Mineral Makeup Lovers Unite!

Let me start out by saying that I absolutely love mineral makeup.

Ever since I tried it, I've been an addict. If you try it, you will become one as well; at the very least you'll be converted to minerals. They're healthy & the best kinds contain no chemicals or preservatives, so they're wonderful for your skin.

This is makeup you can sleep in, seriously. Not that I'd recommend it, but still. Finally, makeup that you can wear to bed & not feel guilty about.

And did I mention that it makes your skin look amazing? Full or light coverage, with no flakiness or color lines. No-cake-mix here. There's so many different colors it's easy to find one that matches your skin tone perfectly.. and make you look like you were born with flawless skin. Sound too good to be true? Then you've never tried mineral makeup.

My skin has improved 100% since I tried it. I used to think I had natural "redness" in my skin -- but have since learned that was caused by harsh cleansers & bad makeup. Now, I've learned.

Convinced yet? You should be.

But there's better: to help with the decision, I have two links you're going to love. One is for a free sample kit of some foundation kit shades, & the other is for super discounted mineral eyeshadows in a rainbow of colors!

Get your free mineral makeup sample set: Everyday Minerals is what started me on mineral makeup. Generous sample sizes, one free kit per order.

Eyeshadow for life: Creamy mineral makeup eyeshadows last so long you'll grow bored of the shade before you run out of color, seriously. $2.50 jars until they're gone.

The mineral makeup is best applied with a brush. Everyday Minerals has an amazing foundation buffer brush that applies this stuff like a dream. I'll be back later with tutorials.

Take care,
Brill.

Welcome to Blogger: A Wordpress Rant.

Lesson numero uno: Do your research before committing to a blog host.

Yeah, sure.. that sounds boring, right? Well, it sounds boring to me. I mean, I figured most blogs would be the same. A couple "widgets" here, a couple there, some links, settings, options.. might be a lot for a blog-newbie to take in, but I figured I could manage.

What I didn't bank on was how different blog hosts could be. Take wordpress, for instance. I have a blog over there (actually, it's unforuntely my main blog for my business, Brilliance Found), so I know the inner workings of it rather well. I went with wordpress because I naively believed the random rumourings that it was a better blog for business-related things. And, as anyone who knows me knows, I have no idea about anything business-related.

So there's me, happily signing up for wordpress because I figured, hey, it's been recommended. And blogger is more for casual blogging, right? Well. Cue two months of editing & making changes & stillll not being satisfied with the overall look. Not to mention that wordpress is not compatible with a great chunk of html, which is important because a lot of my stuff is the un-wordpressable html. Sucks.

And then I come here, in attempt to start a new blog for my tutorials & reviews, so that they don't get mixed in with my business-related postings (and because really, I can't keep away from my rambling tendencies), and I somehow manage to get this bitch set up in a mere 3 hours. Formatted & everything. Oh, and did I mention blogger takes my html? I'm basically in love.

So now, here I am with my dilemma. I am using two blog hosts for basically the same purposes. One sucks, one doesn't. And of course, the one that sucks is the one that I have months worth of postings & link ups. And of course, the one that sucks has a better name. Wordpress sounds a hell of a lot classier than Blogger, doesn't it? Blogger makes me think of some chodey teenager. Ahhh well. I guess they were right when they said starting a business is a bit of bullshit.

(To add insult to injury, I paid something like $15 at wordpress hoping that I'd be able to customize my blog a little better. Over there, they charge for the options we get for free here at blogger. Wordpress, I hate you so.)

So, the cliffs note version (included only because there's a list button staring riiiight at me):

WORDPRESS CONS:

• You can't format your page worth shit.
• Charges $15 for the pipe dream that you, yes you, MIGHT be able to format your page worth shit.
• Doesn't take a great deal of html
• Waste of time, etc.

WORDPRESS PROS:

• Well, the name sound pretty dope.
• And apparently, someone out there thinks it's good for business.