Karen

Hi, beautiful! I can’t stop smiling because it’s a three-day weekend. ? Monday is Labor Day here in the U.S., and I’m so excited about having an extra day to chill (even though we’re in the midst of a heatwave). I hope you have a nice, long weekend, too.

I have this theory that if every weekend was a three-day weekend, people would be sooo much happier. I know I’d be. I’d be dancing in the streets! Actually, dancing everywhere, who am I kidding?

It was 80 degrees at 9 a.m. today, and it’s supposed to hit 106 this afternoon. That’s crazy hot, man. I don’t know what we’re gonna do, but we’ll have to get out of the house soon. Today is one of those days when not having air conditioning is inconvenient.

I know this is nothing compared to Hurricane Harvey, but still… Pretty hot.

Maybe we’ll go to the mall later. Or go to Cheesecake Factory and have a three-hour lunch, which I was actually thinking about doing.

I wish I could do some lazy surfing at an easy beach somewhere. That would be fun. I do have a wet suit and booties… No surfboard, though. I’d have to rent or borrow one because I sold mine a while back. I know, sad face. 🙁 But let’s get real. Even with temps in the triple digits, there’s still no way I’m getting in the water here. It’s too cold for me.

Now, the water at the pool? Maybe…

What are you up to this weekend? I’ve got some new links for you to wet your weekend reading whistle.

• CYO, a new affordable, “edgy” makeup line is coming soon to Walgreens. Looks like fun!
• Meet the world’s most powerful pets.
• Is this fancy new skin care from La Prairie your next splurge?
• The best way to introduce yourself in five potentially awkward situations. P.S. But what does one do if they find every situation is awkward when introducing themselves? (Asking for a friend.)
• This is a real job title, apparently: human catalog. Meet the 23-year-old who works as Ikea’s human catalog.
• Cute colors! All of the polishes in the Dr. Dana clean beauty nail line are also 9-free.
• Why, yes, wine wipes for your teeth are totally a thing.
• Gross… Here’s why you should keep the overhead vent running on your next flight.
• The best deals at Ulta’s “21 Days of Beauty” Sale
• The 411 on Glossier’s new loose matte powder
• Must-have MAC nude lippies

This hair color reacts to heat, SO COOL!

I’ve been listening to this on repeat…

Have a spectacular Saturday, my friend! Say hi if you get a chance.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

As you know, I have been not-so-secretly involved in a serious relationship with someone named TJ for a long time, and um… Well, we got into a big to-do recently when TJ came home one day with a new Fearless Flyer…which looked totally different than the old Fearless Flyer I love.

I don’t know what transpired since then, but the regular Fearless Flyer is back [INSERT HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF HERE].

Oh, how I’ve missed your rambling leads, witty wordplay, cartoons and fun facts… Yay! 🙂

Here’s some stuff our family is currently crazy about from Trader Joe’s. I plan to get all of these again, maybe even today, because I need another…

Bag of these freeze-dried mangoes

They’re by the nuts and trail mix at our store (and the beef jerky, which El Hub always looks at longingly)

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As someone who came of age in the decade, I have plenty of firsthand experience in many things ’90s. For one thing, if you sought stress relief through pictures of cute kittens or babies, you couldn’t just hop on “the ‘gram” to get your fix. You had to, like, find a real life cat with some kittens, or call someone you knew with a cute baby, because seeing them in person was your ONLY option.

Now, though, you can see kittens whenever and wherever you want! IT’S CRAZY.

No text messaging also made rapid-fire text flirting and witty banter difficult. If you wanted to send a coy note to someone you had a crush on, you couldn’t just whip out your phone and send a text. You had to write it on a piece of paper, then covertly stick the paper in their locker and run away as fast as possible.

This is something I have mixed feelings about, because, on the one hand, if texting had been a thing back then, I feel that my flirty text messaging game would have been on point. Yeah, I would’ve killed it. But I also wouldn’t have my current collection of old letters, and there’s something charming about personal notes that you can physically hold in your hand.

What are some other things that were tougher in the ’90s? Well…stalking your ex was a lot harder than it is now, although it was still completely doable, HAHA! Yeah, my friends and I know this for a fact. In one incident, I spent 20 minutes hiding behind some crooked palm trees at the pool (long story).

Let’s just say that there were more hoops to jump through, whereas nowadays all you gotta do is press a few buttons to bring up Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Kids today! You don’t even know what we had to go through… 🙂

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