A bump (not) on a blog

Yes, that appears to be what I have been of late. A bump, who is nowhere near a blog. Funny how that happens. I blame summer. I always feel very unmotivated, drifitng around, during the summer months. I think that the heat cooks my brain. SO.... in the spirit of a cooked brain and a bump on a blog, today's entry is low on the effort scale. I have copied one of those survey things here, and I am answering the questions. This survey was called "a girly survey", and was quite fun to read, when I received it from someone else. So, any boy readers might be bored, but there you go. It's high time this blog had some more make-up & handbags type content!!

1.)Briefly describe your personal style:
I guess I'd say kind of bohemian/hippie-ish, with a dollop of goth thrown in.

2.) If you had to take only 3 things from your make-up bag to the desert island, what would they be?:
A lipstick, my eyelash curlers and tinted moisturiser with SPF. (might I be able to bring my tweezers, too? Pretty please...)

3.) Fave lipstick colour?: I'd have to say red, in various hues, but I wear all kinds of colours.

4.) Fave nail polish colour?: It's one I mixed myself, and it's the shade of pigeons or mourning doves...kind of silver-grey-beige-mauve. It's awesome.

5.) Fave brand of make-up?: I use all sorts, but I really love MAC.

6.) Fave perfume?: Right now, I'm grooving on "Petal" by Cynthia Rowley. I always love "Sheer Stella" (Stella McCartney) in the summer, but my other ones I always use are Mitsouko, FlowerBomb & Pleasures. There'a also this Indian perfume oil called Sunflower that I adore, and can only find regularly at Zinnia Worldly Notions in Victoria.

7.) Do you like bath products? If so, which ones?: Oh yeah. I love Avon's Lilac bubble bath, and I have these bath salts called Forget-Me-Not, that I found at Winners, and really really like.

8.) Long or short nails?: I've had both, but almost always short.

9.) Do you paint your toenails?: Sure do. Almost always bright colours.

10.) Long hair or short hair?: Short-ish right now, but I have had hair all the way from a few inches long to nearly down to my waist. Hair bores me, so it's rarely the same for a long time.

11.) What's the most expensive thing in your wardrobe?: Goodness, now there's a question. It would have to be my lovely, lovely, cherry red Prada doctor bag. I paid about $20 for it at a garage sale where a guy was exacting rightful vengeance on his vile ex-girlfriend for running off with his friend while he (the guy) battled Parkinson's Disease. He was getting a kick out of selling all her high-end designer stuff for pennies at a yard sale. Woo hoo! I win. It is a splendid bag, and I thrill to it all the time. Use it constantly. Got both my $20 worth, and likely a good portion of the astronomical price Evil Girlfriend paid, too!!

12.) If you had the chance to splash out on a major luxury item, would it be an article of clothing, a bag, shoes or jewellery?: Oh dear...what a choice. Jewellry, I think, but a bag would be a close second.

13.) What jewellery do you wear the most?: Wedding rings, all my silver bangles and my thumb rings never come off.

14.) Fave piece of jewellery?: My wedding rings are right up there. After I lost my wedding band (yes, I am a loser), we found a perfect Edwardian band with bells and flowers that looks amazing with my Edwardian diamond. I love old jewels. I'd have to add a couple of other faves, too. A big, chunky pewter & agate piece my mum made years ago, my beige pearl that my parents brought me from Rarotonga, all my silver bangles.... this list could go on & on, so I'm going to stop now.

15.) Best deal in your wardorbe?: Again, the prada bag would be up there. Also, I scored a beautiful brown velvet coat, with pink and gold embroidery from the Goodwill for about $8. It's an incredible coat and I always get compliments when I wear it.

16.) Have you ever worn false eyelashes?: Have I?! I am the queen of the false eyelash. Love 'em, and I'll bust 'em out every chance I get.

17.) Would you consider a face lift?: Nope.

18.) Do you go for regular beauty treatments?: Beauty treatments, you say?..... No, I guess I do not, save having my hair cut. I do have a nice pedicure now & then.

19.) Shave or wax?: Shave my legs and my pits, DIY wax the old bikini line, and pluck the odd other stray hair.

20.) Are you high or low maintenance, beauty-wise?: In the middle, I'd say. I like to look nice & well-groomed, but I certainly don't spend inordinate amounts of time in front of the mirror or in the esthetics salon, etc.

So now you know more than you ever wanted to about my cosmetical life. It was kind of fun to do, though. If any of you gals want to do it, send it back to me in a real email. Then I will learn all your secrets, too!