardly at all. Seriously. If you can see my makeup in this picture, this is pretty much what I look like every single day.<br />
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Since finishing my IV chemo treatments, my focus has been on what I can possibly do to make sure my cancer never comes back. Being diagnosed at 26 and finding out you have a 6% chance of making it to 31 really makes you reevaluate some things in your life.<br />
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So what have I been doing? I have been researching the heck out of what I can eat or drink to make my body as inhospitable to cancer as it can be. I have watched documentaries like "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead", "Hungry for Change", "Forks Over Knives", and "Food Matters." I loved them all. After watching all of them and researching a bit online I have come to the conclusion that having a primarily plant-based diet is the way to go to give myself the best odds to keep this cancer away. <br />
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I bought myself a juicer ( <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breville-800JEXL-Fountain-1000-Watt-Extractor/dp/B0002VAFVG">http://www.amazon.com/Breville-800JEXL-Fountain-1000-Watt-Extractor/dp/B0002VAFVG</a>) and I juice fruits and vegetables about once a day. I LOVE my juices. I bought myself a NutriBullet (<a href="http://www.target.com/p/nutribullet-by-magic-bullet/-/A-13969043#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=nutribullet">http://www.target.com/p/nutribullet-by-magic-bullet/-/A-13969043#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=nutribullet</a>) and do a green smoothie about once a day. My other meal is usually something pretty healthy, I've found myself loving some quinoa. I eat it all the time as like a substitute for oatmeal with bananas, blueberries, and almond milk. It's so yummy! I've started venturing into Hispanic and Asian markets. I love them. They have so much more produce than the American markets do, at much more reasonable prices.<br />
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So lately my focus has been completely off of the makeup scene and totally into the healthy eating scene. I just really feel like my health and my family's health needs to be my main focus. I have learned so much about how food can help or ruin your health and so I'm really trying to practice relatively clean eating. I'm not going to become a full-on vegetarian or a vegan but I don't mind making more vegetarian or vegan choices.<br />
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However, I did do something a little out of my norm today for Autism awareness day. So here's what I wore today!<br />
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It's not anything super special but it's a lot more color than I've worn in a long time!</div>
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I would like to get back to blogging more but I'm not sure if my blog might shift focus a little more toward the healthy eating spectrum and little off of the beauty. I'm not sure. If you have any questions about what I'm doing, please feel free to ask. </div>
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Thank you, as always, for hanging in there with me! I appreciate you all so much!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-56243293243973931922013-01-02T09:42:00.002-05:002013-01-02T09:42:52.263-05:00Happy New Year! A fun look and a personal update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lid: Bleached Blonde</div>
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Mocha</div>
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Brown Sugar</div>
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Cocoa Bear</div>
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Goddess</div>
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Bleached Blonde</div>
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Bling</div>
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Then I topped the lid color with NYX glitter liner in Gold.</div>
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Eyeliner: MUG gel liner "Immortal" topped with MUG eyeshadow "Corrupt"</div>
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Mascara: L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black</div>
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Then I used a Makeup Geek Lipstick too in the color "Darling"</div>
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I thought it was a fun look, it was really dramatic and I hadn't done anything so dramatic in quite a while so it was a bit of an overload haha.</div>
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So now onto the personal stuff. </div>
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I am officially done with chemo IV treatments!!! The more days that go by of me being done, the more excited I get. Because I was going every 2 weeks for treatment so when I'd start feeling good again, it was almost time for my next treatment. But now I'm starting to feel good again and I don't have to dread going for my next treatment because I don't have any more!! I did find out that my oncologist wants me to take a chemo pill for 6 months though. The chemo pill is not supposed to be as intense as the IV treatments but there are still a bunch of side effects that could make me feel like poo. I also could still lose my hair.</div>
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If you follow me on facebook, you may have seen that I posted this picture of myself at my final chemo treatment</div>
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I posted that on my blog page mainly to let you guys know what was going on because I've been a terrible blogger and haven't updated my blog in a very long time. I also didn't want to keep changing information on you because my treatments kept getting pushed back. I didn't want to tell you I'd be done for Thanksgiving and then come back a week later with a "just kidding!" But anyways, somehow this picture got shared out of control. As of now it has over 255,000 likes and 3,471 comments. Completely out of control. I didn't even know that could happen. I wasn't trying to let random people know I'm done with chemo, I was trying to let you guys know.</div>
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What I learned from this picture being shared so much and with so many comments is that there are some really really incredible people out there who really just want the best for someone they don't even know. I got so many comments saying, "God bless you" and "Congratulations" and amazing comments like that. I also learned that people can be incredibly cruel. While the good comments far outweighed the bad, I got sooo many comments telling me that I should be ashamed of myself for posting this picture because it's fake. There's no way I went through chemo because I still have my hair. I look "too healthy" to have gone through chemo. I have makeup on so the picture is fake. I have jewelry on so the picture is fake. I had people calling me names. Some people said the only reason anyone cares is because I'm a, "pretty white girl." Which is complete nonsense!</div>
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My integrity was being called into question, it really hurt my feelings, and I really felt like I wanted to defend myself to every mean comment I saw. I realize that I don't have to. But who in the world would make up that they have cancer? Why would I go to a hospital and be like, "can I sit in your chair and take this picture with my fake sign please? Oh yeah, can I have a blanket and hospital bracelet too while we're at it?" It makes no sense. And I feel like if people educated themselves a little bit they would realize that not all chemotherapy drugs are the same. They don't all make you lose your hair. I responded well to chemo. I'm very lucky and I realize that. </div>
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But people were saying, "nobody looks that good at chemo." Well you know what? I was feeling good the morning of chemo so I got up, showered, did my hair and makeup because that's what I do. I don't go in public without at least some makeup. I'm sure as heck not going to let my husband take my picture if I don't have makeup on, let alone post it on facebook. If I had my husband take my picture the next day, you would see a completely different girl. I would look tired. I wouldn't have makeup on. My hair wouldn't be done because that's what chemo does to people. I have enough time in between my treatments where I get back to feeling like myself again so the mornings of my chemo treatments I feel fine. It's the next 5-6 days where I feel like crap.</div>
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I just needed to get that out haha. Thank you for listening to my little rant haha. I appreciate every kind comment so much. I couldn't understand why these people who have never heard of me or seen any of my makeup before this would care so much and their kindness blew me away.</div>
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I feel so lucky and blessed that I get to start 2013 being cancer free with no IV treatments left! I feel blessed that I get to see 2013 at all because things could have been very different. I'm going to ask you, as a personal favor, if you ever see a picture floating around facebook and you might think it's fake, please don't make nasty comments because you never know what someone is actually going through.</div>
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I wish you all the best in 2013. I'm so excited to see what it has in store!!</div>
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Thank you all for being the best followers ever!!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-83698043834973408302012-11-23T13:39:00.000-05:002012-11-23T13:39:41.146-05:00Makeup Geek Gel LinersMakeup Geek recently sent me four of their new(ish) gel eyeliners. I have been playing around with them since I got them. The liners cost $7.99 for 1.8g of product. To compare, MAC fluidlines cost $15 for 3g of product, so they're really quite similar in price per gram. So here are the colors I got:<br />
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<b>Immortal: </b> </div>
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What the MUG site says the bottom line about this color is, "A true intense black color with a matte finish."</div>
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I think this is a great basic black gel liner. I've never had any issues with a black gel liner (I've also used L'oreal HIP, MAC, and Bobbi Brown) and I wouldn't necessarily recommend this over the others or the others over this. It lasted well for me, but I did set it with a shadow as I always do.</div>
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<b>Electric:</b></div>
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"True royal blue with a matte finish."</div>
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This color, when used as a liner, does not come across as bright. Also this needs you to give it drying time. I used it to line around my eyes and it transferred like nobody's business. I learned that setting it with shadow before opening your eyes is a very good idea. This worked well for me on the waterline.</div>
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<b>Fame:</b></div>
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"A dark aquatic teal with a navy undertone and smooth shimmery finish."</div>
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My favorite. I love this color. It applied super smoothly and it's just the most gorgeous color. I had no issues with staying power on my waterline. If you have hazel or gold eyes, you NEED this color.</div>
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"A dark metallic golden brown shade with a smooth shimmery finish."</div>
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This is like a silvery-brown color. It's really pretty, I used it as a base, I haven't used it as a liner yet. But it applied nice and smoothly and it's a really pretty, interesting color.</div>
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Swatches:</div>
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And here are two looks I did using these.</div>
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A look with "Electric" as the star of the show.</div>
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What I used:</div>
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MUG "Electric" Gel liner all around my eyes and on waterline</div>
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MUG "Neptune" shadow to set the liner (they need a shadow color that better coordinates with Electric)</div>
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MUG "Bling" shadow on lid and as highlight</div>
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MUG "Stealth" in outer v area</div>
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MUG "Purely Naked" to blend up from Stealth</div>
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My second look. Using "Fame" and "Rave"</div>
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I used "Rave" as a base on my lid</div>
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MUG "Prom Night" on top of Rave</div>
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MUG "Latte" in outer v area</div>
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MUG "Beaches 'n Cream" above Latte</div>
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MUG "Shimma Shimma" as highlight</div>
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"Fame" gel liner on waterline, topped with "Ocean Breeze" and blended down into "Mermaid"</div>
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I definitely like these liners. I think they make great eyeshadow bases as well, they don't stay creamy like the NYX jumbo eye pencils do, but I didn't have any issues getting shadow to stick on top of them. Have you guys tried these gel liners yet? What do you think of them?</div>
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I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Thanks so much for taking time out to check this out!!!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-19000536324116565492012-11-16T18:36:00.001-05:002012-11-16T18:36:22.281-05:00Date night smokey eyeI don't know if I have ever told you or not but I ADORE the Naked palette from Urban Decay. I have both the first and the second ones but I use the first one way more (which I was totally not expecting). I never thought I would use it as much as I do, but I swear I use it like 5 times a week. So if you haven't gotten this palette because you think you'll never use it, I think you're wrong and you should get it. Totally worth the $50 I say.<br />
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Today I wanted to do something I thought my husband might like, something good for a date night. So I wanted dark dark eyeliner and to go relatively simple on the rest of my makeup. So here's the look I did.<br />
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I've done this color combo a million times before, I just tried to make my liner darker by going over it a few times and then going over it with the black shadow from the Naked palette. The colors I used from the palette are "Creep" (black), "Gunmetal" (grey), and "Naked" (tan). My eyeliner is Avon's Glimmersticks Liqui-glide eyeliner in "black." On my lips I have a mixture of "Interlace" and "Femme" OCC lip tars topped by Anastasia lipgloss in "Barely" (great color, HORRIBLE applicator).</div>
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So that's my super easy date night look. According to my husband, "it's cool" so I'm not sure what that means. But I like it so that's all that matters! Well, I hope you guys like it too haha!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-2550883176150505902012-11-14T11:45:00.001-05:002012-11-14T11:46:08.784-05:00I have been gone for way too long!Hey guys! Thank you if you're still out there and reading this. I know I've been the world's worst blogger and I do apologize. If you follow me on facebook, you'll know that I had to have surprise surgery in October for a partially obstructed small bowel (which is NOT a fun thing to have, by the way, I puked my brains out. I lost 10 lbs of just water weight and it took bags and bags of fluid just to get me peeing again). But I'm healed from that and am back on my chemo schedule. <br />
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After surgery I tend to get into a slump because I don't feel well so I don't really wear too much makeup and then I get used to not wearing makeup so I just kinda don't. And honestly, my skin has been a wreck so I figure even if I do good eye makeup you won't notice because my skin is so gross. Darn steroids. So today I decided for the first time in way too long that I would try something at least slightly artistic. I don't have many good pictures of it but here it is!<br />
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So that's my creativity for the day haha. I haven't worn this much color or this extreme of a look in a very long while so I feel like I look kinda crazy. This used to be kind of tame for me too. Who would have thought the day would come where it would be a struggle for me to wear eyeliner without thinking it looks like I'm overdoing it?</div>
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Thank you to all of you who are still sticking it out with me! My last unhook from chemo is scheduled for Decemeber 22nd so I should be done by Christmas!! Yay! I cannot wait for it all to be behind me and for me to get back to my "normal" life! Thanks guys!</div>
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And this has nothing to do with makeup but recently I did a 5k to help raise awareness for colon cancer. I really want people to know that it can happen to young people too (though that wasn't really addressed, they said, "If you love someone over 50, make sure they get screened"). So I have some pictures that my family, who are completely amazing and drove down from New York to do this with me, took so I thought I'd share them with you!</div>
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It was called the Undy 5000 where they encourage people to run in their undies to help raise awareness but I'm not really an undies-showing kinda chick so that was a negative for me haha. I wore leggings under the boxers they gave me haha.</div>
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This is the photo of my whole team. My team came in 2nd place for fundraising, we made $2,248! The first place team had 66 members so it doesn't surprise me that they won, we only had 9 members signed up to fundraise so I say we kicked butt!</div>
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The shirts my family had made up</div>
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Me, my sister (to the left), and my cousin</div>
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Most of the rest of my team</div>
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Me at the one mile marker!</div>
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Crossing the finish line arm-in-arm!</div>
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Me and my hubby!</div>
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With the other 19 survivors, I got really emotional and had a hard time not crying. Who looks out of place haha? They kept looking at me like wondering why I was standing up there, I think they thought I was just confused haha.</div>
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It was really fun. I didn't realize I'd have a good time walking 3.1 miles just to do it but I really had a good time. And we raised so much money, I'm so proud! My time wasn't very good but I finished in under an hour so I guess that's not terrible haha. Good thing I wasn't in it for the race, I was just in it for the experience and to raise some awareness that this happens to young people too! It is easier to prevent if you're older and get screened regularly but if you're young and something isn't right, get checked out!! </div>
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So that's my lengthy post for the day haha. I hope you guys are having a great week! Thank you, as always, for sticking with me through this whole thing. I promise it'll get better once I'm done with treatments and cancer-free! Here I am getting treatment number 8! Four more to go and I'm done (fingers crossed) forever!!</div>
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My lighting was super off because the lips look way darker in person!</div>
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I just thought the color "Pretentious" looked like such a fall color, it's a cool toned bronze color, and I thought mixed with the natural plum lip, it would be perfect for an easy fall look. Do you have a favorite fall color combo??</div>
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And I just got this Avon Glimmersticks Liqui-glide eyeliner and I really like it so far. It really does feel wet when it goes on, but it glides on like one of the Urban Decay 24/7 pencils. And it does not transfer. I have the biggest issue, because of my eye shape, with eyeliners transferring onto my lid and it drives me bonkers. That hasn't happened yet with this liner. I'll do a full review on it once I give it a bit longer of a trial but so far so good! </div>
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That's all I have for today, just a really quick post, but as always, thank you so much for your support! </div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-77762615107544752832012-09-19T12:03:00.000-04:002012-09-19T12:04:13.065-04:00New post! It's been a while!Sorry guys that it's been so long since I've posted anything! My daughter brought a nice stomach bug home with her from school that I caught and it messed everything up. My immune system couldn't shake the bug by itself so I had to be put on antibiotics and fluids and that helped but it pushed my chemo schedule back. I was supposed to be done the week before Thanksgiving but now my new goal is to be done by Christmas so I guess that's better than nothing.<br />
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Well for my birthday, I decided to check out the sale section on Sephora's website and I ordered a bunch of these <a href="http://www.sephora.com/prisma-chrome-eyeshadow-P298740">Prisma Chrome eyeshadows</a> because they were only $3 and I figured I couldn't really go wrong (there are only 2 colors left now but there were way more when I ordered). There's an orange one that's really pretty and I wanted to wear a bright pink lip (using OCC Lip Tar in "Anime") so I figured I'd go with simple orange on the eyes and this is the look I came up with:<br />
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Two of my shadows came broken (the orange one being one of them), they are pretty soft, but here's what the orange one looks like in the pan (they sure made a weird shape with them in the pans, almost like a wave).<br />
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From not really expecting too much from this, I was surprised at how much I liked it. I've been using these shadows quite a bit, a lot like how I used it here. Just super basic. I haven't even been adding a crease color lately. Gosh, what is wrong with me?? I need to get back to my makeup doing, I just don't feel like it, you know?</div>
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I did this look probably 2 weeks ago, just between being sick and chemo I've been really thrown off schedule. So I'm sorry for that and I really hope to post some more. Thanks for hanging in there with me!</div>
Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-48987243754152243112012-08-30T14:16:00.003-04:002012-08-30T14:20:39.671-04:00A reflective birthday post, completely non-makeup relatedToday's my 27th birthday. Because of the cancer I am so so thankful that I've made it here. I know some people don't believe in God but I do and here's some of why. Colon cancer isn't a disease they start looking for in people until they're about 50 years old so when I finally decided I needed to go to the GI doctor to get looked at, they made my appointment about 2 months away from the day I called. I knew I needed to be seen sooner than that. <br />
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I really wanted a female doctor because I just feel more comfortable with women. So I called the practice back and asked if they had a cancellation list or something so I could get in sooner. They didn't. So I started looking around for another female GI doctor who accepted my insurance. God sent me to Dr. Jyothi Mann. I was SOOOOO nervous and anxious going there, the preliminary questions they asked me made me cry because I was so mortified about being there and being asked such personal questions.<br />
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Dr. Mann was so incredible, she didn't do a physical exam on me at all because she must have known if she had, I would have been so scarred, I wouldn't have come back. I feel like most doctors would have said something like, "well, let's change your diet and see how that goes. We'll see you back in a couple of months." I didn't have a couple of months. She saw me back 2 weeks later for a colonoscopy, the one that saved my life. <br />
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I never cancelled the inital GI doctor appointment and when they called to confirm that appointment, I was on my second round of chemotherapy. I had already had surgery to remove the mass from my colon and was on the road for treating the rest of the cancer in my system. <br />
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Another thing that has proven to me that God is real is that I am in one of the best locations in the country for cancer treatment. People fly in from other countries to have treatments done where I live. I couldn't understand for the longest time why I got moved from my life in New York (Upstate, not the city) and my family and friends but after finding out about the cancer, I know why I'm here.<br />
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I just am so grateful every single day for God putting me where he has. It's not been easy by any means but since this has happened, I'm so glad that it's happened the way it is. The only thing I would have changed is me being stupid and not going to the doctor sooner. I was just too embarrassed. Lesson learned. I may not have made it to my 27th birthday if I hadn't been sent to Dr. Mann, if I had waited and gone to the other doctor, I honestly feel like my issues would have been brushed off because of my age. Luckily Dr. Mann was sensitive enough to my feelings that she must have known if I was there, it was for a reason. She has followed me every step of my treatment and has been such a huge encouragement for me. I can't rave about her enough.<br />
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I really just typed this out for myself but thank you for reading it if you have. Things may happen and we may not know the reason for them but there is a reason, rest assured.Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-56494900393172787242012-08-30T13:42:00.001-04:002012-08-30T13:46:01.658-04:00BFTE Giveaway Winner!The winner has been chosen for the "Get the Look" mini set from Beauty From the Earth! And the winner is Claudia Amaya!<br />
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A while ago I had asked you guys is you may be interested in a "come to chemo" post where you can see a little bit of what goes on during a chemo treatment. Well after I asked that, my doctors took me off of chemo so I could have my liver surgery. But I'm back on it now so I figured I could show you how it goes.</div>
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So the first thing to really prepare for chemo is to numb my port (also known as a portacath). Now you may not be familiar with what a port is. I know even after they put mine in I was still confused as to how it worked. It's basically a small ball that they place under your skin in your chest that has a catheter tube that they connect to a vein where they can directly put the chemo medicine. They access it by needle, it doesn't remain open or anything. They placed mine quite low or I'd show it to you, I think they placed it so low because I'm young and they figured I'd want to hide it. They give you a prescription for lidocaine numbing cream and you use that and some press-n-seal plastic wrap about an hour before your treatment to numb it so you don't feel them poke you.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The first time the beeper goes off, you go back for "labs" where they'll probably poke your finger for blood and make you pee in a cup (they don't make everyone pee in a cup. I'n on Avastin and sometimes that can make protein spill into my urine and they want to make sure that's not happening). They want to make sure that your blood counts are where they should be and that you're healthy enough to continue with treatment. They'll give you another tube for them to draw blood from your port. And then they'll send you back out to wait for the beeper to go off again and then it's treatment time.</span>
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The first thing that hits you here is the smell. It definitely smells medicine-y. And this smell seems to get worse every time you go back, I think because of the negative connotation that goes along with it. Now they sit you down in your little treatment area and access your port. Then they'll draw that tube of blood (which they check for liver, kidney functions, and all sorts of different things with), and start your pre-meds (which are steroids and anti-nausea medicine).<br />
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Once that stuff all gets in, which takes a bit, they'll bring your chemotherapy medicine over from pharmacy (they mix it fresh for every person). The nurse gets to wear an awesome suit that makes you feel like you're contaminated when she gives it to you but it's just to protect her, so she doesn't get any medicine on her skin.<br />
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And then they hook up the chemo and let it infuse for however long your treatment is. My scheduled treatment time is 5 hours, which is one of the longer treatments, but here's what I look like all hooked up (I kinda look miserable haha)!</div>
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There's a tv and stuff, there's a seat for a guest so you don't have to be there all alone. And I personally like having a window seat, it lets me look out and see if there are squirrels or anything haha. They'll bring you heated blankets if you're cold and food or drink if you're hungry or thirsty. </div>
