Razorin' Vroom Vroom

I find razors a problem.  I like the fancy expensive ones, but the refill pack is $15!  I don't buy shirts for $15! I use a mix of possible and refillable depending on promotions and pricing.


For today, I'm sharing my solution to a few problems.  I received a package of Bic Soleil Glow razors from Bzzz agent to test out.   I very happy to give them I try, maybe I could settle on one brand from now on.

When  I opened the package there were three razors inside, not the two that I thought.  I am a frequent gym user.  I have three gyms that I frequent.  No, I'm not crazy, two are at my place of work and free and the third is the local rec center gym that I pay my year fees to use.  I am trying very hard to get in the habit of using the gym in the morning.  I need to shower most days after a good workout, and this three pack of razors is great for that.  I put one in the shower, one in my my gym bag and the third went into my travel bag.

They have a nice wide handle, not so chunky that they don't fit in the shower caddy, but easy to grip.  I have a pretty small shower and I've bumped my elbow before causing the razor to fly out of my hand.  Super annoying.

I will buy these razors again, and the nice thing is next time I can change the shower razor and the gym razor and I'll have one left over, meaning I can go that much longer with the shower razor.  The razors last a long time, I shave maybe two times a week and i'm going on a month without feeling any tell tale tugging showing me the blade is going.

UnGoogleable.

Yes.  That's a word.
UnGoogleable.

Since the start of my time on the internet... Circa 1995 I had a pretty distinct name.  First name fairly tradition, spelt in a traditional way.  With trendy 70's and 80's it became non-traditional.  Meghan.  That's me.  My Maiden name was less traditional, and combined with Meghan it was pretty one of a kind.

I was a very high-profile athlete at a school that loved to do press releases.  We played 2/3 games a week for a full season.  That's maybe 12 games?  It was a long time ago.  I played for 4 years.  That's a hell of a lot of press.

So...  When you Googled my former name, it was all me.  Maybe the first 3 or 4 pages of Google.  I learned that employers will Google you for a job interview years before others did.  You could not miss me.  And the photos...  Yikes.

I got married and that part of my life changed.  I now have the same last name as a B- list celebrity.  I moved across the country, started a new job and all of a sudden, I was just like the rest of the world.  When someone Googles you, there are pages to sort through.

And unlike the rest of the world, the first 3 or 4 pages are all devoted to someone else.

It's weird.  And I love it.  Except for when I want to feel cool.  I used to say "Google me.  It's all me"

Now I say "just try to Google me.  Just try"

Beauty 101: The Natural, No Makeup Tutorial

•      I WAS NOT COMPENSATED FOR THIS POST; HOWEVER, I AM CREATING THIS POST AS PART OF A CONTEST

I love makeup.  I work in a world where make up isn't need and in some cases is a hinderance.  Pretend I'm a professional welder.  No makeup needed.  Due to this fact, I take advantage of wearing makeup every chance I get.  My husband had gotten used to the makeup-to-buy-groceries side of me.  

Getting to this point was quite the progress.  I blame it on my mother.  My mom, bless her heart is just terrible at being in style.  She had eye shadow and eyebrow pencil.  That was it.  I feel she was gifted them by a well-meaning college friend once and never added anything to the stash, instead just buying the same products for decades.  She never had anything to steal/borrow or even long for.  Pale pink eyeshadow just wasn't lustworthy.  

Fast forward to college where a new best friend help point out that makeup is your friend.  She was a great help, and I grew to be fairly competent at cream eyeshadow, glitter everything and liquid liner.  It was 1998, what were you wearing?  By senior year I needed to update my style realizing I might need to be seen as a grown up and not looking like Baby Spice did my makeup.  Cosmo makeup guide pages were my friend.  I would study them, see what products I needed to buy, wait for the Rite-Aid 50% off sales and off I went!   This strategy work for years.  Every season I'd check to see what I needed to look up-to date, adjust my look and practice in the mirror trying to emulate photos that I now realise were likely photoshopped to perfection.  

Enter the video tutorial.  Life changing.  A real life person applying makeup.  I could follow along, rewatch, emulate.  My struggles of trying to copy a photo now had a real life paint by numbers coach!  Awesome. Great way to spend a rainy day as well.  Upped my game, helping be a more polished professional.

One thing I struggle with is a natural look.  I feel it stems from that Baby Spice phase, more is better.  As most of my makeup needs are at formal events for my job (FYI I'm not really a welder) the heavier night look is appropriate.  I need to work on my day to day meeting and grocery shopping makeup.  Influenster put together this great tutorial on their YouTube channel about Rimmel FitMe line.  I've watched it a few times and put a few of the items on my shopping list.  Rimmel products aren't the most pricey so even though I'm still pretty thrifty I might be able to buy them all at full price.  I don't have a blush, never thought I needed it, but after watching this I'm going to pick one up.  

I'm going to count this towards my PhD of being a better grown up.  Enjoy!