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Pictured above: The Clarins Eye Colour Trio ($40) from the limited Barocco collection for holiday 2010.
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The Clarins Barocco Eye Colour Trio palette makes me want to _______.
When I went to get my bangs trimmed a couple weeks ago my stylist gave me a sample of Orofluido Beauty Elixer (regularly $32 for a 3.38-oz. bottle) and raved on and on about how it was to going to change my life, starting with my hair.
I’d never heard of Orofluido before, but it’s a small indie haircare line a little more popular in Europe than here in the States. They only list two products on their website — the Beauty Elixer that my stylist gave me, and something new called Shine Spray.
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Of course, on the ONE DAY I actually need the only cowboy hat I’ve ever owned, I can’t find it. Welcome to the story of my life. Wherever you are, my beloved black straw cowboy hat, I reckon we would’ve made sweet music together today, taking pictures of ourselves covered in glitter with the new Urban Decay Cowboy Junkie Shadows & Gloss Set ($38).
Yee Haw!
The new set rides into town for the holidays, kicking up glitter in its wake with four powder shadows, a liner and one lonesome lip gloss.
Three members of the set hail from the Midnight Cowboy eyeshadow gang, known for their eye-catching, dramatic glitter.
But this glitter is like dust on a desert trail (gets everywhere). Midnight Cowboy (a gritty, glittery peachy pink), Midnight Cowboy Rides Again (a glittery peachy tan) and Midnight Cowgirl (a glittery gold) leave fallout everywhere — beneath my eyes, around my nose and on my cheeks. Shoot, I even found some on Tabs.
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The only thing that could possibly make Sephora Stimulating Lavender Cuticle Oil pens ($12) better would be if you could buy them at bulk prices in packs.
I know I’ve mentioned it before, but this pen’s the frickin’ bomb-dot-com, particularly if your cuticles look like Snooki after a long night at da club…
Still lovin’ ya, Snickers!
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How do you spell a scream, friends? Gaaaaah! perhaps? I had one of those days… I started with grand plans and great expectations to write about, among other things, the beauty gods’ gift to big hair and the new smokey Urban Decay Black Palette, but I hit The Great Wall.
No, not the one in China.
Writer’s block, which you might think I wouldn’t get anymore after four years and 4,000 posts, but I do.
You might have writer’s block if you’re swigging Cheetos from a cup.
I’d hoped for witty prose, but all that came out of my fingertips today was gooey green baby poo. At one point I just gave up on the whole sentence thing and decided to take a ton of pictures of the LORAC Box Office Hit Full Face Palette ($35) instead.
And if you’re thinking, “what a croc,” you’d be right. The limited edition holiday cutie for eyes, lips and cheeks is dressed like a croc, a reddish one, in faux patent croc. It’s available now at Ulta stores and also online.
I may attempt a tutorial, now that I’ve stopped crying, once I get the swelling to go down around my eyes…
NYX Eye Brown Push-Up Bra on brows
How do you feel about glitter brows?
My gut reaction when I saw the NYX Eyebrow Push-Up Bra pencil ($10) was a big, fat OH, HELL YEA! I’ve probably worn glitter just about everywhere else, so I figure brows won’t be that much of a stretch.
The dual-tipped Eyebrow Push-Up Bra, called that because of how it’s supposed to lift brows, is one of five fall products from NYX to shape, define and highlight eyebrows. The side with the darker tip, the one for defining sparse areas, sports a sheer taupe with silver glitter; the other side’s a creamy, peachy pink that appears to lift the brows when applied beneath the arch (also works as a brow highlighter).
I’m having a hard time waking up, but “this coffee should help,” she said, cupping her mug under her chin as if her sole mission in life was to caffeinate. Have I mentioned I’m not a morning person?
The longest deep-tissue massage they offer. I need someone to work the knots out of my back. 🙁 And I love that loosey goosey feeling I get after a good massage when my limbs feel like overcooked spaghetti.
Yea! I don’t have any now, but when I was 14 I had a black suede pair that I wore practically every single day. To make them my own, I’d use nickels instead of pennies, haha.
Dooba-looba-looba-looba-loo, dooba-looba-looba-looba-loo. I use my iPhone’s “harp” ringtone. Given choices like a barking dog and a submarine dive alert…the harp was the lesser of all evils.
Black for official documents; purple for everything else.
Yes, ma’am! And they’ve gotten exponentially easier since I discovered LORAC’s Front of the Line Pro.
Yes, quite a few things actually, among them, trying to figure out where to take my career, whether or not it’s time to have kids, what I should do with my hair color, and how to clean my messy house when I only have a few spare minutes each day.
I’d like to think it’s my blueberry and peach cobbler. I can’t cook anything on a typical Thanksgiving menu, but I’ve got that cobbler down pat!
Cute kitten videos, older couples holding hands, polite children, and getting carded (happens fewer times each year).
This week is my Letting Go of Baggage Week, ladies, a time to lighten my mental load. My other goals: to smile 🙂 as much as possible, to cross off at least 3/4 of the tasks on my to-do list and to hit the haaay by 10 every night.
Hey, babe. Yup, it’s Monday already. Yeah, I know, bummer, right? At least we’re in it together.
To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
1. Mood:
2. If you won a gift certificate to a world-class spa, which treatment would you get?
3. Penny loafers: yea or nay?
4. How does your alarm clock sound?
5. What’s your favorite color of pen ink?
6. Do you do cat eyeliner?
7. Has anything been on your mind a lot lately?
8. Do you have a signature Thanksgiving dish?
9. What warms your heart?
10. Weekly goals:
I’m feeling ready as ever to take this week on. Are you with me?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The eyeshadow palette from the new Urban Decay Cowboy Junkie Set, $38.
What say you?
