Finally Some Beauty Reviews!

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Okay, as I promised wayyyy back in August I’m going to review these products! I received them all as a gift for completing the P&G Everyday Challenge hosted by Influenster.

1. Gillette Venus Snap with Embrace

This razor is so easy to use and portable. I’ve already reviewed it once before, so I’m not going to spend a lot of time writing about it again. The only thing I’ve noticed is that if I don’t use it often and if I keep it in the shower, the gel starts sticking to the container and is kind of gross. Nothing huge to complain about though!
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Perfect, Unbelievable, and Wicked by Sara Shepard

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In my last post I believe I said that I was going to just read a bunch of the Pretty Little Liars books and then make a huge post about them all. This isn’t quite as far as I thought I would have gotten, but I found myself reading them like it was a chore and not something that I was actually enjoying.

I’ve always been the type that has to finish something once I’ve started it. You can’t just stop reading in the middle of a series, you have to have an ending. But I have also been known to put something down and never pick it back up just because it wasn’t interesting to me or because I was assigned to read it. I hate feeling like I’m being forced to read. These books were somewhat enjoyable and very simple to get through, but the characters aren’t very likeable and the story isn’t nearly as exciting as the show. Plus, knowing happened in the show and what changes they made for the better, just makes the books seem like a first draft of something that ended up really good.

I’ll admit it. I stopped reading altogether. I thought about this blog and the promise that I made to myself, but I just couldn’t pick up the next book and keep reading. I needed something to spark my interest again.

This past weekend I went to see the movie Gone Girl. It blew me away. I knew there was going to be a twist, but I didn’t expect it to be anything like it was. It may be one of the best movies I’ve seen this year so far. Being a reader, I knew that Gone Girl was originally a book. As soon as I got home from seeing it, I bought the book on my Kindle. It’s so good, I can’t put it down.

I love the feeling when you pick up something and start reading and fall in love with reading all over again. Gone Girl has completely cured me of the slump that the Pretty Little Liars series left me in. It made me want to read more and to actually have a somewhat impressive list of books that I was able to read in the last year.

Thanks to everyone who has followed me and liked my posts. I do hope that you enjoy reading what I have to say and I’d love to hear from you more. I’m not going to write a review for each of the Pretty Little Liars books, because there isn’t really much to say about them. I may pick them up again and finish the series, but probably not for awhile.

Beauty Product Review Coming Soon!

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IMG_5906Hi Guys! I participated in the P&G Everyday Challenge for Influenster and this was my gift box! I’ll be doing reviews on all of these products once I’ve used them long enough and have taken some pictures. I’m looking forward to sharing these with you!

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Ashley Benson Inspired Makeup

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Hey Guys! Wow, sorry for waiting so long to post. It’s been a really crazy summer. Looking for jobs and helping my parents completely restore the outside of our house has left me with very little free time. I feel bad about slacking on my blogging, but I’m going to try to make it at least at weekly thing.

Since this blog started as a place to review products (mostly makeup), I decided to do another makeup tutorial. I absolutely love Ashley Benson. I think she’s great on Pretty Little Liars and she was crazy amazing in Spring Breakers. She’s absolutely gorgeous and her makeup is always flawless.
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Flawless by Sara Shepard

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Okay, so I went ahead and read the next book. I actually finished it about two weeks ago and haven’t had time to post about it until now. It’s crazy because I thought graduating and not having to go to classes or do work would leave me more time to read/blog, but I’ve been super busy with the job search and everything else that life has thrown at me recently.

I’m pretty sure I’m just going to go ahead and read all of the Pretty Little Liars books that are out. They’re pretty easy to get through, so I’m hoping they don’t take up too much time. I just feel bad about starting a series of books and then never reading through all of them. Like I have to finish things before I can start something else.

This book, like the first was pretty similar to the television series. It kind of blows my mind how quickly the show went through these two books. I’m so used to one book being one whole season. I feel like if I read these books as they came out and had to wait for what happened next and then watched the show and saw how quickly everything flew by I would be kind of disappointed. Maybe it was a decision made by the editor to shorten the books and put out more of them, who knows…

The biggest thing I have to talk about from this book is ***SPOILER ALERT***
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Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

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So I finished reading the first book in the Pretty Little Liars series pretty quickly (just haven’t gotten the chance to post until now). It was easy to fly through, especially since the chapters are so short. It was definitely nice to read something like that after how long it took me to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Someone commented on my last post when I started reading this book and said that they didn’t read any of the others because they found the characters too unlikeable. I could definitely see where they’re coming from. These girls are kind of brats and they do a lot of stupid things (drinking and driving, sleeping with your teacher or your sister’s fiance, etc.). But I think the fact that they’re unlikeable is sort of the point. The fact that they’ve turned out this way as a result of their friend going missing really shows how much of an impact Ali had on each one of them.

The first book was almost exactly the same storyline as the first episode of the television series. I was a little shocked because I thought that it would have at least gone a little further into the first season, but I think there are something like 16 books in this series, so I guess they take place in a shorter amount of time than the show.

Overall, it was an enjoyable read. I’ve started the second book and I’ll probably end up reading them all eventually.

Dr. Lisa Kay Receives the Mary J. Rouse Award

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Dr. Lisa Kay, an assistant professor in the Department of Art Education and Community Arts Practices, has been honored with the Mary J. Rouse Award.

“Seeing my name added to the list of the previous award recipients, who have shaped the field of Art Education, is an incredible tribute,” Dr. Kay said. “I am humbled.”

The award is given by the National Art Education Association Women’s Caucus. Its purpose is to recognize the work of a professional who has shown potential to make significant contributions in the art education profession.
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Emerge 2014 Academic Award Goes to Kate Clements

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Emerge 2014 attracted more than 320 entrants from artists in 32 countries and 35 universities. 42 of the artists were selected to win awards.

MFA Glass student Kate Clements received the Emerge 2014 Academic Award for her piece Untitled (Wall). It was her second time submitting work.

“While I was in undergrad at the Kansas City Art Institute I got into Emerge 2010 but wasn’t an award winner,” Clements said. “The push for me to apply this year came from Sharyn O’Mara and the glass department’s artist in residence Dan Clayman, they were both excited and confident that the piece would do well in the show and that I should make time to apply even though it was at the end of the semester. I almost didn’t apply!”
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