Just For Fun

1. Mood:

Tired. My body’s all twisted from the time change. I couldn’t fall asleep and stayed up late reading Shake Your Beauty. Now I’m paying for it.

2. Sippin’ on:

Private stock! My bad — spontaneous Notorious B.I.G lyrical moment (he’s on heavy iPod rotation).

I’m really sipping on a cup of borderline gross coffee. Due to the no-sleep thing I accidentally poured about half a cup of powdered creamer into my cup. Belch!

3. Eyes:

I don’t have anything on ’em yet, but I’ll probably end up going with Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Samba-dy Loves Me to perk up my tired eyes.

4. Fragrance:

Taking it back to the old school — uh, 1999 — with J’adore Dior!

5. Current obsessions:

Tevin Campbell (why, oh why?), 30 Rock, the daily Jumble, Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies

6. Best moment o’ the weekend:

Waiting at the movies to buy tickets for Watchmen and having George Lucas, who lives in the area, saunter up and stand right behind me in line. Sci-fi nerds that we are, both El Hub and were so star struck that neither of us could say anything. I felt so Six Degrees of Yoda.

Is it too much to hope that some of G. Lucas’ creativity was transferred through proximity?

7. Outfit:

Currently rocking the suburbs in a fetching outfit of white shorts, a pink long-sleeved top and black zip-up fleece, aka my jammies

8. Mascara:

Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara

9. _____ makes me happy:

Kind people, sunny late afternoons and lavender-scented body products

10. Weekly goals:

Resist the temptation of junk food, do stomach crunches at least three times this week, catch up on my endless stack of things to read

Girls, you know how we roll on Mondays! Let me know what you’re up to by coping the empty list and pasting it with your answers in the comments.

Le list

Mood:
Sippin’ on:
Eyes:
Fragrance:
Current obsessions:
Best moment o’ the weekend:
Outfit:
Mascara:
_____ makes me happy:
Weekly goals:

Let’s kick this week off to a great start. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

This contest is closed. I’ll be announcing the winners shortly. Thanks for entering!

Girl, after weeks of stormy, cold weather out here in the Bay Area, we FINALLY got a sunny day!

It being Sunday, our fun day, our we-don’t have-to-run day, I feel like celebrating and relishing these last hours of the weekend with a giveaway.

The prize

Five lucky divas will receive a $90 prize package containing seven products from Dashing Diva Nail Polish, ModelCo Cosmetics, Broadway Nails, Therapy Systems and Kiss Nails.

Each of the five grab bags holds three polishes (I’ll pick three randomly from the four shown below) from Dashing Diva’s newest collection, The Manhattan Collection, with rich, creamy colors in names inspired by The Big Apple.

But wait, there’s more! Each bag also contains a ModelCo Lip Plumper in Cinnamon Spice, a Broadway Real Life Nails Kit, a Kiss Everlasting French Nails Kit and a bottle of Amazingly Gentle Scrub by Therapy Systems. 🙂

How to enter…

There are two different ways to enter, and you can do both for two chances to win. The first involves leaving a comment about your favorite diva (mine’s Mariah Carey, holla!). The second involves signing up for my updates by email if you haven’t already subscribed. In it you’ll get one email per day brimming with crazy cat lady humor, swatches from new makeup releases and beauty product reviews.

Recap…

1. If you haven’t already signed up to receive Makeup and Beauty Blog daily email updates, then enter your email in the box below (or click this link).
2. You may also enter by leaving a comment (re: your favorite diva) in the comments section at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

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

Buena suerte! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Would you like to see any new features or tools, more lamp more tutorials, more videos, longer videos, a svelte cat?

Heya, ladies. Did you set your clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time? What a drag, huh? I don’t mind setting my clocks back (I can always use the extra hour), but I’m not a big fan of going the other direction, LOL!

I hope you still got your beauty sleep.

Since I’ve got change on my mind, what with the clocks and all, I wondered if there were any things you’d like to see change here on the blog. Anything at all, like do you hate the new layout, miss the old navigation links, miss the old header, wish there were more games, interviews, tools, widgets, wish there were fewer ads?

I look at the blog so much that I start being unable to see it after a while, so I could use your perspective. Feel free to throw any ideas out there. The more outrageous the better!

Thank you.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Use the force!

Ever wish you were a Jedi Knight and could move makeup brushes with your mind? Here’s one cute way to turn yourself into one.

Members only

I *love* the ’80s and these chic Turquoise, Fuchsia, Black Mock Crocodile, Metallic Snake and Leopard Patent makeup bags from Members Only. Totally rad, yah?

You are not alone

And you thought you were the only person putting wigs on your cat… 🙂

Hello, miss

Strangers used to call me “Miss,” but now most call me “Ma’am.” I’m not thrilled about this turn of events. Perhaps Paula’s Choice will turn back the clock a little to that kinder, gentler time.

Hey, font freaks!

Typography rules, doesn’t it? Now you, too, can immortalize your penmanship by turning your handwriting into a font.

Will it be berry?

Halle Berry’s getting ready to launch a new fragrance, and if homegirl doesn’t add notes of berry to the scent my sad pun will smell even worse.

Mellow yellow

I’ve gone cuckoo for all things yellow! On my yellow lust list: Sephora by OPI nail polish in IM Beauty, the Kate Spade Westbury Jessie handbag in Sunflower, this J.Crew Wide Patent Leather Belt in Sour Lemon and this Old Navy Classic Polo in Yellow Stripe.

Daydreaming about vacay

If I were bound for a weekend tropical island getaway, I’d totally want to be wearing these clothes.

TGIF! We made it. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen