Freedom!

Okay so I've unofficially finished my university career! I wrote my last final exam last Thursday, and so far I've gotten 3 marks back and they're surprisingly really good. I swear I did less studying and work than I ever did in all my years in school... so far I've gotten A-, B+, and B+ and I'm still waiting for one more. Now it's all about getting out into the real world and making the big bucks... that's if the economy doesn't keep fucking me over.

Right now I have about an 80% chance of going back to Fort McMurray for the next four months. My staying in Edmonton will depend all on the interview I have on Monday... cross your fingers! So I've basically been hibernating at home since last week, it's so damn cold. Maybe I should put up some pictures I took of the crazy winter storm we had here last weekend.

Recently my skin has been breaking out A LOT, like I've never seen before even in my teenage years. I think it's a combination of weather and stress. It's best described as combination, with a bit of sensitivity as well. My skin was probably at its best when I was using Biotherm Homme Acnoclean, but alas Biotherm decided not to make this anymore which sucks. I then went on to use Vichy Normaderm and it just didn't do much for my skin, and was really drying. A couple weeks ago I was at the mall with Leslie where we came upon some kind of sale happening at The Body Shop, you could get any three full sized items for $30, which was pretty good. I got the Tea Tree Oil Facial Cleanser, Toner, and Lotion. First impressions were good, the product seemed to be making my blemishes go away. As the days went on my skin got really really dry, and new breakouts were popping up all over! Luckily it was still within 30 days so I took them back to the store and got a refund.

I went to Lush at West Ed (check out their website here) and got some samples of their face stuff, because I heard their products are as close to all natural as you can get, and the efficacy is really awesome. I managed to get samples of Herbalism, Angels On Bare Skin, and Fresh Farmacy face washes, and Imperialis face lotion. I bought a bottle of the Tea Tree Water Toner simply because I've never been able to find toner that was alcohol-free, as well as free of nasty chemicals. I also thought that if I were to not like any of the face wash samples, I would revert back to my Cetaphil face wash and Complex 15 lotion, and the Tea Tree Water would be a great treatment for any breakouts. So far, my skin has improved DRASTICALLY, and it's only been a few days. But we'll see if it continues to improve or goes to shit like The Body Shop stuff.

The current regimen I'm using is the Herbalism cleanser, Tea Tree Water, and Imperialis lotion. I don't know which of the products is responsible for the improvement, but after I am finished with the Herbalism I am going to move onto the Fresh Farmacy sample.

I never intended this to be a blog about face stuff because A. I'm not a girl, and B. my friend Aggie is all over that shit like white on rice. However, my face has been in its worse condition yet, and I am going to document what works and what doesn't because I'm sick of the pizza factory happening on my face!

Lately I've been hearing Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance" on the radio a lot, and all I have to say is her music is damn catchy! I downloaded her new album and had a quick preview, and another song that has really good beats is "Telephone" featuring Beyonce. I like how the music suddenly turns "black" when Beyonce starts singing hahahahaha. I've included a YouTube link to the song below :D