L'Oreal makes an OK foundation primer. Doesn't make you "glow" but it does smooth out your skin a bit.

For glow, I was once talked into buying the Laura Mercier "illuminating" tinted moisturizer. sigh ... I looked like I hadn't washed my face in too long - oily shine. Not quite the effect I'd hoped for.

I'd also tried a L'Oreal souffle makeup which DID give me a fairly nice matte effect. I had coupons, so I tried the L'Oreal stuff. They're OK, but not my one true product.

Cash, I am so sorry. I hope you are hitting things and able to vent some of the frustration. And I really hope your brother is able to get some help soon without hurting himself or anyone else.

It's not for your vajayjay, so it's not (usually) with the other Monistat stuff. Frankly, I ask. Target has it but I am always boggled where I finally find it.

What do people use for makeup remover?

What makeup are you looking to remove? My answer changes depending on what you need.

Soap. I use actual makeup remover to take off the adhesive from the hospital bandaging.

Speaking of which I may be making an early trip to the ER because of .... nausea. Sure, my head hurts badly enough for me to want to cry, but I don't know if I could hold out with the nausea until Sunday morning.

Oh, ita, that sucks.

I use Ponds cold cream which works for everything except the 24-7 eyeliner, which is irritating because it smudges for me anyway, and then stays put smudged.

I tried to buy the Monistat anti-chafing gel today! I swear. But I couldn't find it! I was all, no, not hemorrhoids, no, not jock itch. I think I was looking in the wrong section, because at the next store I found the Monistat stuff but not the gel.

It was super hard to find when I got it. I can't remember where I actually ended up finding it. (I mean, it was at Target, but what aisle or section I couldn't say.)

Aw, ita. I wonder why the nausea's been so bad lately?

I use cold cream, or Clinique gentle remover if I get a sample from one of my mom's bonuses.

Uhg, Allyson. End of the fiscal years are kinda gonna be nailbiters for the next few years in the space sciences. I am amazed we are still hiring, but we've had a lot of really senior people retire the past couple years.

Speaking of which, spent the last 2 hours of work in a pitch meeting to the Mission Office. I think we impressed the shit out of them and are going to get more FTEs allotted to get this work done. Long term, it is a very good thing.

Cash, I hope you smash a lot of things.

Had another record night at the pool. 2 miles at a faster pace than even last night. By the last half mile, my pace was a hair below 54.5s/lap. My worst lap was 58s. Of course, this probably means the rest of the weekend, I'll struggle to keep it at even that, but..sometimes, I just have fast spells. And sometimes slow. I like the fast ones. They feel easier.

I think MK is cold. He's being very insistent about cuddling.

I know my cats are cold, because they are crawling up to curl in my lap while I am trying to type/edit a lot. Not on, cats. Mama's gotta pay for cat food!

Had wine and snacks -- yum. I have happy glow without primer. And my downstairs is totally clean (well, not like "scrubbed the baseboards and washed all the light fixtures clean, but still.)

Tomorrow and Sunday are absolutely clear for straightening the office and working on FL projects intensely, and we have leftover cheese and chocolate snacks and wine, and I am going to make a giant vat of chili. YAY.

Jeeves is being super-cuddly too, now that the weather has shifted here.

Allyson, I'm sorry about your co-workers.

Speaking of work and budgets, there was a bombshell dropped at my work this week. The group that my lab is part of is being shut down. We have until June to wrap things up/ get things settled. I'm actually in decent shape, being a federal employee(they have to keep paying me until I find a new position), but I have to learn how to find/apply for positions as an employee. I applied for the position I'm in from outside the system, and have been in this lab for 11 years. Fun, fun, fun...