things that i do

I lost my camera in a club. But I got it back! So blogging can resume. It highlights how either I only blog about myself or that I am always a bit hesitant to post unoriginal things- most of the time because another blogger can blog it better! It also highlights how favourite-yet-about-to-fall-apart bags are not the best idea, but some clubbers or cleaners are very kind.  

Another example of things that make me want to kick myself was yesterday, when I carefully applied some lashes despite being very poor sighted in one eye. I don't need glasses for daily life as I can cope with having blurry vision in only one eye, but this poses many makeup related problems, especially when false eyelashes are concerned. It's very tricky to apply them to an open eye that already has the obligatory liner and mascara. Don't sometimes you wish you could remove your head while doing your hair and face and sit it in front of you? Of course that defeats the point if your eyes stay in your head, but I'm sure you know what I mean!

Somehow I apply lashes in the safety that I will never see the poor attempt for my left eye when it is closed and I am just looking out my blurry right eye. A major issue is that you can use lashes a few times after the first wear, but they become a bit misshapen, gunky and weak. I cannot use a £5 pair of lashes every time I wear them and just throw them away, so I babywipe as much as possible and they can scrub up pretty well.

Enter my stupid self after I clomped over to my friends- platforms teamed with mini playsuit shorts do make for clompy steps! I'd threw a last minute pair of spare tights and a little tube of lash glue into my bag just in case of mishaps- no match for my industrial strength MAC lash glue but OK for a handbag. One corner was rustled in the breeze though and was poking me in the eye, so I poked it back for about half an hour until making a last minute dab with a little bit of the glue that came with some lashes. This didn't work at all, the glue was way too thin and clear and it didn't feel like any was going on, so I kept adding more and just accepted the wonky lash fate. As soon as we were in the club, the whole strip was peeling off and just one step away from spidereye nightmares so I dabbed on more glue, then put two and two together and realised I was putting 'take-off' solution on my eyes. The Eyelure Girls Aloud lashes come with removal liquid as well as a little tube of glue, OOPS. So I was basically voluntarily taking the lashes that I'd painstakingly put on, off. So then sadly I had to peel the other perfect one off and if you wear lashes, you will know that when you take them off they remove youreyeliner too. So in conclusion, makeup disaster!!! Lesson learnt! That certainly is a way to feel rough all night. We tried a club that wasn't very good anyway so it was no lost night. It was lost lashes though, the sight of them crumpled up and stuck to a random receipt meant they had to be binned.

The picture above is a testimony of why this isn't a 'what i wore today' blog. If I'm not going anywhere special, I do not wear my best things. By 'best' I mean any thing that I'd rather not subject to wear and tear! So if I'm going to say my Nan's house, I will throw on anydamn thing to hand. But I don't own trackies or hoodies or anything-ies (except maybe onesies?). Hence the pink and red clown fest above. I still have no bedroom so am living in a world of balancing piles, also reflecting that I don't know what I'm doing in September so just have to sit in limbo for a few weeks. Limbo certainly sucks.

Comments

[Leia]

I'm so sorry about the eyelash mishap! Sounds awful :(

But it's amazing that you got your camera back. I once lost mine on a plane and never saw it again - what's worse, it still had pictures on it! Still gutted about that.

[WendyB]

Glad you got your camera back!

[writing up dissertation]

Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!

[MargieF]

I've so had that lash disaster! Although mine was trying to reglue them in the club loos with a shakey drunk hand...Did not turn out well:S
Love your blog!
MargieF
xxx

[SJ]

My Girls Aloud lashes didn't come with removal liquid, I don't think? How strange! I always use Duo glue because it's the only one I've come across that actually makes the lashes stick all day/night. That's the only problem with lashes - I spend the entire time panicking that they're about to ping off my face! Happens to us all, haha xx

[Vivien of Holloway]

I think the outfit is adorbale!!

[KB]

Ah this is why I love your blog, it's so different, and you actually WRITE. I too slob around in crap somedays (note: not trackie bottoms, but jeans and shorts, looking very un-fashion blogger). Glad to hear you got your camera back, some of my friends haven't been as lucky.

[Emma]

Love your dress/top super cute!

[Cafe Fashionista]

The eyelash mishap reminds me of a crazy scenario that was in Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging. So funny! Hopefully you don't experience one again! :)

[Nicole]

Yes, hopefully no more lash issues! great blog, cute style!!

xoNicole

www.nicolelindner.etsy.com

[Isabel]

This outfit looks amazing, and I actually wish you had a picture of the whole ting! Too cool. Polka dot tights are fabulous.

[Kim]

Wow, the whole eyelash-debacle sounds terrible, everyone's nightmare when wearing fake lashes! And about your 'blurry right eye': I have exactly the same thing, and I came up with the solution of just wearing one contact. Works for me, maybe you could try it? Contacts are way more convenient than having to wear glasses, I think.