Rise and shine, morning glory! I hope you slept well.
So, I received an invite this week to the San Francisco premiere and after party of a new Ali Wong (a.k.a. my doppelganger) movie coming to Netflix May 31. The movie’s called Always Be My Maybe, and it takes place in SF.
I wasn’t planning on going because 1) it’s on a Tuesday, which is a school night for me; and 2) it doesn’t start until 7…which for me is the equivalent of midnight.
I’m pretty sure I’d pass out!
I’m so not kidding either. These days I start turning into a pumpkin at 4 every afternoon. Lately, I’ve been eating dinner at 5, and then I shower and put on my pajamas by 6. By 8:30 I’m in the middle of my first REM cycle.
That’s just where I’m at in life right now…
As I was saying, I wasn’t going to go to the premiere, but I’m thinking about changing my mind now because it would be kinda funny to see how many people I could trick into thinking I’m Ali Wong. I don’t really see it, but I’ve been told I bear a striking resemblance to her.
Yeah, we’re both Asian and partial to statement eye wear. And I guess we might’ve looked similar from certain angles when my hair was longer, but I don’t feel like we look that similar.
Anyway, if we really do look like long lost twins, I wonder how many people I could fool at the premiere… Could I get all up in some selfies? Would they get tagged #Ali on Instagram? In other words, how far could I push the joke? HA HA HA!
I would totally do it if I wasn’t so tired. This week I started a new cutoff time for coffee and I’m hurtin’. No caffeine after 12! I know! The afternoons have been rougher than cheap toilet paper.
Thankfully, it’s still early here, so I have time to slam a few more cups. While I’m doing that, here’s your weekend beauty reading…
- Serious question for you: Would you wear any of these outfits?
- Is that Jon Snow doing makeup touch-ups on the set of GoT?
- Memorial Day beauty sales from Ulta, Sephora and more
- I’m a fan of AmorePacific skin care. For a while, their exfoliator was my ride-or-die when my chin was breaking out. They’re launching a new line this summer at Sephora called Primera, and all of the products are made with some type of plant or fruit seeds.
- Speaking of seeds, people have feelings about the safety of using exfoliating walnut scrubs on your face.
- Did you know you can get Sunday Riley on Amazon? They’re also starting to offer one-day shipping with Prime soon, too (in case you need that bottle of Good Genes in a jiffy).
- FINALLY. Victoria Beckham will be launching her new beauty brand online soon (it’ll have makeup and skin care), and I have high hopes. I love her makeup collabs with Estée Lauder.
- When she’s not studying, this second-year entrepreneurial UCLA student offers manis and pedis out of her dorm room. (Side note: I wish I’d thought of this when I was a student!)
- A dermatologist weighs in on whether hair vitamins really work
- Beauty around the world! This is what the beauty standards are for the the Mwila tribeswomen of Angola.
- Children of the ’80s, hold onto your bottles of Dep gel and your cans of Aquanet, because the perm is baaaaaaack!
- In case you know any Jason Momoa super fans…
- I’m not much of a gamer (my idea of the perfect video game was Tetris on Game Boy circa 1992), but I’m fascinated by how far CGI has taken digital hair. Apparently, hair is a big deal in computer graphics, and companies are working hard to create realistic-looking hair on screen.
- Cher just launched a perfume that she says will make you hug yourself.
- Happy 30th birthday to Rubble! — the world’s oldest kitty.
- In case you were looking for a career change, this is what it’s like to be a full-time cat sitter.
- In Japan, Tama the cat’s sweet nature and photogenic features made her popular with commuters on the Kishigawa railway, leading her to be become so famous that she was knighted.
- Looking for new ways to have fun with your cat? These 11 cat games are supposed to be insanely amusing for your feline friends.
OK, someone needs to fill me in on what Bruno is wearing on his face because his skin looks super smooth.
My first-thing-in-morning song as of late
Happy 70th, Stevie Nicks!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Hope you’re having a good Saturday.
