Tech weeks is over…for six nights I performed A Winter’s tale. It was quite the grind, it really was. Last night was our opening night, which is usually good because the audience is so supportive, they want you to succeed…and they laughed at the funny parts and kept their mouths shut during the baby toss. Josh thoroughly enjoyed it, and yes, understood it despite Shakespeare’s complicated verbiage. My in-laws came unexpectedly, and they enjoyed it, raved about all the costumes I got to wear. (I kept my mouth shut about how much I hate having six costume changes plus an entire make-up change in one show).
We all partied down at Enzios afterward, and gorged on pizza and made fun of each other and met each other’s significant others. Inevitably we all got drunk and the staff had to throw us out. Many people went to the notorious Hot Tub Party that always follows an opening night shindig. Josh and I opted out (a year of Josh being a pool and spa tech has hindered my desire to dive into a hot tub with multiple people). We went home and stayed up and ate corn dogs and watched The South Park Movie on Comedy Central, (I didn’t know you could say the f-word on cable after midnight!)
My skin has surprisingly held up despite Ben Nye’s wicked hold on my fair pigment. Speaking of skin, it has taken me several years to figure out a skin care regiment. (Lord, that sounds dorky). Colorado is painfully dry, in a way that I’ve not experienced when living in the NW. It took me a while to realize: Ooooh, when your skin is dry your body produces more oil. So that’s why acne pops up. But than the problem is one starts thinking they have oily skin, therefore using products that dry the skin out and reduces acne…but this turns out to be wrong, because actually one has DRY skin. This has become very complicated. Anyway, after much tinkering, I’ve managed to take it all into account, right down to wearing the necessary SPF 15 sunblock to avoid CO’s harsh UV rays. If anyone is curious about the true nature of cosmetics, I strongly reccomend the Cosmetic Cop. From a scientific standpoint, this woman analyzes every product on the market, from what it’s made of to what it claims…and she usually disproves a lot of cosmetic marketing. I really enjoy watching an informercial on ProActiv and than checking out the Cosmetic Cop’s opinion: Advanced Blemish Treatment ($17.00 for 0.33 ounce) is a 6% benzoyl peroxide solution. However, the fourth ingredient is alcohol, which makes this unnecessarily drying and irritating. There are far more gentle 5% and 10% benzoyl peroxide products at the drugstore for a fraction of this price.
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