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Guest Blogger: MizzWorthy Reviews Sephora Express Color Press On EyeShadows
Since www.mizzworthy.blogspot.com is the girl for colour, she kindly agreed to test these press on, pre-loaded shadows that I bought in a Sephora store in Italy. While she kinda liked them, interestingly, she had them down at costing a couple of quid, max. They're not such a bargain at 7 Euros a pack which is what I paid.
"Avid readers of my blog will know I'm a fan of coloured and/or dramatic makeup. However I do realise that there is a time and a place – natural looks are a must for work for example, and as someone who rarely pops out to Tesco's without a scrap of slap on, I also have many variations on the "five minute face". Its also important to acknowledge that younger/beginner makeup fans might enjoy products that show them basic shadow layouts, so the idea of the press on shadows is fairly appealing for these reasons… I also love trying new and "novelty" products. This does not always bode well (L'Oreal lash explosion springs to mind…)
I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much from these press on shadows – the colours looked a little basic, as did the layout of the shades – ie darker at the lashline and lighter at the top edge – no fancy pants crease-work here…
The product is very easy to use – take out of the pack, press against a clean, dry eye lid for four seconds, and then lift off, then blend with fingers. I followed the instructions – unblended the product looked like this;
As you can see, the results were pleasantly surprising – the shadows have a shimmer finish, in not unpleasant shades, although it has to be said that after blending, the colours all sort of merged into one…
I also found the pad a little small for my eye (although I do have freakishly large eyes). The layout might also work better on asian/monolid eye shapes
The look is natural and easy to wear. I would expect the thin layer of colour to wear off easily though, and the crease has already faded about half an hour after applying. These shadows are from Sephora, and I'm not sure of the cost, but I'd say these would make great novelty gifts/stocking fillers for less experienced makeup lovers – Ideal for teenagers to play with on a "sleepover" or some such similar shenanigans. I enjoyed trying these, but I doubt I'd particularly seek them out if I ever did get to America for a makeup splurge…
Verdict – a bit of fun, rather than a makeup bag staple…"
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I'm not surprised to read that it's probably more suitable for Asian eyes. Ages ago those "instant eyeshadows" were all the rage in Asia, perhaps because they're manifactured in Asia for Asian eyes and being tagged a Western price? 🙂
I remember reading about Cargo doing similar thing, I wonder whether the size is different…
Sorry for seeming a bit spammy but I couldn't find a contact link on the blog. I'd like to discuss the possibility of running a competition on your site. Drop me a line at simon AT econversions.co.uk if you are interested. Thanks.
I tried these and hated them – my one and only Sephora disapopintment. If I remember correctly, they cost me €7.90


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The four haki treatments are a great example of this. Created by musician and physical therapist Harald Kitz (and with their own dedicated treatment space), they are designed specifically to clear the head, via a series of pressure points on the shoulders, neck and skull, plus vibrational work and rhythmic pulling and stretching. The Reconciliation ritual is the most intense of them all. To get immediate focus on inner mindfulness, it begins in total darkness in the Room of the Senses. Negative thoughts are then washed away in the thermal water Rain Hall. A massage and full-body warm-oil treatment follows before the tension-relieving haki head treatment to finish. It's a wanton melange of deep bodywork, sensory overload, navel-gazing and mystical mindwarp.
Of course, you could do a Greta Garbo here, but it would rather be missing the point. If you prefer your spa as a paean to pristine purity, stick to that other Swiss paragon, Clinique La Prairie. Bad Ragaz, by contrast, is a Vanity Fair of a destination – an exuberant, multi-faceted, big-hearted, full-of-surprises ride. It's a chance to relive the golden age of spa, a multi-sensory experience that is the antithesis of austere.
- Book an early-morning haki Flow deluxe session (in which you're floated and stretched in the thermal water, like watsu) and have Tamina Therme all to yourself, as the treatment takes place before the doors open to the public.
- Healing Holidays (020 7843 3592; healingholidays.com/condenast) can arrange a 3 night stay at Palais Bad Ragaz from £895.00 per person sharing including British Airways flights, return transfers and accommodation.
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Video shooting and editing is getting more and more popular and easy. Everyone can record his own footage and edit in Premiere Elements (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10) then post into YouTube to show his talent. But the new released HD cameras with 4K resolution output often encode videos with HEVC/H.265 codec. When you import these H.265/HEVC videos to Premiere Elements (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10), you will get error massage saying it is an unsupported video files no matter the video is in MP4 format or MOV format.
"Need to import video from a Samsung NX500 and they decided to use H.265 format for video, does anyone know if any of the Adobe Premiere Elements video editing products support the format?"
"Get some footage from DJI Phantom 4 Pro. But I can't import the H.265 MP4 4K video to Premiere Elements 15 for editing"
To figure out the issue, you should know if Premiere Elements (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10) support H.265/HEVC video files. You can see Premiere Elements (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10) supported video files to import for editing in the below chart. The chart is from helpx.adobe.com.
Premiere Elements Supported Import file formats
|Format and filename extension
|3GPP (.3gp, .3g2)
|Adobe Shockwave Flash (.swf)
|Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
|AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts)
|DV stream (.dv)
|H.264 (.mp4, .m4v)
|H.264-encoded QuickTime (.mov, .mp4, .m4v)
|MOD (.mod)
|MPEG-1 (.m1v, .mpeg, .mpe)
|MPEG-2 (.m2v, .mp2, .mpg)
|MPEG-2 Transport Stream (.m2t)
|QuickTime (.mov)
|TOD (.tod)
|Video Object (DVD video) (.vob)
|Windows Media (.wmv) *
Obviously, Adobe Premiere Elements (latest version and earlier) does not support h.265 so far. Maybe the only way to import H.265/HEVC video files to Premiere Elements (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10) is to transcode HEVC video files to Premiere Elements compatible video files such as DV AVI, MPEG-2, H.264 MP4, H.264 M4V, QuickTime MOV, etc.
Best Tool to Convert H.265/HEVC to Premiere Elements 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10
Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is a lightweight tool that, which allows you to encode/decode H.265 video files to H.264 for Premiere Elements with the least amount of effort on your behalf. It can convert your DJI Phantom 4 Pro H.265 4K video, Samsung NX500 HEVC files and some other H.265 video files to Premiere Elements accept video files. You can customize the output file's video and audio settings to make the video more fit in Premiere Element.
Besides HEVC files, it also can convert MKV, AVI, TS, 4K, AVCHD, XAVC, MXF, etc to Premiere Elements 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10 video files. Before output video, you can edit H.265 like merge H.265 files into one, crop H.265, trim H.265, rotate H.265 video, add subtitles/watermark to HEVC. Pavtube Video Converter for Mac will work stably on macOS Sierra, El Capitan, etc.
For Windows users, please use Pavtube Video Converter. Now download the right version below to start to convert H.265/HEVC to Premiere Elements 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.
Steps to Transcode H.265/HEVC to Premiere Elements 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10
Step 1. Import H.265 files
Run the H.265 Video Converter program, go to the menu bar, select Add Video/Audio button to select the H.265 files you want to import. You can also directly drag the video files to the program for conversion. It supports batch conversion so you can import multiple files at a time.
Step 2: Choose Premiere Elements preferred format
Navigate to "Format' > "Common Video" > "MOV – QuickTime(*.mov)". You can see that here are hundreds of video formats for you choosing. You also can choose H.264 MP4, DV AVI, MPEG-2 for Premiere Elements. Click "Settings" button to go to "Profile Settings" screen where you can adjust audio and video parameters like size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate, etc.
Step 3: Start H.265 to QuickTime MOV conversion
Click the convert button under the preview window, the converter will start encoding H.265 clips to QuickTime MOV for importing to Adobe Premiere Elements. When the H.265/HEVC files to Premiere Elements conversion task is finished, click "Open" button to get the exported files for transferring to Premiere Elements with easy playback or editing.
How to Add Media Files to Premiere Elements?
You can import your converted HEVC files from your computer's hard drive.
Do one of the following:
Click Add Media and choose Files And Folders.
Choose File > Add Media From > Files And Folders.
To import a media file, locate and select the file from the dialog box and click Open.
On Windows, select the folder from the dialog box and click Import Folder if you want to add an entire folder.
Note: Alternately, you can drag files from your operating system's file explorer to the Quick view or Expert view timeline.
How to Export Premiere Elements Files into H.265 Video?
Premiere Elements doesn't save output video into H.265/HEVC video files. But you can save Premiere Elements video to H.264 codec then use Pavtube Video Converter to convert Premiere Elements export to H.265/HEVC codec video.
The Export & Share (previously called Publish +Share) panel can save your finished project.
1. Click Export & Share and then click the tab for the desired media type.
2. Select an output type for the specified media category.
3. Change the recommended settings, if need be.
4. Watch a preview of your video before exporting it.
5. Type the File Name and select a location for the output. Click Save.
Useful Tips
- MOV to M4V: How to Convert MOV to M4V on Mac OS (macOS High Sierra Included)
- How to Play AVI Videos on MacBook(Air, Pro, iMac)?
- How to Import Android Videos to iMovie for Editing?
- How to Play a WMV File on Mac Computer
- Play H.265 Files with QuickTime Player on Mac
- Convert YouTube to MPG/MPEG with Easiest Way


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Police try to ID woman in store theft
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Police in St. Augustine are asking for help in identifying a woman involved in a theft at a store.
Police said two women went into Goldfinch Boutique on San Marco Avenue, and occupied the clerk while the other stole money from a cash box.
Investigators said the thief was a black woman in her teens or 20s and was wearing a white shirt.
Anyone with any information about the identity of the woman pictured above is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS.
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It's been a few weeks since our long weekend trip to Koh Samet, and I learned a couple few important things from that trip:
1) Always book accommodation ahead of time for a holiday weekend. The rest of the country will be also traveling at the same time as you!
2) Cheap is always good, except when it comes with bed bugs and other creatures of the night.
3) The amount of sunscreen you used in the US is no match for the sun in Thailand. Re-apply, re-apply, re-apply!
4) Always pack your first aid kit, because the time you don't will be when you hurt yourself!
All that being said, it was a great weekend regardless of a few little bumps here and there! That's life, though. It all makes a funny story once it's said and done. The girls and I left Phrapradaeng immediately after school and headed to Ekamai bus station in Bangkok. Large air-conditioned buses will bring you to the port in Ban Phe, Rayong for about 300 baht round trip ($10 USD). The trip takes about 3 hours, most of that time is getting out of Bangkok on a Friday evening. We checked into our humble little hostel in Ban Phe, which was appropriately named Ban Phe Hostel, and almost ran to dinner because we heard there was PIZZA. We ran into some OEG girls at the bar/restaurant, and all had a delicious Western meal that consisted of some burgers, pizza, and an omelette! The pizza was delicious, but I could have eaten twice the amount I did. We were to bed soon after to wake up early for the first ferry over to Koh Samet.
The next morning we loaded onto an interesting ferry which was packed with backpackers and Thai people alike. The ferry dragged on but for the cheap fare, I can't really complain. I know now that if I am crunched for time, I would definitely spend some more baht on a quick and fun speed boat to get to a beautiful beach much quicker. As soon as we got to the island of Koh Samet, we were in love with its quaint quirkiness and natural beauty. The water was bright blue and clear, and the skies were overcast which was fine for our hostel hunt to begin. We began a leisure search for a place to crash and had no luck. That search soon turned a bit desperate, as we were hungry and tired and just wanted to put our stuff down to go have fun. Many many hours later, we found rooms at these tiny little bungalows that were in a peninsula like area of the island, so there was beach on both sides! We crawled to a hotel for food and some much needed drinks and a dip in the water. Koh Samet is dotted with hostels, big hotels, little bungalows, and restaurants all up and down the beaches. The beaches were flat but the land had a bit of an incline to it, so bungalows were stacked all over the hills amongst lush trees and plants. There is a long dirt road that travels from one end of the island to the other, and bright green pickup trucks will taxi you anywhere on the island for an agreed upon fee. It's a fun and bumpy ride in the back of the trucks and if you don't hold on tightly, you could literally fly off of the truck. It felt like we were touring through Jurassic Park, but unfortunately I didn't spot any dinos.
