Your nephew likes to be hand-fed echinacea leaves…
T-Money at Snack Time
Archives for May 2013
Is the Summery Smashbox Heat Wave Eye Shadow Palette Flexible Enough for Fickle Feline Enthusiasts/Makeup Lovers?
I’m equal parts enthralled and dismayed that there’s a TV show called America’s Worst Tattoos.
My mind wanders when it’s on…drifting like an asteroid in the Kuiper belt, but then I start to feel guilty for watching it, because I know that I should probably be doing something productive instead, maybe reading something more substantial, like The Grapes of Wrath or For Whom the Bell Tolls or Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret.
But I have learned one or two things from the show, like that there is A LOT of tattoo regret out there, and that because of my fickle nature, I should restrict myself to tattoos of the temporary Cracker Jack variety.
I’m way, waaaaaay too fickle for permanent ink.
Even if I went with something safe, like a picture of Tabs, how would I decide which one?? A single pic of Tabs to stare at for all eternity? But…he has so many good looks.
As an example of my fickleness, I can’t decide whether I prefer the powder eye shadows in the new Smashbox Heat Wave Eye Shadow Palette more when they’re applied wet or when they’re applied dry.
I like both ways for different reasons.
Flexible like WHOA!
Smashbox designed this palette of 10 warm and neutral summer shades to be worn wet or dry. A big WHOOP-WHOOP for that, right?
LORAC Tantalizes With a Six-Piece Golden Bronze Summer Set That’s Good to Glow: The LORAC TANtalizer Glow to Go Collection
My propensity to wait until the last minute has again left me without any fabulous Memorial Day plans…
Unless Jay-Z and Bey call or I win that Mega Millions jackpot, in which case you’ll find me in the Maldives in one of those luxury huts on the water, I’m pretty much stuck at home, puttering away.
Putt, putt, putt…
Of course, Tabs loves the fact that I’m not going anywhere because it means he’ll have his assistant to kick around and assault with his 20 pounds of brute force whenever he wants.
I suppose I should be happy that he doesn’t weigh 25…
Even though I’m staying local, I’m not letting that stop me from at least looking like I went away.
I want a relaxed glow, dagnabbit!
LORAC’s new TANtalizer Glow to Go Collection couldn’t have come at a better time.
This $36 six-piece limited edition summer set covers the bases for a classic golden bronze summer glow for your eyes, cheeks and lips.
Warm-toned gals from light to dark of differing makeup ability can all WERK Glow to Go.
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Come Here, First Timer! The Flirty Essie Resort 2013 Collection Invites You to Show Off Your Under Where In The Cab-ana
You know, I was just thinkin’…
Things could be a whole lot worse right now. I’ve got a roof over my head, a tabby in my life, gloss in my purse, and if I had to — in the event that Z-Day or an alien invasion occurs — I could probably hobble at least 10 miles to safety.
Truth be told, I can’t complain.
That’s not to say that I want a vacation. I do. I’d love one.
Heck, I’d love to spend a week hanging out by the pool at a five-star resort. Maaaan, that sounds good!
I’d want to bring Tabs and El Hub along, of course. 🙂 And definitely the four Essie Resort 2013 polishes, too.
I can see it now… Me, you, two of those inflatable mattresses in an infinity pool, and the Resort collection’s four creamy polishes on our tips and toes.
I think that’s exactly what Essie had in mind when they gave Mint green First Timer, aqua In the Cab-ana, purple orchid Under Where and reddish coral Come Here an intense, mirror-like shine.
Summer, summer, summertime!
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Get Newly Minted: 7 Mint Green Makeup and Beauty Products
I have a new post up on the Ladies’ Home Journal beauty blog, Gloss Daily.
Get Newly Minted: 7 Mint Green Makeup and Beauty Products
If you’re feeling mint green this season too, you might want to check it out.
While you’re there, could you please leave a comment/Tweet/Like the post on Facebook, too? Tabs will purr for you. 😉
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
J. Cat Beauty’s The Big Eye Pencil
Sweet, Snuggly Tabby
A few vintage Tabs pics taken in the fall of 2009…
The LORAC Mint Edition Palette Plays It Cool
Not that I need another clutch…but if someone were to build one based on LORAC’s Mint Edition Eye/Cheek Palette, I would not be averse to the idea.
I’m just sayin’.
How cute is this!?
With the silver and black accents?
I used to rock a pair of mint green Bongo Jeans in the exact same color about a zillion years back (it had zippers and bows around the ankles), and now I suddenly have the urge to put my hair up in a side ponytail with a scrunchie and peg my pants…
Mint — it’s EVERYWHERE!
What year is this again? Did we just go back in time?
Wait — I don’t think so, but LORAC looks like they did for the retro design. This eye, cheek and lip set launched earlier this spring, but it looks like it could have been released a few decades before that.
Regardless of the palette’s release date, mint is having a moment — I’m seeing it on purses, shoes, nails, makeup — and Mint Edition is riding the wave…
A complete look
LORAC included all of the basics for a minty fresh look in this $42 set (a $160 value) — eight eye shadows (four mattes and four shimmers), a powder highlighter, a powder blush and a full-sized liquid lipstick.
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