Let’s just start out by saying that my bathroom looks like a cosmetics counter exploded everywhere. This bathroom is inexplicable: I am usually in sweatpants and Nike slides, and I barely even wear make-up during the day, except for black liquid eyeliner which I have been wearing since before I could even drive a car. Not sure why I haven’t gotten it tattooed yet. It’s not like this is ever gonna stop.
When I first became interested in DJ culture as a teenager, it wasn’t cool at all—and no one even knew what DJs looked like. It was the nerdiest thing ever and I got made fun of for it in school all the time. People looked at me weird until cheerleaders started taking molly and coming to me for advice, even though I didn’t even do drugs. Whatever. It’s Murphy’s Law that by the time I became an actual full-time electronic music DJ a few years ago, I started having to worry about some party photographer in my face with a flash at 4AM after I’d been sweating all night and using my resting bitch face while trying to mix songs together.
The only products I used when I was young and going to raves were roll-on body glitter and and sparkly eyeshadow. I often think about just bringing this look back to make my life easier. Maybe the photographers won’t go near me if I do that. But eventually I parlayed my love for sparkly things into a job at Sephora while attending Florida Atlantic University, which began my love of products, or problem with them, whether I use them or not.
On Saturday, April 18, I had a full day: some studio time, the last Trouble and Bass party ever at Verboten which I was lucky enough to play, and then an afterhours at 7:30 AM somewhere in Bushwick and I still don’t even know the location. A LITERAL 24-hour product diary, right?
Morning (Late)
I let myself sleep in because I know it’s gonna be a long one. I usually wake up around 9 or 10 but if I let myself I can sleep forever. Today I got up around 11:30. My shower schedule depends on my gym schedule. Sometimes I go at night and other times I go in the morning, it really depends on what I have to do that day. I went to Brooklyn Body Burn yesterday and now I feel like dying, so today I’ll shower in the morning.
I switch shampoos a lot. I have never found the right one for my oily Italian Jewish hair. Lately I have been using this weird CVS Coconut Water Philosophy rip-off that I am actually really starting to like, but who knows if I will buy it again when I run out. I also have dyed black hair at the moment because I decided to go blonde for some dumb reason last year so I use this Aveda Black Malva conditioner here and there. My mom used this when I was little and it smells like mint. I haven’t used it in like 15 years but my aunt bought it accidentally and gave it to me last time I was in Florida. So why not? Thanks Aunt Lydia.
I always wear the same nail polish when I don’t have time to go to Naomi. I picked the color (chartreuse) out at random at a salon once and it happens to be called “Did It On Em” from OPI’s Nicki Minaj Collection. Makes sense to me. I think it’s been on my toes since the collection came out tbh.
I have been trying to use a dry brush before showering because I live in NYC and it makes everything about you gross. So sometimes I do that; today I did because I am writing about it. And because I lived in Williamsburg for eight years I use Dr. Bronners lavender body wash, surprise! Philosophy also made their Microdelivery Exfolient IN A BODY SCRUB, I have been waiting for this for years and years and years so I have been using that a few times a week and it’s magical.
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