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Posted by Dain, Friday, August 05, 2005 11:26 PM (Eastern)
Today was a day for treating me, after a long week of teaching, which is not over yet, so I ate at Tango (an Argentian restaurant off Mass. Ave in Arlington, wonderful stuff! I return again and again, it is so good.), the Milanesa de Bife (not sure if I spelled that correctly, as I do not know Spanish) with butternut squash on the side. Lovely. A perfect meal unto itself, with a glass of red wine. That, and copious amounts of coffee. And now I'm going to treat myself to four hours of the wonderful, albeit not quite dead accurate, BBC presentation of Gormenghast.
I self-indulged in other ways, too. I have, in my grubby possession, not one new Eye Kohl, but three. Tarnish, Prunella, and Teddy. A green-smoked black, a lush dusky violet (perhaps the eyeliner equivalent of The Maltese Falcon), and a rich chestnut, glinting with copper. Respectively. Just to add to my collection of... err... one Eye Kohl, the infamous Powersurge (perhaps a testimony to the brilliance and versatility of the bronze-gold of Powersurge, that I've seen no need for other eye pencils). Well, I could have done worse; I could have bought Blooz, too. I am—how shall I term it?—in an eyeliner mood. Washes should be subtle (though I'm hankering after NARS Strada), all the better to befit the intelligent intensity of rich eyeliner. If you're wondering what I recommend for fall, it is that. Eyeliner luxe as velvet, with the softest of washes, minimal dusty blush, and real lipstick, not the halfwit approximation with sheers. Though, I should add: eyeliner, in a shade other than black, is only the most intelligent of makeups with matte skin, for it is most bimbo-ish of them all, with the oily sheen of the drunk, so keep a compact handy.
I also nabbed September's Lucky, and nice fat issue bursting with ideas. And Neal Stephenson's Confusion, which is perhaps less frivolous.
And I saw the NARS fall line, so I'll be writing up a report very soon!
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