The Eggplant I got to wear with all my purple clothes (of which I have a lot) looks weird. Might be just too different from my natural color, I'm not sure.

Try the Fig. It seems to go well with almost everything.

Aromaleigh stopped working for me when I got pregnant. Which, in retrospect, should have been my first clue. However, all I knew was that my skin was acting wonky and disliking my foundation. I hope to be able to go back to it later this year.

Beej, have you seen Cleolinda's The Day After Tomorrow in Fifteen Minutes?

I always think you should find the lipstick shades you like, and ignore any nonsense about makeup trends and seasonal colors. If plum lipstick looks good on you, wear it.

I think this, too. The only time I'll ever get trend-conscious about lipstick is the shine/matte/glimmer aspect, and then, only because I think I look dated enough. An awful lot of lipsticks bother my lips though. They peel, something fierce, and I have decent lips, so I only wear it most occasionally.

Miracleman, how is the cutest new baby in the world?

An awful lot of lipsticks bother my lips though. They peel, something fierce, and I have decent lips, so I only wear it most occasionally.

THis why I love Burt's Bees. It's lip balm with color. I'll keep a look out for Fig.

The thing about calling and asking how much a hair cut will cost always throws me because I have to squelch the "OMIGOD!!! you charge HOW much???" reaction and be all polite and say, that why, no I don't want to make an appointment.

That's the beauty of the phone call, though, askye. Sure, in person you have to pretend to be all suave and whatnot, but on the phone you can just say "Aaack!" and hang up.

Cleolinda got mail from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Truly Useful production company about her Phantom in 15 Minutes. They said they laughed themselves sick.

From GRE's to lipstick. I knew I missed you guys for SOME reason...

Gack. Is my coffee ready yet? I have to go out and return some things...but my eyes are crossed from sleep. Yeah, I just got up.

I took the ACT in 1989; Midwestern colleges used it more than the SAT. I got a 27. My math sucked. I took the GRE General and the English Subject test... don't remember my cum GRE gen score, but I know I got a 98% on the verbal. And the subject test, I got a 94% on. Whatever the scores means. I always just looked at the percentiles.

I am not currently obsessed with any lipstick, but I just had to give away my Bobbi Brown pink Shimmerbrick to my best friend, because it was making my skin itch. My skin has become WAY more sensitive in the last year.

Is Vamp lipstick a deep red?

Yes. It is, I'm pretty sure, the darkest red lipstick on the market. If there is one that is darker than Vamp, I need to know about it right now.

But the new cut is kicky and fun, and there will be pictures

Good. I like seeing pictures of my friends' pretty haircuts.

Cleolinda got mail from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Truly Useful production company about her Phantom in 15 Minutes. They said they laughed themselves sick.

That's awesome!

smooches Erin

I am thinking about wearing lipstick. I have done so a couple times in the last month, but I forget that I want to give it a try.