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So you sit there and entertain yourself until your treatment is over. Then for me, I have to take a pump with medicine home and let it infuse over the next 46 hours so they gave me a fanny pack but I couldn't deal with that so I got this bag instead. And this is how I walk around for the next two days (I sleep with the pump and everything, no showers because it can't get wet).</div>
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Two days later I go back and get unhooked from my port and hopefully my side effects from the medicine aren't too bad. Usually I get sick at least once, I get VERY tired (I sleep about 16-20 hours a day, I'm basically useless), my skin breaks out like crazy, and by a certain day the steroids makes me incredibly antsy, I can't sit still, I can't get up and do something, I can't do anything without feeling anxious. I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything cold for like a week so that stinks (it's because of the Oxaliplatin, by the end of treatment my own saliva is too cold for me to swallow and it hurts going down) but I don't usually feel much like eating anyways because when they tell you not to eat foods you like when you're on chemo, they mean it. I ate pizza my first treatment, I didn't get sick or anything. I cannot touch pizza now. It makes me want to vomit.</div>
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That's a little peek into what it's like to go to chemo. I hope it was helpful for some of you who were wondering. If you wear pretty makeup, you'll get lots of compliments! I wore a dark purple smokey eye and got so many compliments, I think they're so used to seeing people who feel sick so they don't feel like getting ready, which is totally understandable because most of the time I feel that way too but I rocked a smokey purple eye and everyone loved it! Yes, I wear makeup to chemo!</div>
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I used BFTE "Big Ego" for this with some other colors I can't remember for blending and highlighting.</div>
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They're all new and unopened (hence the lack of swatches haha).<br />
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"Don't let these colors fool you, they each have two sides. Each one of these duo tones shifts to reveal another color."</div>
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Beautiful- "Gold that shifts to pink" (see swatch <a href="http://thebeautifullifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/2012/08/bfte-swatches-and-look.html">here!</a>)</div>
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Riddle- "Golden bronze that shifts to green with hints of red"</div>
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In the jar this reminds me of Glamour Doll Eyes "Dino Spotz," a gorgeous duochrome color, which you can see <a href="http://thebeautifullifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/2012/02/ive-got-dino-spotz.html">here</a>.</div>
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Dew Drop- "Pinkish purple that shifts to greenish gold."</div>
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-58250887639118311462012-08-21T22:58:00.001-04:002012-08-21T23:00:11.808-04:00BFTE swatches and a look!I checked my email one day and found one from the owner of <a href="http://www.bftecosmetics.com/">Beauty From the Earth Cosmetics</a> (also known as BFTE). She had found a post I did a long time ago using some colors from them and she found out that I have cancer and she asked if she could send me some makeup to help brighten my day, which was completely amazing. I mean, makeup is the just about the best thing to help lift my spirits. So she let me pick a few colors and she sent me a 16 piece sample set. She did not ask me to swatch them or even use them on my blog, but I figured since I have them, I might as well.<br />
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So a 16 piece sampler is $29 and they come in a variety of either pre-selected colors or you can choose your own. They also come with an adorable little tin to store them in, which I think is awesome. So here are the colors I was sent in the tin:<br />
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"Glittery light gold brown (or Golden tan)."</div>
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I LOVE this color! It's the perfect mid-toned tan and it's super glittery!</div>
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"Deep shimmery wine"</div>
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This is indeed a deep wine color with purple and wine colored sparkles. Not my favorite applied dry, it really comes to life when applied wet.</div>
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"Beyond gorgeous silky smooth shimmery blackened teal. Wowza!"</div>
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"Warm red base with cool red shimmer, making this the perfectly balanced ruby red. Looks metallic applied wet, and this is fabulous for the lips."</div>
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I would say this is a warmer red, it looks almost orangey in these pictures. Definitely a pretty color, super metallic when you do it wet!</div>
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The photo on the website for this color does not do it justice at all. It's so pretty! One of my favorites! It looks pink in the container but as you blend, it turns gold. Especially wet, the gold comes out.</div>
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"Don't be fooled with how this butter yellow color looks in the pot. Applied wet an interesting and unique pink duo pops out, and yes, it's beautiful."</div>
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This is a gorgeous golden highlight color. Honestly this one was the worst one to apply wet, it got milky and streaky. I love it dry but I wouldn't use it wet.</div>
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This is such a unique color! It's like a burnt mustard copper color. SUPER metallic! Pretty both dry and wet but when applied wet, it really really brings out the metallic-ness of it haha.</div>
