#73: Bee
We're joined by DJ & designer, Bee, who tells us more about Notion, shaving your eyebrows, cottage cheese, and so much more!
“Not entirely sure how I would define myself or if I even want to, I find it slightly restricting. I’m also just figuring everything out – like EVERYTHING. But I’d say I’m a designer and DJ and enjoy doing a lot of other things – drawing, painting, chilling, hanging, vibing.”
We welcome Bee to The FRM Newsletter to share what they’ve been into recently!
🎷🧁 baking while blasting jazz music
Yeah it’s the ultimate vibe. Bonus points if you light some palo santo or a scented candle and have people around you that you really enjoy. Also this is strictly a nighttime activity.
👀✂ shaving your eyebrows
Okay this is a scary one lol. It’s also slightly funny but I’m like genuinely passionate about this so bare with me. I’m so shy to talk about it and omg not to be dramatic but shaving the ends of my eyebrows has changed my life idk. Like don’t @ me and in like five years I might look back and be like yoo wtf was that? But for now I can proudly say I’m having a really good time. I’ve always been a firm believer that your eyebrows really make up your entire face, not even joking. I think people are very recognizable by their eyebrows. I find that having half of a blank canvas to work with is so liberating and I can decide what I want my face to look like and I’m not confined by the limitations of how my eyebrows naturally grow. Experiment with your eyebrows, it’s fun and not that serious but also so incredibly serious. Ps. take a shot every time I say “eyebrows”.
👖🍁 denim on denim
As a proud all-black outfit advocate (and practiser myself), I feel like denim on denim is kinda like the older, cooler sister-in-law's cousin on your dads side, twice removed. No, I will not elaborate.
⏭💻 notion
I used to use notion strictly for work and productivity purposes before I deleted my grindset. And now I ONLY use it to keep track of the movies I watch and rate them on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Currently some of the highest rated ones are Meet Cute, Whiplash and La La Land. Some of the lowest rated ones are Hereditary (traumatic, don’t argue with me you freaks), No Exit and Infinity Pool. Honourable mentions are Eileen, The Call and Shutter Island. I’d also like to mention that I do not have a single five star rated movie and maybe that says more about my ability to rate movies than the quality of movies I watch. So if I were you I’d think twice before I consider watching any of these. You’ve been warned. Also my dm’s are open for any recommendations please and thank you.
🧀👅 cottage cheese
I have only heard bad things about cottage cheese. I was convinced that at some point in my life I’d tried it and hated it but now that I’ve actually tried it I’m not so sure that I remember that correctly. I used to prefer cream cheese and kinda just impulsively thought to replace it with cottage cheese and whadayaknow... not as bad as I’d thought. It has very quickly becoming a fav for me and has been a key feature in some of my recent favourite breakfasts I’ve made. I do think everyone should try it once in their lives and if the lumpiness freaks you out I would suggest growing up <3.
🅿📸 pinterest
I like to treat my Pinterest account like a virtual closet or something. I have multiple boards dedicated to different things - outfits that I think are cool but would possibly never actually wear (never say never), makeup looks, hopes and dreams for the future lol. I would consider it is my tried and true method of manifestation in like a very not serious way where I’ll make a vision board and then forget I made a vision board and also change my mind on everything I thought I ever wanted. There are some things that will persist though. But mostly I just make a collection of things I think are pretty and it’s really fun and makes me giggle.
📚🤡 read more books
Idk read a book. I’m literally such a hypocrite I don’t even know what a book is.
💄😊 lipstick as blush
It’s soooo easy. If you have the right shade it just eliminates another step and streamlines everything. Personally I have never believed any blush looked good on me but I find that this method makes me like the way it looks on me.
💅❤ nail polish over literally anything else
I often think acrylic sets are like beautiful little pieces of art you can parade around on your hands all day and I will definitely be getting a few when I’m big and strong and brave enough. But as a retired gel nail polish girlie, I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate the impermanence of regular nail polish. I can change colours basically every day if I truly wanted to (and sometimes I do). I find that I have like three go-to colours that I switch between and that’s been really cool for me, it’s almost like a personality trait. I said ALMOST.