Rise and shine, morning glory! It’s going to be a beautiful day. I can feel it in my bones…
I hope you did something fun last night. After finishing the NARS Promiscuous Lip Pencil post, I just made a quick fish dinner (pretty much just steamed tilapia filets and served on white rice with a little soy sauce, green onions and ginger), and then proceeded to watch Parenthood on Netflix from about 8 p.m. to 11.
It was glorious!
I love that show…
But enough about that. We’ve got a giveaway to start, so let’s get to it. Full deets in the Rafflecopter widget below, and the prize is a $50 Sephora gift card.
Maybe we’ll bump into each other on Twitter or Facebook today and can chat about how much we love Adam Braverman. 🙂
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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I love Phantom of the Opera! Have you seen it? Its my favorite musical!
I love hot rollers. It may sound like old school but it’s so fast and easy to use. I put them on, do my makeup, take the rollers off.
I really need to ban myself from buying makeup for a while, there’s always so many things, I have to say I place an online order every single week!
I haven’t used hot rollers but I love my sponge rollers. I can put them in before bed, take them out when I wake up, and voila! (I’m lazy! lol)
The only thing i ban myself from using is nailpolish because brittle nails gross me out! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Love your blog! I’m learning to do smokey eyes, was terrible at it but now getting better 🙂
So happy it’s the weekend!!
Good morning!
Procrastinating going to work today. Blarg.
Omg I love the new babyliss miracle! Makes the most awesome curls ever!
Hello girl, happy weekend! I think my smokey eye is pretty good. Tomorrow I am doing my friend’s make up for the engagement photos my hubby is taking for her and her fiance and I am really excited!
I am continuously amazed at the adorable things you can get Tabs to wear/pose in! My cat is generous with the snuggles, but if I tried to put a costume on him, he’d bite my arm off. Rando insists of wrestling/chewing on his brush before I can groom him. 🙂
I love smokey eyes, I even do darkish smokey eyes during the daytime for work. The hardest part for me is making the outer edge angle the same, I have this same issue when doing cat eye liner! Lol
I can’t wait for the post Halloween candy sales!!!
The best halloween costume I have ever seen was a girl in my class in like 2nd grade who had a deluxe gremlins costume.
Hot rollers are on my to -buy list!
Hi karen! today we are having my son’s 3rd birthday party, it was yesterday 🙂 have a great weekend!
I saw a mummy one that was so realistic, you could tell a lot of work went into it
Relaxing weekend. I feel great!
I wish we celebrated Halloween here 🙁
Love Nars products even though they arrived in my country <3 Cruella is by far my favorite!
My name is Susan and I love Evita, especially the movie with Madonna. You won’t tell anyone right?
I have tried both jumbo hot rollers (the clip didn’t hold the hair) and jumbo curling tongs (curl didn’t take, barrel may have been too big) to get wonderful waves and curls in my stick straight fine scandinavian hair. I then proceeded to buy jumbo perm rollers online from half across the globe and attempted to perm my hair ( the rollers were to large for the curl to take). Sigh !! Would love some 30s sexy oomph waves.. 😉 .. love the blog.. From Karen, another homeless kitty-savior in Scandinavia
Love your fall leaves costume…racy!! I’m going as Marceline the Vampire Queen
Blush blush 😀 i am all about blushes this fall!<3
I am currently on a makeup and nail polish buying ban! I ended up splurging on some Marc Jacobs products for my birthday, so my bank account is on lock down.
I haven’t been able to nail the smokey eye yet I need to work on my technique. I know what to do but I’m just not doing it well enough.
My favorite musical is “Guys and Dolls,” closely followed by “Singin’ in the Rain.” I’m old school that way.
My favorite musical is the sound of music
I’m still in love with my drybar curling iron!! It makes hair curling fool-proof!
Hello, Karen & Tabs! So, Sephora had a little promo thingee, and I finally used the 10% off that I scored! I had the Hourglass ambient powder trio in my basket, but I was reading the reviews, and I didn’t want to end up going to the store to return it. 🙁 I’m pretty happy with my Dim powder, for now. The total would have been (way) more ridiculous if I had that in the order.
I ended up buying Bobbi Brown foundation stick (finally!), a Hello Kitty eye brush set, and the Hello Kitty brush set, with case, for my niece. (early Christmas shopping!)
Hope ya’ll are having a lovely weekend so far! just chillin over here. laundry, chores, etc….
I would like more German brands here.
Smokey eyes are hard for me because I am very pale, so super dark smokey eyes are overwhelming. My favorite musical is Wonderful Town. I do occasionally put myself on makeup/nail polish bans, but it is usually while waiting for a major sale such as the 20% off ones.
Best Halloween costume I’ve seen this year is that Youtube video of a baby in an LED light suit. So cute!
I tried rollers once, but it took so long that I decided it wasn’t really worth it.
My favorite musical is Wicked!
Happy Saturday!
my favorite musical is Hair. I still watch and cry at the end!
I wish there were Bourjois and Laura Mercier carried here in Italy 🙁 don’t know if there are even Bobbi Brown, Stila, N.7 or Illamasqa though!
I really wish we had Sleek and Bourjois in US stores. But thank goodness for Internet shopping.
I have hot rollers but I prefer my curling wand.
Hmm…favorite musical…The Sound of Music is definitely a classic, but I also really like Les Mis!!
