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• 15 Questions with Illamasqua’s Creative Director — Beauty and the Blog
• Something tells me Tabs would not be cool with a kitty mani/pedi — Pet Sugar
• Speaking of crazy manicures… — Bella Sugar
• 3 Jedi mind tricks to feel better in a nanosecond — Zen Habits
• I just *knew* the interwebz were giving me ADD — Stanford University News
• OPI’s Holiday Wishes collection looks amazing — Scrangie
• I’m dying over the new Barbie Loves Stila Smudge Pots — Stila
• Time to dust off ye olde knitting needles — Spindle Cat Studio
• 15 Ways to find an hour a day of extra time for focused learning — Mission to Learn
• Get your Scottish shortbread on — We Heart This
• Listen to Nikka Costa’s Pebble to a Pearl CD; it’s really good — Nikka Costa
• Love this look makeup artist Troy Jensen created for Rachel McAdams — Troy Jensen

Ugh, gals! It’s like sauna central up in here right now. The glow I’m sporting ain’t the sexy kind. It’s more along the lines of a sweaty beast.

What are up to? Is it hot there?

I think I need to escape my apartment until it cools down… I may go to a movie, at least for the air conditioning. 🙂

Whatever you’re doing tonight, I hope it’s fun!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• Pin-up girl hair for Mad Men week — We Heart This
• 11 ways to find serenity amidst chaos — A Beautiful Ripple Effect
• Freshen up for less at Fresh stores and spas — Bella Sugar
• Illamasqua asks, “How good are you at nail art?” — The Official Blog of Illamasqua
• Did you miss any fall makeup? — Ladies Beauty
• This cute necklace is off the (multi) chain! — Etsy.com Seller whiteowl
• I these Pucci shoes — Captivate Moi
• Sincerely, John Hughes — We’ll Know When We Get There
• 10 commandments for the happy writer — Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent
• Kitteh hits the gym — A Peak at Sarah’s World
• The Twilight Barbie fang club — Daily Beauty Reporter

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

1. Mood:

Good but a little tired… I had a knot in my stomach last week (from house hunting), but I feel better now.

2. What’s one eye makeup tool or product that you couldn’t live without?

I’ve always *loved* the Shu Uemura lash curler.

3. What do you want to be when you grow up?

LOL, what didn’t I want to be? I wanted to be an astronomer, an archaeologist a veterinarian — so many things! As much as I love them, my parents kinda discouraged a lot of different career paths. It’s weird, but among Filipino families there are basically only three vocations of which parents approve: doctor, nurse or engineer, LOL!

4. What are some words you try to live by?

Years ago my friend Dave said to me, “When you fall down, pick yourself up, brush yourself off and keep moving forward.” 🙂

5. Eyes/lips/cheeks:

It’s mostly Urban Decay in the hizz today! Eyes: Sin Eyeshadow Primer Potion, the Ammo Palette shadows in Sin and Smog, Deluxe Eyeshadow in Freakshow, 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Underground, Skyscraper Multi-Benefit Mascara. Lips: Naked Lipstick and 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Wallflower. Cheeks: the Illamasqua Bronzing Duo in Glint & Burnish.

6. Have you ever had a REALLY BAD perm?

Unfortunately, yes. When Grandma went to beauty school she practiced on me and my mom. Thankfully, I was only six at the time.

7. What was the highlight of your weekend?

Dinner with El Hub on Saturday night.

8. What’s your current favorite fragrance?

Benefit My Place Or Yours Gina.

9. Outfit:

Purple tank top, jeans and a tan blazer.

10. Weekly goals:

Record what I eat in my food journal (I’m trying to watch my calorie intake), donate clothes to Goodwill, take Tabs to the vet, try to keep my desk clean, and start doing push-ups.

Hiya, girls. How was your weekend? I hope you got some time to relax. 🙂

I’m never quite ready for Mondays, but I always look forward to hearing from you. Let me know what you’ve been up to by copying the empty list below and pasting it with your answers in the comments.

Have a great week!

Le list

Mood:
What’s one eye makeup tool or product that you couldn’t live without?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What are some words you try to live by?
Eyes/lips/cheeks:
Have you ever had a REALLY BAD perm?
What was the highlight of your weekend?
What’s your current favorite fragrance?
Outfit:
Weekly goals:

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen