I Think That's the Problem

I was watching one of my favourite TV personalities, a seemingly nice man who loves his mother and works with all different religions and cultures, including Muslims & Arabs. Ami James from Miami Ink. (Who knew a show about a tattoo shop could be so interesting?)

Then he talked about his experience in the army, the Israeli army: "I didn't really think about the politics behind it. At all. I wasn't doing it for the politics but I was obligated. It's my country and you gotta do that."

It made me really sad. And I don't respect him that much any more. That isn't the kind of thing you just "don't think about".

7 Things

I've been tagged by Mimisha at A Revert In Masr blog for the latest blogging chain-challange. I've to write 7 things about myself and give a link to another 7 bloggers I'd like to do the challenge too. So here we go! 

1 - I've recently become a Farmville addict. I've been playing for about 2 weeks but I've already come so far.. I never thought the first thing I'd do in the morning is wake up to harvest my virtual crops. 

2 - I don't watch TV but when I'm away from my husband I sit on the laptop watching TV shows all day. My favourites are Sex and The City, Desperate Housewives & The Ghost Whisperer.

3 - I caved in and watched Twilight & New Moon and am now reading the books. Team Jacob!! Who would have known he was so young.

4 - I have a stationery fetish. A shop full of notebooks, pens, pencils, rubbers, sharpeners, post-it-notes and paperclips is such a turn on. Ahem.

5 - I'm a lone she-wolf (in the closet, open up and let her breathe auuuuuhhh). I try to avoid friends as much as I possibly can. I'm happy being alone, or with my husband. I just don't like to be bothered but when I meet friends for some girl-talk it's so good! Sorry about the Shakira reference.

6 - I met my husband while I was still in high school - he was my first love & my first kiss. I became muslim at 16. 

7 - I'm going to have a little brother or sister who is 20 years younger than me! My mother is PREGNANT! 




It looks like lots of people have been tagged before so I tag anyone who's reading who hasn't been tagged yet!

Makeup!

I love Make-up, and I've been thinking on whether or not to blog about makeup reviews/hauls so when I saw that Ange on Mama I Married a Masri was looking for some makeup reviews on foundations/moisturisers I decided that now would be a good time to start!

Here are the foundations I own right now (I also own Bourjois Fond de Teint Pinceau(too watery and not enough coverage, bad application) and Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse (totally rubbish in every way possible) but they're so crap I'm not even going to bother with them).

My favourite from these three is the one in the middle, Mac's Studio Sculpt Foundation.
SPF 15, 40ml, £22.50 GBP ($36 USD, $40 AUD)

It's a gel foundation with medium coverage, but is buildable so another layer will increase the coverage. I found that it covers totally everything on my skin and the best thing about it is how it doesn't feel heavy or waxy like most high-coverage foundations tend to. It covers up any unevenness in the skin tone perfectly even without concealer. The SPF is a little higher than I'd usually go for since I've never burned and always tan but I find that when I tan too quickly, my skin ends up in bad condition - it can get a bit dry etc. A gradual tan always looks nicer and is much safer for your skin - I read that most wrinkles due to sun damage occur in the late teens and early 20s so it's never too early to start taking care!
My skin is a light beige with yellow undertones so I personally use colour NC20.


The foundation on the right is Yves Saint Laurent Matt Touch Foundation
SPF10, 30ml, £28 GBP ($45 USD, $50 AUD)

This foundation is long lasting, moussy and oil free. It absorbs excess oil in the skin, to help keep your skin clear. It is good for sensitive skin. It's supposed to be light reflecting, so as to perfect and mattify the skin - and it totally does that! My skin looks more luminous with this stuff on and it definitely feels like a quality foundation. It blends really easily and doesn't need a brush but a set back is that the coverage isn't too high and there isn't a good colour range. I personally mix mine (colour number 6) with the next foundation, Flormar.

On the left is Flormar Perfect Coverage Foundation
SPF 8, 30ml, 85 LE (About £10 GBP, $15 USD, $17 AUD)

I love this stuff! I have it in shade 102 so I mix it up with YSL number 6 to make the perfect colour for me, and the result is the best coverage I've ever had. It's heavier than MAC, so I tend to use this mix in the evening rather than during the day. Flormar does contain almond oil but it feels very light and non greasy to me, but I have dryer rather than oily skin. Flormar is Turkish and I found it in a counter in Cairo's City Stars but have yet to see this in the UK. It's cheap because it's foreign though, so that's a good thing!

Tomorrow I'm going to go to do a post about eye make up (my favourite!).