I fought the law, and the law won! 
Deborah Lippmann’s Punk Rock Collection, $19 each. Available now at Barneys New York, Bloomingdale’s Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and online.
DAILY BEAUTY: Deborah Lippmann’s Punk Rock Collection
Archives for July 2013
DAILY PHOTO: Stinky Snuggles
If I plan on leaving the house for the day, I always leave one of El Hub’s stinky shirts on the bed for Tabs to snuggle with. I think he finds it comforting. 🙂
Early Mornings, Late Nights and Crazy Cats Don’t Stand a Chance Against the Brightening Power of Chanel’s Convoitise Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow
Raising. The. Roof. Late ’90s style, for this shimmery pale golden cream, which I particularly enjoy on summer mornings when my cat wakes me up at 5 by using my boobs as his own personal obstacle course.
I think it’s the heat… It fires him up more than usual.
Chanel Convoitise Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow… Now that’s a mouthful.
It has a soft, almost bouncy texture — less dense than a MAC Paint Pot, but more solid than a Cream Color from Tom Ford — and lasts about 8-9 hours for me. With the littlest flecks of golden glitter, the reflective finish is definitely shiny, but it stops short of full-on metallic.
The first time I tried it was after a rough night when it was so hot in my bedroom that I spent most of the evening trying to make the backs of my knees stop sweating through sheer force of will (didn’t work). I must’ve gotten three, or maybe four, hours of sleep, and I looked broken down and wasted the next morning.
When Your Eyes Could Use a Little Fairy Magic, Give Them the Chanel Délicatesse Ombres Fleuries Quadra Eye Shadow Palette
Mermaids, elven archer girls and fairy princesses might not need the new Chanel Délicatesse Ombres Fleuries Quadra Eye Shadow palette because their immortal eyes already shimmer in sunlight, but mortal mavens looking for a luminous quad to fake their way into the Land of Fey could do a lot worse than this $60 quad.
The pink and plum shadows have an almost ethereal effect, like sunlight filtering through fairy wings, while the jade and mint green (yep, that white pan actually appears minty on my skin!) bring to mind images of water droplets glistening on a mermaid’s tail.
Part of the limited edition Chanel Les Delices de Chanel collection, Ombres Délicatesse Fleuries Quadra Eye Shadow isn’t only about spritely eyes, soft spring-like colors and delicate shimmer. It’s also about the Benjamins, as in it costs $60!
Containing colors with medium coverage, it’s one of those quads where you can pile on the layers like sediments in the Grand Canyon and never look like you’re wearing too much makeup.
If you struggle with blending sometimes, this could be a good quad to consider, because even if you accidentally apply too much, you can just buff it out and be fine. It’s kind of magical that way.
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Where’s the Strangest Place You’ve Ever Applied Your Makeup?
Trains, planes, automobiles? Rowboats, rickshaws, dogsleds, airport terminals? The bathroom at da cloob?
Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever applied your makeup?
Most of my doozies involve travel or deadlines. Or travel and frenetic rushing.
One time I applied NARS Amour blush in a bathroom on a ferryboat crossing the San Francisco Bay…which you might think could be kind of cool and poetic (“She braved the sea aboard a great ship to meet her love, sweeping NARS Amour across her cheeks as waves lapped against the hull…”), except that it wasn’t.
It actually really sucked. It was like trying to apply blush in a sardine can being shaken by a giant… Haha! I barely had enough room to raise my arm high enough to reach my face, and it was also dark in there, so I couldn’t see sh*t!
Oh, the boat was also rocking back and forth, too, which made me seasick.
And then there’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, the Bay Area’s subway system). Yes, I was one of those women applying her makeup at the crack of dawn on the train. And my car (as a passenger, I might add). And various airport restrooms (usually difficult because the lighting often sucks).
I can’t be the only one with stories like these (please tell me I’m not). Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever applied your makeup?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Happy 4th of July! 
