Just For Fun

No matter how many times I’ve done it myself at home, hair coloring is just not one of my talents.

It’s like I’m finger painting with dye all over my face, the bathroom, my clothes… sometimes even a little in my hair. 🙂

Lovely.

Wouldn’t be so bad if the end results were better, but they’re usually a little off, with overly dark patches here and there.

That’s why I look forward to those rare trips to the salon to get my roots done. I’ll mark appointments on my calendar weeks out.

It’s definitely a splurge… I could save money by always coloring at home, but the results with a pro’s help are just so much better than mine. I tell myself it’s cool as long as I do my own waxing and painting my nails.

What’s the bane of your beauty existence? Is it shaving, plucking, coloring or painting your nails? Do you wish someone else could exercise for you? Would you rather face hordes of ravenous zombies than have to pluck your eyebrows? What’s your least favorite beauty ritual and why?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• A five second makeup routine — Makeover Mama
• Estee Lauder makes over your social media profile picture— Product Girl
• Cynthia Nixon’s looking very 80s on the Sex & the City set — The Jet Set Girls
• Lancome’s Juicy Tubes Pure gloss looks like a winner — Beyond Beauty Basics
• Bracelets that help tone your arms? I’m on it! — A Mom in Red High Heels
• Ever wonder what makeup the True Blood ladies wear? — Beauty Blogging Junkie
• How to get Khole Kardashian’s bridal glow — Spoiled Pretty
• What a difference some bangs make — Hair Thursday
• MAC Style Black Q&A with MAC Senior Artist Terry Barber — Talking Makeup
• Are you a Dior Diva? — Makeup Bag

Good morning! It looks like it’s going to be a sunny day out here at the edge of the earth, aka the land where wild turkeys run free.

Even though the new place is farther away from San Francisco (where my heart permanently resides), the sunrise here has the city beat.

When the sun stretches over the horizon, hundreds of red, orange and gold shades stream through the windows and dance against the walls. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.

Early this morning Tabs and I gazed out the living room window and watched the colors drench the sleepy hills in the distance. Well, I admired the hills. He stared the neighbor’s Siamese down, thuggish-ruggish style.

Speaking of The Hills, did anybody watch it last night? We still haven’t set up our TV and I’m missing all my trashy reality shows.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

One girl. 24 hours. Three random acts of beauty.

7:00 a.m. — I’m jolted awake by bongo drums from my iPhone’s alarm, but instead of feeling refreshed, I feel fussy, foggy-headed and confused.

The past 72 hours have been exhausting — scrubbing, lifting, driving, packing and moving until the wee hours every night. Making matters worse (at least emotionally), I haven’t eaten well, haven’t showered enough and have a lethal case of PMS. 🙂

I slink from bed and lumber to the bathroom, wiping the sleep from my eyes.

What I see before me in the mirror frightens me… It’s a creature akin to a zombie, but with worse skin, and dark half moons beneath its eyes. They mock me and I wonder, “Will I be able to keep it together today?”

I want to be funny and interesting and friendly, but that’s not how I feel.

Brushing the fuzz from my teeth, I notice the Urban Decay Rocks kit ($18, new for Holiday 2009) sitting beside me on the bathroom sink. I don’t remember setting it there… Perhaps it was left by an angel.

The kit contains little gold, silver and iridescent glue-on crystals, along with a tube of glue. Despite my appearance, I glue three of them onto the side of my left eye.

Wow… *BLING*

“Girl,” I say to the bedazzled zombie before me, “you ain’t no Hemingway, but you WORK those crystals and ratty pajamas. WORK!”

12:37 p.m. — I’m weeping on my knees in the kitchen.
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Actress Penelope Cruz (born Penelope Cruz Sanchez on April 28, 1974) is getting hitched!

News broke of her engagement to actor Javier Bardem (aka the scary dude in No Country For Old Men) today.

The two starred together in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, a film that helped snag her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress last year.

I wonder what her hair will look like on the big day. Penelope likes to change her look by adding highlights, varying the length or switching the texture from straight to curly, so you never know.

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen