I saw this shrine outside of Ceasar’s in Vegas and fell in love with the colors.
Blues and Golds
Blue Sky
The sky’s always blue when you’re shopping in Vegas.
It’s All in the HIPs: L’Oreal HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliner
L’Oreal HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliner from bottom to top: Violet Volt, Black Shock, Silver Lightning, Gold Charge
Hey there, my discount lovin’ beauties. 🙂 How do you feel about Urban Decay’s 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils?
I’m a fan. I think they’re fabulously buttery and love how long they wear.
They remind me of L’Oreal’s new HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliners ($10 per pencil, available in four shades).
I adore how long they last. They take about a minute to dry but then stay put for most of the day vibrant, rich color, especially when worn along my lashlines.
Unfortch, the waterlines are a different story, where all four pencil colors made my eyes teary, and their colors began to fade rather quickly (within a few minutes).
Even so, I like ’em for the price, especially if you don’t wear eyeliner along the waterline.
Swatches from left to right: Violet Volt, Black Shock, Silver Lightning, Gold Charge
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Lippmann Collection Says Happy Birthday to You with Lots of Glitter Love
The year was 1999… I’d finished school and moved back in with my parental units while I looked for a job and tried to unwind.
My BFF/dancing buddy J. Money and I were also deep in our clubbing phase. I’ll never forget — it was the same thing every time we’d go out. One of our Filipino parents would ask, “Are you girls going to the disco?”
LOL!
Or, “Are you going disco-disco?”
Hearing parental units refer to “the club” as a disco… That’s just so funny. It always cracked us up. 🙂
Still, there are times when “disco” just feels like the better word, ya know? — like when it comes to Lippmann Collection’s Happy Birthday ($18), the newest addition to their permanent nail polish line.
This stuff’s so blinged out and sparkly that it would be a shame not to wear it to “the disco,” ha!
It’s all about taking glitter to the next level, with bits in a plethora of shapes, colors and sizes — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and silver.
For a full-on, eyes-rolling-to-the-back-of-the-head glitter-gasm, try three coats. 🙂
Three coats!
Two coats — when you’re in the mood for quieter glitter
So far I’ve only worn Happy Birthday by itself, but I’m guessing it would look extra festive layered beneath a polish in solid black or red.
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How Do You Feel About Glittery Makeup?
The oxygen pumped into the air inside those Vegas casinos last week may have messed with my brain…
I developed a deep yearning to start a career as a showgirl, and now I’m totally obsessed with GLITTER.
I know I’m eating sparkly crow right now because I joined the “I’m too old for this” glitter category years ago and have been trash talking bold glittery looks (while still wearing small amounts from time to time) ever since. 🙂
But then I gave sparkly golden Urban Decay’s Heavy Metal Glitter Liner in Midnight Cowboy ($18) a try.
Every night last week in Vegas I’d line my upper lash line with it, and it just felt … right, like a favorite pair of stretchy pants or Adidas Shell Toe shoes.
So here I stand, makeup comrades, to shout loud and shout proud:
I am a 34-year-old woman, and I LOVES ME SOME GLITTER!
Am I the only one? How do you feel about glitter? Let me know in the comments.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me
Yarrgh! This be the soap at the Basin White store in Las Vegas, mateys.
I’m Loving It
So I know it’s like, a billion calories, but sometimes an Egg McMuffin, Hash Brown and Apple Pie just hit the spot.
It’s That Sweet Time of the Year, Essie: Essie Winter 2009
“This season, I wanted to create a new set of classic, yet fun colors that are wearable on every skin tone.” – Essie Weingarten, Founder and President
YOU GO, E-Money, with your “I’m every woman” approach to nail color.
The shades in Essie’s Sweet Time of the Year Collection for Winter 2009 ($8 each) should flatter a rainbow of skin tones and appeal to a range of colorful personalities.
Which ones suit you?
- Classic dames: If pearls, little black dresses and patent leather pumps speak to your soul, then try two rich coats of Lollipop, a creamy, candy-apple red.
- Trendy types: Do you like life on the edge? Take a bite out of creamy Mint Candy Apple. Go for three layers with a base coat to avoid streaks.
- Subtly sassy: A whisper of sheer, creamy pink’s just *so* quintessentially Essie. Wear Rock Candy when you’re in the mood for a dash of color. Try two coats for blinding shine with a hint of pink.
