BAM! That’s the spiked necklace I got from H&M last month.
Tabs thinks it goes well with his marbling and has thus claimed it as his own.
Classic Tabby Fierceness
Revlon PhotoReady Primer + Shadow in Bohemian
I had a great time at the Rite Aid in Corte Madera a couple weeks ago. I left with my little basket filled with things I wanted to try, like this Revlon PhotoReady Primer + Shadow palette in Bohemian (about $7.50).
I still haven’t worn it yet, but I love the colors, especially that light blue…
It’s available now online and at CVS, Rite Aid and Target stores (and probably most other drugstores, too).
At the China Glaze Monster’s Ball, the Ghouls Will Glitter and Glow
Come one, come all! Wraiths, vamps, ghouls and guys — everyone’s invited to the China Glaze Monster’s Ball.
Contrary to popular belief, the road to a rollickin’ Halloween isn’t paved with candy corn and Mini Snickers (although that would be hella awesome). It’s paved with glitter — and lots of it! — because the contractor was China Glaze. 🙂
Monster’s Ball, the brand’s new limited edition Halloween collection, is a monster mash of glitter. Of the six new shades ($7.50 each), four of them sport sparkle in spades.
And that’s not all, ghouls and guys. There’s also a midnight-black textured polish and, for those who aren’t afraid of things that go bump in the night, a shade that glows in the dark.
In each of the swatches below, I’m wearing two terrifying coats…
What Do You Love About Makeup?
Quick, don’t over-think it! List three things you absolutely, positively love about makeup.
Here’s mine…
- I love how the littlest things — like a lipstick or gloss, or painting my nails — can totally improve my mood. When I’m having a cranky morning, I know that if I wash my face, do my hair and put on minimal makeup (maybe brows, mascara, concealer and blush), I’ll feel about a million times better. It’s almost guaranteed.
- Unlike that pair of size 0 jeans I wore when I was 19 but can no longer squeeze into, makeup always fits. I might be bloated on any given day, but it doesn’t mean a thing to that tube of MAC Russian Red. GAWD, I love that!
- Makeup brings people together. Corny? Yes! But it’s true! I’ve made and met so many friends at Sephora stores and makeup counters — friendships started over conversations about something as mundane as blush. Regular life is complicated enough as it is… Thank goodness for simple pleasures like blush. 🙂
What about you? What do you absolutely, positively love about makeup?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
A Picture Perfect Collection of Bold Brights Beckons You: The New NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday Color Collection
WARNING: Catching glimpses of the pretty, pretty colors in the NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday Color Collection has been known to make knees buckle.
It’s gotta be the bold brights… They get me every single time.
I’m getting a decidedly MAC-esque vibe from this new 17-piece limited edition release, AND I LIKE IT! If there ever was a collection capable of converting the most die-hard MAC mavens to hard-core NARS nerds, this would be the one.
With saturated, high-intensity lipsticks, blushes, eyeshadows and nail polishes, it holds nothing back.
Rather than releasing just enough products to complete one look — like a blush, a gloss, one lipstick and a few eye pieces — which is what NARS usually does with their collections, they expanded their horizons this time around, offering multiple options — three blushes, four nail polishes, five eyeshadow singles (in the new Cinematic formulation) and five lipsticks (also in Cinematic).
Very MAC-like, I must say.
But this collection is more than bold brights. It’s also, in a way, an ode to one of François Nars’ childhood heroes, french photographer Guy Bourdin, who François credits for inspiring him to become a makeup artist.
Bourdin’s work graced the pages of top fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar during the later half of the 20th century. He was one of the first to create complex narratives through his fashion photography. He often staged his shots in strange and mysterious ways to tell stories through imagery, sometimes with violent, surreal themes or sexuality.
I gotta say, I really like it when collections have provocative, interesting stories behind them, and I think it’s cool that Nars gives props to a fellow artist who meant so much to him.
My makeup spider sense is tingling about this collection. I can see it being one of those launches that people talk about with a twinkle in their eye, like five or six years down the road over coffee one day. “Gah! Remember NARS Guy Bourdin? I still dream about those lipsticks…”
The New Joy to the Girls Palette by Too Faced Cosmetics Sings Songs of Girly Glam for the Holidays
Hark! The herald beauty angels sing…
Joy to the girls, it’s time to play!
Let eyes receive shadow! 🙂
I do believe that Too Faced Cosmetics is on to something with the name of their new holiday palette, Joy to the Girls.
Makeup-themed Christmas carols.
BOOM!
Picture it — you, Tabs and I standing on the neighbor’s doorstep in matching chunky knit sweaters with matching caps (because Team Tabs is all about accessories), while we sing about our love of cat eyeliner and blending brushes.
(I’m an alto, BTW, so you and Tabs will have to cover the high parts.)
On our eyes, Joy to the Girls.
Recently released for the holidays, it comes equipped for yuletide fun with 15 pans of powder eyeshadow in matte, shimmer and glitter finishes. There’s also a full-sized LashGASM Mascara, and three sets of step-by-step instructions for different looks.
I’m With the DJ
DJ Tabs on the ones and twos!
My new favorite piece of clothing is this tabby cat DJ tee. I got it last week at Target for $12.99. 😀
NYC New York Color Black Knight Ultra Last Lipwear
I spotted this crazy lipstick at the drugstore a couple weeks ago and could not resist.
It’s NYC New York Color Ultra Last Lipwear in Black Knight, and get this: it’s only $1.99!
$1.99 what-what!?
It’s hella creamy, and one of those shades that takes a lot of work, because it also tends to be a bit patchy.
If you don’t mind taking your time and doing some layering with lip liner, though, you can make it work.