This one’s for finishing today’s to-do list, woo hoo!
Sweet Treats, Small Victories
Archives for January 2012
With Tour Dates This Spring, China Glaze Electropop Puts on a Colorful Show
I’ve been keeping a secret from you.
No, I’m not a billionaire or a costumed vigilante…although I bet Tabs would look so cute in his little sidekick outfit!
Here it is: I’m a rock star.
Or rather, I would like to be.
Cat’s out of the bag! Yep, one of my resolutions this year was to channel my inner rock star, and no, I don’t mean by fronting a band. 🙂 I mean someone who’s confident and bold enough to tear it up in front of thousands of people on stage. Someone with wicked style, too, like my own lead singer in a one-woman band. The Gwen Stefani of Novato, California.
But wait — it gets cheesier! To remind myself to “embrace my inner rock star,” I leave a lot of Post-Its around the house…
The Clarins Spring 2012 Prodige Lip Glosses in Candy and Blackberry Smell So Good That I Can Hardly Bear It
Wearing Clarins Prodige Lip Gloss in Blackberry
Yum, Clarins! Whose idea was it to make these new Prodige Lip Glosses in Blackberry and Candy taste and smell like red gummi bears.
Genius! He/she is a total prodigy, haha!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. 🙂
And the colors? So pigmented, and yet I still like the way they pair with the soft, springy blues in the Eye Quartet Mineral Palette in Blue Sky and the sheer Instant Light Blush in Coral Tonic.
Who’d a thunk it?
Wearing Clarins Prodige Lip Gloss in Candy
From the left: Gloss Prodige in Blackberry and Candy ($20 each), Instant Light Blush in Coral Tonic ($28)
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Give Your Brows a Light Lift With New Benefit High Brow Glow
Windows work both ways, and when you’re singing Careless Whisper in your car at the top of your lungs, PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU!
I don’t know what it is about that cheesy song, but I’m physically incapable of sitting still when I hear it. It’s like some kind of druidic Wham spell that makes every cell in my body emote, especially when I’m driving and George really gets going.
“Tonight the music seems so loud. I wish that we could lose this crowd. Maybe…it’s better this way; we hurt each other with the things we wanted to say. We could’ve been so good together; we could’ve danced this dance forever, but nowwwwww I’ve blown that chance awaaaaay… PLEASE STAY!”
Long story short, I was on my way to Trader Joe’s this afternoon and waiting at a stoplight when Careless Whisper started playing on KOIT (Light Rock, Less Talk). So I was getting into it and started doing this American Idol face/Mariah Carey thing with my hands when I saw the guy in the car next to me hella cracking up.
Almost the same thing happened a couple weeks ago at home with the neighbor, so I appear to have this recurring issue with windows…
I don’t know if the laughing dude noticed how fierce and exceptionally lifted my brows looked today on account of how hard he was laughing, but if he did, new Benefit High Brow Glow ($20) gets all the credit.
This little tiger lives to accent arches, and if it’s giving you déjà vu, you’re probably recalling Benefit’s O.G. pale matte pink High Brow Pencil. When drawn and blended beneath the apex in the arch of your brow, it creates the illusion of a higher arch. I’ve been using it for years, but I’ve never been able to pull it off in spring and summer because it tends to look ashy on me once I have a tan.
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I Desperately Need to China Glaze Tonight
Yes, I just used China Glaze as a verb.
That’s the new Electropop collection. Swatches coming soon!
The Clarins Colour Breeze Eye Quartet Mineral Palette in Blue Sky and Conversations with My Cat
Conversations with my cat, January 19, 2012
Tabs: It’s cold and yucky outside today, Mom.
Karen: I know, Tabby.
Tabs: I miss the sunshine.
Karen: Me too, lovebug.
Tabs: When it’s warm again, will we go outside?
Karen: Of course. We’ll put your leash on and walk down the hill and explore. Maybe we’ll even see turkeys.
Tabs: Those birds are big, but I could take ‘em.
Karen: You sure could. It’s one of the pros of being a big-boned boy.
Tabs: Will we ever see blue sky again?
Karen: I know it feels like we won’t right now, but be patient. It’s like this every year. It gets cold and gray for a little bit, but then the sun comes back again.
Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we take out the new Clarins eyeshadow quad from the spring 2012 collection? It’s called Colour Breeze Eye Quartet Mineral Palette in Blue Sky ($40), and the colors look exactly like the sky on a sunny day.
Tabs: Okay. Maybe I can sit on your desk and look outside for a bit while you do your makeup?
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Another Great Stromboli Recipe! This One’s an Eyeliner From Dolce & Gabbana
Quick shout-out to my current eyeliner crush (that’s it up there, in all its glittery grayish black glory), Dolce & Gabbana Eyeliner in Stromboli ($30).
We’d actually been acquainted for some time, as the shade has been part of the brand’s permanent collection for a while, but it was only with the recent launch of the Dolce & Gabbana Charm Collection that we got to know each other better.
When I wear Stromboli along my upper lash line (I don’t use it on my water line because of the glitter), its little flecks of golden glitter shimmer in the light.
Fun! 🙂
Dolce & Gabbana Charm Eye Pencils from the left: Stromboli, Coffee, Black and Platinum
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Gimme Some Sugar
NOM! Cupcakes and a few pics from last night’s Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation launch in San Francisco.
Benefit Global Beauty Authority Annie Ford-Danielson
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