#apricot soda art

[sodastarpop]

it's incredible,

as incredible as you💕

#guys i really love.. this somg..... #connverse #steven universe #connie maheswaran #su #apricot soda art

[thekimdelacreme]

Today’s Exercise:

Jillian Michaels Extreme Shed and Shred Level 1 Jillian Michaels Yoga Inferno Level 2 Denise Austin Sculpt and Burn Body Blitz (Warm Up, Mixed Martial Arts, Athletic Conditioning, Cool Down) Hour long walk

Today’s Food:

Breakfast: Chobani blueberry on the bottom Greek yogurt, coffee Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich, HEB Apricot Tart soda, King Cake Cocktail: Lemon Drop 1L water

#workout #diet #exercise #jillian michaels #denise austin

[dolenphic]

Types Of People (pt.5) shades of orange

ORNAGE -

the sound of opening a soda can, has a pretty room, sharp grins, adrenalin, writes heart felt birthday cards, dyed hair, browsing Wikipedia for 2 hours, those foxy smirks, neon signs, always in trouble and kinda drags their friends into it too, piercings, late night talks, using shower as a coping mechanism, spray paints, finding home in unfamiliar places, lace up boots, dates to McDonalds, will come to your house at 2am if u upset, needs more sleep, juice boxes, inside jokes, playful teasing, abandoned beaches, loves cuddles, hates staying at home, midnight snacks, misty forests, swallowing hard, torn pages, wandering for hours in art galleries, the smell of smoke, wearing at least 2 rings at any given time.

YELLOW ORANGE -

gardening in the morning, pressed flowers, acoustic guitar, comedy movies, yellowed pages of fav. books, circular glasses, burying their feet in the sand, constantly has a water bottle with them, only cries when they’re by themselves, staring at the moon, comfy socks, natural makeup, good grades, the color of eyes when the sunlight shines into them, spiral staircase, cursive letters, antique shops, when they’re not taking notes in the class they’re sleeping, fountain pens, brick floors, quote pictures on the walls, old diaries, has a weakness for cats, frozen lakes, over stuffed bookshelves, knitting needles & wool yarns, hanging plants, very patient, late but always with a reason.

MACORONI & CHEESE -

 risk-takers, thrift stores, potted plants, polaroid cameras, the reflection of light on the water, still has a CD player, grassy hills, probably has strict parents, colorful hoodies, believes that there is good in everyone, practical, great cook, flowers in empty coca-cola bottles, running through the rain, fairy lights, likes spending time alone, art god, craving a home near the sea, open curtains, skateboard with a wobbly wheel, nintendo games, singing in the shower, jean jackets, wishes to sit at the bottom of the pool, doodling, can speak to all sorts of animals, enjoying their own company, great at keeping secrets, antique silver watches, a safe person to be around.

PEACH -

 enjoys animated movies, stands up for someone who can’t stand up for themselves, fluffy blankets, hugging a teddy bear, tie dye shirts, soft giggles, loves floral patterns, holding hands, cozy borrowed hoodies, silver jwellery, long walks in the park, random adventures, follows a bunch of photography accounts on insta, soft skin, aesthetic notebooks, collecting stones with weird colors, watching movies under big blankets, amazing storyteller, bunnies, passes works on time, loose curls, getting lost in a crowd, friends with everyone, poetry on mythical creatures, video games, frosted donuts, heart shaped glasses, horrible at money management.

APRICOT -

cheers you up with warm hugs, puts succulents in their room, cute freckles, has watched every movie on netflix, plushies, scarily good with numbers, self made flower crowns, sensitive, tells you their fav. song, wishes to fly, bubbles, scented candles, wears soft sweaters when they feel lonely, hopeless romantic, flickering candles, frank but fair, trying to help as many people they can, scented markers, staring at the clouds, loves fairytales, silk pillowcase, in love with the sky, tan lines, stressed and it shows, dancing in their room, chapped lips, reckless driver, cuffed jeans, Japanese cherry blossoms, gentle cuddles on the couch, hot chocolate, the warmth of a sunset. 

#types of people #orange aesthetic #orange #yellow orange #macaroni and cheese #peach #apricot #aesthetic #writing #tag yourself #colors #aesthetic writing

[stars-in-my-damn-eyes]

Rules: Spell out your url with songs and then tag as many people as there are letters in your url

Tagged by @hey-its-zezzy <3 fair warning i am NOT tagging seventeen people i dont even have seventeen friends

(All links are to the mentioned songs on Spotify. You know. Just in case you were curious as to what they sounded like)

S F D D - Stacked Like Pancakes

The Louisville Shuffle (RIP) - Sarah and the Safe Word

Addvice - Days N Daze

Runs in the Family - Amanda Palmer

Spaceship - Art Sorority

I Hate Society - Metro Station

Night Life - Hello Atlantic

Mártír - Alvin és a Mókusok

You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You) - Waterparks

Disco! In The Panic Room - Bug Hunter

All Gone - Mother Mother

Marco Polo - The Relay Company

No Time For False Friends - The Cloverhearts

Everybody Talks - Neon Trees

You’re All Scotch, No Soda - Sarah and the Safe Word

Eat Shit and Die - Harley Poe

Sleep Is For The Weak - The Dreadnoughts

Tagging: @brothebro @cassandrasdreamworld @apricot-antlers @concertconfetti @szappan and @theaceace !! That’s six people, just like the six letters in the phrase “stars in my damn eyes”

#tag game #i actually put effort into this #enjoy my shit music taste #lovingly curated from my spotify likes

[ibijau]

i would give my left arm for a continuation of your sangyao “why do i remember kissing you” scene. PLEASE let meng yao be happy or i’ll cry ;-;

a continuation of this

“That’s the most stupid idea you’ve ever had,” Jiang Cheng said, which is a little harsh, but Nie Huaisang nods and puts the bottle back on the ray. 

Jiang Cheng rolls his eyes hard from where he’s leaning on the shopping cart.

“No, grab the fucking vodka, you idiot. I’m not going sober through a party where Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are there. But you plan, about Meng Yao? That’s stupid even by your standards.”

Nie Huaisang shudders at the idea of Wei Wuxian flirting with everyone to grab Lan Wangji’s attention, as if he doesn’t have it already, and of Lan Wangji’s cold anger making the temperature drop. When he’s done hooking up with Meng Yao, Nie Huaisang is so taking care of these two, if only so they’ll stop ruining every party.

He grabs two bottles of vodka, and some whiskey too before motioning for them to move to the sodas.

“My plan is excellent, you’re just jealous ChengCheng.”

“It’s terrible,” Jiang Cheng insists, dropping some coke in the cart. “Can’t you just say you like him, like a normal person, ask him out on a date… you know, something normal?”

Trying to decide between two flavours of likely repulsing energy drinks, Nie Huaisang shrugs.

“What would you know about normal.”

“Rude. I’ve probably tried to understand that bullshit more than any of you,” Jiang Cheng snaps, pushing him aside to pick one of the energy drink packs. “And I can tell you this: being straightforward is the best way to go. Or else, you’ll just end up like Wei Wuxian and his walking ice-cube. Talk to Meng Yao, tell him you like his butt or… whatever it is you like about him anyway.”

“The dimples,” Nie Huaisang mutters. “And the fact that he’s my only friend with a brain.”

“Again, fucking rude.”

Nie Huaisang shrugs. He’s aware that actually, most of his friends are probably near geniuses. Wei Wuxian has three degrees and is working on a fourth while also doing volunteer work. Lan Wangji is a music prodigy who’s been doing concerts since he was six along with his brother. Even Jiang Cheng, always accused by his parents of underperforming when they were alive, managed to finish his degree with honours while taking over their business after their untimely death. If anything, Nie Huaisang himself, who’s been lingering in art school and is in no hurry to graduate, is the idiot of the group so he probably shouldn’t make judgements.

But there’s just something about Meng Yao’s sharp mind that sets him aside from everyone else. It’s a practical sort of cleverness which the others lack. Meng Yao always knows how to get the best price on things, he knows which bars are safe and which aren’t at a glance, how to defuse a fight (or start one without getting involved), what to wear on any occasion. It’s like Meng Yao could be thrown into absolutely any situation and always land on his feet, looking like he belongs there and knows exactly what to do.

He’s also normal smart on top of that, which is nice. Nie Huaisang has never found anyone else as excited as him to chat about the pre-raphaelites, not until meeting his brother’s roommate.

“I can’t just tell him I like him,” Nie Huaisang sighs, pushing the cart toward the queue for the cashier. “What if he doesn’t like me back?”

“He does,” Jiang Cheng retorts. “And even if he doesn’t, at least then you’d know and be able to move on. What’s your stupid plan of making out with him for a stupid bet even going to accomplish, uh?”

“It gives me an exit,” Nie Huaisang explains, as if it’s obvious. It certainly is to him. “I get to kiss him, and then if he seems to be having regrets after, I can just say that hey, guess what? It’s fine, it was all fake for money, we can stay friends! It’s a foolproof plan.”

Jiang Cheng considers that for a moment, and grimaces.

“I still think it’s stupid. Just tell him that you like him. If he likes you back, good. If he doesn’t, we have vodka. If he doesn’t like you back and he’s an asshole about it, then he was never worth your attention and I’m sure Lan Wangji will gladly break his nose for making you cry.”

“Not taking romantic advice from the aro guy,” Nie Huaisang replies with a pout. “Just… are you going to place the bet for me or not?”

Jiang Cheng rolls his eyes, and grumbles, and makes a whole damn show of expressing how much he hates the idea, in case it wasn’t clear enough yet, but… of course he agrees to help. That’s just how he is. For all of his advice about just saying things, Jiang Cheng can’t do anything without pretending that he’s forced to act against his better judgement.

