Just For Fun

Are you ready to win $150 in products from The Body Shop? I hope so — because it’s time to play Peppermint Pursuit!

Follow the clue to get your hands on the Peppermint Pursuit Gift Pack (an assortment of peppermint foot care products) and some of The Body Shop’s customer favorites, yea!

The Prize

Best of The Body Shop
Camomile Gentle Eye Make-Up Remover
Vitamin E Intense Moisturizer
Divide & Multiply Mascara
Shea Body Butter
Coconut Oil Hair Shine

Peppermint Footcare Package
Peppermint Cooling Foot Lotion
Peppermint Cooling Foot Rescue Treatment
Peppermint Cooling Foot Spray
Peppermint Cooling Pumice Foot Scrub
No More Rough Stuff Pumice
Moisture Booties

Tabs loves peppermint almost as much as he loves catnip. 🙂

The Rules

Peppermint Pursuit is an online scavenger hunt kindly sponsored by The Body Shop. The rules are easy.

Read the following clue, and then click the featured products link to go to the The Body Shop site. Using the clue as your guide, guess which of the featured products the clue describes, and then leave your guess here in the comments on this post. I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who leave the correct answer (odds of winning: about 100,000 times better than the lottery, LOL!) by 11PM PST tonight.

The Clue

Color flush on cheeks like a delicate flower
This blush will enhance your inner power
Look for a design with a little pizzazz
And your face will be happy to give all it has.


Featured products link: click here!

Last night I told Tabs it was gonna be a hard candy Christmas and a lean year for gifts. In retaliation, he bit my toe, flipped over his litter box and grumbled as he walked out of the room.

Don’t be like Tabs.

More Chances to Win!

Each day this week, a different blogger pal will post a new clue leading to a different set of products, and there will be a new winning product each day with a new chance to win. Good luck, and congratulations to readers babyu21 and nessa for winning last week’s Olay giveaway!

Tuesday — http://www.makeupbag.net
Wednesday — http://www.christinaloves.com
Thursday — http://www.mythbusterbeauty.com
Friday — http://www.specktra.net

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Check out the surprisingly good The Body Shop Blog for little-known discounts, beauty tips and industry watchdog news.

Heya, ladies!

I’d planned to write a couple more posts this afternoon, but I started playing with Photoshop and lost all track of time.

After Photoshopping I got the unrelenting urge to clean off my desk. The piles of paper have been holding me hostage! And that took a few hours, but I’m *finally* done. I’ve re-aligned my desk feng shui, yea! We’ll see how long that lasts…

I found a few goodies under the mess, like the sea biscuit I picked up in Key West and this bunny finger puppet (up top). He’s been gone a while… It was like finding buried treasure, I tell ya.

Tonight, I’m just chilling out at home. On the agenda: practice applying false lashes! I have a few pairs from Lash Addiction ($6 each) that I’ve been dying to try.

As for background music, I’m in trouble. I’m secretly trying to drive El Hub and Tabs crazy by playing Britney Spears’ Trouble over and over and over again until someone snaps, LOL!

What are you up to tonight? 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. MAC addicts — a quick update on the Chill collection. The release date has been moved up to December 18th! Woot, woot!

Do you ever have a hard time getting a good night’s sleep? I do, like last night — I guess I stayed up too late or ate too late or … did something too late because I woke up after just a few hours of sleep and wasn’t able to doze off again.

The thing I can never figure out is why I sleep differently from night to night, even though I try to keep the same patterns before bed. What makes me able to sleep a full eight hours one night but then struggle to fall asleep at all the next?

One thing’s for sure — I know I’m not the only woman reading this blog who has trouble sleeping from time to time. At least 60 million Americans each year experience at least occasional sleep trubs. Beyond that, women are 1.4 times more likely to have problems sleeping than men are, yippee!

Oh, well, I guess that’s what naps, concealer and coffee are for… 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

MAC Makeup How-to: Bold Red and Purple Eye with Light Lips and Cheeks

“…I need a little help when it comes to using bold colors, so I followed the directions for this bright red and purple eye featured on the MAC Website. This is the ‘Her Fancy’ look, one of four Antiquitease face charts.”

How To: A Purple Smokey Eye with Stila Convertible Eye Color in Violet

“Stila Convertible Eye Color in Violet made quick work of this smokey purple eye. The Violet shade’s pencil is a shimmery, dark plum; the coordinating shadow is a shimmery lavender.”

Get the Clinique Blackberry Bloom Look: Purple Smokey Eyes, Berry Lips and Cheeks

“Everyone loves blackberries. Take Clinique, for example. Next month they’re introducing Blackberry Bloom, a collection of violet and plum eye, lip and cheek makeup for the holidays. The first time I saw the gorgeous model in this promotional picture — her smokey purple eyes, berry lips and cheeks — I about fell over in my chair!”

Essie Winter 2008 Nail Polishes: Her Royal Hotness

“Well, cover me in jewels, and bring my royal scepter because the regal shades of rich purple, deep ruby and gold make the Essie Winter 2008 collection ($8 each) a royal tour de force! The colors remind me of His Royal Purpleness, Prince, from the height of Purple Rain fame.”

MAC Cosmetics Face of the Day: A Smokey Eye with MAC Pigment in Purple

“Layering extends the staying power of your eyeshadow and provides extra dimension. Try starting with a layer of a cream product — I like MAC Paint Pots, MAC Paint and MAC Cream Color Base in Pearl — and applying a powdered eyeshadow on top of the cream.”

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

A Sleek and Classy Ponytail for the Holidays

If you need a new hairstyle for your next holiday party, try the uber easy, super slick ponytail.

Extra Credit: See if You Can Name All the MAC Brushes

I love the subtle smokey eye look that Kim Kardashian rocks in this how-to makeup video.

Black Market Haircuts

Shh… keep it on the down low: welcome to the stealth world of the underground hair party!

Surfing, USA

The Billabong Pipeline Masters, an annual surf contest held at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, is happening right now. These six footers are small for Pipeline, but I can only dream about surfing waves like this!

I See You Lookin’ at My Booty

All week long I’ve been walking around the house singing, “I see you lookin’ at my booty, booty, booty… booty!” because of this song.

Curly Hair Woes

Every curly-haired woman has her own story, and sometimes the happily ever after comes in the form of a flat iron.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

UPDATE: The contest is closed! I’ll be notifying the winners shortly. Thank you for entering! 🙂

I love Olay. I’m a big fan of the line. Over the past 10 years I’ve probably gone through about 20 bottles of Oil of Olay Complete for Sensitive Skin SPF 15! 🙂

Did you happen to catch the Oprah show on The Science of Beauty a few weeks ago featuring Dr. Oz and Paula Begoun? They discussed some of their favorite beauty products, and among the products given props were two from Olay — Foaming Face Wash and Olay Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum.

Some of my favorite Olay…

• Olay Definity Deep Penetrating Foaming Moisturizer
  
• Olay Quench Mousse
• Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream
• Oil of Olay Complete for Sensitive Skin SPF 15

What do ya say to Olay? Is winter making your skin go nuts? Would you like to try some new beauty products?

The $256 Olay Giveaway!

Get your skin in shape this winter with products from Olay. Enter the giveaway by signing up to receive my updates by email or by leaving a comment on this post (or both!). If you’re already signed up for the updates, you don’t have to do anything else to be entered to win — you’re already entered — but you can double your odds by also leaving a comment on this post (a comment about anything at all).

The Prizes

Two winners will each receive $256 in Olay face and body products…

• Olay Regenerist 14-Day Skin Intervention ($25)
• Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream ($25)
• Olay Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum ($19)
• Olay Regenerist UV Defense Regenerating Lotion ($19)
• Olay Hydrate & Cleanse Micro-Bead Cleansing Serum ($8)
• Olay Spa Exfoliating Ribbons Body Wash ($4)
• Olay Quench Deep Moisture Body Lotion ($8)
• Olay Definity Night Restorative Sleep Cream ($28)
• Olay Regenerist Microdermabrasion & Peel System ($25)
• Olay Definity Anti-Aging Eye Illuminating Treatment ($25)
• Olay Definity Anti-Spot Treatment ($28)
• Olay Foaming Face Wash ($5)
• Olay Mascara and Makeup Remover ($9)
• Olay Total Effects UV Moisturizer with Touch of Foundation ($19)
• Olay Total Effects Revitalizing Cream Cleanser ($9)

How to Enter

There are two ways to enter the giveaway, and you can do both of them to double your chances to win.

1. If you haven’t already signed up to receive Makeup and Beauty Blog daily email updates, then enter your email in the pink box below (or click this link).
2. If you have already subscribed to the email updates but want to double your chances of winning, add a brief comment at the bottom of this post (be sure to use a valid email address).

Enter your email address:

I’ll choose the winners at random from among the people who enter by 11 PM PST on Wednesday, December 10. The contest is open to all US and international readers. GOOD LUCK! Err, I should say, OLAY!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Congratulations to Indian Girl for winning last weekend’s Sedu Revolution Styling Iron giveaway!