You should try the color IQ thing again. It can very much depend on what you use for the three spots you measure and that could be why it's off. Sephora only displays your exact pantone matches, so if one is dark, they're all going to be dark. If they're only a shade or so dark, there is an option on the left to select a step lighter, or just try it again
I was matched with the lightest shade they carry, so anything at a certain point or lighter gets grouped under it. It's an issue that comes with having almost no skin pigment.
You know, I read that you were the lightest and it drooled right on out of my head. I know very little about having really pale skin, but have you tried mixing in a white foundation?
Here are some recs on MakeupAlley for people that struggle with being too light for many foundation lines, maybe one of them will be helpful.
Unfortunately, this isn't working for me. I am 1Y01 (neutral & the palest they have) and the foundations that I get even with that don't always work. Makeup Forever, for instance, is too orange or dark or something. Of the foundations I am getting as a match with the few I can find that actually work for me, I've tried several of them and they are too dark or they have a shade name I can already tell is too dark for me.
Finding skin products that work for me is pretty much the only reason I dislike my skin tone.
You should try the color IQ thing again. It can very much depend on what you use for the three spots you measure and that could be why it's off. Sephora only displays your exact pantone matches, so if one is dark, they're all going to be dark. If they're only a shade or so dark, there is an option on the left to select a step lighter, or just try it again
Well, yes, that would solve my problem if I could find a vanity I found acceptable. There was a dressing table at ikea I liked, but it was too narrow. I need space to spread out on top, dammit.
Actually, I kind of like the set up I have using a large end table. I may be able to find something like that with a drawer easier than I can find a vanity my picky ass approves of.
Lucky to have Ikea kitchen cabinets in the bathroom. I have a makeup drawer. In it I have a cheapo Ikea kitchen drawer divider.
I bought one of these while I was trying to figure out what would work best for me to organize everything. I have fallen oddly in love with it. The only problem is a $3 organizer doesn't exactly look fantastic sitting on the end table I have my makeup on. I need something exactly like it but prettier.
So what (if anything) does everybody else still need?
Talking about actual gaps in your arsenal not just "but I really want this other palette too..."
I need to stop being a lazy turd about lip color. I own a couple fabulous Bobbi Brown glosses, and I say fabulous because they are pretty neutral, meaning it's no leap of faith for me to slap them on. No one is going to point and laugh. A nice, bright color would be good for me.
I also need a coral (read: less pink) blush for my coral eye looks.
I am in love with Dior's Coral Cruise blush. It's not cheap, but it's damn pretty
so how long does it take everyone to get ready now compared to before this thread?
This took me 10 mins this morning. I felt rushed, but I was able to smack a ton of stuff on my face. I have skincare shit, foundation, blush, Eyeshadow from Naked 3, clump crush mascara, lipstick and some bronzer on. I'm pretty proud of myself for going that fast and not looking like a clown because rushing may or may not have brought out my inner clown in the past
I think this would be a great concept for the second half of a school day. Like from 8:30 to 1pm, you take your more traditional classes, at least in core subjects like math, language arts, etc. Then from 1pm to 4pm, you can unschool your little heart out.
Alternating weeks like vocational schools do could work too. There's obviously something to be said for wanting kids to be excited about what they're learning, but also, sometimes you just have to learn shit (I'm looking at you trig).
My sideeye is also out in full force right now. HBC's kid would do something so much cooler than play frisbee all day if he was directing his education.
It's so good. The only local store that stocks it sold me moth larvae last year and thought it was NBD. I miss my easy access hard, but I want bugs eating all of my yarn more.
Has that worked in the past with lace? The important bit about boarders is that they keep everything flat, which allow for you to make better measurements of the swatch. Another thing to keep in mind is that gage is typically listed as a 4" measurement. If your only measuring 2" bits you may end up off but a couple stitches and if you're off say 2 stitches for every 4 inches of garment that will add up to something significant over the course of the garment.
