Some hot pink flowers in my front yard right after a spring rain storm.
Hot Pink
Sundays with Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 82
Hey there, good lookin’. 🙂 My today’s been a little on the dreary side because it hasn’t stopped raining all day long, and now it’s almost dark — already! I don’t mean to be a downer… but I feel a bit craptacular, if you’ll pardon the expression.
At least Tabs has been trying to cheer me up. What a good kitty. He brought out his portfolio and like a proud tabby showed pics of the new modeling projects he’s been working on. Cat sho’ keeps busy.
This Week’s Top Posts
This was kind of a good week for color, yah? I wasn’t expecting so much from Clinique Brandied Bronze, but that palette alone has my summer basically covered. And then there was MAC’s brighter-than-bright Just Add Colour Lipglass… I could barely take my eyes off it long enough to write the post!
How about you? What was your favorite product this week, and what are you MOST looking forward to now? I feel like going MAC To The Beach…
MAC’s Calling, and They Want You to Just Add Colour
“Limited edition Just Add Colour shimmers by herself as the lone Lipglass in the approaching Prep For Colour collection… Perfect for spring/summer. The color begins with a bold, highly pigmented POP, but it wears down over the day into a surprisingly natural dark pink.”
Next Stop: Essie Resort 2010 and Nail Polish Paradise
“Not only did Essie’s new Resort 2010 collection knock my socks off, but then it picked them up and ran away. I mean, I usually like the things Essie comes out with, but I haven’t been this stoked about one of their releases since Neon 2008!”
MAC Studio Fix Lash, A Haiku Review
Somebody pinch me because I must be dreaming. A $13 mascara from MAC that works this well? What’s the secret? MAC says it’s the mousse! And short, stubby lashes don’t stand a chance. 🙂
Tokidoki Kabuki Brush, A Haiku Review
I don’t know if you’re into the Tokidoki 
style like I am, but I’ve been drooling all over the new makeup line at Sephora. The new Kabuki brush is more than just a masterpiece of cute! — its good looks belie a highly useful powder/bronzer brush with long, soft bristles that distribute product over a wide area.
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner
From left: Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiners for Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes and Green Eyes (each $11)
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear Pressed Bronzer
Have you tried Physicians Formula Healthy Wear Pressed Bronzer ($15)? What do you think?
Thanks to Marc Jacobs, Spring Smells Fresh As a Daisy in the Air
Oh, Marc, you tricky boy! The blue daisies perched atop each bottle of Daisy in the Air ($57 for 1.7 fl oz) led me to believe that a new version of your Daisy fragrance had arrived, but, alas, it’s the same delicate scent, only dressed in new limited edition attire (with matching blue paper garland!).
A floral eau de toilette, Daisy the fragrance smells more like a violet to me, and she’s been gracing our airwaves for years. Her free spirit takes me back to fun spring breaks and summer vacations, to days way before there were so many things to do or places to be…
Saturday Surfing
What’s up, weekenders? How’s your Saturday coming along? Are you doing anything fun? So far today I’ve gone to breakfast (thanks for the Hamilton Cafe reco, Marisol!), took care of some bills, played with Tabs, and now I’m snapping as many product pictures as I can before the sun goes down. We had great light here this afternoon, so I’m trying to take advantage of it.
Do you have time for a little break? 🙂 Grab your mouse; let’s go surfing!
Random bright spots
- Is it time to spring clean your closet? — College Fashion
- How to make a scent linger longer (without overdoing it) — Daily Beauty Reporter Blog
- Oh, hon, my hair wants Ojon Restorative Hair Treatment — We Heart This
- Cheaper than getting your hair did: Bella road tests Lady Gaga’s Coke Can Curlers — Bella Sugar
- Christine explores Chanel’s Les Pop Ups Polishes — Temptalia
- The Benefit gals are breaking down the diff between Eye Bright and High Brow — The Secret Life of a Benefit Girl
New in beauty
- Benefit’s Bright Lights Big City Set ($48) has everything it takes to look bright, beautiful and sexy
- Colorful? Absolutely. Practical? Hmm… Have you seen Shu Uemura’s Gem Glam Flawless Glow Powder ($55)?
- Kim Kardashian’s Sephora Gift Set ($55) comes with her perfume and a makeup palette to dupe her signature smokey eyes
- Revlon says their Grow Luscious Mascara ($8) will make your lashes grow longer (in so many words)
- Sephora’s Color Artist Lipstick Palette ($32) comes with 15 shades in a sleek, travel-friendly case
What a beautiful interpretation of one of my favorite INXS songs… Yes, that’s Beck. 🙂
Watching this makes me hyper…
OH, HELL YAH! — Aiden’s baAAAaack!
Enjoy the rest of your Saturday. Oh, Tabs is on the rampage right now… He’s been giving me his “Feed me some gravy, bitches!” face because he finished the last of his Fancy Feast tuna in gravy last night. All he’s had to eat since then has been Science Diet, and he’s none too pleased.
Sorry, cat. We all learn to deal with disappointment sooner or later. Today was just your time. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
MBBTV #9: Cheer Up with Tokidoki Prisma Lip Gloss
Good morning, glory. 🙂 How did you sleep? I’m sorry I haven’t touched base in a while, but I was mostly offline last night. El Hub found inexpensive tickets (thanks to a TravelZoo Weekly 20 deal in their free email newsletter) and took us to the symphony! We watched Duncan Sheik sing alongside the SF symphony orchestra. Not something we do very often, but it was nice to unwind. We got all dressed up, too (so did he!), and then had a quick dinner after the performance.
I wanted to take pictures, but you’re not allowed during the performances (something that’s rarely stopped me from trying, ha!). I did sneak this one innocent iPhone shot though: tuning their instruments.
Back to makeup and beauty — I spent part of this week playing with Sephora’s new Tokidoki Prisma Lip Gloss. If you love cute packaging AND Tokidoki as much as I do, here’s a video with some closeups and observations. I have reservations about the gloss itself, but I’m such a fiend for cute packaging!
For more on the Tokidoki makeup line at Sephora…
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
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