bday.. blah blah

Dang, I was reading through my recent blogs and realized.. I have not updated (well almost haven't) about ANYTHING new at all since last year... minus the review or dupes.. but even dupes I didn't complete!

Ok so I haven't posted anything about my birthday this past March because.. umm.. I've been lazy!! HAHAHAHAHA!! So.. I have to dedicate a whole other entry to my bday story because shit happened but better things helped heal it.. and so on and so on. Anyways.. if you follow me on twitter and facebook you'll know what I got for my presents! My favorite out of them all?

My PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-LX3, I've been lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming since like.. fuck I don't know.. since I stumbled onto XiaXue's blog back in 2008, which was when it first came into production. It's absolutely hands down the most perfect point and shoot camera but with SLR quality, which again you'll be well aware of if you follow my twitter. I think I tweeted every month about wanting THAT or the DMC-z5. BUT.. at the time DMC-z5 wouldn't be out will April/May.. and my mother offered to get me a present early. I VERY JOKINGLY mentioned the camera of my daily-use dreams.. and SHE COMPLETELY WITHOUT HESITATION told me to get it and she'll pay. That being said, it's hard to find one that's brand new now, as they're actually very popular among photographers, being a great starter camera in general for anything.

I'll do an official review of THIS and my Canon ISO.. i forget which model I'll look it up later. When I went to Japan last year I got gel things and stuck each individual cherry blossom petal to my camera.. took me almost 40 minutes to finish but in the end I had a gorgeous not-like-yours camera! But.. something had always been off about it.. like.. picturewise it'd be more washed out blue. I tried reseting the settings but that wasn't the problem. I don't even know what was!

Now this camera is my baby. Panasonic is a kicked in the corner brand since many prefer Canon and Sony. Well.. there are it's ups and downs. Panasonic lacks GOOD zoom. Seriously, even the new ones, SUUUUCK. So if you're hoping to use it for far pictures, scenic pictures, concerts, parties.. nope. Get a Canon for that, Canon on the other hand has AMAZING zoom. Options are quite different too.. with Canon they have the isolating colors effect whereas Lumix does not. Canon takes WONDEROUS macro shots.. Lumix.. eh. Not with flash on anyway or near a reflective surface.

That being said, the Lumix is still my baby. I'm still trying to choose a crystal color to completely bling it out. I've drooled and dreamed about this brand/camera for almost 3 years and it's finally mine. I'm saving points on my American Express Gold Card (yes, i have a gold card, ppl usually wonder how since I'm so young) and I'm going to redeem them for something special~ you'll see when I get there! Might take a while though!

my long ass blog name is kind of irritating me. I'm thinking of just creating a different one.. maybe on wordpress instead of here. I don't know. We'll see.

@sarah I've filmed my intro video but completely hated it. I said UMMMM ... LIKE... UHHHHH.. UMMMMM... UMMMMMM.. UMMMMM too much. EFF IT! I'll keep practicing until I get better and more natural. Also need to find a webcam that's good and works with Mac's photobooth and imovie.. or just comes with it's own picture taking/video recording software.

I love how some people pretend to be so into technology by buying the newest this or that, or the most expensive this or that, but in the long run they don't know how to use it pass the basic functions or if something's wrong with it they don't even know where to start looking for the problem. It just makes it look like you're trying too hard to act as if you have money and knowledge.

It's 6:30AM.. I've been up since yesterday 8:30AM.. yup.. haven't slept except a nap i took yesterday from 5pm-6:30pm. LOLS

PRODUCT REVIEW: NEW MANDOM HG HG HG HG

Quick Blurb:

Well I was hunting for makeup wipes when I noticed these little tubes next to the regular Mandom makeup removers. I picked one up and it said Mandom makeup off facewash. I hate those, I'd rather take it all off and THEN was my face, not at the same time. Then I picked up the second one which was what I bought on a whim, seeing as it says EYE makeup remover, I figured if it's as good as it's regular face makeup remover, then it's golden, since the only problem I've had with Mandom is that it sometimes doesn't always take off my super waterproof liners. Well.. needless to say, this is my new HG. AND I'm first to blog about it! Out of all the bloggers I know that use Mandom, NONE have mentioned this new product!! woot woot! I tweeted a pic/recommendation of it to xPPinkx, ;) so hopefully she'll get up on that!

(on the right, doing this to show you how it compares to face mandom)

COST:
$6.70, face is like $10 so I don't think it's that bad.

ITEM:
Mandom Eye Makeup Remover

COLOR/Texture/Whatnots:
it's like.. a baby blue, comes out clear. No smell at all really, NOT AT ALL OILY once on your lids!! =O OMG! YAY! FINALLY. lols, there's definitely oil in there as it comes separated and you do have to shake it up to activate it, but you don't feel that nasty residue that most oil based cleansers come with. YICK. Bottle is a twist cap, the type that I LOVE. Love tubes like this where the top twists off in an equal sized cap and the top dispenser reminds me of Nivea's discontinued toner, so it greatly controls the amount of product coming out! FORSURE you'll never waste any!

THOUGHTS/HOW?:
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT TO DEATH. Not oily, no smell, no residue, excellent packaging, especially for TRAVELING! perfect size, everything about it is great! It takes off my most waterproof item WITHOUT TO MUCH SCRUBBING. I hate scrubbing, it makes my skin red and will give me wrinkles in the future! Keep in mind, this is only meant to be used on your eyes, I'm not sure how it'll fair on your entire face but I'd assume it's too oily for that. use the regular Mandom Sebum for your face! This is a MUST BUY, I'm not even kidding. I broke my blogging hiatus to just pop in to REVIEW THIS SHIT! :D you know it's great!

PROS:
- packaging is niiiice
- cheap for the amount

- no smell

- no residue

- not oily

- no alcohol stingy sensation

- quantity controlled dispenser

- perfect for traveling

- perfection

CONS:
- NONE that I can think of, I'll update more later if I end up getting something bad.. like.. I don't know.. dry skin patches or something but I doubt that'll happen!

:) GO BUY IT BITCHES! and if you go get it and blog about it, :( at least give me SOME credit.. like.. "oh I saw this on Katie's blog so I went out to get it!" :p nobody likes an rave snatcher! BTW I WILL be creating a youtube channel soon. Practicing on not RAMBLING when filming right now. lOLS. If you're interested in being notified when that's up/the url, please leave a comment on this entry and I'll either email you or comment on YOUR blog, I'm not releasing it here as there are people who stalk this that I don't want seeing my channel. :)