Ahh, favorite musical. I don’t know if I can pick just one, but 3 that are def. in my top are The Sound of Music (probably #1), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Meet Me in St. Louis. Grew up watching them thanks to my mom & Aunt, so they were probably the first genre that I grew to love 🙂
I have such a hard time with smokey eyes! I wear glasses (with pretty thick lenses–I’m literally blind as a bat!) so I feel like everything gets lost behind my frames. 🙁
I wish they carried MAC and NARS in my country! You get it at big sores but they’re not official MAC counters, hence there’s always a risk of them being fake, they’re also over double the price! huh!
I love fall! Most favorite season ever! The kids and I have many Halloween festivities to attend.
I wish Physicians Formula products to be available in my country 🙁
I have rosacea, so yes, my cheeks are naturally rosy. When I don’t wear makeup, my husband always comments, “you’re cheeks are so red.”
Too much STRESSSSSS~
I feel blessed to have naturally pink cheeks. They’re pink enough to get away with if I don’t have time for blush, but also easy to cover if I don’t want too much color.
Also, I love PARENTHOOD!! 🙂
Happy Halloween everyone, hope you all have a great weekend!
I’ve never used hot rollers before but I want to try them.
ive never hot rollers and i dont plan on using them in the future. i’ll stick with my straightener
I haven’t attempted smokey eyes because it looks hard to do! But I have all the makeup for it so maybe I’ll try it soon!
Definitely on a make up ban until the new year. Holiday palettes/sets are making things pretty difficult though!
Birthday is coming up. Short hair don’t care!
I am currently on a self inflicted shopping for makeup or clothes or accessories ban. I have been SO BAD the last two months. I see something I want and I’m like ‘oh I will buy that for myself for Christmas” lol. So now that I have gotten so much stuff I have to stop. So the Sephora gift card would be awesome because there is still a lot that I want! I also justify buying a lot of stuff because I can give it away on my blog/facebook.
I really REALLY wish they sold Urban Decay here!
Definitely on a make up ban until the new year. Need to save up for school next year. Holiday palettes/sets are making things pretty difficult though!
Watching SVU!!
My favorite is Jersey Boys. I love Frankie Valli.
Edward Scissorhands. My (female) friend looked so eerily similar that people came to a full halt when looking at her. Touche. What is the best costume you’ve seen, Karen?
I love pink cheeks. Bobbi brown pale pink blush is my go to.
I wish I had naturally rosy cheeks {sob} ~ blush is one of my makeup “musthaves, never leave the house without, 1 item to take to a deserted island’ items for me..
Yes that would be NYX a drugstore brand, butter london, en Urband decay
Happy Saturday! I’m stuck inside studying 🙁
My favourite musical is Spring Awakening! That, or Next to Normal. I end up in tears every time. And I have cheeks that turn red at the drop of a hat. Yay rosacea?
happy saturday y’all!
love that pic of your kitty cat
Every year, I forget to plan ahead for my Halloween costume and either pay much more than I intend to or end up settling for a different idea :/
i have never used hot rollers in my hair. my hair doesn’t hold curl very well, so it seems like too much work for something that isn’t going to have much affect.
If I somehow manage to win (*crossing my fingers*), I’d finally be able to get my hands on the NARS x Guy Bourdin One Night Stand Blush palette! I’m getting excited just thinking about it!!!
My favorite musical is RENT! A close second has to be Wicked!
i want to try marc jacobs makeup so bad, wish it wasn’t so expensive.
I need help with eye make up, my eyes have different creases! One is has a more hooded eyelid than the other and it is so irritating!!
The best Halloween costume I’ve seen was this girl dressed up in a Nightwing costume. It looked super sexy!
Last year i was sick at the exact same time as this year! I did go as JLO from the Block days last year but this year am going to stay in.
Fingers crossed! xx
Phantom of the opera is definitely a fav musical. Speaking of which, going to watch it tonight.
Hi Karen ~ I don’t have naturally rosy checks but I sure wish I did! Hope you have a great weekend!
I have a terrible time trying to do a smokey eye. my eye’s aren’t wide so it’s hard to do a gradient effect. and my lids are deep set, so the shadows just end up smudging. If i add shadow pass my crease it over powers my eye because it seems like i have shadow going up to my brows! I just keep it simple by wearing eye liner instead.
The best Halloween costume I’ve seen this year at a Halloween dog parade is they dressed the dog up in a big fluffy gray sweater and made it look like a wrecking ball. and then they put a naked Barbie around the chained leash so it was like miley cyrus in wrecking ball. it was really funny and the dog was the absolute cutest!!!
I once dressed up as Dr. Tinycat from I Can Has Cheezeburger. Not many people understood who I was and assumed I was “Dr. Cat” or a cat doctor. Oh well. It was fun!
Hot rollers are my favorite! I use them all the time and prefer them (and the finished look) to curling irons.
I’m terrible at smokey eyes! I’ve got small, hooded eyes which makes it extra challenging to do a smokey eye.
I would love to see a musical, I have never been to one.
Which of all of the holiday palettes that you’ve tried is your favorite?
The hardest part of the smokey eye for me is doing those outer corners with the dark color. The shadow always spreads too far and then I have to use a makeup remover towelette to touch it up. I can never get it just right.
Loved heated rollers in the 80’s but have not used them since.Still have them stashed away in my closet.
@ReneGroyer
Everything done! Love the giveaway 🙂
My favorite Halloween costume is Snow White!
i love your blog and i hope i win! 🙂
I actually have just banned myself from buying anymore eye shadow! I just got the vice 2 palette a few wks ago and I told my self no more!! I have so many palettes and I need to use what I have but its so hard for me to resist at times b/c there are so many fabulous palettes!
I am currently on a nail polish ban, my cuticles need some time to recover.
My favorite musical is either Wicked or Les Miserables.
My favorite musical is The Sound of Music, I love Julie Andrews
I really loved Wicked!! THanks for the awesome giveaway!!
Recovering from surgery, on my way to feeling much better.
smokey eyes make me look like I got punched in the face =/
I wish I could wear a smokey eye. I am too thin and o feel it makes my face look thinner/more sunken in….so sad
I really wish they sold Makeup Atelier in the US. There’s a youtuber that I love watching and he’s always gushing over their products. If only I could easily get my hands on those products!
Yep… I think I need to put myself on a makeup ban right now!
That sounds like a wonderful Friday evening.
looks like a great day to win a gift card. lol just joking. love this blog.I check it out at least 4 times a week. hope you have a great weekend Karen. xoxo love from Canada
thx Marlene
The best version of “All Along the Watchtower” I’ve ever heard is not Jimi’s cover. Noooo, it’s Bear McCreary’s, from Battlestar Galactica. Freaking AMAZING. And I love Jimi Hendrix. That man could shred like nobody’s business.
And one of my cats is sulking because I won’t let her walk on my keyboard.
Hardest thing about smokey eyes? Getting the shadow to stay put!
I love hot rollers! I can get my whole head curled at once and it’s fast!
My favorite musical is The Phantom of the Opera.
I pretty much am obsessed with fall. Can it just be a year round thing? Okay thanks!
i hate history class!
One of the most exciting things that I remember about getting dressed up on Halloween was that I got to wear my mother’s makeup! I always picked a “girly” costume just so that would happen!
Last year Ameya was a bumble bee..I am gonna buy her costume today 🙂
best halloween costume I saw today was a tall guy dressed as a tree with actual branches on his back! cool!
my fav mascara is loreal voluminous millions excessive
hardest thing about smokey eyes is getting the eyes to match!
I love Hairspray and Annie.
Favorite Musical: “Phantom of the Opera” was the first musical I watched. We studied it for a half a year in our music class in grade school. I watched it again years later and it’s definitely an oldie but a goodie. I also just watched “Anything Goes” and I LOVE IT!
Hi Karen! Have you tried the revlon lip balms?
Loving the Juicy Couture perfume lately
Is it just me or is the cat Sephora picture completely weird?
I made a big mistake today. I tried the Hourglass Ambient Light Palette. Now I not only need it, but the rest of them as well. It’s glorious, but I should have known better!
The best halloween costume I’ve ever seen was probably my brother’s Lord Nelson costume he made when he was in 7th grade (I was in 4th grade). Lord Nelson was a British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars (there is a statue of him in Trafalgar Square in London).
My favorite costume I ever made (my mom always helped me and my brother and sister make our costumes) was my Cleopatra costume. It was a beautiful long white gown with gold sequins at the neck and a gold belt.
I absolutely love the look that they give my hair. But Damn Guuurl… They always burn my fingers.
Inglot and Illamasqqua readily come to mind. Oh and also Sleek…sadness
I love hot rollers- I was raised on them! Latina! Wish they carried Neutrogena Canada here in the US. Different lines of product. Also Shiseido only available in Asia products. what is hard about Smokey eyes? How about everything? tutorials, please?
I love reading about Tabs! Keep up the great work!
How are you about doing smokey eyes? What’s the hardest thing about them for you?
Terrible at it. Hardest thing was to make it even. LOL! I do it perfectly on one eye and terrible at the other. 😛
I do have rosy cheeks…maybe too rosy. I flush very easily and am always looking for skin products to tone down the rosiness.
The hardest thing about a smokey eye for me is avoiding the bruised eye look. 🙂
Hi 🙂 I’m currently on vacation in St. Martin 😀
Hey Karen! Have a great weekend!!
I really wish we could get Inglot here, and more variety of products from drugstore brands like Maybelline and L’oreal.
I really wish we had Bioderma here in the US- I always see youtubers raving about it and wish we had it in our drugstores. 🙁
I am sure I have used hot rollers at some point in my life, but not recently
I have natural bright red cheeks and my favourite musical is definitely wicked
My cheeks are naturally very red, I have been super self conscious about it for yeeeears! I’m currently on the hunt for a foundation that will help tone it down (I’m eyeballing Hourglass Veil right now!), so yeah!
My fav musical is Singin’ in the Rain. 🙂
Looking for new skincare and makeup, reading reviews!
craving chinese food!
I swear i am becoming a lipstick addict
Cats is my favorite musical.
I love all your questions for comment topics. Yes, I have naturally rosy cheeks, and in fact, I had rosacea as a child and always looked like I had jelly on my cheeks. Now it’s better and I can wear blush with restraint. And yes, I do use hot rollers from time to time. I find them much easier to use than a curling iron! Thank you for hosting this great giveaway 🙂
Every year I think I’m going to get my act together and create a couples costume of Zack Morris and his cell phone for my husband and I. Then every year I realize I have no artistic ability whatsoever and resort to something decidedly less cool
i love Wicked.
