Archives for January 2010

1. Mood:

Mellow, with a pinch of optimistic determination. 🙂

2. Is there a sport or physical activity you’d like to learn?

Snowboarding! We’re driving distance from Tahoe, and I’d love to give it a try, but only if there’s a way I can do it without being cold, ha!

3. Junk food craving?

The first man/woman to plunge a potato into a vat of boiling oil deserves a posthumous award of some kind. I’ve been craving fries like cra-zaaay lately! — criss-cut fries, curly fries, garlic fries, cheese fries, sweet potato fries… mmm, fries.

4. Fragrance?

I’m going old school Monday with Classic Anna Sui, which was incidentally also my go-to scent in the winter of 2001.

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

Estee Lauder Michael Kors Very Hollywood Eyeshadow in Blonde Mink, Urban Decay Bourbon 24-7 Glide-On Eye Pencil, Chanel Khaki Dore liner and MAC Studio Fix Lash/Estee Lauder Love Your Lips Gloss in Coral Kiss/Estee Lauder Michael Kors Very Hollywood Blush in Sunset Coral topped with a sprinkling of EL Michael Kors Shimmering Loose Powder.

6. Something you’re grateful for today?

Two things: 1) supportive friends and 2) umbrellas (it’s raining again).

7. Names of your pet/s?

Tabs the Cat, Shauna the Wonder Dog (she’s more my dad’s dog now, but I feel like I raised her) and No-Name the Fish (a red and orange betta). Though, really, No-Name is more like the roommate I hardly ever see. He belongs to El Hub, who sequestered him to a Tabs-free zone in the house.

8. What are you most looking forward to this week?

I’m looking forward to going out to dinner with the boy tonight. We’re trying to start the week off on a good note!

9. Outfit:

Jeans, a red v-neck sweater and brown Keds.

10. Weekly goals:

Get to bed early tonight (or at least tomorrow), straighten up my office, go for at least three 20-minute walks and smile pretty much constantly. 🙂

How’s your Monday coming along so far, beauties? Well, I hope.

Let me know how things are going on your end of the cosmos. You know how we do this. Just copy the list below, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

Le list

1. Mood:
2. A sport or physical activity you’d like to learn?
3. Guilty junk food craving?
4. Fragrance?
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. Something you’re grateful for today?
7. Names of your pet(s)?
8. What are you most looking forward to this week?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:

Keep holdin’ it down, ladies. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• The giveaway is now closed, and the winner is being contacted. Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.

Heya, ladies. 🙂 Let’s start the week with a giveaway courtesy of the folks at Daily Makeover and Olay, WOOT-WOOT!

It’s a chance to win two of Olay’s newest anti-aging products. Dig this: they’re both for yer bod.

Anti-aging body products? To this I say, “Hell, yah!”

Back when I was in my teens and 20s (shortly after the dawn of time), I didn’t think much about anti-aging, but I do now. Everything’s changed (particularly on my hands, neck and feet!).

There may be no stopping the march of time, but that doesn’t mean I can’t try to slow it down.

Researchers in a recent University of Göttingen study in Germany found that people with well-maintained body skin were perceived to be up to 10 years younger than their actual age.

Since anti-aging skin care technology can benefit facial AND body skin, Olay’s worked to deliver some of those benefits in their new line of body care products.

Which leads us to today’s giveaway. 🙂

The prize

One lucky lady will win two bottles of Olay’s new Total Effects 7-in-1 Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash (one each of the Deep Penetrating Moisture formula, and Exfoliate and Replenish) and be asked to give their opinion after trying them for two weeks (just shoot an email to me).

Olay targeted seven areas with the new stuff, designing the products to improve skin elasticity, to relieve dryness, to moisturize, brighten dull skin, even skin tone, smooth rough skin and minimize the appearance of fine lines.

I started using both of ’em this weekend, and I’ll follow up with you in two weeks for more detail, but first impressions first…

• Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash Deep Penetrating Moisture ($6): I think I can feel the jojoba butter in this working already. The skin on my hands, legs and feet feels softer, a little smoother and moisturized, but not greasy residue at all. I also like the light floral scent. It kinda reminds me of jasmine.
• Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash Exfoliate and Replenish ($6): The exfoliating Micro-Derm beads in this rich body wash feel gentle, not like rough exfoliating beads that rub me raw.

How to enter…

Entering is easy. Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me one of your favorite Olay products and why you heart it.

A few months ago I discovered Olay’s In-Shower Body Lotion. It’s genius how it works in the shower! After rinsing and toweling off, I can moisturize my entire body in less than two minutes flat. 🙂

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.

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 a.m. PST on Tuesday, January 26.

Nawguralek!!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• The giveaway is now closed, and the winner is being contacted. Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.

More and more men are secretly dipping into makeup bags, a new survey says, with tweezers (39%) topping the list of beauty products men borrow from their partners, followed closely by moisturizer (37%).

Most won’t admit it, though (only 42% did), but maybe they should.

El Hub, if you’re reading this, feel free to use my nail files (your claws are sharp!). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen