Just For Fun

Flying Saucer
I wish I had a tricked out flying saucer that could zip me over to the UK for shopping trips. I’d love to meet UK fashion and beauty blogger Selina Jervis. On her awesome Flying Saucer blog, she displays her daily fashion adventures in all their photographic glory, and she sounds like a cool person, too. Don’t fear flying saucers, yo!

The Daily Cookie
If you need a dose of sweetness, head over to The Daily Cookie. Lilan blogs about all things beauty and spices it up with reality TV talk, recipes and restaurant reviews. If you’re having a rough day, she’s always there with kind words to cheer you up.

Specktra Beauty News
A stellar blog for breaking MAC news, Specktra Beauty News is an extension of the busy Specktra makeup forums. The Specktra beauty girls preview and review the full gamut of makeup and beauty products, but they excel at covering MAC.

Snarkstress
OMG! Did you hear Brangelina had their twins? I just read about it on Snarkstress.com. Liberty Kontranowski dishes on celebrity gossip ala Us Weekly (one of my secret favorites). I can always count on Snarkstress to give me the scoop.

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1. Mood: Ready for battle. It’s going to be a hectic week at work, but I’m giving it my best shot 🙂
2. Cheeks: MAC Cosmetics Sunbasque blush
3. Fragrance: Can Can by Paris Hilton
4. Sweet tooth: Meyer lemon cupcakes from Kara’s Cupcakes
5. Celeb crush: LOL, you already know this answer
6. Makeup crush: Dior AirFlash foundation and the Becca Avalon palette
7. Outfit: White and navy blue striped seersucker pants, navy blue tank top, white cotton blazer
8. Hair: Yep, it’s still dark (I’m not yet used to the new/old color). Today I’m wearing it down in loose waves.
9. Songs of the day: Izzo by Jay-Z (lovin’ ya, Jigga!); No Air by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
10. Goals for the week: To rise to the challenge and to ROCK IT!

Your turn! Just copy the list, insert your answers and leave ’em for me in the comments. 🙂

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

• The 2007 American Beauty Tour
  “Eye pencils are emollient, which means that after you apply the pencil, it always moves around unless you set it with shadow or powder. You don’t have to set your eyeliner with the same color. Try layering it with different colors to get added dimension.”
• Final Night of San Francisco Fashion Week 2007: Backstage Makeup Tips from 5 MAC Artists
  “Always make sure you blend out your liner whenever you are using a dramatic look with color. If you’re wearing eye shadow color, use a 212 brush to blend out your line to make it more smoky and smudged right by the lash line.”
• Face of the Day: An Easy Day Look with MAC Mulch Shadow
  “I’m kind of clumsy, so I like to do eyes first. That way if I totally screw up I don’t have to bother with re-doing foundation, powder, blush, etc. I also do this because inevitably there will always be niblets of shadow all over the place, and I like to swipe the under eye area clean before applying concealer.”
• Face of the Day: Minimal Makeup for Busy (or Lazy!) Days
  “I’ve been super busy lately, so I’ve gotten my makeup routine down to three (YES THREE!) minutes. In this pic above, it took me less than ten minutes to get from completely ready, including hair, makeup and clothes.”
• Fabulous Post-Vacation Skin and Hair Products to the Rescue!
  “Incredible Spreadable Scrub plus exfoliating gloves from Parissa equals skin smoother than a baby’s butt. Seriously. Incredible Spreadable Scrub is a salt and olive oil based exfoliator, so if you have open cuts or just got waxed don’t use it cause it will hurt like a mofo. But if your post-vacay skin needs some serious scrubbing then this gets the job done.”
• Makeup and Beauty Blog’s Beach Essentials
  “Most experts recommend reading the list of ingredients to look for two things. The first is to see if it [sunscreen] has broad-spectrum (UVA and UVB) coverage. The second is to see if the broad-spectrum sunscreen contains avobenzone, titanium dioxide, or zinc oxide. These ingredients provide significant UVA protection.”

It’s been yet another wonderfully mellow Sunday, and I’m sad to see the weekend slip away. Right after my run this morning, El Hub and I headed to Jamba Juice (seriously, just rename it Jamba Crack already) and then waited in line for 20 minutes at the Apple store to see the new iPhone. ‘Tis a fine piece of technology, I must say.
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Imelda
It’s not unusual to like shoes. I like shoes. Most women do. But Imelda (yes, in honor of that very same one) doesn’t just like shoes — no, with them she defines her very existence and life itself!

Raging Rouge
Jen always gets the scoop on the best cosmetics and beauty bargains. How does she do it? Ya got me, but if Sephora.com is offering 10% off all purchases with a coupon code, Jen will know about it. She’s a top beauty blogger with an eye for detail and someone you can turn to for accurate news.

Total Beauty
Total Beauty burst onto the beauty scene less than a year ago, and in that time they’ve become one of the top, corporate-backed health and beauty e-magazines for women. Product reviews, how-tos and quick tips, samples and contests, message boards and a section dedicated to beauty, health and fashion blogs — Total Beauty has a lot to offer.

Crazy Blind Date
Crazy Blind Date likes to keep things simple. On very short notice they can set you up on quick dates with total strangers at public places like bars and coffee shops (safety first!). You’re not allowed to see their picture or even communicate with your dates beforehand. Yes, it’s risky, but that’s why they call it Crazy Blind Date.

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