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Big Sexy Hair Spritz & Stay Handles Snooki Poofs with Ease

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Need big hair in a hurry (heck, you never know)? Big Sexy Hair to the rescue!

Get long-lasting shine and touchable hold in a heartbeat (or so the company claims) with new Spritz & Stay ($15) non-aerosol hairspray. It’s formulated with “fast-dry technology” to (you guessed it) dry f a s t .

I needed help locking down the volume of my Snooki poof yesterday, and Big Sexy did the deed. I can’t tell if it dries any quicker than other styling products, but I like the hold. It certainly kept my poof nice and high! 🙂
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L’Oreal Wants You to Millionize Your Lashes with Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara

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L’Oreal wants you to “millionize your lashes,” and I guess they’re just assuming you’ll know what that means.

Go on, millionize them! I dare you. 🙂

If you’re confused, so was I when I heard the slogan for L’Oreal’s new Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara ($9).

Would I grow a million new lashes if I used it? Because if so that sounds like potentially too many… Or would my lashes grow in volume by a million times?

And why stop at a million anyway? Why not billionize your lashes? Let’s face it… A million just doesn’t go as far as it used to.

Overlooking 1) the silly slogan that doesn’t tell me anything about the product and 2) the fact that I’m a total word weirdo who obsesses over turns of phrase, I really tried to keep an open mind when I took Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara in Black out for a test drive.

The first thing I noticed about it: great brush. You know how some mascara brushes just don’t know when to stop? They grab too much product. Well, this one gets it right. I don’t even feel like I have to swipe it against a paper towel to remove any excess before applying.

How is that possible, you might ask? The Clean-Sweep Wiper System, BAM! The brush passes through a “web-like structure” and comes out of the tube loaded with the right amount of product for a single layer.

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Blue Skies Smiling at Me: A Face of the Day with the Bobbi Brown Crystal Eye Palette

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You know you’re from California when you’re already complaining about the weather after the first rains of the season. You see, I’m a certified weather wimp, and I was over the moon this morning when I looked out the windows and saw blue skies.

Tabs was even happier than I was because it meant he’d be able to go outside again after being cooped up all weekend long, and the first thing we did was go for a nice, long walk.

While he mouth mowed his favorite patch of grass, I gazed up at the sky and thought, “blue…” I know! — I’ll do a blue eye look with maybe a dash of purple to celebrate the day.

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Right away I knew I wanted to use the Bobbi Brown Crystal Eye Palette from the Holiday 2010 Collection.

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The Bobbi Brown Crystal Eye Palette

She’s the party girl of the release and the brightest of BB’s holiday eye sets, with four fun, shimmery powder shadows in purple, lilac, off-white and teal.
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Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Oct. 25

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  1. Mood:

    2. Rock steady, baby. That’s what I feel now. Not too high, not too low, just somewhere right around the middle.

  2. Do you have any bad habits you’d like to break?

    3. Being too lax about exercise. I gotta get back into doing it almost every day because when I do I’m less moody.

  3. Red wine or white?

    4. Red, the smoother the better. No bold tannins for this girl, thanks.

  4. Your favorite book(s) when you were a teen?

    5. Aww, man, I read tons of cheesy thrillers and totally devoured anything by V.C. Andrews (seriously, I read Flowers in the Attic eight times!) or Dean Koontz. I also went through a Harlequin phase, which I blame on Suzie, my clarinet playing friend from band. She carried romance books with her at all times and would lend them out like a library.

  5. Favorite way to exercise?

    6. Probably running because it doesn’t take much time, but if they were easier (or possible) to do at home maybe dancing, swimming or surfing.

  6. Do you wake up to an alarm clock?

    7. Yep! If left to my own devices and not electronic ones I’d sleep until at least 9 or 10.

  7. Have you ever baked a pie?

    8. Once in 2002, and I remember it like it was yesterday… It was a delicious blueberry and peach creation based on a recipe I’d gotten from my roommate, who was from the South. I remember being shocked at how many sticks of butter I used!

  8. Do you have a temper?

    9. It depends. If I’m exhausted, then yes.

  9. Favorite Halloween candy?

    10. Snickers (they really satisfy)! And throw in a handful of candy corn while you’re at it, please. Thank you.

  10. Weekly goals:

    11. To write an entry in my journal every day, to keep my desk organized, to step away from the computer at 6PM (sooo hard to do!) and to meet a friend for lunch.

Howzit, holmes? Fancy meeting you here. 🙂

I hope your week got off to a good start. Please tell me things aren’t too cray-cray today.

To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.



1. Mood:
2. Do you have any bad habits you’d like to break?
3. Red wine or white?
4. Your favorite book(s) when you were a teen?
5. Favorite way to exercise?
6. Do you wake up to an alarm clock?
7. Have you ever baked a pie?
8. Do you have a temper?
9. Favorite Halloween candy?
10. Weekly goals:

Can you believe it’s the last week in October already? What’s going on here? I think we skipped August entirely. Do you remember having an August? Something’s afoot!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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