Just For Fun

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One thing I’ve noticed about getting older is that time seems to move a lot faster than it used to. It must be a side effect, ha!

Like, I can’t believe 1999 was 10 years ago…

In the summer of 1999 I was hooked on Krispy Kreme and Cibo Matto. I’d moved back home after college and remember how tough it was adjusting to life back under my parents’ roof.

As much as I love my family, that summer was rough. Turns out I wasn’t the same person I’d been when I first left for school five years earlier.

There were lots of arguments, and sometimes I’d have to just get away. Most of the time I’d hit the local drugstore to hang out in the makeup aisle, like some weirdo lipgloss stalker.

It was on one of my late-night drugstore runs that I discovered the Rimmel makeup line.

I dug the simple packaging, price and mix of bright and neutral colors right from the start, and since then several Rimmel products have become staples in my makeup bag.

Some of my Rimmel favorites…

• Kajal Pencil in Jungle Green
• Gentle Eye Makeup Remover
• Rimmel Light Beam After Dark Lipgloss

This summer Rimmel celebrates their American 10-year anniversary, so I figure let’s do this right and mark the milestone with a super summer giveaway. 🙂

The prize!

One lucky lady will win a Rimmel prize package worth $150. Among the products in the giveaway: previews of Rimmel’s upcoming Sexy Curves Waterproof Mascara and Glam’Eyes Lash Flirt Mascara (arriving in stores next month).

The complete prize package includes…

1. NEW Sexy Curves Waterproof Mascara
2. NEW Glam’Eyes Lash Flirt Mascara
3. Lash Maxxx Waterproof Mascara
4. Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in Jet Black
5. Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in Deep Ocean
6. Colour Rush Eyeshadow Quad in Chocolatine
7. Colour Rush Eyeshadow Quad in Bronzed
8. Fix & Perfect Foundation Primer
9. Stay Matte Clarifying Matte Foundation
10. Natural Bronzer in Sundance
11. Mono Blush in Peach
12. 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Natural and Indian Kiss
13. 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Indian Kiss
14. Lasting Finish Kiss & Stay Gloss in English Rose
15. Lasting Finish Kiss & Stay Gloss in Lustrous Nude
16. Lasting Finish Intense Wear Lipstick in Pink Champagne
17. Lasting Finish Intense Wear Lipstick in Alarm
18. Lasting Finish Intense Wear Lipstick in Crush
19. 60 Seconds Nail Polish in Camouflage
20. 60 Seconds Nail Polish in Shocker
21. 60 Seconds Nail Polish in Pulsating
22. A red and purple cosmetics train case

How to enter

To enter, just leave a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me what you were doing in the summer of 1999. Were you living at home and going to middle school, graduating from college, starting your first big job, training for the next Olympics or cultivating your own Krispy Kreme addiction like moi? 🙂

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59PM PST Wednesday night.

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Heels by Christian Louboutin

1. Mood:

Mellow… I’m lusting after those shoes up top.

2. What are three random things you’re great at doing?

1) Baking Italian cream cake from scratch, 2) parallel parking (even on hills!) and 3) striking up conversations with complete strangers.

3. What’s one makeup product you find yourself buying over and over again?

MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer ($15.50).

4. Best/worst part of last weekend?

On Saturday El Hub and I went house hunting and found a condo we both really liked — nice lighting, good neighborhood, and it was in our price range, too.

We noticed railroad tracks in the open space directly behind the unit (a stone’s throw away) but didn’t think much of them at the time, having never seen or heard an actual operational train in Marin County before.

That was our mistake. We’d gotten our hopes up about the place, started making life plans, and then BAM!

A Google search confirmed it: trains are scheduled to start running along the tracks behind the unit in a few years.

End of story. No condo.

5. Name a song that always brings a smile to your face:

Natasha Bedingfield’s Love Like This.

6. What are you looking forward to this summer?

Comic-Con!

7. Eyes/cheeks/lips:

A bunch of stuff from Clinique’s new Bamboo Pink collection — Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad in Bamboo Pink ($25) and Cream Shaper for Eyes in Chocolate Lustre ($15) on my eyes; Fresh Bloom Allover Colour in Bamboo Pink ($30) on my cheeks and Butter Shine Lipstick in Bamboo Pink ($14) on my lips.

8. Outfit:

A black t-shirt and green khakis.

9. Something you’d like to improve about yourself?

How I handle stress.

10. Weekly goals:

Spend at least five hours reading, eat some fruit every day (it’s good for the constitution!), go to yoga class at least once, and organize at least one of the out-of-control piles of paperwork on my desk.

Hi, ladies. I hope your Monday got off to a good start. If you have a minute, check in when you get a chance. Just copy Le list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

Le list

1. Mood:
2. What are three random things you’re great at doing?
3. Makeup product you keep buying over and over again?
4. Best/worst part of last weekend?
5. A song that always brings a smile to your face?
6. What are you looking forward to this summer?
7. Eyes/cheeks/lips:
8. Outfit:
9. Something you’d like to improve about yourself?
10. Weekly goals:

Viva la Monday! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

1. Mood:

*Almost* awake, but not quite there yet.

2. Something you may not know about me:

I have a stash of letters I’ve received from friends over the years, some of the notes more than 20 years old! I’ll dig them out when I’m feeling blue. That always helps to cheer me up. 🙂

3. Breakfast:

Two slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter.

4. Fragrance:

MAC Creations Hue in Naked Honey.

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

My left eye is still red and watering from bad allergies yesterday, so I’m skipping the eye makeup this morning. I am, however, all over the Smashbox Limitless Long Wear Lip Gloss in Boundless on my lips and Benefit Posie Tint on my cheeks.

6. Skin issue:

The skin around my eyes looks extra puffy, boo!

7. I’m lovin’ it (makeup related):

Chanel Soft Touch Eyeshadow in Lotus (a shimmery pinkish beige) from the Les Naturels de Chanel collection.

8. I’m lovin’ it (non-makeup related):

Stretching, Numi Mate Lemon Green Organic Green Tea (YUM!), the chirping sounds Tabs makes first thing in the morning, the lyrics from Beth Orton’s song, Sweetest Decline.

9. Working out today?

I’d like to go for a run with El Hub when he gets home from work tonight.

10. Weekly goals:

Get to bed by 10 every night, try not to have a nervous breakdown, and find a new fiction book to read.

Hi, ladies. I’m slowly warming up my mental engines here… Things are off to a slow start, but I’ll get there eventually.

Touch base with me in the Monday Poll, and let me know how you’re doing. Just copy the empty list, and paste it with your answers in the comments. 🙂

Gotta love Mondays!

Le list

Mood:
Something you may not know about me:
Breakfast:
Fragrance:
Eyes/lips/cheeks:
Skin issue:
I’m lovin’ it (makeup related):
I’m lovin’ it (non-makeup related):
Working out today?
Weekly goals:

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen