Mysticon 2015!

Convention: Mysticon
Location: Roanoke, Va.
Date: Feb. 27- March 1st 2015

              This past weekend I had the pleasure of being a guest for Mysticon! A fantastic convention in Roanoke, Va. I was invited to the convention as a guest (this was my fourth Mysticon.) I arrived at the con in the afternoon on Friday, and went straight to my first panel, a showing of The Nephilim Chronicles, the tv pilot I filmed last year. I then went to my second panel, Budget Costuming, which was awesome and I got to be on the panel with some great costumers!  We talked about making costumes on a tight budget and how to get away with not spending a fortune! I then got a short break (which in that time I got to unload my car, and get into my hotel room.) My last panel for the night was, Moffat: Evil Genius or Evil, Genius. This panel went amazingly! So many thoughts on Moffat and his writing style, how he handles his characters and his stories on the shows he has and is writing. The audience was incredibly awesome in this panel, and helped make the experience of being a panelist on it great! Once my panels were done I went and got food (by this time I was suffering from a pretty bad migraine that had been working its way to maximum intensity all day.) so I sipped on some soup, sat in the dark and then once I was able to go out without feeling ill, I went out and hung out with friends and visited the Congregate and DC17 room parties. While at the parties I got to meet Sean Maher, he was incredibly nice and an amazing guest for the con!

          Saturday I was up and ready for my three panels and to judge the costume contest! I started off with a really fun panel on Social Media, and how to use it as a writer and artist (of any form.) My next panel was called Super Heroes Assemble, this panel was AMAZING! I was on it with a bunch of amazing people (Steve Long, Drew Meyer, Peter David (!!!) R.S. Belcher) it was so fun! We talked about comics, our dream super teams and scenarios! This was probably my favorite panel all weekend, it was just so fun! Once the super heroes panel was over I found some food (wasn't going to even let a migraine have a reason for creeping up oh me that day!) I then headed over to the Roanoke Whovians panel room and sat in on a woman of Doctor Who panel, which was a lot of fun! We talked about the ladies of who, how the Doctor helped and hurt them and how the ladies grew throughout the series. It was great! My last panel for the day was Raising the next Geek Generation! While I do not have a kid, I have taught children for a long time in a school setting, and have gotten a bunch of those kids into genre shows and books, so this panel was really fun to come at from an educator view over the others who were there as parents. A lot of great information on how to get your kids into fandom and how to help them overcome bullies or teasing if they get that in school because of their interests. Once my panels were done I booked it to the room to change for the costume contest judging, changed and got ready in 20 minutes and headed down to judging, judged the costume contest entries, then headed to the actual show! The costumes this year were amazing! Such amazing talent! I had so much fun seeing what people dressed as and how they made and constructed their costumes! Lots of fantastic entries!  I then found out that two of the films that I worked on that were entered into the film fest won awards, Disengaged and Doctor Who: The Ginger Chronicles.

               Once all my convention obligations were done I changed and got sushi with friends, it was sooooo good! Then back to the hotel to watch the concerts! Some great musicians, including one of my favorite bands Bella Morte! Which it is always great to see them in concert!
                 Sunday was a day to visit with friends and get ready to head home, I did not have any panels, so it was more just visiting with people! I headed home midday due to weather that was supposedly happening.

                    Mysticon was so much fun this year! So many wonderful people and so many amazing events and panels! I cannot wait until next year! This convention is so friendly!

XO VoxBox

So I was lucky enough to be selected for another VoxBox! The XO VoxBox! In this box there were lots of wonderful products to try out! So I got the box and here is a pic of all the stuff in it! I received the box free to try all the products and review!

This box had a lot of awesome house products and hair/skin/teeth products in it like;
1. Colgate Optic White  Express White Toothpaste
2. Colgate Optic White Toothbrush plus Built in Whitening Pen
3. Tide Pods with Febreeze
4. SkinFix Hand Repair Cream
5. John Frieda Frizz Ease Beyond Smooth Shampoo, Conditioner and Leave in Treatment
6. Adore Me Bra and Undies
7. Ebay Virtual Box
8. Lands End discount code

So lots of awesome stuff in this box!

To start off, Ill start with the Colgate Products

The XOVoxBox came with a full sized Optic White Express White Toothpaste and a toothbrush that has a built in whitening tool. So far these have been great! The toothpaste is one I have not tried before (I have used Colgate toothpastes, but not the express white.) The toothbrush came right when I was needing a new one, and I love the whitening pen that fits right inside the toothbrush so the storage is great! Colgate is a brand most people know, and the quality is great!

The next item is the John Frieda Hair Care products

These are travel bottle sizes of John Frieda Frizz Ease Beyond Smooth. It came with a shampoo, conditioner and a leave in treatment. I have been using this for a new days and the bottom of my hair that has been looking frizzy, doesn't seem to be quite as frizzy. The smell is nice and not overpowering and the bottles are great to go in my travel bag. I was excited for more hair care products after receiving the Hair Food in the ModaVoxBox, since I absolutely adored that!

Next up are the Tide Pods with Frebreeze

 I have been using Tide Pods for awhile now, normally in our house hold we use the Tide Sensitive ones, but I am excited to give these a try! Washing Laundry is one thing you can never get away with not doing, so getting the stuff to do at least 10 loads of laundry is awesome! Plus the inside of the bag has a really nice smell!

SkinFix Lotion 1 oz bottle!

SkinFix is a moisturizing lotion that is sold at Target (possibly other places but I have seen it at Target) A regular sized bottle retails for 17$, so I was excited to try it! It doesn't have a over powering smell and makes your hands feel smooth, there wasn't anything that really stood out for me with this one, it worked and with lotion that is a great thing!

Adore Me! Box

Adore me is a box of lingerie, night clothing or bathing suits that you can get, each month they add more. I ordered the set above, I love green so it was nice to get something new. Had I known the code didnt actually expire before valentines day I would have waited and gotten a bathing suit (the emails made it seem like it did expire before v-day) but I am happy with what I got. The quality is amazing, and the fit is great! Plus it is so pretty with the lace on it!  Check them out here.



This box also had a virtual box for ebay with it, where you do Ebay Guides and in return if you do them properly you get an ebay gift card. This is the third Ebay virtual box I have done and I got to spend the Ebay giftcards on some awesome stuff! So it is always nice to get giftcards!

There is also a code for 25$ off of a 100$ purchase at Land End. Not sure if it will get used since I do not have the money to spend 100$ on clothing right now, but I do like some of the items at Lands End so it is nice to have the option!


Overall this was a GREAT Influenster VoxBox! I got some great products for me, and my house/laundry. I love getting these boxes and trying out the products in them! It is so much fun to try out new stuff and with this website I get too! Try out Influenster here!

Shut Up and Eat! The Unofficial Doctor Who Series Ate Cookbook!

The cookbook is available now on Amazon! Head over to their page to purchase the book, or look for Angela at a convention near you, where she will have copies for sale! 

 
Shut Up and Eat! The Unofficial Doctor Who Series Ate Cookbook is a journey through Series 8 of Doctor Who for fans who love to cook! Enjoy recipes inspired by each episode from Series 8 and create your own meals for Doctor Who viewing parties!

This cookbook has been a project of Angela Pritchett's since Sept. 2014 (when she decided to start on the book.) Luckily she knows awesome people, that being her friend Kara, who put Angela in touch with Ginger! A fantastic artist whose work can be found here.  Kara is also doing some artwork for the book since her fun art style is just what Angela wanted for an image for the back of the book!

This fantastic cookbook is slated to be released in April of 2015 and will be premiered at RavenCon in Richmond, Va.(April 24-26th)
However Angela will be handing out a recipe card at (Re)Generation Who! A Doctor Who convention in Hunt Valley Maryland on March 27-29th (where you may have gotten this recipe card, if you followed the link on it!)

Thanks for your interest in "Shut Up and Eat! The Unofficial Doctor Who Series Ate Cookbook" Once the book is up you will be able to find it on Anegla's Amazon author page, or purchase it from her at a convention she is attending!

The cookbook is available now on Amazon! Head over to their page to purchase the book, or look for Angela at a convention near you, where she will have copies for sale! 


 

Ipsy Febuary Bag!

I LOVE Ipsy! I have been getting these bags for the last three months and could not be more excited about them! Ipsy is a 10$ a month makeup bag, you get around 4-5 items, some full size and some deluxe sample sizes.
This month was amazing! I am excited to try each item I got in my bag, I also got four other products that I spent my Ipsy points on so I got four products I did not get to try from older ipsy bags.
So each month they give you a sneak peak of what you are getting! Here was my sneak peak!

At first I was like meh for the blow out spray, but I really have never used it before, so I softened up to it since it is something new to try and I am all about using new products, plus if anything will possibly give my hair some body I will try it!

My bag got here and it is awesome! The bag itself is super cute and I will definitely use it! Great for spring! The brush is amazingly soft, the lip gloss is very light pink, and works for me, the blush is a pretty shade, and the eye liner will be a very fun color to wear! The blow out spray I need to try and see how it works, but I am super excited for that too!

I also turned my points in for these awesome extras! I am so excited to try the two hand lotions, the body butter has a hint of bergamot, which I am so loving, and the leave in condition has a interesting smell and am excited to give it a try! I really love that they do the points so you can try extras they have from older bags.

Over all February's Ipsy bag is amazing! I love it, I saw a lot of people saying they weren't too thrilled with what they got, but I am really loving what I got and cannot wait to see what March will hold! 

Want to check out Ipsy? Go here!

Influenster XOVOX Box Adore Me!

So I got into the Influenster XoVox Box. The first thing that they did for it was send everyone a code to order from Adore Me, a webpage that sells woman's under wear and night clothing. Now i will say this post is somewhat awkward since I really do not want to post about my under clothing, but will go ahead and blog about it since I have to for my influenster badge.

First off this product was free, I did not have to pay for it at all.

Adore Me is a webpage where you can buy bras, undies and night clothing. The VIP members can have so much taken out each month and they can pick what they want to order, you can skip this each month, which is good because I dont have the budget for this stuff!

So with my code I decided to get something pretty!

The box that the order came in is really cute! It also had a definition for Adore on the inside of the box

So the detail in what they ship in is really cute. The order shipped quick and got to me fast! Which is always nice! The quality is very nice and the bra is very comfortable. So that is a GREAT thing since I am gonna wear it!

Over all super happy with the Adore Me purchase, which is even better because it was free and I always love free stuff!

Want to check out Adore Me? Go here!

Check out Influenster here!

January Ipsy Bag!

The January bag is my second Ipsy bag. Ipsy is a 10$ a month bag, where you get 5 makeup/hair/skin care products (normally 3 full sized and 2 deluxe sample sized.) I was super excited for Dec. and loved all the items I got, the same was for January! The Ipsy webpage allows you to see what you are going to get before you receive the bag! And oh boy was I excited!

This month the theme was Fresh Start.  I got a pretty Blue and White bag. Inside the bag I got
1. Pacifica Natural Mineral Coconut Eye Shadow
2. Manna Kadar Cosmetics - Sheer Glo
3. Nourish Organic - Renewing Avocado & Argan Eye Cream (sadly the only thing in the bag I could not use, since I am allergic to Avocado)
4. Real Techniques - fine liner brush
5. J. Cat Beauty - FANTABULOUS Gel Eye Liner

I also got a J. Cat Beauty lip paint in a beautiful deep red that I redeemed with Ipsy points as well in my bag! 

I was super excited to try out all these products and was sad the eye cream had avocado oil in it, so I couldn't use it.  (However my mother was happy to use it!) I got another brush, which was awesome because you can never have too many makeup brushes! The highlighter is incredibly pretty! and I love highlighters right now! The eyeshadow is a lovely shimmery brown shade, and the eye liner is a really pretty black/blue color. I discovered JCat Beauty through Ipsy and LOVE their products now!

So far Ipsy has been worth the 10$ a month that it costs, the products in the bags are worth way more, if bought separately and it is fun to try the new products!

Want to try it out? check it out here!

Ipsy December Bag

          So after months and months of research on the monthly makeup boxes I finally settled on Ipsy. I am supper excited to get my first bag of goodies. I got a sneak of what I am getting in it.

       It comes with a cute bag, and some goodies. I am really excited for the Crown Brush. I have a brush holder by them and their quality is great! I have tried the Tarte Mascara and own it already so I know it is great quality! I am also excited for the Lip color and the glitter shadow. I am also perfectly fine with a moisturizing conditioner.
Once I get the bag I'll post a video of my bag and a video on how to use each of the products! I am hoping I can continue doing these for a few months, since I love different makeup products and stuff I may not think of using because I am so stuck in my ways of products I have used for years! If you are interested in makeup definitely check out Ipsy!