Product Review Thursday: L’Oreal Voluminous Butterfly

This weeks product is L’Oreal’s Voluminous Butterfly Mascara 

I never felt the need to wear mascara because as I was growing up it always felt like too much. However as my look has evolved mascara has become a staple in my everyday routine. This mascara in particular is a one that has me hooked. 

After others from the budget section made my eyes water, not from tears of joy let me tell you, I decided to try this. Well it does live up to the advertisement, as it lifts my eyelashes and gives that full effect with little to no clumping. Though it doesn’t feel too much either, in fact I do one layer for day wear and two for evening/going out. So it’s pretty versatile.  

This mascara didn’t leave me in tears, my eyes didn’t water and it didn’t irritate them to redness either. So other than a bit hard to wash off (it’s waterproof) it seemed to treat my skin and eyes pretty well.

The applicator does help even me, the not so experienced, get a good look. It’s easy and no smearing or drying out by the applicator either. 

The price was a bit much because I bought this when it first came out, but now that it’s been around awhile, I have seen the price drop a bit. 

All in all <3 <3 < (again for the price, but one day I will find that product that is perfect and kind to my purse)

PS This is the 3rd item in the Giveaway!

Tales of Woe

I recently burned my throat on a hot a cup of soup. Yes you heard right, burned my throat (silly I know) and everywhere I turned the same thing was mentioned the horribly slow cure to many small ailments...TIME. Though to me this horridly desert dry feeling that is more like I swallowed a hot rock than moist a sore throat,  is annoyingly unbearable. So much so, that time is just not going to cut it.Then I thought of my great grandmother, and her aloe. Without having the plant itself though the ingestable (is that a word?) gel was going to be hard to find.

While going on this search for aloe, I started getting curious about what other cures the women of her generation and before had tried. As always curiosity got the best of me and I found that Morphine Via “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” was administered to as they put it, bawling babies and teething tots in the Victorian Era.

I was surprised. I mean I know they had funny “cures” but morphine for children. Well the list continued from there.

Cocaine drops for pain and coughs, as well as Heroin tablets for asthma. Then of course there was the arsenic and mercury for syphilis. By the 1940’s when penicillin came to the forefront all the of the snake oil cures had pretty much been forgotten and opium, the once cure all, was frowned upon for its intense addictive qualities.

Still some old folk cures get passed down from generation to generation. If they actually work is another question. However my great grandmother’s aloe is a proven cure so I will stick with that, getting a cold through my feet I am not so sure about.

One more proven cure for pain that is free and has no side effects, distraction. I feel better already.

Till next time lovelys!

Hello World!

Hi my name is Anita Crumbly. Well, if anyone asks to see my ID, the last name may be a bit of a fib, but believe me, crumbly fits. I have always loved vintage even before I knew there was a whole world of vintage to love. Growing up in East Los Angeles to divorced parents, I learned right away the art of thrift shopping and yard sale hunting. Now I can’t get enough of the hunt for a beautiful dress or a pair of shoes that once cost hundreds, but now only cost me a five dollar bill. The challenge is a bit more, as I am a size 16 and 5’2”, so even when I can get myself to a vintage shop, it takes a bit of luck and prayer to find something that fits just right.

Currently living in Huntington Park with my boyfriend, the budget is one thing this gal has to take account of and I find no shame in saying that, we, like most other couples, are starting out and always trying to find ways to save. So anything you see on this blog will probably not have a hefty price tag, but like I learned growing up, that is no reason to not have fun!

Aside from attire (and I do love attire), I see vintage as more of a lifestyle. It’s a nice reminder that there are others out there that still choose classic values that made you say “Hi" to your mailman and make a pie for the neighbor. It also makes me feel good about myself: being the chubby girl with epilepsy as far back as I can remember and never really feeling comfortable in my own skin, vintage allows me to feel feminine. I feel like a model and walk everywhere with confidence. I feel like a Decked out Dolly.

Soon to come:
Tutorials (hair, makeup, nails, etc.)
California Adventures
Shopping Adventures
Classic Movie Reviews
Much Much More...

Be sure to follow me on instagram @humblycrumbly

Ps. I owe a lot to http://www.vavoomvintageblog.net I have been reading her blog for some time and hey we all need to support eachother so if you want some tips check her out too!