A tale of a reforming make-up snob

Hi, my name is Jessica and I am a reforming make-up snob.

My make-up snobbery started when I was very young. My mother used to work at a pharmacy and as I looked around in the beauty aisles, I was often told that the products in the drugstore aisles were often of poor quality. I had no idea whether or not this was true, but since this was the opinion of many beauty purchasers in mid-to-late 90's, it would impact my purchases for years to come.

So when I got back into make-up at 14, my first department store exposure to make-up was MAC. I fell in love with their shadows initially-the broad range of colors, the fact that you could blend colors together to make a statement all drew me in to the world of beauty. Then the lipglasses, lipsticks and lipgelees- different colors, and different finishes like sheer, matte, opaque, translucent-I had so many options and it was so amazing to me! At the end of that day, I walked out of the store with Coppering and a tube of Moistly lipgelee, two pieces that started my beauty love affair. Shortly thereafter, I discovered Sephora and it was just OVER from there!

A small representation of my make-up purchases. Missing: several large black boxes...and black bags...and Macy's bags 

 As I become more involved in beauty, I started hearing that drugstore brands are finally making better quality products. A part of me is really excited about this because I can finally get beauty for less. On the other hand, the apprehension of past stigmas still hold me back plus, the fact that you can't swatch products like you can at Sephora. My first drugstore beauty purchase was a Revlon lipgloss. I liked it, but I was still drawn to my lipglasses and lipgelees. Small steps right?

So are you a reforming or a reformed make-up snob? What's your story?

What to do with all these free t-shirts?

What to do with these free t-shirts?

As a college student, there's lots of free stuff up for grabs if you look in the right place. Food, t-shirts, pencils and other odds and ends are available if you're in the right place in the right time. This picture shows only some of the t-shirts I have in varying sizes (my largest is the "all nighter shirt"/first green shirt on the bottom which is a 2XL). With these free t-shirts, people tend to use them as pajamas or shirts to wear when someone doesn't feel like getting dressed properly for class. Other than those purposes, what do you like to use giveaway t-shirts for?

I'll start: I use the oversized t-shirts for drying my hair. Regular towels put knots in my hair and creates tangles that I worked so hard to untangle and prevent.