Hi, my friend. I’m back from vacation and typing to you from my keyboard home in the Bay Area.
First things first because apparently it’s a lesson I need to learn over and over again! If you ever anticipate coming home at midnight jet lagged from a flight, chances are you’re going to be starving, so you should probably have a few easy things on hand to eat in the cupboard, just in case.
The other night, when we walked through the door, I totally forgot that I cleaned out the fridge before we left for our trip. We were all ravenous by the time we got home and there was nothing of substance to eat, so Connor and I ended up with Lucky Charms and El Hub had microwaved rice with soy sauce. It wasn’t pretty, but it got the job done.
Moral of the story is to have just-in-case food around for when you get back!
Anywho, on one of our final days in Hawaii, I had a surreal moment at the Whole Foods in Kahala. We were there buying lychees when I stumbled into the beauty section and found a big hair project I worked on earlier this year on the shelf – a new line of shampoos and conditioners from Everyone.
This was the first time I saw the collection in a store, so it was pretty cool. I wrote the labels and helped name the products!
Oh, and remember the Rare Beauty liquid liner I raved about last week? I don’t know what happened, but I opened it up a few days ago and the ink was leaking into the cap. BOO.
I mean, the liner brush still works if I clean it off on a tissue, but there’s just so much wasted product! I still have the receipt and am going to see if I can exchange it at Sephora. Will keep you posted on what happens.
Let’s see, what else? Well, even though Hawaii is only three hours behind California time, I’m still feeling jet lagged. This morning, I forced myself to wake up at 7 even though my body felt like it was 4! It usually takes me about a week for my body to get adjusted to a time difference, which feels like a long time. Is it the same for you? Or are you one of those lucky people who can readily bounce between time zones?
Last but certainly not least, I hope everything on your end of the keyboard is going great. Happy, happy Friday to you!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Get you on the post-flight hunger pangs. I got back from Vegas at 4 a.m. a few years ago and quickly ate a frozen dinner!
I’ll have to keep an eye out for the shampoo as well!
Hope they’ll be able to exchange the eyeliner for you. Happy Friday and have a great weekend!
Thanks, Iris! Hope all is well with you. 🙂
How cool to see the labels you created! They look really good! I love to travel but I really hate jet lag.
Spent time today at Turtle River State Park with the girls and some of their cousins. The weather was perfect!
I didn’t mind jet lag when I was younger but now I have a really hard time with it, LOL!
How’s the water at Turtle River? Is it warm enough to get in and swim around?
It was definitely warm enough to swim in! My girls are too little for swimming yet, but they love to go charging in the water and be like, “now what?!”
Soon enough they’ll be in the water swimming like fish! 🙂 Hope you had a nice weekend!
How cool is that to see your writing work out in the wild?
Did you take that Rare Beauty liner with you to Hawaii? If so, the change in air pressure on planes can sometimes mess up pens and markers, so maybe it also messes up liquid liners sometimes.
Depending on how long we’ll be gone, I usually buy a carton of milk with the furthest “Sell By” date the day before we leave. And I always have one or two Amy’s frozen dinners in the freezer for such occasions. I like their GF Mac N Cheese.
It was my first time seeing the products on shelves, so it was very cool! The fact that it was so far away from home made it sweeter for some reason, too.
I *did* bring the liner with me on the plane. It was OK for the first few days, but then it just went wonky. I’m going to Sephora either today or tomorrow and hopefully they’ll let me exchange it.
Oh, good call to have some Amy’s frozen dinners on hand for that first meal at home after a long trip! Definitely going to stock up before the next adventure. 🙂