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I don’t do a whole lot of interviews (because no one ever asks, LOL!), but I did one this week for Beth over at Glamour’s beauty blog, The Girls in the Beauty Department.
In the interview I talk about blogging, beauty and the stick of purple Wet n’ Wild eyeliner that changed my life. Click here to see what that’s all about.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Spunky and kinda weird (maybe it’s the rain)
Benefit Full Finish Lipstick in Thrillin’ Brazilian and Coralista blush
Coffee (lots of milk, a little sugar) and toast with butter and honey
…to be living in our first home (*crosses fingers*), to have finished my first semester back in school and to be better organized
A black, quilted Guess coat that makes me feel like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man when I where it. At least it’s warm, LOL!
Tied back in a loose ponytail. It’s raining, so I’ll probably throw on a hat when I go outside.
Black Lauren Merkin Bianca bag and black knee-high boots
I’d teleport to a beach with warm water and go surfing!
It’s a tie between sleeping in on Sunday and watching Kate and Leopold, a totally cheesy but adorable movie starring cutie pie Hugh Jackman
To spend at least four hours reading newspapers (helps me to write), to take some pictures in Sausalito if it ever stops raining, to contemplate moving away from the Bay Area (I love it here, but it’s so expensive!) and to lift weights at least twice
Your turn. Just copy the empty list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Le list
Mood:
Lips and cheeks:
Breakfast:
In six months I’d like ________:
Coat:
Hair:
Purse and shoes:
If you could play hooky today and do anything your heart desired, what would you do?
Best part of the weekend?
Weekly goals:
Let’s get this week off to a good start, girls! 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Hey, girls. Are you watching the Academy Awards right now? I’m going back and forth between the awards and a yoga DVD, LOL! I only caught two of the Best Picture nominees this year, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. I’m pulling for Slumdog!
Guess who finagled tickets to the show. Yup, Tabs is there right now, down in Hollywood. He calls it “networking.”
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Tabs posted some new entries on his blog. He’s looking for cats to party with.
UPDATE: The giveaway is closed. Congrats to the winner, Catherine! Thank you for entering!
Hey, tom cats and kittens!
What good are weekends without something to celebrate? It’s MAC Hello Kitty time, and I’ve got a Lucky Tom eye palette with a lucky reader’s name on it ($38 value).
There are two ways to enter, and you can do both for two chances to win. The first involves leaving a comment here on this post — a comment about anything at all. Tell me what you had for lunch, describe the new coat you got from Nordie’s, or dish about your office crush. The second involves signing up for my updates by email, if you haven’t already subscribed. You’ll get one email per day, jam packed with juicy randomness and makeup joie de vivre!
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59PM PST Monday night.
Good luck!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I guess part of this debate boils down to volume: powder eyeshadow shades outnumber cream colors within most makeup lines.
That’s why I lean toward powder eyeshadows, but when I’m pressed for time I reach for creams. Not as broad a selection of colors, but I can apply creams faster than powders. I call ’em finger-friendly.
Which do you prefer and why? Are you a powder eyeshadow devotee or a cream shadow fanatic?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Hey, ladies!
Today the blog turns two, and I decided to celebrate by dressing her in a new outfit. 🙂
I’m still working out the kinks. Shouldn’t be long now…
Oh! Tabs just got back from New York Fashion Week. After inhaling two cans of Friskies he hopped on my computer and pulled up his new blog, Party with Tabs.
I have no clue where that cat finds the time for all this stuff: modeling, acting and now blogging, too?
On the new blog Tabs will report celebrity news, dish on gossip and review fashion and beauty accessories.
Let me know what you think of both sites, the new Makeup and Beauty Blog and (introducing!) Party with Tabs.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Winter’s in full effect, but it’s been all about spring here on Makeup and Beauty Blog. Here’s a quick look at some of my favorite spring collections so far.
“Lancome chose to do something a little bolder than usual for a spring release. If Chanel’s Bohemian Fantasy and Dior’s Lady Dior collections were meant for sundresses and sandals, then Pink Irreverence was made for little black dresses and four-inch, black patent leather stilettos.”
“The economy’s got a lot of us rethinking our beauty spending habits. If you’re looking to save dough but still want in on the spring collection action, Urban Decay’s Eric Jimenez suggests looking for makeup that multitasks.”
“Like Monet’s brush strokes, Estee Lauder’s Spring 2009 Fuschia Now collection sings with soft shades of color. Estee Lauder organized the products in this release into two camps: the Cool Pinks (purples and pinks) and the Warm Nudes (browns and beige).”
“Flash back to the ’80s with Lippmann’s two new spring 2009 nail polish shades. Available next month, both colors pay homage to two of the biggest song hits of the decade, Prince’s Purple Rain and Michael Jackson’s P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing).”
“Toot-toot! All aboard the Chanel Spring 2009 Bohemian Fantasy Rouge Hydrabase Lipstick train (what a mouthful!). It’s a non-stop ride straight to the land of decadent reds, corals and pinks. Are you ready to roll?”
“No, girls, I’m not a big fan of winter, and today I was missing the sunshine somethin’ fierce. I felt cold to my bones and turned, as I often do, to makeup for warmth. I turned to the Smashbox Muse Collection for Spring 2009 hoping that its fresh colors and cheerful packaging would light a fire under my…”
“The year may have just begun, but I bet the Givenchy Sari collection goes down in the 2009 history books as one of the best looking collections this year. Don’t these compacts make you wanna shoop?”
“This spring, Bobbi Brown is going beyond her famous “I’m not wearing makeup” bag o’ tricks and taking a chance on glittery pastel eyes with the Blushed Pink collection.”
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Can’t forget MAC Hello Kitty! — but Tabs thinks of it as more of a celebrity release than a seasonal one. 🙂
A busy schedule (busy on the couch, ha!) kept Tabs from checking in last Sunday, but he emailed an update a short time ago. That rotten cat went to Fashion Week without telling me… and he bought his ticket to New York on MY credit card.
Needless to say, I am not happy.
Can you spot the four differences between these two pictures of Bryant Park? 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen