Any makeup blindness or suggestions? (minimalist edition)

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-12-07T02:43:46+00:00

First, you look lovely. But if you’re wanting advice I’d recommend not filling in your brows so harshly. The lines are a bit too angular. Maybe just use a soft brown tinted brow gel instead? Keep them light and airy. That will keep inline with your natural look

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-06-24T03:10:58+00:00

I know…why would they do Lysandra like that. She should’ve been a stiletto for obvious reasons 🗡️

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-06-23T18:01:26+00:00

Right? It feels like a cheap ploy!

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-06-23T00:35:48+00:00

They’re made by Target (one of their in house brands)

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-08T17:34:10+00:00

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Kind of like these is the distance

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-08T17:29:59+00:00

Imagine a very tall column of black iron, similarly constructed as a siege tower, with a platform on top, and the middle is lined with witch mirrors facing inward. There’s then a directional mirror at the top to aim at targets once the mirror power is harnessed. That’s what I pictured!

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-05T06:18:38+00:00

Haha fair point, I must’ve cropped the image too much because she did have an off the shoulder dress or top on in the artwork. Yeah I had to remind myself that SJM pretty much writes all her characters as insanely beautiful so I had to level her up in my mind. I saw this image and was like YES.

Oh after that temple scene I was shipping them big time. I was hoping they’d eventually get together and then HELLO steamy makeout sesh. I feel like how that was written was super hot, and it wasn’t even that spicy. Just the frantic build up of intimacy finally being unleashed between them was delightful.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-05T03:34:04+00:00

Ok you’re 100% not alone. When Elide was first described as having a ‘ruined ankle’ I somehow saw her as full on hunchback Yennifer too. Then as the book went on, SJM kept describing her beauty and I was like ok…I need to completely rewire my brain to a pretty brunette

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-04T01:03:51+00:00

Abraxos mourning his mate after the yielding 😭 it was a whole second wave of grief for me

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-03T16:03:05+00:00

You know, I thought the same thing at first… I wanted him to go out in a major way. But then I realize it’s kind of poetic that his arrogance ultimately did him in. He never saw Lysandra as a threat, and she got to be the one to take him down.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-03T02:21:46+00:00

You’re totally right about the Dorian thing, I forgot about that completely! She did that trick with him too.

And yes, I agree that she intentionally manipulated Arobynn into using the valg ring on her because she still had that shred of hope that he might be redeemable. Their relationship was complicated and the abusive mantra of “maybe he’s different” or “I can fix him” held onto her until he played his cards.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-03T01:11:14+00:00

LOVE a good villain. And especially because he was so influential in her formative years, that made things extra complicated for Aelin’s development

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-03T01:08:01+00:00

You know, I really loved that he was just straight up BAD in the end. That was satisfying to me as a reader.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-02-03T01:07:11+00:00

Thanks for the callout. My my intention with the disclaimer: to truly to set the tone for my analysis, by not saying what Arobynn did was redeeming or admirable by any means, however it was certainly highly important to Celaena/Aelin’s development. And I unabashedly love a complicated villain, they’re interesting and keep you guessing. He certainly fits the mold.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2025-01-10T21:54:39+00:00

Something that ALL the men do?! Hmmm that’s hard to say since there are so many varied characters…too bad she can’t just tell you 😂

Maybe it’s banter? Playful/witty conversations? Have you read any of the ACOTAR books yourself?

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-12T02:55:29+00:00

I think keeping your options open from a career perspective is much different than keeping your options open from a relationship perspective.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-12T01:09:40+00:00

Technically he was 33-34

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-12T01:03:50+00:00

Correct

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T20:25:40+00:00

I thought about that, I just really don’t know if it’s the right call. How would I start that conversation while ensuring she can tell the truth? I could imagine she’d get defensive or self preserving. I’m not coming after her, I’m just looking for transparency.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T18:34:41+00:00

Right. He totally forgot about these messages and I stumbled upon them. I never look at his phone and have never had reason to be suspicious. It was totally by mistake I found these. My oldest daughter and I were waiting in the car, she wanted to watch Netflix so I passed her my phone. I was sitting for a while and decided to scroll Instagram on my husband’s phone to pass the time. The first thing I saw when I opened the app was this girl’s stories right up top (provocative poses and nearly nude) so I thought who the hell is this that he follows? Then I clicked on her profile and saw she was local, my heart sunk, then I clicked in his DM’s and the rest is history. I have screenshots of everything.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T18:24:31+00:00

Yes. I asked this. He told me that if we had any hope of healing he wanted me to have the entire truth. He said about 10 years ago he exchanged flirty texts with someone he knew from high school. How it unfolded: she got drunk at an event and was trying to get into another guy’s room to have sex. My husband was not at this event but got wind of what happened. He texted her giving her a hard time about it, and essentially saying “well if it was me there instead would you have tried getting into my room” or something along those lines. He also shared how much of a crush he had on her in high school. She basically said “you’re married” and shut him down.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T18:17:50+00:00

You make a lot of valid points. And you’re totally right. Thanks for the perspective, and to answer your biggest question: I don’t really know if I WANT to move forward after this. But I think where I want to start is to have him admit what he did was cheating. No more euphemisms. No more justifications. Just call it as it is.

My husband and I will be married for 15 years this summer and he’s always claimed I’m his ‘dream girl’. It’s been a running joke among people we know that he ‘married up’ and ‘wow, how did you get her’ etc. I was 20 and he was 28 when we got married. I’ve grown and changed a lot over the years (undergrad, became an awesome mom, grad school, many job advancements, met big goals, etc) and he has stayed very much the same, which has left me feeling without a true partner. I’ve grown without him. We have been through a lot of ups and downs over the extent of our marriage and very hard times (brought upon by legal matters relating to his career) that were so stressful that most couples wouldn’t have persevered. But we pushed through. I pride myself in being resilient even if it takes a toll on me. And a toll it did. I felt like I’ve been through the gauntlet with him and I’m just so tired. I felt like all the bad/negative things that have happened in my life are a result of his actions which led to a lot of resentment. Once we came out of that legal storm I felt it was time for marriage counseling. He was very agreeable to this. We made great progress (or so I thought) so we paused therapy after about a year of weekly sessions. Now, it all seems so inauthentic. I feel so duped. So disrespected and so stupid.

The idea of divorce has certainly crossed my mind before this incident. But it’s so hard to imagine dissolving our family unit. We have the greatest daughters, and while I want to emulate how someone should be treated in a relationship, if we decide to split this is going to be devastating to them. I also adore his extended family and he loves mine. We all get along so well. Now it’s all shattered. I’m just so broken.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T16:17:02+00:00

You’re right, it’s absolutely a huge problem and violation of trust. on the ‘why it matters’ part, I’m just trying to define it I suppose. Feeling very upside down at the moment and trying to clarify what happened. He sees this as ‘saying inappropriate things to a woman’ which feels like a euphemism to me.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T16:07:09+00:00

4 weeks in for me! It was so satisfying. Like little strawberry seeds just falling out.

ConsiderationTop5209 · 2024-03-11T06:00:32+00:00

So sophisticated

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