I’ve worked a few retail/customer service jobs and man, it would be so much easier to be able to just talk to people about their pets. I think it probably helps to be in a self-selective environment like that- people who apply for a job in a pet store are almost certainly going to be at least pet-nuetral. I mean, I…

Last month I drove past three cats on the roadside which had obviously been hit by a car. Every time I would come home, cuddle my reluctantly obliging girlies and tell them they were never ever going outside and would be living forever.

This this this this! I really dislike it when someone’s immediate reaction when you’ve lost a pet is to ask when you’re getting another one. I know people mean well, but when we lost our pup Gracie my husband went into legit mourning and couldn’t even look at other people’s dog without getting upset, let alone think…

Even beyond that role that whole movie was so overhyped and such a big production, I can absolutely see feeling overwhelmed and drowned in it.

Double breasted was out for a long time largely as a reaction to the late eighties to mid nineties, when people were often drowning in enormous, baggy-cut pants and jackets with additional extraneous shoulder padding. The too-skinny look is just as bad and that’s why we’re now moving away from it and back to a more…

Oh my GOD the music in that show is so freakin’ good.

So, I actually looked this up when I realized not everyone did this- apparently it’s a recognized psychological response, but no-one really knows why. Behavioral scientists think it is either a brain mix-up where we’re responding to hormones that would normally only be associated with eating yummy food, or a…

The Covergirl Lash Blast mascaras are all solid, in my opinion, as is the Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes (NOT the regular Great Lash, which I have always found supremely underwhelming). No.7 does a extreme length mascara that I love, and there’s Max Factor’s Masterpiece mascara too. For length without too much…

OOOOOOH, I just have to jump in here, because I am a total klutz when it comes to a cat-eye, and I hate using liner, but I found a really good one today. It’s Physician’s Formula Eyebooster 2-in-1 Lashboosting Eyeliner with serum and it costs all of $9 at Target. It’s shaped like a felt-tip (that’s the only kind of…

I use the clear Essence brow gel and I love it. After a month it gets a bit gross with the foundation residue it picks up from my skin and I just chuck it and spend another $3.

I keep wanting to buy the Butter palette with the green but I never can get the money together all at once.

I have the Butter Sheer Wisdom “Tinted Moisturizer” and it’s bloody fantastic. I normally can’t get manicures to last more than two days unless they’re gel- the Butter stuff made it a whole working week still looking pretty decent, although it helps that it’s nude and doesn’t show the chipping so bad. I keep waiting…

Weird shit: My husband had never seen The Rescuers, but had seen the Rescuers Down Under. I made him watch the first one and when I cried when they sang the Rescue Aid Society song I think he was secretly moved.

Jesus Christ, that’s pretty.

I don’t know how rich it would be in comparison, but Cera Ve Eye Repair Cream is pretty much the best eye cream I have ever used and one of the few things I repeat buy.

He IS so incredibly handsome! We went to the farmer’s market today and there were so many people with cute dogs. Dog-watching is even better than people watching for me. Then we saw a dog that looked a bit like our dog that died over a year ago and my husband got really sad. We miss having a dog in our lives!

What glycolic mask do you use? I had a very strong glycolic peel done at the dermatologists I used to work at almost two years ago and it was seriously traumatic, but I’ve been using a Nip + Fab glycolic mask for the last few months and it’s okay- no big results for me but my skin feels majorly smooth afterwards!

I have to admit, my strongest emotion on reading this article was relief that someone else had made this mistake. For a long time I thought she was just dissing people who diss her as basic bitches, but it seemed weird to me because that’s essentially her target audience (I should know, being fairly basic myself).

Counterpoint: Victoria did not enjoy pregnancy, childbirth, or children, but all the evidence we have suggests she LOVED sex, or at any rate sex with Albert. Also, her marriage with Albert was more the hobby-horse of her uncle Leopold, than her mother. Her other uncle, King William, actually didn’t want her to marry a…

I also don’t think he’s actually made any kind of study of the life of Victoria either. Spoilers: Reeeeeeally boring. Like, there’s a bit of drama because she was convinced her fat raver son had killed Albert, but you almost feel like she was manufacturing drama at that point. Even in wider society, this was a more…