Experimental Saturday

We had some delicious coho salmon on Friday night for dinner, so Saturday morning's breakfast was decided upon as soon as we saw that there was left-over salmon on the platter: salmon omelets with chives and sour cream. Ben's cooking always wows me as he basically wings everything - no recipes, no measurement, no instructions (this does make him subpar at baking). That omelet above was as tasty as it was beautiful. We complimented it with piping hot espresso and garnished Bloody Marys. 

I've been dying to get a peek at the Prabal Gurung collection for Target but hadn't made my way into the money-suck that is my favorite big box store. When we finally stopped by today, I wasn't thrilled with the fabrics and patterns up close... but the shoes?! They were a big Spring yes, so I picked up these perfect flats. I've been obsessed with ankle and t-straps lately so these were the total package. 

While at Target I "wandered" into the make-up section to pick up some liquid eyeliner and spring-bright lipstick. I'm often so envious of bloggers that have interesting smoky eyes, bright lipstick, gorgeous hair knotted into buns. I've never been good at doing my hair or make-up. I basically blow-dry my hair every morning, straight, and either bun it up on a bad hair day, or leave it laying flat. I'm the worst at curling irons and I'm absolutely terrible at braiding. Since middle school I've been using eyeliner pencils on the bottom lash line, black mascara a bit of cover-up and lipstick in modest tones.

The most interesting make-up tale I have to tell is of the time when Ben did my smoky eye before a party and I emerged looking like I'd been punched in one eye and the other was covered in white mold. Trying to remove it just made it worse... and red.

I spent a few minutes with Revlon Lustrous bright red lipstick and the Revlon Colorstay gel liquid eyeliner and achieved this somewhat lopsided, shocking lip color look, but I feel pretty invigorated by the hope of better make-up to come. Ben said that I looked like a clown after a few minutes, but perhaps looking like a clown is the first step to not being so predictable and boring.

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