I have not tried hair rollers, But i really want to!!
I love hot rollers! I use them almost everyday!!! saves me time and gives my hair nice volume.
I try not to wear make up on Sundays, almost entirely regardless of where I am going, or what I am doing.
I haven’t used hot rollers before but I would like to try.
I wish I could find Picture Polish easier in the US. I really want to try them!
I wished they had Sleek in US. I think I would splurge like crazy if we did!
I’ve actually never done a smoky eye bc they intimidate me. I wouldnt know how much is too much/little.
I’m currently watching Lisa Eldridge’s “Beauty Nightmares” video – it’s a fantastic source of info about how to solve common skincare and beauty, well, nightmares!
I wish they sold Rouge Bunny Rouge at stores in the States!
I used to get my nails done regularly. I would always get a french manicure. I haven’t had them done in a year. Taking a break. I’ve never had pedicure but heard its wonderful.
I love to get the daily emails from your blog with the latest news in beauty!
I like smoky eyes, and I can do them. I just am never in the mood to wear the look.
once i saw a adam’s full family, so funny
I would love to use hot rollers! I just have a hard time getting them to stay in my hair
I dressed up as a squirrel for Halloween last year 🙂
Hey Karen! I’m 26 and keep telling myself this will be the year I stop dressing up. But it never sticks haha I love halloween too much.
Hope you have a Happy Halloween!!
My favorite musical is The Sound Of Music.
ME TOO!!! My Mom, Sister and I used to watch it almost every week~ I sing the songs quite often and it drives my husband crazy b/c he had to watch it 100+ times in H.S. for German class ha.
Hope u have a Happy Halloween!!!
Hope u have a Happy Halloween!!!!
I have naturally rosy cheeks and blush easily – it’s not as great as you think.
I am so excited for my upcoming break from school.
I haven’t put myself on a makeup/nail polish/skincare ban but I should. Since arriving in the US ten days ago I’ve made VIB Rouge at Sephora! Eeek don’t tell my husband 🙂
I love hot rollers! But my hair is super long so I usually don’t have the patience for them haha. I L O V E nailpolishes and you could say I have an (addiction)… OPI is my all time fave second place is Orly… never put myself on a ban but really I think I have almost every color….
LOVE your blog and your sense of humor!! I love reading your posts because your personality really jumps out of the computer! well, you know what I mean~ Hope you have a FAB weekend!!
I’m going to be Stitch for Halloween! 🙂
Makeup and nail polish bans; all the time! Grad school definitely doesn’t always provide me with the disposable income
I have a hard time choosing which Tarte holiday set to buy.
I’ve never tried hot rollers!
I do have naturally rosy cheeks. Thank God! I like to think that I save money on not having to buy blush. 😉
I’m going to leave a post about my favorite musical. CHICAGO!!!!!!! I’ve never seen a play before this one, I absolutely loved it.
It’s so hard to use eyeshadows for me cuz I’m Asian with monolids. No matter how much I practice and watch tutorials, it’s STILL so hard for me. 🙁
My favorite musical is Jersey Boys – because it’s the only one I’ve seen on Broadway and I saw it with my BFF who was in the country for just a few days this summer. It was about the experience and not just the songs.
My cheeks only are naturally rosy when I work out lol
I’m a recovering theatre geek, so picking a favorite musical is hard for me :). That said, Some of my favorites include “Into the Woods,” “Company,” and “West Side Story.”
I wish my country carried Sleek. And lanolips so i can try banana balm!
Statistics homework is very boring.
The Hardest thing about doing a smokey eye look is blending in the dark colors seamlessly.
I loved the musical Cats!
I wish I could find Lime Crime products in Ontario.
I love Evita. It’s what inspired me to put on red lipstick as a kid. :]
As a theatre actor, asking me my favorite musical is like asking me my favorite lipstick! 😉 Too hard to pick!
I really wish they carried NYX Cosmetics were I live!! I really want to try them out because I here such wonderful things about them but don’t want to order them online and have to pay for duty!!
My favorite musical is Rent
I like Les Miserables!
A makeup brand I wish we had in the states is Make Up Atelier. I’d love to try their HD Airbrush Foundation.
I tried liquid eyeliner for the Nth time today, and it FINALLY looks ok. Practice does make perfect!
I wish I had naturally rosy cheeks, then I wouldn’t have to wear blush to look awake! With my fair skin, I an look a little…dead without it. But in the winter it flushes!
I wish my country had the Korean brand Innisfree here and the Japanese brands Majolica Majorca and KATE I LOOOVVVEEE THEIR PRODUCTS!
I have put myself on makeup bans SO many times, but I never stick to them hahaha! So I’ve pretty much given up on it!
My favorite musical is Wicked, for sure!
How are you about doing smokey eyes? What’s the hardest thing about them for you?
The hardest thing about somkey eyes for me is, I never try anything different. I see all these smokey eye looks with fabulous colors, and I always do same old, same old with them. It makes me so jealous.
I have never used hot rollers in my hair and my favorite musical is Rent.
Hope you’re having a great weekend 🙂
I use Hot rollers all the time. I find it fast and my hair comes out radiant.
