
If there’s one thing I love, it’s body modifications. The Pic Stitch above is of my three tattoos, “After the flood all the colors came out” is a lyric from Beautiful Day by U2. My favorite song by my favorite band. I got it the day I turned eighteen, much to my parents disapproval ;). I also have “Do I dare?” on my arm, which was my favorite quote in the book Night Film, which I highly recommend to everyone! My newest tattoo I got this month is from Jack White’s song Lazaretto and it says “When I say nothing, I say everything”. I plan on getting the goddess Isis pictured below my Pic Stitch as my major side piece probably this winter. I love her story. I love everything she stands for. As we delve deeper into this blog, I might talk about some of the reasons why her story touches my heart so deeply. She has a very significant meaning in my life and I’m very excited to have her with me for forever. Don’t even get me started on piercings though, because I could go on for DAYS about how much I looooove piercings! They were my first love. After begging my mom to take me to get my belly button pierced at fifteen, I was hooked. I’ve gotten pierced and repierced over thirty times. At the moment I only have my belly button, my ears, and my four piercings on my nostrils. I had to take all of my piercings out when I was the assistant manager at The Body Shop. I was SO pissed! The only ones I’ve gotten redone after that fiasco was my nose piercings. But let me break down everything I’ve ever gotten, just so you guys can see how much of a fanatic I am!!!
2 industrial bars going through my hips
8 dermal anchors on my hips (I had four done at once, and then another four when I got them redone)
8 dermal anchors on my collarbones (I had four done at once, and then, like my hips, got them repierced)
8 piercings on my nose (I had four done at once, then, like my hips and collarbones, got it repierced)
2 on my lip (snakebites)
4 on my ear
1 on my cartilage
1 on my belly button
Now do you believe me when I say how much I love piercings? Haha I would really like to get my septum done soon, and am also playing around with the idea of getting my snakebites redone. So many body mods so little time!!!! If you guys have any piercing or tattoo questions, please shoot me a comment! Also, if you would like to see some pics with my old piercings in, shoot me a friend request on Facebook (Sarah Mushenheim) Sweet dreams! -Sarah
Friend me/poke me ;)))
Sup guys! If you wanna keep up with my musings, feel free to friend me on Facebook. You can find me under Sarah Mushenheim. I am fully aware that my profile picture at the moment is of a certain Jim Bob Dugger, and rest assured…..I’m not him. Haha making that picture my profile pic was just me being goofy! That guy is such a looker ;))) so send me a friend request, if you wanna get nice and weird, feel free to poke me…. I just might poke back ;)) Have a good night crew! -Sarah
GOOD NEWS!
I’m SO happy to announce that I got my official acceptance letter from Tri-C community college yesterday! It might not seem like that big of a deal since it’s not a big, fancy school, but it almost brought me to tears. My very first college acceptance letter! Wow. I’ll be doing an online program to get my Associate of Arts degree, which should be a lot of fun! I played around with the idea of doing a business degree, but I’m definitely glad I went with something with a creative edge to it. I’m very, very excited to start this new chapter in my life! BUT WAIT….THERE’S MORE! On Monday of this week I put in my two weeks notice at PacSun. It was very hard to do, after four long years of working there, but I know I made the right decision to focus on my school work and myself. I’m very touched with the love that I’ve been getting from my coworkers. So many ‘I love yous’ and ‘I’ll miss yous’ and ‘it won’t be the same without yous’. So sweet. Once I get settled in with my school work I plan on getting a more low key job so I can still make some moolah, but not feel too overwhelmed with completing my school work. And I also still want time for a social life, which is very important to me! I hope that today brings all of you some good news! -Sarah
THANK YOU!
Guys! I appreciate your love and follows and likes and comments so very much! Thank you thank you thank you! Back in the day I used to write in my journal every night, and I always mused with the thought of trying to get my journal published. This blog is sort of like my way of doing that now, and it feels GREAT. Writing about anything from silly stuff, to sad stuff, to fashion, to makeup, to crafts, and to everything in between makes me feel so good and I’m so happy that I can share all of these musings with all of you! Have sweet dreams tonight and we’ll touch base again tomorrow with whatever is going on in my little red head! -Sarah
HUMP DAY!

Whatup readers! Just wanted to give all of you a Hump Day shout out before I head off to work! Let’s make today great. Let’s give a smile and kind words to strangers. Let’s do our best to not only make a good day for ourselves, but for someone else as well! Let’s pretend we’re camels and scream “hump day” as loud as we can!!! Happy Wednesday everyone! ❤ Sarah
Oh you crafty, huh?
