Gyaru Make Up

Recently I've been getting into the 'gyaru' scene and have been interested in the makeup style and fashion etc..

Atm my favourite magazine is Happie Nuts (onee-san gyaru actually). I really like how the models do their makeup and how they dress. They are all sooo pretty right? thinspo

Anyway the other day I went to watch Silver Linings Playbook (which is an amazing movie btw) and tried out gyaru makeup. Here is my attempt:

I think it looks okay (no lenses btw so have to cope with that for a while :P)

Closeup of eye make

Here is another pic of the products I used in case anyone is curious:

Pictured above is the Urban Decay Naked Palette 2, Maybelline One by One mascara, Lacvert Essance Blush, Bare Minerals foundation, The Face Shop eyebrow cake, Models Prefer eyebrow pencil and Designer Brands brown eyeliner.

You can't really see my eyeshadow in the closeup photo but all I used was 'bootycall' from NP2 for inner corner shimmer and used a bit of 'tease' on the crease.

Also the eyelashes I used were the Ardell Wispies and these random ones I got from Vietnam with no volume and basically wasn't that noticeable anyway. I also put mascara on the falsies to thicken them a bit (dw I know I shouldn't have but I was going to throw them away after this).

Hopefully I can improve and get better at gyaru makeup soon. :)

Nail Rock Nail Stickers Review

I bought these nail stickers a long time ago and just haven't bothered using them until recently.

For anyone who is wondering I bought these at Dangerfield.

In my kit I got the money + moustache images on the nail stickers.

It comes with 16 nail stickers... so really it is like any other nail sticker kit where you pick and match to your nail shape but this one has no real indication of which finger the nail stickers should go on. Its more like 'hey if it fits then that's where you can stick it'.

Here is the rest of the things included in the pack:

It includes a nail file, instruction booklet that has many other languages besides English inside and a nail preparation wipe or acetone wipe.

And how might you do your nails with this kit?

Simple..

-Just wipe each nail with the wipe (beware if you don't know what acetone smells like then its like a strong smell of nail polish remover whoa!)
-Select the right size nail sticker for each nail
-Stick and file off the excess (beware of air bubbles and folding of the sticker)
And your done!

Here is an image of how mine turned out (mind you I'm not too good at applying nail stickers anymore so yeah haha)

It didn't match too much but overall the nail stickers and kit were useful and of very good quality. I would definitely recommend and repurchase this brand again.

Lush Bath Bombs

Back during boxing day I took advantage of the Lush sale down in the city and bought a few bath bombs (and one bath melt) at half price. Below is my overview of them:

1) Tisty Tosty - this gave a scent to the bath with no colour but it also had a few rose buds.

2) Party Popper - This was nice (I forgot the colour it changed the bath to... maybe purple? or just blue?) I definitely heard popping candy in this

3) Cinders - Turned water an ugly piss yellow colour lol not very enjoyable haha

4) Big Blue - turned water blue with some seaweed particles in it

5) I have no idea what this was called nor do I want to remember. This was a bath melt and it smelt weird to me (all the bath ballistics smelt nice) and I just can't be bothered waiting for the product to melt/dissolve bleh. Will not repurchase. 

I also actually purchased another bath melt which ended up melting in my bathroom due to the insanely hot weather on boxing day here in Australia. I don't know what it was called but it came in 3 triangular pieces for use... smelt okay but not really on my body. It did turn the water a milky pink though :D

Quitting my first job

Basically my thoughts about quitting work and how I did it. (Lengthy post - scroll down for tl;dr if you Cbb)

This is my plan (11/1/13) I am training as of this moment my original plan to quit was in late February or early March. I did a bit of research and I think I have to write a resignation letter saying why and effective as of a certain date... I didn't learn how to do this in career and enterprise -sad face- haha. Even as I was telling my driving instructor she sounded supportive of it. She was telling me how her daughter used to work at McDonalds but eventually quit. I think for me 'personal reasons' would be enough. Because well I feel absolute crap after coming home sometimes and I honestly don't think I want to continue. I'm not suited for the food/fast food industry. At first I even said to myself I will NEVER EVER want to work at McDonald's then... I got a job there haha (such a hypocrite)

After thinking about it for a while I've decided to go to my next shift and see how it is before I want to call up and ask about quitting. In fact I know I will quit. I'm just fed up with working there. It's not for me.

