My Unified Observations

My friend sent around a survey about our sophomore engineering core class at MIT, Unified (only AeroAstro majors take it). I know I don't post about school often (at all), but I thought this might be useful to some people so I decided to post it here. I'll link to the blog post my friend does with multiple opinions when it goes up. Sorry for the text-heavy post!!
 

Fave Unified Memory:
Despite all the bitching and moaning leading up to it, HANDS DOWN the flight competition. It was actually really fun seeing everyone flying their stuff, and wearing flight suits, and making jokes with people. Plus, we were practically done by that point so so much pressure was off of me. I could just kick back and watch those things fly (or not...lol).
 
 
Hardest Thing About Unified:
Not to be a poser, but pretty much everything. The build-up, I guess. There's just never a break - you're always working on something or studying for a test, it never lets up...for an entire year. It wears you down, bro! That and early-morning classes, but I got used to that real fast. It became like a weird, hard version of high school, seeing those same kids everyday. Even the jocks who I didn't talk to. Cause let's be real...high school has cliques, and Unified had cliques.
 
 
Advice for Youngins (16s, Appliers, Anyone Interested in AeroAstro!):

1. Do it for the love of the discipline. Know that you're going to be an AeroAstro for the rest of all time, and love those space things or planes. Realize that your GPA is not the most important thing in the world, and go to class everyday excited because you're one day closer to working on the stuff you love for real.
2. Don't take yourself too seriously. You can study all you want but this program is designed to weed people out, be grueling, and cut back on your self-esteem. LAUGH IT OFF! Go to your Ring Delivery on Thursday night and let loose (read: have a drink), realizing you have a test the next morning at 9 but not studying through the night for it. If you come in knowing that you're not the top student, realizing you can  (and should!)have fun as a sophomore, that learning this stuff is SUPPOSED to be hard, but your life is supposed to be fun, you'll have a much better time adjusting, and overall a better experience.
3. DO. NOT. QUIT. Don't give up. When it gets too hard, when you get a concussion and everything seems to go to pieces, go to your dorm and sob and whine and call your mom, BUT DON'T SWITCH, don't drop classes (below 3 or 4, including unified as 2!), don't quit things you love. It will pass, trust me. Cry it out, and then focus on the next thing. You failed a Fluids Test? Big effing deal. Cry (I liked to cry right after exams yay), go for a run, eat something greasy with a friend, and then focus on your pset or lab for next week. Keep going. It's only a year, and it passes so fast.
4. BE FEARLESS. People told me up and down that Unified was terrible, that it was bad, that there was no hope of me completing it or having any fun. THOSE PEOPLE ARE DUMB AND JEALOUS OF YOU. You've chosen the hardest thing you could for sophomore year, and you're going to face it head-on!! You'll get the admirable looks from people you tell your major too, you get to study such advanced things, your probability class is easier (but don't tell the professor that!!). Unified is hard, but you can do it, and you will do it. Be fearless, be confident, be cocky. You are amazing, you are at MIT, don't let ANYONE bring you or your love for space/air down. Believe me, if I could do it, anyone can. Rock it out, 16s. Can't wait to see you on the other side of grading (:

How would you describe Unified?
Like a crazy version of high school on all sorts of methamphetamines. You got Professor Lagace yelling at you, deadlines all over the place, insane Thermo/Fluids lectures...but it's at the same time everyday, with those same kids (of which some of them you can call your friends, hopefully!! ^^). It's early morning gossip seshes, late night runs to Verdes, lab meetings with pounding music. You learn the cliques of the class, talk about who's hottest with the 10 other girls in it, and blush when you go to office hours cause these professors are the smartest people you've been in the same room with. It's intense and crazy, and then all of a sudden you're done and you miss it.


How did you like it in general?
It's awesome, it's a trip. Everyone in MIT should do it. It made me love my major so much. I grew to love even the gnarliest, scariest professor I ever had like a teddy bear. Would I do it again? Maybe not the same classes, but the same set-up, definitely. (Cause let's get real, Fluids is so effing hard! haha)



Anything else you'd think might be entertaining or useful to mention to others who haven't gone through it?
16 Ring Comm?? Maybe don't make your ring delivery Thursday night...cause Friday mornings are a little harrowing for Unified kids.
Also, make an email list, sit next to cute Jewish boys who will play Sudoku with you in class, try not to get concussed, and DON'T be late on Wednesdays!



How did your expectations of the class compare to reality?
My expectations were basically of a hell-on-earth that I'd barely survive, coming out burned and scarred (thanks, you darn Mech E's...).
In reality, it's totally not that bad! It's hard and you may cry, but it really kind of lifted my self-esteem in the end. Like, you know a really hard workout that you power through and finish? It was like that. I might've be beat up and sweaty when I finished, but I got the best runner's high. It's such a unique experience, I loved it. Remember: don't be afraid!! (And be consistent (; )
 

OHMY GOD

THIS POST ISN'T EVEN GOING TO BE EDITED THAT MUCH RIGHT NOW CAUSE IM FREAKING OUT AND MUCH RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE

OH MY GOD MY FAVORITE I NEED NOW

GRUMPY CAT COFFEE

[Edit: 10:53AM]

I actually have to get some work done today but EFF THAT cause oh my God.

Apparently, according to Foodbeast, the coffee drinks will be available starting August 7th. I love it. Just in time to return to college...I'll need caffeine fixes...in the form of Grumpy. Cat.

 

taking a break



This is how tired I was this weekend.



I couldn't come up with a single idea to blog about today, and I didn't even feel like looking at my favorite blogs.

Sometimes you just need a break.

After being stupidly emotional on Saturday, and being just plain BUSY (with stuff that's a secret right now!! shhhh WINK) yesterday, I've realized that a lot of the things I've been taught in life is to keep going. Persevere. Don't be a quitter. KEEP. GOING.

And that is not how I function.

I'm almost an erratic person, jumping from one thing to the next every minute or second. My energy has been spread a lot in my life, between school, music, sports (a lot of them), friends, an insane family, tests, government, baking & cooking, meetings, classes, fashion, writing, and all my stupid interests. And I somehow devote all of me, 100% to whatever I am doing. I've been expending a huge amount of energy my entire life, and I've just realized how I function, and I think I kind of understand why that is.

My ex-boyfriend asked me if I was bipolar. I'm not, and generally I feel really happy and upbeat like all of the time (party party woo!), but I can see why he'd ask that (and if you read my post Saturday you would too probably). I go and I go and I go and then I crash.

I take breaks.

I can't do something very intensive for too long. It's why I did different sports in high school, and it's why I would take summers off of my violin. And it's also why I legitimately could not force myself to work out yesterday. At some point, I. Need. A. Break.

And because I haven't actually, like, acknowledged that this is how I function, my psyche would just burn out and I'd be lazy or depressed or sad, because I'd also get tired of being excited and bubbly all the time. Sicknesses made this worse (like mono. Yeah.).

I think in the future I need to recognize when I'm running out of energy, and take a little time to myself to break the cycle and rejuvenate myself. It's not a big deal to be sad, but if you're taking a step back and looking at all your sad feelings that you "forget about" (read: push down) every day, you can feel that sadness and move on.
That's my plan for the near future, at least. And maybe some meditation?? I don't know, how much of a hippie am I?

xoxo, hshb,
candy

--just to clarify, i'm not taking a break from blogging (; just blogging about breaks hahaha lol break blog alliteration yes

peace, quiet, regret, regeneration

This is going to be on the serious side guys, no funny Candice tonight. Not even a funny picture. OK, maybe one at the end.

As I'm writing this, I'm laying on the most comfortable mattress in the world, staring at the most beautiful sea in the world, and feeling pretty much the worst I've felt in weeks. I have so much regret about mistakes I've made, wrong things I've done, secrets I've made & told. It's so weird, because recently I felt like I finally came to terms with some of the darkness in my life, and I'm sticking to that. I'm a person - I have flaws, and I kind of love those flaws, and I don't want to change them anymore. And I especially don't want a guy who would try or want to change them. 

When I love (whether it's my family, friends, or otherwise), I love fully. I know your flaws, and I love your flaws, and I love you. I don't want to change you, because then you wouldn't be the person that I love anymore. Just be you, and do you, and as long as you don't step on my toes (figuratively...and literally), we're going to be just fine. We'll make it through this crazy life together.

That's finally how I'm feeling about myself, but I'm having problems letting go of my past mistakes at the moment. It's just hard to remember how things exactly happened, and it's killing me. The oceanic setting here is giving me some peace and time to think over things, and I've realized that I really need to let some bad things go.

So, my next project is...confession. Yeah, that's right, in a real Catholic church with real Catholics and a priest and stuff. Jealous??????

