#i just kept thinking about that video of a cat sleeping in a crane game and slapping the claw ha

[silasbug]

WIP for tomorrow, still gotta clean up lines, some proportions, then colour

[prompt-master]

@friendlylocalwhumper asked: can you write Beast Boy getting a cold and having cute sneezes? and he wants to jump around and eat pizza and be goofy but he just feels so yucky? 😍

For you? Absolutely.

It started with him being more sleepy then usual. He figured he wasn't getting enough sleep and he could feel the toll weighing down on his eyes. Any time he could he'd take cat naps, literally, dozzing off in a patch of sunlight.

But Beastie quickly realized it wasn't just that he was tired when he woke up with a pain in his throat. He groaned in annoyance, rolling over and coughing. He almost expected a hairball with how much it hurt. But no, just your typical regular sore throat. Well he wouldn't say typical. It really fucking hurt. It felt like he swallowed sandpaper.

He transformed back into a human, throwing his limbs out over the couch lazily. He pressed a hand to his cheek, he couldn't tell if he was feverish or not, but he felt suckish, sluggish, and plain gross. His nose was stuffed, making his breathing loud. He wanted to roll back asleep, but first get some food. He stretched out, trying to wake himself up, but found himself kicking metal.

He craned his head up to see Cyborg sitting on the couch, feet up on the coffee table and watching TV. Cyborg looked over at him with a smug smile, "Had a nice nap?"

Beastie sat up and groaned, "No nap will ever be long enough."

Cyborg gave him a pat on the shoulder, "you can say that again pal"

"No nap will ever be long enough"

"Alright smartass." Cyborg rolled his eyes, glancing from Beast Boy to the tv, then back at Beastie, "you feeling ok?"

"What? Yeah man of course, why?" He leaned against Cyborg's arm. Usually he did this just to be affectionate with his best friend, but right now the cool metal did wonders against his skin. He felt himself relaxing again at the feeling.

"Well," Cyborg said, slight worry in his voice, "you just look like garbage"

"Well yeah. I'm starving but I don't feel like getting up."

Cyborg laughed, looking back to the tv, "Man, get up and go eat! Make sure to snag me a slice of pizza too."

Beast Boy gave a long exaggerated groan, but mumbled fine and stood up, ignoring how pain flashed through his head. As he walked to the kitchen he stopped himself with a tickle in his nose. He paused, breath hitching twice before he sneezed, "achoo!!"

"That was adorable!!"

Beast turned around, seeing Starfire flying up to him with her hands clasped together and eyes lighting up, "even your sneezes sound like kittens!"

He gave a nervous laugh, wiping his nose with his sleeve, he felt his face heat up in embarrassment, "Uh...thanks Star"

Cyborg laughed from the couch, "She's not wrong BB. Now get me my pizza!"

Star flew to the couch, leaning over to talk to Cyborg, "Oh friends, since it seems that there are no troubles that require our assistance today, we should partake in some earth fun!"

Beast Boy opened up the fridge to grab some left over pizza. It was pretty much all they had in the fridge. He plopped about 6 pizza slices up in the same plate, but the second he looked at the pizza he felt his appetite drop. He frowned, but put it in the microwave anyway.

"Sure Star, what do you have in mind?" Cyborg and Star kept talking.

"I have heard that going to the mall with friends is a fun yet relaxing pass time"

"Aight, I don't mind a little window shopping"

"Why would we shop for windows? The ones in the tower are fine."

"Ah no well-" Cyborg was cut off by three consecutive sneezes from Beastie, "hey don't sneeze in my pizza!"

"A bless you would be nice" he sat on the couch, handing Cyborg the plate of pizza slices. He instantly started to dig in, but BB just poked at his.

Through a mouthful of pizza Cyborg said, "Anyway, let's head over to the mall. Force Robin to leave his room for once, if you give him a pout and some puppy dog she's he'll do anything you say, Star"

Even when everyone was gathered up ready to leave, Beastie was still poking and barely eating his food. He continued to sneeze into his arm every now and then. He didn't even bother getting ready. He knew he should stay at the tower and rest but...he wanted to have fun with his friends. Goof off, maybe get kicked out of a restaurant, do stupid crap and laugh about it.

He rubbed his eyes and forced himself awake. He was gonna enjoy this damn day and love every second.

Everyone piled into Cyborg's car, but before he could grab the door he was met with Raven's face.

He jumped back, "Geez Rae give a guy a warning" he held his chest over dramatically.

Raven looks him up once, then twice, "You're sick."

His eyes widened at the blunt statement. He waved his hands, fumbling for an excuse, "What? C'mon it's just allergies-" he cut himself off with a series of sneezes, bracing himself against the side of the car as the shook his body.

Raven looked unimpressed as ever, "You should stay home and rest, you know that."

"Can't a guy have a day off" talking hurt his throat, he just wanted to prank some poor cashier guy with Cyborg.

"Your day off can be taking medicine and getting better." She tilted her head slightly, watching his flushed expression think her words over.

He mumbled, "it's just a cold. I wanna hang with you guys"

She sighed, "Beast Boy-"

"Hey!" Cyborg stuck his head out the window, "What's taking you two so long? We going or not?"

Raven responded before Beast Boy could even understand the question, "Beast Boy is sick. He's staying home."

Cyborg frowned at that, he knew something was up with his little buddy. Robin poked his head out from the passenger side, eyebrows down in worry "sick? Is he ok?"

Raven nodded, "He's fine. Just a cold. I'll stay here to make sure the tower isn't set on fire while you're gone."

"Please feel better Beast Boy, we will get you something wonderful from the mall. And when we return I will make you some Tameranian food to help you feel better!" Star's sweet angelic smiled was the exact opposite of the dread that sentence made Beast Boy feel.

"Are you sure we should go?" Robin said, "we can stay if he's sick-"

"No no!" Beast Boy came up to the window, gesturing for Robin to sit back in his seat, "Go have your fun at the mall, you need it bro."

Cyborg ruffled Beast Boy's hair, "Feel better."

Then he was left alone with Raven.

The first thing Raven did was force him to lay down on the couch. She made sure to tell him she'd have him lay in his room if it wasn't so disgusting. Using her magic she dropped a blanket and pillows down on him, making him instantly feel cozier. But he still felt like shit.

He was sneezing and coughing, rolling back and forth as his skin crawled with fever. He kept having to clear his throat and no matter how much water he drank the pain never really faded.

"Man..." He mumbled, voice congested and gravely, "I really wanted to hang."

Raven handed him a steaming cup, "There will be other days.

He sat himself up slightly, sniffling and finding himself unable to smell, "yeah but every moment counts I guess."

He took a sip of the drink and then stuck out his tongue in disgust, "tea?"

Raven rolled her eyes, pressing a hand to his hot forehead, "it's good for you. Just drink it."

He let out a heavy breath, sinking back into the cushions, "the things I do for you" he said before taking another slow disgusted sip.

She smiled ever so slightly, but it didn't last too long, "You've got a fever."

His eyes were dazed and confused, he pressed a hand to his cheek, "hm? I do?"

"You do. I'm gonna get a fever patch."

"Ok, well I'm not going anywhere" he smiled, eyes drooping sleepily.

By the time she returned with the fever patch he was laying back with his eyes shut, still holding the tea in his hand. She slowly took the tea away from him, satisfied that he at least drank half, then placed the Mickey Mouse patch across his forehead.

His eyes instantly blinked open, and then sighed in relief, "thanks..."

"Don't mention it."

He craned his neck back, too sick to fall asleep but sick enough to feel like he could pass out from exhaustion. He coughed into his arm again and again.

"I'm bored...let's do something."

Raven looked up from the book she was reading, "Or. You could sleep."

"Play a video game with me Raven"

"Absolutely not."

"C'mon let's play dungeon adventure"

"No."

"It'll make me feel better"

"Beast Boy-" she pursed her lips at the wide, literal puppy eyes he was giving her.

"....Fine." She rolled her eyes at the little barks he gave, and then the little puppy sneezes he had.

They played until Beast Boy suddenly leaned against her shoulder and fell asleep. She didn't have the heart to move him,even when the rest of the titans came home. Robin wasted no time in checking on Beast Boy, Star showed Raven the stuffed animal she got for Beast Boy,and Cyborg sat right next to Beastie without a word. They all huddled up on the couch, together to play video games as teens should when they're not busy saving the city.

[astormyjet]

July 19th 2017 - January 7th 2018. Summer, Autumn and the start of 2018.

Ho boy. I have been useless at keeping this updated. Things got super busy with RA, working with the kids and just generally getting out and doing more, rather than being a shut in. I lie. I’ve been studying Japanese, doing more outside of school socially and sportingly AND playing more video games. But either way, I haven’t been chronicling my time here as much as I used to.

Ok, so summer. I went to Tokyo for a holiday some time in July/early August. I met up with Maya, one of the cool kids from up north that had actually contacted me about JET stuff before they got here the year after I did, I also met one of my sempai, who actually taught as an ALT alongside my Uni Japanese Uni friend who came to visit me in January last year. So that was a hilarious twist of fate. Tokyo was A plus as per usual, but I don’t see myself living there in the future. Too expensive, too busy. Too many people.

After getting back to Matsuyama, the new ALTs came. They’re all fab. Some of us oldies and a bunch of the newbies play DnD together now, so that’s taking some of my weekends. 

When they first got here, Miriam (the other RA) and myself organised a beach welcome party, we made a kick ass sand castle inspired by Matsuyama castle. We then destroyed it with a big rock. We also beat the crap out of a watermellon on the beach while blindfolded in an attempt to recreate an “authentic beach experience”. Basically in their first couple of weeks, RA duties saw Miriam and I making sure they were settling in all good and running/presenting at Ehime Orientation alongside the other RAs and the PAs. That was both fun, challenging and terrifying. 

Junior High sports day was in September. I jumped in on the white team, or rather the white teams 3rd years basically yanked me into their tent and told me I was their cheerleader, they even got me up doing their chant and dance. I love them all so much. They’re such genki, kind and hard working kids. It’s going to be hard for the last few months of teaching at my base school after they all graduate in March. I’ll have to change schools in August most likely as that is what happens here in Matsuyama to fourth year JETs. It’s probably time for a change, but with the new changes rolling out at Elementary school, I’m seriously concerned about the future of the JET Programme in Matsuyama...side note...our BOE still has no idea how they’re shuffling the new classes at ES 3rd and 4th grade is going to work...when everywhere else on the island had that sorted out last year.....argh. 

Halloween itself was pretty rough for me and a couple of my students. Along the route I bike to school, there is a few bridges with pretty high drops. From the hospital near my house to one of said bridges an ambulance and a police car kept pace (in early morning traffic) with me. By the time we got there, there were already a bunch of police cars and a group of the local community standing on the bridge pretty somberly. I made the mistake of looking down into the river and there was a guy who’d jumped. 

My students were standing nearby and one of the community members suggested that the four of us walk to school with the kids, so we did. It was pretty bleak, the kids weren’t really sure how to process it, neither was I to be honest, but I’ve been in a similar situation a couple of times with friends at Uni so I think that kind of helped me talk through some of what was happening with them. We got to school, informed the principal of what had happened and then the day went on as per usual.

Suicide here is a pretty big issue, luckily for the students and community it turns out the guy was from elsewhere in Matsuyama so it’s impact wasn’t as strongly felt in the community. The community has made efforts to reach out and support the family of the victim and the kids who saw the aftermath are being looked after as well. Thank god. 

I am a little bit worried about how they’re going to react to the whole Logan Paul thing that’s happened recently, and I am incredibly worried about who is going to be at school and who isn’t come the new term, as that is when youth suicide rises, but there’s very little one can do about stuff like that except keep an eye out for and support those who might be dealing with mental health issues.  

On a lighter note, Matsuyama Autumn Festival in October was fun as usual. I made my way down to my school block area and joined in with the community there. The shrines were beautiful, I saw a dragon/lion dance for the first time in real life. I got to hang out with a bunch of my students and their families and generally just put myself out into the community down there which has opened some pretty cool doors for me.

In October, Miriam and I were also in charge of sorting out the yearly Halloween Orphanage visit for the Chuyo region. It was stressful, but rewarding. The kids at the home are all getting so big! I really feel for the staff who take care of them, there’s so many. This year they actually provided costumes for the kids to wear, and boy did that go down a treat. We had a good time. The Christmas visit went along in a similar fashion. Stressful, difficult to co-ordinate, but we all survived.

Skills Development Conference happened at the start of December, it was as per usual, not fantastic. Basically the workshops were more of the same and the speaker this year was bloody useless. Japan is so frustrating in respect to educational change, despite how many JTEs and ALTs ask and suggest changes or improvements, it’s basically screaming into the void. 

After the last day of school, I ended up going to Osaka for Christmas break. I left on the 26th December and came back on the 30th. In that time I spent my first day up in Kyoto, where I hiked Mt. Inari in the snow...it was pretty cool. Figuratively and literally.  The shrine, Fushimi-Inari Shirine and the tori gates are a lot more beautiful than photos can capture. It’s eerie and quiet, but it’s also a peaceful place, if you go earlier on in the day, like before 9am as due to it being a tourist hot-spot, it gets busy fast. In Osaka I went to Nipponbashi and then a bunch of the surrounding places. I didn’t do as much shopping as I thought I would, but that meant I had a bunch more money to spend at USJ. 

USJ was unreal. I loved the Harry Potter world portion and was impressed by the Spiderman ride as well as a couple of the other smaller attractions. I avoided the Minion theme park like the plague, but probably would go if I go again and it’s still there. I also went to Osaka castle, but the museum portion was closed due to it being New-year break fro Japan, so next time. I also went to a cat cafe called Mocha which was really clean, relaxing and the cats were super well cared for. I saw the staff grooming the cats and cleaning the room while I was there, so they’re on to it. I also went to an owl cafe. I got pooped on. Apparently it’s lucky. The owls again were well looked after and the staff were on top of the animals welfare. Basically I had a blast in Osaka and have some ideas  of what I want to do with my partner when they come over in May. Yay!

On the 31st I climbed up the Shiroyama-park hill to Matsuyama castle and watched the last sunset of the year. It was pretty lackluster, but it was a nice way to end the year. I spent the rest of the evening curled up in my room with the heat on and watching Kohaku uta gassen. 2017 wasn’t a bad year for me, it was just an average year. I think now that I am a little more established in Japan, but coming towards the end of my time on JET (only 2 more years! CRIKEY), I’m starting to think about, and panic a little, the future. Like I have no idea what to do after this, but I know I want to stay abroad, but weather that is in Japan, England or Canada, I don’t know. I don’t know if I want to go back into study, or if I want to stick to doing odd jobs with my somewhat useless BA in English, Linguistics and TESOL Minor. I enjoy teaching, and I enjoy working with kids and young adults, learning from them and encouraging them to reach their goals, but I don’t know if I can find a good, stable job with my current qualifications. 

On New Years day I went to the big mall and lined up for lucky bags, I got the Pokemon Center one. I was stoaked, as initially I’d been in the wrong line, but 10 minutes before the doors opened I saw the right one, jumped in and managed to get one of the last bags!!! I also went and bought new running shoes and a Nintendo 3DS  for an early birthday present.

On my actual birthday, I went to work, hung out with the Volleyball kids, the table tennis kids and made paper cranes for the kids graduation in March. I then came home, ordered Pizza and spent the evening on my DS and PC gaming. It was nice. 

I haven’t made my New Years resolutions yet, but I think I’m going to do something similar to what I did last year and write a list of 25 things to do before I am 26. I got about 20 out of 25 things done last year, so I’ll carry over the five I didn’t manage. I have my first shot at my Karate Blackbelt on Wednesday, I don’t think I’ll pass this time around (dammit, why are test fees so expensive), but I think that getting it by the end of the year is on my list. Along with JLPT N3.

I signed my re-contracting paper before I went away, so I am definitely here until August 2019. I’m equal parts excited for the changes in the Elementary school English Education, and dreading how poorly our BOE has been planning it out. But we’ll just have to see. Until next time, this has been Kai, the 25 year old, sleep deprived and slightly Jaded 3rd year ALT.

[cutiecrates]

Cutie Reviews: NMNL Oct 19

For this month Tokyo Catch has been running a promotion, where if you spent enough money to equal or value past 600 points, you receive a free Crane Game ticket per-day. I was disappointed to learn these couldn’t be stacked, but I figured may as well get use out of them by practicing. Now, I only found out about this like a week ago, and would you believe the other day I actually won something in one try?! I was completely stunned, I really wasn’t expecting that to happen. 

I won’t spoil what it is though, when it comes in the mail I’ll take a pic :3 I’ll give you a hint though, it’s Pokemon related~

Meanwhile, I’m sure you see the 2 boxes here, right? If you’re new to the blog or missed the explanation for this “incident”- basically, Tokyo Treat accidentally sent me 2 of the same box (the copy came about a month later I think). I contacted them about this and they told me it was a mistake on behalf of their database, but I was free to keep it. So they are the same, but some variations are different.

“Are you ready to celebrate Halloween? In Japan, everone loves dressing up and even though scary and spooky looks are popular, so are the cute and colorful ones. That’s why we’ve included makeup, skincare, and more inspired by Harujuku, the trendiest place in Tokyo! We hope you’re excited for this month’s spooky beauty box!“

Contest

This month, the contest was based on Pumpkin-themed products for the face; such as eye shadow, a sleeping pack, and some duo pads for cleansing.

Glam Gift

Meanwhile, Kuromi has returned in the form of the special box in NMNL with a little of everything. I love the pouch and hand cream ♥ 

Horoscope

Of course, for Halloween this months featured “characters you should dress-up as for Halloween“. Which one did you get from this list?

Aries: Sailor Moon Taurus: Marilyn Monroe Gemini: Maleficent Cancer: Cruella de Vil Leo: Merida Virgo: Hermione Granger Libra: Hello Kitty Scorpio: Wednesday Adams Sagittarius: Harley Quin Capricorn: Elsa Aquarius: Zombie Alice Pisces: Ursula

I was so excited to get Hello Kitty ♥ You guys know how much I love her, although, I do wish they had included more anime/manga/video game characters.

Acupressure Face Mask

This is a great item if you’re going to be spending Halloween indoors or want to work on your glowing complexion. All you do is put it on for 1 minute a day and rub over the pressure points (I could be wrong, but the box has a picture of someone doing it), then you take it off. It has two sets of straps for a comfortable fit.

This is a product by Lucky Wink, the same people who made those adorably massage kitty pads we got a couple months back. Because I love cats I really like the concept behind these items, and I really like to use the kitty paws. I’m not 100% sure how I feel about this because it actually kind of hurts a little (I use the tighter straps though, if I use the loose ones I don’t feel like it does anything), and the skin around my eyes feel a bit tightened afterwards. But at the same time, I don’t hate it, and it looks like it has been having some effect on the skin. I also like that it doesn’t feel inconvenient to use.

Pumpkin Rejuvenate Mask & Bling Cat Eye Patch

We are lucky to get 2, really cute face masks this month. First up is this natural mask by Esfolio, made from pumpkin (and several other plants) to improve skin elasticity and glow, while leaving out harmful items like MIT, CMIT, parabens, mineral oil (I actually thought that was supposed to be good), and silicone.

I really like this one! It smells a little like flowery pumpkin (its a very faint pumpkin smell), and even though I wiped off most of the product, it adheres to the skin amazingly. This is always something I look for in a face mask because I find they work a lot better than the other ones- the ones I usually have to lay back for while using to make sure they stay on. With winter still in the process of passing, my skin has been needing something like this as of late, and its been feeling pretty nice since I used it a few days ago.

This is suggested as a “1 a day mask“ worn for 15-20 minutes. If you can find it I would recommend picking up a few.

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Our other mask is once again for the eyes, and shaped like a cat :3 perfect for Halloween. By Tony Moly (a brand I really like!), these masks will moisturize, soften, and brighten the skin around your eyes, it’s the purrfect partner for the acupressure mask~

This one has a strong lotion-ish scent I found to be pleasant, and it’s kept on the same amount of time as the previous mask, 15-20 minutes. I decided to use this after the acupressure mask and it felt so soothing, I really liked it. My eyes were feeling tired and tight by that point, and I felt like they were more awake and comfortable afterwards.

I would recommend both of these masks, they both earned S+ (which is even better than an A) in my books!

Nail Stickers

Our next item is by a cute (patent pending) nail sticker pack from the brand Mew Girl. As you can see, this is our first variant in the box too; my original came with the juicy orange sheet, the copy got pinky flowers. Besides these 2, there was 5 other sheets we could get featuring their own funky, colorful, or sweet high quality stickers.

What I think is really fun is that not only do we get the little stickers, but we also have a sticker of the sheet name, and the frame image is also its own sticker, so you could use it for a journal, or just to draw a fun picture or add some flare to an item if you wanted.

The stickers are easy to peel and I really like them, the only issue I have is that I had to pretty much destroy the clear wrapping over one of the sheets just to get a closer look at it. I really don’t know why it was so hard considering how delicately I was doing it, but it was like glued to it, so it ripped apart with little effort. I think it will be okay though, because I keep my nail stuff in something away from all the dust and cat hair.

I plan on using them very soon when I do my nails; so keep an eye out for that in some upcoming pictures ;3

Happy Halloween Bath Powder

After a long night of enjoying the holiday or to take your mind off of things, we get this packet filled with a bright orange bath powder. It’s moisturizing for the skin and includes extracts of peach and vitamin E, and includes a delicious aroma of milk and Japanese tea.

Honestly, I don’t get that smell at all. To me it smells exactly like... have you ever tried those “healthy alternative fizzy water drink machines” where you add flavoring?. It smells like the orange soda flavor; I could pinpoint the scent immediately, but I really like it.

For as vibrant as this product is, there isn’t any sort of skin stainage after using it (at least none I could see, I only used a little of it in the sink, but I kept my hand in it a long time), and my skin felt pretty smooth and soft. You also get a lot of the powder and the scent lasts a good while afterwards.

Fate Grand Order x Sanrio makeup palette

I think I said this in the last review, but while I’m not big on crossovers, I really like any that involve Hello Kitty or Sanrio :D I was really intrigued, and excited, when I saw this fun item. As you can tell, both boxes came with Merlin, but there was also Mash Kyrielight, and Gilgamesh. I know nothing about this series, but I think out of the 3 choices (namely the palette colors), I definitely would have chose Merlin so I’m glad I got this one. But I kinda wish maybe I got 2 different ones.

I’ll just say now that I don’t know FGO, I heard of it but I never checked it out or anything. So I know nothing about this character, but they look interesting. I really wish we got more makeup items based on game/anime/manga series~

I love how this looks like a book, it’s so cute. I also like how the packaging has a little window on top, to demonstrate the colors inside. I didn’t include a demonstration pic like normal because the product is extremely light, so it didn’t show up well in the picture. My observations include:  

Lips - the product barely added color (and I tried to apply a good amount of it). But it is smooth, it isn’t greasy like most lip x cheek products.

Cheeks - much more visible, you only need a little to blend for a rosy cheek look. It feels very light and again no grease.

Eye-shadow - extremely light, the two darker shades are just barely visible, but you get a love shimmer and its perfect if you like soft, natural shades. Again, it’s very light feeling too.

