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Good morning, glory! I hope you slept well. I woke up a little earlier than usual today, and it feels a bit like Christmas morning, because I’m going to Sephora to take one of their free makeup classes. For fun. This one’s called Daytime Smoky Eyes (I noticed that they also have a Correct and Conceal class, which I might take later if I like this one), and when I talked to the girl yesterday to reserve my seat, she said, “You can bring coffee if you want to,” to which I said, “Hallelujah!” 🙂
Although mine will be decaf, but still…I’ll pretend it’s real coffee.
So I’m off! Have a great day today, and good luck in the giveaway. I’ll talk to you soon.
- One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).
- Enter by leaving a comment below.
- Open to U.S. and international readers.
- You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
- Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
- Is your pet very vocal?
- What’s your favorite poem?
- What’s the first mac product you ever used?
- Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner?
- Something surprising you keep in your car?
- Short and sweet or verbose and detailed?
- One entry per person.
- You must use a valid email address to win.
- The giveaway ends on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Happy Saturday! Whenever I attempt to go gluten- and sugar-free, I have to eat a lot of popcorn and watermelon so as not to smack anybody. ;-B
Oooooh, free makeup classes? Yes, please!
Hi Karen, the class sounds exciting! Take some pictures!
My favorite poem is by John Donne and it’s called “Good Morrow”.
My cat is very vocal at night time. She is pretty quiet the rest of the day and only when I’m trying to go to bed does she start meowing
I keep a pair of figure skates in my car!
Russian Red used to be my go to- now it’s Ruby Woo
Hi Karen hope you have a beautiful weekend.
Both of my yellow labs Rowdy and Bandit are very vocal especially when it is diner time.
My first Mac purchase was a blush named Bardot.
I am a visual learner.
I first started using their Studio Fix Fluid Foundation and I still really like it!
I bought my first MAC products durint a trip to Paris! There was the Hello Kitty collection and I bought the small purse and the Fast Friends lipglass!
Have fun at your class! I can’t wait to hear about it.
I keep a hammer in my car. In case I have to break my window (car goes underwater) or I have to bust someone upside their head (thief)…:)
Hi Karen!
My firts MAC product was, probably, Tempting/eyeshadow. Or perhaps, Brave/lipstick…
Hi there! I recently decided to start a beauty blog and your blog was one of the biggest reasons why! I love the way you review items…it doesn’t seem staged, it just seems like you’re talking to friends. And I am trying to get over my fear of posting photos of myself, so seeing you post real photos, not ones where you’re doing the same serious face in them all, is such a great example for me!
Keep doing what you’re doing, and thanks for being a great influence for inspired bloggers like me!
My cat is always purring, but she’s not normally very chatty unless she is hungry!
We keep lotion in the car. Is that weird? Haha
I have two rescue cats and a dog and out of the three the tiger-striped cat is definitely the most vocal. She cries when I wont give her canned food, she yells at the door to the upstairs when she isnt in the mood to be downstairs again and she does this little sad meow when she wants me to pet her. She is the weirdest, she shoves her head into my armpit when she is getting cuddles lol.
I think the first MAC product I really ever used was a few eyeshadows & blush, like Shale, Samoa Sand, and Frankly Scarlet! The first MAC lipsticks I ever had were an LE Year of the Snake Plumful and Sandy B (just like my mom’s name!)
Hello Karen, and happy Caturday!
Yes, indeed my cat is so vocal, may it be in the morning, or during the night, nothing stops her… what made me call her Adele. Yes, she has the same voice, nature create miracles sometimes!
Talking about cats, my favorite poem is Le Chat by Baudelaire ( a beautiful comparison of a cat with an intriguing lady ), I think you might find good translations online.
Last, I am definitely a visual learner, and I bet no one have ever seen anything similar to my writing drafts, which consist in words, crosses, arrows, unidentified signs etc.
I have 3 Great Danes (over 350 lbs of dog) that keep me on my toes everyday! Each one has their own unique personality and I love them as if they were my children…..their quarky thing is that they cannot each their food without Parmesan cheese sprinkled on it!
My 6 month old looooooves strawberries. 🙂
Happy weekend! Our Yorkie is VERY vocal. He is also very smart and friendly. Thank you for the giveaway!
I didnt know they did free makeup classes? Please report back in the quality.
My first ever MAC product was a nude lipglass, looked horrible on me, but it was all the rage back then.
My dog is from the local Humane Society. So glad that we adopted her two years ago!
I am totally a visual learner. If not, I’m zoning out!
As someone who is preparing for exams right now, I’m very aware of being a visual learner which kind of sucks because the courses are too broad to summarise/graph 😀 (which is legitimately the best way to learn economics, seriously!)
Also, the first mac product I got was lipstick (I’m still not sure how that even happened), ‘Spice it up’, I think it was, and it spiraled from there 😀
Enjoy the class and the coffee, Karen. 🙂
My favorite poem is called “A Reason,A Season, A lifetime” such a meaningful poem in fact I have it tattooed on my chest (:
The first mac product I used was Enchanted One from the alluring aquatic collection. The makeup I bought then was my first mac purchase, and it was even mofe magical because it released online on my actual birthday <3
The first MAC product I ever used would have to be one of their matte lipsticks when I was in college… many many years ago! I still love their mattes!
I have a very vocal cat. He’s got a strong, round, yowl-y voice. I joke about enrolling him in opera classes at the Sorbonne; my husband’s pretty sure the neighbors think we torture him.
On the plus side, he’s really good about telling us exactly what he wants! … All the time. Has your cat ever woken you up before dawn because he decided there wasn’t enough ice in his water bowl, or because his food bowl had the audacity to be less than half full? That’s pretty much my life right now.
When I first started going to M.A.C. cosmetics, which was about a year ago, I started off buying two products.
1. Blush all day pro long wear blush.
2. Angel lipstick
My friends kept telling me to start going to mac because they had amazing products. So I took it to the test and tried it. I instantly fell involve with the blush. Till this day I own 3 of them. And the lipstick was amazing in my opinion. Believe it or not, I am wearing the lipstick and the blush right this instant.
If I win the $50 M.A.C. gift card, I would spend it on the new eye shadow X 15: Warm neutral palette. One of my friends has the same palette but the darker shade and I have tried it and it is truly an amazing purchase for the price of $48.
I am sorry I wrote so much for this contest.
Yah for weekends…and a sunny Saturday! For this contest, I’d like to pay homage for my longest love, MAC’s Taupe lipstick. When I found a companion lipgloss that would complement the colour, I was over the moon. So cheers to a lipstick that transcends what’s ‘in’ today and gone tomorrow. xoxo
My dog is very vocal. He loves to talk. And if he isn’t making noise he is “speaking” with his eyes. He has that puppy face and will kinda raise his eyebrows and tilt his head-usually to beg for a treat. He will also sit by his treat drawer and raise his paw (he thinks if he shakes it means an automatic treat).
Karen you have to update us on how the Sephora class went! I’ve wanted to go but am skeptical because I’m a MAC lemming. There’s something about MAC’s technique and the way they put color together that I don’t find anywhere else. What did you think of the class?
Is your pet very vocal?
I had a Fred (orange tabby) that talked my ear off and was after me constantly for lap time and massages. I absolutely adored that cat. Wilma (white calico with rust and black spots) only deigns to acknowledge or speak to me when she wants something but she does show me her hiney quite a bit. She thinks it’s a gift, apparently. Sammie (snowshoe) is adorably quirky and we call him “an odd little dude”; he’ll break into conversation at 3 in the morning or walk around the house talking to the furniture and headbutting everything (the couch, my legs, the dog, the cabinets, corners) and he doesn’t really meow, it’s more of a guttural “MMMMMMRRRRREHHHHHH”. Sometimes it’s a question, sometimes it’s a statement. He’s got a great purr.
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
I can’t remember but I remember I was using Ultima II at the time, and went in for a makeover from MAC on a whim and was so in love with what they did to my face that I bought everything from the makeover. I know I WAY OVERUSED the studio fix pressed powder compact and went through those like they were going out of style.
Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner?
Great question. Visual – I don’t know if I started that way but I think since information is given in a more visual manner these days, I’ve acclimated. I don’t know if you can switch modalities like that but I feel like at one point I preferred auditory. I think we are all primary kinesthetic learners and have a secondary, complimentary preference.
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed?
Trick question!! I was going to say short and sweet but it depends on the context and or conversation. If it’s an interesting topic for all involved and we’re all listening and then discussing, I don’t mind someone being verbose and detailed because I like that kind of in depth conversation. But if it’s just a drama update or superficial crap, keep it short and sweet. The trick to a conversation, I think, is you have to be interesting and interested.
Okay, side note: Passing through a common work area the other day, I heard someone repeating over and over again, “Oh my God, that’s so funny. Seriously, that’s hilarious. Totally funny. You are so funny.” But they didn’t laugh. It’s like they had facebook or instagram brain and were just commenting but they weren’t engaged, you know? Maybe whatever was said wasn’t that funny but I don’t think so because most of the others were laughing, and not the polite, canned laughter either – it was sincere belly laughing. Maybe that person was just a mirthless s.o.b. and immune to humor. Maybe they are just too cool to genuinely belly laugh over something. But probably the other person didn’t think it was funny because they just wanted everyone to shut up so they could say what they had been waiting to say the whole time. It seems like there is always one narcissist in every conversation. From an observation standpoint, it was just odd.
My dog really wants to go swimming today!
I’m a visual learner.
We have three pets! I guess they are all vocal in their own ways. Our cat uses meows to issue her list of demands (it’s long) our bullmastiff is a whiner cause he’s a big baby. I think our german shepherd mix is the most vocal; she barks, huffs, and even talks back sometimes! She’s very chatty
Definitely a visual learner! I can watch tutorials on YouTube and not be like huh? lol
My cat Tulip is very vocal. She will let you know what she wants and can meow for hours until she gets what she wants
My cat is very vocal, we have conversations.
My cats are not super vocal most of the time but at night one of them whines non stop to go in my son’s room, and then once there he whines non stop to be let out. This lasts hours. And my other cat will talk when we go in the kitchen because he wants treats every single time he sees anyone near the the treat cupboard.
My pets are very vocal. They are pretty much human beings. ❤️
My first MAC product was a lipstick called Toffee. That was when MAC first came about as a Canadian company and I came across their counter on a trip to Montreal in 1984. I believe I still have that tube somewhere but their lipstick formula has greatly improved since then.
Definitely more visual, I prefer reading a blog to youtube videos 🙂
The first MAC product I purchased was B-Cup Lipstick when I was thirteen (more than a decade ago…). Not only was it an overly-frosty light pink, but it didn’t flatter my skin tone whatsoever lol. I still loved it!
verbose and detailed
Gmorning Karen! Love your blog! Im on the hunt for Pink Treat cremestick liner and am so sad they discontinued these! Whyyyyyy!
You have inspired me to think about taking one of those classes — as long as I can bring coffee! Do let us know how it is!
MAC was the first brand of cosmetics I used — the first lipstick they put on me was hug me and I still have one in that color. But now I do not wear such nude-y tones, I am all for orange and red. I need to get me Lady Danger. I am also eyeing the new viva glam coming out — right in my orange red wheel house :).
With coffee, I can soapbox for hours about anything, without, I am short and sweet.
xx have a super day!
The first MAC product I ever bought & used was Ricepaper eye shadow! Still love it!
I have a Himalayan cat named Indy, and he can be very vocal at times, which in our case is a good thing. We call him our little alarm kitty. He knows our schedule, and if we don’t get up on time, he meows very loud to get us up 🙂 He will also pick up his “da bird” toy in his mouth, and meow at the same time telling us he wants to play. I love our little Indy buddy.
Happy Caturday! My favorite MAC lipsticks are MAC Media and MAC Film Noir.
I think the first MAC products I used were lipsticks in hue and myth in high school!
verbose and detailed?
My cats are very vocal. One of my cats likes to knock on the bedroom door and meow at 3am.My other cat does a loud kitten meow when he wants his food 3 hours too early and when he’s bored.
Such a great blog! Thanks for the giveaway!
I am more of a visual learner.
One of my cats Morris is very vocal and demanding he will even tap you until you pay attention to him lol.
I talk to my dog but he nerver answers! He is agood listener! Lol
I never seem to win anything but thought i would try anyway!
I’m definitely more of a visual learner.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Clear Lipglass. This was before they had colored lipglass and it was when Rupaul was modeling for them. I still use it to this day. I can’t go anywhere without it.
my dog I thought was quite vocal but compared to other dog he’s quite docile.
What fun questions. My first Mac product was a lipstick a friend passed on over a year ago. My next purchase was painterly paint pot – which I’ve never used. I bought it bc. I was new to makeup and heard it was great. But learning more about makeup, I really don’t need it. My skin is dry – and even toned -so I can use Elf, Fergie wet and wild, or too faced primer and they work great. And I hadn’t realized that in addition to solid priming, paint pots were to cover up uneven skin tones. My skin tone is even. I really don’t need it – although I’ll try it someday.
Only last month did I buy Mac products I’m loving. At a Cosmetic outlet center, I bought a couple of blushes and lipsticks. I just love the shades. I’ve been on a quest to find lip colors I can pull off – and tried so many that were too stark,dark, or bold on me. The Mac shades were special. Love them.
Lynn.
My cat is very vocal during the night! My first MAC products were Blot powder and eyeshadow (Satin Taupe). Thanks!
My first MAC product was a lipstick called Taupe. Since then this is my favorite lipstick .
My first MAC product was Speak Louder Creamsheen Lipstick 🙂
The first makeup product I ever used from MAC was their lipstick in Touch. I was still in high school and wanted to try out a high end nude lipstick after I got my first real job. Here it is 10 years later, and I still keep a tube of it in my collection. Love the color and the formula!
I have 3 cats and they are vocal at different times. My girl cat always chirps when she hops into bed.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Clear Lipglass. This was before they had a website or the colored lipglass. It was also when Rupaul was modeling for them. I still use it to this day. I can’t go anywhere without it.
Have you heard of Thinx? They are period panties. It sounds silly but I totally want to try them. If I’m going to miss my pad and hit my underwear, I might as well make it underwear that’s made for that purpose.
Hi Karen! Hope you enjoyed your Sephora session today! I enjoyed a MAC make up session yesterday while sampling the Haute Dogs collection. I don’t really remember the first MAC item I ever purchased because I purchased several items together -but I believed I got a lipstick, a paint pot eyeshadow, and several brushes. It was a hefty purchase, but it was worth it because until this day I am using the brushes. They are a good investment!
My sweet kitty only meows once a day at night when she jumps into bed to be petted, Other than that she is a silent ninja.
My sweet kitty only meows once a day at night when she jumps into bed to be petted, Other than that she is a silent ninja.
I think Frostylids’s post is a great example of verbose and detailed while I am short and sweet. Born that way!
My first MAC product was “Melon” pigment. Quite the collection has since accumulated 🙂
BOTH my cats are very vocal!
I had a VERY VOCAL pet, a chinchilla, La Femme Nikita, yeah, I know, very appropriate because she was the most opinionated being -not human – I had the pleasure to meet. Every time I will take her out of her cage at night to run around, she will proceed to “accomodate” her behind to pee on the carpet, I will say “don’t do it!” She will look at me with crazy eyes, BARK at me, turn, stand on her rear feet, and PEE IN MY GENERAL DIRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will probably won’t believe this, but this is a real story. Even if I didn’t say a thing but look with accusing eyes she will do it! Why she waited until she was out of the cage is still a mystery to me. She was a migogynist too, as she only peed on women, never on men. She died, and I miss her. I had another chinchilla, Penelope, and she was sweet. La Femme Nikita was a bi%^&*, yeah, her personality was over the top.
My cat is very vocal, she is always meow at me .
I am a college student, and definitely more of a visual learner. I could never survive finals based on lecture recordings and notes alone. I seek out documentary videos and Khan Academy videos on the relevant topics so the material will sink in better and make studying less tedious. I still use the recordings and notes – but I don’t remember the material well if I use them alone. I also like professors that use a lot of visual presentations (e.g. PowerPoints with a lot of pictures instead of just text)
My first Mac product was Coppering eyeshadow and a concealer
I like lipstick
Meow! Happy Caturday.
I’m definitely more of a visual learner.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Clear Lipglass. I got it before they had a website, before they had colored lipglass and when
Rupaul was still modeling for them. I still use it all the time. I don’t go anywhere with out it.
Short & sweet & to the point!
I’m definitely more of a visual learner.
My first mac products were paint pots! Bare study and indianwood I do believe. My first products I fell in love with though were the lipsticks. Creme Cup and Creme d Nude were my first. Still have and love!!
Have a good weekend, Karen!
The first Mac product I used was… a lipstick of course ! (pure red !)
The first mac product I ever brought was the ruby wu lipstick! 🙂
Just got a puppy a month ago and he is adorable! He doesn’t bark too much although sometimes when he’s playing he will growl at his toys. He also tends to bark at his shadow when we take him out at night.
Happy weekend, Karen! I wish that I could always be a sweet and short spoken person–that’s actually a trait I really admire, because being able to condense your thoughts can make it easier (and faster) to be understood by your audience. Especially these days, when everything is all about instant gratification; taking too long to “get to the point” almost guarantees that some folks are gonna check out early…
But alas, as much as I’d like not to be, I’m sure this long-winded reply tells you exactly what type of person I am 😉
Just adopted a 6 yr old Maine coon cat. She’s big, adorable, loving cat. I’m happy that I saved her
I have a British lab dog named Nikki and she’s very social! She loves everyone!
Would like feedback on the class, generally I am not thrilled with make overs or classes in stores, as they are not much different than what I normally do
Verbose and detailed.
I keep a saddle in my car.
I think the first MAC product I used was clear lipglass.
The first ever mac product I used was the creamsheen lipstick in Asian Flower. I still have that one in my collection too!
I’m very much a visual learner.
Also, we have a dog, and he’s only vocal at certain moments, such as when visitors come, or when I’ve been gone for a significant length of time. At those moments, he whines. I like quiet pets.
My cat, Bailey, used to be very quiet, but she has become quite vocal in the last few years. She’s 11 now (and currently curled up asleep next to me) and she’s decided she needs to get her way ALL the time! My husband gives her part of a can of cat food when we come in from work, so she goes crazy if he comes in and doesn’t immediately feed her. When she’s irritated with something you’re doing (or not doing), she grunts. It’s the most hilarious and unexpected sound. She puts her whole body into it to – you see the grunt go through her! I think she might have learned that from me, as I often grunt when I’m irritated (or sleepy). She’s horrid when she knows we are up, but haven’t come out of the bedroom (we have a baby gate up (though no babies!) because she was having accidents in the bedroom, so she isn’t allowed in anymore). Relentless yowling until you either come out or throw something close enough to scare her off. And she is adamant that she should get combed or brushed anytime you are combing or brushing your hair. So, every morning and every evening I have to either brush her or fight her off because she will not quit until she gets her way!!
And that’s just the cat – don’t get me started on how vocal the guinea pigs are!!
I really want to take the Sephora ‘Correct and Conceal’ class too. More like I really NEED to…
My 10yr old mini goldendoodle has become really vocal in the past year. We blame it on crankiness in her older age. And she’ll ignore her commands/training to stop barking. Reminds me of Grouchy Old Men!
My pup is very vocal! And my first mac product was Viva Glam V.
The first MAC product I ever tried was Heroine Lipstick and I became hooked very quickly haha
Happy Caturday!!! =)
Luv MAC! Thanks for the great blog!
My first MAC product was a purple eyeshadow, I bought from Macy’s because I was working there. I also bought a shadow for each of my close friends, it was their first MAC too!
Hi Karen!
How come you always stick to decaf? I recently found your blog and I’m in love with your videos and swatches. It’s so nice to find a beauty blogger that has the same skin tone/shade as me!
Anyways, my first Mac product was picked up this summer. It’s the persistence lipstick and it is my favorite lipstick ever.
I’ve taken several classes at Sephora. They’re fun and I really like being able to try new products and tools.
My first MAC product was a tube of Ruby Woo lipstick paired with the Cherry liner. I’ve been hooked since!
Sounds like a great class! One I need as I learn better by hands on! And with coffee. Love to win..as usual!
My dog does not make a sound, even when one of nieces has accidentally hurt her. She had barked maybe twice in her life.
My cat, Cheezit, has been super vocal ever since he was a kitten. When I changed apartments from the midwest to suburban D.C., and he was still getting used to less space, I’d get home in the evening to hear his caterwauling before I even got out of the elevator.
Jabberwocky
Mac eye kohl in smolder. Still my go-to eyeliner, but it’s learned to share with Urban Decay’s bourbon.
Definitely a visual learner. I need to read stuff to really get it.
A copy of Jane and Michael Stern’s Road Food (in case I happen to find myself near a great diner and don’t even know it), packets of Justin’s nut butter, and my horseback riding helmet.
Verbose and detailed. Give me all the words!
My first MAC product was their lipglass and I use Coppering all the time. Hope the class went great! Please report back!
I am definitely a visual learner
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
My Lipstick in Salon Rouge
Is your pet very vocal?
Not really but she is very vocal to other animals. But she gets more agitated than vocal with humans.
Hi Karen!
My first MAC purchase was lipstick in “Angel” and the mineralize skinfinish in “Soft & Gentle.” These a few of my everyday go-to products, I love them!
Hi Karen! I’m a do-it-myself learner usually, I like to figure it out on my own by trial and error, but if thats not possible, listening helps. Like when I learned to surf, it was trial and error and watching others. When I learned to play guitar, it was trial and error and guidebooks. And when I learned to speak french it was all by listening to lessons on CD. So I’m a multi-layered learner! haha 🙂
My cat Lilly is a Siamese and she is the most talkative cat I have ever had! She meows constantly half the time I’m like how are you still meowing aren’t you tired? She has just always been that way funny thing is that My grandmas cat is the opposite he almost never meows and when he does its so quiet you barely hear him.
Visual learner!
My first Mac product was Taupe lipstick. I still love it today.
My shaggy boy (my cat) literally chases me around my house when I get home from work for lovin. He wants to be petted right then. No taken off jewelry shoes. Nope I have to pet shaggs. If I do not he tries to grab me he chases me jumps on the closet thing to me so he can grab at me to get my attention. I would not say verbal but you know hev is there. Especially when he grabs your arm with those claws I should of had removed. Just couldn’t do it to him.
Happy Saturday, Karen!
My favorite poem is “The Tiger” by William Blake, closely followed by “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron.
I first walked into a MAC store looking for peach eye shadow & I walked out with Saddle & Rule. Combined, they’re the perfect peachy shade for my skintone.
I almost died when I read your first question – asking if my cat is vocal is like asking if one needs oxygen to survive! My cat is SO vocal sometimes we have to give her “time outs” in the bathroom so we can concentrate at the task at hand, though we can still hear her meowing through the door. She’s a black cat, but her chattiness makes me think she may be part siamese. Her non stop meowing sprees can be really annoying but we love her for who she is. Meows and all!
I have two babies, one cat, one dog. The cat Lily is only vocal when she needs to alert us to an emergency, like empty water dish or low-level crunchies, or maybe we haven’t noticed that it is time for wet food. The dog is a rescue chihuahua that apparently spent 3 years in a puppy mill, so she doesn’t bark at all. In 6 years with us, she has barked about a dozen times, but she always finds ways to make her wishes known. She is spoiled rotten, they both are, but that is what happens when you love your babies. 🙂
I am a very visual as well as hands on learner. Made for a very interesting nursing school experience LOL. My saltwater fish are absolutely lovely in that relaxing way that lowers my stress level on the daily! Not very talkative though and the hubby says I talk to them like babies. What does he know anyway 🙂
My favorite poem is this one by Emily Dickenson:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
In my car, I have a hand-shaped card that came with some gloves.
auditory learner
I have a couple of favorite poems but the one that got me more interested in poetry is titled “How to Love Your Depressed Lover” by Donna-Marie Riley.
My first Mac product was Russian Red! Can’t beat a classic
My cat Kitty that we’ve had for two years. A rescue is fairly vocal. Only when she want out or in or you sneak up on her and pet her she’ll let out a meow. My other cat Delilah is fairly quiet. Weirdly enough we just got home from looking at puppies. We will be getting two 🙂 unless we change our minds in the next two weeks.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Baby Sparks dazzleglass. Still love it to this day!
I like to keep things short and sweet.
My cat will huff at me if I don’t follow her exact orders, it’s hilarious, really. Sometimes I think she’s my Mother reincarnated. Yikes! LoL
I’ve been an animal lover and a makeup lover my whole entire life. I’m hoping that in the near future more makeup brands become cruelty free.
The MAC eye kohl in Smolder was my first high end makeup buy!
The original Viva Glam lipstick was my first MAC purchase! I bought it at the MAC store on Bleecker Street in NYC. It was a total 90s moment!
I an definitely a visual learner. If I attend a verbal lecture I get lost trying to imagine the information in a graphic way.
Maybe not so surprising but definitely unusual, in my car I have… a polar fleece blanket, 2 to 5 hats, at least 4 jackets ranging from the lightest rain shell all the way to down filled, a riding helmet, riding boots, rubber rain boots, crops and dressage whips, a grooming kit with hoof picks, curry combs, brushes, sweat scraper and fly spray and another kit with soap, hand sanitizer, toilet paper and paper towel because you never know how well stocked a barn latrine will be.
The first MAC product I bought was a glaze lipstick called Her Fancy. Have a sweet weekend, Karen!
a visual learner
My first Mac product was the spice pencil in 96. Oh how I loved that thing. I bought a few backups and was devastated when they changed the color.
One of my cats is very vocal. He meows whenever he wants attention. The other one is less vocal, though when he wants something, he squeaks. I always know who is being demanding.
Happy Saturday everyone, my first Mac is actually a lipstick is MAc teddy
We adopted an older cat 2 months ago. He’s not very vocal compared to the Siamese cats we used to have. When he’s unhappy with the lack of food in his dish he starts batting at his water and splashing it all over.
My cats are usually pretty quiet, but they get vocal when they get the crazies and start zooming around the house for no obvious reason. Gotta love ’em!
Way excessively verbose and detailed! Have fun this weekend, Karen!
Hi Karen! Happy Caturday! My first Mac purchase was lipstick of course! I bought Twig, which I have purchased many times, and Verve.
My first MAC product was Up The Amp lipstick.
Visual learner. I must study with music or to the TV on though.
Our cat is getting on 10 years old now so she has gotten quiet. Except when she is grump 😉
My first Mav product was Oh Baby lip gloss and chestnut lip liner!
My first Mac product was the prolongwear concealer and I have hardly used it since then because it’s so drying!
K & T – My ancient journalism degree decrees – Short & Sweet! Happy wknd u 2 🙂
The first MAC product I used was the satin lipstick in Rebel. I love it and wear it all year long not just during fall/winter
I have a lot of poems I love, but my all-time favorite one is “if everything happens that can’t be done” by e.e. cummings.
My dog Bella is very vocal when she wants to go outside and play ball. She does the cutest yodeling thing….I’ve never heard another dog make that noise!
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
My first Mac products was a present the lipstick Ruby woo
Yesss! My dog is very vocal…she barks when she wants to go outside! She makes this high pitch sound when we get home or she’s excited about something. Pretty much, she’s always making some kind of noise.
My first MAC product was a paint pot in Groundwork. I love it!
Happy Saturday Karen, I do hope you had a great time in the makeup class. I’ve thought about taking a few of them myself just to help out with my skill.
Is your pet very vocal?
I don’t have a pet.
What’s your favorite poem?
You do the math – by me
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
I believe it was a concealer.
Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner?
Visual.
Something surprising you keep in your car?
Nothing really.
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed?
It all depends on what it is. Some things I keep short and sweet and some things I need all the details. ALL THE DETAILS!!
Definitely a visual learner
Is your pet very vocal? -I think my cat Kelsey is just weird but she make a sort of squeaking sound when she meows, ee-ee. Lol it cracks my family up and we call she squeakers sometimes. She can meow normally when she’s scared or mad. Sometimes she even growls when she really really wants outside or doesn’t want you to take her off your lap. She would never hurt a fly and when she growls I know she would never bite, she’s just letting us know she really really reallllyy wants something at that moment.
What’s the first mac product you ever used? – Prolongwear concealer!
Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner?- Visual for sure
Something surprising you keep in your car? – Dance shoes, about 6 pairs LOL. Dancers know the struggle.
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed? Short and sweet!
My 17 year old striped long hair girl Toddie who resembles the Naked palette is a big talker with a big vocabulary. She is especially loud meowing at night as she hunts her little foam balls . Sometimes she will bring me one when I am sick. She also likes to hides them. Verbose. Favorite poem is Fog….little cat feet…..visual.meow.
My chihuahua, Coco is verbal in her own way. She doesn’t bark very much but snorts when she wants to tell us something.
I have to put a little coat of Vaseline on my lips at all times because I can’t stand how they feel dry without them. I use lipstick on top of my layer of Vaseline, but I hate how it somewhat mutes the lipstick. I guess I need to find a color that is crazy-bold so it will still pop over the Vaseline.
Visual learner.
My first Mac product was the Blot powder.
To continue from last weekend’s post, oh yes my cat is very vocal. To the point where my SIL is weirded out by her. And I kid you not, my cat likes to FaceTime. I’ll be FT’ing with my mom and she will come sauntering in the shot, tail high and meowing sweetly as if to say “Oh hi there!” I’ve never had a cat like her and couldn’t imagine life without her.
I can’t wait to hear what you thought about the class!
Definitely short & sweet/terse vs. verbose! & I swear my one cat has a human brain or was a human in a former life, he KNOWS things, talks back to you, & even touches you with his paw if you’re not paying attention to him & he wants attention lol
I hope you guys have a great weekend, Karen 🙂
Today I snuggled ALL THE KITTIES! I went shopping at our local hardware and they have a store cat who wanted me to carry her, so I did of course. Then I went to a friend’s for a BBQ and snuggled his two cats. Then I went home and snuggled my own two kitties. So a pretty good day was had! 🙂
I’ve been to a highlight and contour class at Sephora and it was a lot of fun – hope you like yours!
My dog barks every time someone leaves or enters the house!!
I don’t own anything from MAC but this gift card would be a good start!
I’ve never used a MAC product before, so I think this would be a good opportunity to give it a try. 🙂
Wet Hot American Summer is a fantastic movie.
Sadly allergic to dogs and cats (especially 🙁 ) so can’t comment on their vocal levels. But give me a Claritin and I’m a good pet aunt to those that cohabit with my friends.
