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MAC Something About Pink Nail Lacquer Giveaway: Yet More MAC Hello Kitty

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UPDATE: This giveaway is closed. I’ll be announcing the winner shortly. Thanks for entering!

mac hello kitty something about pink nail polish giveaway

Why another MAC Hello Kitty giveaway? Answer: because it’s Tuesday!!!

And because this color has been selling out fast. Yes, decorate those kitty claws with MAC Something About Pink Nail Lacquer ($11 value).

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 here on this post — a comment about anything at all. Tell me about your first car (mine was a red Honda Civic… gawd I loved that car), your first kiss, or the first time you wore makeup. The second involves signing up for my updates by email, if you haven’t already subscribed. You’ll get one email per day, teeming with makeup and beauty videos, tutorials and complete nonsense about my cat.

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 in the comments section at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

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

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for the new MAC Hello Kitty Kouture sub-collection of Swarovski crystal-bejeweled limited edition MAC Hello Kitty products. I’ll have more details about ’em soon, but they’re slated to arrive later this week! 🙂

Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, March 2

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makeup and beauty blog monday poll 030209

  1. Mood:

    2. Hyper!

  2. Eyes:

    3. Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Palette, Chanel Exceptionnel mascara

  3. Food craving:

    4. Warm brownies with vanilla ice cream…

  4. Last person who text messaged me:

    5. My former work homie texted to tell me that our favorite downtown SF lunch hangout closed! It was called Palapas, and I’m super bummed because they had the best chicken tortilla soup! *tears*

  5. Something you’d probably never guess about me:

    6. My right leg is longer than my left.

  6. Outfit:

    7. Pink and black plaid pants, a black turtleneck sweater and black boots

  7. First crush (initials are totally okay here):

    8. Davy Jones from The Monkees, LOL!

  8. First heartbreak (initials are totally okay here, too):

    9. His name was Y., and it took years before I could think about him without feeling a deep sense of loss.

  9. Fragrance:

    10. Kenzo Eau De Fleur De Tea

  10. Weekly goals:

    11. Make some room in my closet (aka the 10th Circle of Hell), do *hella* cardio to make up for last weekend’s Baked Cheeto-Fest 2009, to stop putting off a haircut, to drink more water and to get Kanye West’s Love Lockdown out of my head

Ladies, you know how we do this. 🙂 Just copy the empty list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

Le list

Mood:
Eyes:
Food craving:
Last person who text messaged me:
Something you’d probably never guess about me:
Outfit:
First crush (initials are totally okay here):
First heartbreak (initials are totally okay here, too):
Fragrance:
Weekly goals:

Who’s ready to *bring it* this week?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Sundays with Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Mar. 1

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Makeup and Beauty Blog Sites of the Day by Tabs

Tabs spent hours browsing the web this afternoon while I cleaned and organized my desk. I thought he was just wasting time, but it turns out he put together a post with some pretty unusual websites.

FARM

FARM is a Brazilian fashion company, and their site gives off a friggin’ awesome Carioca vibe. It’s bursting at the seams with classic Brazilian flavor. Tabs and I both absolutely love this site.
FARM Brazillian fashion company

Hilfiger Denim

Fashion giant Tommy Hilfiger’s latest site embodies rock and roll, recalling the heyday of Warhol’s Factory and blending nostalgia with some *hawt* models in denim.
Hilfiger Denim

Iceman Fashion

Yeah… not much I can say about this site beyond the fact that I like it. The music is a little scary, though. 🙂
Iceman Fashion

Patisserie Nachtischkultur

I love walking by cake shop and bakery windows, drooling over all the sumptuous delights. That’s the design concept behind this German site, which takes the form of a dessert trolley. The goodies can be sorted by size, taste and season. Too bad there’s no way to have their treats shipped out to California, drat!
Patisserie Nachtischkultur

Decor8

decor8 is, in the owner’s words, “a design blog dedicated to sharing decorating ideas, interiors, independent art and design, products and services, and to inspire readers to live a more fulfilling, creative life.” If you’re looking to make the most of your space, check out decor8.
decor8
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen (and Tabs)

P.S. Tabs did a Google search tonight for “tabs the cat” and found this YouTube video from a competitor, LOL! Tabs wants to sue him for copyright infringement.