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A medium cool-toned green. Pretty, but not one of my favorite colors. Kinda disappointing when applied dry.</div>
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Such a pretty color! And holy sparkles! But they're not the obnoxious sparkles, they're the pretty sparkles. I love this one!</div>
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Maybe the satin finish is why this one is SOO finely milled. Not a problem, just an observation. However, this one was the most disappointing one of the bunch when applied dry. I'll definitely still use it because I just love the color, I'll just make sure to use it either over a good base or wet.</div>
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"Bright blue with very good coverage."</div>
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One of my favorite colors of the bunch. A nice cool toned bright blue. Beautiful applied wet or dry. Love it! I can't wait to see this color over a black base!</div>
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"Deep blue-toned purple with subtle pink shimmer."</div>
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Pretty color! I'm a sucker for cool-toned purples though. Not the best applied dry but again, I'll definitely use it!</div>
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A grey-ish purple. It looks periwinkle when applied wet. I tend to go for either dark or really bright purples so I don't see myself using this too much but it's still a soft, pretty color.</div>
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I wish this photographed as beautiful as it is in person! You cannot tell but the perfect mauvey pink color. I can see myself using this a lot, especially on neutral days! So so so pretty!!!</div>
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"Frosty light pink-peach."</div>
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It looks much peachier than it applies. It definitely applies more frosty pink. Another beautiful color though!</div>
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And now the full-sized containers. Here's how they compare in size to the samples. The samples have .5g of product and sell for $2.00 a jar and the full-sized have 1-3g of product and those sell for $6.50 a jar.</div>
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Holy hot pink! It's brighter than it looks in the pictures. This one was my daughter's favorite. She said especially wet. I like this color but I don't see myself wearing it a lot just because I don't really wear bright pink very often.</div>
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And finally, I have a simple neutral look I did using a few of these colors. I can't wait to play around with them some more!</div>
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Colors I used (all applied dry):</div>
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Lid- Sweet N Spicy</div>
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Highlight- Bubbly (I LOVED how gold this looked in person!)</div>
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So thanks, as always, for checking this out! I hope these swatches are helpful! I definitely am in love with some of the colors and would totally recommend them! Do you own any BFTE shadows? Which ones are your favorites? If I had to pick a top 5 from these it would be:</div>
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Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-84407264962558057302012-08-17T15:02:00.002-04:002012-08-17T15:03:33.519-04:00A rusty look! And a pretty look using the Naked palette!I've had this color from <a href="http://www.bftecosmetics.com/">Beauty From the Earth Cosmetics</a> called "Vamp" for a while now, it's a beautiful rusty color with some sparkles in it, and I really was itching to use it and make it the focus of my look today. So I decided to go with something bold but not overpowering. So here's the look I did!<br />
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And then I've seen this thing around called, "how much does my face cost?" or something like that where you figure out how much all of the makeup you're wearing costs. So I thought that would be interesting to see. So here's everything I used and how much it all cost (if it's a drugstore product, I'm going to put the WalMart price):</div>
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Revlon Colorstay Foundation "Sand Beige" $9.98</div>
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L'oreal True Match Foundation N2 $7.98</div>
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Covergirl Professional Loose Powder Translucent Fair $5.98</div>
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ELF Studio Blush/Bronzer Duo $3</div>
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ELF Studio Blush "Pink Passion" (HIGHLY recommended!) $3</div>
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Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser $7.94</div>
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Maybelline Super Stay 24/7 Concealer $6.48</div>
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Anastasia Perfect Brow Pencil "Blonde" $22</div>
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Anastasia Brow Powder Duo "Golden Blonde" $22</div>
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Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper $17</div>
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Makeup Geek "Purely Naked" shadow $5.99</div>
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Makeup Geek "Corrupt" shadow $5.99</div>
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Glamour Doll Eyes "Ancestry" mineral shadow $6</div>
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L'oreal HIP Chrome Liner "Black Shock" $8.47</div>
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L'oreal Voluminous Power Volume 24h "Blackest Black" $8.47</div>
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MAC "Creme Cup" lipstick $15</div>
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MAC "Boy Bait" Cremesheen Glass $19.50 (website price, I got mine at a CCO)</div>
