Speaking of nail polish, has anyone ever ordered from the website yourbeautystop? Because they (claim to) have OPI for $5.99. [link]

ack, smonster!

I JUST purged some lippies that weren't working. I would be up for a makeup box, though -- used three times shadows that didn't work on me, a serum that didn't suit, etc.

I am currently in possession of the Nail Polish Box, and want to send it to the next person on the next paycheck....but, um, I deleted accidentally the names and addresses list.

If someone can send it to my e-mail, the next person on the list will have it for Holiday Nail Madness! The rule is take a few, add a few, right?

My sister also bit the bullet, and was like Kat Von D ICK...but the line is great. She got a shadow palette that's GREAT.

How do you sterilize lipsticks?

Spray or wipe it gently with alcohol. Scrape off the first layer.

Eyeliners are good to trade, too. It'f they're wood, you just grind it down a couple of notches, run alcohol swab over the rest and soak lid in alcohol for a bit.

Powder blushes and shadows, wipe the top gently with alcohol, scrape top layer off gently with razor blade.

Mascaras, gel liner pots, liquid eyeliners, I wouldn't trade, though. Foundation, as long as it wasn't old, would be fine. Loose power sans brush or puff, OK.

x-posty Natter/Bitches because it’s too cool not to share

In small world news, I just experienced a rare and cool overlap between my Buffista life and my school life. My students create their own vocab books based on unfamiliar words they encounter in their normal lives (literature from my class, historical documents, or just chance encounters with new words outside of school). I make them identify the part of speech, define the word, and then quote and cite the original sentence where they found the word before writing a new sentence to show they can use it themselves. One of my seniors dutifully cited the source for all 20 of her new words...a fanfic FAY wrote for JILLI!!!!! I about fell off the couch when I saw “FayJay” cited at the end. I now have 20 sentences from Fay’s story peeping cheerfully out from my student's list, and I’m tickled pink. Seriously, how cool is that? And no, I didn’t point her that way--I’ve never even mentioned that I have friends who write fanfic. SO RANDOM AND COOL.

SO RANDOM AND COOL.

Absolutely. You have to tell Fay!

So my brother just broke up with his gf (thank GOD). He just called me crying. Oh, the family smonster, we struggle in love so much. I hate hearing my brother cry. I'm so glad he did it, though. He never loved her, he just kept trying to convince himself that he did.

I'm with ita !, I don't believe in soul mates or one and onlys. It just strikes me as too improbable--there's 7 billion people on earth and you really think you'll just randomly connect with the one and only person you're meant to be with?

I'm sorry that you and your brother are both broken hearted right now, smonster.

It just strikes me as too improbable

The Onion had a great piece to that effect: "Man finds soul mate in his own home town, beating astronomical odds!"

I think the nail polish box is take anything and everything you like, then add what you don't. There's a lot of polish looking for a home. I can hook you up with addresses tomorrow if needed.

Crashing now. Traveling tomorrow.

Erin - just sent you the info.