Archives for February 2010

1. Mood:

Pretty spiffy. I feel good about this week.

2. A beauty product you couldn’t live without?

Tweezerman tweezers! Without ’em I’d have chin hairs long enough to braid.

3. Socks with high heels — yay or nay?

In high fashion mags, yay; worn by me? Nay.

4. Your beverage this morning?

A mug of piping hot green tea with honey.

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

I’m like Switzerland today (feeling neutral): MAC Woodwinked, Soft Brown and Ricepaper eyeshadows, MAC Blacktrack Fluidline, Dior Extase Mascara/Chanel Rouge Coco Mademoiselle 05 lipstick/MAC Blushbaby blush.

6. What makeup do you have in your purse right now?

Surprisingly, not a lot (or is it?): Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Grapefruit, NARS Sweet Revenge Lipgloss and MAC Cremestick Pearl Liner in Gingerroot. I’ve also got a couple of makeup-related accessories — Sonia Kashuk Blotting Papers and a Sally Hansen Cuticle Pen.

7. What was the highlight of your weekend?

I slept for 10 glorious hours on Saturday!!

8. When was the last time you went shopping for makeup?

Last Thursday. I went to Nordstrom and Bloomingdales and messed around with some lipsticks, foundations and the new Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess collection.

9. Outfit:

I wanted to look good for Tabs today so I put on the green Calvin Klein dress I found at Marshall’s last night. 🙂 It’s a little wrinkly in the pic at the top; I probably should have ironed it first.

10. Weekly goals:

Don’t get any further behind on e-mails, keep a positive attitude, eat lots of fiber (LOL!) and *smile* no matter what.

It’s horror-film foggy up here today, babes. It’s thicker than mashed potatoes and kinda scary! Good thing I’ve got 15 pounds of Tabby on my lap to protect me… Tabs waves a sleepy hello, by the way.

Before you get to your regular Monday bidness, take a sec to say hi. 🙂 You know how we do it. Just copy the list below, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

Le list

1. Mood:
2. A beauty product you couldn’t live without?
3. Socks with high heels — yay or nay?
4. Today’s morning beverage?
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. What makeup do you have in your purse right now?
7. The highlight of your weekend?
8. When was the last time you went window shopping for makeup?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:

Have a great Monday, gals, and may you kick some serious arse!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I’m so excited (and I just can’t hide it)! I’m about to lose control, and I think I like it. What’s up, ladies? Are you raging against the machine today or just taking it easy like Sunday morning? I’m tempted to spill the beans about a project I’ve been working on that’s almost ready for prime time … but I shouldn’t. Soon, though, hopefully within the next few days. All I can say now is that it’s something a lot of you have asked me to do more often. 🙂

Are you doing anything fun today? I’m thinking about catching a movie with Tabs. He wants to see Shutter Island… I figure Leonardo and Scorsese teaming up again HAS to be good, right?

Swide Magazine by Dolce&Gabbana

D&G’s Swide Magazine is more than just another company blog. Sure, it covers the company’s seasonal collections and shows around the world, but it was their original beauty and fashion features like Inside Yves Saint Laurent’s secret Moroccan garden that made me want to bookmark the site.

juicystar07 on YouTube

Blair’s got a flair for makeup and hair, and her YouTube videos are some of the best I’ve ever seen, particularly her hair vids, which I love. I think her makeup style is more my speed, too, than a lot of the others I’ve seen. I like that she doesn’t only work with bright, crazy bold combos; she also does some very wearable neutral looks that I can actually see myself wearing to the library.

Fashion Templates

Fashion Templates might not seem cool to anyone else but me, but if you’re interested in fashion design or just plain drawing in general, there’s some pretty awesome stuff on the site. The site sells those outline fashion templates designers sometimes use. They’re cheap too (about $1 each). And the Free Tutorials section of the site has tuts on fashion illustration, storyboarding, finding inspiration and fashion education, as well as practical drawing advice for tricky body parts like faces and hands.

Record Tripping – A Bell Brothers Game

LOLZ! This game is sooo cute! Okay, it took me a couple levels to get the hang of it, but now I’m scratching records and passing levels like DJ Jazzy Karen.

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Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

I hope you’ve been maxing and relaxing today. I’ve still got a hella long list of really boring (but totally necessary) things to do like cleaning the cat’s litter box, doing the grocery shopping and preparing food for the week, HUZZAH!

And it’s still all kinds of cold and gray outside… Methinks a bowl of chicken noodle soup is in order. While I stir the pot, here’s a look at the sites I surfed this afternoon.

Random bright spots

• How to match your lipstick and accessories (without looking dorky) — Bella Sugar
• Practice radical self-love — Gala Darling
• Eyes sure are *shimmering* this fall — The Cut Blog
• Doesn’t the teal POP in this lovely neutral eye? — Temptalia
• What stands out the most in this picture? — The Notice
• The 4 best hair looks from Fashion Week — Allure Daily Beauty Reporter Blog
• Alexander McQueen, A Life of Shoes 2003-2010 — Imelda The Despotic Queen of Shoes
• Illustrated pictures of celebrity Tweets — Museum of Modern Tweets
• How to live 100 Years — Time.com
• MAC fiends, can you name this release? NOTE: This is NOT a painting — Guitar at LLC
• 20 unholy recipes: dishes so awful we had to make them — St. Louis Food Blog
• Help! I’m drowning in email! — Zen Habits

New in stores

• Yves Saint Laurent claims Noir Radical Luxurious Mascara ($30) looks like false lashes
• Take self-tanning to infinity (and beyond) with the Luminess Tanning System ($149)
• Paging Dr. Dry Skin: “Laura Mercier’s Perfecting Water in Rich ($38) is supposed to help moisture penetrate deeper in the skin
• Sue Devitt’s Hydrating Marine Minerals Eye Palette in Solomon Islands ($38) has a hydrating formula and long-lasting color
• Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Mascara Duos ($11) add length, volume and color to lashes — available in blue, green and brown
• Speaking o’ Physicians Formula, these Powder Palette Mineral Glow Pearls ($14) and Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation ($15) look kinda neat…
• What do you think of the new packaging for Bath and Body’s Sweet Pea and Moonlight Path?
• The Hot for Dots Matchbox Itty Bitty Files ($4) look SUPER CUTE! And they’re tiny enough to keep in your pocketbook
• Bonjour, Sephora Lush Flush
• Tarte says their creamy Cheek Tint ($30) hides fine lines and wrinkles

Welcome to my world

This looks like fun

Check out the face closeups at 1:30, ha ha!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen