Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Shrapnel (about $20).
What do you think?
Illamasqua Shrapnel Nail Varnish
Archives for October 2010
Saturday Surfing and Scarab Beetles
Photo by Eye of Einstein
Good morning, girl. Can I run something by you? I’m working on a new song called Water Makes the Cats Go Cray-Cray, and it goes a little something like this (HIT IT!):
Rain been fallin’ all week long
Been stuck inside ever so long
Yearnin’ for a change
Turkeys walkin’ past my window
My assistant doesn’t get my lingo
It’s time for me to bust a move
And break out of this funky groove
Cats like me don’t like the rain
But not because it’s such a pain
We just need more to entertain
Our minds before we go insane
Sing it with me now!
Meow, meow, meow, meow
Meow, meow, meow
Meow, meow, meow, meow
Meow, meow, meow
No kidding, Tabs has gone full-on crazy! The rain’s turned my sweet tabby into a 15-pound terror. He runs around the condo like he’s being chased by invisible dogs and chirps at the windows incessantly as if he’s talking to the clouds.
I know he wants outside, but when we have gone out, he won’t walk because everything’s so wet. He’s caught in a kitty catch-22.
Speaking of things bugging Tabs, I was sure he’d like the creepy crawly scarab beetle decorating these products from Illamasqua’s new 15-piece Art of Darkness collection, but I was wrong. I think the packaging totally works, but Tabs disagrees. What do you think?
Clockwise from bottom left: Pure Pigment in Ore, Pure Pigment in Alluvium, Intense Lipgloss in Hermetic, False Lashes No. 23, Lipstick in Disciple, Liquid Metal in Resolute
Lipstick in Disciple
Swatches from left: Pure Pigment in Ore, Pure Pigment in Alluvium, Liquid Metal in Resolute
Liquid Metal in Resolute, Intense Lipgloss in Hermetic, Lipstick in Disciple
I’m not sure what to make of the blue lipstick… Would you wear it? Wait — before you answer, there’s a break in the storm! Care to catch some e-waves with me? I gotta get my cardio while I can. 😉
Saturday Surfing: Sites I Surfed Today
- Add this to the list of things that make you go, “What the frak!?” (right after man Spanx): a hair salon where the stylists are all topless. Um, yikes!
- Man, I was really hoping I’d never see these Freddy Krueger nails again, but I guess that was too much to hope for.
- When I worked at a literary agency (let me tell you — A LOT goes into those book covers), I got to see how books are made from start to finish. Here’s a historical look at the evolution of book covers for classic kids novels like Sweet Valley High. Neat to see how styles, colors, fonts and illustrations have/haven’t changed…
- Cat eyes are having a major moment right now. Here’s how to get the look in two easy steps!
Have a great day today! Hope you find some time to just relax. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Can You Guess the NARS Lipgloss?
I believe in you, boo!
NYX Special Effects Lashes: Crazy False Lashes at a Crazy Good Price
Wow, how fun are these NYX Special Effects Lashes ($10; available in 40 styles)? I’m building up the courage to wear the brown spotted Leopard ones out in public, and I’m almost there. I’m thinking mall date, perhaps?
Electric blue Midnight Walts is another story… I’m reserving that one for private, in-home displays of cray-cray. I feel très Looney Tunes with ’em on, not gonna lie.
I love how many there are to choose from (40 in all), and at $10, they’re $5 cheaper than the freakiest $15 Urban Decay Urban Lashes and half the cost of falsies from Shu Uemura (which are great, I might add).
Benefit Instant Brow: I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost…Brows
ghost brows |gohst brouz|
noun
1 A phrase which has come to mean “sparse brows,” but in my particular case describes brows that start dense above my nose but fade away as they taper toward my ears : ooh, that girl’s got some ghost brows!
Chock it up to Halloween and/or my overactive imagination, but I’m convinced I’m being haunted by a kleptomaniac makeup ghost — one with a weird brow fetish! For real, though!
To fill my brows I usually reach for two things: MAC Concrete Eyeshadow and the 266 Small Angle Brush. But then my pan of Concrete went missing a few weeks ago, and now I can’t find my 266!
Something wicked this way comes…
But whatever malevolent force is at work, it motivated me to try the Benefit Instant Brow Pencil ($20).
I ain’t afraid of no ghost…brows!
This dual-tipped brow saver’s been a member of the Benefit fam for quite some time. On one side, a soft pencil to fill sparse brows; on the other, a spoolie brush for brow blending. It comes in three shades — Light, Medium and Deep. The one I use is Medium, a creamy dark brown.
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Do Philosophy Purity Made Simple One-Step Facial Cleansing Cloths Live Up to Great Expectations?
Great Expectations isn’t just the story of an orphan named Pip. It’s also what I had for these facial cleansing cloths from Philosophy.
But can you blame me? Purity Made Simple One-Step Facial Cleansing Cloths are named after one of my favorite products of all time, Philosophy’s Purity Made Simple liquid cleanser.
Yep, PMS and I go waaaay back… 🙂
I couldn’t even venture a guess at how many bottles of it I’ve used over the years, but it’s been a lot.
Like the liquid version, the cloths, which have been out on shelves for a while now, are supposed to remove dirt, oil and makeup, except they do it without the need to rinse.
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Sleepy Tabby
Guess who was NOT in the mood to have his picture taken?
Can You Guess the NARS Lipgloss?
C’mon, I know you wanna try!