I wish America could carry Sleek Makeup 🙁
Love hot rollers so easy to use and I cn do makeuo while I wait!
Honestly, I don’t even know where to start on a smokey eye…
Have a fun weekend Karen! I’m spending mine recovering!!
I’m really proud of myself today…I blow dried my hair and styled it and it turned out great!!
My favorite musical is Jesus Christ Superstar~
I wish bioderma was sold more readily in the USA!
I’m spending a lot of time at home with my newborn so reading your blog helps me pass the time!
I can never do a smokey eye on me right. I feel like dark eye shadows look so wrong on me. I need someone to teach me.
Love the musical Wicked
I have naturally rosy cheeks that I hate because it accentuates my smile lines 🙁
My favorite musical is Rent! I love it. 🙂 So much fabulous songs.
Life is beautiful :)))
I never put myself on nail polish bans, but I pretty much exclusively wear it on my toes!
I’d SO love to win this! It’d be so special to get some makeup. I haven’t bought any for myself in over a year now!
Favourite musical is Phantom of the Opera and Lion King
I am a natural redhead so I have rosy cheeks all the time.
I am a natural redhead so I have a rosy cheeks all the time.
The cutest costume I’ve seen was a family dressed as bumblebees and the mother was the queen bumblebee!
I’ve become SO much better at smoky eyes, thanks to Lisa Eldridge. When I “discovered” her, it was one of those, “where have you been all my life?” moments.
Fave musical: Guys and Dolls.
Best costume seen: the Yellow Brick Road.
Hardest hung about smoky eyes: blending perfectly.
Cheers, & hi to your cat!
I love your cat picture above. Reminds me of my cat I had to recently put down.
my favorite musical is Repo! The Genetic Opera.
My favorite musical is Les Miserables.
I have put myself on beauty product bans. It was hard but I stuck with it. I decided to put myself of limited bans where I only buy few things instead of nothing at all. That’s much better.
Lovin the Holiday collections!!
Sometimes I do makeup bans cause I spend way too much!
Favorite Musical? That’s difficult for me. Phantom of the Opera? Chicago? Jersey Boys? These three are the one’s I think about the most of the one’s I’ve seen…though Wicked is on my must-watch list.
Makeup bans? Hahahah I am an amateur 😛 Just recently became interested in the wonderful world of lip tints and cheek stains!hahaa
Recently, I’ve been in a lipstick-obsession. The bolder and deeper the color, the better! My go-to look lately has been flawless skin (thanks to makeup), soft brown eyeshadow, and red/berry lips.
I love Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Meet Me in St. Louis!
Hmm… I think I’m gonna be Minnie Mouse for Halloween this year.
I see all these rave reviews for Sleek products, but they’re no where to be found in the states! That is truly the one brand missing from my equation, personally. Likewise, I can see how the rest of the world wants our products. Can all the companies and distributors just hold hands and start a revolution?!
Musicals make me smilee. And I have a massive craving for Starbucks 🙁 Wish there was one near me! :O Sending you love from Sydney! <3
I’d love those NARS lippies, so I covet this card extra badly this week!
Oh, how I miss the local Sephora here in the Netherlands. We can still order through the French webshop or some British sites, but it’s not the same. I miss the swatching and the shopping 🙁
I have put myself on nail polish/makeup bans in the past but they don’t seem to last long if I come across something I love and it happens to be either limited edition or on sale…I’m a sucker for a good sale. I’ve had my eye on something at Sephora for a while and go figure…its just about $50 so if I’m lucky enough to win I’d most likely spend it on Urban Decay’s Ocho Loco 2 then put myself on a makeup ban for a while. between the UD holiday launch/20% off sale and MAC Riri collection launching in the last month, I think I bought more than I really needed. I did get some nice Christmas presents for the ladies in the family, though, so I guess it wasn’t so bad in that respect 🙂
I really really wished we had Sephora in Norway!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Complete makeup bans don’t work for me.. So I gave myself a limited amount of ‘makeup money’ to spend each month. It’s still hard; but more manageable!
I have naturally rosy cheeks, but sometimes I don’t want to have it because people always ask me if I put too much blush on, especially in winter!
Happy Halloween! Where did the year go?
One of the best Halloween costumes I have seen this year was a pug dressed up as Gandalf 😀
Hi Karen, I’m trying some options for a wedding makeup … I’ts hard to decide!!!!!!!
I wish China Glaze, Deborah Lippman, Revlon and Smashbox had a counter in Turkey!
I used to love hot rollers in my hair, but ever since I moved to a more humid climate it seems like it falls to quickly and is a waste of time! 🙁
-Smokey eyes for me have always been doable, but a challenge. The hard parts are: 1) getting that gradient that looks so good from the highlight of the browbone down to the smudged eyeliner, and 2) my crease. I feel like whenever I try to sweep a nice dark color into my crease (using a windshield wiper motion), it ends up patchy/unevenly deposited, which makes me wonder if I’m using too much shadow or not enough. Or maybe just not a good brush! Guess I need some more practice. I tend to usually just go for the crispness and simplicity of a winged-out cat eye 🙂
-My favorite musical (although this is a TOUGH choice!! and I did not count Disney musicals because that would have made it even harder!) is The Sound of Music. You laugh, you cry, you sing, you dance, you wear clothes made out of curtains, it’s awesome.
