So it's been over a year. I got distracted, and truthfully, kind of forgot this existed. However, instead of deleting my account, I will forge on with posts all of about 2 people will read. I'm not going to waste time with updates, I'm sure I'll get to that sometime soon in regular posts anyway.
Tonight I decided to "modify" a shirt my husband had given me. It's one of his old band's shirts, and its amazing. But it was also super plain and boxy, a boy t-shirt. I thought it needed reworking, but of course I had no plan in mind when I got the scissors in my hand. I thought better of it and actually put it on inside out and sort of measured it (using blue eyeliner as a marker, seriously that's the most that eyeliner has been used since I bought it). I cut the collar off, as well as some of the sleeves. I tried to make a kind of loose cap sleeve, but then I tried it on. I have what most polite people would call "swimmer's shoulders", and what I call "looks like a scarecrow, you know, with the huge stick across the back" shoulders. In short, I'm very wide in that area. These sleeves stuck out there tremendously, making me look all the wider. So off they went. So the shirt still looked like crap. I decided this was because I had just showered and still had the towel over my hair and absolutely no makeup on; of course it would look better if I was all done up properly. And there began the rest of the stress for this evening.
My hair is a nightmare. It's sort of blonde, but I dyed it up from red, so oh well. Also, I don't understand hair styling at all. I brush it after I get out of the shower, and just accept the shape it takes (which usually isn't great). I also wasn't planning on putting on makeup tonight after taking a shower, but, you know, the shirt. I figured I'll put as little on as possible, but best laid plans do go awry.
My eyebrows are the worst part of this makeup situation. They're super sparse and super light. When I had dark hair I would fill them in dark brown, but now that I'm blonde I was really excited for not having to use as much makeup. Not the case. Before if I didn't fill in my brows it looked like I was sick or something, now there's just something that looks weird about it if I don't. Like, even if they're visible, they don't at all match my hair color so I have to try and work with that, and by the end I look like I should be in Ru Paul's Drag Race. No matter how much makeup I have on otherwise, it always looks undone if I leave my brows alone. I know, this seems like a lot of thought to be putting into eyebrows. I have no excuse. Anyway, apart from the eyebrows, I kept piling stuff on, hoping it would "fit" with the "look" I was trying to go for. And this never ends well. I ended up with liquid eyeliner all over my hands, as well as my eyes. And the shirt only looked marginally better with the whole "look". Oh well.
This whole post not withstanding, I'm probably going to be posting a lot more makeup stuff, as well as knitting stuff, soon. Those are the two things I really throw myself into when it starts to get cold and dark out, and I have about 6 unfinished projects still on the needles. Only one of those is a holiday present, which probably won't even get done until January. Best laid plans, and whatnot.
Anyway, I'll be updating more regularly, I hope.