My friends and I LOVE crafting!!! Canvas art projects have been our favorite thing to do while we hang out. There’s so many cute ideas on Pinterest, that I wanna make them all! (GOTTA CATCH EM ALL – POKEMON!) Seriously who knew that you could have a fabulous looking piece of art just by painting and glueing stuff down on a canvas?! I barely have half an artistic bone in my body, but these fun projects make me feel creative and artsy and I love it! My favorite craft though is definitely the melted crayon canvas. Particularly the one with the couple under the umbrella. So sweet. So fun. If you guys have any questions on how to make any of these, leave me a comment! And please comment some of your favorite canvas crafts so I can make them with my friends!!! Thanks! ❤ ❤
Music obsessions!
As promised, here’s some of my recent song obsessions. These are currently what I have playing on repeat:
The Knife: We Share our Mothers’ Health (Ratatat Remix)
The Wombats: Your Body is a Weapon
Everything Everything: Cough Cough
The Used: Bulimic
AFI: Silver and Cold (I’m seeing these guys in Pittsburgh in October!!!! SO STOKED! It’s gonna fulfill my angsty fantasies to see them play live!!)
Bear Hands: Bone Digger
Cage: Captain Bumout
Cayucas: High School Lover
Mona: Teenager
Magic Man: Texas
Arctic Monkeys: Stop the World I Wanna Get Off
Sir Sly: Gold
Grizzly Bear: Will Calls (Diplo Remix)
Capital Cities: Stayin Alive (such a fun remix on an old classic!!!!)
Give some of these a listen and let me know what ya think!!! -Sarah
The Strain
So my television obsession recently has been the FX series called The Strain. It’s based off of the trilogy written by the gorgeous minds of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. I just finished the trilogy after a solid month or so of plucking away at the 350 plus page books, and let me tell you: it was fucking crazy!!!! I’m not gonna give anything away, I promise….but jeez Louise! If you happen to watch the tv show and haven’t read the books, I can’t recommend them highly enough. I’m honestly not a huge vampire fan per say, but the unique take on the vamps in this series had me hooked. These vamps are absolute demons. With no sparkly skin and no teenage romance bullshit. So naturally, I loved them. The television series has been doing a terrific job of staying true to the books so far too, so kudos to that for sure. The tv show has also done a great job of hiring this sexy beast to be a cast member:

HUBBA HUBBA! That’s my man crush Monday right there 😉
What are some book recommendations guys? I need something new to start reading since I completed The Strain trilogy! I’m thinking of starting Gone Girl, the movie trailer for it looked intriguing. Have any of you read it? Is it worth my time? Leave me a comment and let me know! Have a great night! -Sarah
Makeup, skin care, and everything in between
Hello! In case you guys can’t tell by my pictures, I LOVE makeup! Anything in the beauty department is a friend of mine! So I thought it would be fun to put together some Pic Stitches and show you guys my beauty favorites, from hair care, skin care, to fragrance!
Pic Stitch 1:
Top left: Rimmel London scandal eyes mascara. OBSESSED. If applied well, it almost looks like you have fake lashes on. Rich black color and a big hourglass shaped brush for huge stand out lashes. Each of these mascaras are roughly six dollars and can be found at any drug store.
Top middle: One of my favorite makeup products. The Body Shop blusher beads are gorgeous. They leave the perfect dust of shimmer to complete your look. It’s about eighteen dollars, however one case will last you for years.
Top right: Dove dry shampoo. Total life saver. I avoid washing my hair to keep my bright red hair fresh and vibrant, so this keeps my hair nice and clean in between washes. It’s only about four dollars and you can’t beat that! I also love the Paul Mitchell smoothing serum. It smells fantastic, like kiwi strawberry AND it gives your hair a radiant healthy shine to boot! It defeats any type of frizz or flyaway too for pin straight hair. It runs at about eighteen dollars and can be found at any hair salon.
Middle left: Revlon matte balm. Lovely. So lovely. It’s a great compromise when you don’t feel like wearing lipstick, and it goes on PERFECTLY matte so that means no blow drying or blotting! I wear color 240 Striking Spectaculaire and it runs around seven dollars. Where would I be without my Eos balm? In a world of chapped lips, that’s where! These balms leave my lips nice and plump and perfectly moisturized. These balms run around three dollars and both products can be found at any drug store.
Middle: My love. My life. My hair dye. Vidal Sassoon Runway Red is TO DIE FOR. It gives me the EXACT SAME color I was paying a lot of money to get at a salon. And for eight dollars a box, you’d be crazy not to do it at home. Rich red color. Vibrant and bright. What more can you ask for?
Middle right: My forever go to eyeliner. The Body Shops’ metallic eye defined in color number 13 Burnished Amber will change your life. The color brings out gorgeous hues in hazel eyes and will brighten any look. Fabulous for day or night wear. These liners run at eleven dollars each, and come in a bunch of other pretty colors too!
Bottom left: My skin care regime. Garnier has wonderful scrubs and cleansers for any type of skin. The smoothing cream cleanser is nice and gentle and will leave your skin feeling so hydrated. The balancing exfoliater is great too to make your skin feel bright and rejuvenated. It has hints of grapefruit in it for a nice zesty burst of fragrance and cleansing power. Both of these run around six dollars each and can be found at any drug store.
Bottom middle: My other skin care regime, which I apply after I wash and scrub my face. These products are all from The Body Shop. The Vitamin C Skin Boost ($27) is one of my favorites. It hydrates and brightens, plus leaves a smooth matte finish. The Nutriganics smoothing eye cream ($22) eliminates fine lines and reduces dark circles immensely. A great products to use to keep your eyes looking youthful! Vitamin E moisturizer ($14) SO NICE. Light and non greasy. A perfect every day cream.
Bottom right: Victoria’s Secret enchanted apple body spray ($14). My absolute FAVORITE fragrance. I love anything apple scented and this is so crisp and refreshing. It’s shockingly long lasting too, an all over spritz will keep you smelling sweet all day! A weird beauty secret but I adore the TN Dickinsons witch hazel which runs at about five dollars per bottle. It’s great for cleaning facial piercings. (I have four nose piercings – two on each nostril). This products eliminates blackheads and grime around my piercings.
Pic Stitch 2:
Top left: John Frieda radiant red shampoo and conditioner (about five dollars each) An absolute necessity for any red head. Not only does it protect your color but it leaves your hair SUPER moisturized. I don’t shampoo my hair very often though, I find that only conditioning my hair keeps my color lasting longer. And of course, I only wash my hair with FREEZING cold water!
Top middle: Covergirl eyeliner (about six dollars, I wear color number 410 Blackfire). This liner goes on so silky and smooth. The black is so rich and dramatic. One of my makeup necessities. I also love the Covergirl brow pencils (about four dollars, I wear color number 510 Soft Brown). I’ve recently grown very fond of the bold eye brow, and these pencils help give you the perfect shape and color. I wear a shade slightly darker than my natural brow color to give it a dramatic look.
Top right: LIPSTICK LOVE LOVE LOVE! I would be NOWHERE and my look would be NOTHING without the Covergirl lipstick and liner, both number 305 Hot Passion (about seven dollars each). What I love SO much about this brand is that they have the matching lipstick and liner for the perfect pout. I always blow dry my lipstick for a rich matte finish. Do yourselves a favor and purchase this lipstick/liner duo. You won’t regret it!
Bottom left: The Body Shop warming mineral mask (about fourteen dollars). This mask is delightful. It’s infused with ginger so it smells great too. Once applied the mask warms up and completely blasts out your pores, leaving your skin looking good as new. I like to use this mask about once a week to give my skin a nice refresher.
Bottom right: My blush! I use all three of these every day for my own unique, customized color. The Maybeline dream bouncy blush is so fun! The cream blush goes on so smooth and the color is so sweet. I wear color number 05 Fresh Pink. This blush runs at about six dollars and can be found at any drug store. I also adore my blush from The Body Shop ($12 each). The pigments in these blushes are so rich and they’re not too powdery either. I wear both 01 Macaroon and 04 Marshmallow. Once I mix all three of these blushes together I get a lovely bright pink shade with a tiny hint of orange. So pretty!
Well guys, there you have it! I hope you found some fun beauty inspirations and enjoyed reading this post as much as I enjoyed writing it! Comment me for any questions! -Sarah
Exhaustion.
Ohhhhh my goodness. Lil’ Red is TIRED. I’m tired physically. I’m tired mentally. Everything aches. These past few weeks man, they were a killer. I’m ready for my stress levels to go down so I can finally rest easy at night. I really need some me time. I’m long over do for spending some quality time with me, myself, and I. I feel like it’s SO important to take a break from everything and get back in touch with yourself. Sometimes when you’re just going, going, going all the time you loose track of who you are. I need to be on my team. I need to be a friend to myself. I’ve been pretty shitty to myself lately, and it’s really catching up to me. I suppose that means I’m gonna have to wine and dine myself. Maybe fix up a nice bubble bath, play some Enya, get a little wierd 😉 . Have sweet dreams tonight guys! -Sarah