I think then I can give some of my sadness a huge sigh of relief. [Yes I do believe in God, Jesus, Catholicism, and confession. Surprised? You're welcome.**] There's something that's just cathartic about telling someone with authority your bad things, and having them tell you officially that it's ok, The Big Guy forgives you, and we all make mistakes. So I'm going to test it out in a few weeks - until then, I'm giving bad things the back file space in my brain. 

I'll update you on if it works - if it doesn't, expect a couple posts on "How to Block Out Memories."

xoxo, hshb [maybe not??],
candy




**FUNNY PICTURE TIME TO LIGHTEN THINGS UP

#swaginmyrobe

cubicle essentials by candice

I like alliteration.

Serious work getting done in my cube.

Happy Friday everyone!! I thought, since I'm not working today, that I'd post a bit about why I wouldn't mind working Fridays. So - cubicle essentials time!

I practically live at work for this summer. I work out here, I eat two meals a day here. Since my car crapped out I have to get here super early, so I'm here when it's dark out. I blog here (breaks, people! Stop freaking out :P), I shower here. I should organize my desk a bit more, but everyone knows how messy creative people are, right? Yeah, let's go with that.

I've come up with a list of essentials to not have be in a bogus mood for my work day. They're split up into stuff I keep at my desk, locker at the gym, and my office kitchen.

Things I've got at my desk (that have nothing to do with the work I do) consist of:

• Emergency blueberries
• Emergency granola bar
• 2 Emergency water bottles
• Tissues
• Stack of napkins for soup-consumption and writing notes on
• Makeup removing towelettes by Garnier
• Toner Spray (Tea Tree Water by Lush)
• Backup Pen
• 3 Sweatshirts of varying sizes for layering
• Marc Jacobs' Honey perfume sample

Things I have at the gym:

• Workout clothes (sports bra, Sick Nasty Standers T-shirt, running shorts)
• Brooks running shoes
• MIT tote
• Fresh farmacy cleanser (Lush)
• Sea Vegetable soap (Lush)
• Daddy-O Shampoo (Lush)
• Conditioner (I'm using up the last of a conditioner that I hate from a brand that I hate, so no link here)
• Emergency Haynes Underwear (hell yeah sexayy)
• Grease Lightening spot treatment (Lush) [CAN'T FIND THE LINK OMG IS IT GONE I WILL DIE]
• Dream Cream lotion (Lush...SEEING A THEME HERE**)
• Flip-Flops
• Big-Ass Towel
• Dove Deodorant

Things I have in the office kitchen (including the fridge):

• Lunch Tote
• Gallon-Storage Ziploc bag
• Tupperware filled with Raisin Bran
• Ceramic Bowl
• Soup Spoon
• Half-gallon of Flax Milk
• Half-gallon (that's now half-used after lunch today) of Imagine Creamy Portobello Soup [it's dairy free!]

And I need more. I want back-up dishware, and more cereal, and another half-galloon of Flax/Almond milk, and back-up soups in case I forget to bring one into work. And a lot of dish towels for carrying hot soup around. And more emergency snacks, cause you never know.

It just makes my life so convenient if a lot of my stuff is at work! I can reach for a cleansing towelette if my face feels oily, I don't have to worry about putting on perfume before I leave home, and I can eat breakfast while working at my desk.

So I know it's a long list, but those are my work-life barebones essentials. What are yours? Or am I missing anything?

xoxo, hshb,
candy

**I'm a big proponent of Lush, because I'm a hippie who believes in good-Earth stuff and whatever, and also because I have very, very sensitive skin and the all-natural products work with me. It's a tad expensive when compared to something like Clean & Clear, but with Lush products, I get no irritation, and I've always found their products to work.

I NEED THESE

Just a short little blip about something I NEED IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS I CAN GET MY HANDS ON IT. Hopefully I'll snag a retail job in Boston before the splurge so my bank account isn't hurting so bad when I spring for this...




AMERICAN GUTTER SEQUIN SHORTS OMG

 


SEQUINED SHORTS THAT AREN'T SUPER SHORT-SHORTS, THAT HAVE AMERICA ON THEM, BY WILDFOX....I AM LOSING MY MIND #OBSESSED

If anyone has any idea when these come out, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'm dying here. DYING.


xoxo, hshb,
candy

PS. Other things on my need-list:

Record Player
Vinyls (Particularly Beach Day's and Of Monsters And Men's)
A New Car
Pocket Knife + Pepper Spray
Backup Soup for Work

...I can afford one thing on that list right now. Guess which one it is?

Quote Thursday!! vol. 2

Despite the obvious disaster that was yesterday, I'm not failing on you! Here's another QUOTE THURSDAY to get you through to the weekend!! And this one is great, because of the amount I saw my great friends this weekend. Did you make the cut? Do you need more context? Do you think other things you said should've gotten in/were way funnier?? Let me know in the comments/on facebook/on twitter/by text. And remember, keep up the funniness guys!! There's always next week, and next week, and the next....(:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which one's my favorite? They're all so perfect. I love my friends. (The first one was especially fitting for this blog, huh?)

xoxo, hshb,
candy

fun stuff before quotes thursday!

My friends are seriously funny, and I have been meaning to share this little nugget the guy one cubicle away from me Facebook messaged me the other day (T). You might laugh, you might not, but it'll tide you over for another 1.5 hours before Quote Thursday!



He has a fascination with Sperry's.
 

To clarify, the tab he has open there is for the EXACT same pair of Sperry's as the ad on his Facebook. WEIRD RIGHT.


That's all for now! See you soon with more funn-ness #yayitsquotethursday

xoxo, hshb,
candy

update on my situation

Hey guys, this is going to be a not-so-interesting post, because I can't post details about the accident because we have to go through our insurance company and whatever, but I am fine. I am obsessing over my nose, and if it's swollen/ugly (I HATE NOSES ANYWAY OMG), because I hit the steering wheel with my face, and my chest, because my airbag didn't deploy (but the fucking passenger's side did).



AM I UGLY



My face hurts, and my chest hurts, and S wants me to go to the hospital, but I don't want to. I hate hospitals so much. And doctors. And trainers. In my perfect world we just ignore everything until it goes away.

But I'm writing this from my work computer (what?? Just a quick update WINK), so I'm at work, and fine, and you should ALL get excited for QUOTES THURSDAY today.

It's so weird that "going to HELL" almost changed to "adventures in HELL" yesterday afternoon. Hopefully I'll stick around for at least a few more years to entertain my friends with funny things they say every Thursday (:

xoxo, hshb,
candy

accident!

Just survived an accident. Really frazzled and pissed. More to come later.

links to music stuff that i can't get over

I clearly love music. PS How did my hair do that??

 

Drunk Florence Welch Covers Daft Punk. This is hilarious and actually a really awesome performance (usually if the band/singer is inebriated the act sucks...like when Macklemore came to my school this spring and was baked, and me and my friends bounced after Thrift Shop and listened to the record of Can't Hold Us in their bomb-ass frat *).


Vampire Weekend's Cover of Blurred Lines. I can't get over it. Press play again, press play again. I think the original version of the song is kinda silly, but this is just so freakin awesome I can't. "You're the hottest fish in this place"


Bonnie McKee's Real Video for American Girl. SO MUCH COOLNESS IN THIS VID. Usually I don't like fluffly vids but this is a solid song, and the lyric video was killer, and Bonnie's bod looks awesome and kind of like my shape, and she wears so much Wildfox and it looks awesome, and her hair dye...omg. It's so killer. Ah. Love her. Also it may be the next Call Me Maybe. It's that catchy.


Icona Pop's New Single, All Night. Maybe it's just cause I'm seeing them with a best friend (J) in the fall, but I'm super-aware of Icona Pop's new stuff. I wanna be able to scream the lyrics to stuff during the concert (while jumping around...while not "all-there" WINK). REPLAY REPLAY REPLAY.


Babyshambles' All-New Hit, Nothing Comes to Nothing. I've been obsessed over putting this on my Spotify playlist for summer for EVER, but it doesn't come out for a while, so here's a link to the Soundcloud so you can jump into the mix with me.


Boston Calling, Boston's FIRST huge MUSIC FESTIVAL!! I'm SO EXCITED, and I'm DEFINITELY GOING even if I have to go by myself. So everyone should come and hang out with me, cause it's going to be SWEET, I promise (:

 *no links for macklemore because he sucks and I don't wanna promote him. you're welcome

help??? 4 months in advance!

Trying to get over my depression about my FAILURE at weight-loss, and I thought I'd think about something so far in advance that it's possible I would meet at least one of my weight goals by then:
HALLOWEEN!!

The holiday's about 4 months away, but that doesn't mean I can't start planning now, right? Fun stuff always can be thought about.

Deal is, I don't have any clue as to what I should be. Last year I dressed up as Marceline, a vampire character from the show Adventure Time. That was wicked fun, cause I got to wear jeans and be super comfy while I danced, but I totally made-up myself + I wore a wig, so nobody even recognized me. It was awesome. Also, Vamp Fangs are TOTALLY INSANE. Like, I convinced a couple 8 year olds when I worked this bomb ass frat's* haunted house that I was actually a vampire. They believed that I was just born with those fangs in my head. (I KNOW they were 8, but even still, gotta be somewhat convincing-looking to fool them. They know what special effects is, they go to the movies.)




ME (I know, crazy right?) as Marceline and my friend R as Finn (:

So I really can't decide what to be this year. Requirements are: fun, not-sexy, and to look like a different person. I was thinking a devil (would fit the title of this blog, right) but then I thought that's too similar to vampire. Maybe Mabel from Gravity Falls, if I could find a Dipper? I don't know!




Killer fangs + J's cop-out costume as a bandit

Help me out, people! I know a lot of you reading this are my actual real-life friends and could just text me suggestions, but isn't it easier to comment? You're already here hahaha. And people that I don't know in the IRL, comment anyway! Give me tips, ideas, anything!! Hate mail! Conversion wishes! I don't care! It'll all at least get me thinking about what wig I wanna wear this year.

xoxo, hshb,
candy


*note about this bomb-ass frat: turns out that when you serial-date a few of them and act like a crazy person on multiple occasions, they may think you're a crazy person. but sometimes you'll still have a best friend (or two) there and they'll tolerate you. and they might be like "wtf is Candice putting us on her blog for she's insane." conclusion? don't date bigs/littles from the same frat. you're welcome.

#depressed



Too sad to show my face.

You guys, I've gained like 3.4 pounds over the weekend.

WHAT THE HELL. Like I know I had fun and threw my diet out the window, but this is not ok...just imagine how much weight I'll gain when I go to France for a week+!!!


So, I'm incredibly depressed over this, and I can't think of any cool shit to blog about today yet. Maybe things will pick up later when I go over to T's house.

Wish me luck on my diet today. ):

nostalgia night: why the weekenders is the greatest show ever

The only show where a ginger was kinda cool.

Hey guys. So we got 2 periodicals up & running so far (Monday Morning & Quotes Thursday), but I thought I'd add another not-so-periodical one: Nostalgia Night!! Every once in a while, after work, I'm going to post something about an awesome topic from my childhood - think early 2000s, mostly. I was in middle school from 2004 to 2007, so around there is stuff I'll talk about. (And yeah, the Nokia Brick Phone will probably be covered sometime, because I got one when I was 13 and my background was a picture of my locker number. Which was, of course, 69. Go Catholic school!)

Today I'm going to pimp out probably the funniest show I've ever seen on Disney Channel: The Weekenders.

Ok, FIRST OF ALL, Wayne Brady sings the theme song. And it's AWESOME, and Wayne Brady is so cool and hip, and funny like he was on Whose Line. And the kids dance, all of them, in the theme!! Even the boys! Like, can I invite them to a party? I feel like if they were 7 years older, they would be crazy partiers like me and my friends, actually they would probably out-party me, since I got cigarette-wasted on wine coolers last Saturday.

Just wait til Carver convinces you to do Shots O' Clock.

These kids are so mothaeffing cool and funny, and they don't even swear. I mean, in one episode (3.06 Best), Tino wins Most Sarcastic in his school's superlatives. That's how funny he is - sarcastic all the time!! They're hilarious, they always are making jokes & snarky comments - especially at each other! And THAT'S WHAT REAL FRIENDSHIP IS: when you neg each other constantly, egg each other on, but are always actually there for each other. They support each other to the end. It's killer and awesome.

I know that feel, Lor.

And it's almost believable that they're in middle school. Almost - I  mean let's get real, no 12 year old is that cool. However, some stuff they do is very middle-school. In one episode, Tino gets a moonbounce, and gets made fun of because it's "little-kid stuff." I remember when kids worried about if the stuff they did was too little-kid for them, like when I got made fun of for wearing Limited Too clothes in the 7th grade (I know - what the hell! Those clothes were made for kids that age...and they were cute, and they fit! So mean Catholic school girls can SUCK IT). I mean now, all me and my friends want to do is get on a moonbounce and drink. There was actually one at a grad party I went to when I graduated high school. The older you get, the more you realize being embarrassed is dumb and only keeps you from having fun. Because they care (sometimes quite a lot), the characters are believable younger kids.

