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Barbie Loves Stila: What Would You Get?

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Dag nabbit! The new limited edition Barbie Loves Stila Decades of Beauty cans, which launched today on Sephora’s website, are already sold the eff out. *tears*

Instead of pulling the trigger this morning and hitting the check out button, I took my sweet ole’ time. I watched a Tivo’d episode of last night’s The Mentalist (so good) while I gnawed on some garlic naan, thinking that I had all day to make a decision. LOL, I was sooo wrong!

Am I the only one who missed out? Perhaps a round of WHAT WOULD YOU GET? will help ease our pain.

The four Decades of Beauty cans ($40 each) include:

  • #1 Ponytail Doll (1959): Ponytail lip color (red), Liquid Eye Liner, 3-pan compact with two eye shadows and a cheek color, Look Book
  • Malibu Doll (1971): Malibu Lip Glaze (pale pink), Lash Visor Mascara, 3-pan compact with two eye shadows and a bronzer, Look Book
  • Foxy Doll (1980): Foxy Lip Glaze, Lash Visor Mascara, a 3-pan compact with two eye shadows and a cheek color, Look Book
  • Jewel Doll (2000): Jewel Lip Glaze (bright pink), Multi-Effect Mascara, 3-pan compact with two eye shadows and a cheek color, Look Book

Your mission: choose one of the four Barbie Loves Stila Decades of Beauty cans to take home with your virtual cash!

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I guess I’ll just have to wait for February, which is when the collection (which also includes a talking palette) arrives at Sephora stores.

Until then, I’ll take one can of virtual Foxy, please. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Jan. 12

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Puppet shop, Fisherman’s Warf

  1. Mood:

    2. Steady and peaceful

  2. Eyeshadow:

    3. MAC 100 Strokes on the lid and Folie in the crease

  3. Current obsessions:

    4. Tea roses, chocolate chip cookies, old school Notorious B.I.G. songs and acai bowls

  4. First concert:

    5. Harry Connick Jr., when I was a wee lass of 16

  5. Shoes:

    6. Brown and orange Keds sneakers with laces that are always coming untied at the most inopportune times

  6. My friends say that I’m _____:

    7. Wacky, obsessed with makeup and waaaay too easily amused

  7. Cheeks and lips:

    8. MAC Brunette MSF on the cheeks, What a Do! lipstick and Soft Wave Lipglass on lips (yup, it’s a Brunette Blonde Redhead kinda day)

  8. Favorite drink:

    9. Mmm… low-fat Starbucks lattes are my crack

  9. Last dream I can remember:

    10. When I was visiting family on Oahu last Christmas I dreamt that I ran into the President-elect and his family at Matsumoto’s Shave Ice on the North Shore. I must have made a good impression because they offered me a job as the “Presidential Nanny,” so I moved out to DC to live and work in the White House and started a site called “The Presidential Nanny Blog,” LOLOLOLZ!

  10. Weekly goals:

    11. To do my push-ups every day, to remember to do my deep breathing exercises when I’m feeling stressed out and to buy books for next semester

Are you ready for Monday? Let me know how you’re feeling. Just copy the empty list, and paste it with your answers in the comments. 🙂

Le list

Mood:
Eyeshadow:
Current obsessions:
First concert:
Shoes:
My friends say that I’m _____:
Cheeks and lips:
Favorite drink:
Last dream I can remember:
Weekly goals:

Here’s to hoping for a great week!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Beauty Snacks: Sites of the Day, Jan. 11

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Not sure what to do with all those old lipstick tubes?

Why not make a makeup mosaic of Mariah Carey?

Bikini model, TV hostess and hair care industry entrepreneur…

Daisy Fuentes is launching a new drugstore line of multicultural hair care products this March.

Deja vu: Barbie hearts Stila

Barbie sure gets around! What do ya think of Stila’s new Barbie branded makeup line?

How to do a ponytail pouf

Dang, Pursebuzz makes some hella good hair videos…

Return of The Purple One (no, not Barney)

Prince is readying a new music website where fans will be able to hear his latest tracks (as well as songs by special guests), watch videos and even buy music and concert tickets. HOLLA!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Sundays with Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Jan. 11

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Good morning, girls! How goes it today? I’m just sitting here at my computer, drinking my first cup of coffee and writing some posts.

