Contouring Pallets and Eyebrow Pencils

I don't think anyone could be more excited for this upcoming weekend then me. It's the ultimate pi day on Saturday being 3.14.15 on 9:26:53  and my friend bought me an ultimate pi day shirt to celebrate. I am so excited about it I plan on wearing it all weekend! So if you see me parading around town in my pi day shirt on Friday and Sunday, please do not judge me as an idiot who does not know the correct date. Judge me as an idiot who is way too excited to wear this shirt just once. Steve is now ridiculously jealous because I now have two pi day t-shirts, and he doesn't even have one. Last night in shear envy he bust out the extra paint we used in the extra bedroom and made himself his own shirt. I have to admit, it is pretty good.

 

This one is my ultimate pi day shirt!

 

This is my normal every year pi day shirt!

And this is Steve's homemade pi day shirt!

Also, Muggle and Blaze were invited to their very first birthday party on Friday night. There is going to be doggy cake and everything. Then Muggle starts obedience school the next week, so pardon my tears as I reminisce about how fast they are growing up. I can promise you a slew of first day of school pictures to be splashed across my Instagram.

Changing gears, I have noticed in the past few weeks that everyone is talking about contouring pallets. I think they sound terrifying. Does anyone have any advice? I saw there are quite a few high end pallets out there, however I am not thrilled with the idea of spending a lot of money on a product in which I am going to make myself look like a moldy orange.

My friend is coming into town on Saturday for the day, and I think we are going to go to Ulta. She got the Anastasia contour pallet, and another friend of mine got the Two-Face contouring pallet. I figured I will check them out, but I am weary to spend so much money on something I don't know how to use. My friend also wants to go and have them help us with our eyebrows. I have also heard fabulous things about the Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil. I might actually have to check that one out. So far a lot of the brow pencils I see are like regular pencils where you have to sharpen them. Honestly my pencil sharpening skills suck. Which is shocking considering I am basically a professional pencil sharpener being a second grade teacher and all. At work I complain about sharpening pencils and everyone probably thinks that I have poor sharpeners in my room. However I am acutely aware that I could be 99% of the problem. The wood always becomes jagged and the lead always falls out. Now this becomes a huge problem with my eyebrow pencils because I feel like I always get a stray eyebrow hair stuck in the wood. I feel like I shouldn't worry about this, however when your eyebrows are as thin as mine, every soldier counts in the quest for high arches! So I am hoping that I can find a way to do my eyebrows without having to put a pencil up to my face. Nothing good ever comes out of that, let me tell you.