Who doesn't think like this? It's way depressing being halfway to 40.

The show really tops it off with some great one-liners. I mean, "Everything hurts, even my socks," and "Sideways you kinda look like a lollipop. And I can say that, because sideways, I look like a paintbrush," are just so funny, they'll always be able to make me laugh. If I hadn't already dedicated Quotes Thursday to real-life quotes my friends make, The Weekenders would definitely get in some entries. 

I grew up watching the show in the afterschool block, and I've loved revisiting it over the summer. My advice? If you're in even a slightly bad mood, watch The Weekenders! They'll pick you right up, promise. (Plus Tino's mom gives some actually good life advice, that applies to kids of all ages, without being corny. It's the only show I've found that has relevant life lessons that aren't too sappy, and it delivers them in a smart way. Go early 2000s!)

xoxo, hshb,
candy

beauty review: Bumble and bumble's surf wash shampoo and conditioner

listening to: Boy by Ra Ra Riot

It's summer, which means everyone is obsessed with the beach, not just me - cause mermaids & the ocean are like my life-long thing. And as a long-time devotee to Bumble and bumble.'s Surf Spray (it got me through a BAD hair stage...and helps out when I feel flower-crown-y/hippie-y), I was a little intrigued when they came out with their Surf Foam Wash Shampoo and Cream Rinse Conditioner, and the rest of the freakin' world was ecstatic too. When I ordered my fake tattoo stuffs from Sephora, I got the option to sample the hair set, and of course I said I wanted to. I want to see if the products live up to the hype.

 



Samples post-use. And yes, that is my toilet.

 

So I jumped in the shower and tried the stuff, in my usual way - there wasn't much product at all in the samples - I have relatively short hair, and I used up all of both of them in one wash, and honestly I could've done with more shampoo. I like a big lather, and to play around with the soap bubbles in the shower...while singing along to whatever almost-indie stupid stuff that's on my Spotify. But I dealt with the small lather, rinsed, and applied the conditioner. I usually do my hair routine first in the shower or tub, because then I let the conditioner sit on my mostly-bleached-out head while I wash up for a few minutes, and then rinse before I get out. This fit perfectly with the Surf Cream Rinse Conditioner, cause the instructions said to leave it in for about 2 minutes before rinsing.

The first thing I noticed was the pretty awesome scent. I love ocean-smelling things, and it was really strong in my shower with the Shampoo. The conditioner was less scented/noticeable, but I hoped it would stay in my hair.

The conditioner was pretty thick/creamy, but it rinsed out easily, which I'm a big fan of. I hate rinsing out conditioner for too long, cause I get all hot and waterlogged, and my neck hurts from leaning it back for too long. Plus my hair falls out and it freaks me out, even if my hair is pretty thick and I could stand to lose a few (haha, weight loss joke. Ps...defs gained weight over the weekend. Boo.).

After I got out of the shower, my hair felt pretty normal. I was able to get a brush through it wet with minimal tangles/pulling. It felt decent, but not like super-awesome wet or anything. I did my nails and let it air-dry, like I do when I use the surf spray (slash all the time because blow drying is time-consuming and also would fry my already fried bleached hair). I used no styling products, so that my hair could really reflect just the use of the shampoo & conditioner.

When air-dried, my hair was wavy and felt almost like I had swum in the ocean for a few minutes that day. Almost. I've yet to find any product that recreates that look perfectly. It was also a little voluminous, because of the sea salt I assume was saturated in the products. The scent was there, but not as noticeable as I would've liked - you'd have to use the Surf Spray in addition to the shampoo & conditioner for other people to comment on how awesome your head smells, I think.
Overall, the full-sized bottles are pretty expensive, and I think, useless. I mean, the effect was nice, but literally I can get the same result from just the spray and Suave's Ocean Breeze Shampoo & Conditioner. I really don't understand why someone would pay $50 for less product than less than $5 can get you.



2 bucks of genius.

Result/Recommendations: Splurge on the Surf Spray ($25), and if you're really dedicated to the #oceanlyfe, get some Suave Ocean Breeze products from your local drugstore/CVS.


xoxo, hshb,
candy

COOL NEW SHIT: Something Useful

I'M IN A BAND.



The members of Something Useful. Left-to-Right: Ann, me, Kate.

That's right, a real agreed-upon band. Like all the members are down, and it's not just made up in my head while I air-guitar to Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble (wait, did I do that this weekend? How could something that embarrassing cool not make it into the weekend recap? WINK).

It's called Something Useful, and it's a girl band. The members are K, A, and myself, and because we're gonna be famous soon anyway, I will reveal their names here: Kate and Ann.

I'm lead guitar. Cool right? Kate's the drummer/percussion in general, (plus she came up with the sweet band name) and Ann is the lead singer cause she can actually sing. Maybe we'll record a demo. Who knows. But stay checked-in for any developments...maybe those weird lyrics I write down in my diary will finally come in handy.

xoxo, hshb,
candy

monday morning: weekend recap

ATTRACTIVE! I can see why boys hit on me so often.

Have I mentioned I'm a huge fan of slang terms? Especially new and weird ones. Like I'm dedicated to start saying "party" now instead of "yes," and "I fell out" has entered my vocabulary too.

Examples:

K: "Yo, there's like a get-together going on tonight. Wanna go?"
Me: "Party."

A: "Could you believe the craziness that happened last night??"
Me: "NO! When Ken got onto the coffee table, I totally fell out."

So yeah, that happened. Occasionally. And we took a hell of a lot of polaroids, I got into trouble (what else is new though, right), wore out my sneaker heels, got asked if I had a face tattoo, and obsessed over the year 2008. Which upon further inspection, is the funniest year to obsess about, because it was dumb and Viva La Vida by Coldplay was the number one song of the year.

Also, I like to give life advice when I'm drunk. And the life advice that I like to give is about how studying is boring and you should party as much as you possibly can and do all the fun shit you have the opportunity to do (which I agree with), OR about how to not date Mormons. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME PEOPLE LEGIT ASKED ME ABOUT THIS ON SUNDAY.

I'm a makeup genius, amirite.

So actual recap time:

Friday.

• 12:37pm. Leave DC with an iced coffee and a scone from Northside Social. 
• 1:45pm. Have major road rage because of huge traffic on I-95SB. Download Nick Swardson comedy albums. Laugh about stupid stuff.
• 2:54pm. Choke on scone when listening to Pound the Alarm by Nicki Minaj, because I was dancing to it too hard.
• 4:53pm. Finally get to K & A's apartment. Leave immediately to get our nails done.
• 5:15pm. Get a pedicure, talk about weird shit in front of nail ladies, make them laugh.
• 6:03pm. Go to claires, get a bunch of fake earrings, K gets her ears pierced (for the 4th time).
• 6:22pm. Applebee's!
• 8:31pm. Get ready for party (makeup, dress, heels, fake tattoo, cross earrings - clip ons).
• 9:12pm Leave K's apartment to pick up some people. Roll away as they get in. Party.
• 9:30pm. Party on. Dance like nerds, drink up, be ridiculous. Quotes Thursday this week? Gonna be good. MORE TO BE REVEALED

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Saturday.

• 6:10am. A makes a hilarious post on Facebook regarding the weekend. People comment on it. I love the internet.
• 10ish am. Actually wake up. Think the party was tame. Go out to the living room, re-quote stuff. OMG it was insane. I love Thrilliamsburg.
• 12:20pm. Manhattan bagel. Let's just say I left my diet at home this weekend. Party.
• ----NAP TIME----
• 3:34pm. Lax it up with a boy.
• 6:15pm. See Despicable Me 2 and get some dinner. Good date right? Also this movie was kick ass, go see it. Those little yellow guys are awesome.
• 9:17pm. A drives us to another party. We're the first ones there, because I'm just going to pregame at the party, so when people get there I'm already there and ready to go. Yeah I suffer from FOMO. Badly.
• 10:40pm. Kids get there. There's a guy named after a chess piece, and I get water thrown on me. We take polaroids of EVERYTHING, and people love it. #2008 #sorryIparty
• 11:25pm. At this point in time, I'm running around mingling with everyone. Working the room, you know. Nostalgia playlist goes on, cause there's a group of people there who may have been 27-ish and you know they love some Fergalicious.
• 12:02pm. I play beer pong, which I normally hate. We lose, and I bail. LOL
• 12:40pm. Shots o' clock has turned this into a cigarette night. #MrBrightside, amirite?
• 1:30ish am. Disaster kind of strikes, my bad, I freaked out. Take everyone home, big shitshow, woops. Still an awesome party with awesome people...#sorryimnotsorry hahaha

On Sunday I pretty much just felt achy and watched Supernatural with Kate. Zaxby's saved my drive home. But I made it, so that's good. Lessons learned? NONE. GREAT WEEKEND.