What are you up to today?
Do you have the day off from work? Are there any cool fireworks displays in your area? El Hub always talks about popping firecrackers when he was growing up in Hawaii. Everything was legal there back then, even firecrackers and bottle rockets. Firecrackers are banned here, but there are some big fireworks displays, like a big one in San Rafael at the Marin County Fair. I really want to bring my camera and try my luck at fireworks photography.
Things are a little chill here today at Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC. Tabs is between modeling jobs, so he gave me the afternoon off.
After playing with makeup for a spell, I think I’ll sneak out to the pool.
Whatever you’re up to, have a great day, and remember that…
P.S. EDIT: Okay, I’ve been reading your comments, and uh…!? I thought my ferry one was weird, but apparently not. 🙂 Rachel, gurl, yours made me laugh out loud!
DAILY PHOTO: Hall Pass, Please! Tabs Needs To See Your Hall Pass
If you ever need to find Tabs, check the hallway. He enjoys chillin’ there on the ’70s-style disco tiles. I think he likes them because the tiles are cool when the rest of the house is hot…and probably also because they match the color of his furry tum. 🙂
It’s so cute! — except when he makes me step over him whenever I have to walk through the hall, like he’s guarding it, or when he swipes at my ankles because he hates what I’m wearing (which is most of the time).
I really need to start charging him rent…
That’s Right — I’m Singing About These New Treats From Chanel: The Chanel Les Delices de Chanel Aqualumieres in French Toffee and Friandise
Sung to the tune of the chorus in Katy Perry’s California Girls…
Aw-qua-lumieres
You’re unforgettable
When you left town
It broke my heart
Now that you’re back
Any-thing is possible
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
I feel like singin’. Every time I wear the Chanel Aqualumieres in French Toffee and Friandise, I see the world in a slightly better light. For the briefest of moments, the world seems less cruel, and I no longer feel the urge to shake my fist at the sky and roar, “WHY!? WHY CAN’T EVERY GIRL EXPERIENCE THE WONDERS OF CANDY GLOW!?”
Now that these limited edition glosses, which had been part of the permanent line but subsequently disappeared for a while, have returned to the Chanel line via the Les Delices de Chanel collection, I have hope again. Hope that no more makeup hearts will fall broken and shattered on glittery sidewalks. Perhaps Chanel will even bring back more of the colors, either permanently or in future limited edition releases like this one.
They’re just as wonderful as the ones I remember from Chanel’s permanent line. Mmm… They feel so good on my lips. Not sticky at all, and they’re bursting with moisture. They also have a barely there vanilla flavor and scent.
Gals who prefer long-wearing glosses might not like the limited two-hour wear time, but at least they feel great.
If you like the look of a nude lip but don’t want intense pink or peach tones, there’s shimmery sheer beige French Toffee, which should look really pretty with something like MAC Cork, or a golden brown nude lip pencil.
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The Long and Shorts of It: Old Navy Shorts on Sale for $10!
You know what they say: “You haven’t truly lived until you’ve worn a pair of mint green shorts with pink flamingos on the butt.”
Uh…I’m sure someone said that, right?
Babe, $10 shorts from Old Navy! I almost did a cartwheel in the store when I stumbled on these last night.
Ah, yes…this is one of those times when I realize just how much I am my mother’s daughter, because of how excited I get about a good sale, which reminds me, I need to call and tell her about this sale!
Before I went down there yesterday, I checked the website and saw that they had shorts on sale for $8-15.
Sweet! I thought, but I wanted to try them on in the store to make sure about the fit and colors.
I’ve purchased stuff online from Old Navy before, and the experience has always been a little hit or miss. The sizing’s inconsistent. I can try on three different pairs of pants in the same size, and each one will fit a little differently. I seem to have better luck in the stores, so nowadays I just brave the chaos (does anyone else get overstimulated at Old Navy?), and try stuff on.
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