I wear lipstick about 12 times a year. I have a Revlon Colorstay Liquid Matte for dramatic color. It’s very hard to wipe or chew off, and unlike a waxy lipstick I can’t really feel it once it’s on and dried and blotted.
My other lip color is a tinted Burt’s Bees lip balm. That’s it, the end.
I used to use the benefect benetint lipstains and loved them. You paint it on with a tiny paint brush and it dries you can blot and have a nice colour. After it’s dry you can do more coats and get a more dramatic look.
I have a soft lipsticky but flat lipstain now. Needing to apply like lipstick means I am likely to have colour outside my lines. It is also only subtle and never dramatic. Maybe I should buy more lip things.
I use the Rimmel Provacalips line of lipsticks. You put on the color and then a gloss over it. It will stay on at least 12 hours and I’ve had it last 2 days in a row before if I hadn’t eaten anything greasy that broke it down. They are also cheap as hell from $4 to $12 so you don’t have to feel bad if you try it and it is a total no go for you.
Cons: more drying than a traditional lipstick or lip stain. Can be a pain to take off.
Also, if not mentioned yet, use a lip liner to define the borders of your lip. You can even nudge the lip liner outside of your lip line for a more dramatic look.
ETA: you can use lighter and darker lipsticks in combination to “highlight” / “contour” your lips to emphasize the shape you want
I’m replacing my plastic kitchen bowls with stainless steel. Can you all think of any reason I’d need a plastic bowl specifically, or can I get rid of them and save the space? They’d go to Goodwill so they’ll have a good home.
I can’t think of any. Stainless is more versatile than plastic.
Puke bowl? For older kid stomach flu season
Big plastic bowls are for vomit and house leaks. It’s a science fact.
Ever since last years plumbing disaster, I’m very glad I have a plastic trash can in the bathroom instead of mesh. That thing saved the day.
Obvs. stainless steel can’t go in the microwave but maybe you have glass for that?
We do! These are big stainless steel mixing bowls, so not microwave friendly even if they were the right material.
This makes me think that getting rid of them would trigger a leak or stomach bug, much to consider.
Having useful but crappy things that you can throw out without worry if they get too gross to want to clean is nice. I don’t want a life where everything is quality and worth taking care of. Some of it should just be easy.
My barrier is that we just have SO much extra kitchen stuff that’s stored to manage. It’s all useful and I want someone to come service our furnace without me having to move a ton of stuff around.
Looking at my remaining plastic bowls, I just have bowls that are small mixing bowl size or are actually colanders. Into the goodwill box they go! No good for barfing or leaks.
Our current trash cans with liners got us through noro last month, which I will not detail but let’s just say it tested the system. I am comfortable saying this publicly because if I do jinx myself, it’s an ok time to do it and bring on a stomach bug.
Thanks for going on this bowl journey with me! Next is getting a new air fryer. I have one picked out so if you see Breville having a big sale before Black Friday, let me know.
Also stainless washes well if you do need to use it for something gross!
The only consideration is microwave. We don’t have any plastic bowls and I’m happy with the consolidation.
Back in my day…
We did not have a puke bowl when I was a kid. I think we just used the bathroom garbage can.
Sometimes I serve popcorn in the rice/puke pot because we don’t have a yellow Tupperware
Popcorn puke bowl.
So stainless is fine. And actually I think B1 appreciates the handles on the puke pot.
I thought I was the only one. I have never puked in anything reusable. We puke in the toilet only lol.
ETA: I think kid #1 has only puked once. I accidentally caught it in a gift bag.