RANDOM THOUGHTS : BEAUTY (PART DEUX)

[jemly]

welcome back to the junk drawer of random beauty thoughts and musings. it has been nearly a year, so i think it is time for a rew RT thread ! 

when i'm doing my makeup in the morning, my dog sometimes throws a fit until i move his food bowl over to where i'm sitting. i'm certainly not the diva in our relationship.

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[mermadelove]

@gingerleigh  I had that exact experience except! I did not get the sale item but I still got the Promo code item. And it was $35 buy in which I did not make once my product was cancelled. I was able to get a similar item to the sale item from the Rewards Bazaar so ..... win?

[fieldsofclover]

Also, this was me and the Tarte magnetic palette. But that's fine, I didn't want your silly out-of-stock thing anyway! I'll just buy a Natasha Denona palette this year instead of singles. Hmmph.

[fieldsofclover]

Yes!! And random thought: gee, a lot of hot sale items were suddenly restocked the day after saleonsale ended... 🤷

[mermadelove]

Hmmm...... *looks around shiftily*

[fieldsofclover]

Oh my gosh it really does look like a little Timbits box, doesn't it 🍩🍩🍩💄

[MSena]

Did any of you guys ever come across someone you know on this board? 

I've often wondered because I teach now, and makeup being this universal across-all-ages thing, I'm anxious I'll run into a student one way or the other. I don't think I act any more reserved in class than on here, but I feel self-conscious, especially as my nickname = university ID. (Always wanted to change it but you can't ...) 

Plus, I taught my first class of the semester today. First classes are most awkward and cringeworthy because I'm not a people-person. I keep wondering if I'm dressed right or saying the right things in the right manner. Then there's the whole morning ritual where I wonder if Bite Verbena or MAC modesty is the right kind of muted-lip suitable for work .. or if I can rock that black lip that one instructor wore when I was an undergrad (but then again, what if I touch my mouth while teaching and joker-fy myself? She never did but I might.) 

Then I look outside and it's snowing cats and dogs and reindeers, and it's a long walk from the parking garage to my building, and my hair is reaching that length where it defies gravity so I know I'll have hedgehog back hair... 

Thoughts thoughts and more useless thoughts. 

[fieldsofclover]

(I wouldn't worry too much about the username, though.)

[fieldsofclover]

@MSena Oh definitely yes 😂 I'm not teaching much this quarter but I suppose any student that recognizes me from BIC would at least have something to ask me about at office hours 😂

[MSena]

@fieldsofclover hahaha this actually gives me mini-anxiety attacks! 

When I think about it it's not a big deal, but there's that visceral reaction akin to what one of my colleagues described as "being seen at an undergrad party by your student."

[fieldsofclover]

@MSena Not going to lie, I've mentally rehearsed that conversation in case it ever happens!

[fieldsofclover]

For years I've made an effort to be more expressive since I am very reserved by nature, but I think it's backfired on me... I am getting actual lines from making the Colbert Eyebrow so often 🤨

[TKLJ]

If there ever was a good reason for getting wrinkles, this is it.

[fieldsofclover]

I heard someone prowling the top of my dresser a couple days ago, and something being pawed around and then knocked onto the carpet... one of my cats has now claimed a little kabuki brush as his own. He'll carry it around the house and leave it in different corners, and really likes it when I brush his face with it (I gave in and let him keep it because it's too cute). He doesn't want his sister to play with it, though.

I tell him he's pretty a lot because he's covered in rosettes, but apparently it's gone to his head. Is there a "toms who makeup" thread?

[fieldsofclover]

Tiny jaguar is hoarding it with his other two "treasure" toys now... it's stashed under the corner of my dresser with a turkey?pheasant? feather and a little zapatista doll I brought back from Mexico a few years ago. @mermadelove may be entertained by this 😼💎💍

[mermadelove]

YOur little guy sounds very entertaining!!! @fieldsofclover  When we were in VT, we had two little toms that were the sweetest things ever. One of them, however would turn into a feral beast over . Wait for it---- hard boiled egg yolks!!!! He would growl and yowl if anyone came NEAR his egg yolk-- or even walked by. IT was the funniest thing.... And also a bit scary.......

[drrragon]

that is adorable!! 

[fieldsofclover]

My cats have spent the better part of the day playing with one of those little cardboard sleeves that the Bite agave lip mask samples come in, because apparently it makes a really neat sound on the kitchen floor.

[mermadelove]

@fieldsofclover  Laughing hysterically picturing this!!!

[fieldsofclover]

@mermadeloveI put it in their toy box... didn't have the heart to immediately pitch it into the recycle bin after all that. 

[Melissa136]

I thought this thread was gone since I haven't received any emails, but glad to know it's still kicking around! *subscribed*

To start off with my random thought is a little criticism about BI accounts. I received an emailed receipt for a purchase I never made a week ago. The issue has been resolved, but that email scared me like seeing an unknown charge to a credit/debit card 😞

Fortunately, no personal info was leaked, but that person redeemed about 1000 of my points. CS told me it was a case of similar emails, but that got me wondering why associates are accepting emails linked to an account vs. the actual card # linked to an account? I understand some people forget their card and associates might take a name and select the closest email/account that matches, but there should have been confirmation before proceeding. I work retail, and we take private contact information very seriously. And I felt like my privacy was breached because my account was not treated with the same due care I expected. I'm probably overreacting, but I changed my email and password now for my account in hopes something doesn't happen again. I'm an incredibly private and paranoid person to begin with, so I apologize if I am overreacting.

[suzyo]

@Melissa136 That's disturbing! Even though they scan my card from my phone, they usually verify my name. I'm not sure why they didn't that day in particular.