Yeah, Eh, Nah: Lip Gloss

Yeah

Yes to Carrots

6.49, Target

I love this lip gloss! Its hydrating, pigmented, and long lasting. There are not too many colors, but they are all worth having...although I personally have only bought 'Playful Nude.'

Eh

Origins Liquid Lip Color

15, Origins Retail Stores

I actually really like this product and have used it for years. It has a minty, tingly feeling that is refreshing during a Texas summer. The pigmentation varies with the colors but is generally pretty good. My favorites are 'Soft Sizzle' and 'Prim and Copper.' However, it gets an 'Eh' because the price is ridiculous, especially with 'Yes to Carrots' lip gloss on the market. 

Nah

NYX

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5.49, Ulta

This lip gloss seems to have a cult following, people absolutely swear by this product and I do not know why. The pigmentation is decent for the thirty seconds you'll be willing to have this stickiness on your lips.

Now we come to bring thee honor...

Graduation season has come and gone, another year of young minds eager to learn from their own mistakes unleashed onto the world. My high school graduation was long, I didn't know most of the people, and I spent most of the time reading 'Dante's Inferno' which I had hidden under my robe.

The principal began the ceremony by letting us know that "As [he] was working out at the gym this morning, [he] thought of all of [us]...."

The salutatorian mocking that great man by reminding us we were "world class mavs" (a phrase thrown at us at every morning announcements, football game, soccer game, and chess meet), and mentioning a local radio morning show because "they said they would give me 50 bucks if I did." And then our rather red and irritated principal got back up to wag his finger and tell him to "take this more seriously."

Some people, however, had pretty awesome speeches...and I have gathered my three favorites here. I would suggest to any principal or valedictorian to use a large projector and play one of these at their next event...you could even voice over whenever they mention the school name and get the computer class to photoshoot the school mascot and colors into the video. If nothing else steal the transcript outright and you too can be as brilliant as these three comedians.

Coming in at number 3 is Ellen Degeneres at Tulane.

Second, but not first, is Eugene Mirman at Lexington High School.

At least make it to 2:45 on this one...gold, comedic gold.

And always the greatest, at number 1 is Conan O'Brien at Dartmouth.

What's the deal with this Pop life?

A&W Root Beer and Cantaloupe have been my two favorite things since I was really little.

By the way, just so you're warned, root beer does not exist on the British Isles..there's only ginger beer. So when I traveled to Scotland, on a red-eye 6-hour train from London, I saw the most beautiful thing- an 'A&W' restaurant sign. I ran in my high heels, waited patiently in line, ordered my elixir, and was told "the root beer machine is broken." What?! What does that even mean? A root beer machine? I'll gladly mix the syrup and carbonated water myself. Alas, it would be many more months before I and my love would be reunited in holy thirst-quenching matrimony.

For now I can visit it at the store whenever I want. And visit only I shall because Alex and I have kicked the corn syrup habit. I'll have to post later about the details of why and how, but for a year now we have eaten Organic and Fair Trade. When we go out to eat we focus on going to Chipotle and Grazing Cow (an all grass feed beef burger joint in Plano).

In the interest of full disclosure we did learn that it was necessary to have a corn syrup item on occasion, because when we went out to eat with other people or out to dinner parties we got sick. Our bodies were not used to the processed foods anymore and rejected it. So after a few tummy aches we found a balance...Pineapple soda and Slurpees :)

Root beer, however, and the search for the one, true perfect blend has become my hobby for the past few months. I have not found it yet, but I can review a few that I have tried.

First up: Boylan

Overall, I like this one. It has a strong caramel undertone and after taste, so much so that I would predict if you did not like caramel you would not like this root beer. It is not too sweet, but I have found that cane sugar versions usually aren't.

World Market, Individually $1.99

Next: Thomas Kemper

The honey is apparent, so if you do not like honey, skip this one. However, if you enjoy honey in your tea or on a warm biscuit you will love this. In fact, I would suggest pairing this with a honey biscuit just to highlight the unique undertone.

Whole Foods, 4-Pack $4.99

Last: Oogave

Using Agave as a sweetener is the latest trend in the anti-corn syrup world, but after trying this I'll gladly sign an "Agave for Tequila Only" petition. To say it was awful is not enough, scarring, torturous, doubting my own sanity. Avoid. There are those who do not consume sugar, and for those people this may be their only option. To those people I say, drink water.

Whole Foods, 4-Pack $4.99