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…have extra cat treats in your pockets, because you never know when you’ll turn a corner and make a new friend.
…feel a bit of extra breathing room in your skinny jeans. (Mine are a little snug right now, not gonna lie!) 🙂
…shine like the star you are, just like the new MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencils — even when you’re feeling tired or a little blue.
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Have you gotten into Instagram yet (here’s me)? GOLD MINE for cat pics and videos, among other things.
A couple Friday nights ago I was being a homebody with some new skin care products from Bliss and GlamGlow and shared a pic…
Back to Instagram, I think I like it so much because there’s no pressure, camera-wise, because you take the pictures with your phone. There’s no elaborate setups or having to mess with manual modes or checking your f-stops or ISO levels, and you have this one creative space that you can fill with anything you like.
It’s great for inspiration, like with makeup and hair, because you can follow artists and other people you like and see their work, even if they’re doing looks you could never imagine yourself wearing. It’s just a really easy way to get lots of visual food for your brain in one space.
Anywho, I first heard about GlamGlow, ironically, at a Bliss Spa, where the spa technician who gave me a facial was like, “This is the next big thing. You’re gonna love this mask. All of your girlfriends will be talking about it,” and she was so right. I definitely feel like when I use a GlamGlow mask, something is happening.
In this video I talk about a few of the Bliss and GlamGlow skin care products I’ve been using and loving. 🙂
Have you found any change-your-life skin care products lately? How about Bliss and GlamGlow? Do you have any faves?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Congrats to the winners of this giveaway, Katie and Amoure Jones!
I may have mentioned once or twice (or 10 times) that I’m unabashedly Team MC (says the girl who saw Glitter on opening day, LOL!).
Today is actually Mariah’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIMI!), so I thought it might be fun to host a giveaway featuring my favorite diva’s latest scent, Mariah Carey Dreams, which has notes of bergamot, salted caramel apple, toasted almonds, star anise, freesia, honeysuckle, muguet, tonka bean, Madagascar vanilla, patchouli and warm musk. You can find it now at Walgreens.
Two (2) lucky ladies and/or gents will win a prize package valued at $149.49 including…
All ya have to do is leave a comment below to enter, and your comment can be about anything at all (like how you feel about selfies, whether Divergent was as good as it could/should have been, what you want for your birthday, what you’re doing this weekend — anything). It’s that easy!
Enter by leaving a comment below. The deadline to enter is Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:59 PM (Pacific). Entrants must enter using a valid email address to win. Contest is open to individuals in the United States 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 two (2) winners at random from the entries left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post. Void where prohibited by law.
Good luck!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Congrats to the winners of this giveaway, Katie and Amoure Jones!
I’m, uh, kinda stoked about these pistachio macarons from Laduree. I tried to restrain myself (I really did!) but had to sneak a couple bites before busting out the camera (the lid is covering the ones I nom’d).
Macarons are easily among my top 10 cookies of all time. I could have ’em for breakfast, lunch and dinner, OM NOM NOM!
I’m also pretty stoked about showering tonight with one of these new body washes by Dove…
They’re available now at grocery stores, drugstores and online, if you’re interested. 🙂
Your nephew says hi, by the way. He’s very pleased with himself right meow because I tried to do a cute little photo shoot with the Dove bottles and a white bath robe, but that quickly went south when he left his black, gray and orange tabby hair ALL OVER THE PLACE.
And then because Tabs is Tabs, he took off with part of the robe.
Sigh…
How cute are these pans?! I sense that if I show them to my Gerbera daisies, the flowers will feel a twinge of jealousy. 🙂
These are three of the four new Clinique Cheek Pop blushes ($21 each), which are new for spring. They’re supposed to leave skin with natural-looking color but without the powdery texture that some blushes leave behind.
Can’t wait to get ’em on my cheeks.
They’re available now at Clinique counters and online at clinique.com.
Ring! Ring!
KAREN: Hello, this is Karen.
CAITLIN GREY-FANG: Hi, Karen, this is Caitlin Grey-Fang of Modern Werewolf Magazine. How are you today?
KAREN: Great. How ’bout yourself?
CAITLIN: Excellent. I’m calling to first introduce myself and say hello. I’m Modern Werewolf’s new beauty editor, and I was referred to you by Tabs the cat.
KAREN: Oh, hello. It’s nice to meet you.
CAITLIN: I’m writing a story for our blog on modernwerewolf.com that I hope you can help me with.
KAREN: Let me guess — body hair removal? ‘Cause, GURL, I could talk about that FOR DAYS!
CAITLIN: Actually, no. But the next time I do a hair removal story, I’ll be sure to call you. I was actually wondering if you had a moment to talk about brows.
