Archives for December 2009

Yikes! That’s a tough one… I guess it depends on what qualifies as a beauty product and which specific day we’re talking about, but If I just take an average day and include hair products and moisturizers along with the obvious things like mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick and gloss, it’s a pretty big number, LOL!

I’m gonna say 30…

WOW!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Good morning, girls. 🙂 I’m the only one awake yet (me and the chickens). It’s not quite dawn here, but I’m still on California time (which is two hours ahead of Hawaii). I’ve got my laptop on the couch that I’ve been sleeping on in my in-law’s small living room. El Hub is sleeping soundly on a foldable cushion beside me on the floor.

Every few hours or so I’ve been connecting via Skype to Makeup and Beauty Blog HQ in California to see how Tabs is doing. So far so good. He’s holding down the fort!

• UPDATE: Dec. 25, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂

“Cock-a-doodle-dooOOOOoo!”

Yup, that’s the alarm clock out here in Kaneohe. Every morning, WELL before dawn, wild jungle chickens belt out what I imagine are their chicken Christmas carols…

Just a quick post before heading out for some last-minute shopping. It rained a little bit earlier today, but now the sun’s poking through the clouds, illuminating the jungle in a million shades of green.

And speaking of green… Urban Decay has a batch of three new smokey eyeshadow sets called, get this, the Smoke Out Kits.

Ready for today’s giveaway? 🙂

The prize

One lucky lady will win Urban Decay’s Yerba Buena Smoke Out Kit (a $34 value) for deep green smokey eyes. It comes with four eyeshadows, a mascara and an eyeliner, too.

How to enter…

Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. It in, describe your favorite way to do a smokey eye.

I had a hard time with smokey eyes until I learned this trick. They’re a whole lot easier to do when I start with a layer of a creamy pencil like Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On in Zero beneath a powder shadow.

Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:

RT @karenmbb: RT to win the Urban Decay Yerba Buena Smoke Out Kit (a $34 Value) http://bit.ly/7TYI4B

Recap…

1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
2. Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:
   
   RT @karenmbb: RT to win the Urban Decay Yerba Buena Smoke Out Kit (a $34 Value) http://bit.ly/7TYI4B

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Wednesday, December 23.

Nawguralek!!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• UPDATE: Dec. 25, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂

What, you might be wondering, does this post have to do with Christmas OR Hawaii? Well, that’s an excellent question! I have no idea. 🙂 I came across this interview of actress Cate Blanchett on StyleList.com in which she says she went through “a big gothic phase” in her younger years.

“Back then,” she says, “I’d go to bed with my make-up on if I’d been out. And I went through a big gothic phase, so my pillow was always covered in black mascara and white pancake make-up.”

LOL! My brush with goth was back around 1994. I went through a phase in which I was outlining and filling in my lips with black eyeliner and then adding a dark matte red lipstick on top. No goth clothes or anything like that, though.

What about you? Have you ever had a goth phase, or are you in the midst of one now?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Also in the StyleList.com interview, Cate mentions liking SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. Hmm… Has some promising reviews on MakeupAlley. Have you ever given it a try? I’m curious.

• UPDATE: Dec. 23, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂

Touchdown (we landed safely)!

Greetings from cloudy Kaneohe, ladies. 🙂 It’s a little after 6 p.m. on Monday. I’m sitting here in my in-law’s small townhouse at the foot of the jungly Ko’olau Mountains on the Eastern side of the Island of Oahu. Right now we’re just catching up, chatting about Christmas and watching Jay-Z on Oprah, LOL!

On the flight over here I got to thinking about options and how most girls like to have ’em, especially when it comes to lipgloss. At any given moment, I usually have three or four of them in my purse, ’cause you never know when you’ll feel the urge to coat your lips in sparkly purple gloss.

So in the spirit of options and how much we like having them, today’s giveaway features SIX sassy lipgloss shades by the babes at Benefit.

The prize

One lucky lady will win Benefit Glitz Glam & Gloss (a $26 value), a set of three dual-headed glosses (six total). Each gloss packs a healthy helping of sheer, delicious color and loads of shine.

How to enter…

Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all. Tell me about your plans for Christmas or the names of any lipglosses in your purse right now.

Hmm… in my purse? I packed for travel with MAC Soft Wave Lipglass, Clinique Bloomberry, NARS Sweet Revenge and Chanel Aqualumiere in Hirondelle.

Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:

RT @karenmbb: RT to win Benefit Glitz Glam & Gloss (a $26 Value) http://bit.ly/7Cfnqi

Recap…

1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
2. Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:
   
   RT @karenmbb: RT to win Benefit Glitz Glam & Gloss (a $26 Value) http://bit.ly/7Cfnqi

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Tuesday, December 22.

ўдачы!!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. And there’s still a few hours left to enter yesterday’s giveaway for a MAC Under Your Spell Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo.

P.P.S. Yay! We made it through Monday, girls! Onward to Tuesday.

• UPDATE: Dec. 23, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