OH ALSO:

stay tuned for some #THRILLIAMSBURG bro tanks. we're gonna be the sickest kids at the next party.

xoxo, hshb,
candy


 

my beauty routine, aka my attempt to save my skin

I stated yesterday how awful my skin was looking, which is why I ran to Lush to get stuff for my face. I want to look good for the boy this weekend, sue me.

BEFORE. Gross.

So I got a few things, because for the past week my skincare routine has been just Dove beauty soap and some old Salicylic acid crap I had in my medicine cabinet. And clearly (or not so clearly...lol acne joke), this routine was not working.


I was a big fan of Lush's Let the Good Times Rule cleanser back before it was discontinued, and since then I haven't found a good replacement. My skin is kind of sensitive, breaks out sometimes, and my cheeks will get dried out occasionally. I always have a hard time explaining my skin type to people, but I tried, and a nice worker at Lush recommended either Fresh Farmacy or Herbalism as a cleanser, then Mask of Magnaminty, then Tea Tree Water. I don't use mosturizer when I'm in DC, it's so humid here that I don't need it. I use Cosmetic Lad when I'm in Boston. I choose Fresh Farmacy over Herbalism because I can't put things on my face that smell not-awesome, and Herbalism smells like garlic. I couldn't deal with it.
Anyway, after "working out" (I was so sore I could barely move) today, I hopped in the shower to try my bunch of new Lush products. I washed with Fresh Farmacy and it felt really good - smooth going on, and then my skin felt tight and clean after I rinsed. When I got out of the shower, I put on Mask of Mag, and immediately I could feel the mint. Like, it was Listerine for my face. SO INTENSE. My skin was tingling, and I wondered if that was ok, but I figured I'd stick it out for the sake of my 3-day-old blog, so I left the mask on for 5 minutes. (I did the lower limit because I already knew my skin is sensitive, and way back when I tried Brazened Honey, it was too harsh and made me break out.)

I'm so cute in my little robe.

Well, at the end of the 5 minutes, I literally thought: "GET THIS HELL-SPAWN OFF MY FACE," which is funny, because of this blog's title. And then I rinsed, and it felt so good to rinse off - like I was peeling off the outer layer of my face and exposing my skin to the elements. Now that it's off, my skin feels awesome, clean, soft, and smooth. I followed up with a few sprays of Tea Tree Toner, and that made it feel even better. 

After the whole thing. Still in the robe.

So right now, I'm a fan of these products. We'll see if they help my little breakouts or make it worse, I'll update you in a couple days!

xoxo, hshb,
candy

beauty review: lush's new beach box

Yesterday I ran to Lush at Pentagon City Mall, because of aforementioned skin sadness. While I was there, I had to pick up their brand-new Beach Box as a gift for K, who I'm visiting this weekend. And the darn little box was so cute I just needed one for myself too. Don't judge me, I have a shopping problem when it comes to sea-related products.

It's a way of life. #oceanobsessed

The Beach Box is a small, about-clutch-size cardboard box with 5 Lush products inside. Each product is 
a "mini" version of the full-sized product, so bigger than a sample size, but smaller than any standalone product they sell in-store.

It's like opening another package, I love it.

Clockwise from top: Sea Salt Spray, Dream Cream, Ocean Salt, Sea Vegetable Soap, and Seanik Solid Shampoo.

What I also think is super cute is that they printed directions for every product on the inside of the box.

Solid Shampoo: it's like soap for your head.

Really, the box is adorable. It's a little pricey at around 25$, but it has 5 products that people would actually use, so it makes a great gift - especially in the summer or for people who love the ocean. 

Ill be review the products one-by-one next week, but they're all basics (shampoo, body scrub, lotion, soap, that sea salt spray everyone's dying for), so overall the Beach Box gets a 5/5 from me!!

Get it here when dying for a gift for your best girlfriend.

happy friday!

xoxo, hshb,

candy