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    DanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1Aimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:10pm

    We had an open thread last week about beauty stuff, and I’m willing to keep an eye on this again this week, so please post any new stuff (thank you all for the Konjac sponge recommendations, which I’m definitely going to buy), and any questions. I’ll watch for people who are greyed with legit questions.

    I’m been on steroids for a bad infection, which my body would like to be addicted to, so I’m not looking forward to transitioning off them, but they have made some weird changes to my skin and body, mostly good. So it’s been an interesting skin care week for me.

    I’m been sick, so no air perm yet. I’ll update when it happens.

    How are the rest of you?

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      AntisocialJusticeWarrior is not Anti-SJWDanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1
      3/12/16 7:15pm

      Damn I just posted my own version of your comment so I’ll delete mine and move here!

      ETA: Ok so I know this is super old news to everyone else but GUYS I FINALLY GOT THE NAKED 1 PALLETTE. IT’S SO PRETTY. I finally took the plunge after lusting after it for 4 years and I have zero regrets.

      Also thank you to the commenter in last week’s SNS that suggested Bow n Arrow liquid lipstick from Kat von D. I finally have a brown-ish nude matte lipstick that looks good on me!

      Here’s a picture of my Sephora splurge from last week (I highly recommend the Living Proof dry shampoo as well, I only have to wash my color-treated hair like once or twice every two weeks now). Bonus laser cat in photo.

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      Tragically STILL GRAYDanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1
      3/12/16 7:17pm

      I am growing out my eyebrows and one of them has a little bald spot that I think is there forever now (thanks high school me for thinking razor thin eyebrows were the way to go!). I bought an eyebrow pencil for the first time and it looks great if I really take the time to do it but I’m also not sure how to shape my eyebrows now that they’re pretty much grown out (I’ve done minor maintenance but have been growing them out since basically New Years). Any eyebrow experts?!

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    Butter Nutter MilkshakeAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:14pm

    Emily the Magnificent took two pretty pictures this week. I am posting both for the benefit of anyone who wants a kitty fix.

    I haven’t been able to sleep since I got up at 7:00 yesterday. I am binge watching The Good Wife, but I want a pizza to be brought to me, and all the deliverable pizzas are 25 bucks.

    Why won’t my food just cook itself?

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      mscoffeeButter Nutter Milkshake
      3/12/16 7:18pm

      hi pretty Emily! I love the Good Wife, hope you’re enjoying :)

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      MarillenbaumButter Nutter Milkshake
      3/12/16 7:25pm

      OH MY GOODNESS WHAT A PRETTY KITTY!!!!!

      And I feel you on wanting the food to cook itself. 25 dollar pizza is bullshit.

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    LOREM IPSUMAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:04pm

    Hey Jezzies, whatcha drinking? Vernors and codeine cough syrup for me! This gal has bronchitis! I’m loaded up on antibiotics, steroids, tesslon pearls and cough syrup. Ah, the joys of living with an ER nurse.

    I had to finally give in and upgrade my car, Rhonda, today. She’s going to that big parking lot in the sky. Now I have a 2016 Honda Civic, and her name is LaFawnda. She drives like a dream, too. And I must say, car salesmen are legitimately my favorite people. They are so full of garbage, yet try to pawn it off with an air of sincerity that it’s fun to watch them in action. It’s like watching a lion attack a gazelle, except I’m the gazelle.

    And now for another session of Mindymoo’s Mixtape: Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 2, in remembrance of Keith Emerson. Goodnight, sweet prince.

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      CodcoBurnerLOREM IPSUM
      3/12/16 7:08pm

      Also sick, but not as sick as you. Feel better! When I can gather the strength, I’m going to make myself some Milo, and then binge watch Castle season 5.

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      Schmusekatze is a ninja!LOREM IPSUM
      3/12/16 7:08pm

      Mindymoo, get better soon! I just wanna smush you in a giant bear hug. And feed your pierogis while you’re petting a sloth.