The 2"/4" difference is pretty easy to account for, especially if you're averaging everything out. It's never created a problem for me in the past.
Although since I'm double checking this with the overall width 32 stitches should take up a border wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
I had a feeling the 2"vs 4" might figure itself out when averaging.
I'm not sure what is happening to me. I'm usually the one getting yelled at for half assing swatches and here I am all Pro-Swatch.
I just kind of take four or five 2 inch measurements and average them out.
Has that worked in the past with lace? The important bit about boarders is that they keep everything flat, which allow for you to make better measurements of the swatch. Another thing to keep in mind is that gage is typically listed as a 4" measurement. If your only measuring 2" bits you may end up off but a couple stitches and if you're off say 2 stitches for every 4 inches of garment that will add up to something significant over the course of the garment.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Apr 28, 2014 11:00:37 GMT -5
I only swatch for sweaters and I need to because I'm always far enough off that it would royally screw my garment. Gage also changes while you're knitting and I learned the hard way to check that shit.
Cicero, I totally do lazy change my needles as I'm swatching nonsense. That horrifies me not one bit. The boarder just helps you get the correct measurement and if I'm going to go through the torture of making a gage swatch, I at least want to know my counts are right as of swatching time.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Apr 28, 2014 10:39:22 GMT -5
I tend to prefer more solids for lace because detail gets lost in variegated yarns, but it's not that bad and you'd be fine so long as you're happy with the colors. What I am concerned about is your gage swatch and lack of border around it.
So, the crazy colored NYX macaron lipsticks have been baffling me. I couldn't figure out how anyone over the age of 16 could pull them off. Layers. You layer them with normal colors. This makes so much sense.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Apr 28, 2014 9:57:02 GMT -5
So, the crazy colored NYX macaron lipsticks have been baffling me. I couldn't figure out how anyone over the age of 16 could pull them off. Layers. You layer them with normal colors. This makes so much sense.
Before this thread, I couldn't leave my house without mascara. Now the list is much longer. I'm feeling quite stepford wife like. This is NYX castle. Was going to return it but I like it.
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Do we need to have a chat about loving yourself both with and without makeup?
Post by PinkSquirrel on Apr 26, 2014 12:04:22 GMT -5
This is from a Boston Globe opinion piece, so obviously maybe maybe not the best source, but if it's true that means that yes, this is the first year bandits have actually been banned from running the marathon. Now, it's making more sense, previously bandits didn't have to steal someone else's number because they were essentially allowed to run. The reasoning that the actual field was going to truly need the space once occupied by bandits makes sense and I yeah, ok the people that did it this year are all assholes. As a general rule though, I maintain that they're a generally accepted part of the Boston Marathon
For the first time this year, the Boston Marathon is officially banning bandits. The Boston Athletic Association has forbid uncredentialed runners for years, but always looked the other way when it came to enforcement. For 2014, only runners with numbers will have access to Athletes’ Village at the starting line — an understandable precaution in the shadows of the Boylston Street bombings last year.
I think he got in because he didn't finish, wasn't there something about how anyone who didn't finish last year could run again this year? As for her…I guess she didn't qualify.
Yes, everyone who didn't finish automatically qualified
It's not necessarily that simple. Each org that is granted charity runners only gets a limited number of spots. There are more people who want to run than charity spots. Also, and this obviously isn't an issue for the Four Square people, you have to raise a lot for those charity spots.
H did it twice. Honestly, it isn't that difficult of a thing to do and if your company has a charity it sponsors it is even easier.
I know a ton of charity runners. This guy could 100% could have gotten a number if he applied for charity spots early, but I've now seen multiple news stories about people who did this who weren't the wives of CEOs of FourSquare. I guess I'm more speaking to the fact that there are multiple news stories about various people doing this and the only reason people care is because of what happened last year.
I'll also be perfectly honest. Being down there last year changed so much about the marathon for me personally that I'm having a really hard time with something that has happened for decades now being a big bad terrible thing that warrants putting people out for public shaming. No more changes right now, ok?
Does the Boston marathon give lifetime bans for bandits who get caught? I believe that's what the NYRRs do for NYC if you're caught with a fake or transferred bib.
They may, but overall my impression has always been that they tolerate bandits. They don't love them, but they're an accepted part of the Boston Marathon
Given that you don't have to qualify if you are running for charity, faking a big is stupid. And other things.
It's not necessarily that simple. Each org that is granted charity runners only gets a limited number of spots. There are more people who want to run than charity spots. Also, and this obviously isn't an issue for the Four Square people, you have to raise a lot for those charity spots.
I love the Boston Marathon hard, I go watch every year (except this one), I was just around the corner out of sight of the bombs last year and I can not get my heckles up for this. The reason they started the Charity runners was because they had such an obscene number of people who did this kind of thing. For me, it has always been a part of Boston and it's just one of the quirks of being the marathon everyone wants to run and I just can't be mad so long as you actually ran the 26.2. As for stealing things others paid for, yeah taking a medal is douchey, but let's not pretend the state and my taxes aren't footing a decent chunk of the bill.
Yes! I just think it's important to not frame a size 12 as the complete other end of the spectrum, because the experiences at a size 12 are likely significantly different than a size 20.
::Sigh:: You are correct, it does have to be part of the conversation, but I hate that it does. As if not only is it a fucking competition to see whose body is more perfect, it's also a competition to see whose plight in life is harder. I hope I explain this right (glass of wine, does not make for the best writing skills) but it often seems to me as if because women are underprivileged class, that the create barriers of entry to make what is an excluded group an exclusive group. Whether it be fighting over dress size, or martyrdom. Off to go build a femi-nazi commune, stockpiled with mashed potatoes, cake, wine, and pop tarts.
Nope, totally get it. I feel exactly what you're talking about when I'm not quite fat enough to be invited to the big fat clothes swap my friends have.
No. Someone who is 5'7" and a size 12 is not on the other end of the scale. You're still solidly in the area of average even if it is still considered overweight on a doctor's chart.
Part of me wants to argue with this statement, and part of me agrees. It is average, and I certainly wouldn't want to insinuate that the "issues" I've faced over the years are comparable to someone who has been fighting being overweight or obese all their life. But the fact remains that I'm still over a healthy weight (thus you know, the very definition of overweight), and trust, it's not muscle mass.
Yes! I just think it's important to not frame a size 12 as the complete other end of the spectrum, because the experiences at a size 12 are likely significantly different than a size 20.
I've been on both ends of the scale. For years I was a literally a size 5'7 and a size 0, and then around 19, I finally developed curves, and started to gain some weight. 11 years later, I'm now a size 12. I have to say people were far more derogatory to my face when I was a size 0. People were down right mean, criticized my lack of butt, lack of chest, that I must be sick, starving myself, and those comments were on a weekly sort of basis. I certainly didn't feel beautiful then. My experience now that I'm a little overweight is that the discrimination is much more muted and subtle, no one says anything directly, but you can feel the judgement. I've dropped a couple pounds from where I was previously, and the comments I get about how it's great that I'm losing weight or how I look good now that I've lost some are tough. It's an insidious sort of thing. At least that's been my experience. I don't blame her for speaking up and saying that she's fine the way she is, and she's beautiful. Though admittedly, I think that sort of thing is less effective coming from a model whose looks are already touted as being closer to the ideal, than some random girl on the street, and in a profession were ones looks are what you are judged upon.
Anyway, I guess my anecdote/point is that while this woman position that it's the "overweight" girls who are the problem is ridiculous, the general theme that women with thin bodies are just as beautiful and worthy of praise is a valid position, and shouldn't be mocked.
No. Someone who is 5'7" and a size 12 is not on the other end of the scale. You're still solidly in the area of average even if it is still considered overweight on a doctor's chart.