A big ol’ pic of the Essie Resort 2010 polishes (go here for a full review).
Essie Resort 2010
Tokidoki SANDy and Moofia Mints
From left: Tokidoki SANDy Nail File ($5) and Moofia Mints ($5)
The nail file works REALLY well and the mints are yummy!
NARS Cactus Flower: A Bloomingly Blendable Blush
Confession time: part of the reason why NARS Cactus Flower Cream Blush ($26) drew me in was because it looked so freakin’ scary in the pan, LOL! I’ve had serious love affairs with brighter-than-bright NARS cheek colors before (Mounia, anyone?), so I hoped from my fingers to my toes that scary blush lightning 
would strike twice with this shimmery reddish coral.
Cactus Flower’s one of eight cream blushes in the NARS permanent makeup line. The texture feels slightly thinner than MAC and Illamasqua cream blushes to me (almost like a gel blush), and I think that’s part of the reason why it’s so smooth and easy to blend.
It makes the lazy beast in me dance jigs whenever I put it on because of how little work it takes to use — just a few swipes with my fingers, and less then a minute later I’m out the door.
Wearing Cactus Flower at the start of the day. NOTE: I am NOT nekkid in this pic. 🙂 I’m actually wearing a tube top, ha ha!
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Should You Be Sweet on Rimmel’s Royal Gloss?
This one’s for my fellow typography hounds. I had my latest You know you’re a font nerd… moment the other day when I laid eyes on the scripty font on these here tubes of Rimmel Royal Gloss ($7 each).
Isn’t it cute? I’ve been trying to track it down, but no luck yet.
I have two of the 10 new shades, Sweet Lust (the shimmery pink) and Candy Rush (the shimmery coral), and I think both of them are aptly named because, daaaang, they’re sweet! They take the phrase, “Give mama some sugar,” to a whole new level.
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Urban Decay Summer of Love Eyeshadow Palette
Urban Decay Summer of Love Eyeshadow Palette
Summer of Love comes with four eyeshadows, a 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Bourbon (aka the bomb diggity… click *here* for full review) and a mini Primer Potion in Sin ($29).
What do you think of the colors?
Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lipglosses for Summer
Urban Decay’s two new Pocket Rocket Lipglosses for summer!
That’s Max (a nude pink) on the left and Colin (an orangey red) on the right, each $19.
Zoe Saldana: Her Best Hair?
One of my favorite parts about going to the movies is seeing the trailers before the flick. At Hot Tub Time Machine last week I caught a trailer for an upcoming action movie called The Losers, which stars actress Zoe Saldana.
Zoe, Tabs and some other dude star in Avatar…
I’m a little burnt out on action movies, but if she’s in it, I’m there.
Born Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario on June 19, 1978, Zoe’s ballet background helped her snag her first big screen role in 2000’s Center Stage. The rest is history!
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Karen
Next Stop: Essie Resort 2010 and Nail Polish Paradise
Wowee, wow, WOW! 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 (I still le sigh when I see Bermuda Shorts).
Splash of Grenadine
OOH! The four-piece Resort collection takes me and my nails down to the spa with colors that remind me of tropical vacations, but not in the way that tropical-themed nail polish collections usually do. These shades aren’t your average beachy corals and hot pinks. Essie Founder and President Essie Weingarten went 
with these creamy bad boys, drawing inspiration from the chic vacationers who stay at Ritz Carltons and tan on private beaches in luxe island style.
Turquoise & Caicos
Not only did Essie hit the right color notes, but she rocked a flawless formula, too. I think all four of these shades are super easy to use.
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