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    mscoffeeAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:13pm

    Was feeling grumpy and lonely today, but managed to get some stuff done. I am going to list it here so I can feel proud of myself:

    (1) sorted and threw out a bunch of piles of paper on my desk and dresser;

    (2) painted my own nails, and they came out not-shittily;

    (3) went to the gym for the first time in months, spent 40 mins on the bike getting back into the groove of things;

    and (5) currently cooking a delicious dinner (with the aid of a copious amount of “chef juice”... aka wiiiiiiine).

    Did you get anything done on your “adulting” list today? Want to brag? Need motivation? Here’s your thread!

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      Tragically STILL GRAYmscoffee
      3/12/16 7:19pm

      I’m so happy it’s nice out so I don’t have to drag my ass to the gym to do something active. I got injured last year and have been veeerryyyy slow to get back in shape. Today I ran 3 miles for the first time in a long time (although had to walk a bit after the first two). I also have been cleaning my apartment for the past couple hours; I still have to vacuum and wash my bathroom & kitchen floors which I’ve been saying I’m going to do for the past 2 months lol BUT I WILL GET IT DONE TONIGHT!

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      mscoffeeTragically STILL GRAY
      3/12/16 7:23pm

      you can do it! I’m planning on vacuuming and mopping the kitchen when I’m done cooking!

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    DanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1Aimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:14pm

    How many of you have noticed that the people who claim to have the thickest skin and be able to take whatever is handed to them usually turn out to be the biggest whinging babies when you actually are straight with them? Not just dudes, although it’s usually dudes.

    I have a coworker who grew up on the East Coast and she made a statement in a training session about how when she moved to the West Coast everyone had to be so nice and namby pamby and careful about what they said and how they said it. I legit rolled my eyes through the whole thing. She is the whiniest toddler when it comes to hearing stuff straight up. And I’m not even talking about being rude, or loud, or short-tempered or not polite in any way. Just state the facts, and she loses it.

    Actually, toddlers are usually better behaved.

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      Emma GolddiggerDanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1
      3/12/16 7:22pm

      Yes! Sometimes it seems like there’s an inverse correlation between how often people dish it out and how well they can take it. I can think of one particular neon-combovered, short-fingered, fascist example.

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      DanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1DanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1
      3/12/16 7:22pm

      Please star the thread so it stays up near the top.

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    Sunshine is my Spirit AnimalAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:05pm

    I threw up this morning and my boyfriend said “that better not be morning sickness”. I considered going to get a pregnancy test, even though I have an IUD (I know pregnancies can still happen, but still). But my grocery store is stupid and keeps their pregnancy test stuff behind a locked thing, which is dumb. So yeah. Crossing my fingers for the stupid period.

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      JuneBugSunshine is my Spirit Animal
      3/12/16 7:14pm

      Do your boobs hurt at all? Irregular spotting? Those were my first pregnancy symptoms way before the nausea and “morning sickness” kicked in.

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      DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinaSunshine is my Spirit Animal
      3/12/16 7:20pm

      Since you’re hoping for your period, I get that you don’t want it to be morning sickness either, but I don’t love your boyfriend’s response. That was pretty dickish right there.

      If you’re not comfortable asking someone to get the test out for you, is there another store around? Sometimes drugstores have ‘em out on the open shelves.

      Hope your stomach is feeling better now!

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    Fisk the FishAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:38pm

    Arts and crafts peoples of Jezebel, what are your current projects? Ideas you’re excited about? Works in progress or past favorites? I’m starving for conversations with my fellow makers of things pretty or useful (or sometimes neither but failure is an important intermediate part of success.)

    Let’s talk about favorite colors. I don’t mean blue or green or anything as vague as that- specifically, what’s your favorite shade? Bonus points if you can provide a picture.