-I frequently have to ban myself from nail polish and makeup. It’s easy for me to “justify” buying makeup when I’ve got coupons or remind myself I don’t already have THAT color, or I’ve run out of mascara already, etc etc 🙂
-I wish they carried Sleek in America! I mean, you can get it via Amazon and order some things from their site, but it’s not in stores or anything.
I’m on a nail polish ban right now. It sucks!
I dressed as Frida Kahlo for a Halloween party yesterday and my husband went as Diego Rivera! 😀
I do have rosy cheeks and I always try to hide them…
My favorite musical is Wicked–it was glorious 🙂
My favorite musical is A Chorus Line– I saw the revival 9 times when it came back in 2006! And my favorite Halloween costume ever was from my senior year of high school; friends and I dressed as contestants from the Nickelodian game shows Legends of the Hidden Temple.
Yes I do put myself on nail polish bans when my nails starts looking unhealthy and a bit yellow too!!
I really enjoy your blog, Karen. It’s fun to read up on the newest products, and see what antics you and Tabs are up to!
I LOVE my Konjac sponge! It’s the bomb!
I really need to put myself on a nail polish ban!! I have so many, there is no way I will wear them all. I feel like I still need to buy more for some strange reason, LOL!! It’s kind of like collecting for me.
I do have naturally rosy cheeks and I do not wear blush.
My knee is in such pain today… I’m old at 37. 🙁
I have a natural flush to my cheeks every time I have a hot flash!
I have rosacea so my cheeks are crazy red all the time!
I’m terrible with a smokey eye, mostly because I can never get the eyeliner right!
I need to put myself on a nail polish, lipgloss, candle, perfume, and book ban! BUT I WON’T!!!
I really wish so many brands would come to the US…Sleek, MUA, P2, especially Charlotte Tilsbury!
I’m losing my eyebrows. Sigh.
I love Urban Decay and Too Faced but we don’t have their stores in our country yet. Thank goodness for online sellers! 🙂
I have always had super rosy cheeks. I don’t even own any blush.
I would love this giftcard to buy gifts for my bestfriend !
I would love to win this!
I cant do a smokey eye without looking like I’ve got a black eye with my monolids!
I miss Max Factor makeup. That was the makeup I used all through high school and I really hate that they don’t sell it in the U.S. anymore.
I can’t get enough of various, albeit subtle, no-makeup makeup looks!
A few days ago I came across a picture reel of creative halloween costumes. I really liked some of them. My fave was definitely the youtube video one, a board with a space cut out for the “video” for the “wearer of the costume” with a funny video title and some crazy comments written under it :).
I love purrrrple 😀
There are definitely a few brands that I wish were easier to get a hold of in the US. Mostly, really cutesy asian brands that I just adore the packaging. It isn’t unobtainable here, but the price mark up, shipping, and shady sellers keep me away.
Love all the nail polish posts lately! Thanks for always sharing how many coats your pics show.
OMG I love South Pacific! Some enchanted eeeeeeeeeevening, you may see a strangeeeeeeeeeer!
I really wish we had an Illamasqua counter here in Sweden but sadly we don’t 🙁
I use hot rollers sometimes, but it doesn’t look as nice as my natural curl.
I have a cold. Very stuffy nose right now.
I wish there were every The Balm products in my country!
My favorite musical is “Fiddler on the Roof”, which also happens to be my favorite movie.
My favorite musical is Miss Saigon.
The best costume I’ve seen was actually a DIY tarantula costume for dogs, it was made so well that when the dog ran it legitimately freaked me out because the legs moved so realistically LOL! Smokey eye’s are my go to look for everyday, they’re the easiest to do & look good regardless of what I wear. I constantly put myself on makeup bans, yet consistently break them, lol oh well 😀
i wish i had naturally rosy cheeks…
I am HORRIBLE at smokey eyes! It just always looks like a bad mess. 🙁
Best Halloween costume you’ve ever seen?
A LADY AS CATWOMAN.
How are you about doing smokey eyes? What’s the hardest thing about them for you? i START TO LOOK LIKE A RACOON AFTER SO LONG LOL
Do you ever use hot rollers in your hair?
YES SOMETIMES
What’s your favorite musical?
THE COLOR PURPLE ON BROADWAY
Do you ever put yourself on nail polish/makeup bans?
NOPE, BUT I NEED TO! LOL
Do you have naturally rosy cheeks?
NOPE! BUMMER!
Are there any brands you wish they carried in your country?
THE US OF A CARRIES EVERYTHING!
I haven’t used hot rollers in ages. My hair is a lot shorter now and pretty fine in texture so I mostly just straighten in into a bob.
Love your cat. I have two of my own. One is incredibly vocal.
I love netflix, use it all the time on my Apple TV!
I really want this to get Urban Decay’s Vice 2 palette!
I cant’t wait for the school holidays to come 🙂
i have very naturally rosy cheeks!
I wish I have rosy cheeks naturally but I don’t. I always have to put blush on otherwise I will look like a ghost!
I’ve ever used hot rollers in my hair, but I have always wanted to try!! They give such beautiful curls and volume
Celine Dion
I can’t wait for my Sephora F&F order to come in! Holiday makeup is THE best! 😀
Yes there are many brands that i want to try which people rave about but arent available in my country!
By winning this giveaway Karen I get the chance to try out some new brands x
I like to use hot rollers the night before and then take them out before I go to bed. I think it helps tame the over the top volume, but gives a gorgeous wave the next day.
Happy Halloween!
Thanks for this giveaway!
I have trouble doing smokey eyes because I always make them too dark.
I love a smokey eye but the blending is the hard part for me. I am always afraid I just look like a raccoon.
I love a smokey eye using MAC Hocus Pocus from the Blogger’s Collection!
smokey eyes are a hit or miss with me
I am HORRIBLE with doing a smokey eye, I’ve tried it maybe two times though. I’m a big newbie to makeup (and almost 27 years old sadly haha), so it takes me a while to learn how to do makeup.
I still remember seeing a kid dressed up as a “serial killer” when I was younger. His costume was a box of cereal taped to his chest with duct tape, witha butcher knife stabbed through the front. I always thought hat was clever, if a little weird, lol.
I love the dancing and great songs from the movie seven brides for seven brothers. I guess that’s a musical? But if we’re taking Broadway, then definitely phantom of the opera. I’m a sucker for drama and bad boys.
So tired, I wasn’t paying attention when I put Balmex Diaper Ointment on my toothbrush instead of tooth paste :O I was wondering why it feels sticky and no bubbles when I was brushing my teeth :O
This would be great to use towards Christmas gifts! Thanks for the giveaway!
How are you about doing smokey eyes? What’s the hardest thing about them for you?
Love smokey eyes. The diff part- getting perfect outer V
I have tried putting myself on makeup bans before but it never seems to work! 🙂
Still in love with lace
i need more clinique concealer!
🙂 I hope we had halloween in Greece 🙁
I wish Sephora still carried Bourjois in the U.S. Thanks for the giveaway.
wish i could make smokey eyes happen!
yay!
no rosy cheeks, I wish :/
Ooo… love the smokey eyed look. But getting the eyeliner right just about does me in every time and I rarely feel “good” about it. Bleh.
I love Physicians Formula, covergirl, neutrogena makeup, but i can’t buy them in Spain 🙁
My mom used to use hot rollers on me but I haven’t used them since…
I wish they carried Sleek makeup in the US!
I use hot rollers all the time, as my hair will last longer with them and I also often lack the patience for doing my whole head with a curling iron. 🙂
Hi!
The best costume I have ever saw was a mom dressed as Princess Leia and her two year old son as Chewbacca!
I’ve put myself on polish bans quite a few times but as soon as i see the next pretty one, it must join my stash and make friends with all of the others.
I have pale skin. I don’t naturally have rosy cheeks but I sure wish I do.
Fave musical… I loved the Phantom of the Opera, but Miss Saigon was a great show, especially when they brought out that enormous statue of Ho Chi Minh.
I do happen to have naturally rosy cheeks. They’re really apparent whenever it’s super hot or freezing cold. I personally don’t like it because it makes me look too red (I happen to have red hair) and I’m also not a fan of blush in general because I don’t like the color of my cheeks 🙁
I have naturally rosy cheeks so I’ve never had more than one blush until recently that I’ve gotten into makeup. So, it’s not hard to cover up but I have to be careful and not go overboard.
I was reading your post of Tabs and went all “AWWWW”. Reminds me so much of my cat, which was stolen years ago 🙁
I never put myself on a ban; it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard of. I’m old enough to know when I can afford something and when I can’t…
I don’t have naturally rosy cheeks AT ALL!! I always have to wear blush!!
I do have rosy cheeks! I always worry about overdoing my blush as a result 🙂
Towards the end of the summer, my nails start looing a little greenis. I usually get them a polish break for a few months.
I’m not good at doing smoky eyes.
I love smokey eyes, but the blending is the most difficult part for me.
Yay for giveaways!
my daughter(14yrs) and I have just started using rollers instead of flat ironing everyday. Loving it so far! Finding it a lot healthier for our hair and our curls hold a lot longer.
FYI….new to your blog and love it!
My favorite musical is Les Miserables. I’m very excited that they are bringing it back to Broadway!
yes, I frequently put myself on a nail polish hiatus as I find that they polish can damage my nails, making them crack!
CATS CATS CATS! Is my favvv musical. Sadly I’m allergic so I love their cuteness through you and tabs lol. I’m currently on a nail polish band, its been a week and I’m already having withdrawals ahh!
I wish Bourjois was still sold in stores in the US.
It is so so difficult to pick a favorite musical, but I’d have to sa Jesus Christ Superstar!
Hmmm. I LOVE Spamalot but I really like all musicals (except Phantom of the Opera – heresy I know)and there is a soft spot for Flower Drum song – My Mom had the album and I knew it by heart when I was a kid. My favorites are movie Musicals though (Singing in the Rain, Daddy Longlegs, Funny face etc)
WICKED!! Oh Lawd, I saw it last year and I just cant get it out of my mind! Rock of Ages is awesome too!
It has to be Wicked!!! I saw it last year and cant get it out of my mind! I loved Rock of Ages too!
Yes–definitely a nail polish ban every so often. No polish and multiple applications of CND Solar Oil to help recondition my nails.
My best Halloween costume was the year I dressed up as a Chiquita banana… to go Trick or Treating in high school. I figured if I was going to go when I was that “old” I needed a good costume.