-

A number of hours later, Nie Huaisang is standing in his brother’s bathroom, numbly trying to brush his teeth and wondering if Jiang Cheng didn’t have a point yesterday about how stupid his plan is.

Well, no. The plan was great. Nie Huaisang got to make out with the guy of his dreams, first where everyone could see them so he’d get some sweet extra cash, and then after in Meng Yao’s bedroom until they kind of fell asleep. That part of the plan went great.

No, the problem is that Nie Huaisang panicked this morning when Meng Yao asked why they kissed last night. It’s just. It’s just that Meng Yao seemed so shocked by the idea, as if it’s something he’d never have considered while sober, and Nie Huaisang was still a little out of it because he too drank too much and slept too little, so he tried to play it cool, and…

Heavens but the expression on Meng Yao’s face when he said it was just for a bet, the tone of his voice when he asked if he should expect his share of money, that was…

Nie Huaisang sighs, and presses his forehead against the bathroom’s mirror. The glass feels almost too cold against his skin, but that’s nice, that’s grounding. 

Jiang Cheng was right, he should have just told Meng Yao that he likes him instead of trying to be clever. He’s ruined everything now. Whatever Meng Yao felt before, he surely hates him now because if there’s one thing he hates, it’s feeling used by other people. With how many times Meng Yao complained about that aspect of his old friendship with the Wens, back before he moved in with Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang should have known not to pull this sort of bullshit, but…

Well. He’s the idiot in their group of friends, isn’t he?

In the bedroom next door, Nie Huaisang hears movement. Meng Yao seems to be getting up from his bed. Nie Huaisang tenses, fearing that the other man will come talk to him and tell him to get out of the flat… but he doesn’t. Instead, he hears footsteps going toward the kitchen, ignoring him entirely. Maybe it’s worse than being kicked out.

It takes Nie Huaisang a while to calm down, but eventually he makes it to the kitchen too. He’s hoping to grab some water before being ordered to leave. He was supposed to help Meng Yao clean the flat before Nie Mingjue’s return, that was the deal, but he’s not sure Meng Yao will want his company after this. He’s not sure what Meng Yao will want in general.

When Nie Huaisang steps into the kitchen, he finds that what Meng Yao wants, apparently, is breakfast. He’s put water to boil, bread in the toaster, and he’s looking in the fridge for something to put on it.

“Strawberry or apricot?” He asks without turning to look at Nie Huaisang.

“What?”

“Jam, for the toasts. Strawberry or apricot? It’s all we have.”

“Whichever one has no mold on it,” Nie Huaisang mumbles, because he’s been at his brother’s flat for breakfast before, thanks.

Meng Yao checks both containers, and grimaces.

“Strawberry it is. Sit down, it’ll be ready in a moment.”

Nie Huaisang obeys on sheer instinct, carefully watching Meng Yao as he rummages through a cupboard for their box of tea.

“I thought you’d be wanting me gone,” Nie Huaisang says, because he’s really an idiot and can’t keep his mouth shut.

Meng Yao drops the box of tea on the table, and turns away to check on the toasts.

“Not until this flat is clean. I’m not dealing with this mess alone.”

That does sound fair. Nie Huaisang promised to help after all, and he probably deserves to do it as punishment or something. 

They have breakfast in silence, and then get to cleaning, still in silence. After a while, Nie Huaisang starts wishing they had music at least. Not two seconds later, Meng Yao turns on the radio. It’s that classical music station Nie Mingjue likes, because he’s such an old man that he still has a radio and really does listen to that kind of music. They’ve both teased him about it, and as they hear some Bach ring into the quiet flat, Meng Yao and Nie Huaisang can’t help trading a brief smile.

It gives Nie Huaisang some hope. He ruined something last night and this morning, but he didn’t ruin everything.

It takes some hours for the flat to return to its normal state (parties with Wei Wuxian are always a mess) but they manage anyway. When they’re done, Nie Huaisang feels a little calmer. Sure he fucked up, but Meng Yao seems less upset about it now, so they’re probably fine. They can pretend this never happened, and go on with being friends as long as they never talk about this again.

That’d be a good plan.

Instead, Nie Huaisang looks around the now clean flat, and like the complete idiot he is, lets his mouth say words without having his brain check them first.

“So, any chance we might make out again someday?” he asks.

The way Meng Yao tenses instantly and scowls at him is just awful. So much for not ruining everything.

“What, do you need more material for that bet?” Meng Yao snaps. “Is there money on the line if we last more than one night? I’ll want fifty percent of profits then.”

Nie Huaisang winces.

“I’m not asking for that, I swear! It’s…”

He takes a deep breath, wondering how to explain the situation, and then… 

Ah.

He can’t believe he’s about to take the advice Jiang Cheng gave him yesterday. But at this point, he really has nothing left to lose, right?

“A-Yao, I like you a lot,” he sighs. “I really do. I have for a while. The bet was just a good excuse, I’ve wanted to kiss you for a while. I think you’re really handsome and clever and I want to go on dates and stuff, I just wasn’t sure you’d want that too so I thought I’d… test the waters, you know?”

The intensity of Meng Yao’s stare is such that Nie Huaisang has to look down. Or maybe it’s just that he’s too embarrassed by his own words to bear to look at Meng Yao’s reaction. Nie Huaisang is never one to be direct if there’s a chance to make things convoluted, and to open up like this and just say things, with his words, that’s just…

“You’re an idiot,” Meng Yao says, his tone so flat it’s impossible to judge how he feels.

“Yeah, I know. Listen, it’s… it’s fine, don’t worry, I’ll show myself out and I won’t bother you again and…”

“I think it’s best if you leave, yes,” Meng Yao agrees. “But be back at six.”

Nie Huaisang’s head snaps up to look at his friend. He didn’t remember that they had plans for that night.

“You’re taking me on a date,” Meng Yao announces. “Somewhere nice, to apologise for being so stupid.”

Nie Huaisang blinks a few times, while Meng Yao smirks.

“Buy me flowers too. Maybe chocolate as well.”

“You’ve watched too many rom-coms,” Nie Huaisang retorts, feeling a smile creep on his face. “You really want to go on a date with me?”

“I never say anything I don’t mean,” Meng Yao says, which is an awful lie as they both know, but Nie Huaisang is willing to pretend, just this once. “Now fuck off, I need to take a nap and shower and get ready for my date.”

Nie Huaisang grins, and almost runs out of the door. It’s almost two, he’s only got a few hours to plan the best date Meng Yao has ever had.

#sangyao #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jc is at least aro and probably ace too but he's still figuring out that bit #nhs is just very stupid #I feel very weird writing modern aus and also I don't know anything about alcohol and I've never been to a party in my life :) #jau writes #semicryptid

[mizufae]

4, 9, 21, 30, 48, 68

SO MANY ASKS, MY BOREDOM RECEDES

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

ugh. I was the super smart but smelly kid, basically. I got placed in a GT core program in 4th grade (gifted and talented) and even there I was immediately shuffled to the second to last rung on the social ladder, I was the most normal one of the kids who ate erasers and were obviously autistic. Like also, I guess I was described as “an old soul” and “rude” because I used bad words. Before the GT program I was a bookworm and before that I was “extremely shy” but in 2nd grade I woke up one morning and was suddenly obnoxious. I suspect that my teachers didn’t know what the hell to do with me most of the time, but I always got really good grades despite refusing to do a lot of homework so it was kind of hard to crack my nut, I guess. One time in fifth grade I was called “tactless”.

9. favorite smell in the summer?

Honeysuckle on a warm clear night.

The town I moved to when I was seven years old has a big festival every year with craft booths and outdoor concerts and lots of food and carnival stuff and they have fireworks! It was within walking distance of our house, so every summer we’d walk there in the afternoon and spend a couple evenings there. This was how I saw Carbonleaf for free about a month before they made it really big! Anyway, here is the memory:

Walking home at night, sticky leather sandals on my feet. My friend met up with me while at the festival and she peels off to get to her neighborhood a few blocks along. My mom and dad are meandering about half a block ahead of me. I have a cracked glowstick around my neck, it’s a soft green and pink. The firework smoke has mostly cleared and the nearly full moon washes the dark streets with enough light to navigate without the flashlight my mom had tucked in her purse. The streets on this block don’t have sidewalks so we have to be careful, but everyone is walking home around this time so it’s not too dangerous. The breeze passes through and any lingering smoke is blown away, replaced with a floral waft. I don’t understand what it is until I bump into my parents who have stopped. My dad is picking at a bush that’s grown over a chainlink fence. “What are you doing?”

“Eating honeysuckle,” my dad responds. I make an incredulous noise. “You can eat it, see? You pick a flower, like this, without any leaves on the bottom, and then pinch off the bottom. The stamen will come through and pull the nectar down... Then you suck it like the bottom of an ice cream cone. It’s sweet. Here, try it.”

After I try one and mangle it, my dad prepares one for me. I’m surprised. I’d only eaten pansies before, and those tasted like mint and parsley had a baby, not sweet at all. “Can you eat the petals?”

“Yeah, but they don’t taste like anything. Here, you want more?”

“I can do it this time.”

“Okay, be careful though, don’t pick any too low down, dogs can pee on it.”

“Ew, Dad!”

At this point my mother chides us on back home, but I pulled off a big tendril to pick at the rest of the way.

21. obsession from childhood?

When I was little I was terrified of most things, but a big thing that really freaked me out was clowns and also people in mascot costumes. As an adult I have made some uh... progress on this (am I a furry? am I a clownfucker? I not NOT those things...) but anyway in an attempt to get me to maintain my chill if I accidentally found a clown or mascot at one of a million children friendly places where such characters appear without warning (the zoo, a baseball game, the mommy and daughter beauty pageant my mom idiotically signed us up for when I was like, three... every halloween ever... the library...) they rented this movie that was like, a behind the scenes clown circus documentary.

I have spent a solid 20 minutes trying to look it up just now and it is ungoogleable because of all the trendy murderous clown bullshit these days, thanks a lot stephen king, but anyway. My older brother had to watch it with me the first time but it was like... the clown showed how he went from just a guy through every step of putting on the makeup and costume, and some juggling stuff and some other tricks, and what makes a funny physical joke, and some other circus things... And then he took off the clown outfit and became a regular guy again. I WAS OBSESSED. Apparently, I requested we rent this movie from blockbuster EVERY TIME for MONTHS to the point where blockbuster offered to sell us the VHS. I still remained scared of clowns for years after this but it helped me out a lot and also it’s connected to my whole thing about practical effects. I also watched the jim hensons secrets of the muppets thing about twenty bajillion times, it all exists in the same space in my brain.

30. places that you find sacred?

Gazebos and thresholds, mostly. Also I once had a religious experience staring at a Van Gogh in the National Gallery of London. It was Wheatfield with Crows. I don’t think I saw god, because I dont particularly believe in god much, but I do feel like... some part of me cracked open and was able to connect with some part of a person who had painted it a hundred years ago. I only learned that it was possibly the last thing he ever painted like, a year later. I was in London visiting a friend who had moved there a year before, we were in our senior year of high school, I was 17 and applying to art schools at the time, so maybe it was just a thing about, like, the right time and mental space for it, but also... me and Vincent are like... yeah. This is what I hope I see when I die, etc.

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

I hope that I would be an apricot but that’s just cuz I really like them. Maybe I am a coconut, hairy on the outside and a hard nut to crack.

When I started to grow boobs, my mom told me a funny story about how in college she walked in on her roommate standing in front of the mirror in just her underwear, cupping her breasts. And when my mom was like “uh... what are you... doing?” her roommate was like “sigh... do you think I have oranges? Or are they more like tangerines... I wish I had grapefruits like you!” and from then on the citrus system of breast classification was set. Hippies, amirite?

Anyway my boobs kept growing and growing and growing. I am currently a K cup??? But anyway one day as a teenager I was in the grocery store and they had these fruits that were EVEN BIGGER than a grapefruit. They were pale green and smelled really nice! And when we sliced it open it had SO MUCH PITH, but the fruit inside was a pretty pink... It’s a pomelo! The precursor to grapefruits. My breasts are now bigger than even pomelos, but whenever I see them in the market I’m like “my boob fruit!”

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

I try my best to taste foods I’ve disliked over and over again throughout the years to get myself to become okay with them because I find the enjoyment of food to be vitally important to my willingness to continue existing. But one thing I will NEVER force myself to eat again is natto. I tried it about four different times, once the cheap conbini kind, once at an extremely swanky japanese hotel breakfast, one in a really nice sustainable sushi restaurant with my favorite fish mackerel, once from a friend’s fridge, and UGH, every time, I just wanna spit it back out immediately. Sorry, fam.

In terms of things that come in different flavors I think the grossest soda is the grapefuit favorito which is like drinking bubbly soap.

#tijuanabiblestudies

[royalminari]

Tsuki Ga Kirei Desu Ne - Prologue (School Meal Club)

Not paying attention to the current lecture, Tzuyu drew dogs on her notes as her Professor went on and on about things she already knew. Soon lecture was over and Tzuyu quickly grabbed her books and left before anyone could stop her. The young college student sped-walked to the only place she ever felt welcomed, the Kim-Son residence. Once she arrived, Tzuyu looked up and stared at the twelfth floor then went around back, checked for strays before going up the fire escape. After climbing up to the twelfth floor, Tzuyu broke the lock on the window then pulled it open wide enough for her to slip through and she closed it once inside the apartment. She dumped all her things on the coffee table before walking into the kitchen to get a drink from the fridge. Two and a half hours later, at 16:30, Tzuyu heard laughter as the door opened to reveal the two residences and her friends from college, Kim Dahyun and Son Chaeyoung. Once the duo noticed Tzuyu drinking soda on their couch while watching tv, they became quiet. “How the hell did you get in here?” Chaeyoung asked and Tzuyu, not looking away from the tv, pointed to the window. “Window...” “W-We... We live on the twelfth floor!” “And?” “You know what, I don’t care anymore!” Chaeyoung grumbled in frustration and Dahyun put her arm around Chaeyoung’s shoulders to calm her down. “Quit it, Chaengie, you’re ganna make her feel like she’s not welcomed here...” “She’s always welcomed here, we gave her the code for a reason... My only complaint is, why does she come in through the fucking window instead of the front door?!” “Sometimes there’re strays the way I come up and I feed them whenever they’re there...” “Well there’s your answer~!” Dahyun smiled, patted Chaeyoung on the back, and walked up to Tzuyu. “She’s just being a precious cinnamon roll, taking care of any strays~.” Dahyun cooed sweetly as she gently pinched Tzuyu’s cheeks causing the younger, yet taller, woman to blush and gently move her hands off her face. Dahyun smiled sweetly before going into the kitchen. Chaeyoung crossed her arms and laughed a bit. “What?” Tzuyu hissed making the older, yet shorter, woman smirk. “Precious cinnamon roll, huh~?” “I-I can and will hurt you...” The college student blushed slightly making Chaeyoung laugh louder and walk away to go to her room. Tzuyu sighed and laid down on the couch and slowly drifted off to sleep.

After two failed attempts of making dinner, Dahyun sighed and ordered takeout food for everyone before going out to the living room and seeing Tzuyu sleeping on the couch. The older woman smiled and grabbed the blanket with puppies on it that she brought for Tzuyu whenever she crashed over at their place and put it on the sleeping student before going to check on Chaeyoung in her room. She knocked on the door and opened it once she heard a muffled “come in” from her junior. “What’s up, failed at cooking again?” Chaeyoung asked while she painted pop art of apricot and neon magenta colored lips. “Must you rub it in my face that I can’t cook?” Dahyun sighed making Chaeyoung laugh. “Relax, I can’t cook for shit either... You ordered from the usual place, yeah?” The slightly taller, yet still younger, woman asked, putting down her paints and paintbrush. “Mhm.” Dahyun answered and Chaeyoung suddenly slung her arm around Dahyun’s shoulders, squeezing the older woman close. “You’re paying, yeah?” She asked, grinning at her senior making the pale woman sigh. “You know, despite being taught not to say this, I hate you...” “I know you don’t~.” “Whatever...” Dahyun sighed, gently moving her arm and patting her back before going to leave the room. “Whatever my ass, that’s why you got paint on your shirt...” Dahyun looked down and saw that there was, indeed, paint on her shirt making her groan. “This was one of my favorite shirts, Chaeng!” Dahyun whined as the slightly arrogant woman laughed from her room as her elder closed the door. Dahyun walked into the living room to check up on Tzuyu, only to see her sitting up with the blanket wrapped around her. “Hey sleepyhead, had a nice nap~?” “I-I... Yes...” Tzuyu answered, blushing and looking away from her senior. Dahyun giggled a little and sat next to her. “I ordered takeout by the way...” The younger woman just hummed as a response before looking over at Dahyun. “Isn’t it Chaeyoung-Unnie’s turn to pay?” “Seems like I’m paying this time too...” Dahyun shrugged making Tzuyu wordlessly stand up. “Where’re you going?” “Places...” Was the answer Dahyun got before Tzuyu walked away and disappeared into Chaeyoung’s room.

After “convincing” Chaeyoung to pay (Tzuyu actually stole the proper amount of money needed to pay for their meal before returning her wallet) and eating their meal, Tzuyu sat on the couch and drew more dogs in her notebook as Dahyun and Chaeyoung had a conversation in the kitchen. “She’s a strange kid...” “Mm, she’s more of a loving and fiercely loyal kid...” Chaeyoung stared at Dahyun for a second before raising her eyebrows as far as they could go. “You mean like a fucking dog?” Chaeyoung questioned making Dahyun stare at the floor intensely before looking up at her junior. “I mean... In a sense, you could say that...” “What the fuck, Hyun?” “Um, language, Chaeyoung!” “Fuck that, you just called the kid a fucking dog!” Chaeyoung shouted causing Tzuyu to come into the kitchen. “Is there a problem, I heard shouting...” Tzuyu said, glaring at Chaeyoung, making her gulp. Even though they’re on good terms now, despite their initial rough start, Chaeyoung was still a bit fearful of her junior. “There’s no problem, Tzu-ya, Chae just got a bit upset that I described you as a “dog” in a sense...” “That really hurt my feelings, Dahyun-Unnie...” “See?! It’s insensitive to-” “I’m not just a dog, I’m a guard dog... Please describe me correctly next time, Unnie...” “Sorry, Tzu-ya, it’ll never happen again...” The younger woman nodded before exiting the kitchen. “I have no fucking words other than what the actual fuck just happened?!” “Inside joke... Whenever we’re out together, she guards me like a guard dog and people who know us comment that my “guard dog” does a good job of protecting me...” Chaeyoung felt a sense of calm at Dahyun’s explanation, relieved that her best friend since elementary school was in safe hands whenever she wasn’t around, and she slouched in her chair. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say she had a little crush on you...” “Tzuyu and crushes don’t belong in the same sentence unless the sentence is “Tzuyu is too in love with animals to ever have human crushes”, no?” Dahyun challenged, raising an eyebrow, and Chaeyoung laughed. “I mean, you’re not wrong~!” The younger woman said, calming down and grinning. “Well, I’m going to sleep...” Chaeyoung said, standing to her feet. “Night, Chaeng.” The young artist held up a peace sign before exiting the kitchen. Dahyun cleaned up the kitchen before going into the living room to see Tzuyu sleeping on the couch, wrapped in her fluffy puppy blanket again. Dahyun smiled and put her books into her bag, catching a quick glimpse of her dog drawings, before placing the bag at the window so the student could just grab her bag and go whenever she needed to. With everything all tidied up, Dahyun went to her room and got ready for bed. She let out a sigh of relief upon climbing into bed and quickly drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Once again, I made everyone different from how they actually are but it’ll make sense in the future.