Keeping this in mind, I like this product. Not only because of the cuteness factor, but because I’m someone who prefers the shimmery softness and natural/cute pink hues, so it’s a pretty good palette for me. The makeup is light enough to avoid feeling like its being caked on too.

Pop Devil Color Treatment

Not gonna lie, this item confused me a bit; but I love its pastel coloring and cute character design. This came in 3 variations based on Korean trending colors at the time: ash pink, ash lilac, and ash violet.

Okay, so what confused me is that this is described as being a hair colorant while treating the hair as well. According to the book, you just apply it to damp hair and leave it in 5-15 minutes, then wash it out really well. As far as I know this does not color your hair. I’ve tried it multiple times and saw no difference, but to be fair to the product I don’t know if you’re supposed to be use the ENTIRE thing in once, or if there’s something we’re missing in the instructions.

However, as a treatment item, the hair I tested it on (I did test both colors btw) feels really smooth and soft, and its shinier; it just feels a little bit more healthy than it did prior to using it. It has a strong smell though (I can’t really describe it) and by the 10 minute mark of letting it set, I was beginning to feel a little out of it. The scent lingers after you wash it (as of now it’s been almost 4 hours), but its much more bearable by now.

Momocos Fruit Gloss

This is our final item, and if you’ve been here before you might recognize the pink and blue tube. Because a few months back in KiraKira Crate, we were given the Momocos Fruit Gloss :3 I REALLY like it, it’s one of my favorites to frequent because the wand feels nice, its smooth on the lips, and it smells wonderful~

For this month, besides the Cherry one, we could also get the Mango gloss, Orange, or Peach. Because I already had cherry, I sorta wish I got 2 different ones because I’d love to be one step closer to having a full collection (I’m sure its on the Japan Haul website tho, so I’ll probably be doing it soon enough ;3). But at the same time, it doesn’t hurt to have a spare. By now mine seems so dull in comparison, and the colors have began mixing.

However... I think this new one might also be broken somewhere. When I opened the box I saw spillage in it, and the tube is a bit sticky. I can’t find any sort of damage and it was sealed- but somehow it came out. What’s also funny is that the wand has a gradient, while my other one is vibrant pink.

The mango one is equally delicious in scent and taste, but I feel like out of the whole line it would be my least favorite. It’s not as good as cherry, and I’m pretty sure I will like the other 2 more... maybe when I get them I’ll do a small blog comparing them. 

♥ Cutie Ranking ♥

Content - 4.5 out of 5. I loved everything, and all of the items work and only a couple of them are one-time uses, which is another quality I like. But I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get anything that was... mysterious, spooky, fun, like our prior Halloween makeup boxes. I also wish we got more variety as to where the items are used, like before.

Theme: 2.5 out of 5. Sadly I feel like this suffered. We honestly only got a couple items that bring to mind Halloween, while the rest just sort of... accent it. Like people link Cats with Halloween, but these items don’t make me think of Halloween, they make me think of cats.

Total Rank: 8 out of 10. The items are really good and I love each one, but I’m missing the variety. I like “all over beauty“, why should only my face feel good? The theme was spot-on for the month of October, but the items weren’t. As a side note though, since my Birthday is in October, I like how I got a lot of items that involve things I like. I would strongly recommend this box, unless you wanted something with a stronger Halloween vibe.

♥ Cutie Scale ♥

Palette - As sheer as the product is, I really like it. It’s very sweet looking, and the packaging is super-cute~

Eye Mask - It felt so good and it smells even better.

Bath Powder - I was a bit shocked by the vibrant (almost blood colored) colorant, but it smells yummy and it felt really nice on the skin.

Pumpkin Mask - It smelled good and it clung to the skin perfectly, which doesn’t happen often with face masks for me. I kinda want to get another one.

Acupressure Mask - It kinda hurts a bit to use, but like I said, I don’t hate it enough to not want to use it again. 

Lip Gloss - As much as I like this brand, and the products; considering one made a mess (but its still usable) and I’m not extremely crazy about the mango one... its not my favorite.  