Tabs says hi. He’s laying down in front of the heater right now. Sunrise is his cue to hit the hay after a long night of partying.

What are your plans today?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

A Saturday in San Francisco, Jan. 10, 2009

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Some opportunities don’t come along very often, like sunny days in the dead of winter. To take advantage of this meteorological gift, El Hub and I hopped in the car and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.

I was surprised that there weren’t many people out — well, as many people as usual for Fisherman’s Wharf.


Here’s a 3.5-minute video of today’s excursion…

A Saturday in San Francisco


Here’s a shot of San Francisco from a lookout just north of the city and the bridge in an area called the Marin Headlands.


No fog today…

I wandered into an outdoor shopping area called Ghirardelli Square. Yup, same Ghirardelli that makes the yummy chocolate.

I found a cool local boutique called elizabethW that carries body care, perfumes and home fragrances. I’d never heard of them before, but they’ve been around for 15 years.

Isn’t the packaging cute? It’s clean and girly and very my style. They had a bunch of unusual scents like sweet tea and asparagus (weird!), but they also carry classics like lilac and tuberose.

The shopkeeper told me about their website and how they sell the same items found in the store. They even ship internationally. 🙂

Women and girls (and one miscellaneous dude) were having tea service here at Crown & Crumpet tea salon. How fun! Unfortunately, El Hub wasn’t in the mood for finger sandwiches and fine china. 🙂


I love afternoon tea. Doesn’t Crown & Crumpet look like something out of Alice in Wonderland? I kept looking for the Cheshire Cat, LOL!


Those hills in the distance are my neck of the woods. If you look closely, you can just barely see the spires of the Golden Gate Bridge.

You just never know when the weather’s gonna cooperate, especially in San Francisco.

I hope you’re getting some sun in your neck of the woods.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

$2.41 Million iPhone 3G Kings Button: Recession Killer?

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How long before these shiny $2.41 million bling busters start appearing in the hands of the uber-spoiled teens on MTV’s My Super Sweet 16?

Brainchild of famed Austrian jeweler Peter Aloisson, who evidently missed the memo on the economy, the bedazzling Kings Button sports a solid 18 carat yellow gold, white gold and rose gold back panel and trim. A ring of 138 brilliant cut diamonds line the frame, and the home button? — a blinding 6.6 carat mega-diamond, aka the Kings Button, KAPOW!

“Oh, yeah, El Hub… I forgot to mention the other thing I wanted for Christmas, but you can get it for me now.” LOL!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Seven Films in Running for Best Makeup Oscar

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Three special effects-laden movies, one outrageous comedy and three touching dramas make up the seven films competing for nominations in the best makeup category for the 81st annual Academy Awards.


Three of the films — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army — are also up for consideration in the visual effects category.

The effects-heavy pics are going head to head against the dramas The Reader, Synecdoche, New York and The Wrestler, and the comedy Tropic Thunder for Best Makeup. In Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr. plays (both literally and figuratively) an Australian method actor playing a black soldier, LOL!




Members of the academy’s makeup branch will view 10-minute excerpts from the seven shortlisted films on Jan. 17 before voting to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

They announce the nominations on Jan. 22, but the big show happens exactly one month later. Are you rooting for one film in particular?

Which film should win the Oscar for Best Makeup of 2008?

Which film should win the award for Best Makeup?

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Queen Latifah: Her Best Hair?

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Did you see Queen Latifah working her royal purple gown at the People’s Choice Awards the other night? I think she does a great job with her looks for red carpet events.

I’ve been a fan since her Ladies First days. Like her ever-evolving career, her hairstyles have also gone through some changes. Now, if only girlfriend would make another rap album (OOH! With guest artist Lauryn Hill… Hey, a girl can dream.).

Which of Queen Latifah's hairstyles do you like best?

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Oooo… tabbies first, tabbies first


Check out the first face I saw this morning. Tabs has taken it upon himself to work as my alarm clock, waking me up with wet kitty kisses just before the a$$ crack of dawn. It’s REALLY annoying, but he’s got me figured out. He knows I can’t stay mad at him long.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. It hasn’t occurred to me for years, but I forgot that Queen Latifah is just a stage name. Her real name is Dana Elaine Owens.

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