Mine’s been pretty awful. I got a phone call from my parents today that they might have to put one of our dogs to sleep, and then a second call a few hours later that they did. She was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, and apparently last night and this morning were very rough for her. Since I’m coming home in a couple of weeks, I was hoping she’d hang on long enough. I’m happy she’s not in pain anymore and that she went peacefully, but I’m really sad I wasn’t able to be there with her. She was pretty old, so I knew this was a possibility when I left, but that doesn’t make it any easier. It’ll be sad when I come home and she isn’t there. 🙁
Your posts about Tabs hit very close to home for me due to the similar timeline, but I’m glad that someone else knows what it’s like. You were able to beautifully put into words what I’m feeling right now, so thank you for that.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Ali. I’m going to tell you something all my friends who “get it” have told me. You’re never going to be the same, ever, and a piece of your heart will always long for her. Our fur friends have a long memory, and I’d like to think that on some level she knew that even though you couldn’t be there to say goodbye, that she was surrounded by your love. Sending you a big, big hug.
I’d let Jon Snow do my makeup. Happy weekend Karen!
I wouldn’t mind if he touched up my oily forehead either, HA HA HA!
What’s going on with you and the fur kids? I’m getting ready to go out to dinner with a friend.
We mostly laid around today! My stomach was hurting. However we did go out and buy a grill and my husband cooked dinner on it!
I enjoyed reading about fall’s fashion trends. I’d wear any of those fur coats as long as they are faux fur. I suspect given the designers’s some of them might be real fur.
Walked to the optician with Dear Husband this morning to help him select new frames. Then we actually had brunch together. I’m gonna faint because Dear Husband usually hates brunch. Browsed at the local bookstore and I picked up the latest Ruth Reichl book.
Need to hoof it over to Sephora to do a return. Hope you’re having a good weekend.
Me too. I’m feeling the cheetah (big surprise) and the sequined pageant gowns (again, BIG SURPRISE).
Where did you guys go to brunch? I hope you had carbs, because brunch without carbs is sadness.
Having a fun weekend so far! Connor’s been asking to do a sleepover/slumber party so El Hub and I did one with her last night. We had take out (In-N-Out), put blankets and pillows on the living room floor, watched movies, ate popcorn, turned out the lights and played with flashlights. Oh, and played some board games! Stayed up late and then we all passed out the couch eventually. Right now I’m just chilling before leaving for dinner with a friend in Petaluma.
OMG, your slumber party sounds like it was so much fun! In-N-Out!! Yum! Didn’t realize there was one in Novato. After horse shows on Lakeville Drive (closer to 37) I’d drive to the one on Lakeville near 101 in Petaluma to treat Dear Daughter.
Oh, yeah, I’d do the sequined dresses too!
We went to place called Bistro Vida. I had a spinach chevre omelet. Trying to get the binge eating under control. Dear Husband had a banana rum crepe. He shared. I gave him a bite of my omelet and half my potatoes.
We took a second walk this afternoon. Returned a palette to Sephora. Wanted to get snap peas at farmstand a few doors away from Sephora (on sale for $.99/pound) but they were moldy and brown. Pass. So we walked to Whole Foods and I got a hunk of buttermilk blue to add to a salad and we had leftover fish for dinner. I also made Dear Husband buy a huge browned butter chocolate chip cookie at check-out, that we split for dessert. Only 440 calories in one cookie. Lol. Now you know why we shared it.
Watching Raptors/Bucks game right now. Hoping that series goes to 7 games.
Ali Wong went to my high school but she’s a few years older than me so I missed her. You could totally pass as relatives!
I grew up hearing about my doppelgänger who went to another private school in SF. I finally saw her on Bart the last day before I moved away. I was too afraid to talk to her- worried the gal wouldn’t think we looked alike.
I was just saying to someone a few hours ago that it had been about 30 years since perms were popular, and I was hoping they would NEVER come back, but since fashion/hair styles tend to be cyclical, it probably was bound to happen. My own hair tends to look like that last picture in the article, even without doing anything to it. I hate the texture of permed hair. I only attempted a perm once.
A brush with stardom . . why not?! To me it seems an honor.
I know you’ll do the right thing for you.
Have a nice evening,
L
❤️
P.S.
You’re prettier!
I think there is a resemblance but it may also have to do with facial expressions (and hair and height). I don’t think you look all that much alike in still photos, but I see it in video. 🙂
I think I could probably do beige and blizzard.
I love curl and never had a “bad” perm in the 80s so I’m a-OK with it coming back. I am fortunate to have enough curl without a perm – at my age, I’m more concerned with damage than anything else.
It’s such a minefield to tell a person how you think they resemble someone. That’s a line in which I tread carefully. Not to get too sociopolitical here, but it’s also a wee bit of a microaggression, you know? Anywho, I’m really intrigued by the Cher perfume.