#twice #dahyun #chaeyoung #tzuyu #school meal club #fluff #school meal club fluff #twice childhood friend au

[slytherinlesbian3]

All of the colors. Knock yourself out

Alright, Anon. I see you. I’ll leave out the ones I’ve already done though <3

red: describe your favorite shirt Blue. Literally just blue. Tight, but not too tight. Makes my biceps and boobs pop so it’s pretty nice.

blue: preferred type of weather? Rain or snow.

purple: a poem you think describes your closest friend Not a poem, but “I’ll be right beside you to the very end.”

turquoise: favorite sea animal? Dolphins.

cyan: are you religious? spiritual? Uh, I believe in more than one god and lean more toward Roman/Norse mythology than religion. I believe in every god, really. But I’m not submitting myself to blind faith for a cult I know nothing about.

violet: are you a part of the lgbt+ community? Lesbian through and through.

aqua: do you thrift? Do I...what? Thrift as in steal or thrift as in buy on sale? Because yes.

black: would you ever try going vegetarian or vegan? No.

coral: an animal you wish hadn't gone extinct Bro...Dodo birds. They were dope.

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more? Technically I only fluently speak English, but when I was younger I only spoke in Italian except to my family sejfnskejnfdjskn. I’m learning Latin right now and I can still speak Italian but not nearly as much. I know bits of French, German, Japanese, and Czech though. Beside Latin, I don’t really wanna learn any others.

maroon: do you care for clothing brands? Adidas and 511. Adidas because I’m a slut for soccer and 511 because their pants are so COMFY BRO. But they’re expensive so I only own a 511 belt </3

rose: favourite scent on a person? Something...floral. Roses or cherry blossom. Coconut is nice too. Vanilla is cliche but you can never go wrong with it.

charcoal: have you ever been camping? No and I do not wish for it ever.

claret: do you play an instrument? do you want to learn to play any? Trumpet and guitar. 6 years, 11 months.

copper: gold or silver jewelry? Neither, but silver probably. Just looks nicer with my skin tone.

cream: any piercings or tattoos? do you want any? None. I don’t even have my ears pierced. However, I do want a snake tattoo on my thigh lmaoo.

salmon: how many pairs of sunglasses do you own? Like 5 but I only wear one because they’re aviators :D

indigo: have you ever lived on a farm? Nope but I have stayed on one for about a month.

lavender: relationship status? Single but I do have a tumblr wife: @maritasdump​

erin: what was/is your best school subject? ENGLISH BECAUSE I CAN WRITE ESSAYS IN LITERALLY 15 MINUTES

fulvous: another name you think would suit you Ew, uh...well, Vi. It’s my nickname since it’s the shortened version of the nickname of my real name, but it fits me better.

coconut: a subject you enjoy learning about Rome and Latin :D

frost: a -core you enjoy A what.

porcelain: an tv show you used to love Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans (original), eh

fawn: any interesting family stories? Well, one time my brother got a stick stuck in his shin. Kinda funny. Another time my brother broke my leg while on a trampoline Another time my brother almost broke my ankle by daring me to jump off a 20 foot ledge. Another time I made my brother bleed with my nails for taking my skittles. I could go on...it’s just a lot of sibling violence.

gold: do you wear your socks mismatched? I used to but I just wear black socks now. (Except for soccer)

honey: your thoughts on magic- does it exist? Yeah. Just in different forms:)

rust: form of art you enjoy doing? Writing lmao. But I guess just sketching is fun.

mahogany: your sun, moon, and rising signs I have 0 desire to calculate that because I don’t know it off the top of my head but I’m a capricorn and I feel like that’s enough information

blood: twin beds, queen, or king? ...And there was only one bed...

hot pink: did you/do you had/have strong feelings against the color pink? Hot pink is nasty but regular pink is cool asf. My soccer socks for October games are pink and I wear them every practice/game.

plum: a food you've never tried A lot, but I’ve tried a hella ton of European foods. So, uh...I’m not really sure. Something non-American (all Americas), non-EU, and non-Asian, I know that. 

lilac: dogs, cats, or fish? CATS.

amethyst: do you collect anything? Knives.

mulberry: earbuds or headphones? Eh...Depends what I’m doing. Voice chat? Headphones. Music at the bus stop? Earbuds.

azure: jean jackets? My God - on other people? Hot. On me? I’ll stick to leather.

teal: have a job? Not yet.

sapphire: do you think you can sing well? For the most part, yeah. Trying to incorporate my guitar playing with it and it’s going pretty smoothly.

mint: favourite flavour of gum? Juicy Fruit simply because my grandmother got me hooked on it from a really young age. That or plain ol’ wintermint.

pecan: shuffle your playlist, what's the first song that comes up? Follow by Breaking Benjamin

penny: icecream or cake Ew. Sweets are a hit or miss for me, but um? Probably ice cream.

ash: can you do your own makeup? Hell no. I’ve only worn makeup twice and it was applied by someone else.

jade: ever written fanfiction? EKFMNSKENFJKDSN SO MUCH.

grape: how many blogs do you follow? 346!

umber: do you brush your teeth before you eat? No, ew. Why would you do that?

chestnut: type of phone you have iPhone 10 XS. Got it last May...First new phone I’d ever owned. Went from an iPod that could only call, to a phone that could only call, then an iPhone 5 until I was 15. They were all hand-me-downs and I never complained. They worked fine.

prussian blue: what's your first choice at the vending machine Soda, probably. If it’s food, either the chips or the rice krispy <3

aquamarine: beach or pool Pool. I’ve come too close to death at the beach to enjoy it anymore.

brass: least favorite food condiment Mayo/horse radish.

mustard: how much sugar in your tea/coffee? All of it.

silver: ever broken a bone? My entire leg and foot <3

rose quartz: rings or necklaces Necklaces with rings. I’m serious. But if I had to choose, rings. It’s the gay in me.

onyx: do you still play Minecraft? Sometimes?

burgundy: ever ridden a motorcycle? NO BUT I WANT ONE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE FRIGGIN UNIVERSE

apricot: opinion on 3 in 1 body wash/hair wash wait those exist? 

platinum: do you follow politics? Dude I didn’t know Trump was president til this year

magnolia: your Instagram handle? ha, nice try, luzer.

Bro I am LATE to somewhere because of this but I enjoyed it. Thanks again, anon! <3

Color Asks (I am closing this shite because I AM TIRED)

#asks #anon

[kingofnxwyxrk]

𝕜𝕒𝕥  𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 ⇾ 𝕋𝔸𝕊𝕂 𝟘𝟘𝟙: 𝕒 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕖

task can be found H E R E.

B A S I C S

Full Name: katherine elizabeth plumber

Nickname: kat, kath 

Age: twenty-four

Date of Birth: august 11th, 1995

Astrological Sign: leo

Ethnicity: caucasian 

Citizenship: united states of america, united kingdom

Orientation: bisexual

Hometown: new york city, new york ( upper west side )

Residence: london, england, united kingdom

Occupation: journalist ( lifestyle and arts section )

Family Members:  joseph plumber (father), florence plumber (mother)

A P P E A R A N C E

Weight:  125 lbs / 57 kg

Height:  5′2″ / 1.57 m

Eye Color: chocolate brown

Hair Color: dark brown

Hair Length: shoulder length with a slight curl

Coloring:  warm ivory

Build: lean

Scar(s): none

Distinguishing Feature(s):  tba

Dominant Hand: right

P E R S O N A L I T Y T R A I T S

Positive: ambitious, witty, intelligent

Negative: privileged, stubborn, misleading

I N D I C A T O R S

Alignment: neutral good

MBTI: entj-a/t ( commander ) she’s not ruthless and cold but whatever

Temperament: sanguine / choleric

Label: the independent woman

F A V O R I T E S

Food: new york bagel and lox, shrimp scampi

Drink: vodka soda, mineral water

Snack: pretzels, sour patch kids

Color: yellows and oranges, like merigold or apricot shades

Season: early fall

Memory: leaving for college ; having her first article published in the campus paper

Band / Musical Artists: haim, the wrecks, paramore

Song: fvck somebody by the wrecks ; soulmate by lizzo ; high hopes by panic! at the disco

Book: a room of one’s own by virginia woolf ; men explain things to me by rebecca solnit

Movie: miss representation ; thelma and louise ; 9 to 5 ; little women ( 2019 )

TV Show: anne with an ‘e’ ; parks and recreation ; derry girls

#musicalhqs:task #task ― 𝙠𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 #about ― 𝙠𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 #❝ WHO’DA THUNK? I’M THE KING OF NEW YORK! ❞ ✘ 𝐊𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑

[nezumasa]

My exercise routine is basically

-45 minutes of Fitness Boxing (strength/cardio, stretches on, full body) — can be replaced with like martial arts, sports, a youtube fitness video, etc.

-10 squats at minimum (done right before starting fitness boxing as to get up my heart rate)

-a minimum 15 minute brisk walk (ideally minimum 1.5 miles; more is better and you count what you walk throughout the day)

-knee push ups (as many as you can do before you feel like collapsing; i can only do 10 rn and you add 1 more every week for progression; goal is to eventually swap to full push ups and then to diamond and military)

-situps (same as knee pushups; as many as you can go and add 1 more each week if possible)

-every once in awhile I add Just Dance (the intense songs set in a playlist; ex. 5 Ra Ra Rasputin in a row)

-and I plan to add in weights once I get them (3 pounds, 5 pounds, 8 pounds; im thinking of going for the goal of 5 sets of 10 first though I probably can’t go all the way set).

-and on some days P90X or one video from Fitnessblender

I do this 7 days a week combined with my lifestyle changes (ie. No more fucking taco bell and fast food 3-4 times a week, no soda or non-“healthy” chips or or candy or that shit unless I count the calories and I have leftover, no juice only fruit, actually measuring food and oils, etc.)

Normal day to day Diet is

-Bowl of boiled greens (cup of spinach, brocoli crowns, 4-5 spears of asparagus, etc. depending on what I have boiled w/ vegetarian mushroom seasoning, bit of salt, one asian rock candy, a bit of sugar)

-2 Big Biscuit Shredded Wheat Biscuits with 1/2 cup of Horizon Organic Whole Milk

-boiled corn

-1 to 3 boiled eggs depending on size (no salt or pepper)

-a fruit or two (orange, banana, apricot, mango, kiwi, watermelon slice, etc. pick one or two)

-snack of one or two white or yellow corn tortillas with one pack of diablo sauce (every once in awhile)

-chicken congee w/ green onion, sweet onion, salt+pepper (no chicken skin, dump the broth after you boil the chicken and boil the congee in water and add the boiled chicken near the end alongside the green onions and onion; congee needs a bit of vegetarian seasoning, salt and sugar while cooking)

-lean protein (or salmon/fish in general) boiled, oven roasted, or steamed (chicken usually) w/ a small bowl of jasmine rice and maybe some low sodium soy sauce (tho i usually don’t).

-craisins and raisins according to serving size

-treats are one royal family mochi, 1 tim tam, etc. once or twice a week; maybe 3 times if I’m feeling a craving.

Eat your major meal between 3pm and 8pm; anything before must be a light snack/very light meal. Ie. Intermedient Fasting. I don’t eat all of this in one day either. I pick and choose depending on cravings (granted I eat like a medieval peasant so it doesn’t bore me at all). Fast Food is allowed but strictly regulated based on day’s intake and not to be done regularly.

Daily calorie intake limit is 1200 or less (and calories burned are not “extra calories” to eat; they don’t add to my limit).

#i’ll prob change it a bit once i get the weights #so a 45 min Fitness Boxing Session isn’t every day #but every pther day #and on days that arent those ill chsnge to 15 mins of that to keep my streak #and fill it w/ weights #its not alot but im not focusing on toning just slimming rn #so diet is more important rn

[sodastarpop]

battle of the transgenders

#i thought of this a while ago and i HAD to draw it #THEY ARE BOTH FRUITY AND THE TRANSGENDER #magolor #meta knight #kirby fanart #apricot soda art

[thekimdelacreme]

Today’s Exercise:

Jillian Michaels Extreme Shed and Shred Level 1 Jillian Michaels Yoga Inferno Level 2 Denise Austin Sculpt and Burn Body Blitz (Warm Up, Mixed Martial Arts, Athletic Conditioning, Cool Down) Hour long walk

Today’s Food:

Breakfast: Cap’n Crunch and milk, coffee Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich, potato chips and ranch dip, HEB Apricot Tart soda, 2 cookies, candy Cocktail: Screaming Pussycat 1L water

#workout #diet #exercise #jillian michaels #denise austin

[mysticsparklewings]

MakeUp By Artists: Mystic Space Palette

At long last, I have gotten off my lazy bum and participated in my own tag/challenge/whatever   If you'd like to try this #MakeUpByArtists thing to make your own makeup collection, you can download the Premium template that I used with shading and textures and all that here, OR you can download the completely Blank template here. So this is, essentially, what it would look like if I was approached by a brand or suddenly given the funds and means to make my own makeup collection based solely on myself.   I'll be honest, I spent waaaayyyyy too long deciding on some of the color names, but for the most part, the colors themselves were relatively easy to come up with. The lipsticks I just based off of my favorite colors to wear in real life, and the eyeshadows were a mixture of colors I use a lot, colors I wish I had in eyeshadow, and just my favorite colors in general. Even the name of the collection was a little tricky for me since I didn't want it to just be point-blank my name. (But that's definitely an option, I just wasn't feeling it myself.) I started with "Stars and Sparklers," but then as I was trying to name the colors in the collection I felt minorly obligated to make them line up with that as a theme. But that's not what I wanted; I wanted a "theme" that was just me if someone threw my personality in a machine and turned it into a makeup collection. (I can always play with different themes and stuff in other palettes later; this one was just supposed to be about myself.) So I went back and ended up going with "Mystic Space" because it sounds kinda snappy like a typical makeup palette/collection name, but it's also accurate: use these makeup products and you're stepping into my (Mystic) Space. The overall look, likewise, I went with some galaxy stuff for the logo/item theming. I had decided pretty quickly that given the choice, I'd have all the metal portions as that opalescent/holographic-white color that shifts to a kind of pale green or lavender in the light. So I did my best to capture that and going also with that the brush bristles would also be white, both to match and because that way I could more easily see how much color I've actually picked up on it. The lace edging on everything was actually a later addition. My general disposition in terms of style volleys between Pastel and Punk (and often combines the two), and so after some thought I came upon the idea of having white lace accents (IRL, I imagine this would be actual lace somehow tied or otherwise attached to all the different things) against all the stark black. It's pretty nice visual contrast and reflects me pretty well. (I'll also picturing a white bow over the spot where the palette would open/close, and maybe in the store, there were be white bows wrapped around the boxes?) And now I'm going to very quickly run down where each of the color names come from and what they would look like as makeup products, starting with the eyeshadows (order is left-right, top-bottom). I came up with all the colors first, then went back and did names as they came to me: • Sugar Water - A bright white, shimmery shade. Originally the name was going to have something to do with dandelions or Baby's Breath, since I really love those flowers, but more integral to me as a person is definitely that pretty much all I ever drink is soda, and I will often actually put sweetener in plain water when we go out to restaurants. 

• Enchanting - A buildable matte, light seafoam shade. It is a little more cyan than I originally intended, but this still works. Mint/seafoam/robin's egg kind of colors really draw my eye, and I imagine as an eyeshadow with few layers and lots of blending this would work as a lighter mint shade, or the more intense cyan with more layers and less blending, so it hits both of those. The name I derived from "Enchantix," my favorite Winx Club transformation, as this color reminds me a lot of Bloom, the main character from the show, and her Enchantix outfit.

• Mew Know It - A very shimmery/glittery baby pink/rose gold. I use this kind of color a lot when actually doing my makeup, and it happens to remind me of a cat's nose or paw pads, and thus a pun for the name encompassing my love of cats was born. 

• Mummy's Tome - High-Impact, metallic-glitter gold. Also a color I use a lot of IRL. The name here is a 2-in-1. Mummy because I have an inexplicable fascination with Ancient Egypt, and Tome because not only does that make a nice pun on "Mummy's Tomb, but it also references my avid readership. (I was really happy went I came up with this name; I thought it was so clever! ) Cheshire - Another pink, this one more on the matte side and much more intense. I don't use this color a lot, but it is one of my favorites to use in art making (which may or may not be obvious if you know me) and I wish I could use a color like this on my eyes more. Named after the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, naturally.  Specifically from the 1951 version, as it is my favorite Disney movie. 

• Apple of my Iris - A mostly (very subtle shimmer) matte neon purple. I'd use this color if I had it, but I don't! Also one I like to play with in art, though. Originally I was going to call this one "Joker Country" after one arc of my favorite manga, Alice in the Country of, but the next one was also going to have an AiW kind of name originally, and I really didn't want to have three with the same name theme right in a row. I also thought I could do with more puns, so I thought this one up and went with it.

• Faulted Star - An opalescent/holographic electric sapphire blue. My personal favorite out of the palette! I'd find every excuse I could to use this if it was a real thing! Based off of my absolute favorite color in the entire world. The name derives from The Fault in Our Stars, my second favorite John Green book. (It was my #1 before Turtles All the Way Down came out.) And it is also an accurate statement of myself.

• Parade - A highly shimmery/glittery black shade. I do use black eyeshadow a lot, but mostly for intense eyeliner and in small doses to bring out other colors. But I've yet to obtain a really nice, super sparkly black to use. This one probably has my favorite name though; Originally I was trying to force a Winx Club Wizards of the Black Circle reference in, but I just couldn't do it. And then the thought appeared to me: It's Black. And what is the most popular song by my favorite band (My Chemical Romance)? Welcome to the Black Parade. From there, the reference/pun was entirely too good to pass up. And I still love it. Comparatively, the lipsticks didn't have quite as much thought put into their names: • Freak du Chic - An opalescent hot pink, satin finish. I actually have a lipstick this color, but I don't wear it much because A. It's a lot, and B. over the years the actual lipstick has gotten kind of beat-up, so I have to be extra careful when I do use it that it goes where I want it to. Originally I had just named it "Blue Rose," but that was so plain and I had entirely too many things with B names. So I went with a Monster High reference instead, since I strongly associate hot pink with the brand. 

• What in Carnation - A highly shimmery baby pink. This is probably the kind of lipstick I wear the most often since it looks pretty inoffensive on my face but still looks like I am indeed wearing lipstick. The name was also the very first pun I came up with for the names and once I thought of it I couldn't bear to let go of it.  I also really love the look of carnation flowers, so that works out.

• Bloody Berry - Deep, almost pinkish matte red. Surprisingly, I will usually go for red lipstick if I'm not wearing the previously mentioned shimmery pink. I'm not really sure what it is, but I like a nice matte, red shade. (My mother doesn't care for the matte look, but they're my lips, right? ) The name is sort of my poking fun at traditional "berry" names and also sort of a distant reference to the interest I've had in vampires that I've had since I was like ten. Also, I like most berries. 

• Beachy Keen - Satin finish, peachy/apricot/pinky-fleshy/nude shade. I'd wear this more often if I could find exactly the right color, but most are usually not quite what I'm looking for in one way or another. Still, I do like the subtle look sometimes. The name is really purely a pun, but it also works since I like the beach but I don't really like eating peaches. ... I think that's everything! Clearly, I had a lot of fun with and put a lot of thought into this, but that was the point from the very beginning, waaaaaayyyy back when I first started toying with the #MakeUpByArtists idea. So I think I've properly come full circle with it. I just really hope I'm not the only one that ever does this, or this is going to look kind of silly.  Oh well, I had fun and did what I originally set out to do, so no harm was done, I suppose. ____ Artwork & Template (c) me, MysticSparkleWings   ____ Where to find me & my artwork: My Website | Commission Info + Prices | Ko-Fi | dA Print Shop | RedBubble |   Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram 

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How Long To Leave Henna On Skin

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How Long To Leave Henna On Skin

A. How to Remove Henna from Your Skin

We offer products that we believe are useful to our readers. If you buy through the links on this page, we can earn a small commission. Here is our process. Henna is a dye extracted from the leaves of the henna plant. In the ancient art of mehndi, ink is applied to the skin to create intricate and temporary tattoo patterns. The henna tincture usually lasts about two weeks before it disappears. Once the henna ink begins to fade, you can quickly remove the henna design from your skin. Read some methods that you can try to get rid of a henna tattoo.

1. Wet salt water

You can begin the henna removal process by dipping your body in water with an exfoliating agent, such as sea salt. Epsom or table salt also works. The sodium chloride in the salt can help nourish living skin cells and eliminate dead skin cells. Pour about half a cup of salt into the warm water of a half-full bath and soak for 20 minutes.

2. Peeling

Scrubbing the skin with a facial or body scrub can help remove henna quickly. Using a scrub that contains a natural scrub, such as apricot or brown sugar, will minimize skin irritation. Make sure to use a moisturizer or coconut oil after peeling your henna tattoo.

3. Olive oil and salt

Mixing a cup of olive oil with three or four tablespoons of sea salt creates a mixture that can loosen the henna ink from your skin as you exfoliate the disappearing tattoo. Use a cotton swab to cover your skin completely and let the olive oil be absorbed before gently rubbing the salt with a damp towel.

4. Antibacterial soap

The high alcohol content and the exfoliating pearls of the antibacterial soap can help to get rid of the henna tincture. Rub your hands with your favorite antibacterial soap a few times a day, but be careful not to dry out your skin. Apply a moisturizer to your body after using antibacterial soap to get rid of henna.

5. Baking soda and lemon juice

Lemon juice is a proven skin lightener from Trusted Source. Baking soda and lemon juice can work together to lighten the henna tincture and make it disappear faster. However, never apply baking soda and lemon juice to your face. Use half a cup of warm water, a tablespoon full of baking soda and two teaspoons of lemon juice. Apply this mixture with a cotton swab and let it soak in the skin before removing. Repeat the process until the henna is no longer visible.

6. Makeup remover

Any silicone-based makeup remover can gently remove the henna dye. Use a cotton swab or cotton swab to completely saturate the henna tattoo, then use a dry cloth to remove the makeup remover. You may need to repeat this a few times.

7. Micellar water

Micellar water can attach to the henna dye and remove it from the skin. This method is particularly good for the skin. Make sure to thoroughly wet the skin with micellar water and allow it to be absorbed by the skin. Then apply a little pressure while rubbing the skin to dry.

8. Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide can brighten the appearance of the skin, but this method may require some effort to remove the henna. Use diluted hydrogen peroxide for cosmetic purposes and apply generously to the area of ​​your henna tattoo. After several applications, the tattoo should no longer be visible.

9. Whitening toothpaste

Make good use of the whitening ingredients in your toothpaste by applying a generous amount to your henna tattoo and rubbing it. Allow the toothpaste to dry before gently scrubbing the paste with an old toothbrush.

10. Coconut oil and raw sugar

A mixture of coconut oil (melted) at room temperature and raw cane sugar is a powerful peeling agent. Rub coconut oil on your henna tattoo and let your skin absorb it before applying raw sugar. Rub the sugar over your tattoo before applying pressure with a loofah or cloth to remove the oil and sugar from the skin.

11. Conditioner

A hair conditioner designed to keep hair hydrated can also remove henna. Apply the conditioner to the tattoo and make sure your skin has time to absorb it completely. Rinse with warm water.

12. Go swimming

Chlorinated water from a public swimming pool may be necessary to remove henna from your skin, and you will do some exercises in the process. Hit the pool for about forty minutes and any henna signs on your skin are likely to disappear beyond recognition.

Even if you have trouble removing henna ink from your skin using the methods described above, it is not necessary to be patient for long. Henna tincture is not permanent and should disappear spontaneously in three weeks if you take a shower daily. If you are allergic to henna, trying to get rid of the tattoo will probably not solve the problem. Talk to a dermatologist about the negative reactions or marks on the skin that henna can cause.

  B. How to remove henna: 7 easy methods

We offer products that we believe are useful to our readers. If you buy through the links on this page, we can earn a small commission. Here is our process. Henna is a paste that people can use to create a decorative temporary tattoo. A henna tattoo usually goes away in a few weeks to months, but several effective methods can remove the henna faster. Henna colors the outermost layer of the skin in a similar way to self-tanners. Many different methods of exfoliation and cleansing can remove henna from the skin. Quick and easy ways to remove henna include:

1. Soap and warm water

Cleaning a henna tattoo with mild soap and warm water can help remove some of the tattoo’s pigment. A person can apply soap to the affected area and rub it with a hand or a soft sponge before rinsing the skin with warm water. Repeating this method several times a day will allow you to remove the tattoo. A person may want to apply a moisturizing lotion afterwards to protect the skin from dryness.

2. Baby oil

Baby oil can help dissolve the henna pigment and remove the tattoo. One method is to add about three capsules of baby oil to a hot bath. After soaking in the bathtub for 20 minutes, a person can rinse the baby oil. People can also use a cotton ball or cotton ball to apply baby oil directly to the tattoo and rinse off after 10 to 20 minutes. Baby oil is available in pharmacies and online.

3. Lemon juice

Lemons contain natural skin lightening and blemish-removing properties that can help remove a henna tattoo.

To remove a henna tattoo with lemon juice, follow these steps:

Cut a lemon in half or in quarters.

Rub the lemon gently on the skin for about 2-3 minutes.

Rinse the lemon juice from the skin with warm water.

Dry your skin and apply moisturizer to prevent dry skin.

People with sensitive skin should be careful with this method, as the acidic properties of lemon juice can irritate the skin.

4. Exfoliating scrub

Henna stains only the upper layers of the skin, so using exfoliants can help remove them more quickly. First, dip the tattooed body part in warm water and then gently rub the affected area with a loofah, removing any dead skin. People can buy a scrub at most pharmacies and also online.

5. Shaving

If the tattoo is on one of your arms or legs, shaving the skin area is another way to remove the henna. Removing hair in that area can help exfoliate your skin and lighten your tattoo. Gently scrape the skin with shaving cream and a clean blade to lighten the henna. Applying a moisturizer after shaving can help minimize razor burn and skin irritation.

6. Baking soda

Baking soda can be an excellent scrub and also removes stains. A person can mix lemon juice and baking soda in a paste that the henna can lighten. To use this method, squeeze the juice of a whole lemon and mix it with enough baking soda to form a thick paste. Apply the paste to the henna and let it sit for about 10 minutes before rinsing with warm water. A person can reapply this paste once a day, but it is important to moisturize it later to prevent dryness and skin irritation.

7. Micellar water

Micellar water is cleaning water that contains special particles called micelles. The micelles gently cleanse the skin and break down oil, makeup and other pigments. Many pharmacies sell micellar water, which can also be purchased online. To use this method, apply the micellar water to the henna with a cloth and gently rub over the area.

8. Safety

Henna can cause allergic reactions in some people who are sensitive to potential additives.

These additives can include vinegar, olive oil, charcoal, cloves and small amounts of heavy metals like nickel. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the reported side effects of henna tattoos include:

Blow

Sensitivity to the sun

Pigment loss

Redness

Fluid from skin lesions called crying

Some people have also reported permanent scars from henna tattoos. This irritation can occur immediately or up to 3 weeks after use. The patch test, in which a person passes a small amount of henna on the skin and waits 24 hours before applying a complete drawing, may not always indicate the possibility of a delayed reaction.

It is also important to note that some places use “black henna”, which contains a coal tar hair dye compound called p-phenylenediamine (PPD). Doctors have recognized that this additive can cause skin reactions in some people. Although the FDA does not allow manufacturers to add henna to PPD for skin tattoo applications, some companies and doctors continue to use it. Therefore, consumers should beware of temporary black henna tattoo applications.

