Francesca: I would strongly suggest that if you truly love that lipstick, buy a dozen of it NOW. Better yet, TWO dozen. Because I promise you that it will disappear, and you will be like me, endlessly searching for Max Factor # ___, scrounging for it on Ebay. And I DID buy a dozen boxes through my wonderful, family-owned pharmacy. Goshdarnit.

HAAATE: When I find something I love, I am, apparently, the Kiss Of Death for it. Foundation, perfume, lipstick, blush, bra styles – I can kill ANYTHING. I killed a perfume that was sold in this country BEFORE IT WAS A COUNTRY. Dead, dead, dead. And I’ve killed off a few other long-lived classics, as well. Stock up now, while you can.

I have to try your Maybelline mascara. It sounds great, and will indeed save money required for shoes!

I just finished a huge project and so I gave myself the day off, which means I spent a large portion of the day watching fashionface tv. Which means I was then lead to do something overly ambitious and beyond my all-thumbs-self.

I’ve been aspiring to a smokey eye for ages, without any real success. So I am layering on some color–going lighter, and then I break out some of the charcoal from my new Sephora pallette. I grab one of the charcoals there, and it’s not just charcoal, it’s WHOA LOOKING INTO A BOTTOMLESS PIT DARK charcoal. And I have really smudgied it on both eyes. HELLLLLLOOOO Raccoon. So in disgust I take out my makeup remover and just say I’m going to start over…and after a few big-ish swipes…I can’t get rid of it….but it’s like the best smoky eye I’ve ever done, and entirely by accident, and only Moses knows if I am ever going to be able to make this work again.

So I had rather a brilliant case of smokey eye all day while I cleaned out my fridge, rearranged my closet, and cleaned the kitty box.