MAC Attack!

There's no question whatsoever that my favourite makeup brand is MAC.  It's good stuff, and quite proudly displays the country of creation, mine, on the bottom of every package.

Really though, not only is the makeup good, but you can also get a good set of other supplies.  They have some almost-ran's too.  Let's not forget to mention the MA's who are virtually always top notch.  And how about the very public company policy that specifically includes anyone and everyone??  A well regarded recycling program?

There's really nothing to be said about the place that's bad... except that it's kind of pricy.  Seriously though, it's not that expensive for what you get.  Consider that I have a set of shadows from MAC and almost the same palette from Rimmel.  Both have been used to provide the same coverage the same number of times, plus or minus 5 or 10 times.  Yet the Rimmel palette is almost gone, and the MAC palette, at twice the price, is less than half used.  So which is more expensive?

Don't think of it as an expense... it's an investment!  It will pay out if you use it up before it goes bad - and when you're talking makeup, who doesn't use it??

Life and Times Across the Pond, Part 3

It's time to go home.  I'm not really into how this place has turned out, and I don't think I ever liked how it worked even when it did work.  This brings on all kinds or problems of its own.

For a country that wants you to not be here - this shows in all kinds of ways - they sure make it hard to leave.  Even closing a bank account can take a week.  Utilities?  A week.  Want to change your phone over to pre-paid?  Cancelled instead.  The real problem is that you just don't have all the time in the world to get this done.  Your employer is supposed to give you 30 days to get out of town - but by the time all the loose ends are tied up, you could be 45 or more... and since you aren't supposed to be there, you can get some neat fines.

You have to have all this done before you leave - and you have to cancel your visa too.  This all needs to be done sequentially, and nobody knows the order.  It's a pretty stressful time for me and the family.  We're muddling.

It will certainly be nice to get to a place where you don't need blood and passport copies to get a phone!