Prequel To The Big News

I'll have you know that a very large part of me didn't want to write today's post.
Because I'm going to be that girl.

I typically find it unnecessary when a blogger tells me they are going to be taking a break, just take the break! I also typically find it unnecessary when a blogger tells me they have news they're going to be announcing in X number of days, just wait until that day and announce the news!

So I'm currently doing something that I typically find unnecessary.
I'm that girl.

If you haven't figure it out already, today's post has 2 jobs.

Job #1:
To tell you that I have some news to share with you, hopefully next Monday. That's the plan anyway. It's big and very exciting news to me and I'm hoping that you also find it exciting? I wasn't going to tease you with it at all, I swear. I had planned all along to just announce it when it could be announced and then throw confetti in the air and pour myself a celebratory martini! However, I'm teasing you and telling you now because…

Job #2:
Because of the big news, this is going to be the only post on The Best Of Intentions this week. There's no hidden reason for this. It is strictly because I really needed to prioritize my time and I felt that my time needed to be spent on "the big news", because it is currently a very time consuming project. I've been working on it for quite a long time now, and brainstorming it months before that. I had been pretty quietly working on it behind the scenes, but now I need to throw myself into it 100%.


So in the meantime you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram. That way you'll be able to keep up with me and you'll be the first to know about the big news.

I hope you guys don't mind the break, although I don't think you will because you guys are the best. And I really hope you come back next Monday for my big news. I'm "8-year-old-the-night-before-their-first-time-at-disney-world" excited about this!

Xx love you guys!
See you on Monday!

My Current Sephora Wishlist

On Valentine's Day my friend came over, we drank wine, watched a few stupid Netflix movies, and laughed our way through our old favorite YouTube videos we used to quote at the bars when we were 21. We also talked about makeup.

We're both a little makeup obsessed and we were browsing Sephora's website together and we came up with a little list of items we'd really like to own. Here's our sweet little list.

*no affiliate links, etc. etc. I wish.

1. Tartelette Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette ($44.00) - I'm in love with this palette. The colors are right up my alley and I love that they're all matte! Perfect palette to pair with all of my favorite shimmer shades!
2. Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick ($21.00) - I had swatched these in store a few months ago, but they really only had mostly bold colors that I wasn't sure I'd get enough use out of, BUT they've come out with new colors and I need them. This one is Melted Fig. *insert heart eyes*
3. Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick ($21.00) - In Melted Peony *more heart eyes for this perfect nude*
4. Fresh Sugar Lip Polish ($22.50) - I'm just interested in trying some new lip products and I've heard really good things about Fresh.
5. NARS blush ($30.00) - Everyone hears about this all the time, but I want it in the shade Madly, which I rarely hear about, but I've swatched before and I loved!
6. NARS Audacious Lipstick ($32.00) - In the shade Brigitte. So many beauty bloggers rave about this lipstick and I just want to be a part of the in crowd! I love the nude rose color of Brigitte too, seems very wearable.
7. Clinque Bottom Lash Mascara ($10.00) - Some of the British vloggers I watch absolutely rave about this mascara and for $10, I'm willing to try it out. Especially if it's a bottom lash mascara that doesn't transfer!
8. Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit ($40.00) - Contour kits are all the rage right now, but Anastasia started the trend. I don't want this as much as I just need it. Ya know? Also if you watch any YouTube beauty guru, then you've heard about Anastasia's Banana powder approximately 1,000 times. I need.


In case you hadn't been adding the prices up as you went, don't worry, I did. The total cost of my Sephora Wishlist? $220.50

So I'll let you know when I hit that lottery.

In the meantime - Who has more recommendations for me? I have makeup obsession, it's okay. Feed my addiction.

Usher, Baby! || Analyzing Lyrics

Way back when on TBOI, all the way back to last summer, I wrote a post analyzing the lyrics to Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty To Me. Good times. On Friday I was listening to a random Spotify (you can follow my playlists here if you'd like) playlist and a song came on that I DO NOT LIKE. I tweeted about it. Melissa remembered my Talk Dirty To Me post and demanded I do a post about this particular song and I am more than happy to do so.

I just tell you, I hate this song. So I'm forcing myself to listen to it over and over again while writing this just for you guys. You're welcome.

Usher - I Don't Mind

PS. What happened to Usher? Where's Confessions and Let It Burn? Classics. Caught Up? Love. You Make Me Wanna? U Got It Bad? I love that song! MY BOO?! I mean, really? I miss you, man.

Shawty, I don't mind if you dance on a pole
That don't make you a ho
Shawty, I don't mind when you work until three
If you're leaving with me.
Go make that money, money, money

So far I don't necessarily have a problem with these lyrics. He's supporting his girl, who happens to be a stripper from what I gather. He's making sure she knows that he doesn't think any less of her, as long as she doesn't go home with a client. Ya dig?

The ballers in here tonight, they gon' buy a hundred bottles
As soon as you shake it, I know they gon' make it colossal in here
Cause shawty you thinkin' them tricks that you do with your body
Got all of these ni**as they crowding around you like they seen Beyonce in here.

So far, Usher still just seems super supportive, right? Even comparing his girl to Beyonce and we all know that's quite a compliment! So okay, I'm with you so far Usher (even though i still think this song sucks).

You want your own and you need your own, baby, who am I to judge?
Cause how could I ever trip about it when I met you in the club?
I make enough for the both of us, but you dance anyway
You know I was raised in the A..

NOW I see. You met her while she was dancing on that pole you talked about earlier, so yea you're supportive, otherwise you'd be a hypocrite. You get a few points for that. Hypocrites are annoying. What's "the A" though? Atlanta? Alaska? Albuquerque? I mean, I need some clarification. (actually i know it's atlanta, but i also kind of wish it was albuquerque) 

When you get off of work I'll be ready to go in the 'Rari
And when we get home we'll have us our own private party in here.
So I don't worry at all about the things they do or say
I love you anyway

First of all, love that he called it a "'Rari". You're so hip, bro. Now it sounds like she's just gonna give you her own little show, and you know what? You do you.

Actually, 50 Shades of Grey came out over the weekend, so this song seems fitting for this Monday morning. You can't go see 50 Shades and then come here and judge Usher for loving his pole dancer.

You can twerk it while in a split, you racking up them tips
Your body rock and your booty poppin', I'm proud to call you my bitch.

Okay, so that line right there is the one that annoyed me. I mean, I do want to acknowledge that his girl can twerk while in the splits, because okay, impressive. But the sentence "I'm proud to call you my bitch" really rubs me the wrong way. If a guy ever called me "his bitch" I'd break his nose. Why is that sentence even okay? First Usher is saying he's proud and then following that up with something demeaning. Get outta here, asshat.

Then we get to Juicy J's part.. Which I've just decided not to even type out or analyze, because wow. There's just too much. You can read it here and let me know your thoughts!

Happy Monday, LOL!

The Flash || TV Friday

This is the 3rd time I've started this post. The first time I sounded way too peppy, like I was trying too hard to be excited and happy. I tried a second time and I sounded like someone had "pissed in my cheerios" as my grandma would say. I'm off my game. But I'm working on it.

Let's talk TV.

So, The Flash.
I'm super caught up on this show, because Grant Gustin.
I don't feel the need to elaborate on that sentence.

Honestly this is one show where I feel like the casting is just so, so freaking good. There's actually only one character I'm not a huge fan (iris) of and I'm not 100% sure it's the actress' fault. I'm almost a little heartbroken that Robbie Amell's storyline has ended. Or I think it has? I don't read the comics, so I don't know for sure.

Speaking of, that's one of the things about this show that kind of annoys me. I haven't ever read the comics, actually I've never read any comic ever, and from what I've heard the show is following the comics pretty closely. So for those who have read the comics, they expect things to continue this way AND they already know everything that is going to happen. My beef with following the comics too closely is that sometimes the actors or the side story lines can evolve and there's the potential to take things in a new direction. If the writers and the directors on The Flash are too concerned with sticking to the comics then they could miss out on something better. Then the show could tank. Which would upset me.

I'm mentioning this because of this Barry/Snow thing. Look, the first time I ever talked about The Flash on this blog I said I totally was a shipper of Barry/Snow. My mom has gotten to hear it from me a lot more than you have, so yea, I'd love for it to be a thing. A couple reasons -
1. The on-screen chemistry between Grant Gustin and Danielle Panabaker is fabulous. I love scenes with the two of them! TELL ME YOU DIDN'T LOVE THE DRUNK CAITLIN SCENES!
2. I don't like Iris. I'm not even a little sorry about it. Maybe she's great in the comics, but guess what? She's not great on the show. I haven't liked her since episode 1.
3. I think it'd be a really fun slow-build kind of relationship!

I know the comic book lovers vehemently disagree with me, which is fine, because I also don't mind having a solid male/female friendship on a show like this. In fact, that's really nice too. I just hope that following the comics doesn't necessarily become the end all, be all.

Quick Notes
-- Cisco and Joe teaming together is my favorite.
-- Cisco getting more of a storyline, also my favorite.
-- I said from the first episode that the blur looked red and yellow, so I said "I bet Barry as The Flash was there." and now look.. Gosh I'm so good at this TV watching thing.
-- I can not 100% figure out Wells and I love it.
-- I have super sketchy feelings about the new girl Barry is dating. I don't trust her.
-- So annoyed with how Iris got this random job at the paper. Apparently it's because she works for the paper in the comics, but her randomly getting that job was the stupidest thing ever. And explained very poorly. Also I might be extra annoyed just because I don't like Iris.
-- I like Eddie again now that he's all #TeamFlash.
-- How about my use of "vehemently" though?! In my Senior year of high school in my Advanced Composition class I used the sentence "…and he concurs, vehemently." and my teacher read it to the class and said "Now THAT, class, is an excellent use of a thesaurus, because the sentence 'he really agrees' doesn't have quite the same punch, does it?" and I got an A.

Any other Flash fans out there? How do we feel about the comic book thing? Also, do you ship Barry and Caitlin?