Weekend MAC Attack! Win a MAC Hello Kitty Cute-Ster Lipstick

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This giveaway is closed. I’ll be announcing the winner shortly. Thanks for entering!

mac hello kitty cutester giveaway

Hi, girls. Are you having a good weekend? I’m just taking a quick break from my housework to say hi (I’m cleaning off my desk and going through the clutter), and I figured what better way to touch base than with a little weekend giveaway. Yup, cat scratch fever continues with another MAC Hello Kitty giveaway, holla!

One lucky winner will get to paint their pout with Cute-Ster Lipstick ($14 value).

Ready to get your purr on?

How to enter…

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both for two chances to win. The first involves leaving a comment here on this post — a comment about anything at all. Tell me what you ate for dinner last night, what you want to be when you grow up, or what socks you’re wearing. The second involves signing up for my updates by email, if you haven’t already subscribed. You’ll get one email per day, bursting with makeup and beauty tips, tricks and giveaways!

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 in the comments section at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

Enter your email address:

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

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Congrats to Catherine, winner of last weekend’s Lucky Tom Palette!

Retro Roundup: A Second Look at February

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Glitter Is Good: The Bobbi Brown Blushed Pink Collection

This spring, Bobbi Brown is going beyond her famous “I’m not wearing makeup” bag o’ tricks and taking a chance on glittery pastel eyes with the Blushed Pink collection. The limited edition Sparkle Eyeshadows ($24 each) take glitter and make it sophisticated, age appropriate and totally not scary. For me, these four shades are the highlights of the release!

Bobbi Brown Blushed Pink Collection

YSL Eyeshadow Duo in Oatmeal/Petroleum Blue: Splurge or Steal?

At $41, the Yves Saint Laurent Eyeshadow Duo in Oatmeal/Petroleum Blue from the spring 2009 collection isn’t exactly recessionista material. But overlooking the price for a moment, take a gander at the color. Here it is worn around my boring UPS brown peepers…

Yves Saint Laurent Eyeshadow Duo in Oatmeal, Spring 2009

Freida Pinto’s Blue and Brown SAG Eye Look, Version 1

My attempt to re-create the blue and brown eye Freida Pinto wore to the SAG Awards didn’t turn out half bad. In the picture up top, Freida’s wearing a warm brown in the crease and a bluish gray shadow on the lid. I don’t know the exact products used for her look, but for my version I layered L’Oreal HiP Duo in Magnetic Fields on top of MAC Jadeye Fluidline.

Freida Pinto SAG Awards makeup look

Freida Pinto 2009 SAG Awards Look, Version 2.0

The mission: to duplicate Freida Pinto’s SAG 2009 makeup look! This time around, I added a drugstore makeup twist. Version 2.0 relies on some Neutrogena products, like the Nourishing Eye Duo in Starry Night ($9), an eyeshadow duo with two shimmery shades of blue.

Freida Pinto makeup look

How Closely Do You Follow Makeup Expiration Guidelines?

It’s easy to tell when a quart of milk goes bad, but what about a pan of cream eyeshadow? When it comes to the shelf life of cosmetics, there are no hard and fast rules, no FDA mandated regulations or requirements. Just general guidelines. I have to admit that I don’t follow them to a “T”. I can’t bring myself to toss a $27 tube of Diorshow Iconic Mascara just because I’ve had it open for three months.

Makeup expiration guidelines

MAC Hello Kitty Face of the Day: Peaches, Anyone?

My first reaction was mixed when I saw the promo pics for MAC’s latest collaboration. Sure, I was drooling over the branding and packaging from the start (I love Hello Kitty; always have), but the colors just didn’t look like stuff I could wear every day. Well, color me lame and call me crazy because after seeing the collection in person last month, I’m fully on board now!

