Too cute: Physicians Formula launches its LE scented Butter Cheat Day Bronzer Collection:
Which one appeals to you? Or do you have more than one favorite?
More often than not, I’m satisfied with the performance of my makeup: however, I sometimes come across products that elicit a WOW! Dose of Colors Pretty Cool Eyeshadow Palette is one of those products.
What is Dose of Colors Pretty Cool Eyeshadow Palette?
It’s a five-pan eyeshadow palette with a gradient of matte taupe shades of increasing intensity:
Everyone who wears eyeshadow should have neutral matte shades in her eyeshadow stash.
It’s crazy pigmented, too.
These eyeshadows are more brownish than Urban Decay’s Naked2 Basics Eyeshadow Palette’s matte taupe shades, which are more grayish.
I use a lighter shade on the lid and a transition shade slightly darker than my skin color (light). For my complexion, Taupeless works as a transition shade, so I’ll use a lighter shade from my eyeshadow stash. If I have any criticism about Dose of Colors Pretty Cool Eyeshadow Palette, it’s that I wish that it had a shade lighter than Taupeless for my lid.
Syd Barrett is one of the most renowned casualties of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He was a co-founder of Pink Floyd, but contributed in a major way only to Pink Floyd’s debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
Syd Barrett was really handsome. Smoldering, or could it be the kajal that he wore? Even after over 50 years, his looks could melt. 🥰
At the cusp of stardom, Syd Barrett had a major breakdown. He dropped copious amounts of acid (LSD), and reportedly, his hangers-on spiked his coffee with acid. He might have also had schizophrenia, although he was never diagnosed as schizophrenic. His sister Rosemary claimed that he wasn’t schizophrenic, but the behaviors that other Pink Floyd members observed were consonant with schizophrenia. Among other things, Syd often had catatonic episodes.
When Pink Floyd “made it,” Syd Barrett was about 21 years old. Schizophrenia often manifests itself in early adulthood. His erratic behavior led to his dismissal from Pink Floyd.
Syd Barrett left London for good, and walked 50 miles to his mother’s home in Cambridge. A counselor friend told me that his walk might indicate that he had bipolar disorder: he might have made the walk during a manic episode. I wonder if he was trying to salvage what remained of him. 🤔 He died at age 60 in 2006.
The playlist includes both music and commentary. Highlights include:
I had run out of Sephora’s instant brush cleaner spray, and stopped at Sephora inside JCPenney at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, VA to buy another can. The saleswoman recommended Cinema Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner instead, but she didn’t have any in stock. She suggested that I visit the standalone Sephora store in Fair Oaks Mall. Once I made it to the standalone Sephora store, I discovered that crew members were equally enthused about Cinema Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner.
Here’s how to use Cinema Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner:
Now the drawbacks of Cinema Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner:
Despite the negatives, I love Cinema Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner because it quickly dissolves products like concealer, cleans brushes so that they’re soon able to be used, and disinfects brushes.
Source:
Makeup Brush Cleaner Pro Starter Kit, 8 fl oz (with tin). cinemasecrets. (2021). Retrieved 27 June 2021, from https://cinemasecrets.com/collections/brush-cleaner/products/makeup-brush-cleaner-pro-starter-kit-8-fl-oz-with-tin.
Back in the 1980s, Estée Lauder’s brand ambassador was Willow Bay, now Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Paulina Porizkova replaced Willow Bay as Estée Lauder’s brand ambassador, and subsequently, Elizabeth Hurley became Estée Lauder’s brand ambassador.
In other words, it took Estée Lauder years to recognize women of color. Now it has signed fashion model Adut Akech, who was born in South Sudan. Her first campaigns will debut next month, in July 2021.
I am convinced that some models create an archetype for upcoming models. I think that Alek Wek, who is also from what is now South Sudan, is the archetype for Adut Akech.
Source:
Lauder, E. (2021). Estée Lauder Signs Acclaimed Model Adut Akech as New Global Brand Ambassador. Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021, from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/estee-lauder-signs-acclaimed-model-adut-akech-as-new-global-brand-ambassador-301305265.html.
Man, I had it bad for Steve Winwood. Fortunately, my family indulged me. Dad actually took me to see Traffic in concert. Later, he mounted a poster of Steve Winwood next to bed. My brother tracked down the three Spencer Davis Group LPs that were released in the U.S. for me to add to my collection. He also took me to another Traffic concert.
Here’s a YouTube playlist of Steve Winwood’s music and interviews with him that I put together:
In the 1980s, Steve Winwood had major hits with “While You See a Chance”, “Higher Love”, and many more. Quite frankly, I lost interest in him once he became a chart-topping MOR performer. When people talked about Steve Winwood, I sniffed and I thought to myself “I knew him when … ”
Maybe I put together this playlist out of nostalgia.
Then, there was his marriage to his wife Eugenia. Oh, Steve, why didn’t you wait for me?? I consoled myself with the idea that I wasn’t his type. Eugenia is blonde, as was his previous wife Nicole … and I was a brunette.
The photo below shows FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden sitting at a desk on Air Force One with the caption “Prepping for the G7.” The whole thing once again raises questions about how mentally sharp President Biden really is. I have questions.
So is Dr. Jill Biden an official participant at the G7? Joe Biden should be representing the USA. Dr. Jill was not elected to any position, and why is she identified as a U.S. government official?
Fanny was an all-female rock group active in the early to mid 1970s. The group was founded by sisters June Millington (guitar) and Jean Millington (bass), who moved from the Philippines to California in the early 1960s.
The Millington sisters joined Wild Honey, an all-female rock band founded by drummer Alice de Buhr. Wild Honey planned to disband after one final open-mic appearance at the Troubadour Club in 1969. However, the secretary of prominent music producer Richard Perry spotted Wild Honey at this gig.
Perry convinced Warner Bros. Records to sign the group to Reprise Records. The label signed Wild Honey without hearing them play, as it regarded them as a novelty act. Prior to recording their first album, the band recruited keyboardist Nickey Barclay. Wild Honey was renamed Fanny for their first album Fanny.
Here is Fanny performing the title cut from their second album Charity Ball on the Sonny & Cher TV show.
As you can see, the members of Fanny were crack musicians. So why didn’t these women get the fame that they deserved for their musicianship? I’ve read comments on their YouTube videos and some blame anti-Asian hate due to the Millington sisters’ Filipino origins.
I think that the reason that Fanny didn’t get the fame and accolades that they deserved is that they were considered a novelty act and people weren’t ready for a hard rocking all-female band. Remember, this was before The Runaways, The Go-Gos, and The Bangles.
Sources:
Charity Ball. (2015). [Video]. Retrieved 7 June 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9NjN5_nxQ.
Fanny (band) – Wikipedia. En.wikipedia.org. (2021). Retrieved 7 June 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_(band).
PS You can find other videos of Fanny on the Beat Club YouTube channel. Unfortunately, I can’t embed the Beat Club videos in my blog. 😔
How cool is this? An open-air free-standing bathtub: love the green exterior, too. A timber batten screen provides modesty.
At my previous home, I enjoyed top-down, bottom-up blinds that enabled me to walk out of the bathroom naked with fearing onlookers.
Source:
Keighran, M. (2021). A Balcony With a Bathtub Caps This Striking Prefab in Melbourne. Dwell. Retrieved 31 May 2021, from https://www.dwell.com/article/st-kilda-prefab-modscape-62559646.
This bucket hat also comes in Beige/Floral, Black, and Brown (perfect for a safari look), but the Green/Floral is my favorite.
The hat costs $15.00. For specs, visit the web page. HT InStyle (gasp! after all my bitching about Laura Brown).
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