KAREN: I most certainly do! It’s a subject near and dear to my heart. How can I help you?
CAITLIN: Well, as you know, most werewolves are blessed with big, lush brows, which is currently on-trend in the beauty world; however, there are a subset of lycanthropes who do need a little help when it comes to faking full brows.
I was wondering if you could offer a few thoughts on the new $39 Too Faced Brow Envy Kit. I hear from my colleagues that you’re a fan of the line, so I figured I’d call you for the 411?
KAREN: Sure! What a coincidence. I’m actually wearing Brow Envy today.
CAITLIN: Excellent! So tell me about it. Is it already out? And what does it do exactly?
KAREN: OK. Well, it was recently released with the Too Faced summer 2014 collection, and it’s available now at Too Faced counters and online for $39.
It comes with a couple of brow powders, a cream highlighter, a setting wax and several tools, like a tiny tweezers, a small angled brush, a spoolie and some stencils, although — how can I put this? — it’s my understanding that some werewolves prefer the look of a single strong brow.
CAITLIN: A unibrow? Yes, that is the fashion in some packs.
KAREN: Alright. Well, I suppose that if one wanted to create that look, they could do so pretty easily freehand using the products in this kit.
CAITLIN: Great! Could you explain a little for our readers how you use the palette?
KAREN: It’s easy. You fill in your brows with either the Brunette or Blonde powder, or you could even mix both if you’d like, and then set your brows with the setting wax to keep them in place.
Then, kind of as an added bonus, if you want to emphasize the arch in your brows, you can take the pink matte highlighter, run it just beneath the bottom of your brows, and blend, blend, blend.
As for the stencils, well, the idea is to use them to outline your desired brow shape by placing one directly on top of your brows and filling it in, but, truth be told, I never use stencils because the shapes always fit funky on me, so I just freehand it, and I’d recommend your werewolf readers do the same.
CAITLIN: When it gets right down to it, how do you think this palette performs? Do you think a werewolf with sparse brows would be able to get the full look he or she wants?
KAREN: Based on how it performs on humans, I’d say yes, they would. I’ve been using it for about a week now, and one of the things I really like about it is how quickly you can darken your brows with it because of how much pigment the powders pack. My brow hairs are naturally quite dark and, frankly, I was afraid that the Brunette shade wouldn’t do anything for me, but it does! It’s actually pretty intense.
I do have to say, though, that the setting wax and highlighter may not have enough “oomph” for some of the werewolves I’ve seen on TV. The wax doesn’t really have a lot of hold at all — either that, or my brow hairs are way too unruly, LOL! And the highlighter is awfully subtle.
Oh! And if your fur is red or silver, you’re kind of S.O.L. here, as the kit only comes with Brunette and Blonde powders.
CAITLIN: Can I get your take on the tools?
KAREN: Yeah, I’d probably only use ’em in a pinch. The tiny angled brush is difficult to use and imprecise, and the tiny tweezers and spoolie, while cute, might be too small for larger werewolf…hands? Paws?
Four more days and zombie-filled nights until The Walking Dead season 4 finale, whoop-whoop!
We’ll see if I get any sleep…
I’m having another bout of insomnia, which, on the one hand, is a pain because — hello, dark circles! — but on the other hand, it’s kind of rad, because I’m usually up at the witching hour pondering pressing questions of great importance like, “If the characters from The Walking Dead were MAC Lipsticks, which ones would they be?”
Here are my picks for my favorite characters on the show. 🙂
I seriously cannot imagine Daryl’s character being anything other than this edgy reddish coral. Like Lady Danger, he may keep you at arm’s length (the distance of a crossbow bolt perhaps?) until he gets to know you better.
But stick around, because once he lets you into his life, he’ll always have your back.
Also like Daryl, dressed up or dressed down, Lady Danger always looks hot. 😉
I think of Rick as the everyman character, an ordinary guy thrust into extraordinary circumstances.
For a long time, he serves as the group’s de-facto leader, shouldering the burden of keeping everyone alive and making the tough decisions.
I definitely see him as Crosswires.
Rick’s a survivor, a man who tries to do the right thing, even when the right thing isn’t always clear.
Well, let’s see… What a thought provoking question, LOL!
I definitely do love bright, colorful glitter (pinks, purples, blues, greens) on my nails, but I think I’m more of a neutral glitter gal when it comes to my eyes. I loves me some gold glitter, especially on my lids.
I guess I fall somewhere in the middle, like a 5 or 6.
Your turn! 🙂 On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being neutral glitter and 10 being bright and colorful glitter, where do you fall? Inquiring minds want to know…
While we’re at it, feel free to share any gorgeous glitter recs.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Happy hump day, babe (or dude).