This is going to be moved

I need a better, shorter, catchier name for this blog, so I'm going to find a permanent home for it, and then start posting like a madwoman! once I'm done moving into my new apartment (a GORGEOUS loft in a converted firehouse!), I shall get started on creating on one awesome beauty blog.

Sonia Kashuk Bent Eyeliner Brush

This eyeliner brush changed my life. I do not exaggerate one bit. I always liked the look of eyeliner, but I also was always a bit impatient with it. My hand wouldn't stay steady, it would smudge easily, the line I'd draw would be too thick. After the wonderfully smooth and effortless Clinique Kohl Pencil Eyeliners (not the Shaper ones, the old school ones) were taken off the market, I reserved eyeliner for special occasions, when I would give myself the time, and will the patience, to put up with its application.

When I found Sonia Kashuk's Bent Eyeliner Brush, it all changed. I was able to apply gel or cream eyeliner with great ease. The bend in the brush allows it to comfortably sweep the color on so effortlessly and quickly, it adds practically no time to my makeup routine. The thin bristles make it almost impossible to draw a line that is too thick. I use it with Clinique Brush-On Cream Eyeliners, MAC Fluidline, Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliners, and I really don't have a strong desire to take another look at another pencil. Particularly black pencil eyeliners, which are the most fickle of all the eyeliners. Why use a black eyeliner pencil, that creates the inevitable gaps and patches you have to fill in, when one sweep of gel or cream eyeliner with this incredible brush does it all for you?

Oh and did I mention it's $5.99?

Moroccanoil Treatment

My purchase of Moroccanoil Treatment months ago was wholly the result of wonderful reviews on other blogs and Makeupalley. It seemed to be a product with magical properties, one that would help control my flyaways, the baby hairs on top of my head that have this fantastic tendency of standing straight up, and leave it so weightlessly silky and shiny. I am thrilled so many people have had such great results. I'm downright jealous in fact. My results were not so great. To me, this performs no better than Paul Mitchell's Skinny Serum, John Frieda's Thermal Protection Frizz Serum, Garnier Frutis' Smoothing Milk (Strong), among other products. It will cut down blowdrying time by a bit, it will do something to tame those frizzies, but that's it. Nothing remarkable, nothing to post on Makeupalley with such remarks as "OMG THIS WILL CHANGE UR LIFE 4 EVAA" I will give it props for being weightless, a product you may want to use on one of those days when you are forgoing shampooing, but is it worth $40? Most definitely not. But I'm half way through it and I'll finish the bottle, damnit, which is my new resolve for all hair products, thanks to this economy.

Why I've Created This Blog

To procrastinate instead of studying for the LSAT? Because of my very strong urge to share my thoughts on things beauty-related, perhaps because 1) I never had a sister 2) I haven't had a friend in many years who wanted to talk about makeup (one of the drawbacks of going to a hyper-intellectual all-female college, is, surprisingly, or maybe not surprisingly, no one cares much about makeup). I'm guessing it has a little something to do with all of that. The fact is, I love makeup to a scary point of obsession. And I love to write, so why not combined these two loves?