Archives for August 2008

1. Mood:

Sleepy yet cheerful

2. Eye makeup colors:

I’m still deciding, maybe purples and golds today!

3. Gotta get it done:

Clean off my desk, go for a run and resist eating too much junk food

4. Breakfast beverage:

Chocolate flavored Kona coffee (yum!)

5. Crushing on:

El Hub, Tabs and MAC Turquatic fragrance (sniffed a sample the other day)

6. Outfit:

Skinny jeans, white button-up shirt and black strappy heels

7. Today’s fragrance:

Clean Shower Fresh Perfume

8. Blush:

MAC Beauty Powder Blush in Secret Blush

9. Highlight of the day:

It’s still pretty early, so right now it’s this cup of coffee.

10. Goals for the week:

To be patient with myself and others, to eat healthy and to trust the creative process!

Want to play? Just copy the empty list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

With next week an exciting one for MAC lovers (like me!), I got a little nostalgic for one of my other favorite brands: Chanel. When it comes to elegant colors, finely milled eye shadows and sophisticated packaging, my heart longs for Chanel. MAC brings out my fun side, but Chanel is like the little black dress of my makeup world.

So, in celebration of next month’s Lifetime television movie (airs Sept. 13, 2008) on the life of Chanel founder Coco Chanel, let’s take a look back at 10 reasons to love Chanel.

10 Reasons to Love Chanel

• Chanel Fall, Holiday 2008 Makeup Collections by Chanel’s New Golden Boy
  “In less than three years, the value of gold has more than doubled, now selling for more than $900 an ounce. Chanel must have noticed how much people have been lovin’ on gold lately because both of their upcoming fall and holiday makeup collections go after gold in a mad, crazy way.”




• The #1 Best-Selling Chanel Lip Liner
  “When it came time in the class to apply my lip color, one of the makeup artists ceremoniously presented me with a Nude lip liner dual-ended pencil, gazing intensely into my eyes with the seriousness of an initiate in a cult.”




• How to Attend a Free Chanel Master Makeup Class
  “Did you know Chanel provides free makeup classes for customers? The sessions are called Chanel Master Classes, and I went to my very first one last Saturday at my neighborhood Macy’s store.”




• Chanel Makeup Studios Make Going International as Easy as Placing a Call
  “…nirvana is just a phone call (and a credit card) away. US residents may order Chanel’s international products by calling any of the three US Chanel Makeup Studios. Reach the Honolulu studio at (808) 953-6100. Ask for Sheila, the studio’s fabulous Chanel makeup artist, and tell her “Hi!” for me.”

• Gaga for Gold with Chanel Fall 2008
  “…the collection just arrived at Chanel counters nationwide. I fell in love with five of the products in this release — two of the Glossimers (Delight and Gold Light), Facettes D’Or Highlighter in Gold Fever and two of the lipsticks (Pepeete and Formentera).”




• Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Perfume, How I Love Thee
  “Even though Coco Mademoiselle is in the oriental fragrance family, it doesn’t smell stuffy or old-lady at all. It’s youthful and sophisticated. You won’t smell like an old lady who lunches and totes small terrier dogs in Burberry outfits. You will smell like a confident young woman strutting down the street in a classic black suit.”




• Face of the Day: Chanel Oasis Quad and Leopard Lipstick
  “Today felt like a bold lip kinda day for me, so I decided to take Chanel Leopard Hydrabase Lipstick out for a spin. I didn’t want Leopard to be lonely, so I paired her with her new best friend, the Chanel Oasis Quad (from this year’s summer collection)!”

• Lip Look: Chanel Papeete and Gold Light
  “Here’s the lip look I’m wearing this morning, done with Chanel Papeete Aqualumiere lipstick and Gold Light Glossimer from the Fall 2008 collection. What do you think — fun and sparkly?”




• Chanel Glossimer Lip Gloss, A Makeup Addiction in the Making
  “The sparkle factor is high on these glosses. It’s very grown-up glitter though! I love looking at the color and seeing the different flecks of gold, silver, pink and green. Glossimers are thick but aren’t as sticky as MAC Lipglass. You can still feel them on your lip, unlike thin lipglosses.”




• Face of the Day: Simple Smokey Eye with Chanel Winter Nights Quad
  “As far as complete looks are concerned, this one is quick and easy to do. I used shades from the Chanel Winter Nights Quad, a versatile set with four basic, but pretty shades of pink, peachy gold, green and light brown. The look works well for the office or for things like family functions or semi-formals.”

How do you feel about Chanel?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Sparkle*Shelf — Beauty and Fashion Addicts Unite
Say hi to Sparkle*Shelf, a new online community focused on beauty and fashion, featuring original editorial content and user generated product reviews, Q&A, photos and more. So, what sets Sparkle*Shelf apart from other be-everything beauty sites out there today? For me it’s the design. I like it when posts read like magazine articles.

Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos
Can I just say WOW!? I can appreciate a touching lyric tattooed on a wrist, but 12 sentences from Fight Club plastering someone’s back might be taking the quotable tattoo trend a little too far, LOL!

Grooveeffect — Urban Style, Streetwear, Music, and Events
Grooveeffect is an urban culture e-zine dedicated to curating the best in emerging style, music and events. Sadly, my break dancing days are behind me (bum knee, yo), but I still like to see what the sneaker heads, clubbers and hardcore hip-hop heads are up to.

Stuff On My Cat: Stuff + Cats = Awesome
Seriously, the name says it all. 🙂 The person who came up with the idea for this site is an unadulterated genius. GENIUS! Click the link; you won’t regret it.

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1. Would you rather have a monobrow tattoo and no eyelashes at all, or no eyebrows and really thick, long lashes?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

2. If you were forced to tattoo a quote on your body, what quote would it be (and where would you get it)?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

3. You get to spend 24 hours partying with one of the US Olympic teams (or teams from your home country). Which team would it be?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

4. You’re on a new diet guaranteed to get you to your target weight and keep you there forever. The rules are simple: for one entire week, you must eat nothing but stinky cheese OR pureed, over-ripe banana mush?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

5. Would you rather have to go to work dressed like a Hooter’s Girl or wearing Madonna’s cone bra outfit from the Blonde Ambition tour?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

6. Due to international law and weight restrictions on the 18-day, all expenses paid Mediterranean cruise you won in a radio contest, you can only bring with you a single lipstick or gloss. Which one will it be?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

To play, just copy the following list and paste it along with your answers in the comments. 🙂

1. Monobrow and no lashes, or no eyebrows and lush lashes?
2. Tattooed quote?
3. Which US Team (or team from your home country)?
4. Stinky cheese or banana mush?
5. Hooter’s Girl or Madonna’s cone bra?
6. Which lipstick or gloss for the cruise?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen