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Monday, June 17, 2013
Jabba the cat pose #catsofinstagram #jabbathecat
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Cats piled up. #catsofinstagram
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My Favorite Travel Beauty Essentials inspired by @Birchbox #BBWanderlust
I work as a travel nurse so the Birchbox Wanderlust box has inspired this post. I wanted to list a few of the “travel beauty products” that I enjoyed the most.
GoGear Travel Tubes – While not a “beauty product” exactly I love these to store shampoo, conditioner & shower gel. I’m 20/400 vision without my glasses on, but I know right away by the colors which bottle has my shampoo versus my shower gel. These bottles are made out of silicone so you are able to squeeze out the product without much waste. For facial moisturizer & cleanser I use Sephora’s Deluxe Airless Travel Kit. They just don’t dispense enough for my shampoo/conditioner for my long hair. I have to sit there pumping & pumping the device to get enough shampoo out.
Amore Pacific Treatment Cleansing Foam – This concentrated cleanser has Vitamin E microcapsules to moisturize while you clean your face. This is a very expensive product, but considering a sample tube in a starter set ($50 for the set) lasted me for 6 months. You barely use any of the product for very good results. I learned about it from a beauty consultant at Sephora.
AmorePacific Treatment Enzyme Peel – The starter set sample tube of this has lasted me a year, but I swear by this. After this was put on and was washed off by the beauty consultant at Sephora, my friends turned around from looking at the nail polish & asked if she had put foundation on me. This isn’t harsh and calms my skin when it’s irritated and inflamed. I don’t even use it as much as they recommend (was recommended 2–3 times per week), but about 1–4 times a month.
Nuance Salma Hayek Facial Cleansing & Toning Towelettes – You can find these at your local CVS Pharmacy. They contain the mild Quillaja Extract cleanser and chamomile extract to soothe the skin. They are easily packaged to throw in a purse or travel bag.
Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me – I was recommended this from a sales rep at Ulta as part of my “5 minute face” we were assembling. My friends and I were kinda shocked she recommended a “bargain” line over one of the more premium sales line product. Maybelline did a good job with their Baby Lips line. It’s a lip balm with intense moisture and a light tint of color and some gloss. It comes in multiple colors & it is flavored but it sticks around even with me chewing my lips.
Pür Minerals 4-in–1 Mineral Foundation – Another of my “5 minute face” recommendations from the Ulta consultant. She pushed it over the more popular brand name mineral foundation as it contains moisturizer in the formula. It’s also SPF 15 so I don’t have to apply sunscreen as well. The Porcelain color is great for my pale white girl night shift worker skin.
So what items do you have to take with you when you travel???
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Starred on Google Reader: Take Your Science and Shove It!
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Smiling in my sleep #catsofinstagram
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Starred on Google Reader: A Doolittle Goes A Long Way
Restaurant | Missouri, USA(I’ve been warned that a raccoon lives in our restaurant’s dumpster. One day when I take out the trash, it jumps up on the lid and scares me. The next day, I’m talking to a coworker about it.)
Coworker: “You just have to talk to him.”
Me: “What?”
Coworker: “Talk to him; let him know what’s up. Here, I’ll show you.”
(She grabs an armful of boxes and we head out to the dumpster and she throws them in. I jump as I hear the raccoon make a sound.)
Coworker: “Sorry if I hit ya, Coonie.”
Raccoon: *series of raccoon sounds*
Coworker: “Well sorry! You should find a more suitable place to sleep then.”
Raccoon: *long series of sounds*
Coworker: “I know; they’re just boxes..”
Raccoon: *more sounds*
Coworker: “Well, it’s still daytime. Go back to sleep and someone will feed you later.”
Raccoon: *short sound*
Coworker: “Well, sorry!” *to me* “He’s cranky in the mornings.”
(After that, I always talked to the raccoon. He’s never talked back to me, but he’s never jumped out at me again either!)
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Starred on Google Reader: Angels In America
Dollar Store | GA, USA(I’m stocking a shelf. I notice a customer with her five-year-old daughter. They both look like they’ve been through a hard time.)
Little Girl: “Mama, I’m hungry.”
(The mother looks near tears.)
Mother: “I know baby; I’m sorry. Mommy only has $5, so we have to find food that will stretch until next week when mommy gets paid.”
Little Girl: “Okay.”
(I see a another customer with a baby in a cart walk up to the woman.)
Another Customer: “Excuse me, I couldn’t help but overhear you. I don’t mean to put you on the spot, but I’d like to help you.”
(The other customer holds out a $20 bill. The mother starts to cry.)
Mother: “You don’t even know me, and you’re trying to help me. My husband walked out. I work a minimum wage job, and it’s just been so hard. You’re the first person who has shown me such kindness in a long time, and you’re a stranger to me.”
Another Customer: “I’m someone who thinks the world would work a bit better if people paid it forward a little more. I might not know you, but I know you’ve been dealt a bad hand. When’s the last time you ate? I’m sure you’re making sure your daughter eats, but when’s the last time you did?”
Mother: “How did you—”
Another Customer “Because you’re a mother.”
Mother: “I… thank you so much! This will really help. Are you sure?”
Another Customer: “I’m positive. You know you can get some of the stuff here ‘2 for 1’, so that can help.”
Mother: “Thank you… thank you so much! I’ll find a way to pay you back.”
Another Customer: “There’s no need to do that. I hope things get better for you, and when they do, you can pay it forward.”
Mother: “Thank you so much.”
(I’m called to the front, so I don’t see the rest of the exchange. The mother and daughter come through my lane with a cart full of food.)
Little Girl: “Mommy, was that lady an angel?”
Mother: “Yes baby, she was.”
(Their total comes to just under the 25 dollars the mother had. I relate the story to my manager. When the other customer comes up with her daughter, my manager has a gift card for $20 waiting for her. That customer comes in every month or so, and we all refer to her as the angel.)
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