My aunt used to give me so much about that too! Said it looked trashy and I should only smoke while standing still or sitting.

Your car insurance is only $40 a month???

Ooooh, gotcha. Regional accent or just your thing?

Wait, how do you pronounce railroad? Ruin, I get. Maybe something like “rin”? But railroad...what are you dropping or slurring together there?

Haha I like your style. Thanks!

This looks yum! Were you following a recipe?

Same! Gel polish is the only thing that lasts for me but I worry about the damage to my nails (plus $$) :/

How do you keep them from going rancid? What's your voodoo magic? Because I have had Essie bottles less than a year old get funky and change colors :(

I was super guilty of this in this past. And still am from time to time because impulse shopping still gives me a thrill. Buuut I have learned to reign it by saving my $$$ for higher-quality classic pieces that aren’t likely to go out of style and then buying trendy fast-fashion shit on the cheap from like Forever 21…

Were you moonlighting as a torturer after school?

This is the designer purse version of those stupid stick people families people put on their cars.

As far as brush cleaning goes, I’ve been using Sephora’s bar soap. It has this rubber scrubbing pad thingie that’s really good for swishing your brush to make sure it really gets in there. Great for Beauty Blenders too.

Thank you ^_^

Haha, right?! People always underestimate how much makeup is actually used for those “natural” looks.

That seems like a waste of perfectly good drinking vodka lol. I guess I could buy a small bottle of the cheap stuff. Make me feel like I'm in college again haha.

I love those acrylic organizers but I just don’t have the counter space :(

Yeah, Birchbox is really great for trying out new stuff. A couple boxes have been fails, but I’ve been pretty happy overall. Hope you can make it back out to civilization soon!

My usual order is moisturizer, primer (bc my face is an oil slick), and tinted oil-free moisturizer. I double up on moisturizer bc I honestly don’t feel like the tinted one really moisturizes that well, but I really love the light coverage and easy application for my day-to-day routine.

Yeah, I’ve been wanting to try some of their shampoos, but that conditioner packaging is such a terrible idea. Like not convenient or useful at all. Plus I feel like I would end up getting loads of water in there while I shower and then it would just be useless, right?

Oy. I’m so sorry for your loss :( I love the website for re-upping on my HGs (plus all the free goodies you can get), but there’s nothing quite like going into the store to test things out. Plus the samples. THE SAMPLES!