9. Summary

While nothing can get rid of henna immediately, many methods of cleaning and exfoliation can help you remove the henna tattoo faster. People who need to hide the tattoo quickly can apply makeup or self-tanner with full coverage. If a person has a skin reaction to henna, they should wash the area with soap and water and keep it clean and dry. It is best to see a doctor if the area becomes inflamed and painful.

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Ojen Cocktail - Mardi Gras Favorite Prevents Bad Luck

Picasso Puts The 'O' In Ojen

Aguardiente de Ojén or just Ojen (pronounced “oh-hen”) is an anise based liqueur similar to absinthe, but minus the wormwood. A fact that's reflected in the name which is actually shortened from the Spanish word ajenjo (ah-hen'ho) meaning artemisia absinthium, or grand wormwood, in the melodic language of Spain. Aguardiente, in Spanish, or Aguardente, in Portuguese is a combination of the Iberian languages' word for "water" (agua in Spanish + aiqua, água and auga in Catalan, Portuguese and Galician respectively) plus "burning / fiery" (ardiente in Spanish, ardent in Catalan and ardente in both Portuguese & Galician). Like absinthe, Ojén creates a louche when mixed with water or frapped which turns the mixture milky looking. Other anise flavored liqueurs / liquors include Arak, Greenopal, Herbsaint, Ouzo, Pastis, Pernod, Sambuca, Raki and more.

Pablo Picasso, the most famous native of Málaga, Spain, was definitely a fan as he himself dually noted [sic] in two of his paintings. Ojen's original coffin shaped bottle was captured on the artist's canvas inside an oval in his 1912 Spanish Still Life shown above.

He followed that cubist style masterpiece up a few years later with a Bottle of Anis del Mono resting on a wooden bartop alongside a wineglass and playing cards. See below.

History Of Ojen Liqueur

First Produced

1830 or so - the Pedro Morales family distillery began producing Ojen in its namesake city east of the sherry triangle in Andalusia the southernmost region of Peninsular Spain.*

1870 - Anis del Mono anisette starts production in a factory in Badalona, Spain. This sweet aniseed liqueur in particular is often mentioned as an Ojen substitute, though its not quite the same.†

1874 - Pedro Morales sets up a second location in Malaga, Spain to increase capacity.‡

1883 - Paul Gelpi and his brother Oscar own a liquor distribution company located at 43 Decatur Street in New Orleans and advertise 50 cases of OJEN of Majorca for sale which they claim is superior to ABSINTHE as an appetizer and tonic.1

Original Ojen Cocktail Created

1886 - Paul Gelpi was inaugurated as a member of the elite gentleman's club The Boston in February and it was there that the Ojen Cocktail was first mixed by adding a couple of dashes of Peychaud's bitters and soda water over cracked ice. Gelpi's role in the recipe is unclear as L. E. Jung suggests he or his company had invented the Ojen Cocktail.2,3

1910s - other Spanish brands of Ojen like Joaquin Bueno of Malaga and Manuel Fernández of Puerto de Santa Maria / Jerez (formerly called Xerés) along with New Orleans, Louisiana based manufacturer L.E. Jung & Wulff Company were gaining prominence.

1920 - the Morales distillery had to close due to a phylloxera plague that killed the vineyards around Malaga and apparently the last male heir took the secret family recipe to their grave.

1946 - Brennan's on Royal Street, a Creole restaurant in the French Quarter which started as the Vieux Carré located on Bourbon Street, opens and later features the Ojen Frappé on their brunch menu along with originals like Bananas Foster and Eggs Hussarde.

1961 - Juan Espada Fernández, who claims to be in possession of the original Ojen recipe via his father who is said to have been an employee of the Pedro Morales distillery, launches production of Aguardiente de Ojén after buying the still in 1958.

1974 - internal company conflicts cause the Juan Espada distillery in Ojén, Spain to permanently cease operation.

1990 - in the late 1980s, with sagging sales, the Fernandez family in Jerez de la Frontera was the last remaining ojen producer and decided to stop production but made one last batch of 500 cases totaling 6000 bottles for export to Martin Wine Cellar in New Orleans, Louisiana.4

Hoard Your Bottle Of Ojén - You Can't Buy Anymore

2009 - the last bottle of the Manuel Fernandez White Label Ojen was officially sold by Martin Wine Cellar.5

Fat Chance you'll be drinking Ojen on Fat Tuesday much longer.

Salvation

2013 - following an analysis of a specimen of the original brandy which showed 16 distinct herbs from the Sierra de las Nieves were used, Dominique Mertens Impex S.L. produces the first 3,000 bottles of an aniseed flavored spirit made from prickly pears on Ojén soil using traditional methods called ‘Aguardiente de Ojén La Giralda.’ 6

2015 - after sending samples of classic Ojen to the lab to reverse engineer and spending over two years of R&D time and talent developing its own distillate recipe labeled as Legendre Ojen after J. Marion Legendre, the inventor of Herbsaint, Sazerac Company was able put some of their new bottles of Ojén on the shelf between Christmas and New Year’s Eve well ahead of its goal for the February 9, 2016 Mardi Gras.7

Looks like the phrase “Una copita de Ojén” (a little glass of Ojén) followed by seven musical taps on the bar that was a ritual toast heard all over Spain for more than a hundred years can be resurrected once again now that this drink that starts with 'O' is back on the table.

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Behind The Bar - How To Make Ojen's Namesake Drink Recipes At Home

Ojen Cocktail (American / New Orleans Style):

2 oz Ojen

2 - 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Add the Ojen to a mixing glass filled with fine ice and dash on the bitters. Stir thoroughly with a bar spoon and strain into a long stem glass.8-14

The bitters give this Ojen a delicate rose-colored tinge. Therefore it masquerades under the name of “Pink Shimmy,” or pinque chemise, if you prefer the language of the fifty million who can’t be wrong.15

~ Stanley Clisby Arthur

Perfect for parading around during Mardi Gras carnival celebrations!

Note: many also add seltzer water to the formula above similar to the next recipe below.16-21 Sort of makes them the same then. Right down to the bitter end.

Ojen or Spanish Absinthe Cocktail:

1 jigger Ojen

2 - 3 drops Angostura bitters

seltzer water

Combine Ojen with ice in a large glass. Keep pouring seltzer into glass while stirring constantly with a spoon until the outside of the glass is frosted, frozen and frapped. Then add a few dashes of Angostura bitters and strain into a cocktail glass.22-26

Like above, many recipes eliminate the soda water, but the Angostura & Ojen only formula seems to originate and/or be preferred in Cuba.27-30

Ojen Special

1 ½ oz Ojen

2 - 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters

1 tsp sugar

2 - 3 oz seltzer

Stir all the ingredients together in a mixing glass filled with ice, strain and serve.31,32

Adding sugar to the recipe didn't start appearing in bartending books until the early to mid 1940s, but this may have been what the proprietor at the Lilac Time bar served to Mistah Gordon in To Have and Have Not.33 Or, at least, that's what another writer's interpretation of 1937 Ernest Hemingway was.34 Here's the passage:

"'Allo, 'allo, Mist' Gordon. What you have?" "I don't know," said Richard Gordon. "You don't look good. Whatsa matter? You don't feel good?" "No." "I fix you something just fine. Fix you up hokay. You ever try a Spanish absinthe, ojen?" "Go ahead," said Gordon. "You drink him you feel good. Want to fight anybody in a house," said the proprietor. "Make Mistah Gordon a ojen special." Standing at the bar, Richard Gordon drank three ojen specials but he felt no better; the opaque, sweetish, cold, licorice-tasting drink did not make him feel any different "Give me something else," he said to the bartender. "Whatsa matter? You no like a ojen special?" the proprietor asked. "You no feel good?" "No." "You got be careful what you drink after him."

Words to live by!

More Anisette Cocktails

Albion - dry gin, French vermouth, Cointreau, lemon juice and Ojen bitters.

Anis Del Mono Cocktail No. I - dry gin, Anis del Mono, bar syrup and thick cream with grated nutmeg.

Anis Del Mono Cocktail No. II - Anis del Mono, Cognac, Fernet Branca, Angostura bitters and lime or lemon juice.

Battle of New Orleans - bourbon, orange bitters, anisette, Peychaud's bitters, simple syrup and absinthe.

Beaux Arts Cocktail - gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, orange juice, pineapple juice and anisette.

Black Gold Shot #2 - Goldschlager and Opal Nera or Romana Black sambuca.

Borden Chase - a Rob Roy with anise liqueur Pernod and orange bitters or you can use another pastis, like Ricard, Herbsaint, Absente, or Pastis Henri Baudoin.

Broken Spur Cocktail / Broker's Flip - white port, dry gin, sweet vermouth, egg yolk and anisette.

Café de Paris Cocktail / Hankow Special - egg white, anisette, fresh cream and dry gin.

Cattlin Cocktail - 1/4 each dry gin, Picard vermouth, Cora vermouth and ojen with one egg white.

Colony Club - gin, anisette and orange bitters.

Dream Cocktail - Cognac or brandy, orange liqueur and anisette.

Dubonnet Special - Dubonnet, dry gin, absinthe and anisette.

Dulcet - vodka, apricot flavored brandy, anisette, cream, lemon juice.

Green Opal Cocktail - Greenopal, dry gin and Ojen with both orange and Peychaud bitters.

Herbsaint Frappé - Herbsaint, simple syrup and carbonated water frapped in cracked ice.

Jellyfish Cocktail - blue curacao, Irish cream and white sambuca anise liqueurs with grenadine.

Jitters Cocktail - equal parts Ojen, gin and French vermouth. Note: this recipe first appeared on the back of Fernandez White Label Ojen bottles and was then published on page 39 of Famous New Orleans Drinks and How To Mix ’Em in 1937.

