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ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC | 2015
I was without my laptop for most of December but I got it back just in time for Christmas. It's been incredibly warm for Michigan and it's taken a lot of the holly jolly feel out of this season. We just got our first substantial amount of snow for the year, which is nearly unheard of. I've been relying on Christmas music to get me in the spirit but I can't stand hearing the same few overplayed songs for months out of every year, so I always make a point to make my own Christmas playlist. I'll include my full Spotify playlist at the end of the post if you're interested in hearing more of what I've been listening to. I'm not going to include Sufjan Stevens, The Killers or She & Him in this list but they all have lovely Christmas singles/albums as well if you want something that better suits your taste. I'd would also suggest every volume of A Very Special Christmas which has a variety of wildly known alternative artists.
UDXGWEN STEFANI EYESHADOW PALETTE | REVIEW
Growing up I was a big fan of Gwen Stefani. I had always loved No Doubt but when she broke off to do her solo album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." I became obsessed. I only wore G perfume and rocked my Harajuku Lovers brand purse and high tops on the regular. I've since come to realize how odd her whole Harajuku phase was and in particular her song "Harajuku Girls." Needless to say, my love for her has faded. I do love her style though and the packing of the line is straight out of my dreams. The palette was designed by Gwen Stefani and the colours are what she actually wears. This is a 15 shadow palette that retails $58 available at Ulta, Sephora and Macy's. 12 out of the 15 shades are exclusive to this palette. She usually keeps her makeup pretty neutral with a bold red lip and her line delivers just that. Most of the items seem to really only cater to someone with Gwen's skintone. The blushes are very fair with a few exceptions, some shadows may only show up on light skin tones and the brow box only comes in her blonde shade. I really think this collection works for those with fair to light medium skintones. Everyone else seems to be out of luck. I'm ghostly so I figured this would be the palette made for me, but after having it for almost a month I have a lot of mixed feelings.
FRONKOREO RETURNS
I feel like I owe people this post after leaving this blog untouched for two months unannounced. I didn't mean for it to happen, but it did. I had tried three times during that break to write a post similar to this but every time I ended up shutting laptop and curling into a ball part of the way through. I'm a very open person, but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable with being vulnerable. Over the past few years I've started talking more about my struggle with depression because I think it's important. That doesn't mean it's easy. I haven't been in the right head space to post about makeup, music or much of anything for awhile. If you look at previous post dates you can see the time between them slowly start to grow. When I'm low everything feels more difficult. I end up being so exhausted by the mental war going on inside that I have to start being very careful about what tasks I choose to do because everything drains me. There's not always a reason for it either. I'm not looking for pity, I just want understanding.
