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A closeup of the NARS Daphne Single Eyeshadow ($23) from the fall 2010 collection, available online at narscosmetics.com August 5 and at NARS counters in September.
This eyeshadow was *very challenging* to photograph. I ended up taking a ton of pics because in some Daphne looked like a royal blue, in other a grape juice purple; it was almost as if I was taking pics of two completely different colors!
In real life it’s the deep, dark matte purple seen in the photo above.
A few eyeshadows and a lipgloss from the NARS Fall 2010 collection. More details/swatches in a few. 🙂
Ladies, I have an awful case of kitten fever (now with makeup complications).
Because I want a second cat 
— err, I mean, “Tabs needs a coworker” — I’ve been surfing rescue kitty websites and bookmarking prospective kitty candidates, but whenever I run one of them by El Hub, he replies with grumble, grumble, grumble, “just feeding the CCL fire.”
And that’s not all: Tabs hasn’t been very supportive of the idea either. When I showed him the last batch of kitty resumes, he shot me a dirty look! 🙁
Whatev… The boys don’t have final say in the matter. I do.
Come hell or high water, a kitten like the one on the new Urban Decay Vegan Palette ($34) will find its way into my arms.
She’s adorable, right?
UD decorated the box with sweet animal illustrations and filled it with six shimmery shades of brown, green, blue and gray eyeshadow.
The shadows happen to be Urban Decay’s bestselling “vegan” shades — colors made without any animal byproducts (two paws up 
from Tabs!).
They also threw in a travel-size 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Zero (a matte black) and a tiny bottle of shimmery champagne Sin Primer Potion.
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As an international kitteh model, Tabs 
the feline form.
After years spent striking fierce poses as a top talent in the fashion and beauty industries, he’s comfortable in his own fur, but sometimes when a shoot calls for him to pose in the buff, he has to pause…
He often wonders about the ethical implications. For instance, is it a Sin to want to get Naked in public?
Not according to Urban Decay! 🙂
If you like neutral makeup and palettes, you might want to Hustle on down to Sephora this September when the new Naked Palette ($44) disrobes on shelves.
Don’t be surprised to find yourself overwhelmed by a euphoric Smog the first time you peep this palette of 12 powder shadows.
The smooth champagne, brown, bronze, gold and charcoal shades (in a variety of finishes!) might leave you feeling Toasted (like the time you drank that Sidecar on an empty stomach, oy!).
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“I myself am strange and unusual.” — Lydia Deitz, Beetlejuice
Okay, I’ve been seeing a lot of weird lipgloss colors lately (and I like it!).
Take MAC, for instance. Their two most recent collections, Alice + Olivia and In The Groove (both launch on Thursday), have a couple of totally outside-the-box shades.
I.Want.Candy., a bright yellow Dazzleglass Creme gloss ($18) from Alice + Olivia looks like an ’80s neon dream! I’ve heard it looks great on top of matte reds (turns them into shimmery corals), but I haven’t tried it yet. Certainly is unusual, though, isn’t it?
And then there’s You’ve Got It, from MAC In The Groove. It’s a silvery grayish Cremesheen Glass ($18).
Um, gray? For lips?
Both colors are kinda strange, but I think the most unusual ones I have are Tokidoki Prisma Lipgloss in SANDy (a sheer apple green) and JK Jemma Kidd Plumping Gloss in Angelina.
Aren’t they weird??
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Happy hump day! 🙂
Sometime today, between shaving my toe hairs and vacuuming the stairs (Tabs is shedding like cray cray!), I had an affair…
It started innocently enough with a crush (as they often do). I’d played with three of the nine new MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Trios ($19.50 each) from the upcoming In The Groove collection. One thing led to another, yadda yadda yadda and BAM! — I couldn’t stop myself.
We’re supposed to meet again this Thursday when the collection arrives on counters.
Shh! Don’t tell El Hub. 🙂
If you’ve ever tried any of the older MAC Mineralize Eye Shadows, these are different. MAC reformulated them, and while I still love the old school formula, this new one takes the cake. MAC stepped up their game, creating a product that’s basically everything I ever wanted in a powder shadow. Silky soft, they apply like butter on toast, depositing ample color and blending like a dream. Shoot, the colors almost blend themselves! — and so far today they’ve lasted from my first cup of Irish breakfast tea all the way through dinner.
If you had fallout trubs with the older Mineralize Eye Shadows ending up on your cheeks or beneath your eyes (sometimes I did too), I think these adhere WAY better to skin.
In The Groove
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Tabs doesn’t know it yet, but I have grand plans to find him a shelter kitten that looks exactly like the one pictured on the new Urban Decay Vegan Palette ($34). Meow!
Peep Urban Decay’s mega-palette of neutrals for fall, Naked ($44)!
What say you? Yes, no, maybe so?