“Let her play with Lego, for crying out loud!”
I’m sitting here on the couch with the laptop watching Extreme Guide to Parenting, and I just heard El Hub yell that from the other room.
And he’s not even watching the show. He’s just eavesdropping, LOL!
Rise and shine, pal o’ mine! It’s caturday! 🙂 Do you know where your husky tabby is?
The one who manages this office is disgruntled and pacing around the house because he wants to go outside. There are these crows who are sort of casing the joint. They’re sitting in the closest tree branches, cawing at the top of their crow lungs, and it’s p*ssing Tabs off. He’s like, “Dammit! Those effing birds!”
Poor kitty…
In other news, it’s giveaway time. Good luck to you. I hope you have a great weekend, too. El Hub and I are talking about going kayaking again on the Russian River tomorrow, but we’ll see. We have a couple other things to do. One of them, actually, involves something special for the cat enthusiasts tomorrow afternoon, so if you have a kitty (or two or 12), be sure to check back tomorrow.
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Karen
Happy Saturday Karen! I braided my own hair yesterday, lol. I went to a brand new Ulta store last night and it was fantastic, all the product testers were untouched and clean and everything was so neat and nicely organized! I could live there!
currently so beyond obsessed with True Blood Karen you NEED to watch it if you haven’t seen it already. I think Alexander Skarsgard may be on par with RyGos <3
Hi! Growing up one of my favorite video games is a survival-horror title called Clocktower 3. I played it with my brother 🙂
Hi, Karen & Tab$!!!
i’m back in california for the holiday (and dad’s birthday). wish i could enjoy the bay area weather with you! i miss this place! <3
have a lovely weeeeeekeeeeendddd! 🙂
I currently dye my hair(medium-dark brown) and I always put mascara on the bottom lashes 🙂
I’ve never had super skinny brows, and I hope I won’t!
I love braiding friends’ hair. I find it much more difficult to do on myself, though! I actually had a Bumble & Bumble Stylist do an awesome braid on me at the most recent VIB Rouge event. I took about a thousand pictures of it, but I don’t think I could ever recreate it.
I do currently dye my hair, my dad is scottish and has a red beard and I inherited the pale skin but not the hair colour, so I dye my hair light red. And I love it! Red just makes me feel good. 🙂
Goooodmorning! Kayaking sounds wonderful, we like to go whenever we can which sadly ends up being only like 2-3 times a summer. But that’s okay! Hope you’ll have a great day and ‘let Tabs play with the birds for crying out loud! ‘ lol.
I don’t typically use mascara on my bottom lashes, I have yet to find something that won’t smudge!
I stopped dying my hair five years ago to embrace my grays and I haven’t looked back since. I totally love each sparkly white hair.
The las time I wore false eye lashes was my wedding day. Love your blog!
How do you choose a winner?
I’m not proficient at ALL with braiding hair, much to my
3year-old’s dismay!!
Hey Karen, I hope you’re having a great day. I once had really thin eyebrows when I was 16 (I’m 22 now). I saw a girl once rocking a pixie cut and very thin eyebrows and I wanted to be like her! haha
But luckily I realised that that look was not pretty on me and now everything has grown out. Im sure a lot of girls did something crazy like that when teenagers, but I don’t regret it.
At least now I know that it doesn’t work for me hahaha
Never ever put mascara on my bottom lashes
unfortunately I have oily eye lids, I can’t figure the way to even put mascara on my top lashes! it smudges! pressed powder doesn’t help 🙁
anyway, thanks dear, happy weekend!
I do apply mascara on my bottom lashes, but I’m not 100% convinced I actually like it, it’s just I’m so used to doing it now, that I apply it without thinking.
I braid my daughter’s hair almost every day and I have never worn false lashes! A good mascara makes mine look false anyway!!! I’m still tempted to try them tho just for fun. Maybe on halloween!
I braid my daughters’ hair all the time. Wish I could do mine as well as theirs!
I french braid my hair all the time.
Favorite toy- Barbie dolls!
I finally got that Shu Uemura eyelash curler you recommended, and I LOVE IT! Thank you!
In the winter I use mascara on my bottom lashes. In the summer it just melts off. Spring and fall, it just depends on the look I want and how much time I have to get ready.
Yes I put mascara on my bottom lashes.
I wore false lashes last night! It was my very first time wearing them, and they were awesome!
Once I braided my ex boyfriend’s mom’s hair and she started crying because she had never had her hair braided before!
I don’t put mascara on my bottom lashes. They’re long and curly enough that they touch my cheek! I’d look like a weird gothic doll.
My favorite childhood toy was a tiny doll called Poppeke. Means as much as Dolly. I never parted with her, always had her with me!
No mascara on the bottom lashes! I’m oily so it gets all smeary.
Yes, I dye because I can’t let the gray go. Maybe one day I can stop. . .
Hi karen, hope you are having a great weekend. I do currently dye my hair, still in the “red” trend.
Totally have braided people’s hair. Easier than doing my own. I put mascara on my lower lashes sometimes – usually a little rubs off the top ones and that works for me.
I’ve never worn false eyelashes but I really want to try them!
My favorite game growing up was Monopoly!
Yes I have had super thin brows!
I really would like to win this giveaway this week 🙂
I braided someone else’s hair quite often, as I am the oldest of four sisters. Oddly enough, braiding someone else´s hair doesn´t help you al lot when attempting to braid your own. Seems to be a totally different technique…
I don’t currently dye my hair, but I’m planning on going dark, almost grape soda colored hair in November! I figure why not while I’m still young and can do something crazy. And who knows! Maybe I’ll like it so much it’ll be a forever color!
I used to put mascara on my bottom lashes until I heard that it emphasizes my lines and bags….so that stopped immediately! Ha!
My favorite toy growing up and still is Barbie! 😉
Pokemon. It isn’t the most memorable game of my childhood, but it is the most enduring game in my life.
I wish I had the original Nintendo system! That was my favorite game system growing up!!
I don’t wear mascara on my lower ashes because it makes me look too done up. I can’t go out without mascara though or else I feel naked.
I usually don’t wear mascara on my bottom lashes for my natural daily look. I save it for the night!
One of my many favorite toys growing up was Strawberry Shortcake Dolls.
I have never died my hair, except for some attempts during my early teens involving lemon juice and the sun LOL.
I still have some what thin eyebrows, but I did have them super skinny when I was high school. I fill them in now with brow powder because I’ve let grow out a bit.
I had pretty skinny brows when I was 16, thank gooodness they grow back lol
Haven’t dyed my hair in maybe over 8 years! I’ve been wanting to go to a redder color. I have black (Asian) hair.
Hi Karen! Hope you had a great time at the Emmys!
I can’t wear mascara no my bottom lashes. They are longer so it looks like my eyes are upside down!
my raggedy anne doll was my favorite toy as a child
I sometimes put mascara on my bottom lashes.
I don’t put mascara on my bottom lashes.
It’s my birthday in a few days and the only thing I asked for was a kitty condo. No joke, I’m officially a crazy cat lady!
I’ve never had super skinny brows!
I liked playing Clue and Trouble. I have braided my nieces hair. I’ve never worn false lashes but would love to. I do dye my hair.
My favorite game as a child was Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur. That and Candy Land.
I don’t dye my hair just yet.. but it’s sneaking up on me!
I wear false lashes like at least five out of seven days a week. Honestly, if not everyday! Thx for giveaway!
Never wore false eyelashes !
I do dye my hair Have to got some grey hairs since I was 23 so I have been covered them now and then for 10 years, I don’t get allot one here and there, I use Henna and I use mahogany brown, But my hair is a kind of dark chestnut almost black so you don’t notice the color but a kind of highlights where they greys are
I’ve never actually worn false lashes!
Love ur blog! Headed to the first Longhorn football tailgate! Hook ’em Horns!! \m/
I would always wear flash lash to the clubs, but now those days have past. Going out is a much more laid back affair.
I did have super thin eyebrows a couple of times. Not really what I wanted, but I kept trying to even them out. The end result, not so good.
I’m anxious to try the new Clairol Flare hair color available at Sally Beauty!
I never put mascara on my bottom lashes because I wear glasses. I always smudge them.
I braid my daughter’s hair when she lets me 🙂
I used to braid my daughter’s hair when she was younger…….. now she braids mine!! hahaha……
Dyed my hair last year
I only put mascara on my bottom lashes if I have a more dramatic eye look or if I’m wearing my glasses. Otherwise, it seems a little too much for everyday makeup.
It is a happy caturday! My orange baby tabby Forrest (from Forrest Gump, because as a kitten his hind legs did not work) is LOVING everyone being home and that he can play with his girlfriend our German Shepherd. He can’t get enough of her lovin!
I always put mascara on my bottom lashes.
Happy Caturday =^.^= My favorite toy growing up was Rainbow Brite and My Little Pony. I haven’t seen Rainbow Brite around anymore (sniff). But I love, I mean my daughter loves, the new & improved My Little Ponies!
I do dye my hair because it is going gray plus it has more body when it is dyed.
*Always* put mascara on my bottom lashes (I never did it any other way)!! Got 1/2 a head of highlights done this morning, LOL . . .
easy bake oven!!!
my favorite toys were always dinosaurs and ponies 😀
I have started dying my hair to cover the grey, I use a semi-permanent color but find the greys are coming in faster and faster now….ahhhh! Happy long weekend Karen.
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows?
Yes! Sadly. They were super skinny, very rounded and tinted dark. Bad bad look!
Unfortunately, I totally had skinny brows. It was the 90’s! I’m paying for it now with patchy, sad little caterpillars.
I braid my mom’s hair all the time.
I am a 90s kid so I rocked my skinny tadpole brows with pride.
Luckily there’s not too much photographic evidence because they were hidden behind heavy bangs a la Liv Tyler.
I also had a yellow tartan mini skirt suit just like “Cher”! I know you know who that is 😉
Oh I loved playing with Tinkertoys as a kid. That was way before I needed to get highlights and lowlights to cover those shiny hairs I have 🙂
I’ve never worn false lashes! I’m scurred 🙁
I currently do not dye my hair, but that will change when I have gray hair.
I’ve been dying my hair regularly since I was thirteen so most of my friends have never even seen my natural color, which is ok because my natural color is kind of terrible!
