Let's get the obvious out of the way first, ok? The last thing the internet needs is another beauty blog. All the articles about how to start a successful blog tell you, "find a unique spin!". Welp, we all know it: There are no unique spins left on beauty blogs (or, if there are, I'm not creative enough to figure one out). Not to mention, blogging about products... Iiiiiii have mixed feelings. See, I like to think of myself as a reasonably intelligent young(ish) woman. Not that intelligent women can't care about superficial things, but they're not supposed to fixate on superficial things, you see what I'm saying? Like, in the time it takes me to write a post about nail polish, I could be bettering myself. I could be reading a great novel, or practising* French, or watching an insightful documentary... and then I could blog about those things, and the world could see what a deep, well-rounded, un-superficial individual I really am.
Yeah, nuts to that. I figure, this is something I've wanted to try for a really long time, and life's too short. Really, what it comes down to is caring too much what other people think (that I'm superficial, or worse, stupid, for creating and maintaining a blog that's devoted entirely to beauty products), and that, dear reader, is a terrible reason to not do something.
So, with that out of the way, welcome to Tubes of Goo, a name I chose because I find it simultaneously gross and adorable (grossdorable). I might occasionally pepper this blog with posts that aren't beauty related in any way, just to make myself feel better about the whole thing, but yes: this is a beauty blog. I write a beauty blog now. Okay.
*NB: I am Canadian, so just be aware that the way I chose to spell this word in no way indicates that I also need to be practising my English. This is how we do.
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