I am also stupid wrt eyeshadow. Maybe this is more of the problem than the purple eyeshadow. My strengths are lipstick and liquid liner.

thank you!! I do not have that covered. I use MAC Coquette (a greenish taupe), but it is almost gone and I wanted to replace it with something different. I'll look into the two you suggested!

Love this series, for clarification. Also meant "this comment", not "the comment". Autocorrect has a heavy hand.

god I love this. Like Connie, I too have been told that purple eyeshadow brings out my hazel eyes. I believe it but I hate wearing purple, always feel I look bruised, and am not big on non-neutral coloured eyeshadow anyways.

Covergirl mascaras are the shit*. They're the only mascara I have used since like, grade 7, and they are cheap and wonderful. I use LashBlast in the green tube right now.

I always find this mentality a bit confusing. Like, say I love giving rimjobs but my partner does not. Why would I expect her to do something she doesn't like? If I enjoy giving a rimjob (and have an enthusiastic recipient) why would I not go to town, without expecting it returned? Sex is about mutual enjoyment IMO…

Articles like this make me so glad I'm a lesbian. In my experience, there isn't as much of a hierarchy of sex acts as in hetero sex. Going down on a woman can be the only type of sex you have that time, or one if many kinds, or the grand finale. Same goes for penetration, hands, whatever. Also I kind of feel that…

I am pretty brand loyal to MAC, and love their Sheen Supreme in Zen Rose for a nice glossy violet. MAC lipstick in Heroine and Up The Amp are pretty awesome too, though firmly in the "purple" category.

I fucking love Lush. My bathroom is so full of black pots that when a friend came over, she asked if I worked for them. I used Angels on Bare Skin as a cleanser/exfoliant for a long time, and have just recently switched to Aqua Marina (<3333) because I felt I was overexfoliating. Herbalism is pretty awesome too.

I love this series! These box subscriptions have tempted me but a) I can't afford them right now, and b) I hate having unused/unwanted products lying around. I love getting things in the mail though, and products/makeup in general. Reading this series makes me feel like I get the best of both worlds!

I also wear makeup every day. Bb cream, blush, eyeshadow primer, 2-3 eyeshadows, cat eye black liner, brow pencil, concealer, and bright bold lips (primer + lip liner + lipstick). I do pretty much the same look everyday but will make the eyeliner and lips bolder for events/nights out. I like "visible" makeup (ie…

YES. Exactly. What hit me was the internalized misogyny throughout the essay/post. It started with the author as a young child equating woman and feminine with weak - who wants to identify with the abused, and look at the bleak fact that it could be you, if you have another option? I realize they were a child at…

I think it depends on the situation and compliment. A big part of it is expecting conversation afterward - I HATE when men give me a "compliment" and they try to start a conversation, usually based on something about my looks. Or they ask my ethnicity (I am super white but apparently not always easily read as…

It is absolutely not a uniquely US thing. I lived in France for a while and experienced it there, it was horrible. Men making hissing sounds, kissing noises, a man grabbed my arm and told me he wanted to fuck me, 3 men followed me for a block while I was on a run. It's what sparked my self-education in feminism.

You both sound like amazing parents. I would have given anything for my parents to be accepting when I came out as lesbian to them in high school (in a very accepting city/high school). There may be times where she will not be safe in the world at large, but know that being out is the healthiest, safest thing she…

Huh. Well. I can't say I was particularly interested in knowing that but now there is no way to erase that image from my brain.

Ooh, I have questions about penises! They may seem pretty basic. My excuse is that I am a lady homo. Most have to do with "where does it go when_____?"

I like Essie Ridge Filling base coat and Essie Good to Go topcoat. I have to "cap" my nails with the topcoat or it shrinks, like darlingdalila said. Lots of people really like Seche Vite for a topcoat but I haven't tried it because it smells awful and I think it has bad chemicals in it.

Sure, some women shave just from ankle to knee, but lots of women are very hairy and do have hairy thighs and asses/assholes. That inner-thigh skin/razor burn you speak of? I know it well. Will leave it at that.

Anecdata, but...I had a discussion with a Colombian friend of mine several years ago, and she said that America refers to North, South, and Central America, whereas the United States (of A) refers to the country. So I think it depends on where you come from. It does seem to be pretty ego-centric to claim America for…