肌寒いですね~

Today is another cafe work day 

Finishing touches to my website. With all I have left to do I would say it is 90% done! I updated my prices to reflect an hourly wage. It's almost three dollars below minimum wage for Washington state...but I'm trying to stay affordable and excite people without underselling my worth too much. 

 Sigh

Speaking of excitement...apparently, a nearby Ulta is desperately hiring a Specialty Beauty Advisor position in Clinique. I'd prefer to be an all over Advisor rather than a specific vendor...but I do like Clinique products and am familiar with how to sell them. In order to apply as an existing associate, I have to tell my manager that I want to switch locations though. Much to think about

I'm afraid that by asking to relocate right after the recent "happenings" will be a red flag for my managers, which will spread to leadership in other stores. Plus, I know my current location and the customer base well; the majority of people I work with are so kind and hardworking. Like I said, I NEVER had an issue before this all happened. Do I wait and go unpaid for weeks just to see if I possibly get a promotion at my current store, or do I jump ship and start over in a different position that might not even be what I want? 

How about looking at pretty clothes instead of deciding right now?

Depop is having a shipping promo - 0.99 shipping on any item under 10. I'm not really buying anything second hand for more than 15 so it's been working out in my favor

This dress actually arrived today! 

Also an Ali purchase! Need some staple pieces

Super excited about the nails!

From the other day

I've been messing up my makeup and having to redo it recently--which I HATE doing. I'm not a wipe-it-off-and-try-again girl. But I also don't want to look like a fool. The way my eyes need to look is a big departure from Manba/Ganguro & require different lashes

(hall of eyeballs, a lilttle kowai)

Manba is bigger and darker on the bottom droop/lashline, sometimes even tight lining most/all of the eye 

This more delicate style is more top-lash heavy, and the eyes are vertically bigger rather than horizontally. Dolly, not wild. If the lashes aren't spiky anime style, they're more natural looking along with the eyeshadow--which can be a death knoll for gaijin since it may "look gal" primarily on Asian features. I am however SO happy to be a blush demon again  I missed wearing radioactively pastel baby pink 

Also my Canmake brow pencil broke and it is very much not daijoubu

Rainy, rainy

Weird day today...

Started with rough sleep. I woke up and noticed that I had NO hours in my schedule for work, like at all. Manager didn't get back to me until I decided to drive to the store, and even then she seemed flustered about my concern. 

She said something about "making this a whole thing when it isn't" for showing up while she was on shift. Sorry for being worried about my job, which I'm apparently good enough at for talk of a promotion, but not enough to avoid being reprimanded for calling out while being prohibitively ill?

 Whatever

I needed to exchange the foundation I've been using anyway. I tried to save money by using a Loreal Fit Me liquid foundation, which the formula wasn't bad but I realized on an outing one day that it was very, very middle-school orange in the sunlight. Decided just to go back to old reliable:

shade 21N - I prefer 22C but they were out of course...

 - LIP SERVICE

 - Ross

 - Aliexpress

  - Aliexpress

 Make inspo today:

lovely Tsubasa 

My original plans were to work on my pro art website at a cafe again today. I make an effort not to choose Starbucks because the company sucks, but after almost crying over (apparently) nothing, I didn't feel like traveling any farther. 

Grilled cheese sandwich, pecan crunch iced latte, plus free vanilla frappuccino and brownie

A drive thru order got mixed up and a barista offered me the drink, I told her I was having it a bit rough and that they just made my day. They returned again with a brownie just for me, on the house. Angels are real and they are aromantic-pin wearing baristas

I suppose with all this time on my hands I have no excuse but to get to work on my art career. Ray made a great point recently about branching out into Twitch/streamer assets; vtuber designs, buttons and banners, etc. If anyone knows anyone looking for an artist for hire...spare change?

Hope everyone is well