"Red lipstick and heels put the fear of God into people"

So Jamie and I found that quote in Cosmo, right?

And we were trying to figure out whether or not this was true. Then, since I've started rubbing off on her, we started discussing scientific ways to prove this, and I started chatting with Deborah (my sister) about this, and we came up with an idea.

In order not to influence the other variables, the default outfit will be the same skinny jeans, top, and eye makeup. Preferably, these trials will be performed on days with similar weather.

We will, of course, be testing the effects of each component individually, as well as both together, or neither.

Some difficulty was encountered when determining what the control lips and footwear should be. Since "no footwear" was not an option, and "no lipstick" seems not to work with similar eye makeup, further examination of the original source was conducted. Upon determining that the magazine assumed that women would wear some kind of lipstick, light pink lipstick will be the "negative" control for the lipstick factor, and ballet flats will be the "negative" control for the shoes.

However, the most difficulty is determining the results, as they will be qualitative rather than quantitative. According to Jamie, "fear of God" would be literal, causing those around us to suddenly literally start fearing God, making us some sort of fashion missionaries. I, personally, think that people moving out of your way and being particularly polite or deferential would be the appropriate effect.

More information will be posted as the trials are conducted.

New makeup!

So my roommate (Jamie) and I, after attending a midnight candlelight service for Christmas, went to the shiny new Walgreen's at Sunset & Vine to pick up hot cocoa mix, and after finding out they were out of it, spend nearly an hour in the makeup section until we realized it was 2 AM.

First of all, they had lots of brands I'd never heard of - I immediately gravitated towards a European brand called "GOSH", because the makeup was all bright colors and sparkles (I know. My makeup preferences tend towards things that small children and Ke$ha might like) and the testers seemed really, really nice. Their liquid eyeliner was in a sort of marker form and in all sorts of colors. It was a bit too expensive for me, though, but not more expensive than I remember Sephora being the last time I was in one of their stores.

This is it.

This is why I'm not even going to try to hide which Walgreen's we go to at 1 AM, because as far as I can tell, it's one of only a handful in the US, and probably the only one in my time zone, that carries that line. If I get a full-time job, I'm SO getting some of this.

But I also found some things from Wet & Wild. Because I really really like metallic eyeliner, and the colors in this and the eyeshadow go perfectly with my skin. I've just got to figure out what to do with them...

Yes, I instagrammed it.

Research may follow. Eventually.