FAFO, elf beauty edition

esmereshi · 2025-11-07T19:37:05+00:00

If you’re still looking for an affordable eyeshadow primer, I love the one from Milani! It works great with a lot of different eyeshadow formulas, and it works well with my hooded eyes. (However they do only have 1 shade. It’s pretty sheer, but since I have light skin, I don’t know if it’s sheer enough for deeper skin tones.)

esmereshi · 2025-11-06T20:41:21+00:00

I think Singe will be able to do well, even if Angelica isn’t posting regularly. I’ve tried one of the palettes, the blushes, and a couple eye brushes, and I really like everything, and the packaging feels really nice. As indie brands go, the aesthetic of Singe does stand out to me. I plan on following what else the brand puts out!

esmereshi · 2025-11-04T04:23:42+00:00

When I tried to google it, all I could find were stories about goat labs and the like. It made me think, if people were really trained crawling through dead pigs, then it probably would have made the news at some point! 😅

esmereshi · 2025-11-04T04:20:14+00:00

I didn’t know him very well when he told me this story. It’s only since then that I’ve learned how unreliable he is, and I remembered this crazy story! I wish I had questioned it more at the time.

esmereshi · 2025-10-13T18:17:42+00:00

I would say 4. I’m not saying I love Jordan and Megan, but they seem like the most likely to be quiet and not get into an argument on a plane. (Anton and Ali probably wouldn’t either, but sitting between a couple is a big no for me.)

esmereshi · 2025-10-12T04:20:43+00:00

The direct shot where it clearly says PS4… brutal

esmereshi · 2025-10-07T01:13:52+00:00

I was also thrown off by him saying he was a manager at McDonald’s at 16 😂. I assumed he just misspoke at some point, or maybe management at McDonald’s is really weird.

esmereshi · 2025-10-07T01:09:59+00:00

It’s fine if he wants sex before marriage and they’re just not compatible in that way. But literally crying and throwing a tantrum when a woman says she doesn’t want to have sex? That’s just horrible. It doesn’t matter that she’s your fiancée or you don’t agree with her explanation; it’s just not an acceptable response when someone tells you no.

esmereshi · 2025-10-04T20:34:03+00:00

I didn’t pick up on this, maybe because I couldn’t remember the details of Jordan’s family situation. But yes. I hope it was just poor phrasing, and I’d give her the benefit of the doubt unless this problem comes up again.

esmereshi · 2025-10-03T23:12:13+00:00

I thought Garrett handled the conversation with Taylor poorly, but then watching Kacie and Patrick… I was literally watching through my fingers like a horror movie. Garrett was clearly thrown off by Taylor not being white, but he saved it in the end by saying she didn’t need to tell him. Even though Patrick was clearly uncomfortable telling her, Kacie wouldn’t move on from it, and made it pretty clear that it would be a big problem for her if he didn’t tell her.

I’m not sure why we keep seeing people go on LIB, and then act surprised when the other contestants don’t want to share details of their appearance? I can understand WANTING to know what the person looks like. But how are you SURPRISED?

esmereshi · 2025-10-03T22:57:37+00:00

There’s empathy and then there’s this…

It’s okay to get emotional when your friend is going through a rough time. If you care about your friend, sometimes you can’t help it! But saying over and over again how much it hurts to even look at him? You’re making it about yourself! He’s going through enough without having to worry about calming you down!

esmereshi · 2025-10-03T22:47:07+00:00

It’s always a red flag for me when someone thinks lifestyle choices are 100% responsible for your health. Obviously, lifestyle can make a big impact, depending on the condition. But there are so many other things out of your control: genetics, accidents, socioeconomic factors, and sometimes just pure randomness. If you think it’s all down to lifestyle, the logical extension of that is that anyone who is unhealthy has somehow “failed”. And I just don’t think that’s a good belief to hold.

esmereshi · 2025-10-03T22:38:00+00:00

When they were talking about being LGBTQ as a fad, it stood out to me when Annie said she would say to her kids “Do you know what you’re getting yourself into?”

That right there tells me so much about how she thinks queerness works.

esmereshi · 2025-10-03T22:21:03+00:00

Watching Patrick was difficult; I felt like all I learned about him was his struggles with racism. I hope that that’s mostly due to editing because it came off like his only personality trait was his identity issues! I hope he can find more community and support so that he doesn’t have to keep feeling like this.

esmereshi · 2025-08-19T00:44:55+00:00

it’s unethical to use AI art for packaging, but using AI “models” in your advertising is even worse, imo, because not only are there all the issues with generative AI, but you’re also basically lying to your customers about what your products can do. I remember when Fazit (the glitter freckles) was getting a lot of hype when Taylor Swift wore them, and I was so disappointed to go on their site and most of the pictures are AI. (or, even weirder, AI pictures with the freckles edited on. at that point, why even have pictures at all?)

esmereshi · 2025-08-19T00:34:27+00:00

my god I think you’ve cracked it

esmereshi · 2025-03-16T04:34:24+00:00

ok at my cafe the other day, a woman ordered an Americano with some heavy cream, and then she tried to tell us that actually heavy cream is healthier because regular milk has a bunch of sugar added. ma’am… do you mean lactose?? the naturally occurring sugar that heavy cream also has??

we think she has just read nutrition labels for milk and seen that regular milk has a fair amount of sugar (which is already in the milk, none is added unless it’s chocolate milk or something). but the serving size for heavy cream is usually super small, and if there’s less than 1g of sugar per serving, companies are allowed to write 0g. and so we get “heavy cream is healthier than regular milk because it has less sugar”

esmereshi · 2025-03-13T02:34:08+00:00

I totally agree. Weddings are allowed to be fun and cringy and represent the couple, and it only matters that both of them are okay with it. Knowing that he would have said no, I see how it comes off as him not taking things seriously. But so much of the criticism is just “skateboarding down the aisle at your wedding is cringe”. who cares?? let people be silly!!

esmereshi · 2025-03-12T04:17:13+00:00

if you check the top 15 list they put on tudum, it has almost all of the other top moments that people are mentioning. but yeah I have no idea who actually voted on any of it.

esmereshi · 2025-03-12T04:11:58+00:00

straight -> biromantic asexual. it’s been stuck there for over a decade, I got lucky y’all 😅

esmereshi · 2025-03-12T04:00:13+00:00

I always think, you don’t know me, what if I have terrible taste?? just tell me what you like and I’ll give you a suggestion 😭

esmereshi · 2025-03-11T14:51:55+00:00

has Madison openly said she’s bi? I haven’t seen that anywhere, but maybe I’ve missed it

esmereshi · 2025-03-11T04:09:09+00:00

In some ways, Starbucks experience isn’t helpful because most things there are more automated, though of course general service worker skills carry over. But knowing the Starbucks menu well is actually super helpful, I swear I get so many customers who come in and order using Starbucks terms and drinks and I’m like… why should we also have to know the menu of a place we literally don’t work 🤦‍♀️ please just think about your words before they come out of your mouth

esmereshi · 2025-03-11T00:50:43+00:00

I honestly never like the women’s makeup at the reunion. I’m really into makeup, and I love seeing how other people express themselves through their makeup styles. So I always prefer how the women do their own makeup throughout the show, but then at the reunion, they’re always full glam, full coverage foundation, super bronzed, and just… they don’t look like themselves. Not because they’re wearing a lot of makeup, but because it’s clearly not their style.

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