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7 Places I’d Like to Wear MAC’s New RiRi Woo Lipstick
7 places I’d like to wear MAC’s new RiRi Woo Lipstick, a $15 limited edition, online exclusive collaboration with Rihanna
- To a fancy fashion party with Gwen Stefani in attendance. I’d walk up to her, point at her signature matte red lips, and then mine, and say, “Twinsies, Gwen! Twinsies!”
- To Trader Joe’s, but only if I’m also wearing it with Blacktrack, a pair of 33 Lashes, Blushbaby Blush and a sassy, pin-up girl outfit, because A) all those things would look killer with RiRi Woo’s cool, matte red color and B) I strive to live in a world where one dresses up solely to buy frozen broccoli.
- On a plane heading to the Cannes Film Festival (oh, someday!), because power reds go so well with crossing big dreams off of life lists. Of course, I’d also want to have a tube of hydrating lip balm with me, since RiRi Woo’s matte finish, combined with a climate-controlled airplane cabin, would dry my lips like WHOA!
- To a Tina Turner concert because, I dunno, I just think Tina’s a total @ss-kicker. I listened to Better Be Good to Me on the treadmill last Saturday and had one of the best runs of my life, seriously. If I were ever in the front row at one of her concerts, maybe she’d catch a glimpse of RiRi Woo on my lips as I screamed, “I LOVE YOU, TINA!!” at the top of my lungs.
- To a Mad Men-themed cocktail party dressed up like Betty Draper when she totally lost her her sh*t and started shooting birds in the yard, complete with nightie, prop cigarette and prop shotgun. If possible, I’d also incorporate toy pigeons into the outfit as well.
- To a vampire techo club, a la Blade (the first one), because who has time to touch up their lips when they’re dancing to New Order one minute and running for their life the next? It’s those unexpected fight-or-flight moments when long-wearing mattes like RiRi Woo (hello, 6-hour wear time!) really come in handy.
- To basically anywhere I’d also wear the regular Ruby Woo shade, since the two appear to be, more or less, the same color, with the big difference being, as far as I can tell, the hearts and RiRi’s signature etched into the side of the bullet.
RiRi Woo, y’all! Apparently, gals went ca-ray-zaaay when it went on sale on MAC’s website May 2. It sold out quicker than you can sing, “Umbrella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh!”
Okay, not exactly… It took about three hours, from what I hear.
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Smokey Eyes and a Smokin’ Hot Quad: MAC’s Temperature Rising Eye Shadow X 4 Quad
I cannot not wear smokey eyes in summer.
Wait — what did I just type? Cannot not?
Good grief. I meant to say that I really like wearing smokey eyes in summer (and spring, winter and fall, but I digress).
Even if it’s a billion degrees outside — or if it’s 2 o’clock in the morning and I’m getting ready for a 5 a.m. flight to the Maldives with Ry-Gos (I wish!) — won’t stop me. I will still get my smokey on, believe you me.
Why? Because life’s too short for second guesses when it comes to smokey eyes, even in the summer, and I’m going for it all this year — while still staying seasonally appropriate (you’ll see what I mean in a minute) — with the new $44 Temperature Rising Eye Shadow X 4 quad from MAC.
Smokey eyes play starring roles in the Temperature Rising collection, to which this quad belongs, and this baby’s built for gals/guys who’d wear purple smokey lids to a July 4 picnic without batting an eye. 🙂
It’s a rebel with a cause! — and with its mauve, gray, charcoal and violet shades, appears to stand out among more typical, traditional summertime palettes. Spend some time with it, though, and it’s summery references become more apparent. MAC sneaked hints of frosted gold into mauve Performance Art and the light, tanned peach Temperature Rising.
Very, very clever!
The quad is also smartly flexible. With these shades, it’s easy to dial up or down the smokey effect.
It comes with three medium shades and one dark, which you can combine in a purple smokey look, like I’m wearing here, or you could just as easily go for a mellower daytime eye look by sweeping one of the lighter shades on your lids, and lining your lash lines with the darker color.
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Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Vol. 270
You might be wondering, “So what the heck is this Monday Poll thing anyway?”
Well, it isn’t much of a poll. It’s more just a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past four years. I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
- Do you have very many baby pictures of yourself?
Not many, because it was the ’70s, before digital cameras made it so easy to accumulate 847 pictures on your iPhone.Just one slim album of faded snapshots at my parents’ house.
I guess I should be thankful that there aren’t more of them, since I’m either half dressed, crying or both in every single pic, haha!
- One piece of makeup you wore last weekend?
