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Ladies, can I ask a HUGE favor? Tabs got the cover of Vogue this month — I know! How cool is that? Well, I’d like some extra issues for keepsakes, but they’re sold out everywhere! 🙂 If you happen to see the issue on a newsstand, would you mind grabbing an extra copy for me? I’m just so proud…
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
MY BEST:
Monday’s unusually great hair day! 🙂 Oh, and my skin finally cleared up after a two-week-long breakout.
MY WORST:
The moment of dead silence after I accidentally dropped my pan of MAC Blue Sorcery eyeshadow on the kitchen floor. It was like watching the Matrix, seeing the pan fall in slow motion, except that I was powerless to stop it… Poor thing didn’t stand a chance.
What were your best and worst beauty experiences of the week? Please share yours in the comments.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Things I’m crushing on this weekend…
That there at the top is the Black Tie lip combo I wore to the movies last night. 🙂
I went with Defining Liner for Lips in Pomegranate ($14) layered beneath Different Lipstick in Different Grape ($14), and for extra sparkle and shine I added Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine in Bloomberry ($18).
It made the movie easier to bear, LOL!
As far as the colors and finishes of the products I used (to dupe them with other things from your collection), the combo breaks down to…
I’m picturing the look with thick black cat eyeliner. Wouldn’t that look hawt?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Did you do anything fun tonight? I just got back from pizza, and now I’m looking for a brainless movie on iTunes. Tabs says “meow.” He wants me to get The Ugly Truth. He loves those romantic comedies…
Whoop — there it is.
(It fell on the kitchen floor.)
Lovely. My stomach just growled at me for not having lunch ready yet. It’s even worse than Tabs, always clamoring for something to eat!
I sure hope it likes steamed artichokes and tomato soup…
What are you up to today? I spent some time e-surfing this morning and found a few choice pickings (beauty and otherwise). Hope you’re having a nice weekend so far. 🙂
Amazing what some people accomplish in their spare time…
Found it!
If your kids ask you how babies are made…
I better get my booty in gear. This place ain’t gonna clean itself, LOL!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Good morning, ladies. 🙂 How was your night? The only thing I did was go to the movies to see The Box, the new sci-fi thriller starring Cameron Diaz and cutie pie James Marsden, but the highlight was probably the popcorn.
I went expecting a lot since the movie’s based on a short story by one of my favorite horror writers, Richard Matheson (also wrote I am Legend, Stir of Echoes and Hell House), but I thought it was a little slow, confusing and disjointed at parts.
LOVED the ’70s-era styling, though, and left the theater wanting to feather my hair and find bellbottoms and a long silk scarf, fo’ reals!
What are you up to today? I’ve got some household chores (boo), but after those I plan to reward myself with some me time and Urban Decay’s Show Pony Palette ($30).
How do you feel about the packaging? The design’s by Kime Buzzelli, an artist, fashion designer and the owner of the Echo Park clothing boutique.
It’s limited edition but has been out for a few months already. I wish I’d gotten wind of it sooner because I’m kinda ga-ga over the shadows.
I can’t decide on a fave…
Loading ...The palette has six swoon-worthy, shimmery shadows; a travel-sized 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil (in Zero) and one of UD’s mini Eyeshadow Primer Potions, too.
From left to right: 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero, Eyeshadow Primer Potion
If you have eyes for Show Pony (or something else from Team UD), here’s a great deal that’s going on now: Save a whopping 30% with Urban Decay’s online Friends and Family sale (valid through Nov. 20). Enter code “FNFW1” at checkout and hit “Redeem Coupon.” Hey, you’ve been good this year, right? Um, RIGHT? 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
No really, it is! MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in It’s a Miracle ($20).