After a strange meal of Spaghetti Americano (with chopped up hotdogs in it? They love those here.) and some relaxing time, we went back to our bungalows for a better inspection of our rooms. A quick lookover revealed that one of the beds was infested with bed bugs, amongst many other lovely insects. The beds were on the floor, which would mean that many other of Earth's creatures could easily get in and snuggle with you during the night. No, thanks! We quickly left that hell hole and we were back to being homeless. As luck would have it, we walked up to the desk at a really nice cabana hotel and they had ONE room left for the weekend. It was expensive (and I'm talking $40 per person per night here, that's EXPENSIVE in Thailand) but it was probably one of the last rooms on the island to choose from, and it was getting dark. We'll take it! The manager even brought in extra beds for our large group of six, and we had an infinity pool right next to our room! Not too shabby.
The rest of the weekend consisted of yummy meals (som tom made by a Thai man on the beach for 50 baht!), jumping off a rickety pier into the bright blue bathwater sea and floating around, drinking many Changs, hilarious karaoke at a reggae bar, and a late night dance party on the beach that spilled into the ocean under the full moon. I'd say that our nearly homeless, nearly bed bug infested, first weekend of traveling was a success. It felt amazing to be in the sun on that beach with new friends, not thinking about work come Monday morning. We all came back to the mainland pretty sunburnt but in good spirits, I slipped on a beach rock and acquired a nice deep scallop shaped cut on the knee, but that was the worst of the weekend. Koh Samet was easy to get to from BKK, and it's a super chill beautiful place that you can either party hard at, or just relax and turn off your mind. I will definitely be back soon!


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Hidden deep in the Snowy Mountains, lives a brotherhood of immortal Guardians, banished from the Heavens.
After centuries of exile, Head Guardian Raven can taste Hell. One wrong move could destroy his soul. When Fate assigns him a female mortal to protect, his forbidden desire becomes a distraction he can't afford. Giving in to temptation risks plummeting into the fiery pits of Hell, dragging her along with him.
Tayla Eason is on the run, escaping a horrific attack on her life. When she lands in the arms of the sexy, alluring man who saved her, the shadows of her past swiftly close in. But when Fate throws a twist, Tayla's forced to choose between saving Raven's soul or fleeing before the creatures strike again.
In an ultimate test of love, the two must battle against the almighty Fate. But will it be enough to save them both?
Out of this world PNR. If you enjoy books by Rebecca Zanetti and Alexandra Ivy. Then you need to pick up a copy of Unforsaken by Cassie Laelyn. This is the first title in The Fallen Guardian series. With captivating characters and a great plot. This new paranormal romance is sure to please any PNR fan. Unforsaken had a nice pace and loads of steamy romance. A wonderful debut to this series. I can't wait for the second book.
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First dedicated space for the humorous doodle drawings.
Dready has finally found a home of his own, with the largest collection of his work in one place.
The Caribbean character created by artist Shane Aquart is now a permanent feature in Picture This photo studio, Camana Bay. Dozens of the doodlings adorn the walls of the studio's specially created Dreadyworld Gallery.
"The gallery provides a condensed presence for Dready work," says Bouke Maddock of Picture This. "In total we have over 75 of Shane's pieces up on the walls."
This means the gallery has the most Dreadys in one spot.
"Picture This had spare space," says Shane. "One chat led to another and that led to a gallery in the space."
While the studio regularly displays its own photographers' work, this is the first time an entire area has been dedicated to a single artist.
"Having worked with Shane for a number of years through printing and stretching canvases, and framing his artwork, we built up a strong relationship," says Bouke. "As his artwork collection grew, we saw a potential to assist Shane in displaying as many pieces as we could for him."
Dready doodles
Dready artworks are instantly recognizable, featuring figures in a variety of colorful situations, from everyday Caribbean scenes, to humorous occurrences, to animals and portraits.
Shane has been doodling the original stick figure in the margins of work books since college.
In 2004, he started testing the character on postcards and T-shirts.
"(Then) 2008 was the first time somebody asked me to draw a piece of Dready for them," he says.
By early 2013 he was bringing Dready to life full-time, and the name transformed from one character to all Shane's works, and eventually encompassed the artist himself.
Shane begins each piece by drawing it digitally in Illustrator.
"More often than not, Picture This prints the art onto canvas, or watercolor paper, and then boom – a Dready (is born)," he explains.
According to Shane, inspiration for Dready is everywhere, listing travel, life, moments with people, and website images as examples. The many commissions he undertakes, and the client's suggestions, also give him ideas.
"You know that thing where work begets work?" he says. "Commissions tend to take a life of their own in creating other ideas as you research and draw."


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Release Date: Apr 28, 2015
Record label: Arbutus Records
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
Raphaelle Standell-Preston is prolific. In 2013, the Canadian artist was a part of two significant releases: Blue Hawaii's debut LP, Untogether, and the sophomore LP with her Montreal-based three-piece Braids (Flourish // Perish). While Untogether was a response to writing a record a long distance away from her then-boyfriend and collaborator, Braids has always been her main hang, and for Deep In The Iris, she and bandmates Austin Tufts and Taylor Smith stole away to mountainous retreats to inspire their art, through transparency and open self-reflection.
On their 2013 album Flourish // Perish, Braids created a record of such striking originality, I had my doubts as to whether they'd ever better it. The bar raised suitably high, the Canadian trio re-emerge two years later and bring nine new songs with them. So, have they managed to better their previous album? In a word, yes. Yes they have.
Braids have been no less hesitant to engage directly with their influences than they have been to move beyond them. There were some overt Animal Collective-isms of their debut, Native Speaker, but they were all but entirely put to bed by the time the album was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2011. Flourish // Perish was a polar shift in tone and temperature, swapping Native Speaker's sweaty physicality for a presence that summoned every available synonym for ice.
There's always been a therapeutic quality to Braids' soul-searching dream pop, from the vulnerable sensuality of Native Speaker to Flourish//Perish's frosty meditations on grief and loss. On Deep in the Iris, the trio reconciles both approaches, working through the aftermath of a crisis with a focus on healing. "Friends, lovers and enemies … I forgive them, I hope they forgive me" Raphaelle Standell-Preston sings on "Letting Go," and throughout the album, emotions are almost as tangible as the people feeling them.
Humans are great at building up walls, but we don't necessarily prize the strength it takes to tear them down. After the 2012 dust-up that resulted in the departure of keyboardist Katie Lee, the three remaining members of electro-pop band Braids had a lot of healing to do. The great-but-grim 2013 Flourish // Perish reflected the fallout, so in preparation for this record, Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts finally took some time to confront, communicate and clean up the wreckage.
Braids found the forms in their vapor. On 2011's Native Speaker and 2013's Flourish // Perish, the Montreal-based group probed at experimental song structures inside an electronic murk. They prized feeling over detail; lead vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston sang lyrics that were vague enough to resist enclosing any situation in particular, words full of angst and dreamy restlessness that could slide over any emotional disquiet.
Review Summary: Greater accessibility has far from inhibited this strikingly immersive LP.Braids are most definitely a band that are unwilling to stagnate. On their critically acclaimed debut LP 'Native Speaker', the Canadian indie-rockers channelled Bjork and 'Feels' era Animal Collective. Two years later, polarizing follow-up 'Flourish // Perish' all but ditched guitars, sounding like a mix of Portishead and 'Kid A' era Radiohead! And while one could make a case that their third album 'Deep in the Iris' splits its two predecessors sonically, that is far too simplistic a view to take of a record that is such a natural progression.
What remains of a relationship after it ends? Pictures, text messages, mementos, sure, but the hardest things to hold onto are the fleeting sensations: the taste of a person's mouth, the feeling of first standing naked in front of them, the dent in the pillow where a lover's head once laid. Braids' third album Deep in the Iris plays as a record of all these tiny memories, accrued in the aftermath of losing someone. The record is rich with startling little images: Stories of being pushed down the stairs, being confronted as a child for mistakes made, wanting to crack the eggs of a group of hatching pigeons flicker across the album's lyrics.
Head here to submit your own review of this album. "I'm wearing red/and if I am you feel you've the right to touch me" Raphaelle Standell-Preston testifies on the lead single from Braids' third album. In its visceral five minutes, 'Miniskirt' makes abundantly clear a shift has occurred in the Canadian three-piece's energy. Its lyrics rage and rebuke misogyny; from its historical roots to today's slut shaming.
Raphaelle Standell maps the often-vast gaps between love and sex — see Braids' 2011 standout "Lemonade" and the object lesson on her Canadian art-rock crew's excellent third LP, Miniskirt, a jeweled time bomb staring down child abuse, eating disorders and slut-shame culture. The music is sensual and surprising, with echoes of Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins. But there's an inviting new clarity to what Braids are doing: piano chords ground the synth and guitar whirls; the hooks sink in.
Pain is disarming; power is insidious (personally, politically, critically). Deep In The Iris, the third album from Montreal-via-Calgary's BRAIDS, draws from a reservoir of pain and the power that keeps it: Raphael Standell-Preston's lyrics here are plainspokenly autobiographical, her two narrative focuses a devastating breakup and a seemingly abusive relationship with her step-family. There is no misdirecting, little poetry to be wielded.
The last time we heard Braids was on their sophomore effort 'Flourish // Perish', which marked a period of synthesis for the band. Keyboardist Katie Lee departed the band in 2012 and Braids' focused their efforts on honing a less guitar-centric sound, with only one track on their second record featuring the instrument. For 'Deep in the Iris' Braids recruited Damian Taylor to co-produce, having previously worked with Bjork on 'Biophilia''s opening track 'Moon' – this definitely shows, with parts of the record sounding particularly indebted to Bjork's recent output.
BRAIDS have always felt like the right band at the wrong time. Their first two records—Flourish // Perish and Native Speaker—are remarkable melanges of twitching experimental pop led by Raphaelle Standell-Preston's spell-casting intonations. Yet the Canadian trio have never quite managed to convert critical acclaim to mass adulation, partly down to the wealth of contemporaries operating on a similar level.
opinion by SAMUEL TOLZMANN What's in a feeling? Devoid of scientific logic, conventional wisdom considers emotion among the least quantifiable aspects of human experience. Because the effect of music on our emotions appears to bypass structural logic, we tend to think of music as an emotional medium. Pop, at least, is in subterranean collusion with the notion that feelings are too complicated to consider in their own right.
Your average pop hook touts some precarious ties to intimacy: somehow, sweeping testimonies about love rarely feel vulnerable when they're swathed in big beats and layered harmonies. With their second record, 2013's Flourish / / Perish, Montreal's Braids edged closer to a synthpop sound while still managing to keep listeners at arm's length. Tracks like "Freund" and "Amends" were spacious and austere, never once revealing any emotional investments, forgoing pain and pleasure in the service of a stoic soundscape.
Raphaelle Standell-Preston harnesses lyrical power on the third Braids album, on which she sings with naked candour about her feelings, namely regarding relationships - not just with lovers and friends, but with people in general. Shiver-inducing first single Miniskirt is an indictment of double standards when it comes to slut-shaming. The complex Taste, meanwhile, sounds both like a sensual love song and one about abuse.


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