Maybelline’s Full ‘N Soft Waterproof Mascara, and thank goodness for it, too!I had the worst allergies last Saturday. Something my body doesn’t like must be blooming right now because I could barely see out of my watery, itchy eyes. We went out to a nice lunch up in Yountville, which is up near Napa, so I really wanted to wear something, but I kept my eye makeup to a minimum with just a cream shadow on my lids and a couple layers of Full ‘N Soft Waterproof.
- Have you ever been on a road trip in an RV?
Oh, yes. Have I ever. My parents got a motorhome back in the late ’80s, thinking it would be the greatest thing for the whole family to hit the open road and see the countryside.We drove all up and down California and the Northwest states in that thing. I was a tween at the time, and the last thing I wanted was to spend my every waking minute, for days on end, trapped in a cramped space with my parents (the whole teenage rebellion thing, ya know?).
I remember spending a lot of time sulking in the corner, looking out the windows and listening to tapes on my Walkman.
Yes, Walkman. 🙂 Debbie Gibson was a fave.
- Is there a color of clothing you wear more than others?
Black! I wear it so often that I could probably pass for a New Yorker.It’s easy, slimming, conceals tabby fur pretty well, and I can toughen it up or go super girly, depending on my shoes and accessories.
- Do you believe you have a sixth sense about anything?
I don’t know. Maybe? There have been a few times when I’ve have a very distinct image or clear understanding of something pop into my head, seemingly out of nowhere, and then days later, I’ll see what I saw play out in real life.I tend to go with my gut a lot when it comes to big decisions, and it’s usually right (thankfully), so maybe that’s also something like a sixth sense…or just good guessing.
- Today, I’m going to ______.
Finish my work by 5, and try to enjoy each and every moment along the way (or as many of them as possible). - If you could snap your fingers and improve any one aspect of your daily work life, what would you change and why?
I’d do something about my time management. I have a really, really tough time estimating how long tasks will take, and if I’m not given a strict deadline, I can almost guarantee I’ll lose track of time.Or, I’d try to not be so hard on myself (she says after talking about how bad she is as time management, haha). I push myself pretty hard. Probably too hard, and I don’t think its healthy.
- What’s one piece of makeup you’ve probably worn a thousand times before?
MAC Nymphette Lipglass… It was one of my MAC gateway products. - Who are some people (and pets!) in your support system?
El Hub, Tabs (in his own weird way), my parents and brother, my friends Jen and Cindy, and you, of course. 🙂 - Are you wearing any jewelry today?
My wedding ring, a silver Tiffany bangle and a pair of long chain earrings.
To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Le List
1. Do you have very many baby pictures of yourself?
2. One piece of makeup you wore last weekend?
3. Have you ever been on a road trip in an RV?
4. Is there a color of clothing you wear more than others?
5. Do you believe you have a sixth sense about anything?
6. Today, I’m going to ______.
7. If you could snap your fingers and improve any one aspect of your daily work life, what would you change and why?
8. What’s one piece of makeup you’ve probably worn a thousand times before?
9. Who are some people (and pets!) in your support system?
10. Are you wearing any jewelry today?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Bobbi Brown’s Face & Body Bronzing Duo
Bobbi Brown’s limited edition Face & Body Bronzing Duo ($42). From the Nude Beach summer collection available now at Bobbi Brown counters and online.
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Kiss the nose. Kiss it!
Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 242
“What in tarnation!?”
If Tabs could talk — what am I saying, of course Tabs can talk. He just chooses not to. 🙂 But if he did speak up more often, he would have had plenty to say about his walk today.
There was a ton of racket out there! — and Tabs thought it was very off-putting.
You know cats. They aren’t big fans of loud noises.
All Tabs wanted was to take his mind off his new comic book for a while and maybe chase a lizard, but between the neighborhood dogs howling at a distant siren and the neighbor building something with power tools, it was too noisy to relax.
Poor cat… Oh, well. He hopes you enjoyed the latest issue of The Husky Tabby.
Who is Tabs the Cat? About five years ago I befriended a stray, flea-bitten tabby cat with a bad case of worms. I could see he’d fallen on hard times, but his profound knowledge of high fashion and department store cosmetics led me to believe that he was more than meets the eye. We became fast friends, and now he’s actually my boss (and a successful kitty model).
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Listed in the Guinness Book of Cat Records as the World’s First Plus-Size Kitty Supermodel, Tabs the Cat honed his craft on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. You can view his extensive body (of work) here, Sundays With Tabs, the Archives: From Anastasia to Zoya. 🙂