MAC Hello Kitty pictures

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What’s the Biggest Risk You Ever Took with Your Hair?

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What’s the biggest risk you ever took with your hair?

Mine was right after a traumatic breakup in 1999. On a heartbreak whim I asked my stylist to chop my long black hair, which was down to my elbows, into a chin-length layered style with the ends flipped out.

But because that wasn’t enough of a change to purge my emotional demons, I went back the following week and asked for chunky red highlights.

I remember how liberating it felt to transform my look. It was like letting go of all of that hair somehow unloaded the baggage of my failed relationship.

Of course, I also remember how much of a pain-in-the-arse it was to grow out the new cut, LOL! I hate how my hair feels when it’s in that mid-length stage, creeping down the back of my neck.

What’s the biggest risk you ever took with your hair? Let me know in the comments. And try your luck with the Makeup and Beauty Blog slot machine (click the BET MAX button to play). Have fun and good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Get Your Paws On Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care Collection Before Anybody Else

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This giveaway is closed. Congrats to the winner, Liz. Thank you for entering!

aveeno nourish haircare giveaway

So Glam Media is sponsoring a giveaway that I thought you gals might dig.

Drugstore body care line Aveeno is famous for their soothing lotions. Well, they plan to launch their first hair care line, codenamed the Nourish+ Hair Care Collection, this April.

Trying new beauty products before they go on sale is like attending an exclusive movie screening, and the giveaway’s a chance to get an early look at Nourish+.

The prize

One lucky winner will get three products from the new line — Nourish+ shampoo, the regular conditioner and the new leave-in conditioner (a $21 value).

What Aveeno says about Nourish+

  • It’s revolutionary! — combining nature and science (like the Terminator) to bring damaged hair back to life in just three washes.
  • The Nourish+ Nourishing Wheat Complex has a positive electrical charge that attracts the negatively charged damaged parts of the hair follicle, delivering the right amount of proteins needed to help moisturize and repair dry hair.
  • The line includes Nourish + Moisturize, Nourish + Revitalize, and Nourish + Volumize shampoos and conditioners, as well as Nourish + Condition Leave-In Treatment ($7 each).
  • At last week’s Oscars in Los Angeles, Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care Collection sponsored the Glam VIP Touch Up Lounge at the Leeza Gibbons Oscar party. Viewers received a backstage look at celeb hair touch-ups provided by Aveeno Nourish+.

How to enter

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both for two chances to win. The first involves leaving a comment here on this post — a comment about anything at all. Tell me about your worst hair style (mine was a bowl cut immediately followed by a tight poodle perm, oh the horror!), what food you’re craving right now or about your pet. The second involves signing up for my updates by email, if you haven’t already subscribed. You’ll get one email per day, exploding with sassy beauty and makeup updates!

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 in the comments section at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

Enter your email address:

I’ll choose the winners at random among the people who enter by 11:59 PST on Friday, February 27.

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Things That Make Me Go Meow! Win MAC Hello Kitty Fun and Games Blush

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This giveaway is closed. Congrats to the winner, Adriana. Thank you for entering!

mac hello kitty fun and games beauty powder blush giveaway

More MAC Hello Kitty giveaway madness coming right at ‘cha, kittens. 🙂 One lucky winner will get their paws on a pan of Fun & Games Blush ($18 value), *meow!*

How to enter…

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both for two chances to win. The first involves leaving a comment here on this post — a comment about anything at all. Tell me what you watched on T.V. last night, wax philosophic on Paula Abdul, or confess your makeup sins. The second involves signing up for my updates by email, if you haven’t already subscribed. You’ll get one email per day, jam packed with delicious makeup updates and fun giveaways like this one!

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 in the comments section at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

Enter your email address:

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

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Congrats to Catherine, winner of last weekend’s Lucky Tom Palette!

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