Two in one

I have a few things on my mind so they will be combined into one continuous blog.
First off, makeup review. Six months ago, I bought a new brand of makeup and it is 1/3 of the price of my previous. I know it was six months ago almost exactly because I blogged about it! Silly me. I fell in love with the visual effect on my face and on my wallet. For a $10-$13 makeup to last six months is amazing and I recently bought it again and I hope to continually be pleased with it. I also bought Carmindy makeup. She is the makeup artist on TLC's What Not To Wear and her clients always come out looking flawlessly amazing. I bought her airbrush makeup and I love it as well. I don't use it daily but when I do, I layer it with my mineral makeup for an even better and longer lasting foundation. I love trying new makeup's and seeing what works for me. I particularly love when makeup makes my skin seem smooth. I must also give some credit to a new face wash. It is the same brand as the mineral makeup and it definitely does what it says. They have three types: aging, moisture balance and redness. I have the moisture balance one because I hate the feeling of tight, dry skin but then by the end of the day having a greasy t-zone. This face wash has definitely balanced my face and I don't feel the need to moisturize moisturize moisturize! I still do moisturize but my face isn't skin tight at first and a greasy mess at the end of the day. It's always a huge plus for me when what's inside the bottles matches what the label says.
Now on to my other thing, it's kind of a disappointment in myself. I have been working so hard at work to get my next raise. I really thought today was the day but within the first few minutes, I already knew I'd screwed up and wasn't going to get it. The day got better over the next six hours and I had a flicker of hope but turns out, I didn't get the raise today. I made a simple mistake that I knew better than to make but I did it anyways and I think it cost me my raise today. I can still get my raise probably within a week or two but I was just hoping for today because I am tired of being on this position and ready for the next one. I have only been working with this company for six months and I already passed up a lot of the workers who have been there twice as long as I have or even longer. Nothing has been handed to me, I'm a hard worker and I get what I deserve. My common sense on the job just seems to be higher than some and I think this is why I advance quickly. Things just click. I will admit that with the level I am trying to accomplish right now, I don't have it all down but I'm pretty much there. So close! I feel that my manager knows I can do better and he'll wait until I get there to give me the raise. I was his hire and I feel he wants me to be perfect before moving up. My first day on the job, it only took me two hours to get my own drawer and be supervising myself and that's pretty unheard of there. I received my first two raises within two months and have been stuck on this third one for the past month and a half. Anyways, my whole thing in this is that it ruined my night tonight but after writing this, I am feeling better. I know I have slightly more to catch ahold of and I'll get there.

Happy Saturday night and I'll be seeing myself in sacrament meeting tomorrow morning!