My MAC collection has come full-circle. I remember when it was first launched and we all ran to have their MUAs do their magic with us. While the lipsticks mostly spoiled and had to be tossed over the years since, I’ve kept virtually all the powders and liners. It’s amazing how many have remained standards. And last year, a MAC MUA suggested I try a lipstick that was going to be a hot color that season: Dubonnet, something I’d worn so many years back. Bought it right away and still love it.
We used to have a very vocal, adorable and funny parakeet. Unfortunately, he passed away at the age of 13 and we miss him every day. Now we have a very quiet goldfish. Enjoy your weekend!
I’m a visual learner! 🙂
Hello,
My cats are oh so very vocal. “We want to go out,” is the biggest concern they voice. They do not have an outdoor kitty commend centre, so I must accompany them while they are on harnesses, so it isn’t just an ‘open the door’ kind of thing. I can sometimes distract them with treats or attentions!
I am a makeup person from Canada rural Ontario who has yet to try anything from Mac cosmetics, what would be a good couple of products to try want to try fix plus for sure.
I just wanted to tell you that I truly enjoy your blog but your YT channel is amazing!! You’re so informative and thorough. Thanks for giving is the chance to win 😉
I DONT OWN ANYTHING FROM MAC! ? I know, I’m truly missing out. I have my eye on the studio fix concealer.. Need. Dis.
Hi Karen! Well my first Mac product was Ruby Woo, i love that color! It’s so perfect for day or night.. I started with that one but now i think im like crazy, i buy a Mac lipstick (my favorites are the matte colllection) everytime i go to the mall hahaha it’s crazy!! I spend all my money in Mac! My favourites right now are velvet teddy, pink plaid, taupe, and obvioslly Ruby Woo… I totally need this giftcard hahaha love you Karen! I always follow your blog! Love to your cat it’s so lovely xoxo
Ohh Baby Lipglass – 1999 – Wore it every single freakin’ day!
My first MAC product was the FIRST Viva Glam lipstick represented by RuPaul! That also may have been the first red lipstick I used.
I became a MAC convert in 2000 and haven’t looked back! Still use Studiofix every day.
My first Mac product was eyeshadow in honey lust!
Definitely short and sweet!
Is your pet very vocal? Only when it’s dinner time
What’s the first mac product you ever used? I wanted to get my makeup done for my wedding, but the makeup artists around here wanted $150 and I just couldn’t stomach that for ONE day. So I went to Nordstrom and had a MAC makeover and bought everything they used. I think I spent $130 but I had all the products to show for it.
Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner? Visual, I need to do it myself.
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed? Short and sweet.
I just bought MAC Mehr recently and it is love-laaaayyyy. I wish I could wear it everyday but sadly, no. Too much in the clinic setting. My first MAC product was the Russian Red and I still love it. Fave product ever.
My first MAC product was a lipstick. I got hooked immediately!
My first MAC product was Black Tied eyeshadow.
Definitely a visual learner!
My pet is vocal (with his facial expressions!) I swear he is always giving me some sassy face when i do something he doesnt approve of, like telling him to move over a bit! lol 🙂
The first MAC product I ever used were their eye shadows-and I loved them! They were so unlike anything I had tried before.
Let us know if you learn anything new from your class.
Good morning!!
The first MAC product I ever used was a lipglass. In fact, it was the Viva Glam Lady Gaga lipglass.
First MAC product was All that Glitters eye shadow. I have a lot of dupes for it, but I still like the MAC one the best.
Oh my gosh, I’m totally verbose, ugh.
Nice colors 🙂
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The first MAC product I ever bought and used is the Mineralize cream foundation. I found out later that it’s not really the thing to use on oily skin so I went back to try the studio fix powder foundation but I’ve somehow figured I prefer using liquid. Any recommendations within the MAC line for liquid foundation? I’ve looked into the Face and Body but the SA said it’s not the best for oily skin either?
Hi Karen,
This is my first time reading your blog and I love it, I just moved to a smaller town so your makeup and beauty advice is much needed! Have a great weekend!
Dominique
SPICE. Best lip liner color then and now. Thanks for all the fun giveaways!!
I have no clue what my first MAC product was because it was in the early 90s and I can barely remember what I had for dinner yesterday. I’m sure it was something not natural looking…you know, something really 90s.
My first mac product was a set of brushes. I still have them and use then daily. I just love them and they apply the product flawlessly except when my 16 year old blind and deaf 3lb dog screams at me causing me to jump.
A favorite poem of mine, as childish as it might be, is “The Garden” by Shel Silverstein. It’s about a farmer who grows jewels and gems instead of fruits and veggies, like pink pearl berries and gold pears. At the end, he stops and dreams about just having a peach. As a child I loved the descriptiveness and mental imagery, and as an adult I love the underlying message.
I honestly don’t remember what my first MAC purchase was but it was definitely either an eyeliner, lipstick, powder or blush :)). And I’m definitely a visual learner.
For some reason or another I cant make it to those classes
I have a whole bag of butterfinger candy bars stashed in my sock drawer.
My favorite poem is Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats. (Figures, it’s about death!) I generally love Romantic poetry though (mid or late 18th century)
My first Mac experience was actually a haul. I got a matchmaster foundation, a mineralize skinfinish natural, a prolongwear concealer, a lipglass (I think it was snob), and an oil control lotion. My favorite of the bunch to this day is MSN! I remember this cause I still have all of them. I don’t think it was more than three years ago!
My sister’s cat can be vocal. Love how he’ll respond to his name!
Is your pet very vocal? My dog is shockingly not a barker. She has only barked once and it was surprising to everyone, including herself.
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
Mac’s Verve lipstick
Mac is my fave makeup brand!
I have three guinea pigs with three different personalities. Mozzie is VERY loud only when he thinks you should be feeding him or when my husband grabs him out of the cage. He also purrs when I pet him. Jack is very quiet. Roy is a chatterbox. He’ll chatter in the cage and also when you pet him.
definitely a visual learner.
I have never used a MAC product before – I do, however, have tons of stuff from other low- and mid-range brands.
My first mac product was mac lipglass in oyster girl
What’s the first mac product you ever used? Lipstick in Twig.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
I love MAC, the first product I ever got from them was in 2006 or 2007. It was a fall limited edition quad with the most gorgeous burnt orange shade. I fell in love with it and have worn it every single fall since. I still have it!
My first MAC product was the Rebel lipstick !
I have fallen back in love with my MAC products after a long detour using different brands. My current fave is an oldie but goodie: Satin Taupe eyeshadow!
Oh, yes, my pets are vocal. We have 3 parrots, Jezebel (African Senegal), Pedro (White Capped Pionus), and Zeus (Congo African Grey). Jezebel tends to have “fits,” where she flaps her wings and screeches. Zeus chastises her and says, “Jezebel! Jezebel parrot! That is ENOUGH! That is NOT necessary!” If we are eating, Pedro will start begging and say, “Pedro eat! Pedro eat!” Zeus never fails to reply with, “Pedro shut up, Pedro shut up!” We do not teach these phrases, they actually think in abstract concepts and put them together themselves, which is what makes it so funny!
Hello everybody 🙂 my mind is working on visual basis,as I went to school I think I didn’t learn what’s wriiten in my book but how the sites look like.By examines I always closed my eyes and could imagine where the right informations I need stays written.I think it’s very interressant 🙂 P.S. sorry for my english 🙂
Something surprising I keep in my car is a hand held curling iron, you just never know when your hair is not cooperating!!
I think my first MAC eyeshadow was something very unwearable for a beginner… I do believe it was Electric Eel LOL It’s safe to say I never used it.
Hi there Karen! I hope all is well. I’d like to mention that my FIRST MAC product ever was ‘Myth’ lipstick. and you know what’s funny? It was only until I started getting into makeup that I hated how ghostly it made me look! Oh gosh, I was doing it all wrong (so embarrassed of how I must’ve looked on dates and such).
Best,
Lindy
I don’t remember the names.It was a moisturizer and foundation from mac.
The first MAC product I ever used was Angel Lipstick 🙂
First MAC product ever used was their blot powder.. still using it to this day : )
my cat is very vocal, when i come back from uni, she would just come running to me like she’s been waiting and then meow for like good 5 minutes, telling me all about her day and she would show me where she made a mess and if her bowl is empty. i love my cat!
I’m taking tiny steps into this big makeup world, 50$ worth of Mac products surely would come in handy!
Short and sweet please! Too many words and I stop listening.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Pro Longwear foundation in NW20! Still in love with it to this day! By far my favorite MAC foundation.
My first MAC makeup products I bought were Arena and Courdoroy eye shadows. I’ve been a MACAHOLIC ever since!! God forbid my purse were ever lost are stolen, to hell with the money it would be “Oh my god,my MAC makeup is in there” to which I would I would quickly go into withdrawl!! Lol
I always enjoy myself at Sephora University (lol); it’s the makeup junkie in me. My first MAC product was the clear lipglass. I’d rock that on my eyebrows, eyelids, lips and be on my merry way. Today’s makeup, is a different story…lol
The first MAC product I’ve used is their paint pot in Bare Study, whom was given to me by my mother’s work colleague. Since then I’ve only got to buy and use the Soft Ochre Paint Pot and their Modesty lipstick. I wish I could try their eyeshadows but Mac is so expensive in my country so IDK when that will happen.
Modesty is be best natural color!
The only make up class I’ve taken are the make up videos on YouTube LOL
The first MAC product I ever used was a coral colored lip gloss, I don’t recall the name of it now.
The first MAC product I owned was probably a lip glass – I can’t remember the name!
My first MAC product was actually Mocha blush. Nothing too exciting, I know, but it’s still one of my top 5 blushes ever!
Short & Sweet, like to get to the point.
My first MAC product was SkinFinish. Still a fan!
My cats are VERY vocal! They whine a lot 🙂
Ooh I hope you love your class at Sephora. I’ve been to 2 so far and I loved them. The classes were very laid back and relaxing. It kinda reminded me of having a slumber party and playing with makeup. I was suppose to go to the day to night smokey eye class this am but they had to cancel it. The class is tomorrow night and I’m working. I’ll just keep watching for the next one. I walked into my first class with my coffee. I figured they’d either ask me to throw it out or they’d say nothing. Thankfully, they didn’t seem to care that I had it. This was good considering I worked until 11pm the night before. Have fun
I am a visual learner
My first mac purchase was Raizin blush, a beautiful blush that I still love!
Coffee is a must!! In fact, I need to make some now! Have a great class!!!
My dog isn’t that vocal but he makes a humming noise when he is begging at the table like “hmmmmm”. I’ve never heard any other dog make that sound.
It depends but I like short n sweet
I have two brother-cats whose main goals are to knock any and all makeup off of my dresser 🙁
My first MAC product was a lipstick. I really like MAC lipsticks, as they don’t irritate my lips.
my favorite poem is Le Pont Mirabeau, by Guillaume Apollinaire 🙂
My first MAC product was the Black track cream liner I like it. It’s been a favorite since then that was 6 years ago. Thanks for the chance 🙂
This is such a great idea! I’ll need to pick up some new make up before I start work next month! I hope I win!
Mary Kate
http://www.mynewchicagolife.com
I strive to be short and detailed, trying to skip the sweet/verbose 😉
I love the MAC Nordstrom Naturals palette.
I’m still waiting to break into the MAC world and I’ve never had a beauty counter make over but I keep thinking this fall is the perfect time for a MAC make over.
I live in South Africa and last week my whole make up bag of MAC was stolen, myself and my little bunny bijoux lamented this loss whole heartedly. Would be crazy to win a voucher:) beauty starts from within-but MAC sure don’t hurt a girl 😉 have a great week!
I have a baby goat, that think she’s a dog. She follows my husband around while he does his chores outside, and bleats “maaaa maaaa maaa”. Very vocal! Funny creatures! :o)
Both my cat and my dog are VERY vocal. Let’s just say if I had my own reality show, I might end up a bit embarrassed by the amount of time I spend talking to my animals and them responding back to me. HAHAHAHAA!
My first MAC product ever was a mini lipstick set. Fell in love and started collecting.
the first mac product I ever used was Beurre lip liner and I’ve been hooked ever since!
I’d say our cats are pretty vocal. My favorite is when you ask them a question and they respond with a meow.
Hi Karen I actually write poetry and like this one I wrote recently, I hope you read it!!!!!
Mother Nature takes her toll
On complex creatures with gentle souls
She sends them rain when they seek solace
Her stars shine so bright it leaves them Aweless
Rays beam the brightest when they’re down
And shines their warmth upon their frowns
She opens their third eye so they might see
The striking beauty in a rugged tree
They look more closely and discover
That her roots connect us to each other
I’m also a cat lady and makeup & poetry obsessed! Love your blog and envy your complexion. Coveting many MAC items and keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
I love that you’re going / went to a Sephora class! I want to do one of those at some point, too. I bet it’s a lot of fun! In the meantime, it’s Sunday and I have delicious-smelling tea and a cat to cuddle…
The first Mac product(s) I used were lipsticks! I don’t have a very big Mac collection but I do enjoy their lipsticks! I would love to try their oil controlling moisturizer and a mineralized skinfinish.
I went to the NYXFaceAwards last night and got to see Charisma and Kandee! I was totally fan girling lol ><
I have a Miniature Pinscher (dog) named Princess Leah (yes, I’m a big Star Wars fan). Leah has a small delicate face and honking BIG ears. I think of them as satellite dishes. She broadcasts all of her emotions through them. It’s funny and cute and very helpful (given that I don’t speak Bark).
I am totally a visual learner!! You can try to explain something to me by talking but unless I have a visual in front of me I’m not going to have a clue what you are talking about! 😛
weather is heating up again! oh no!
My dog Beau is pretty vocal. He doesn’t bark or anything like that but he has other ways of communicating with me so I know what he wants. He gets all hyperactive and jumpy when he has to go to the bathroom/he’s hungry.
The first product I ever used from MAC was their Shy Girl lipstick. A college friend of mine helped me do my makeup for a costume party. It was such a fun night and she helped me to open up and be more experimental with makeup.
My very first MAC product was Brave Lipstick. I had no idea of the Kardashian craze over this color at the time and was very amused when all of a sudden this was sold out everywhere and people were desperate to get their hands on it! I just liked the color. Still one of my favorites.
My first MAC product was Twig lipstick. I still have it & still love it!!
I’m a visual learner for sure!
The first mac product I’ve ever used was the fluid line in blacktrack!
I love mac makeup.
The first MAC product I ever bought was the Clear Lipglass. I got it long ago. Before they had website, before they had colored Lipglass and when Rupaul was still modeling for them. I still use it all the time. I can’t go anywhere without it.
My first MAC product was SOFT and GENTLE.
I’ve actually never bought any MAC products before! But would love to start to!
My first MAC products were the Mattene lipstick in Café (wish they hadn’t discontinued this range), the Plushglass in Power Supply and the Studio Tech foundation.
My husband makes my father’s dog “sing” to him every time they see each other. Only he can get the dog to very high howls (much to the dismay of my daughter and cat). It’s too cute.
My one year old dog is vocal as soon as he hears some noise from another dog outside.
Our dogs are really well behaved. 🙂
Mostly.
Summer is almost over!!! 🙁
I hope this is okay for a comment, but I have been going to the Sephora beauty classes as well this summer. They have been so informative and full of surprises for me. I highly recommend the contour and highlight class. I attended the daytime smoky eye last week and it was great. It gave me a chance to try the Benefit They’re Real Mascara ..in blue!
Is your pet very vocal?
a cow sound : Moooe when she is sleepy or tired, She is a Dog 🙂
Yes she is a very different Dog in all the sense of the word
she is just different
The first MAC product that I ever used was their lipstick in Modesty. It was love at first site!
My cat Kreacher is pretty vocal. She makes sounds that remind me of a bird chirping, definitely not normal cat meows.
my first MAC product was carbon eyeshadow. It’s been a money pit for me since then…
My favorite poem is by Pablo Neruda”Poema 15″ is the epitome of melancholic romance in my opinion.
I am seriously considering quitting my elf brow kit and going after those Hourglass pencils!
The first MAC product I’v ever used? The Penultimate Eye Liner.
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed? That depends. I think for most everyday things, short and sweet. I think when the results depend on meticulous methodology, then more verbose and detailed please.
short and sweet
unfortunately verbose and detailed!
Short and sweet. I like people to get to the point straightaway.
luv the poem question…Nothing Gold Can Stay. First (and only) one I memorized.
Tabs needs to meet Alien Matilda cat!
Hello Karen and Tabs!
Gracie is vocal sometimes – mostly when she wants her noms…. in the morning – and sometimes when she wants to play. My very first MAC purchase was a lipstick… and I’ve continued to buy more and more – I love them. I’m now obsessed with their mascara, the zoom lash. I just ordered it from Nordy’s. I also got the Chanel based on your review and I love it. It’s everything you said and then some… hope I win!!!! Scratch Tabs under the chin for me….
Love,
Gina and Gracie.
I’m more of a visual learner.
The first MAC product I ever used was Patina eyeshadow.
Umm well when I pick up my cat Nikki.. she gets vocal hurhur
Verbose and detailed! One of my cats, Asa, is very vocal. Occasionally when he is yelling at me I wish he would quit.
Had to chuckle at that last suggestion, I so wish I could be short and sweet at times but I always feel compelled to give my full explanation. You must have all of the information! I got better at it with work in IT after many years of people ignoring everything but the first few sentences of an email, but have yet to apply that skill to other things. Like this answer. 😉
Happy weekend 🙂
My first ever MAC product was soft and gentle!
And my dog Oliver is very quiet- except when you’re supposed to be petting him. Then he gets a little vocal and likes to paw at you until you resume head pets.
Having a girls weekend here at the Santa Fe Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. First “vacation” since I became widowed. So nice to people watch and I am inspired to live life. As always no matter where i am, I always look forward to your blog. Have a good week Karen!
I’d love to hear how your class went! I’ve been wondering if I should go to any of those or not 🙂
Ah! My very first MAC product was the eye gel Fluidline in BlackTrack. I remember being so amazed that it didn’t smudge on my monolids!
I’m definitely a visual learner! I have a very good memory of anything I see too. It sort of freaks people out.
I have six dogs (Philippine native dogs) and 3 of them are very vocal groaning and sighing when they are hungry, sleepy and sick. 🙂
I think the first mac product I ever tried was Please me lipstick I was 14 and remember thinking “this is a beautiful, princess like pink”. I still have that tube, since I’ve turned to more dramatic lipsticks now, so yeah, Please me has been lacking love.
The first MAC product I used was the foundation!
Is your pet very vocal?
I have 2 cats (girls) and they are not very vocal. The older one is very quiet and has the tiniest meow ever, I love it. And the youger one (8 months) is a little bit more, she is very loud when she wants something or when she climbes very high somewhere. It’s like saying “heeey look what I did!”
First ever mac product I used was a baby pink lipglass which when I was 17 was *expensive*, and I loved how it swatched and the colour was ok but the more I wore it the more I hated it! It took me so long to get back into mac and try more things, now Pro Longwear is my every day jam and my lipstick collection has gone from zero to… slightly embarrassing in the last six months!
Is your pet vocal? Girl, I have two Siamese cats.They talk so much, any day I expect them to break into the “We Are Siamese” song from Lady and the Tramp. 🙂
My first MAC product was an eyeshadow, All That Glitters 🙂
I’m actually pretty sure my dog tries to speak english sometimes. She’ll look at me and start making little noises and moving her mouth.
I keep about six half-full water bottles in my car, under the seats. I never know when I might want to drink some old, funky, warm water.
Hi, I have recently come across your site and your contest, so am giving it a try. This is my year for all things makeup. The first product I got from MAC (this year)was Preferred Pink Lip Palette. It was an impulsive buy. Though one I don’t regret. My interest in all things make up surfaced this year. And I was told I had to try MAC. So I went to get one of Cosmo/ Twig/ Mehr lipsticks which I had heard so much about. But they didn’t look me. And then I tried my hands on the palette. The MUA convinced me of mix match among the colors and I bought it. At first I wasn’t sure I’d use Violetta, but that is actually my color to go after a mix with Please me.
I am not a poetry person but one which has stayed with me is the poem ” Agneepath” by Hrivanshrai Bachchan, an Indian poet. Second to it comes “The Apple Tree” by William Blake. I love the way a human life is captured in both these poems. One is about rising, the other about falling.
My first MAC product was Symmetry eye shadow many years ago….it was also the best facial contour ever! It used to come in a large pan too. I miss it!
I remember you posting earlier “does it feel weird to wear makeup around other people who don’t wear makeup” or something along those lines. My answer is “HELL YES!” I love make…LOVE makeup, but being around people who don’t wear makeup makes me at times feel like I’m too invested in makeup when I shouldn’t be?? Funny thing is before I started wearing makeup, it felt like everyone around me wore makeup and I was the only one who didn’t. Now that I am obsessed with makeup, no one I know wears it to the extent that I do, which is so disheartening. Everyone I know who doesn’t wear makeup says something along the lines of, “I don’t have the time to put on makeup”, which breaks my heart because putting on makeup is the best part of my day! Ha. I don’t think I’ll ever stop wearing makeup (I love it too much) but it does suck that more people don’t see how awesome it is and how fun it can be. It makes me feel pretty wearing makeup and well “why the hell shouldn’t I feel pretty?!?” Haha. Anyways…yeah I feel weird a lot of the time wearing makeup around people who don’t. =\
My pet is a bird, so yes, he’s extremely vocal. Sometimes I’d love it if Finny was a little less vocal, but then he wolf whistles at me when I come home after a hard day of work, and all is forgiven.
The first Mac product I ever used was fluidline back in high school. Haven’t stopped since!
I learn best with a mix of styles. Auditory, visual etc. too much focus on one and I have trouble visualizing details in my mind.
I am on the hunt for Viva Glam V lipglass. It seems that it was discontinued and it is one of my favorites. I need a backup.
my favorite lipstick is mac hautecore
Always wear gloves when cutting hot peppers. Fingers are still burning!
I think I have only one MAC product — haven’t been able to commit to a second. I do love my mascara, though!
My kitty can be very vocal if he wants attention/food. He wakes me up at 5:30 every morning- I call him my alarm cat!
I can’t remember my very first purchase in MAC, but one of the first products I purchased was a bottle of Matchmaster foundation. I was new into makeup and not very aware about shade issues with foundations. Of course, I didn’t knew I could ask for samples. I don’t know what happened, probably It was something about the lights in the store, but I finally ended purchasing a very, very dark shade. I can’t use it even when I am really tan. Big fail.
My first MAC products were lipgloss, gleam lipstick, and digit and trax eye shadows.
The first MAC product I ever used was the Clear Lip Glass… I loved it! I always have MAC do my make-up for special occasions. Our last holiday party was a HIT!! Thank you for this offer! I need to restock on all the products I have become obsessed with!
