Extractors. Friend or foe?

So I bought this little tool at Sephora against the advice of my aesthetician. As we have all heard since puberty, you are not supposed to pick blemishes for fear it could cause a scar. I have always been of the school of thought that if I exfoliate and it still doesn't go away, I am going to take matters in to my own hands. I mean you can't just walk around with a blemish, right? And if you are like me and have suffered from severe cystic acne, you will know what I mean when I say that sometimes blemishes are truly truly painful and the only way to alleviate this pain is to excoriate it.

Now, my aesthetician always said that if I just HAD to pick my face I should make sure my pores were open (after the shower) and that my hands were clean and to try to use q-tips. Okay no. Sometimes you just want to stab it with a sharp objects, a la the stainless steel extractor above.

I use mine quite frequently and especially enjoy it for blackheads. Is this too much information? Anyway, it really does help and it doesn't seem as though I have permanently scarred my skin by using it. However, I try to use the extractor end as opposed to the lanced end because quite frankly it just scares me. I have found that If you use the lance to poke your face it will often result in bleeding and then it just hurts more when you excoriate.

Anyway, I just wanted to hear people's thoughts on the topic. Please discuss!!
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Steven Tyler = hot mess. no...just mess.

Okay if you don't know what is going on with Steven Tyler these days (I'm sure you don't bc I didn't and didn't really care...) please visit the following link http://www.dlisted.com/node/34909

Okay so last week I was at an Indian restaurant on the Upper West Side when Mr. Tyler walked in. Okay first I looked at him and thought, wow that guy is a mess and looks sort of like Steven Tyler. Then I thought, Actually, that looks just like Steven Tyler. 

First of all, his entourage was um, for lack of a better word, interesting. There was an old man with him who looked like a Harley owner from Wyoming, complete with bushy beard and bug serial-killeresque glasses. Then there were some "punk" or "rock" girls with him (I don't know how to describe them but you know what I mean. They had like black "spunky" hair and tattoos, etc. 

Moving on, we thought Mr. Tyler would try to not draw attention to himself. However, immediately after being seated he got up with his murse (manpurse, satchel, whatev you want to call it) and went to the bathroom...for approximately 20 minutes. Then he comes out and starts taking pictures of his entourage and saying loudly that he can't figure out the flash. 

But it gets better.

In between his little bathroom trips (they were numerous) he decided to speak to the host in Hindi...I think. He just kept shouting the same word at him. I think he was trying to say "bathroom" in Hindi? I don't know but it was really weird and he was laughing like it was funny. 

So my conclusion is...either he is really weird or he is on some type of special sauce. 

New York

I know everyone loves New York, okay. I get it. It can be really exciting and fun, there is fab shopping, etc etc. However, there are those of us living in New York that often find it rather... tedious. Like, the dog barking next door that just WONT SHUT THE HELL UP or the crazy homeless man on the bus who just stares at you like you are a ripe juicy apple he wants to eat. Not to mention the fact that wherever you go you get pushed and shoved and stared at like some sort of freak. Furthermore, it is dirty. There is no denying that fact. The smell of urine to be is immediately associated with the 6 train. I just make that mental connection. 

Sometimes you just want to get in a car and drive. To the grocery, to the gym, to Saks, whatever. I want to blast B Spears and scream my lungs out to PIECE OF ME. Then again, I could probably do that walking down the street in NY and people would just think I was normal. 

Please share special New York stories, whether they be joyous or terror-filled. 

As I always say, "Kgreatthanksloveyoubye"

I don't really understand why everyone has blogs but what the hell!

So I don't really understand why people have blogs...like who cares what random people think right? Totally. However, I feel the need to share my thoughts with my friends so that we can discuss. 

First topic: 

Lilly Pulitzer's Resort Line. See link. Thoughts? Please share. I just...can't comment on this. 

http://www.lillypulitzer.com/Dresses/Felicia-Dress-Printed/invt/73146