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Wow. That's a lot haha. Though most of the products I use every day, really the only interchangeable things are eyeshadows and lip colors. So really it's not so bad. Gosh, now I wonder how much money I have invested in my whole makeup collection!</div>
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Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067137936904885769.post-3424483936241676442012-08-08T17:16:00.003-04:002012-08-08T17:16:58.446-04:00I'm back (with some looks and some other ramblings)!!Hey guys! It's been forever since I've done a post and I'm so sorry! It's just been so much harder to bounce back from this last surgery than I thought it would be and then not having a camera didn't make me more motivated to do anything. So I finally got a new camera (a Nikon Coolpix P500, in case anyone is wondering. I got it on Craigslist and saved myself $250!!) and hopefully I'll be able to figure it out so I can post more.<br />
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In all honesty, I haven't hardly worn eye makeup at all. Today was my second time wearing an actual colored eyeshadow and it was my third time wearing black eyeliner since my surgery, which was almost 7 weeks ago. So you haven't really missed much. But I do have two looks for you today. A colorful one and a neutral one. I'll go with the colorful one first.<br />
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I was feeling the bright blue today so I went with that. I didn't get very many good pictures but I do like the pictures I got.
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There's something I really like about just being able to see the color around the eyes, especially if it's such a bright color.</div>
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What I used for this:</div>
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Eyes:</div>
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NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in "Black Bean" as a base all over lid and under the eye</div>
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Makeup Geek (MUG) "Poolside" shadow all over lid and under eye</div>
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L'oreal HIP Chrome Liner "Black Shock"</div>
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MUG "Corrupt" to soften liner</div>
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L'oreal Voluminous Power Volume 24H Mascara "Blackest Black"</div>
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Revlon Photoready 3D Volume Mascara "Blackest Black" to add a little more definition</div>
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Eyebrows:</div>
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ELF Cream Liner "Coffee" to outline</div>
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Anastasia brow pencil "blonde" to fill them in</div>
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Anastasia brow powder duo "Golden Blonde" to soften the pencil</div>
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Lips:</div>
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MAC "Myth" lipstick</div>
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Revlon Lip Butter "Tutti Frutti"</div>
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And my neutral look. Since I was playing around with my camera, I figured I'd show you the pictures I took of my Naked 2 palette (which I used for this look), even though we all know what the Naked 2 palette looks like haha.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one isn't as clear but I didn't notice until I uploaded it. Sorry!</td></tr>
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And the look I did (sorry it's not the most exciting look ever!).<br />
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What I used:</div>
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Eyes:</div>
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Too Faced Shadow Insurance</div>
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All shadows from the Naked 2 Palette:</div>
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"YDK" on inner and outer third of lid</div>
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"Verve" on middle third of lid</div>
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"Pistol" in outer v and just above crease</div>
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"Chopper" above crease color to warm it up a little</div>
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"Bootycall" as highlight</div>
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L'oreal HIP Chrome Liner "Black Shock"</div>
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"Blackout" to soften liner</div>
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L'oreal Voluminous Power Volume 24H Mascara "Blackest Black"</div>
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Not the most thrilling look in the world but it was pretty and flattering.</div>
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And these are just a few more pictures I've taken since I got my camera two days ago haha. They're not of makeup though!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sullivan</td></tr>
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Well that's that! I start chemo again tomorrow. I have to do 8 rounds which puts me, as long as I stay on schedule, to be done with chemo the week before Thanksgiving. It's going to be a long 4 months but I will be SO glad for this to be over with. And I think it's going to make the holidays that much better knowing this will be behind me. You all have been so incredibly supportive of me. I cannot thank you enough for your comments and e-mails and comments on my facebook page. Even if I don't respond, please know that I do read what you write and it means so much to me. I really cannot tell you enough how much it means to me. So thank you so so much!<br />
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And hopefully the chemo won't knock me down too much so I can keep posting! Thanks all for reading this!!! I hope you're having a great week!!</div>Starryskies214http://www.blogger.com/profile/05798977317316474265noreply@blogger.com38