I highlight my hair every 4 months 🙂
I love Fall and shopping! <3
I wore false lashes for prom dinner! Surprisingly they came out really well for my first time using them. Don’t be scared to try’em! You can always take them off if they come out wonky.
Yup I did have super skinny eyebrows for about a few months, years ago! I got so fed up with the semi uni-brow I had that I went tweezer crazy haha!! 😛
Mascara on the bottom lashes all the way haha. I have very long lashes on my upper eyelids so if I don’t put mascara on my bottom lashes it just looks strange…
My favourite toy when I growing up was my Little Mermaid doll. I used to chuck that doll in the sink, the bathtub and the toilet LOL.
Also I use a small amount of mascara on my bottom lashes to open up my eyes. L’oreal’s telescopic mascara is what i use for that.
I put mascara on my bottom lashes but I usually use a different mascara from my top lashes. Right now I use YSL Babydoll on my bottom lashes and Better Than Sex by TooFaced on the top lashes.
I always wear mascara on my bottom
lashes.
I always use black mascara
I always use a under makeup primer
Always use undereye primer
Haha I had super thin eyebrows in high school. I’m loving my thicker ones now!
I put mascara on my bottom lashes. I didn’t used to, because with certain mascaras it can smudge and just look awful. I started wearing some of the newer brands though and if I only apply the mascara to the outer lower corners, I think it makes my eyes look even bigger 🙂
i just recently colored my hair, i tried to do the ombre look and it came out pretty good but idk cuz my hair is so dark and u cant really even notice it unless my hair is up sooo ill jus hav to do it again oorr go to the salon 🙂
I was a huge Barbie fan growing up. I would spend whole days inventing worlds and storylines for the extended entourage of Barbies and Kens. Good times.
Unfortunately, I’ve had super skinny, thin brows on more than a few occasions >.<
I braid my daughter’s hair all the time!
I have NEVER dyed my hair!!!!
I really was a tomboy growing up, surprisingly I´m really in to makeup now when I´m grownup. That and my dog Leo and my cat Sixten.
I never put mascara on my bottom lashes, because I feel uncomfortable…
Once I got my eyebrows waxed shortly before graduating with my Bachelor’s and the woman /really/ butchered mine and a friend’s eyebrows. We both have dark hair and we’re Italian-American and love our full-arch eyebrows so it was a horrible experience, haha. Fortunately we’re both professional hair-growing machines so they came back no problem.
A few weeks ago, I bought a warm, medium blonde hair dye to dye my brownish-blonde hair. But rather than making my hair more blonde, the dye turned my hair a reddish-orange brown color! But it actually looks good, so I didn’t redye my hair! 🙂
What was your favorite toy or game growing up?
I used to have this thing called a tamagatchi? Yeah, it wasn’t exactly a toy, but my friends and I were obsessed with collecting different colors.
Have you ever braided someone else’s hair?
I have! I regularly braid my baby cousins’ hair when I visit, it’s a bonding experience.
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows?
Have I ever had, or do I have, is what I think you mean. Oh Lord, my poor eyebrows were over plucked, over trimmed, and over shaved when I was younger and they ended up being ghastly thin. Thankfully, they grew back out each time, so they are somewhat back to their normal state.
When was the last time you wore false lashes?
I was at this party with a friend,and I tried these things called Accents. They were the very end of the lashes, and made it appear as if my lashes started out somewhat long, to having a butterfly effect.
Do you currently dye your hair?
No, I have been going natural for the past four months. So it’s just me and my kink.
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes?
Yeah, oddly enough. I use Benefit’s Mascara for the bottom.
i do use mascara on my bottom lashes.
I do not currently dye my hair.
Love my Spirograph! Best toy ever!
ive never worn false lashes and i rarely wear mascara
I’ve dyed my hair since the age of 17 (for fun) and since 27 or 28 (out of necessity…damn premature greys!). My brows have always been super light and sparse, but I pencil them in thicker since I think skinny brows look stupid on me. And, yes, I always put mascara on my bottom lashes (or it looks like I don’t have any–see super light and sparse brows…ditto lashes!).
In high school and early college, I overplucked my brows and regretted it! Luckily, they grew back nice and full and I barely maintain them now.
I sometimes wear bottom lash mascara, usually with full-face “done” makeup. But only on the lashes in the outer corner!
i loved playing candyland growing up!
I love only brown mascara on bottob lashes
I recently dyed my hair a shade called “Cinnamon Stick” (Clairol Natural Instincts)—a nice warm, slightly reddish brown shade, just a little darker than my natural hair color. I think it’s a nice shade for the fall! 🙂
I grew up on a farm our fave game was hide & go seek in the dark
I use mascara on my bottom lashes! 🙂
I wore false lashes last week when I went on date night.
I currently dye my hair red. I recently started doing it and have loved what it looks like. Im thinking about getting it bleached and professionally done so that it looks brighter.
I always put mascara on my bottom lashes,though sometimes I only put it on the outer lashes for more of a “doll-eyed” look.
Muy fauvorite game lego pieces jejejeje.
