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Saturday Surfing

February 6th, 2010 by Karen 46 Comments

Heya, ladies. 🙂 How’s your Saturday coming along?

I dragged myself out of bed kinda early this morning to putter around the house, and now I’m just getting ready to meet a friend for lunch (do you know Marisol?).

Can you catch some waves with me before you go?

Random bright spots

  • Bella bares all! Hear about her experience with laser hair removal — Bella Sugar
  • TIPS: Create a stylish work wardrobe — Icing
  • Is Smashbox’s new Liquid Liner Pen mightier than the sword? — Temptalia
  • Adolescents look to Jersey Shore for hairstyling advice? Seriously?? — The Cut
  • Heather always rocks the sassiest nails — Seoul Diva
  • Where to go if you’re bored with the music on your iPod — I Listen to Everything
  • Three words: police car heels — Yanko Design
  • Meow! How to store and organize cats — The Daily Tail
  • Beyonce’s Grammy hairdo explained (sort of) — Beauty School Blog
  • These Paul and Joe Wild Flowers glosses are THE CUTENESS! — The Beauty Look Book
  • 31 awesome benches from around the world — Now That’s Nifty
  • WANT! This Anthropologie top/belt combo — Effortless Anthropologie
  • How to cook a chocolate cake (in 5 minutes) — Instructables

New in stores

  • Sweet one-day deal at Nordstrom: Buy two MAC Eyeshadow singles and get MAC Shroom Eyeshadow free (online and in-store); while supplies last
  • Um… Who OK’d Scriptina on Valentino Rock n’ Dreams perfume ($65-85)? On the bright side … at least it’s not Comic Sans.
  • This Kate Spade Medium Heddy Cosmetic Bag ($70) is kinda cute…
  • Sephora’s Pink brush set ($29) is just in time for Valentine’s Day.
  • Lipstick Queen wants to get you all Fired Up ($18) with her new sheer red gloss.
  • I love the neutral shades in Sonia Kashuk’s How to Look Organically Natural 01 Palette ($20).
  • Because sometimes bigger IS better — Urban Decay Sin Primer Potion now comes in Extra Large ($23).
  • Have you heard about MAC & Milk ($14-26)? It’s a new collection of runway-ready makeup for face, lips and eyes.
  • A few of the Benefit Full-Finish Lipsticks are on sale for 50% off (that’s $9!!).
  • I’m diggin’ the mix of greens and browns in Sephora’s Colorful Artist Palette in Warm ($32).
  • Are you a Kat Von D fan with an extra $425 sitting around?

I may not understand a word these girls are saying, but I still loooove this song…

Dear Chris Cornell, I forgive you for lining your lower lashline, but only because yer sexy and can sing. 🙂

Did anyone else want to be Lisa Lisa back in the day?

Whatever you’re up to today, I hope you’re having fun!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun

MAC Makeup Collection or Breed of Cat? Inquiring Minds Want to Know

February 6th, 2010 by Karen 17 Comments

The CFA (Cat Fanciers’ Association) recognizes 40 pedigree cat breeds for showing, but that’s nothing compared to the hundreds of makeup collections MAC has shown over the years. 🙂

Lately, I’ve been having a hard time keeping my cat breeds and MAC collections apart, LOL! Must be something about the names…

Five of the following are MAC collections, and five are breeds of cat. Can you find the five MAC collections?

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. I’ll post the answers in the comments later today (your answers should be in bold after you vote). 🙂

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Categories: Just For Fun

Tabs for President!

February 6th, 2010 by Karen 11 Comments


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Categories: Daily Photo

Blade of Grass

February 6th, 2010 by Karen 9 Comments


You can always find beauty, even in the smallest of things.

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Categories: Daily Beauty

MAC Riveting: What Would You Get?

February 5th, 2010 by Karen 50 Comments

WOW! What a MAC-alicious week… And the hits keep coming, too. Mark your calendars for Feb. 18, MAC fans, because that’s the day MAC Riveting rock ‘n rolls into town.

It’ll be a small release compared to Spring Colour Forecast, with just 14 pieces for lips, eyes, cheeks and nails and a familiar ’80s rock goddess vibe that focuses on sculpted cheeks and lush lashes.

What Tabs wants to know is…

What would you get?


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Categories: MAC Makeup

Hourglass Thinks It’s Time for Prodigy Lipgloss

February 5th, 2010 by Karen 30 Comments

“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the ________________.”

There’s a new kid in town, and she’s a regular child prodigy — an Hourglass Prodigy, to be exact.

Prodigy, a new line of pocket-friendly lip glosses from luxury brand Hourglass, slides into Sephora stores later this month (Feb. 18), and small clutches everywhere are going wild! 🙂

But seriously, the six slick glosses cost $26 apiece, so they aren’t as cheap as their diminutive size might lead one to believe.

Still, their flat tubes seem kinda cool, don’t they? They’re designed to fit snugly into tight spaces like pockets or a tiny clutch.

I love it when companies push (or in this case squish) the envelope when it comes to design.

The top snaps off (took me a minute to figure it out) to reveal the angled applicator tip, and squeezing the body of the tube dispenses the product.

I just wish I could get Hourglass to tweak one thing…
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Categories: Makeup, Product Reviews Keywords: hourglass

Peace Out

February 5th, 2010 by Karen 7 Comments


More VS! That’s Hope Pink Eau de Parfum ($32), from the new Life is Pink line of body lotions and fragrances.

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Categories: Daily Photo

What Scent Are You Wearing Today?

February 5th, 2010 by Karen 10 Comments


I’m wearing Very Sexy Now Eau de Parfum ($49), a limited-edition scent that hits Victoria’s Secret shelves in March. I dig the colorful packaging and the light, fresh fragrance.

VS describes Very Sexy Now as a “green fruity-floral.”

  • Top notes: pink lemonade, green Thai lime, rainwater accord
  • Middle notes: frangipani nectar, jungle lily, purple orchid
  • Base notes: bamboo, teak, musk

What scent are you wearing today?

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Categories: Daily Beauty

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