FEED IT WITH ZINNIAS! OM NOM NOM!
Feed That Tum
I Can Haz Glitter?
Can you remember the last time you wore a glittery nail polish?
If you can’t, you better get on it!
Crazy Purple Lips and an Illamasqua Theater of the Nameless Face of the Day
To tell you the truth, I didn’t want to do jack squat this afternoon that didn’t involve makeup, ice tea, sunshine and life’s unsolved mysteries like…
Why do I always find missing things when I’m not looking for them?
Why do dudes sit next to me on airplanes, pass gas, and then try to cover it up by spraying Coolwater cologne (swear to gawd, this has happened several times!)?
If matter is neither created nor destroyed, then where have all of my missing socks gone?
Why does watching SpongeBob SquarePants make me feel like I’ve been eating “special” brownies?
Why did Tony on Who’s the Boss? pronounce Angela’s name, “An-ge-lurrr”?
Does the universe have borders? And what happens to the stuff that gets sucked into black holes?
Why do I always seem to pick the longest line at bridge toll booths and grocery stores?
Does Fat Man Scoop ever whisper?
Why didn’t The Flintstones wear shoes? If they had the technology to build cars, airplanes and washing machines, why couldn’t they make sandals?
And…
What does it feel like to wear crazy purple lipstick?
Answer: It feels weird.
Cool, but weird.
I came across purple Kontrol a few weeks ago with Illamasqua’s fall collection, Theater of the Nameless, and even though it wasn’t quite like anything I’d ever worn before, I still really wanted to give it a try.
I wore it around the house today with a few other pieces from the collection…
Some products from the Illamasqua Theater of the Nameless collection, clockwise from the nail polish on the left: Nail Varnish in Faux Pas ($14), Powder Blusher in Ambition ($24), Precision Ink in Havoc ($27.50), Pure Pigment in Beguile ($24) and Lipstick in Kontrol ($22)
Swatches from the left: Lipstick in Kontrol, Precision Ink in Havoc, Powder Blusher in Ambition and Pure Pigment in Beguile
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It’s About Time with JK Jemma Kidd I-Sculpt Shadow and Liner Duo
As a busy woman with about a bazillion bits and bobs on her to-do list, I greatly appreciate products that help me save time when I’m getting ready in the morning. Products like the three new dual-tipped I-Sculpt Shadow and Liner sticks ($17 each) from JK Jemma Kidd.
Convenient! Just line with the slanted side, flip, and pat some shadow on your lids with the sponge tip applicator on the other end.
BAM! Ready in a flash, like a covert cosmetics ninja 
with a secret beauty weapon.
Thanks to the purple Shadow and Liner duo, codename Kings Rd (pretty!), I actually had a few extra minutes of free time this morning to spend on other things…
Like practicing jazz hands…
What Makeup or Beauty Trend Are You Still Working Up the Courage to Try?
Ooh! Brightly colored ombre highlights, for sure. I love the caramel ombre highlights I got a while back, but now I’m tempted to ask my stylist to whip up something like the colorful pink, purple and blue ends that have been showing up on young Hollywood it girls lately (that’s Lauren Conrad’s mane above on the right).
They look so fun and whimsical! But here’s what’s been holding me back: 1) I’m not sure how well they would translate to dark hair, and 2) I don’t want to look like I’m trying too hard to look young (one of my biggest beauty fears).
I think if I were in my teens or early 20s, I’d do it in a heartbeat!
What makeup or beauty trend are you still working up the courage to try?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Green is Good
A few basil leaves from my garden.
I firmly believe that there’s no such thing as too much basil. 🙂
Pixi Succulent Lip Twin in Opal Orchid
Cute packaging! The new Pixi Succulent Lip Twin in Opal Orchid, $18. Available now at Target stores.
The Chanel Ombres Tissées Iridescent Effects Eyes in Beiges and Your Inner Princess
I like to think that within every girl lives a princess, and this morning my princess demanded two things: shimmer and Chanel.
Loved and nurtured, the princess is all smiles, sweetness, sparkles and light. She exists solely to love, and to appreciate beautiful things. Instead of walking places, she frolics; instead of talking, she sings. And sometimes she has daydreams like black and white Fellini films, in which she meanders down cobblestone Roman boulevards wearing a white dress and red high heels.
Not wanting to disappoint the princess, today I introduced her to the new Ombres Tissées Iridescent Effects Eyes in Beiges ($75).
I literally clutched my heart the first time I opened the compact and beheld the tweed pattern and sparkly silver overspray. The shimmery, illuminating pale pink and ivory powders in the limited edition trio, which arrived on Chanel counters recently as part of the Les Aquarelles De Chanel collection, as beautiful as they are to look at in the case, also double as eyeshadows and highlighters.
As the overspray wears down, it reveals pigmented powders with a hint of lovely sheen…
So very fitting of the princess! 🙂