I’m really debating on whether or not to go magenta on my hair or leave the pastel, fading pink for a bit long in my hair.. I am so in love with my pink hair that I don’t know why I didn’t do this to my hair before.. Why?! Happy Caturday!
I braid my nieces’ hair all the time!
I’ve never worn false eyelashes.
I haven’ been on you blog for a while, thought I might stop by!
I use to hate mascara on my bottom lashes, but now I feel like my makeup is incomplete without it, since I don’t wear eyeliner on my waterline now. I still haven’t done heavy waterline mascara though, I’m scared I’ll look more raccoonish!
Love to win me some sephora!!!
I love to mask!!!
I always wear mascara on my bottom lashes! I emphasize on the outer corner to make my eyes look a little wider.
I used to French braid my daughter’s long curly hair every night to prevent tangles. I have to wear mascara on my bottom lashes because the ends are blond and it just looks weird if I don’t.
It’s almost 4pm where I am and I literally just woke up.
I do dye my hair, but only to cover my gray…yikes! Only 31, but have been graying since early 20’s. Darn my dad’s genes! *shakes fist*
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows? Unfortunately yes, it was around 2007 when I first got my brows did – I wanted to have brows just like my mumma who is a sufferer of the thin 90’s brow…..
When was the last time you wore false lashes? Sooo long ago, I need new glue.
Do you currently dye your hair? Yeah, pastel lilac!
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes? Always, it makes me look awake and just completes the look.
I have failed at several attempts to braid my own hair. 🙁 I can’t wait to start braiding my 2 year old’s hair!!!
Thin brows? Story of my life! Now, i am super obsessed with fixing my brows. Thanks to Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade. I can have pretty brows even up to 24 hrs or more! Yay
I always wear mascara on my lower lashes, I have invisible blond lashes and I look super pale and a little sick without mascara all around.
Last time I wore false eyelashes was in high school for a dance!
Yep, I dye my hair. It’s blonde at the moment. REALLY miss my pink hair though. 🙁
I grew up playing super mario. lol
Happy Saturday! I remember in my early twenties, I was tweezing my eyebrows, and I took off too much that I ended up with the thinnest brows. It was horrible! I then discovered QVC and Anastasia Beverly Hills was selling her brow powder that came in a kit for $60 bucks! I ordered it and it was a life savor 14 yrs later I still have the brush and tweezers from the kit it truly is worth the money:)
I currently do not dye my hair. I braided my hair yesterday and I do put mascara on my bottom lashes except in the summer because it always smudges and makes my dark circles worse than they already are.
I absolutely color my hair – can’t imagine giving that up. I have one of those root touch-up pen or powder products in every one of my travel bags, ready to go, also!
I don’t dye all of my hair, i just get subtle highlights for the summer. And i always wear mascara on my bottom lashes. I look weird without it.
I loved barbies when I was little.
I dye my hair all the time because I want to remain light blonde instead of a mousy brown. I just feel better when I have light blonde hair
I don’t wear false lashes cause i’ve had a bad experience with them. The lash glue got into my eye and made my eye bloodshot red!
I need to do homework.
The last time I wore false lashes was at my friend’s wedding back in March! I like the way they make my eyes look, but I’m usually too lazy to apply them.
I always put mascara on my bottoms lashes. They are so long it’s pretty much a must do.
I braid my nieces’ hair all the time! 🙂
I had relatively thin eyebrows through high school and college, and now I’m trying to grow them out 🙁 The Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil definitely helps me fill in the sparser areas.
My favorite toy growing up was “Fashion Plates.” I even had a scrapbook filled with all my designs.
I’ve been using a glaze in my hair, and I’m really liking it. I’ve tried a colored glaze and a clear one, and they are both great.
Used to dye my hair red, but for the last 5 years its been all natural and i love it!
Yes I just dyed my hair red today for fall!
Love your tips!
I always put mascara on my bottom lashes!
Thin brows = NO
I dye my hair (or my colourist does!) dark brown with hot pink flashes. My hair is a darkish medium brown naturally and being 46 I’d been doing the blonde/caramel highlights thing forever, thinking that it was more flattering to my ageing skin to go a bit lighter. I was amazed when I went darker and it looked sooooo much better.
I’ve never worn false eye lashes and I always wear mascara on my bottom lashes.
When using mascara and leave the top layer beeem full / bulky I camadinha in one step lower lashes to not get so off! I bought this August eyelashes Chinese (‘m waiting to arrive) and saw that they sell lower eyelashes too !! It seemed very strange to use, but it sells is because consumers have!
No to mascara on bottom lashes! It makes me look cray cray XD
Happy Saturday!!! I’ve never learned to french braid -even when I had long hair, I never had the patience to learn to french braid, but I’ve always wanted to learn. Maybe I’ll start practicing on my niece!
I typically don’t put mascara on my lower lashes because I feel it is a pain. I usually only do it on special occasions!
One of my favorite toys growing up were Tinker Toys. Remember them? I built so many things out of them. Fun times!!
Hello from Scottsdale Arizona Karen! My family and I are visiting from Los Angeles, and boy is it hot!
Hey Karen! The last time I actually wore false lashes was for my wedding last year, believe it or not! (And the first time I ever wore false lashes was for my wedding makeup trial…I’m scared of poking myself in the eye if I were to do it myself!)
