NYX Bronze Smokey Look Kit
Bobbi Brown Beach Club: These Long-Wearing Eyeshadows Aren’t for Members Only
There’s one Bobby Brown for recipes that call for cheese (as in cheesy ’90s R&B), and another Bobbi Brown for recipes that call for long lasting cream shadows.
Fellow fans of the later’s Long-Wear and Metallic Long-Wear shadows depend on their smooth, non-creasing formula when quick, elegant eye looks are on the menu. For this summer’s Beach collection, Chef Bobbi’s cooked up five new Long-Wear shadows, these with an ocean theme ($22 each).
Watch Out Pores: Here Comes NARS Pro-Prime Skin Smoothing Face Prep
I was out fashion hunting at the mall yesterday afternoon, rutting around for a respectable pair of jeans (more on that in a few), when I bumped into a gal with skin that looked smoother than a porcelain doll.
My curiosity got the better of me; I politely asked for her secret, to which she replied, “I don’t really do anything.”
B*tch…
Just kidding! 🙂 Kinda…
With the otherworldly size of the pores of my face, sometimes I forget that there really are (lucky) people out there who simply never have to worry about their skin — no big-@ss pores or annoying fine lines.
For the rest of us, there’s NARS Pro-Prime Skin Smoothing Face Prep ($30 for a .26-oz jar).
One of two new summer primers from NARS, it’s an invisible, lightweight product designed to be layered beneath foundation or patted on top of makeup for spot treatments (by reducing shine) and to smooth the appearance of fine lines, pores and rough patches on the face.
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Smashbox Naked Beauty Mini Lip Gloss Kit
Love the mix of neutral shades in the Smashbox Naked Beauty Mini Lip Gloss Kit for summer ($25)!
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils: Four New Summer Shades!
Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencils from left: Purple Velvet, Pure Gold, Rocky Mountain Green and Electric Blue ($4 each).
Have you worn these pencils before? What do you think?
Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, June 14
- Mood:
- What’s the best hairstyle you’ve ever had?
- Worst hairstyle you’ve ever had?
- Favorite pizza toppings?
- Highest heel you can wear without toppling over?
- Favorite CDs/records from you teen years?
- If we met for drinks, what would you order?
- One of your favorite pieces of jewelry and why you love it?
- Outfit:
- Weekly goals:
Somewhat disheveled (is that a mood?). This morning I awoke to the sound of Tabs pouncing and pawing at something on the floor. Turns out it was a slug, yay! And I freaked out.
I’m cool with spiders and insects, but I don’t do well with slimy slugs and worms. 🙁
The one I like the most is probably the one I have now. It’s layered and down past my shoulders so it has lots of movement. Only took me 35 years to find!
Oh, that’s tougher. Hmm… It’s a tossup between the time a stylist hacked away at my curly/wavy hair with a razor (I had a frizz halo for six months after!) or the horribly cropped, boyish cut my parents forced upon me when I was 12. It led folks to assume I was a little dude… Yes, it was *that* bad.
That’s easy! Mozzarella and basil, please. I’ll take a margherita pizza any day of the week.
I can walk semi-comfortably in 3.5 inches; anything higher than that spells disaster.
En Vogue’s Born to Sing, The Pharcyde’s Biazarre Ride II the Pharcyde, U2’s Achtung Baby and the Miss Saigon soundtrack… I still have each of these on tape — yes, tape. Of course, I don’t have a tape player anymore (go figure).
A mojito, a margarita on the rocks (with salt) or a Corona…
A gold necklace with large interlocking pieces. I got it on sale in the Macy’s costume jewelry section years ago and reach for it whenever I can’t figure out what to wear. It pretty much goes with everything.
My favorite pair of Lucky jeans (the ones with the hole in the thigh!), a purple tank top and a light brown sweater.
To manage my time wisely (a constant struggle), to prepare a few healthy dinners and — this one’s my most important objective — to remember to smile.
It’s yet another Monday, my friends. Apart from the slug incident in the living room this morning (bluh!), today’s just chugging along. I stayed up late last night to watch True Blood before bed (what did you think?), and now I’m paying for it. Thank goodness for caffeine, right?
Do you have a moment to touch base with the Monday Poll? If you do, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Le list
1. Mood:
2. Best hairstyle you’ve ever had?
3. Worst hairstyle you’ve ever had?
4. Favorite pizza toppings?
5. Highest heel you can wear without toppling over?
6. Favorite CDs/records from you teen years?
7. If we met at a bar for drinks, what would you order?
8. One of your favorite pieces of jewelry and why you love it?
9. Outfit:
10. Your weekly goals:
I can’t wait to rock this week with you. Let’s DO THIS!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Sundays with Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 91
What’s the deal with these two-day weekends, ladies? Let’s start a petition! I want three days from now on. Two days is barely enough time to run errands, much less have fun. Who’s with me? I’ve got one signature from a coworker so far: 
Notwithstanding the length of it, did you have a good weekend? What are you doing tonight, and does it involve True Blood? 🙂
Tabs is actually napping right now, even though this is prime tabby time (dusk). I think he’s jet lagged from all of the traveling he’s been doing lately. See, we’re entering kitteh modeling season, so things are picking up.
OOH! As a matter of fact, here are pictures from the shoots he did this week:
Jouer Bath & Body Oil and Butter: A Dependable Floral Fragrance Bursting with Hydration
Jouer Body Butter ($32) and Bath & Body Oil ($28) are like a leisurely stroll through a garden bursting with fragrant summer blooms.
The light infusion of gardenia, jasmine and honeysuckle flowers won’t abandon you midway through your day. Like good friends, both products are there when and where you need them, moisturizing your driest bits with a blend of sweet almond, apricot kernal and jojoba oils that leave skin soft, but not greasy.
I like to mix a few drops of the oil with the cream for what amounts to pure hydration heaven.
As for the packaging, this elegant duo (I love glass bottles with a little heft to ’em) could look classy on almost any dresser.
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