Hair Treatment - It feels really nice in the hair, but unless I missed something it won’t actually change your hair color or tint or anything. It was kind of a letdown.  

Nail Stickers - I just feel like I’m less-likely to use this one. I really like them though.

[green-graves]

Odds! For the ask thing

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1. I’m butch a lot of the time but also I’m kinda both tbh

3. leather jackets but also I have this one flannel and it is the colors of Mike Wazowski and Sully from Monsters Inc

5. I’d like to say goth but tbh just generally alternative is probably more accurate

7.My favorite pair of shoes is probably either my point toe glossy fake leather Mossimo’s or my bent heel patent black Unlisted’s, both of which i bought at Goodwill

9. I want to have a buzzcut again, but I also kinda want a mohawk so we’ll see

11. The worst date I’ve ever been on was with a man before I realized I was a lesbian, we went to the mall and he kept talking about how he was angry that I was thinking I might want our relationship to be platonic (this was our first date since we had broken up 6 months prior and I had been convinced to give him another chance) and he literally described himself as a nice guy at one point and then snatched my bags out of my hands because he wanted to “carry them for me”. He also started talking about how he was a boob guy after we walked past victoria’s secret and he literally craned his neck backwards to look at the titty posters. So yeah glad I dodged a fucking bullet by being gay as fuck

13. She’s short and I bully her for it and also she’s a big nerd and she loves cats. I don’t really want to say much else about her on here because I regret doing that with my ex tbh

15. My dream wedding is just dressing up real fancy and being told that a beautiful woman wants to spend her life with me and have a family

17. Okay so I know this is lame as shit but tbh I’d have to choose New Jersey. I just feel really connected to it and i love it there. Other than that pretty much any city in Germany

19. I’ve never read a lesbian novel!!!! Please recommend me some!!!

21. I don’t think I listen to any lesbian musicians unfortunately :(

23. Yes all the time people always think that me and my GF are just best friends. We also get confused for sisters for some reason even though she’s about 5 inches shorter than me, has blonde hair, and is tan instead of my nasty ass inhuman skin color

25. Probably women, also not having to worry about nasty ass fragile masculinity

27. Being appreciated, BITCH! I want to be told how beautiful and irresistible I am bc I need to feel GOOD ABOUT MYSELF or else I get uncomfortable in an intimate setting but lol hey what else is new :)))))

29. I usually ask other women out because I need to be rejected/have closure before I can move on and I’d rather get things over with then drag it out and hurt myself. Also I’m unapproachable I guess bc I’ve only ever been asked out by two women

31. I love painting!! And drawing!!! And singing!!! And I love analyzing people dreams and also video games

33. It takes me a long time to warm up to somebody romantically or sexually, but platonically I love a lot of people and pretty easily. I also cut off from people really easily, if I know I’m not going to have anything to do with someone again i become indifferent immediately which I know is very off putting but really if we stop talking for a specific reason for a long time then we need to start over again as strangers because I’ve deleted your file from the fuck-giving center of my brain.

35. Yeah bitch I was in love with a straight girl for 3 years and I never told her lol

37. My fave comfort food is ????? Idk I guess I eat eggs when I’m sad bc I work out when I’m upset but I don’t think they count as a comfort food ://

39. I used to be a vegetarian and then a vegan but I am neither anymore

41. I am both bc I have bipolar so this bitch never sleeps :)))))

43. Legally? No. Do I know how? yes.

45. I realized I was a lesbian when I was 15, but I always knew I liked girls I just was conditioned into thinking I’d eventually also like boys and then later dated boys because I convinced myself that it was normal to literally feel disgusted when a partner touched you or talked about relationship stuff with you. I still struggle with compulsive heterosexuality but it’s getting better

47. Yeah I’m in love with Britney Spears and I have been since I was 8 years old

49.I hope that I live to see the future and end up living with someone I love with a job I at least feel okay about

If y’all were nosy enough to read all this ur a real one!