11: I know, I know

I didn't get around to the second post yesterday but for good reason; once again, I was ripping and running all day long preparing for the evening's festivities. I'll make it up today, I promise.

So.... I'm a pretty simple woman, right. When it comes to general presentation, I don't have much flare for the dramatic, but understatement works for me. Not everybody can pull it off, which is why there is so much money in the business of beautification. *shrugs* Beautification encompasses a whole plethora of things but let's talk specifically about makeup. I, um..... yeah LOL. I really don't even know how to apply the shit. A little concealer action under the eyes, some eye liner and a popping gloss is just about the full spectrum of my expertise, ya dig? But hell, I live a 9 to 5, mother-of-two type lifestyle, where the fuck am I going that requires any more than that? LOL That said, I've often wondered what a "full beat" might look like on me and yesterday I had the opportunity to find out.

As you know, me and my girl had a couple parties lined up for the weekend. Last night's in particular was one she wanted "push through", if ya feel me, so when she wanted to look into going somewhere to get glammed up, I was like you know what.... let's do that. I made us both appointments at this awesome makeup bar called Rouge NY and I swear, I wish we had a camera crew with us. We had a blast up in there. But anyway, here's the finished product:

I liked it, but I was barely out the door before it started irritating me. I have such sensitive skin that I have to wash my face as soon as I get home every day because I can literally feel all the dirt and bacteria I encounter on the commute. I spend nearly the whole trip home swiping my face. Yesterday, I started having that sensation almost immediately after we left the salon. And this is at like 5:00 - I gotta make it all the way to club time! LOL It took a very conscious effort on my part not to keep messing with my face, but I did manage to keep it in place throughout the night. Taking it off, however, was the very first thing I did when I got home. Well the second thing - first I threw my leftover gourmet pizza in the microwave, 2am hunger rules everything LOL

Jay-Z's 40/40 Club in New York City is very nice. Love the layout. Whoever designed it CLEARLY understood people's need to see and be seen because it's very conducive to both. Unfortunately, there wasn't much "talent" in the building last night so I spent a lot of the night refilling my glass with $14 Cran-cardi. I did chat one guy up at the end who was there for the same party we were there for. Definitely a cutie but since he lives upstate AND he's probably like 12..... yeah, probably not worth the follow up LOL.

Still....#goodtimes. At least until I woke up this morning and realized the lady at Macy's forgot to remove one of the sensors from something I bought yesterday. Now I gotta go back so they can take it off. But that will have to keep til tomorrow, ya girl is NOT leaving this house!

Safe flight homie!

#ThelmaAndLouise