The Taming of Haulzilla; Counterspace Redemption


If you have been following my blog, you've seen the unstoppable force of wallet destruction that recently exploded all over our apartment; leaving us tripping over the cardboard and bubble wrap wreckage for months.

I am of course speaking of Haulzilla, which you can read about in its full terrifying glory here.

So many things, where am I going to put all of it?!

I cannot deny that Haulzilla definitely increased the amount of products underfoot, but even before then, my collection of skincare and makeup was already spilling over countertops, breeding in our medicine cabinet, piling up in random boxes around the living room, and skittering under my husband's hands when he sleepily tries to brush his teeth really early in the mornings.

I needed to get things under control before there was a causality of either a shattered bottle or possibly his sanity.  I wanted to avoid both.

Weekday Randomness: Spreadsheets, Testing Schedules, and Why pH Pre-Testing is a Good Idea

It's high time for some mid week updates: I have so many things going on that just don't warrant a weekend post but I'm still interested in talking about, so here we are!

In this post:

  • Spreadsheet organization
  • Automatically generated testing schedules
  • Why you should pH test your pH-dependent products before you use them
  • Base product emergency backups
  • What's in progress?

Fair Skin Friendly: BB cream swatches vs NC15 Pt 2

Since my last BB cream megaswatch post was both more than a year and many, many BB creams ago, after receiving several BB and CC cream samples with Haulzilla, it was high time I stopped procrastinating and got swatching!

Swatching is challenging for me; I have short arms, lots of BB creams but minimal swatching real estate unless I want to stripe things up to my armpit and find an assistant who won't think I'm completely crazy (the neighbours already do), and worst of all, I have a point-and-shoot camera that likes to treat my in-direct-sunlight-skin as white balance.   

Take a look at the image below, which was the only picture I managed to get in direct light that didn't wash my skin out to complete white and give it an unearthly nimbus, like some sort of pudgy extra from the vampire scenes in Twilight.

Note: I did not edit this image in any way other than cropping out my scowling face.  I did not adjust the colours, or lighten the image, or anything else that would increase the freakish whiteness of that arm.  That's 100% pure natural pallidness.  Urgh.  Click for huge, if you're that brave and/or curious!
As a result, I look forward to swatching with the same excitement as an overdue dentist appointment; something that you dread with only the silver lining to look for of it finally being over.