of colors

the other day went to the mall with a friend.had been lond since i was at the mall and also with a friend doing girly things. she wanted to buy some nail polish and once at the cosmetic shop i bit the bait.

as the japanese doramas have taught, orange eyeshadow looks good with dark eyes.so there i was. the only time i wear makeup is when i go to the opera. full regalia: makeup, dress up, nice shoes, jewelry et all. sas a result i think my make up dates from the 70's. T__T  

fast forward. bought the kit on the left as the colors along with the coveted orange looked promising.

oohh war paint! we went to a lingerie strore and a shoe store. while she was trying on shoes i curiously looked at the backside of makeup case,something i should have done at the strore.

lo and behold make up made in the prc.yep,china. they are notorious for using non standard (being kind here) ingredients in everything. not  desiring to risk blindness went to another store firsts one didn't accept devolutions(alarm) and come to think of it for 5€ what was to be expected. that shows how incredibly uncouth i am makeup wise. the second case on the right was 20€ made in turkey (almost europe) and under german supervision.this sounds racist,but it isn't. the germans have to comply with european safety and health standards.in a nutshell this  makeup won't cause blindness.

after all this predicament we went for real down to earth stuff. liquitex and amsterdam.

more gelli printing ahead.

neki desu 

 

double whammy

temari making different by region.

have a good weekend

neki desu 

 

into the blues

recouping a yarn skein from a knitted project that never really made it. looked too amateurish for my taste. the yarn is atractive, the issue is that it's for handknitting, hence too lofty and prone to splitting.

will try something again. there's another skein god knows where in the studio.

need to get my act together and start making reservations for the trip.decided to move it to mid oct -mid novermber to be sure to catch some of  the colors.

the news is that my two banks do not have currency exchange anymore( everyone is taking the easy way out post pandemic) they operate with an exchange company which gives lousy exchange rates.they claim they don't charge commission.( as if we were dumb).

guess that the way of traveling has changed .good thing i still have yens from the last trip so i won't arrive empty handed to the airport while i change money.

im also depending on my debit card since suica and pasmo cards are no longer available for small purchases and transport. another convenience lost to the pandemic.

japan is mainly a cash country and the reason is that  the yakuza doesn't operate with credit cards for obvious reasons.

neki desu