(12/1/13)
I was having second thoughts today but after doing my shift my need for quitting was fully reinforced again. I even dreaded having to tell my parents about wanting to quit. Well what happened when I told them was opposite to what I thought would happen - in my head dad would get upset and mum would be understanding. Heeeeellll to the noooo. Dad was 100% supportive of my decision even helping to figure out excuses... mum on the other hand was being a bit iffy about the whole situation. She kept saying to me "do you know how hard it is to find a job... don't quit because your bored...how are you going to get money now...just wait until uni". I have to do the deed tomorrow omg.

(13/1/13)
I'm so nervous about making the call to quit I mean I've only worked 6 shifts at mcdonalds lol. I know that I have to make sure I tell I enjoyed my employment there while it lasted (I'm not going to eat McDonalds ever again anyway so I won't see their faces again) and that I had no choice but to terminate my employment asap. I mean I am on my probationary period still anyway so it shouldn't matter if I give notice right because they could fire me on the spot without a reason anyway. Oh no I really don't want to make the call because I don't know how it will go. I'm going to make it at 1:30-2:00pm. OMFG

So I ended up calling them a bit later and let me tell you it was the most nerve racking and hardest thing to do in my life. My voice so shaky and I felt so bad for asking to quit afterwards. Still do a little. I was told I had to give the 2 week notice and hand my resignation letter into this guy which I will do at the end of my shift. I still have to work until my last rostered day though which means I have 5 more 3 hour shifts to go through but the last shift is not training and i still don't know how to make some burger -not excited- lets see how it goes at work tomorrow though.

(14/1/13)
My god I kept trying to ignore the guy I was actually supposed to give the resignation letter to and eventually he fucking left like 30 mins before I was supposed to finish and give him my letter so I had to speak to another manager and tell her the situation. (longest sentence ever lol) Although I was so incredibly nervous about having to go to work though at least its done and over with now. But crap I forgot to ask about what to do with my uniform... oh well

(19/1/13) -last shift
In actual fact the 22nd is supposed to be my last shift but I was able to get my last two days off. All I had to do was return my uniform sometime soon after washing it. In the end my last day wasn't too bad. I experienced a feeling of independence I hadn't really felt before and it was good... It was indeed a good way to leave my first job

TL;DR

Mcdonalds overall as a job to get money quick or for whatever reason you need it for is good. You definitely learn those 'skills' that everyone talks about. Although in my opinion those 'skills' are a little different for everyone. For me in was independence, improving my communication skills, listening, cooperation and teamwork. It was an okay experience however not something I would advise everyone to do... Quitting is only a good idea if you seriously think it through and 100% know you will be okay with it with no regrets. It was hard to tell the managers I quit but trust me they are understanding whatever your reason and make sure its not anything to do with the place itself.

I was able to get my last days off...

So today was supposed to be my 3rd last day at work... turns out it was my last. This is because like the title says I was able to get the last two days of work off.

Although... I have to go and return my uniform after I washed it which is okay I guess :/

Today for my training was more like your-semi-on-your-own-day. I was sorta like an independent worker for the most of it. Had this one ask me why I was leaving... said it was cause of family issues...my dad side of the family and all... well that excuse is half true for some of the family problems in my life but that's for another day.

It was overall a good way to leave the last day of work.. I had basically gotten the hang of everything sorta.. aha

I actually saw one of my managers as I was coming out of the cinema today... awks lol

Beside that I just hope that I get chosen for the Peter Alexander part-time vacancy and sort out my uni stuff asap.

work was actually...

yes, I will admit it was actually good today. Actually fun and made me kinda wish I didn't resign...

I had the trainer I had on my very first day and it was pretty okay. I did assembling again so yeah it was okay I guess. I am incredibly slow at making burgers though hahah

I also go a free set of awesome headphones from my manager for some reason... WINNING lol

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1 down 4 to go

And I did assembling again... with that crappy trainer... but i learnt somethings :)
But I for some reason kept trying to avoid the guy I was supposed to talk to about resigning.. ugh so awkward. But you know what on my training modules I was supposed to do breakfast stuff and obviously I can't do that now so then when will I do it. My shifts are all afternoon shifts

Omg my trainer was saying to one of the other workers that he has X amount of days until he can have legal sex.. what??? why are you saying that out loud again? umm is something wrong with you? you don't say that type of thing in a work place and also he kept leaving me alone by myself... uhh hey man train me? I have officially realized that I do not work well or fast enough when there are like 100 orders coming through wtf

Still a little shite head but he was a little more tolerable. So I now have 4 shifts to go until I officially resign. I didn't receive any rosters today so I guess that means the message got through. How will my eighth shift go?