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Oh, Glam Eyes Lash Flirt
(A mascara by Rimmel)
Cheap … but not sleazy.
Just seven dollars!
In two shades: Black and Kohl Black
On sale at drugstores.
Lashes like magic
Sprinkled in Miracle Grow
EFFING CRAZY LONG!
For mad length and lift
Rimmel Glam Eyes Mascara
Lasts from dusk till dawn
Nekkid lashes
What’s Rimmel’s secret?
The air-whipped formula and
Carbon black pigment.
Is it perfect? No.
The brush is hard to use and
It can make a mess.
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Question for my coral lovin’ babes: Do you have a favorite coral lipgloss? Hands down, mine’s got to be MAC Lipglass in Lychee Luxe ($14). It’s a shimmery coral from MAC’s permanent line, and if I had to guess I’d bet I’ve gone through a double-digit number of tubes, yikes!
Wish I could say I stumbled upon Lychee Luxe on my own, but I actually heard about it from my mom. She gave me the heads-up about 10 years ago, which is funny to me because she’s never really been into makeup.
Proof positive that Lychee Luxe holds *great* magical powers. 🙂
One day she swung by a MAC counter looking for a gloss with just the right amount of color for her fabulous 50-ish self. She left with her first tube of Lychee Luxe, and a familial makeup obsession was born.
Some quick product pictures and swatches of the Chanel Noir Et Or Paris-Shanghai collection. Full reviews/swatches coming in just a few. 🙂
Les Vernis Nail Colour in Illusion d’or, a transparent sparkling gold ($25)
Les Vernis Nail Colour in Black Velvet, a matte black ($25)
Les Vernis Nail Colour in Gold Lame, a satiny gold ($25)
Ligne et Ombre de Chanel in Jet-Gold, a matte black eyeliner and sparkling gold eyeshadow ($45)
Jet-Gold
From top: Black Velvet, Gold Lame, Illusion d’or
A big ol’ pic of the Clinique Brandied Bronze Eyeshadow Palette (go here for the full review).
A resounding “a’ight.”
It’s usually Coco Mademoiselle, but I’ve been reaching for Chloe more often lately.
I was always scared to death of the ocean until I took swim and surf lessons back in 2002; now I’m much more comfortable in the water.
A blue, green, yellow and white button-down plaid shirt that hides my muffin top oh-so-skillfully 🙂
MAC Studio Fix Lash Mascara/MAC Lychee Luxe Lipglass/MAC Ombre Blush in Ripe Peach with MAC Cream Colour Base in Hush
Two things: 1) going to the symphony last Friday night and 2) sleeping in on both Saturday *and* Sunday.
Yay! — only if they’re in a sold color and I’m wearing platforms; otherwise, I look like a kid playing dress-up in grownup clothes.
Twice. Once when I was in high school, when my brother and I painted my room but made the mistake of not cracking a window before we started. By the time we’d finished, we were both cuckoo for Coco Puffs on paint fumes! The second time was about 10 years ago in my first place in SF. The color? seafoam green.
Old Navy Diva jeans, a black t-shirt and zip-up hoodie.
Remember to live “in the moment,” make an appointment to get my roots done, refrain from eating junk food and work through 30 Day Shred at least twice this week
Wake up, buttercup! How you doin’? I’m still waiting for this tea to kick in, so ye olde mental cylinders aren’t quite up to 100% yet… I should be good in about a half an hour or so. 🙂
Drop in and let me know how your Monday’s coming along. I could use some friendly words (having a tough day today). Just copy the list below, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Le list
1. Mood:
2. Your date night fragrance?
3. Can you swim?
4. Your current favorite article of clothing?
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. Name something good that’s happened to you recently:
7. Maxi dresses: yay or nay?
8. Have you ever painted a room?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:
Repeat after me: We are having a great day today. We are having a great day today. We are having a great day today.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Some hot pink flowers in my front yard right after a spring rain storm.
Hey there, good lookin’. 🙂 My today’s been a little on the dreary side because it hasn’t stopped raining all day long, and now it’s almost dark — already! I don’t mean to be a downer… but I feel a bit craptacular, if you’ll pardon the expression.
At least Tabs has been trying to cheer me up. What a good kitty. He brought out his portfolio and like a proud tabby showed pics of the new modeling projects he’s been working on. Cat sho’ keeps busy.
This was kind of a good week for color, yah? I wasn’t expecting so much from Clinique Brandied Bronze, but that palette alone has my summer basically covered. And then there was MAC’s brighter-than-bright Just Add Colour Lipglass… I could barely take my eyes off it long enough to write the post!
How about you? What was your favorite product this week, and what are you MOST looking forward to now? I feel like going MAC To The Beach…
“Limited edition Just Add Colour shimmers by herself as the lone Lipglass in the approaching Prep For Colour collection… Perfect for spring/summer. The color begins with a bold, highly pigmented POP, but it wears down over the day into a surprisingly natural dark pink.”
“Not only did Essie’s new Resort 2010 collection knock my socks off, but then it picked them up and ran away. I mean, I usually like the things Essie comes out with, but I haven’t been this stoked about one of their releases since Neon 2008!”
Somebody pinch me because I must be dreaming. A $13 mascara from MAC that works this well? What’s the secret? MAC says it’s the mousse! And short, stubby lashes don’t stand a chance. 🙂
I don’t know if you’re into the Tokidoki 
style like I am, but I’ve been drooling all over the new makeup line at Sephora. The new Kabuki brush is more than just a masterpiece of cute! — its good looks belie a highly useful powder/bronzer brush with long, soft bristles that distribute product over a wide area.
