I am becoming far less worried about getting into the top 10% of my class...

When talking to people in law school, lawyers, and anyone who thinks that they have a valid opinion, they'll say that A: law school is very difficult and B: that you have to be at the top of your class in order to accomplish anything after graduation. Understandably, that could make one nervous. Well, I've stumbled upon a wonderful way to assure yourself that it won't be that hard: Joining, and occasionally reading, your class' Facebook page. Now, I don't suggest spending a great deal of time on it, God only knows what that will do to your braincells, but it's a nice pick-me-up when you're feeling down and/or stressed. The mindless prattle, the constant stream of the exact same question asked every few hours, the answers to those questions that give the most roundabout and labor-intensive means of solving the issue, despite the fact that it will take you right by the (obvious) means of getting to the easy solution, etc. Not to mention the variety of event invites that are specifically geared towards drinking (both official and not) which should help any non-drinker relax with the knowledge that a good chunk of their class are going to be coming to class with hangovers a few times a week. So, any other new 1Ls, hopefully your school has setup a Facebook page so you, too, can realize your classmates are complete idiots.

RL Update

Okay, so, what's been happening in my life? A lot of depressing stuff, including getting into law school. My father is paying for the first two years of tuition (he has some really, really inaccurate views of what having a lawyer in the family will do for him), so it's a good way to put off paying my student loans for a bit. I got an incredibly mediocre score on the LSAT (in my defense, I forgot when it was and only had 5 days to study lol), but with an MA (and a 3.8 from that program), it wasn't hard to get into Pitt Law. Hopefully I'll be doing International Law, though that means I'll have to brush up on my French. I'll probably be tracking some of that here. As well as my trials and tribulations with the horrible apartment I rented in Shadyside that was still the best of many I looked at. On top of that, I'll hopefully be having a blogsale (mostly makeup) in a few weeks. And taking some cooking lessons. So I'll be updating with that stuff. All the blogs on law school say that during your first year you don't have time to do much, so get it done before starting.

Primer Comparisons: Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy vs. Too Faced Glitter Glue vs. Others

I got these in a few different types of lighting, though natural lighting really wasn't working out with my camera or phone (even PE looked not very sparkly). I may do these with glitter, but I thought it would be interesting to see it with this loose shadow. It's Fyrinnae's Pumpkinfire.

These are light swatches of each primer, though if you use PE thicker you can get even more glitter to stay, generally, and I assume that's the same with GG. The textural difference between the two is that PE goes on like a smooth gel and GG goes on like actual glue. The others being used are Nars, TFSI, and UDPP.

PE kept the most glitter on, followed by GG (though it doesn't always look so in the camera, I don't know why), then Nars, UDPP, and TFSI barely kept any on. I blew on these all a bit and let them sit on my arm for about 15 minutes before going downstairs and taking photos outside, in the parking garage, in the hallways, and then back in my apartment.

Fyrinnae Eyeshadow Look:

While putting this on, I once more forgot I was holding an open, loose shadow jar and spilled half of Jade Ghost over my bathroom. I was so annoyed, it's one of my favorites and this is the second time I did it. I'm going to have to get sifter jars *sigh* Anyway, since I did that, I thought I'd take pics of my look, since it was apparently worth half a jar of e/s.

For some reason my camera took much better pics through my glasses O.o so there's a little bit of reflection on some of them. And, as always, Fyrinnae shadows are super hard to photograph, these are bluer and more vibrant than shown here.

Jade Ghost in inner half or so, 1.22 Gigawatts on outer half of lid and as liner, Sleepy Hollow in crease and mixed down into Gigawatts.

Smashbox FAQ box, QVC TSV, first shipment swatches

QVC (the home shopping channel thing) has a few makeup brands that release special sets for them. In this case, Smashbox released a box that was supposed to answer frequently asked questions they ask. It had an auto-delivery option, which means it will be delivered three times, with a few color changes in the products. I got it because of the waterproof eyeshadow palette, which looked great in each of the three.

NARS Summer 2011 Swatches

I love this summer line, there are a few things that are clear misses, but most of them are huge hits. If you only had to get one thing, it should probably be Dogon, but Mayflower is also amazing, as is the artist palette with Orgasm, Albatross, and Laguna (the Orgasm is that more pink, more pigmented version that appears in some palettes).

From left to right: Dogon duo, New Order, Carthage, Wonder, Bolero.

Ulta Haul (and some mini-reviews)

I think my nailpolish obsession has meandered into a make-up-in-general obsession. Not necessarily a bad thing, considering all the job interviews I'm going to be doing.

So, I had bought the Kat Von D Beethoven palette from Sephora and decided it really was not worth the money (I think it's the purples that did it for me, the yellow and a few of the others were lovely, but when I see a purple and it has purple in its name, I expect it to be purple on skin, not navy or grey).

See that dark purple that looks lovely? That's "Rad Purple" aka "Navy".

I had been debating eventually buying the Urban Decay Naked palette and heard that they actually had one at Ulta to see (none to buy, of course) and ended up going all the way out there to check it out.

And bought a bunch of other makeup stuff, lol:  Cargo's Safari Kit, Too Faced's Brow Envy and Natural Eye Palette, Eos Lip Blam, and Smashbox HD Concealer.