I need to improve my make up game. Something tells me that ghetto “tricks” I use now make me looks like a tween who found mama’s makeup stash.
Happy Monday! Definitely more of a visual learner. It always helps me to see diagrams and draw things on paper.
What’s the first mac product you ever used?
The first MAC experience I had was the day before my wedding reception. I was new to makeup and I started my makeup obsession with the Urban decay NAKED1 palette. I didn’t have anything for my lips. I wanted to learn and try MAC. I went to Times Square shop and was so excited to get the full treatment. She scrubbed my lips and taught me how to line, how to fill the lines, and made my lips perfect. The first Product I ever used was Angel lipstick. I purchased the Angel lipstick and she encouraged me to buy the liner and a lipglass as well. It was my wedding reception so I did.
Now I am obsessed with MAC and would feel so happy to be treated with a giftcard, but I will also cheer on whoever gets it. Lucky ladies to be considered. <3 Thank you-Cody
The first have Mac lipstick I tried was Cremecup!
My dog is only vocal when the mailman comes!!!!!!!!
unfortunately, I’ve never had the chance to buy MAC products (I’m a student so), even though I know some of them because of their reputation, but with this 50$ gift card I could =)
Anyway with this gift, I think I’d try the mineralize skin finish, the pro longwear concealer or the chromographic pencil.
My kitty Binx doesn’t meow a whole lot, but he purrs like crazy! The day I went to the shelter and first saw him, he marched right up to me and started purring like a maniac. He still just walks around the house purring all the time 🙂
I have always wanted to own something,anything from MAC. It would be a dream come true! ?
My first MAC product I’ve had Is the the freshwater eyeshadow. ☺☺
I keep a headscarf in my car for unexpected drop-ins to church… … and Sunday mornings when I walk out of my house without.
Visual learner.
I’m definitely a visual learner.
I think my very first Mac product was the Studio Fix compact, which I still always have in my purse for touch-ups. Just a great buildable formula!
I am most definitely a visual learner! Videos help so much!
Kind of silly, but my favorite poem is “Outside or Underneath?” by Shel Silverstein!
I keep a few books and hair products in my car.
Short and sweet. Love when my hubby emails me love 🙂
Short and sweet
My pet is vocal when she is hungry :P!
Jiji is very vocal, all the time. Not afraid to tell you how he feels or what he needs! Quincy grunts once in a while, and will rattle on his pen if he needs attention.
My cat, Emme, is very vocal, especially when she is hungry. She will cry and chase us for food!
This Monday work day is almost over – hallelujah!
Visual!! If I can’t see it, I won’t learn it!!
There is a super friendly cat living in our cul-de-sac who refuses to live in or even enter a house, but who demands food and attention from everyone he sees. When he gets hungry he’ll sit outside the door and meow for food as loud as he can!
What’s the first mac product you ever used? was a pigment color powder “Madly Personal” Love it!
I just ate a second “lunch” (I’m on the East Coast) because I won’t be having dinner until 8ish…legit, right?
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed? Kind of both. When I have the context, I want it to be short and sweet. Hey ya, come to the point!
When I do not know what the thing is, I want it to be verbose and detailed.
Is your pet very vocal?- My mom’s dog is extremely vocal (and has a bit of a Napoleon complex). I want you to pet me? BARK! Let’s play? BARK! That man I can see from this window standing on his own property…how dare he be so close to my humans! BARK BARK BARK! That piece of dust in the air?…well you get the idea lol!
I am a visual learner.
I find myself always trying to prepare for emergencies. I keep a backpack with spare clothes, shoes, and small toiletry bag in the back of my car at all times. People find this weird thinking I’m trying to hide something.
Our dogs are vocal if anyone comes near are house. I guess it’s nice to have a little warning.
can’t find my holy grail perfume and i’m saaaaaad
Short and sweet. I’m an attorney and I just want to get to the issue.
mondayyy monday, gettin down on monday!
What’s your favourite lipstick of all time, Karen?
My first MAC products were brushes which I love!
I’m more of a visual learner then hands on
So how was the class???? Very curious!
Is your pet very vocal? One is, one isn’t. I think the one that isn’t is starting to learn from the one that is though.
What’s your favorite poem? Tyger Tyger, by Dylan Thomas.
What’s the first mac product you ever used? This liquid glitter eyeliner. It might have been counterfeit though, because I bought it off ebay. It had huge chunks of glitter in a thin base and I only wore it once because it cracked and fell off my eyes.
Are you more of a visual learner or an auditory learner? It depends. I like to be able to ask questions, although I feel that’s being frowned on more and more.
Something surprising you keep in your car? Does a trunk full of recycling count?
Short and sweet or verbose and detailed? Short and sweet. I’ve been told I’m a little abrupt.
Or, you know, William Blake. Not Dylan Thomas.
One of my 4 dogs, Charlie, is totally vocal! I just had to put medicine in his ear for mites (bleuch) and I heard a whole symphony of sounds:
Don’t touch my ears!
I’m scared, no…don’t.
Hey, that feels kind of good.
NO! I was wrong. I hate it!
I’m sorry I scratched you…
Please stop, if you love me you’d stop!
I love you Mommy, let’s never do this again, Ok?
And in Charlie’s honor, if I won this I’d get some Haute Dog lippies (I’ve got my eye on Rare Breed.)
Hi karen, hope you are having a great week. I took the plunge and got the beauty blender! Should be here tomorrow. Also took a dive and got KVD Lolita, my friends love it. Another order I made was for some Colourpop Ultra Matte lip colors and 2 Lippie Stix (lipsticks). Cant wait to try all these. I am not much of a lip color person so hopefully these will motivate me to wear lip products more.
I keep deodorant in the car in case I leave the house and forget to put it on.
My cat’s vocal when it’s her dinner time.
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I am a visual learner. My 1st Mac Product was under eye Primer and cover up. I also found a lip color I LOVE. I am recently Divorced. I work 2 jobs and can’t really afford a lot of nice Makeup. I would Love to get a new lipstick and something to make my eyebrows look better. God Bless. Love your blogs. TY. 🙂
I would love to use it to purchase my favorite makeup
Hi Karen! I hope that you are doing well. My cat Custard is very vocal. When he is being mischievous and gets scolded, he will actually back talk, like a child. He is my little blue eyed monster of a Munchkin breed. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The kid I mentor got a bogus charge against him thrown out today, and the ridiculous prosecutor who was pushing it got told in no uncertain terms by the judge that she was wasting his time and IT WAS AWESOME. And now the kid can go back to college without this hanging over his head. Yay!
My favorite poem “A Reason A Season A Lifetime” made such a difference in my life that I have it tattooed on my chest (:
First MAC product I ever used was the lipstick shade ‘Darkside’ totally fell in love with it. Hmm I start school tomorrow, would be exciting if I won *keeps fingers crossed*
My first product from Mac was a plushglass(i think thats what its called) in the shade big baby. I went through 2 of them. The smell was so nice. Such a nice shade too
My cats breath smells like cat food ❤
I LOVE the graphic you have with the MAC lipsticks above. Brings out my inner sci-fi geek. ☆☆☆
So my first MAC product was…a lipstick! Of course. I think it was MAC Plumful.
I’ve had 4 surgeries in a little over a year. May possibly now need another one. $50 to MAC would be way better… 🙂
Hi! Was nmmy birthday the other day so happy 28th birthday to me! Currently alone in Australia for an internship. Boohoo! I love MAC! Yahoo! ??
Just getting into MAC makeup recently and trying to save up to try out more, love their stuff!
I have been wanting to ask you how the class at Sephora went? I want to go, but I admit getting up that early is a…well…deterrent!
Was it worth it?
Hi Karen!! My 3 dogs are very vocal specially when they see my cat Nikte. My first mac product I ever use was a Natural Skinfinish Powder, also I’m a visual learnerning person