The lash time I wore false lashes was two years ago at my wedding.
I cannot wait for “The Walking Dead” to premiere!
“Summer” is over! 🙁
I am a natural blonde, I don’t dye my hair at all and no I do not put mascara on my bottom lashes. Just the top ones 🙂
I do put mascara on my bottom lashes, but only using the Clinique mascara designed specifically for that purpose. (Also because they are one of the few companies to recognize that fair-skinned blondes look more natural in brown mascara.)
I dye my hair blonde and I never put mascara on my bottom lashes. Why? Because I would rub it off and smear it all over my face. I just know it.
I have been dyeing my hair a vibrant red for about a year now and I love the color but the upkeep sucks!
I usually just go for highlights but not really fully dying my hair. I’m a college student so it’s just too expensive for me to maintain otherwise. But since I’m already a dirty blonde I just get some more honey blonde highlights when I can afford to!
I seldom wear mascara at all. I have a tear duct problem and it smears easily- just not a good look at all!
I do like to put mascara on my lower lashes but only starting in the middle and going to the outer eye because I think it takes away the emphasis from the eye shadow with mascara on all the lower lashes — just my opinion!!
Never had thin brows. I try mascara on the lower lashes once in a while, usually with a separate brush.
Hahaaah, I’ve got the exact opposite of super skinny brows, and I wear them with pride. Every time the Benefit Brow Bar girl asks if I’d like them thinner, I’m, like: “NOOOOOOO! O_O” They add character, imho. Or just make me look grumpy. Anyway, thanks for this giveaway, love that it is open to international participants as well!
Many happy greetings from Germany,
Sandra
What was your favorite toy or game growing up? I had a few…I went through phases but most of them were video games starting with the original Nintendo with those cartredges you blew into if they stopped working ( but apparently weren’t supposed to) then gameboy, Xbox, GameCube, Wii…come to think of it I don’t think much changed since my hubby is still into those new systems so I think we have most of them now (he had ps3 and Xbox360…and we got him Xbox1 last Christmas. My favorite as a child was probably those darn cartridge games though.
Have you ever braided someone else’s hair? Sure. I find it easier to do someone else’s than my own.
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows? Ughhhh…yes…I hate looking at those pictures. I was the heaviest I’d ever been at the time in high school and I overtweezed my brows too thin which I think just made my face even chubbier. Never again!
I never use mascara on my lower lashes because they’re so sparse and I have enough trouble with liner and upper eyelash mascara smudging all the time because of my oily skin that I don’t dare risk it!
My favorite game growing up must be the PS2 game Kingdom Hearts. RPG and Disney in one? Hell yeah!
I’ve never had skinny brows, but I shaved half of my left one off accidentally in middle school and spent the rest of the summer drawing it in.
I actually braided my hair & my sons hair today. My favorite toy growing up was my Rainbow Brite! I have pretty normal not too thick brows that can be unrully at time. I cant but mascara on my lower lashes because I think I look funny! Love your blog!
I came into work the other day with a simple side braid… and ended up giving one of my co-workers a super cute fishtail braid because I wanted to practice! I love the fishtail look but find it a lot harder to do on myself (sad face)
wish life would just get easier already. there is a lot of good out there but its hard to realize.
I plan on wearing false lashes tonight! I almost never wear mascara on my bottom lashes, doesn’t look right on me!
Not only did I have skinny eyebrows in the 90’s, I still have them as they never grew back! My eyebrows are the bane of my existence! Thankfully, I have gotten skilled at using brow products to make them fuller, but still not totally my ideal look. I also dye my hair every 4 weeks because of the gray coming in. And I use mascara on my lower lashes daily.
Yes, I braid my daughter’s hair.
I’ve never worn false eyelashes, I shoukd try it!
My fav. Childhood game was ‘ring around the block’. It would be played in pairs and one of us would hide somewhere in the block that we lived and the other would have to find us. I also used to love playing with dinky cars and board games.
I do not wear mascara on my bottom lashes and I have never used falsies. I should learn how to do the latter.
I will now involves dyeing hair
use only herbal products
I am honestly afraid to dye my hair! I love my natural brunette colour but sometimes I yearn for something different – however, I am so terrified of losing my healthy, natural shade that I never go through with it.
I use henna for my hair.. I love it. I’m starting to go gray so I have awesome highlights. It doesn’t burn my scalp like chemical dyes and never fades.
I do put just a touch of mascara on my bottom lashes.
If I even TRY to put mascara on my bottom lashes I look like some kind of freaky doll it’s weird so bottom lashes stay Au Naturel
My favorite toys growing up were Cabbage Patch dolls and Jem dolls! 🙂 I do put mascara on my bottom lashes.
I never had thin eyebrows, and only recently had my eyebrows threaded for the first time ( first time for anything like that). I’m glad I didn’t as many seem to had trouble with their brows due to over plucking.
Do you currently dye your hair?
Yes I do… my mom does it for me. It’s a reddish brown with violet undertones… in all it just looks like brown with a little red, but I love it.
I’ve always wanted to dye my hair a pastel silver or pink color – but I’m too scared to bleach it!
Oh and I do put mascara on my bottom lashes – if I don’t, my eyes will just look even more tired…
Quick Karen, get Tabs into a pet carrier and on the first plane to Japan! Pizza Hut in Japan have announced a new Pizza Hut, run totally by cats:
http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/arts-and-culture/cats-have-taken-over-a-japanese-pizza-hut/56356b32-59bb-4067-a0b1-d809c0bccb6d.htm
And go to Pizza Hut Japan’s Youtube channel to watch all the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSLczs5ecylqP0Ho2zwGqw
Now Tabs can get a real job! LOL
You should at least make him watch the videos. It’d be interesting to see how another cat reacts to them!
PS: Hint, hint – I’m coming over to the US (Hawaii) next month (I’m from Australia) and I’ll be going mad in Sephora, so the gift card would come in really handy!
My favorite toy growing up were Barbies!
last time i wore falsies was on my wedding day almost 3 yrs ago
I usually don’t put mascara on my bottom lashes, but sometimes I do if it is a special occasion or a night out!
Hi there! I dont’t currently dye my hair but I really want to. I dyed my hair black along time ago and it’s really hard to go lighter unless I use bleach but Im worried about damaging my hair.
I rarely put mascara on my bottom lashes!
I wear mascara on my bottom lashes if I’m wearing my glasses, to make my coke-bottle lens-obscured eyeballs stand out more. If I’m wearing contacts, I don’t usually do the bottom lashes!
I was a Barbie girl when I was growing up. What is not to love about fashion and makeup?
When I played a “who in whoville” in “Seussical the Musical” last year I wore bright green and yellow false eyelashes for all five performances and two dress rehearsals! I even came out the stage door wearing them because I thought they brought out my green eyes. I think I misinterpreted confused looks for admiration. Maybe next time I’ll stick to classic black.
My hair isn’t dyed at the moment but I do want to try balayage some time soon
I basically can only braid other people’s hair, not my own. It doesn’t help that my hair is curly…and unruly…and impossible.
I rarely put mascara on my bottom lashes, the times I did I was never satisfied with how it went on. Either I’d end up with the product on my face or the product looked really weighty on my poor little lashes.
Thanks a lot for this contest Karen ! 🙂
I’m loving the questions, Karen!
What was your favorite toy or game growing up?
When I was a kid, I was OBSESSED with Barbies. Each occasion I’d get, I’d ask for a Barbie (Christmas, birtday, etc…) or something Barbie related. I’d create little props out of paper and cardboard, I’d make dresses using toilet paper and markers, I’d make up the most elaborate and soapy stories… You couldn’t tear me away from my Barbies. I played with them until I was like 12 or 13 and already in secondary school.
Have you ever braided someone else’s hair?
I find braiding very calming, so I’ve braided the hair of many others (male and female friends, my sister, my cousin,…). 🙂
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows?
I have quite full brows naturally and my mom’s always complimented me on them, so I’ve never felt the need to pluck ’em.
When was the last time you wore false lashes?
Waaaaaay too long ago. That’s because I utterly fail at applying full lashes.
Do you currently dye your hair?
I’ve dyed it with henna some time ago, but
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes?
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Do you currently dye your hair?
I’ve dyed it with henna some time ago, but it just won’t stick on my hair. It fades almost immediately. :/
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes?
Yes, always.
Yep i dye my hair black
I braided my syster and my mom’s hair many times also I use a lot, I love falses lashes and I wore them yesterday then I put mascara on my bottom lashes to give a doll look very popular here in Tokyo
I do dye my hair!
I do dye my hair! I am naturally dark blonde but I dye my hair black!
I had a lot of favorite toys and games growing up but to
Show my age, I remember when I got my first Atari and the Pacman game. I loved it.
Happy labor day to Karen & the furry boss:-) speaking of labor day.. Just found out I’m going to be a grandma. Whooohoo
I do dye my hair monthly…unfortunately I have some grey hair!
Hello and happy Sunday!
I haven’t colored my hair in almost 3 years. I colored my hair an array of different colors, never going too long in between before I wanted a new extreme. However, my hair started breaking off and becoming really unhealthy after years of dying it, so now I’m au natural. And I love it that way now!
Never dyed my hair!
personally i think braiding other people’s hair is so much easier than french braiding my own hair in one giant braid. i can do it fine when there’s two braids on each side of my head, but when i have to put it in the middle, it becomes a loose tangled mess!
I’ve got a $106 cart waiting for me at sephora.com, this’ll help!!
I’ve never dyed my hair but always wanted to try something funky!
I always wear mascara on my lower lashes, I’ve never used false lashes, and I don’t dye my hair. Even though I’m knocking on the door of age 59, I only have a few scattered gray hairs.
My children (5 & 7) were being very lively today blowing up balloons for their toys’ birthday parties, whilst I was terribly busy reading my daily blogs. I told them to go into the other room to blow up their balloons because “there was more air in there”! Bad Mother? BTW, love the blog, Karen.
My lower lashes are *just* long enough to get away with mascara. I love that look!
