The Urban Mycologist

Its like they know i'm a real person! A real person with a Boba Fettish and an innate desire to paint my lips different colors!

A long time ago, in a house not that far from here my parents sat me down at the tender age of…like, 5 or something… and told me that there were 3 movies I needed to see in order to grow up to be a decent human being. Those movies were Star Wars Episodes 4, 5, and 6. We watched one each night for 3 nights and they introduced me to a fantasy world that would make a huge impact on my life. And they…

Battle of the Moisturizers: Contestant #5 Josie Maran – 100 percent Pure Argan Oil Light

“So… you’re telling me to put straight up oil on my face.” “Yes.” “To use oil to moisturize my already oily face.” “Yes.” “And there’s nothing in it but Argan oil… and its almost $30 an ounce?” “Well, they call it ‘liquid gold.’ Its a miracle oil.” Oh Jesus Christ, here we go… Josie Maran 100 percent Pure Argan Oil Light “A featherweight version of the world champion of oils, 100% Pure Argan Oil…

Battle of the Moisturizers: Contestant #4 Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+

I am beginning to feel as though I have flung myself haphazardly into a cosmetic maelstrom of chaos and knocked my entire equilibrium astray into a violent quasar. Toners and serums and essences and masks and exfoliators and wipes and LETS TRY ALL THE THINGS RIGHT NOW! Yeah, that was smart. At this point, my skin is so pissed off that it would break up with me if it could. Our relationship hasn’t…

Adorable packaging, irresistible marketing, cute and cuddly characters, weird and unorthodox ingredients? It must be Korean Cosmetics!

I mentioned in my previous blog post about the Fresh – Rose Hydrating Gel Cream that there are some new cool kids in the cosmetics world. Algae and those vibrating face scrubbers being two of them I listed, but the third was one was so whimsical, so disgustingly cute – I had to try some. Luckily for me, the magical world of Amazon Prime made my wish come true. I now present to you – straight…

Its monthly present time again, hot diggity daffodil! Join us as we check out what I got this month in my ipsy Glam Bag.

Its monthly present time again, hot diggity daffodil! This months bag was slightly bigger than last months to allow for the full-sized drugstore hair product that I have mixed feelings about. We got some lotions, we got some eye shadows, we got some eyebrow… goop. And I tested it all out – lets have a look! It Puts the Lotion on it’s skin…(First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair® Cream) Who doesn’t need a…

$30 Cocoon Lip Stain Peel Vs. Kool-Aid Concoction

I have always preferred lip stains to lip gloss and lip stick for practical reasons. It wont smudge or smear everywhere if I forget i’m wearing it and wipe my mouth with my sleeve (ya know, like a lady), it doesn’t bleed all over my face, and it doesn’t need to be re-applied post-burrito. I can appreciate that.  Not to mention I feel like it looks more natural -like I was born with flushed, rosy…

Contestant #3 is here to save the day!... Hopefully.

Now that I am a couple months and a few test subjects into this adventure, I can safely say that I have thoroughly confused the skin on my face. Diplomatic relations are not at a good place right now, and my pores are angrier than a white chick in a Starbucks that just ran out of pumpkin spice. The situation on my chin is particularly dire. The first two contestants were kind of weird, neither of…