    I know it’s impossible to pick one, so I’d love to hear the top three. I’ve been polling meatspace humans for about two years now and I very strongly believe that color preferences show what kind of stimuli you’re wired to crave.

    After all, colors do act as different kinds of stimuli (although the same color can trigger you to have one response in one context and or an entirely different reaction another time depending on what other colors are in your field of vision.) In fact, in a real study done by real study-ers people were found to generally have one color that they preferred when warm and another that they preferred when cold. Colors! I love them!

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      AltairaMorbius2200ADFisk the Fish
      3/12/16 7:50pm

      A quilt! It’s taking the better part of a year, though =( This baby will be able to personally thank me by the time it’s finished.

      Colors: I’m always drawn to cornflower blue, but then I find it a little boring when it’s the only color in a garment.

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      wishtFisk the Fish
      3/12/16 8:00pm

      So, despite working for an art company for three years, I never get any time to do any art, because working gets in the way. Womp womp. But I have been really, really trying to get back into things lately, including going to a catch up with some old art friends every month/six weeks or so.

      The last thing I worked on was a lino cut. I love lino cutting but I’m not very experienced and it takes forever. I’m really looking to do some Egyptian-inspired stuff soon though, I have been obsessed with Joann Fletcher’s TV series on ancient Egypt, particularly with the colours and the style of the tomb paintings. I’d love to create something with this kind of colour palette:

      My favourite colour is red, a very bright indecent fire-engine red.

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    AntisocialJusticeWarrior is not Anti-SJWAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:12pm

    (Just kidding, someone else who is not gray started a beauty thread... deleted my old comment.)

    PS: how long does it usually take to get ungrayed? I swear I’m not a jerk!

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      DanceswithPeeps The Burner v2.1AntisocialJusticeWarrior is not Anti-SJW
      3/12/16 7:21pm

      I’m still grey on The Slot and Pictorial and The Muse, which drives me nuts.

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      SignalLostAntisocialJusticeWarrior is not Anti-SJW
      3/12/16 7:26pm

      I’m still grey everywhere and I’ve been posting under this handle for ages. But I kind of feel like it’s only sort of worth it?

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    NetflixandNapAimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:12pm

    I’m feeling really good about my new haircut and style. It’s a buzzcut on the back and sides and the top is maybe 2.5 inches long and I got silver highlights to go with my natural ones. I’ve had short hair for years, but I dig the buzz.

    Beyond that I’m bingeing on CSI:NY, and I ate far too much pineapple, ham mushroom and spinach calzone. But I’m no quitter.

    I’m still avoiding politics on social media beyond the occasional joke, because no matter who I intend to vote for I still get douchebag responses from people that are making me nervous about the state of the Democratic Party.

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      SignalLostNetflixandNap
      3/12/16 7:25pm

      I can’t waiiiit till I have a steady job and can buzz my hair again. I wear more a mohawk, so just buzzed sides, but I decided a while ago to let it grow out (also, I am broke af) and it’s like all 1970s-man up in here. I need to get it cut no matter what else, but I’m sad I don’t think I can have my hawk back till I’m in a job. Yours sounds really awesome!

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      The Obsidian OrderNetflixandNap
      3/12/16 7:36pm

      Yessssss buzzed sides are the best! I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get through another Texas summer with a full head of hair.

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    deerlady83Aimée Lutkin
    3/12/16 7:27pm

    This is my eighth full week of exercise. I’ve just been walking 3 to 4 days a week. So to celebrate, I brought some new makeup as a treat. I don’t usually wear makeup but I want to start wearing it a little.

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      DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinadeerlady83
      3/12/16 7:32pm

      What a nice reward for yourself! What did you get?

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      jpomonkeydeerlady83
      3/12/16 7:33pm

      Nice! I need to get back into the habit of exercising. I buy makeup here and there thinking that I’ll start wearing it, but I never do. Then when I finally get around to it, it’s all old and crusty. I hope you fare better!

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