Love mascara on my lower lashes!
my teddy bear was my favorite childhood toy 😀
Hello! I actually braided a friend’s hair the other day while we were having a Netflix marathon. Her hair is extremely long (like, down past her bum long!) I thought it’d be perfect to try out some Game of Thrones-esque braids, so I got out my laptop and set off to work. Many of them ended up being very pretty, but working with hair that is almost as long as the person who owns it was quite the challenge!
Hey! Hello! My name is Débora and I live in Brazil. My favorite toy was a doll called “Priscila”.
Would so love to try the First aid beauty range from Sephora!
I last wore false eyelashes for my cousin’s wedding. I was a bridesmaid and we all had our hair and makeup professionally done, lashes were a little extra but so worth it! I wore a full strip, very subtle though and it blended beautifully with our own lashes. I usually use the individual lash clusters from Ardell but the full lash was a nice change.
I currently do dye my hair, I dye it a medium Chestnut brown color.
Last time I used false eyelashes was Easter 2012. It was the first an last time, I don’t know to this day how I got them on because every single time since then has been a disaster.
I braid other peoples hair all the time! It actually seems like quite a rare skill!
As for wearing mascara on the bottom lashes….it totally depends on my mood
I dyed my hair just a few weeks ago. I wanted it a bit lighter and went with the darkest shade of blonde Clairol offered.
I highlight my hair every 10 weeks. Fave toy as a kid was Barbie.
Hi Karen! Sadly till this day my brows is still skinny and sparse looking. Now its worse because I listen to some ppl where tattooing them would be more convenient, but now I cant make them look natural! Lol I cant win. I have tried putting rogaine to try to thickin them up but no progress either. Guess im a hairless asian person.
I used to dye my hair all the time. In fact, I started bleaching it in my teens and never really stopped. The color might change a bit and at one point I switched from solid color to highlights, but it was always artificial.
About 4 years ago I decided to change that. It took a few rounds of “fill in” highlights and lowlights, but I was able to discover what my actual hair color was. You know what? I kinda liked it.
As a kid I was a natural blonde, and now I am too – sort of. My base color is a very dark blonde, but there is SO MUCH WHITE scattered through it that it ends up being pretty light, almost as though I were still highlighting it – but without the huge cost or time investment.
I know it sounds pretty granola, but these days I do nothing to my hair except wash it and get regular cuts, and I think it looks as good if not better than it did when I put more effort in. Go figure!
I’ve never had super thin brows! I’ve always had overly bushy brows….
I try to dye my hair.. I just did it a few weeks ago and unfortunately, it barely showed up 🙁 I don’t do it often, so I really have no idea what I’m doing haha.
The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
My favorite toys growing up were my little Polly pockets! I had the mansion and wish I could find one today for my neice. They don’t make em like they used to!
I’ve braided my daughters hair a million times. Actually I’m better at braiding my own hair! haha!
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I do color my hair! I recently went from brunette to blonde (again)and added a pink and blue layered streak. I love it!! Though I have been looking at lavender hair all day on Pinterest. I want Nicole Richie hair!!
Love your blog, always look forward to updates from you <3
One of my favorite games growing up was Connect 4. I remember in fifth grade, everyone would fight over who got to play during recess.
Another favorite was playing four-square xD
I keep messing up applying false lashes these days!
What was your favorite toy or game growing up? I liked my stuffed animals
Have you ever braided someone else’s hair? I don’t think I have!
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows? Unfortunately, in the late 90’s!
When was the last time you wore false lashes? A few months ago. Too much of a hassle!
Do you currently dye your hair? It needs a color refresh desperately! The last time I had it colored was in April!
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes? I do!
I’ve actually never dyed my hair!
I learned how to French braid when I was 8. Started braiding my mother’s hair and eventually learned to braid my own. My daughter’s hair is now long enough to be braided so that’s usually what I do with her hair.. I have a theory of hair growing faster when you braid it a lot lol
thanks for the chance
I haven’t dyed my hair since I was in high school! I might be dying my hair again this winter because my black hair in the winter makes me look really pale.
I’m guilty of over plucking in junior high 🙁 but it was so cool back then! Fortunately they’ve grown back in all but one tiny area!
I’ve always had pretty thick brows! I’m italian, so it comes with the territory. Though there was a time in high school I plucked them pretty thin. They looked good, but I like my natural brows!
I last wore false lashes in my friend’s wedding at the beginning of June.
Fun fact- I can braid my friends’ and sisters’ hair, but I just can’t coordinate to braid my own! D: Boohoo! I find braid super pretty especially when there’s highlights!
Oh and btw, I’ve always thought you look like Michelle Yeoh, the actress 🙂
I never wear false lashes except extra dramatic ones for on Halloween 🙂 Would love to try a fab pair for a night out though!
Hi! Good monday to you… Well, I never had thin eyebrows, not even whe it was fashionable fever… actually, mine are very thick ones, which I think gives my eyes some personality.
Hi! Good monday to you… Well, I never had skinny eyebrows, not even whe it was a fashionable fever… actually, mine are kinda thick ones, which I think gives my eyes some personality.
Hi Karen, love your blog! I recently had thin eyebrows due to my usual lady being out of town. As you can imagine, it ended in tears of course. I still see the lady at a local department store here in South Africa. She is now called “Eyebrow Butcher”. I would really love to win this as benefit just got pulled from the country and we will never have a sephora here 🙁
I’ve never had super skinny brows even though sometimes I do get carried away with the tweezers!!
I love game boy tetris very much :)There were also this lego like, but they were slimmer not very sophisticated. I also like paper dolls, playdough, etc. Wonderful time..
I braided my daughter’s hair when she was young.
currently lusting after the new giorgio armani eye & brow maestro, can’t wait for them to start showing up at nearby counters!
Still can’t figure out how to get a profile pic on here anyone?
Happy holiday! I love braiding people’s hair! I can do so much more with it than I can my own
I can’t even braid my own hair much less someone elses lol
I wore false lashes once a year ago.
I have a burrito craving!
I just recently started putting mascara on my top and bottom lashes. I always put some on my top.
I rarely wear mascara, and if I do top only
Hi Karen,
I have to dye my hair, due rotors of gray hair, and I also highlight it to mix it up, lol!
Hi!!! I love your blog! You’ve inspired me to start my own! Hope I see you around the Bay Area to say hi in person! 🙂
I am currently planning out all of the things I want to get when Sephora’s F&F sale cards roll around (yes, I know it’s still several months away…). Top of my list is the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette!
What was your favorite toy or game growing up?
Hmmm. I can’ true member having a specific favorite toy. I went through a very annoying phase when Bop-it came out in the mid 90s. (Ah the mid 90s. Good times) I have to give the prize to the jump rope for consistency and versatility.
Have you ever braided someone else’s hair?
Yes, and I still do like all the time.
Have you ever had super skinny, thin brows?
Unfortunately my natural eyebrows are super thin brows so yes.
When was the last time you wore false lashes?
4th of July
Do you currently dye your hair?
I dye it fire engine red and I luuuuurrrvvvve it so much
Do you put mascara on your bottom lashes?
Only if I’m using a waterproof formula. Anything else and it’s a one way ticket to smudge city.
I ‘ve never dyed my hair before but now that i’m going to college i want to try sth different!
I dont braid other people’s hair but I braid always braid my own in class when I’m bored
My favorite thing to play with when I was a child were my books because I’m an avid reader.
I have never had skinny eyebrows! I’ve been blessed/cursed with dark, full Mexican eyebrows. I do my best to keep them maintained and contained. I’d have to pluck for days to get them pencil thin!
I also don’t bother putting mascara on my bottom lashes. I don’t put much of anything on my bottom lid, for that matter. I find that it makes me look kind of squinty, unless it’s a really light highlighter sort of shade!
Once I’ve tried false lashes, never again in the near future. (yeah, I failed.) 🙂
Hey Karen…. Love your blog. I am from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. I dont really do anything with my eyebrows i just work with their natural shape as they have a pretty good shape on their own. I used to put mascara on my bottom lashes but i dont anymore and i have never applied false lashes on my own, only wore them for my wedding which was applied by my makeup artist
my favourite toy was secretly my sisters barbies…but i never really was allowed to play with them as i’m a boy! 20 years on and i get to put makeup on women….you’re all my barbies!!!
I haven’t dyed my hair in a long time, but I’m itching to! I want a nice cool-toned dark brown hair. My hair is naturally a medium brown, but with lots of yellow tones and I don’t like that.
I’ve never had super skinny brows because I have naturally THICK, dark eyebrows. I used to hate them but now full, dark brows are in!
What a nice long weekend! Wish we had more like that.
Growing up, I have to say my favorite toy was Barbie. I owned just about every Barbie imaginable: Bead Blast Barbie, Workin’ Out Barbie, Twirling Ballerina Barbie — you name her, I probably had her. And since I’m a 90s baby, Britney Spears, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Cher and Dionne from Clueless and all five Spice Girls were also part of my never-ending doll collection. Love your blog by the way!
my becca highlighter in opal shattered. im beyond devastated!!
i recently changed my hair from auburn to dark copper and i love it!
I try to remember to put mascara on my bottom lashes before I do the top lashes so I don’t get mascara up to my brow bone when I look up to do the bottom lashes. If I forget to do them first I typically don’t bother or wait till my top lashes dry to avoid the hassle
I have had to dye my hair back to its original blue black since I was 30. My mom died Mother’s Day 1994 and I woke up with gray hair on both temples.
I like to put mascara on my bottom lashes but never do when I go to work as it would smear. When I do remember I love L’oreall voluminous waterproof mascara so it won’t smudge
Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Monday Karen and Tabs!! I do not wear mascara on my bottom lashes at all. My lashes (both top and bottom) are so long that if I try to wear mascara on the bottom, they look as long as the top ones do. I’m not complaining about my long lashes though!!
I liked playing Operation and Hungry Hippos
What was your favorite toy or game growing up?
Pokemon all the WAY
I actually just dyed my hair for the first time ever a little over a week ago. Nothing too different, just went for a darker brown but I like it!
Love putting mascara on my lower lashes especially if I’m doing a smokey eye!
last week i coloured my hair
I wore false lashes about a month ago to a wedding, and I most definitely put mascara on my bottom lashes. I feel like my eye look just doesn’t look complete with it.