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Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora!

September 1st, 2012 by Karen 436 Comments

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Lisa! Congratulations, Lisa! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

A Makeup and Beauty Blog giveaway
Win a $50 eGift card from Sephora

Aw, just one more game! This is the one, I can tell! I can feel it in my bones. Come on, Kitty Glitter, come on! Mama needs a new pair of socks!

My favorite casino game is a penny slot machine called Kitty Glitter, and it’s kinda like Connect 4, except with cats, where you try to get 3-4 of the same cat pictures lined up in a row. The rows can go in pretty much every conceivable direction on the screen, even diagonal or zig-zagging.

I’m not a big gambler, but I could play Kitty Glitter for hours…assuming my pennies hold out, LOL!

Love this game!

Tabs will be disappointed to learn that there are no tabbies in Kitty Glitter. What a huge oversight by the developer!

Time for me to go test my luck one last time before we head home. Good luck to you in this weekend’s giveaway, and don’t forget to also enter the Burberry Beauty giveaway still going on now. That’s two ongoing giveaways, and one of them has 15 winners!

See you soon. 🙂

What folks are saying…

“Hi Karen. Oh my goodness! I can’t believe I won! :O Thank you so much! You, Tabs, and your blog are amazing! Thank you for keeping me updated on all things beauty and more importantly, for keeping me entertained! Keep doing your thing! Thank you again.”
-Jacqueline

“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”
-Jane

“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”
-Angel

“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”
-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)

“Never before have I been so pleased to check my email right before bed!!! Thank you so, so much! I truly enjoy your blog and check it almost daily! Thanks again! This made my night!”
-Melissa, Edmond, OK

“Hi Karen. Thank you so much, I’m so excited, I’ve never won anything before. My name is Hana … I just turned 25 (today is my birthday!) Yay! Thank you.”
-Hana

Win a $50 gift card from Sephora

  • One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

  • There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, are you a gambler? If so, what’s your favorite game? Do you know how to salsa dance (or ballroom)? How do you feel about dry shampoo? What was the last trip you took? Have you ever seen the ocean? Are there any makeup/beauty products you like so much that you buy backups? — you get the idea.
  • Second, you can enter by following me on twitter Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
    • Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/ND7PDb

  • The deadline to enter is Sunday, September 2, 2012 at 11:59PM (PT).
  • Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
  • A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
  • Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
  • Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.
  • Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
  • The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
  • Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Lisa! Congratulations, Lisa! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
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Categories: Giveaways, Just For Fun Keywords: giveaway

Let Me Tell You This About Jet Skiing in Tahoe

September 1st, 2012 by Karen 3 Comments


Jet skiing — so much fun! I rented from Ski Run Boat Company on the South Shore and was happy with the experience. The gals who work the booth are all very nice.

The water is HELLA COLD, though. Bring (or rent) a wetsuit if you can. I forgot my bathing suit and my wetsuit at home (DOH!), so I ended up wearing workout clothes, LOL!

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Categories: Daily Photo

Easy on the Eyes: Try This Shimmery Peach, Brown and Black Look With Your Favorite Neutral Palette

August 31st, 2012 by Karen 14 Comments

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Urban Decay’s Naked Palette shocked the beauty world back in 2010, not with bodacious primary colors and sparkly gobs of gorgeous glitter, but with elemental earth tones and wearable neutral shades.

Since then, many brands have joined the basics bandwagon, coming out with neutral eye palettes of their own.

I love neutrals almost as much as I love bolds — well, maybe even more (although it’s hard to resist a pair of pigmented purple cat eyes).

If you have a neutral eye palette waiting patiently in your makeup bag, give it some love today. Here’s an easy (always important) neutral eye look featuring matte black and brown shades and a shimmery, peachy gold.

I’ll be using eyeshadows from Anastasia’s new She Wears It Well Palette ($34), specifically Sunset (a shimmery, peachy gold), Onyx (a matte black matte) and Toffee (a matte brown).

anastasia she wears it well palette

Before we jump in, let’s go over the recipe…

  • Artdeco Eyeshadow Primer
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Perversion (a matte black from the new Ocho Loco Holiday Set, available now online at urbandecay.com)
  • MAC Eye Kohl in Teddy (a shimmery bronzy brown)
  • MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush (a fantastic flat eyeshadow brush)
  • MAC 266 Small Angle Brush (a stiff angled brush)
  • MAC 217 Blending Brush (a fluffy, domed blending brush)

Bear in mind that these are only suggestions. You don’t have to use the exact same colors or brushes to follow this tutorial.

Right! With that out of the way, are you ready to get neutral-ized? 🙂

1. Bringin’ it back to basics

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Categories: Eyes, Makeup Tips/How To

MAC Unsung Heroes: The 239 Eye Shader Brush

August 31st, 2012 by Karen 18 Comments

MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush

I can’t believe I haven’t unsung the heroic MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush yet!

Weird! — considering how much I love it. I’m even thinking about getting a second one to go with the first. That way, I could reserve one for powders and one for creams.

Heck, while I’m at it, might as well get a third (strictly for blending, of course).

No, no, I guess one is enough… It’s just a brush, after all.

Or is it? 🙂

A medium-sized flat eyeshadow brush with gloriously soft goat hair fibers packed into a firm, dense head with a rounded shape, the $25 MAC 239 is capable of a multitude of makeup tasks, from applying and blending eyeshadows (loose and pressed powders, and creams), to highlighting beneath my brows, lining my eyes and adding color into the outer V and inner corners.

I have a handful of brushes from other brands that by all appearances, look like the MAC 239, but that’s where the similarities end.

The size of the 239’s brush head is like my favorite part of the Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, juuuust right. Not too big, not too small. It covers a fairly wide area on my lid, and yet is small enough to fit into the inner and outer corners of my eyes, and directly below my lashes.

It’s like getting a bunch of different brushes in one!
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Categories: MAC Makeup, Makeup Tools, Unsung Heroes Keywords: mac, unsungheroes

LORAC PRO Palette

August 31st, 2012 by Karen 11 Comments

The LORAC Pro Palette, $42. Available now at Sephora, Ulta and online at ulta.com.

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Categories: Daily Beauty

A Girl at the Lake

August 31st, 2012 by Karen 6 Comments


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Categories: Daily Photo

Shimmer Turns the Wrong Side of the Bed Right: An Early Morning Makeup Tip

August 31st, 2012 by Karen 31 Comments

a makeup tip for glowy skin
Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone on the left and MAC Strobe Cream on the right

Hmm… I wonder what Tabs is doing right now.

I’m typing this on my laptop at the little desk in my hotel room in Tahoe (Stateline, on the Nevada side of the lake) while El Hub quietly snores behind me like a husky, little angel. Between you and me…I’m hoping that my clacking on the keyboard wakes him up so that I can innocently ask him to go get me some coffee from the Starbucks in the lobby. 🙂

Tabs is back at the Novato offices of Makeup and Beauty Blog, probably working from his cat tower in the living room.

I bet he’s probably thinking (and laughing maniacally!) about how he woke me up early yesterday…

At exactly 4 a.m., he stealthily approached the bed while El Hub and I were still sawing logs, somehow made it up on to the comforter without making a sound (amazing considering that he weighs almost 20 pounds), and then threw himself on my bladder!

Whether it was for sport or gravy, the world will never know…

Needless to say, it woke me up, and not on the right side of the bed, so out came the shimmery face lotion.

a makeup tip for glowy skin

Perfect for partying till the break of dawn (ZOMG! I can’t believe there were mornings I’d walk through the door at 6 a.m.!) or for pet owners/assistants with acrobatic, time-insensitive cats, these little bottles are potions of face-perking power!

Like yesterday, I rubbed a dollop of the shimmery lotion all over my face, after my sunscreen but before my foundation (and/or tinted moisturizer, if I were to wear one), using my fingers, but sometimes I’ll use a foundation brush.
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Categories: Face, Makeup Tips/How To

Two Ways to Win a Burberry Beauty Box Filled With Burberry Beauty Products [15 WINNERS!]

August 30th, 2012 by Karen 648 Comments

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winners are @triciazetroc, @ladyboarder9669, @BDeniseCole, @missmarjiec, @TheBeautySample, Lennie Navarro, BooBooNinja, Jennifer Pham, danielle dias, Alley Corpuz, Christina, Erin, shelley, pearl shahid and Jennifer L! Congratulations, everyone! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

burberry beauty giveaway

What’s that, you say? You haven’t yet tried any of the beautiful bits in the Burberry Beauty line?

Understood. It’s not one of those brands you find around every corner, and it’s about as far from drugstore as you can get. It’s exclusive, for sure, but that only accentuates the allure. 🙂

I gotta say, every time I twist up one of their lipsticks, like their lovely spring/summer 2012 shades, and expose that check pattern on the tube? — it takes my breath away!

If you’ve been dying to try the line, warm up those giveaway muscles, because Burberry Beauty is giving MBB readers a chance — 15 chances, to be exact. Enter now for a chance to be one of 15 winners to sample all of the lastest and greatest Burberry Beauty products in one fell swoop.

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A Makeup and Beauty Blog Giveaway!

Enter now (it only takes a comment and/or twitter tweet), and you could be one of 15 lucky ladies or gents to win a selection of Burberry Beauty products valued at $40.

Each of 15 winners will receive all of the following:

  • One (1) mini bottle of Burberry Body Fragrance
  • One (1) mini Burberry Lip Mist in Copper No. 202
  • One (1) sample pack of Burberry Beauty Sheer Concealers in Light Beige No. 01, Soft Beige No. 02, Rosy Beige No. 03 and Sandy Beige No. 02
  • One (1) sample pack of Burberry Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipsticks in Nude Beige No. 1, Rosewood No. 04, Blush No. 09 and Brick Red No. 19
  • One (1) sample pack of Burbbery Sheer Foundation Luminous Fluid Foundations in Trench No. 05 and Trench No. 07
  • One (1) sample of Burberry Beauty Fresh Glow Luminous Fluid Base
  • One (1) stylish, reusable Burberry Beauty box with a magnetic closure


Wearing Burberry Lip Mist in Copper No. 202

  • There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, do you own a trench coat? Have you ever tried Burberry Beauty products before? Which do you prefer, sheer or opaque lipsticks? Do you sing in the shower? What’s your all-time, hands-down favorite eye brush? — you get the idea.
  • Second, you can enter by following me on twitter Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
    • Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a Burberry Beauty Box filled with Burberry Beauty Products! [15 winners] http://bit.ly/SVyOjU

  • The deadline to enter is Monday, September 3, 2012 at 11:59PM (PT).
  • Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
  • A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
  • Contest is open to individuals of the United States (sorry, international babes) who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
  • Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
  • The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
  • Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winners are @triciazetroc, @ladyboarder9669, @BDeniseCole, @missmarjiec, @TheBeautySample, Lennie Navarro, BooBooNinja, Jennifer Pham, danielle dias, Alley Corpuz, Christina, Erin, shelley, pearl shahid and Jennifer L! Congratulations, everyone! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
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