Archives for September 2009

1. Mood:

A little sleepy. The caffeine still hasn’t kicked in yet!

2. Are you having a good hair day?

I’ve had worse. It’s been raining, which makes the mane take on a poofy and unruly life of its own.

3. Ever had a job with a uniform? What did it look like?

Yup, a navy blue polo shirt and khaki pants.

4. What book are you reading right now?

Student’s Vegetarian Cookbook, by Carole Raymond. I like reading cookbooks before bed. Weird, I know.

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

Nothing yet, but I’m thinking of trying my hand at this teal and brown eye with a red lip from the Agent Provocateur show at New York Fashion Week.

6. What’s for breakfast?

Waffles with (yup, you guessed it) Nutella.

7. Have you dated someone shorter than you?

Nope. I’m pretty tiny (5 feet 3 inches *with* heels), so somebody shorter than me would have to be extremely “vertically challenged.”

8. Guys who wear big, bold rings: hot or not?

Hmm, I’m not into the man jewelry. Not!

9. Outfit:

Jeans, black scoop neck tee, purple pearl necklace and black heels.

10. Weekly goals:

Go to dance class on Wednesday, start packing, make all my writing deadlines.

Happy Monday, gals! 🙂

I went to bed early last night to catch up on my zzz’s, so I missed all the drama that went down at the VMAs. What the heck was Kanye thinking? So not cool, K. West.

Anyway, all obnoxious public outbursts aside, I hope your day is off to a good start. When you get the chance to take a break, spend a few minutes filling out the Monday Poll. Copy the empty list down below here and paste it with your answers in the comments. Talk to you soon!

Le list

1. Mood:
2. Are you having a good hair day?
3. Ever had a job with a uniform? What did it look like?
4. What book are you reading right now?
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. What’s for breakfast?
7. Have you dated someone shorter than you?
8. Guys who wear big, bold rings: hot or not?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

MY BEST:

Playing with some goodies from NARS and falling hard for the Kalahari Eyeshadow Duo, Orgasm/Laguna Duo and Powder Foundation SPF 12 in Sahara (LOVE! Review coming soon). Oh, the fine textures and rich color payoff … NARS is the bomb-diggit-haaaaay!

MY WORST:

While I was giving myself a pedicure last week I discovered a few random hairs on the tops of each foot. I was kickin’ it hobbit-style, yo! 🙂 There were only like five or six hairs — all short and soft — but still. Does this mean I have to start shaving my feet??

What were your best and worst beauty experiences of the week? Do tell in the comments.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Are you ready for the True Blood season finale tonight? It’s the last new one for months! I feel like I should be doing something special for he occasion. Maybe I’ll open a bottle of wine…

Evenin’, ladies. How was your day? Mine was filled with earth tones and nylon because I visited a carpeting store to learn about flooring.

Talk about excitement!

I was just petting Tabs and reading the news online when I came across this interesting article about aggressive sales people.

Now, I fully accept that with makeup comes a large degree of marketing. Beauty is big business, after all, and it comes with the territory.

But isn’t there a line between reasonable salesmanship and overbearing manipulation?

When store clerks and counter reps ask if they can help me, that’s a great question, but “Are you gonna do anything about those dark circles?” is not.

When it comes to makeup and beauty products, I don’t mind subtle attempts to garner my affections — pretty packaging and glossy photos, friendly sales staff, the music bumping behind the counter. As a matter of fact, those are some of my favorite things about makeup! 🙂

But I don’t want to be made to feel bad or, for that matter, hard sold anything, blech!

So I’m wondering — how far is too far when it comes to making a sale?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• Chanel Jade polishes now available online — Chanel
• Bella’s favorite looks from the first day of New York Fashion Week — Bella Sugar
• Are you happy? — Typecut
• How to do what you love for a living — Zenhabits
• Red hot lips with Paula Dorf’s Carousel Lip Pencil — The Notice
• A look and video tutorial featuring MAC Night Violet Mattene — Zoffe’s Makeup
• This picture of Chicago speaks to my inner city girl — Small Signs in a Big World
• Spend $50 at Stila.com and get a free Runway Collection Palette (an $82 value!) — Stila.com
• NARS and CK cosmetics on sale up to 75% off — Sephora.com
• A closer look at Dior’s Fall Purple Jazz Makeup Clutch — The Punk Cat
• Got acne? A few solutions from Clinique, Vichy, Maybelline and more — Chic Profile

Whew, we made it to the weekend! 🙂

In the wee hours of the morning a freak thunderstorm struck the Bay Area. It was kind of scary — bursts of lightning flashing across the bedroom walls in my little apartment, and thunder rattling the windows and blinds.

I got worried about Tabs, who was outside working the night shift, so I asked El Hub to go outside and look for him.

El Hub found the little guy cowering in the woods next to the building, crying and mewling. He was crouched low to the ground, looking up at the sky as loud thunder roared.

Poor little guy!

Sucks when your little kitty brain doesn’t understand high pressure systems…

The storm passed early this morning, so I’m off to run some errands. Gotta look at carpet and laminate flooring, two things I have absolutely no clue about.

How’s it going this weekend? Whatever you’re up to, I hope you get some time to do something fun. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I’ve had a thing for Keanu “cool breeze over the mountains” Reeves since high school. Born September 2, 1964, the Hawaiian-Chinese-English actor’s been a fixture of fan tribute wallpaper art ever since 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

When the Matrix came out, I dreamed of living on the Nebuchadnezzar with Neo. Sure, it would have been a rough life, but we’d have our love to keep us going. 🙂

Not a huge fan of the scraggly beard he sports a lot nowadays, but I’m all about that buzz cut and swat outfit. Hello, fantasy!

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen