day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep

Well I sleep with earplugs because I cannot do noise at all, but when I was younger I could. I would listen to classical music cassettes from the library that often were about kids meeting famous composers like Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Tchaikovsky; ah memories!

Doing this>>>>writing my paper due at 5pm

So I did this little survey of sorts one year ago, so why not do it again to see what has changed!


SKINCARE
-How many times do you wash your face daily?

• Twice, once in the morning and once before bed.
  

-What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)

• Dry
  

-What is your current facial wash?

• Cetaphil
  

-Do you exfoliate?

• On occasion
  

-What brand do you use?

• St. Ives
  

-What moisturizer do you use?

• Cetaphil
  

-Do you have freckles?

• I am more moley, but I get a lot of nose freckles in the summer.
  

-Do you use eye cream?

• No
  

-Do you or did you have acne prone skin?

• I get zits randomly and unfortunately they have almost all left scarring.
  

-Did you ever have to use Pro-active?

• Yes and I did not notice any improvement in my skin.
  

MAKE-UP
-What foundation do you use?

• Chanel Vita-Lumiere, Revlon's Photo-ready and Colorstay, and Clinique Even Better
  

-How about concealer?

• MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC15 for spots and MAC Select Moisture-cover for under the eyes in NW15
  

-Do you know your undertone color?

• Pink/Red
  

-What do you think of fake eyelashes?

• love them, suck at applying them
  

-Did you know that you are suppose to change your mascara every 3 months?

• Duh.
  

-What brand of mascara do you use?

• Revlon
  

-Sephora or MAC?

• MAC
  

-Do you have a MAC Pro-card?

• I wish
  

-What makeup tools do you use in make up application?

• Brushes
  

-Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?

• Yes, mainly MAC's paintpot in Bare Study
  

-For the face?

• I haven't been actually.
  

-What is your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?

• MAC's All That Glitters, Grand Entrance, Sable, Style Snob, and Omega
  

-Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?

• Pencil and Gel
  

-How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?

• Rarely
  

-What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?

• I do not own any pigments.
  

-Do you use mineral makeup?

• No
  

-What is your favorite lipstick?

• MAC Hue
  

-How about lipgloss?

• Revlon Lilac Pastelle
  

-What is your favorite blush to use?

• NARS Oasis or MAC Well Dressed
  

-Do you buy your makeup on ebay?

• Sometimes
  

-Do you like drugstore makeup?

• Yes, especially mascara and foundation
  

-Do you go to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)

• Yes but I haven't been since summer :-(.
  

-Did you ever consider taking make-up classes?

• I would only to get a MAC Pro Card.
  

-Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

• Not really
  

-Name a makeup crime that you hate?

• Dark face/white neck
  

-Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?

• Neutral
  

-Which celebrity always has great make up?

• Cheryl Cole
  

-If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item,what would you use?

• concealer
  

-Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?

• I could but I would not want to.
  

-Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?

• No.
  

-In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?

• Higher end: MAC Drugstore: Revlon hands down!
  

-What do you think of Makeup??

• Obsessed with it and it has made me broke.
  

day 09 - a song that you can dance to

Ummm duh!

March Favorites

Katy Perry for OPI in Teenage Dream ($8.50): ZOMG! I love this nail polish sooooooooo hard. It is the first opaque glitter polish I have come across, it is good to go in 2 coats; and seriously it looks amazing. I now declare this my second fave in the realm of nail polish behind Essie's Splash of Grenadine.

MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Calm Mode ($14.50): I purchased this back in December at Nordstroms when the Sephora at the Mall of America didn't have the Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine. While the lip conditioners do not compare to the Lip Butters in texture, moisturizing, and scent; I find myself very happy with this purchase. It is infused with lavender so it has a very calming (oic whut you did thar) scent and its light pink color mutes out my own lip color which I enjoy. Unfortunately this was limited edition but I'm sure it will pop up at CCOs all over in a few months.

E.L.F. Studio Powder Brush ($3.00): On a whim I decided to purchase this brush because it was only 3 bucks and I was curious to see how it would perform. I tried using it for foundation since I really like flat top brushes for buffing and blending but this brush was not as good as my Sonia Kashuk flat top foundation brushes. Alas, I washed it and put it in my brush holder until one day I decided to try it for blush....IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN! I find that I get a reallly gorgeous blush application with this brush, so much so that it made me fall in love with a blush that I had previously ignored (NARS Oasis). I would definitely try this brush because for $3 what is there to really lose?

Nars Laguna Bronzer ($33.00): I've found myself gravitating for this bronzer more so than my matte bronzer this last month. This vacillation between mild and cold weather has me pining for summer and this brown infused with shimmer screams summer glow to me. The picture does not do it justice size wise, this bad boy is huge and I've had mine since the end of July and although I've hit pan on it, there is a lot of it still left; I would not be surprised if it lasted until July.

Last Friday Night aka very misleading title

Just went through my facebook notes and came across one of these, which are always fun. Do it too if you feel compelled.

1. Put your iPod or iTunes library, or MP3 player etc... on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"Mrs. Robinson"-Simon & Garfunkel

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Infra-Red"-Placebo

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Popular"-Kristin Chenowith

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Stylo"-Gorillaz

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Paperback Writer"-The Beatles

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Bold as Love"-John Mayer

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Everybody"-Madonna

WHAT IS 2+2
"A Lot of Moving"-The Avett Brothers

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"All Arise"-The Decemberists

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Cocoon"-The Decemberists

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"The River"-Bruce Springsteen

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Paparazzi"-Lady Gaga

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Murder in the City"-The Avett Brothers

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Hide and Seek"-Imogen Heap

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"A Night With the Jersey Devil"-Bruce Springsteen

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Mer Girl"-Madonna

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Money Honey"-Lady Gaga

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"POWER"-Kanye West

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Slight Figure of Speech"-The Avett Brothers

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Love is Pain"-Girls Aloud

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Remember to Breathe"-Dashboard Confessional

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"All I Need"-Radiohead

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Colorblind"-Counting Crows

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Hotel Song"-Regina Spektor

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Who Says"-John Mayer

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"Ring the Alarm"-Beyonce

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Iris"-The Goo Goo Dolls

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Pyramid Song"-Radiohead

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"Dreams"-Fleetwood Mac

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"Last Friday Night"-Katy Perry

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to

Ok, I know all of the words to an obscene amount of songs so I am going to put my itunes on shuffle and the first song that plays that I can sing along to knowing all of the words will be the one I post.

LET THE FUN ENSUE!

EFF YES! One of my favorite Madonna songs from one of her best dance albums...enjoy!

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

First heavily intoxicated evening...singing this song in my head as the room spun, good times!

day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere

This song reminds me of crusin' down River Road in a Chevy Malibu, windows down, eating Tropical Sno, carrying my Fendi Spy Bag with my Cruse while hearing AP English vocab words within this song.

<3

The End of Old Hollywood: RIP Elizabeth Taylor

I am more devastated than I thought I would be regarding the death of Elizabeth Taylor. Not only was she an extraordinary actress, beauty, and philanthropist; she was one of the last great living Hollywood legends. They don't make a breed of actor like Elizabeth Taylor anymore and I cannot really think of anyone today that even compares to the likes of Elizabeth, Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and one of the few left, Lauren Bacall. I think this rings true for the male actors of today; there are no Cary Grants', Jimmy Stewarts', and Paul Newmans': this coming from a hardcore lover of leading men like George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, and man of my dreams Leonardo DiCaprio.

The death of Elizabeth Taylor at least helped me see that not all of old hollywood is lost on my generation, I was pleasantly surprised at the outpouring of grief and remembrance of her great films like Giant, A Place in the Sun, Butterfield8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and one of my all-time favorite films, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; on ONTD. Her death makes me thankful that I have parents who fostered my love of film by watching the great films of the 40s, 50s, and 60s; I'm afraid of the day when people forget about these films or begin to, and I've heard some already do, trash these films as the past and their prestige, acclaim, and lore only stems from their age and not their content.



Enough of my rant and ramble, here are some images of one of the most beautiful women to ever have graced this earth, the late, great Elizabeth Taylor.

Day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

This would play on the oldies station and my dad would sing along to it in a super creepy and hilarious way and I would yell at him to cease this behavior...cease he did not. So now whenever I hear it, I begin to lol and think of my favorite person ever, Doug "My Daddio" Johnson.

Day 4: A Song that Makes You Sad

When I saw the objective for Day 4, I instantly knew the song I would pick. I tend to listen to very sad and depressing songs, lol I have no reason why, just do. This is a song I downloaded because it was featured so heavily in one of my favorite books The Perks of Being a Wallflower aka a very depressing kind of book. This song is just eerie, beautiful, and wrenching.

Day 3: A Song That Makes You Happy

Okay, so there are a lot of songs that make me happy...that is one of the side-effects of music. In an effort to pick just one song, I managed to make a playlist entitled: Songs That Make Me Happy; oy to the vey. While they all made me smile and bop my head like a fool when this bad boy came on, I was taken back to 2008 when I saw him in concert for the 2nd time with my mama LJ...duh it's THE BOSS!

If you EVER and i mean EVER have a chance to see him live, DO IT! He is fricken' amazing and there is a reason he and the E Street Band were voted the #1 live act of all time.

Day 2: My Least Favorite Song

There are a lot of songs that I do not like but it is hard to remember them because, well, why remember the songs you don't like?
I tore through my mind and remembered there was one song I kept hearing at work over the summer, a country song, that I just could not. I can't.

Day 1: My Favorite Song

This may come as a surprise to anyone that knows me because it is not Radiohead, Avett Brothers, Madonna, Girls Aloud, or Bruce Springsteen. While I love songs by all of those people and by hoards more, especially Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead which is probably my 2nd favorite song; they cannot top this one, which ironically I have a Radiohead cover of.

New Order's Ceremony:




I fell in love with this song when I heard it in Marie Antoinette, one of my favorite movies and it has quickly become my favorite song.

30 Day Song Challenge

Snatches from Kacie b/c this looks like an awesome challenge!

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

WHICH SEAT CAN I TAKE?

Song of the Year, Future Living Legend, etc.

This song slays me in all the wrong ways

GODNEY HAS GIVEN US A GIFT

Currently blogging from the grave b/c Femme Fatale leaked and I have died and gone to heaven where the Holy Spearit is watching over me.

Pushing Play...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Till The World Ends: 10 I fricken' love this song even though Ke$ha co-wrote it, makes me want to dance epically on a cloud.
  

• Hold It Against Me: 10 I find myself in an ONTD minority but I really love HIAM and the video was pure fun.
  

• Inside Out: 10 OMFG dying

• I Wanna Go: 10 this needs to be a single. Remixes of this will be amazing and this is such a club song.

• How I Roll: 9 This is a fun track but nothing insane, this album so far is fricken' amazing and dare I say, better than Blackout???

• (Drop Dead) Beautiful feat. Sabi: 9 This song leaked last night and I dig it, a good fun track but not as amazing as the first 4 tracks and still not sure how I feel about the rap.
  

• Seal it with a Kiss: 9.5 This album is slaying me rn, this song reminds me of In the Zone...actually it is like Blackout and In the Zone had a baby and they named it Femme Fatale.

• Big Fat Bass feat. will.i.am: 8 As a lover of Cheryl Cole, I cannot hate will.i.am like the rest of ONTD b/c I loved 3 Words. So far, this is my least favorite track on the album, it is just meh to me.

• Trouble for Me: 9 This is a fun song with a nice beat, very Jersey Shore-esque I would say.

• Trip to Your Heart: 9 I like it, don't love it.

• Gasoline: 10 I loved this song from the snippet and it is just pure fun.

• Criminal: 10 AMAZING CLOSE!

I HAVE BEEN SLAYED BY THIS ALBUM! I suck at explaining why I love songs, I JUST DO! Cannot wait until the 29th so I can buy a physical copy and the deluxe edition with EVEN MORE SONGS!


now...time to listen to it again!

EDIT: On my 2nd listen, seriously I wanna give them all 10's now. Dead, slayed, cremated, ashes flying through the winds given to us by Godney.

Our Godney, Who art in Hidden Hills, CA
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Femme Fatale has come,
Thy has been done,
on earth as we are now in heaven.
Give us this day our trip to your heart,
and forgive us our criminals,
as we forgive those who hold it against us;
and lead us not into gasoline,
but deliver us til the world ends. Amen.
-by Tjohnn on ONTD

FEMME FATALITY 2011 aka BRITMAS!

IT IS TIME!

Slowly but surely, we are getting snippets of all of the songs off of Femme Fatale and now, we have ANOTHER FULL SONG! (Drop Dead) Beautiful is here and I dig it. Here you can find the snippets and megamixs of some of the snippets. I need "Inside Out" "I I I Wanna Go" and "Gasoline" to leak immediately; but who am I kidding, I NEED IT ALL TO LEAK!

ONTD is musing that the standard version of Femme Fatale will leak Monday, PRAISE GODNEY FOR SPRING BREAK AT THIS HOLIEST OF TIMES!

Now I will get back to listening to all of the Britney in my itunes (now including the megamixes and snippets) and await the leak and the release of Femme Fatale on 29 March

Latest from Paris

HBIC Kate Moss closing at Louis Vuitton

For some odd reason I thought Fashion Week was over, but alas it is not. No wonder I was left questioning why I didn't have any Elie Saab looks for my last Fashion Week post.

Above 2 from Louis Vuitton

Above from Elie Saab.

Songs I am Loving at 1:00pm 9 March 2011

I love this version of On the Floor soooooo much more than the one that is now the single.

Things I Want

These are all things I direly wish I could afford but cannot. All of these items are from the torturous site of Net-a-Porter, which I like to browse when I am feeling down; expensive, beautiful things I cannot afford put me in a strangely good mood. Brian Atwood Danted Platform Pumps $640
Eddie Borgo Hinged-Tier Ring $275


Yves Saint Laurent Artsy Enamel Ring $195

Rachel Gilber Cutout Silk-Taffeta Dress $630

Alexander McQueen Slashed-Shoulder Crepe Skater Dress $1680

Oversized Mulberry Alexa $1250

Burberry Stitch-detailed Leather Tote $1095

Chloe Partay $1895

Fall 2011 Ready to Wear

Here are some of my favorite looks from the collections shown in New York, London, Milan, and Paris over the last month for Fall 2011.

Zac Posen

Versace

Ralph Lauren

Above 3 from Pucci

Prabal Gurung

Alexander McQueen

Marchesa

Luisa Beccaria

Monique Lhuillier

Above 2 from Jason Wu

Above 2 from Hakaan

all images from Style