Big production music videos

I love carefully choreographed music videos and these 2 are my favourites:

Death Cab for Cutie – You Are A Tourist (this was done in one take! I also love this song)

OK Go – I Won’t Let You Down (I want one of those scooters)

(Yup, I’m still on vacation!)

Willam’s Beatdown

He may not be for everyone, but I find Willam Belli hilarious [yes, he is in drag].  He has a segment online called Willam’s Beatdown.  Warning: general depravity including swearing, sexual content, inappropriate behaviour!   😆  Here’s one of my favourite episodes:

Here are a playlist of all 16 episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 if you want to keep watching.  You know you want to.

Best Dog Birthday Surprise

It’s my birthday today woohoo! 😀
To celebrate, let’s watch this dog getting his birthday present:

I love this video!
(Still on vacation – apologies if I don’t answer your comments right away)

True Facts about the Tarzier

While I’m on vacation, I thought I would post YouTube videos that I’ve enjoyed, so you won’t get lonely!  Today, we will learn True Facts about the Tarzier:

Oh gawd, I laugh at this video every time I watch it.  And, it’s also educational!

Gel polish for vacation

A quickie post to show off my freshly painted gel nail polish!
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The shade I got is called #117 Strawberry Kiss from the brand Bio Seaweed Gel.  I like getting gel nail polish applied at the salon when I’m going on vacation – I never bring along nail polish or remover with me so I’d rather have something that will last me a long time.  It cost me $30 for a manicure and polish application and will last at least 2 weeks with no chips.

Do you ever wear gel polish?

PS. I’ll be on vacation starting tomorrow – the SO stocked up on 3 bags of beef jerky so we’re all set for our road trip! 😛 If you are interested in my adventures, follow me on instagram (@stashmatters) where I’ll be posting pictures from the trip!  See ya! 😉

Blogs that went dormant

I was feeling nostalgic and thinking about a bunch of blogs that I used to read nearly every day, that have gone completely dormant without any official goodbyes or closure.  You probably know about some of these, but I thought I’d share them anyway.

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Karla Sugar
Probably better known as the arm that launched a thousand lemmings (I didn’t make up that term, I read it on MakeupAlley), she was well-known for her swatches of entire collections, making her blog a one-stop shop. I really liked that she would swatch colours side by side so it was easy to make comparisons when trying to choose between shades.  Her posting frequency started to decline and then she abruptly stopped updating her blog in May of 2013.

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Road trip skincare and makeup bag

Starting this Friday, I’ll be on a road trip!  We’ll be heading to northern parts of our province, also known as “cottage country” (don’t let the word “cottage” fool you, they have multi-million dollar homes that are owned by Hollywood celebs), and then heading to Ottawa.  We’ll be staying mostly at Bed & Breakfasts (B&Bs) which are essentially rooms or a portion of someone’s house. They’re more homey than hotels – and usually the breakfasts (included) are amazing!  We won’t exactly be roughing it, but I will be fairly low-key in terms of attire and makeup.  I always ask myself 3 questions when packing makeup for a trip:

  1. Do I really need it?
  2. Is it the smallest / most compact item I own of that product category?
  3. Would I be devastated if I lost it or it got broken during the trip?

Keeping these in mind, here is what I’m packing for our 9-day trip.
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I typically carry my makeup roll for the cosmetic items and a separate bag for skincare.  The makeup roll was a gwp from Smashbox, and the cute travel bag is from Consonant Skincare.

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Post a Quote Challenge: Day 2

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A little known fact about me: when I was young, I used to go to the library and write down quotes that I liked from quotation books.  Stuff like, “If you fail to plan, plan to fail.” True story.

Today I tag:
My Life as Mrs. A
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• a brash attitude