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I’ve been on a serious Boots kick 🙂 lately that really kicked into high gear when I gave their Expert Sensitive Cleansing & Toning Wipes a try.
Target now carries at least, like, six different varieties of Boots makeup wipes… And I’m on a mission to test them all!
Last week I started using their biodegradable Quick Fix Cleansing Wipes, which Boots packed with botanicals like mallow to sooth and calm the skin.
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The lil’ keychain charm inside the Tokidoki Chromatico Palette in Bastardino ($25).
I like the purple and white brush head of the Tokidoki Kabuki Brush ($28).
Get the phone, honey child, because MAC’s a-calling, and they want you to Just Add Colour. 🙂
If I ever had any willpower when it came to bright sticks o’ gloss, MAC’s Just Add Colour Lipglass ($14) totally nuked it. Hello! It happens to be almost the exact same shade of fuchsia as my iPhone case. A coincidence? Perhaps, but when the worlds of makeup and technology collide, I’m so there.
Limited edition Just Add Colour shimmers by herself as the lone Lipglass in the approaching Prep For Colour collection (arrives Thursday).
Just Add Colour Lipglass
Isn’t she sassy and fresh? Perfect for spring/summer. The color begins with a bold, highly pigmented POP, but it wears down over the day into a surprisingly natural dark pink.
It never hurts to be prepared … for the application of color! 🙂 MAC’s new six-piece Prep for Colour collection is all about turning skin into a perfectly primed canvas for color, and it skips onto counters this Thursday, April 8.
With just three neutral eyeshadows, one bright fuchsia gloss, a skin brightening serum and a new sunscreen, the collection might not be as extensive or exciting as last week’s Art Supplies, but MAC still tossed some interesting stuff our way. And girls (and boys) who love everyday makeup and skincare products — that is, products you might like to wear every single day — are also in luck.
Which reminds me, are you ready for a giveaway?
One lucky lady will win three items from the MAC Prep For Colour collection: Eyeshadow in Sorcery (a reddish mid-tone brown), Eyeshadow in Hey (a warm mid-tone beige) and Prep + Prime Skin Brightening Serum. Total prize value: $69.
From left: Sorcery, Hey
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. In it, tell me the name of your favorite color and why it’s your favorite. 🙂
Wait — just one? Um, I have so many favorite colors … but I guess I do have a special place in my heart for blue (it reminds me of the ocean).
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to win MAC Prep For Color (a $69 Value) http://bit.ly/9jTOU7
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Wednesday, April 7.
Baie geluk!!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Not quite awake yet (*yawn*), but I’m gettin’ there. 🙂
It depends. There have been times when “it was on” and I’ve flourished, and other times in which I’ve cracked miserably.
El Hub… oh, wait, it might’ve been Tabs. Have I mentioned that I’m not quite awake yet?
Green tea with squeezes of Meyer lemon and honey. I hope it kicks in soon!
It’s a mostly Tokidoki day: The Bastardino eyeshadow palette with MAC Technakhol in Uniform, Prisma Lipgloss in Monkey Pirate/Benefit Sugarbomb with a dash of MAC Cream Colour Base in Hush
Casablanca. It’s not a puppies-and-rainbows love story, but I like how the characters, thrown into extreme circumstances, put the safety and happiness of the ones they love before their own.
The $6 Sonia Kashuk Bent Eyeliner Brush (it’s the bomb dizzle, yo!)
Milk chocolate as far as candy, but semi-sweet for chocolate chip cookies
Jeans and a plaid button-up shirt
Attack the treadmill at least three times (thrice!), finish my work by 6 every afternoon, eat more salads and get to bed by a decent hour
Haaay, boo! Happy Monday. Are you well rested and ready to tackle the week? Don’t worry — you don’t have to answer if you’re not (it is Monday, after all). 🙂
How are things going on your end of the keyboard? If you have a minute, let me know how you’re doing. Just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Le list
1. Mood:
2. Are you good under pressure?
3. Who was the last person you smooched?
4. Breakfast beverage?
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. Your favorite love story?
7. Last boat-rocking makeup or beauty find under $10?
8. Milk chocolate, semi-sweet, dark or white?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:
Let’s have a good week (NO MATTER WHAT!).
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
What do you think of eyeshadow colors inside the Tokidoki Chromatico Palette in Bastardino ($25)?
They really do, ha ha!
