Makeup, Vuitton, Movies, Rock, Mr Marsden & A Partridge In A Pear Tree

Do you ever buy things that are just so pretty and never use them because of it?

I bought my mum two YSL eyeshadows for her birthday and 4 weeks later, she still hasn't used them. Not using the Shimmering Quartz/Deep Amethyst I get, because it has a big YSL engraved/monogrammed into it so its too fantastic to ruin but the Absinthe quad doesn't have anything on top of it but a clear plastic protector film/sheet. I'm so quick to throw around all my Mac, Nars and Napoleon makeup but my 'high class' stuff stays exactly that; high. Almost out of reach in fact.
My mums YSL eyeshadows are so high up on a shelf we pretty much have to channel our inner ballet dancer just to reach them. I'm exactly the same with my makeup. I bought a beautiful pale pink Versace nail polish and it took me 4 weeks to take it out of the box and test it on a nail! I'm weird, because I'll wear my Louis Vuitton Miroir bag with trackies and a tshirt (even though it weighs so much I may as well be carrying around a plasma tv under my arm) but I hesitate to wear my designer makeup unless its a special occasion.

I never had this problem when I was younger. Mum would come home with a fantastic new Chanel eyeliner and I'd want to wear it even if I was just going outside to get the mail! I don't know if it's the tightass in me, or if I have just grown a huge appreciation for designer items that eventually run out. What are your thoughts on the whole thing? I cant even bring myself to open the lid of my new Chanel compact. It's gotten past the point of ridiculous. So, after proof reading this entry I'm going to change my ways. Why do I bother spending all this money if the stuff is never going to get used? It's not like I can start a museum of designer cosmetics. Although that would be pretty freakin awesome! - But not realistic.. & incredibly expensive.

I'd like you all to witness this step so I've posted photos of some of my designer makeup collection. It's time to crack the seal on all those beautiful gold cased YSL eyeshadows, black & white Chanel compacts & lipsticks and sift through all my other cosmetics to find the odd Dior, Versace and other designer makeup items I'm hoarding.













Tomorrow I'm heading off to my grandparents for a few days. I don't know if I mentioned it or not but my grandmother has bought a laptop so she can keep read our blogs everyday to see whats happening when were overseas. I'll be spending a week at their house, give or take a day or two. I'm planning on taking our laptops to the Golden Arches (aka McDonalds) to take advantage of their free wireless internet. Should be exciting.

Yesterday was a huge success with taking a lot of photos and uploading a tonne of items to the site. We want at least 1,500 items on before we start advertising flat out & I never realized what a long process it would be. I think it would be easier if there were more people helping out but it's just my mum and I so were not stressing ourselves out and taking it slow. The fact we keep getting sidetracked with the movies we put on for 'background noise' doesn't help. We have watched these movies 100 times so you think they wouldn't distract us, right? Well they do. Besides, music is annoying when your working. It aggravates me something shocking. I end up focusing on the lyrics, not what mum is dictating to me for the items description. If you come across a description that goes like this, you know exactly what was going on at the time!

BRAND: Kookai
SIZE: 12
CONDITION: New Without Tags
DETAILS: A gorgeous pair of firm fitting stretch denim knee length peddle pushers electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazinnnneee oh ohhhhh..

For those of you who aren't more familiar with that piece of classic rock - it's Benny And The Jets.

I cant seem to get that song out of my head since I seen the tv advertising 27 dresses about a week or two ago. While were on that note, let me just say: James Marsden - What a fox. This is the first time in his movies that I have really noticed it but Mr Marsden is the ultimate boy next door.

There is something genuine about his smile. He looks like one of those nice normal guys.. Well that's what I thought until I type his name in googlesearch without adding '27 dresses' on the end and WOAH MAMA! He went from the cute nerd to a rebellious bad boy in .3 seconds.

His bone structure is a work of art!

Now that I think about it, there are a lot of guys that I'm finding attractive that I wouldn't have a few years back. I'm going to dedicate an entire blog to all the underdog Hollywood Hotties sometime soon but until then, you'll have to make do with him.

I know my blogs are long and involved but I have a lot to say. I have even bought a notebook that I carry around in case of 'Blog Inspiration'. Besides, I like long involved blogs, it's like having a conversation with the person. So, thanks for the chat and until next time..


Peace.

Bond, Miss Bond.

I may not have any followers yet but let me say sorry for the disappearing act over the last two days.