May need to try hot rollers to calm the frizzzzz
The hardest part about smoky eyes is trying to not make myself look like I just rubbed soot all over my eyes! It’s not a look that either I’m good at doing or one that looks good on me.
Happy Monday
I saw an amazing Lady Godiva costume.
I’m moving to Qatar soon. I think they have lots of beauty brands there that I can get here in Texas, but I’m looking forward to exploring.
I reallllly want a Sephora to open here so I can get most of the brands not available here XDD
Come on, Rafflecopter. Mama needs some makeup! 🙂
I became addicted to yours and other beauty blogs – in my job, I can’t really dress up (scrubs ALL THE TIME) so wearing make up and finding out new cool skincare/make up cosmetics is essentially the only feminine thing for me right now 😉
Avatar! Best make up costume I’ve ever seen
MAC’s Vegas Volt is my fave lip color!
Happy Monday!! I would love a new CC cream!
I’d love Asian makeup brands like Etude house to be available at stores in Canada 🙂
I have really bad road rage and I am glad that I am getting better at controling it. >.<
the best group halloween costume i’ve ever seen is the cast of scooby doo including a cardboard mystery machine! adorable and creative! loved it!
The best costume I have seen lately is a little boy in a wheelchair was a ice cream guy and they made the wheelchair into a nice cream truck!! Super Cute!!!!!!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I haven’t used hot rollers in a long time. Maybe I should give them another try.
I’m on a nail polish ban right now!
Fingers crossed!
I’m currently on a nail polish ban. Apparently 85 is too many and I need to seek help. I really don’t understand how anyone could ever have too many nail polishes!
random comment – I am preparing to compete in a bodybuilding competition next spring and today is the first day of my new diet. its gonna be a long winter.
I don’t know about my favorite musical, but I really enjoyed the tv show Smash.
Just concluded my Archery Class with my daughter. That was fun. Bonding time with my teen.
I’m a big fan of punny Halloween costumes, so the best costume I’ve seen was an egg, devil horns & a devil tail – deviled egg! I also like the ceiling fans, though.
Really wanna see wicked!
I wish I could use hot rollers, but my hair is too long and thick. It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make, though 🙂
I never really was into make up or clothes. I’ve been trying to make up for lost time 😉
So, yes, make up buying ban it is for now.
Love your reviews! The Nars One Night Stand palette is currently number 1 on my wishlist! Well, probably right after the Hourglass Ambient Lighting palette.
A Sephora is opening in Downtown Brooklyn this Friday!! An early morning stake out is planned. :]
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my fave musical is Spring Awakening!!
Ooo, I can really use this towards my new favorite perfume – HERMÈS
Jour d’Hermès!
Wow! cool giveaway! Yup I occasionally use hot rollers on my hair, having really thick, rebellious hair, i’ve found that is it really the only method that will allow my hair to hold a curl. lol
Yes, I do sometimes use hot rollers. Thanks for another contest!
I love using hot rollers
Thanks for the giveaway! Happy Early Halloween!
I wish we had Inglot available here in Canada! And I wish we had all other brands available at US prices.;)
I wish I didn’t look like I got punched when I wear eye shadow
i dunno about best halloween costume, but i know i made a kid happy last year when i recognized he was ash from the evil dead movies. he said no else knew what he was; made me feel like i was a cool parent. 🙂
Yes my cheeks are naturally flushes. Sometimes I like it but majority of the times I do not.
I love hot rollers but I haven’t used them in years.
I saw a really great costume at a party last week – it was of a local lawyer (a woman) who’s on billboards all around Detroit. The billboards say “Injured?” and a 1-800 number. This lawyer has long blonde hair, and HUGE lips, and I saw someone who did this. Great local humor!
The best costume I’ve seen so far this year is Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time.
Thanks for the giveaway, and I’m in ready for this cold weather.
So cold today! Definitely pulled out the leg warmers to put over my leggings. Such a cute look 🙂
Love smokey eyes but can’t seem to make it look good on me yet. Darn! I’m looking forward to Halloween. Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for all your great reviews, they help me decide <3
put together a baby shower for one of coworkers in less than a day. it turned out well though! it was fun. she’s having a boy in four weeks.
A little rant about my nails…they keep breaking on me and it’s making me sad…now they look like little nubbies in my nail photos…waahhhh! Anyway, that shade of lipstic goes fab with Tabs’ coat 😉
thank you for this giveaway. best halloween costume i’ve seen, pretty cinderella!
I do put myself on Makeup Bans when it comes to palettes, because I have so many and when a palette comes out that has beautiful colors and is limited edition nonetheless I feel so inclined to buy it.
I have a seem to have a make up problem. I drove 20 minutes through a forest in the evening there was no light except my headlights to get to Nordstrom. I wanted to purchase the Guerlain Crazy limited edition compact. After a long scary drive I made it to my destination only to discover that my must have product was sold out. I was not a happy camper.
Thanks so much for this great giveaway! I hope I win 🙂
I haven’t use hot rollers but I want to do it, I’m just lazy lol
I love makeup!! I really hope to get lucky and win! 🙂
another giveaway! hope I win this time! 🙂
I love makeup!
I do have rosy cheeks
I use hot rollers every day to give my straight hair a bit of volume.