Karaoke is evil

He was a tall, well-built, rugged blonde man with a three-day beard and a tattoo on his neck. He had beautiful piercing blue eyes and a really rough voice that just said I-most-definitely-smoke-and-drink-too-much-but-I’m-so-fucking-sexy-I’m-too-sexy-for-my-cat. The kind of guy who in wise hindsight looks like trouble a mile away and yet you keep walking towards him.

I hear this song ten years on and I can immediately see and hear him singing it.

And then there were those two mad Israelis who he knew at the pub. They were a whole different story altogether. I never found out how they knew each other. Probably from being manipulative wankers that were regulars in the same pub? Appreciating each other’s wankness? I suppose a true wanker should be able to appreciate true wank talent when he spots it in a fellow wank companion?

Anyway, I digress. Free your burden? Penance? Visions of a cross? Crying out to God? Held captive? Yeah fucking right J.

But how could I fucking know?

My Own Prison – by Creed

A court is in session, a verdict is in 
no appeal on the docket today
just my own sin
the walls are cold and pale
the cage made of steel
screams fill the room
alone I drop and kneel

Silence now the sound
my breath the only motion around
Demons cluttering around
my face showing no emotion
Shackled by my sentence
expecting no return
Here there is no penance
my skin begins to burn

So I held my head up high
hiding hate that burns inside
Which only fuels their selfish pride
We’re all held captive out from the sun
a sun that shines on only some
We the meek are all in one

I hear a thunder in the distance
see a vision of a cross
I feel the pain that was given
and that sad day of loss
A lion roars in the darkness
only he holds the key
A light to free me from my burden
and grant me life eternally

Should have been dead
on a Sunday morning
banging my head
No time for mourning
Ain’t got no time

Should have been dead
on a Sunday morning
banging my head
No time for mourning
Ain’t got no time

So I held my head up high
hiding hate that burns inside
Which only fuels their selfish pride
We’re all held captive out from the sun
a sun that shines on only some
We the meek are all in one

I cry out to God
seeking only his decision
Gabriel stands and confirms
I’ve created my own prison

I cry out to God
seeking only his decision
Gabriel stands and confirms
I’ve created my own prison

So I held my head up high
hiding hate that burns inside
Which only fuels their selfish pride
So I held my head up high
hiding hate that burns inside
Which only fuels their selfish pride

We’re all held captive out from the sun
a sun that shines on only some
We the meek are all in one

So I held my head up high
hiding hate that burns inside
Which only fuels their selfish pride
We’re all held captive out from the sun
a sun that shines on only some
We the meek are all in one 

Scarlet lips…

Almost everything in my make up cupboard is by MAC. All skin products definitely are – from the MAC make up remover to my MAC primer and my my MAC concealer and sheer powder finish. Most of this is because most high street beauty brands simply do not do my skin colour, so I don’t have much choice. Luckily for me and other women of my colour we have MAC. Amen despite the hefty price tag.

One thing that I can actually wear by different brands is luckily lipstick. And I LOVE me some lippy any day. My favourite is bright red – nothing like hot red lips to jazz up any look for any occasion. With my dark hair and skin, red lipstick is always a favourite look that is super easy to do.

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How easy exactly? Let me tell you exactly how easy it is to get perfect red lips:

1. Apply some moisturiser to my lips to make sure there is no dry skin or flakey skin (personal preference is plain old Blistex)

2. Select my colour – ranging from a bright almost neon red to dark wine red – depending on what I’m wearing, time of day and my mood

3. Apply lipstick to moisturised lips generously (I’m no  make up artist and don’t use a brush, but I’m sure that would be even better?)

4. Hold folded tissue paper between tightly closed lips to remove excess make up that would get on my teeth

5. Apply generous coats of the wonderful lipstick sealer Lipcote – available at any Boots and it actually works wonders

6. Let the Lipcote dry – et voila you’re ready to go and you won’t even be staining your wine glass

If you want to be super professional you can also consider:

- using a lip liner before applying your lipstick

- gently brushing lips with a toothbrush before applying colour to exfoliate and get rid of any dry flakes of skin that might peel

- using a highlighter on the top center of your lip (cupid’s arch) to accentuate the curve of your lips

- use blue-reds for fair skin and orange-reds for dark/ olive skin

- use a lipstick brush to ensure your contours are perfect

Enjoy & happy red lipping!

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