Thursday night with Tuesday was hilarious, as always. We went for Nandos and then I somehow convinced him to take me to my postbox to pick up the 23 small parcels that were forcefully shoved into the tiny hole in the wall. What can I say? I love designer makeup!

One of the parcels was a Chanel lipstick (its a full size unused tester) but I think its wayyyy too dark for me. The shade is called Vamp, so that says it all. I might end up listing it on my site with the other designer makeup I can't/wont use. I need to get into the dark lips phase this winter, even if its just a chocolate brown. I'm just so hesitant because I'm still stuck on my bright pinks and fire engine red tones. I used to have the biggest addiction to perfect nudes and matte tone ice pinks but there was only one that I've found that isn't 70's disco or the colour of death. It was from Red Earth in about 2002/2003. I went to Geelong with my mum on a road trip and there was a Red Earth store closing down. Back when lipglosses were in pots and their lipsticks were short with a silver base and a clear lid like this one (I found this photo on the net to give an example). If anyone has any of these, used or unused lying around, please let me know because I want em!! I WILL BUY THEM FROM YOU! They were the best lipsticks and they were $2 each brand new as the store was closing down. I was young so I only bought one ice pink and one pastel peach. The ice pink was shared with my friend at the time - the Black Haired Barbie. I've since learned my lesson.

Lesson 1 - Do not lend things to your friends no matter how much you love them!

I never seen the lipstick again =( But thankfully, my peach one is still going strong at the half way used point after 8 years. After all the makeup training I have, I know how to make the most out of a tiny bit of lipstick. Most girls just go over and over and over the same spot so they waste it.

Anyway, after the postbox we then sat in the car and played this fantasticcccc game called Plants Vs Zombies.
Its available on www.popcap.com. They let you download and try it for 60 minutes. 60 minutes sounds like a long time, but seriously, they are zombies, how far can you possibly get in an hour? Not to mention there's like 50 levels. Either way its worth the trial period.

We then wrote in his work planner (I wrote, he founds a pencil and contradicted everything I said with a pencil), which was awesome because I discovered something I also have a fascination for. His pen. This pen is the pen of pens. This pen deserves a capital - Pen. There, I feel better - my respect has been paid. I couldn't just let it just sit there day and night in his work journal. It needed to be used, frequently! Not just to log some overtime hours, no no no my friend, long detailed stories is what this pen was made for. So I did my sneaky James Bond maneuver and I turned the pen upside down and casually slid it up the side of my skirt and clipped it to the hem. Even if it dropped down to the ground when I started walking inside my house I could casually pretend I was tying my laces, I was wearing thongs but as if guys notice these things!

So he took me home and I casually got out of the car, fully expecting him to have known my mission all along and to foil it at the last minute, but I succeeded!!! The pen is MINE!

At least it was until he called me Friday and said 'Gimme my pen.' I couldn't help but laugh. Little does he know I'm going to my grandparents for a week on Tuesday so the pen is STILL mine for another week at least. Apparently he wants me to write with blood before I write with his pen so it doesn't get wasted haha. He has the strangest sense of humor.

Yesterday was less eventful but completely tiring. Yesterday was a 'take photos of items for the website' say. We have so many items it took a whopping 4 hours just to do the hats & hair accessories! The fact the camera battery needed to continually be recharged didn't help, but seriously, without the camera problems it still would have been 3 good hours of photo taking just to do hats & hair accessories. You guys are crazyyyy if you don't go and check out the site when its finished.

I finished off my day watching some recently downloaded *coughcough.our.secret.coughcough* episodes of Nurse Jackie, Glee, Hoarders, Supernatural and Dr Who. I used to be a movie buff, now tv rocks my world. You MUST check out these shows. Plus a lot more that I'll be listing at a later date. My family and I are focusing on limiting our social gatherings so we can save money for overseas and so its easier when the time comes to leave. 'Weening off' I think the term is. This leads to a LOT of tv shows as we all have a large variety of tastes in genres. Watching these shows is the best thing to do when we need to unwind and relax. You don't have to think, you just enjoy.

Now I'm off to take over 1000 photos of some of the clothing we have. I'm looking at this neatly folded pile that takes up our whole couch and even looking at it from the other side of the room I can see items of Bardot, Sportsgirl, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Wish, Cooper St, Supre, Wayne Cooper, Crystelle, Dior, Kookai, Dotti, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Bebe, Ice, Gripp, Gasp and soooo many other items peaking out at me.

Hope to see you on my website grabbing some bargains when its up and running.

Peace.