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1. Mood:

A jumble of good things today: focused, cheerful and playful!

2. What are three of your favorite eyeshadow crease colors?

Oh, there are so many to choose from! MAC Soft Brown will always be my baby. Lately, I’ve also been lovin’ on MAC Patina and Urban Decay Smog from the Ammo Palette.

3. Do you think men and women can be platonic friends without any weirdness?

Totally. I have a few great guy friends who are like the older brothers I always wished for but never had — NBLACK, Mark S. and Marc K.

4. What’s the next book you’d like to read?

I just finished the third Sookie Stackhouse book and can’t wait to read the fourth.

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

Nothing yet, but I’m thinking it might be a Bobbi Brown Ivy League kinda day.

6. Who makes *the best* jeans?

I have to admit I’m asking this question because I need to buy a new pair, LOL! I used to love my Joe’s, but now they fit funky…

7. What are you looking forward to most this week?

Watching Julie & Julia on Friday. LOVE Meryl Streep!

8. If you had the chance to go back and re-live your high school years but with all the knowledge you have now, would you?

High school was a time in my life when I felt steady and safe, so it’s definitely tempting. I would miss the freedoms that come with being an adult, though, so probably not.

9. Outfit:

Pink and black plaid Dickies pants and a black t-shirt.

10. Weekly goals:

Schedule a lunch with friends, start researching flooring materials (fake wood versus carpet?), set aside time to relax and try a new recipe from the August issue of Real Simple.

Right now I’m sitting at my desk, drinking tea and going over my to-do list for the day. Tabs is on my lap and purring like crazy!

How’s your morning coming along? I always like it when I can ease my way into Mondays.

Let me know how you’re doing. Grab a cup of tea or coffee, copy the empty list below, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

Let’s make this week a good one! *raises mug* 🙂

Le list

1. Mood:
2. Three of your favorite eyeshadow crease colors:
3. Can men and women be platonic friends?
4. The next book you’d like to read:
5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:
6. Who makes *the best* jeans?
7. What are you most looking forward to this week?
8. Would you re-live your high school years?
9. Outfit:
10. Weekly goals:

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• 4-step sun-kissed glow without the use of tanners — A Mom in Red High Heels
• I can’t wait to try Kiehl’s new Argan Body Lotion — Beauty Blogging Junkie
• When bags hit the fringe of fashion — The Jet Set Girls
• Avon’s new $30 anti-aging agent fights wrinkles while you sleep — Makeover Momma
• 10 things you didn’t know about Khloe Kardashian — Spoiled Pretty
• What do Magnolia, fresh citrus and Neroli have in common with Chanel? — Makeup Bag
• Are lips trending vivid red or neutral nude? — Beyond Beauty Basics

Like a sunflower, girls, it’s time for us to rise and shine. 🙂

Hope you had a nice Sunday night. The highlight of mine was watching Jason Stackhouse dig himself in ever deepening holes on the latest episode of True Blood. That poor boy’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

MY BEST: I liked the way my eye makeup turned out yesterday, not that I did anything special with it on. I wore the MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Assemblage ($20) quad from the Colour Craft collection. I think the taupe shade’s to die for, but all four colors work together surprisingly well. I wore them with MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack ($15), and I kinda think my eyes looked bangin’. 🙂

MY WORST: Wearing Illamasqua Volume Mascara ($23). So no cute. I love Illamasqua’s lipsticks and blushes, but the mascara left little black flakes everywhere!

What were your best and worst beauty experiences of the week? Spill the beans in the comments.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

It may still be summer, but at makeup counters everywhere, autumn leaves are starting to fall.

August brings even more fall makeup, and it’s time to say one last goodbye to July. Here were some of my favorite posts of the month. 🙂

• Urban Decay Fall 2009 Lipstick Swatches and a Helluva Lot of Randomness
  “These aren’t colors I’d wear to Safeway to buy bananas, but they’re still a lot of fun. And should I ever get turned by Vampire Bill (VB!), I could wear Oilslick and Confession all the time.”
• Lancome Declaring Indigo Fall 2009: Enough to Make My Brown Eyes Blue
  “Virtuose Mascara in Royal Blue ($25) nearly blinded me with bling when I first laid eyes on her. A dark blue mascara with golden glitter, this baby curls, lengthens and defines lashes like nobody’s bidness.”



• The Lovely Chanel Venice Rouge Allure Lipsticks
  “These browns, pinks and plums aren’t terribly extreme or edgy, but they’re pretty and look natural, and to me that adds up to easy-to-wear. :)”
• Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Frenzy: A Pink Pigmentation Bonanza!
  “I love the rich, blinged-out look of this shade, but truth be told it’s hella high maintenance. How high maintenance is it? Frenzy’s like the Kimora Lee Simmons of the lipgloss world!”
• Urban Decay Face of the Day with Freakshow Deluxe Eyeshadow, Fall 2009
  “Freakshow, a shimmery purple with reddish hints, is one of three Deluxe Eyeshadows from Urban Decay’s fall 2009 collection. I used it and some MAC products for this pink, purple and bronze eye…”
• I’m Seeing Stars Thanks to MAC Love That Look
  “The uber-frosty Starflash Eye Shadows headline this show, focusing tons of attention on the eyes, BAM! There’s nothing subtle at all about these powder shadows, so be prepared for bling when you wear ’em.”



• MAC Gets Crafty with Wearable Colors in the Colour Craft Collection
  “…Colour Craft took me by surprise. The bulk of this humungo 33-piece collection actually consists of — gasp! — wearable shades. MAC gave us a good mix of shimmery neutrals, golds and bronzes along with fun pops of purple, pink, blue and orange thrown in for eyes.”
• Chanel Venice Collection Eye Gloss Turns Up the Intensity
  “When layered beneath powder eyeshadows, most cream shadows bump up the intensity of a powder shadow by maybe 50%. The Eye Glosses, however, increase the richness of colors by 2-3 times (100-150%!).”
• Illamasqua Cream Blusher Stays On Like Donkey Kong
  “Even in hella hot weather, Rude doesn’t fade. Where other cream blushes have melted away, like when I’m covered in sweat, pulling a Whitney circa the Bobby Brown years, Illamasqua Cream Blusher’s still going strong.”

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen