02/13

You know what tomorrow is...

Which brings up the question, what kind of Valentine's Day person are you?

I find there tends to be 4 categories.

I tend to be number 4...which type are you? Or are you some other category that I missed?

Nail Polish Review

Edited with a Final Verdict on 03/06/2013.

I'm probably not the BEST person to be doing a nail polish review, but eh, whatever.

Anyhow. I went to good ol' Wally World last night after I got off work to pick up some taquitos. Of course, I wandered into the nail polishes and found a brand I hadn't heard of. Apparently it's a Walmart exclusive (oh yeah, I know, getting fancy here!) called Salon Perfect. I picked up two bottles even though I'm only reviewing one of them today. I paid $3.48 per bottle, so it's definitely not the highest-priced polish out there.

This color is called Gone Sailing. Which, uh, doesn't quite fit. I'd call this a green teal or emerald. It actually is fairly close to the Pantone 2013 emerald color (see here)...so, if you're looking for something in that realm, well here you go.

I'm not going to lie, the formula is not the best on this. It dries to a matte/satin finish and actually is similar to the formula of the neons that I have. Meaning my first thin coat was pretty streaky and hard to mess with, but my second, thicker coat worked fairly well. I just put it on last night, so I'm not sure about the wearability of this, but it IS a beautiful color. I will be putting a glossy top coat on that will cancel out the matte finish on this.

I'll be reviewing the other color I got, a neon lime green, Loopy Lime, fairly soon.

Overall, I'm not sure I'll purchase these again - I will give them another try before I make a final ruling. I will say, on first impressions alone, that I'd rather spend my money on Sinful Colors for a slightly cheaper price but a better application.

Edited: After ONE day in my normal life of wearing this nail polish...I'm not going to lie, I was horrendously disappointed. Normally, I'll have a nail or two chip - at the most - in a shift at my job. I have to use my hands a LOT. This stuff...halfway through my 8 hour shift, every single nail was chipped. By the end of the shift, both of my entire index fingers were completely polish free. Not impressed at all.
Final Verdict? D- Unfortunately, I don't feel like I can ENTIRELY shun this nail polish simply because I LOVE the color. However, between the application and the longevity of the stuff, plus a god-awful chemical smell while painting my nails...I may use this on my toenails or for an accent nail/nail art. I will NOT be using it fully on my fingernails ever again. I still have yet to try the second color I bought from this brand...I'm kind of scared to.

ABCs of Me

I've been seeing this floating around the blog-o-sphere on some of my dailies, so I figured I'd do what the junior high girl in me wants to do and steal it for myself!



A - Age: I just turned 25 last month...eesh.
B - Bed size: Full. It's both horrible and lovely having 2 people sleep in it, lol.
C - Chore you hate: I HATE HATE HATE dishes. And while I don't hate laundry, I hate putting it away. Please see the stack of clean clothes that are folded but need to be hung chillin' in my closet.
D - Drink of choice: I'm usually drinking a Diet Dr. Pepper.
E - Essential start to your day item: Uh...I don't know. Because I don't work until 2:45, I get to start my days sans an alarm clock while rushing around trying to get my outfit together and makeup on. I get to wake up on my own terms. It's nice :)
F - Favorite color: Pink!
G - Gold or Silver: Silver.
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play(ed): Clarinet. I also tried teaching myself piano. THAT didn't go so well.
J - Job: Lab assistant. I do everything from play secretary to ordering testing to pouring off blood, urine, and stool. Yes, there are lab tests that exist that require liquid stool that I get to pour off. Glamorous, really. 
K - Kids: They can be nice or absolute terrors. I don't have any currently though.
L - Living arrangements: I live in a 1-bedroom apartment by myself.
M - Mom's name: Elizabeth. 
N - Nicknames: Ash...well, that's about it from normal people. I have other people that call me everything from twin to little one or pretty girl. 
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Once in my junior year when I ODed on aspirin.
P - Pet Peeve: But I have so many! I think people just being purely lazy and passing the buck due to their laziness. Which oftentimes results in me fixing something. Or it just being flat wrong.
Q - Quote from a movie: Hmm...I don't have one? I'm boring, I'm sorry!
R - Right or left handed: Righty! Although there are some things I do ambidextrously. 
S - Siblings: 4 step-brothers.
T - Time you wake up: If I have an exam, I have to be up by 7. Other days, anywhere between 9 and noon. I don't even get home from work until 11:30, don't judge me! 
U- Underwear: Uh, what kind of question is this?
V - Vegetable you dislike: Brussels sprouts. I haven't had them since I was in elementary school, so I may actually like them now, but they still ick me out.
W - What makes you run late: I normally don't run late. If I do, it's because I need to stop and get something on my way to wherever I'm going, whether it's gas, food, or a gift. And I always wait until last minute to do it.
X - X-rays you've had: I've only had dental x-rays. 
Y - Yummy food you make: Cheesy quinoa cakes. I'm also pretty awesome at baking. I just don't do it very often because then I'm too tempted to eat it all! 
Z - Zoo favorite: Do dolphins count? If not, penguins.

Spring Cleaning!

Though it is just January, I got the spring cleaning bug on Friday. And when I say spring cleaning, I mean I move all the furniture and clean behind it, rearrange the furniture, sort through stuff and purge, organize, everything!

Of course, I didn't get far since I had to work on Friday and all weekend. So, of course, things are still in a half-done state. Which is rather annoying.
However, pictures will come after I've finished everything. Which might not be until my spring break in March when it's fully done. But, ya know.

Do you get the spring cleaning bug? How far do you take it?

Rock and a Hard Place

I'm definitely having a hard time with some things right now.

I hate for things on this blog to ever turn negative, but there are a few situations that have been bubbling up over the past few months. These situations are finally coming to a head.
I have the feeling my boyfriend would rather me not discuss one of them with anyone at all. The other, main one, has to do with my unhappiness at work. There are a few situations at work which are making me so unhappy and I haven't quite figured out what to do about them.
One has to do with various attitudes at work. There are two people in particular that have holier-than-thou attitudes, think they are better than everyone else (when in reality...neither of them are), and in general their personalities have started to grind my gears. Which is making me regress from being myself at work. There's another situation in regards to management which I won't really get into, and finally, there's the fact of my job itself.

I love what I do. I really do. But I also don't want to be stuck doing it forever, hence, why I'm busting my ass in school full-time while working full-time. I'm not sure I want to stay at my current job location, even in a different position, just due to the way I've been treated, my general attitude toward the place at this time, etc. This has been building for...probably close to a year. It waxes and wanes, but at one point I was so miserable at work that I was crying before I had to even get ready for work, because I didn't want to be there that badly. It's improved a bit since then, but it's still fairly dismal.
To compare...when I first started, I had voluntary overtime within my first two weeks, and about 6 months after I started, I was voluntarily there about 50 hours a week. And now I don't want to be there at all, even though I really do need the money.

So, I'm in a very odd place in my life right now. I'm trying to sort out various situations, and it's really wearing on my mental state. I will get some relief soon, I'm sure, with the situation that I didn't go into detail about, however the work situation, I'm afraid, will be lingering for at least the next few months, if not for the next year as I finish school.