Marguerite Cocktail #3 - gin, French vermouth, orange bitters and anisette.

Narragansett - rye whiskey, Italian vermouth and anisette.

Pick-Up - 1/3 jigger each of Ojen, dubonnet and rum with one egg white and a dash of grenadine will pick up your spirits.

Slippery Nipple - Sambuca (Italian anise-flavoured liqueur) and Irish cream liqueur.

Snowball - creme de violette, anisette, white creme de menthe, sweet cream and dry gin.

Suisse Cocktail - pastis, anisette and egg white.

Turf Cocktail - gin, dry vermouth, anisette and bitters.

Yellow Daisy - dry gin, French vermouth, Grand Marnier and anisette.

Yellow Parrot - apricot brandy, yellow chartreuse and anisette.

Zazarac - rum, anisette, gomme syrup, whisky and angostura bitters.

Zenith Cocktail #2 - anisette, Angostura bitters, dry gin and whiskey.

References

* - Aguardiente de Ojén. (2021, January 27).

† - New Orleans Nostalgia, "Banana Republics and Ojen Cocktails Update.", Ned Hémard, 2011.

‡ - "Ojén, the rebirth of an anise." WHISKYMag.fr 20 September, 2018.

1 - "50 Cases OJEN of Majorca for sale." The Times-Picayune from New Orleans, Louisiana. 27 May, 1883.

2 - Landry, Stuart O. History of the Boston Club (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing Company, 1938), 229. Print.

3 - The Mixologist - How To Mix The Mixings (New Orleans: L.E. Jung & Wulff Co. Inc., 1933). Print. via Picken, Conor and Dischinger, Matthew Southern Comforts: Drinking and the U.S. South (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020). Print.

4 - La Fille. "Classic New Orleans: A Brief History of Ojen." La Fille De La Ville 1 April, 2009.

5 - Price, Todd A. "Last bottle of locally popular Ojen liqueur sold." The Times-Picayune from New Orleans, Louisiana 16 July, 2009.

6 - Pérez, Mónica. "Belgian business revives the production of a traditional spirit from Ojén." SURinEnlish.com 14 February, 2014.

7 - Forbes, Seánan. "Ojen Makes Its Long-Awaited Comeback." Tales of the Cocktail 09 February, 2016.

8 - J. A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual on The Vintage and Production, Care, and Handling of Wines, Liquors, etc. A Handbook of Information for Home, Club or Hotel, 3rd Edition (New York: McClunn & Co., 1910), 69. Print.

9 - Jacques Straub, Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks (Chicago: The Hotel Monthly, John Willy, 1914), 33. Print.

10 - Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes For Mixed Drinks (New York: Fox Printing House, 1917), 62. Print.

11 - El Arte De Hacer Un Cocktail Y Algo Más (Havana: Imprenta Fernandez Solana Y Ca. - Obsequio De La Cia Cervecera Internacional S. A., 1927), 173. Print.

12 - Herbert Jenkins LTD, A Life-time Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks (London: Purnell and Sons, 1934), 37. Print.

13 - John Held Jr., Peychaud's New Orleans Cocktails (New Orleans: A. M. & J. Solari, LTD., 1935), 27. Print.

14 - Patrick Gavin Duffy, The Official Mixer's Manual. The Standard Guide for Professional and Amateur Bartenders Throughout the World (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940), 201. Print.

15 - John Held Jr., Peychaud's New Orleans Cocktails (New Orleans: A. M. & J. Solari, LTD., 1935), 32. Print. Pink Shimmy is a copyrighted and trademarked name for The Ojen Cocktail (American / New Orleans Style) owned by Solari's New Orleans. It was sold pre-mixed and bottled using either Fernandez White Label Spanish Ojen or Solari's Ojen and Peychaud's bitters.

16 - Geo. R. Washburne and Stanley Bronner, Beverages De Luxe (Louisville: The Wine and Spirit Bulletin, 1914), 93. Print.

17 - J. A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual on The Vintage and Production, Care, and Handling of Wines, Liquors, etc. A Handbook of Information for Home, Club or Hotel (New York: McClunn & Co., 1916), 61. Print.

18 - Jere Sullivan, The Drinks of Yesteryear - A Mixology (New Haven: J. Sullivan, 1930), 24. Print.

19 - Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Bar Days (New York: Aventine Press, 1931), 152. Print.

20 - Stanley Clisby Arthur, Famous New Orleans Drinks and How To Mix ’Em (New Orleans: Harmanson Publisher, 1937), 40. Print.

21 - Owen, D. (Writer), Lealos, C. (Director). (2015, February 9). Dead in New Orleans (Season 1, Episode 15) M. Bukhonina, E. Comerford-Rubin (Executive Producers) Booze Traveler. Travel Channel. Jack Maxwell hunts for the "almost extinct" liqueur Ojén which is the official booze of Mardi Gras and is seen as bad luck not to drink it. Fortunately he scores at Brennan's Restaurant where he is served from a secret stash of Fernandez White Label Ojen that is kept under lock and key. His first reaction is that it tastes like liquid Good & Plenty, the sweet black licorice barrels coated in bright pink and white hard candy shells.

22 - Jacques Straub, Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks (Chicago: R. Francis Welsh, 1913), 35. Print.

23 - Thomas Bullock, The Ideal Bartender (St. Louis: Buxton & Skinner, 1917), 44. Print.

24 - El Arte De Hacer Un Cocktail Y Algo Más (Havana: Imprenta Fernandez Solana Y Ca. - Obsequio De La Cia Cervecera Internacional S. A., 1927), 51. Print.

25 - Gerardo Corrales, Club de Cantineros de la Rupublica de Cuba - Manual Oficial (Havana: José Cuervo, 1930), 54. Print.

26 - Pedro Chicote, La Ley Mojada (Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, S. A., 1930), 203. Print.

27 - Segundo Menénez & Manuel Rodriguez, Bar La Florida Cocktails (Havana: Obispo y Monserrate, 1930), 64. Print.

28 - Bartender's of the Hotel Lincoln, Hotel "Lincoln" Cock-tail Book (Havana: Excelsior, 1937), 52. Print.

29 - Salvador Trullos Mateu Recetario Internacional de Cocktails (Havana: O'Reilly, 1937), 112. Print.

30 - Constantino "Constante" Ribalaigua, Floridita Cock-tails (Havana: El Floridita, 1939), 52. Print.

31 - Oscar Haimo of the Hotel Pierre, Cocktail Digest (Brooklyn, New York: Comet Press, 1943), 55. Print.

32 - Lucius Morris Beebe, The Stork Club Bar Book (New York: Rinehart, 1946), 89. Print.

33 - Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937), 191. Print.

34 - Philip Greene, To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion (New York: TarcherPerigee , 2012), 180. Print.

#ojen #cocktails #drinks #mardi gras #new orleans

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{ Kimberly New York (KNY) // Sample Set // Reviews Below }

You know what? I like the cut of Kimberly New York’s jib!

In a world where fragrance houses spend most of their money on posturing and pretending to be exclusive, I like a brand that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

I don’t think the scents being offered here are intended to be the type that list fake notes, point to obscure marketing campaigns, or make the user wonder what exactly it is that they’ve just sprayed. 

That being said, a light-hearted take on fragrance isn’t for everyone. Let’s dive into these offerings more below.

Art Color Love 7/10

Eau de Watermelon Jolly Rancher. Starts off with an unfussy, synthetic-smelling watermelon note. I don’t get many of the other notes, but I don’t have to. Is smelling like candy my thing? No. But I can appreciate a whiff of nostalgia.

Echelon 7.5

In uncharacteristic form, I actually rather prefer the masculine offerings from KNY more than the feminine on the whole. Echelon smells to me like a musky, herbal (mint? basil? marjoram?), and woodsy composition. My interpretation varies a bit from the listed notes on KNY’s site (orange zest, anise, black peppercorn, musk, leather, mahogany), but the fragrance smells good regardless. 

I&I 7/10

One of those “dad” fragrances. You know what I mean. I&I is a nice, comforting green/soapy/shaving cream/aquatic scent. Again, this doesn’t match the listed notes on the website, but maybe ginger, coriander, and oakmoss are the equivalents of what I’m smelling - just shifted two to the right on the fragrance “color wheel.”

Indigo Love 8/10

Admittedly, this is my favorite scent of the bunch. As soon as I sprayed it on paper I had to smile - it smelled just like a creamsicle popsicle! There is a creaminess mixed with citrus that is made to fizz with the addition of musk. I did end up ordering a travel size of this fragrance. After spraying on skin, Indigo Love does try valiantly to cling to its novel creamsicle accord, but a soapy white floral accord looks ready to ruin the fun at any moment. Fortunately, it does not, and you can enjoy your fizzy soda a bit longer. For those who are curious, this is a creamsicle second-cousin to Light Blue. The sillage/projection beat out some of its extended family members.

Artsy 6/10

This one was not my favorite. It was an interesting idea, but I did not prefer the execution. It starts off as as a cherry cough syrup and vanilla icecream mixture (AKA Play-Doh). The drydown becomes a little more manageable, but I am not a patient person, alas.

Poetry 5/10

As I mentioned above, I’m not personally fond of smelling like candy and sweets. Thus, most scents that fall into this category don’t get much love from me. Poetry opens with a synthetic, sugary, citrus and guava combo that, with the addition of peach/apricot, manages to smell like peach rings. It’s just too syrupy for my liking, unfortunately. Again the drydown is more palatable, but I had already given this a “pass” before it managed to make it that far.

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