Just For Fun

1. In What Order Do You Apply Your Makeup? — Most of the makeup artists I know suggest starting with concealer, foundation and powder, but I prefer to do my eyes *first*. That way, if (when) I make a mess, I haven’t gotten too far into the overall look, and things are still easy to clean up.

2. Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lipgloss: Stand By Yo’ Man — Each of the eight glosses in the set has a hologram hottie in the cap. Each hottie has a different guy’s name, and if you tilt the gloss from side to side, its hottie transforms from fully clothed to undies only. I think that’s just the coolest. Thing. Ever.

3. What’s Your Favorite Drugstore Hairspray? — I usually use hairsprays to set a final style, and there are two drugstore products I really like. If I want soft, flexible hold (say, if I’ve curled my hair), I reach for L’Oreal’s Elnett Extra StrongHold UV Hair Spray ($15). It’s an aerosol spray with UV protectors, and I love fine mist.

4. MAC Style Warriors Swatches and Pictures — I’m on the fence about the collection, but I definitely like the packaging a lot. The overall color palette isn’t as warm as I thought it would be, and where am I going to wear yellow lipgloss and eyeshadow, LOL? I get the feeling they may be more arty than wearable.

5. 5 Drugstore Mascaras, 5 Days — This post was written by blogger Caroline K, who takes us through five days of testing with five popular drugstore mascaras. This was one of my favorite posts of the month.

6. Poolside Champ: Banana Boat Ultra Defense Continuous Spray Sunblock — This shizz is probably the best waterproof aerosol sunblock I’ve ever used and has only a couple little downsides. First, the good stuff — it’s a broad-spectrum sun protectant offering both UVA/UVB protection and comes in three potencies, SPF 30, 50 and the uber-powerful 85. SPF is all well and good, but why I really love it is because it works like a lotion and not a flighty spray.

7. What’s Your Favorite Makeup Primer? — When my skin was super oily a few years back, summertime was always the toughest season for me. By mid-morning, my forehead and face would always take on what I liked to call THE SHINING!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

1. Mood:

A little frazzled and disheveled. I’m trying to juggle a couple of freelance projects along with house hunting so I’m doing ten things at once and feeling overwhelmed.

2. What was one thing that made you happy this weekend?

Going to the movies to watch Drag Me to Hell on Friday night. I love how a good flick allows me to get lost in the story and check out of reality for a few hours.

3. Outfit and shoes:

Dark jeans, white t-shirt, red hoodie, black Locals flip-flops.

4. Current lipstick or lipgloss crush?

NARS Supervixen! I’ve been wearing it 24/7 for the last three days.

5. What are your nicknames?

Bratasaur, Kate, Katie, Karonie, K-Money, Abs…

6. Song that always tugs at your heart?

I have a few: Blackbird (The Beatles), End of the Innocence (Don Henley) and A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke).

7. How do you feel about 80s fashion?

There are some things I like, but overall I’m not too crazy about that decade of fashion since I lived through it the first time around and have the awful pictures to prove it. If acid washed jeans, chunky shoulder pads and big hair with side wings come back in style I might just die…

8. Favorite movie?

The Sound of Music.

9. Weekly goals:

Go to bed early, continue with my visualization exercises (hey, if it’s good enough for Olympic Athletes…), get back into the habit of running, call up a few friends who I haven’t spoken to in a while.

Heya, ladies. How’s your Monday so far? Mine started off kinda rough — I got sucked into a black hole of admin tasks all morning, but now I’m slowly starting to crawl out so things are looking up.

I know you’re busy too, but when you get a chance let me know what’s going on in your neck of the woods by copying the list below and placing your answers into the comments.

Le List

Mood:
What was one thing that made you happy this weekend?
Outfit and shoes:
Current lipstick or lipgloss crush?
What are your nicknames?
Song that always tugs at your heart?
How do you feel about 80s fashion?
Favorite movie?
Weekly goals:

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen