Thinking good thoughts for all of you who are waiting on Irma this weekend (or Jose or Katia), or dealing with the aftermath of Harvey. There are also wildfires raging out west, and a bad earthquake hit Mexico.
Basically, it’s been a rough couple of weeks in this hemisphere. I hope it’s OK if we talk about fluffy things for a bit and maybe take our minds off the heavy things.
I’ll go first: French toast. I’m craving it, but I don’t have any brioche in the house, which is a (minor) travesty, but…
Wait — WHAT? You haven’t had brioche French toast?! Girl. Let me blow your mind. Next time you make French toast, instead of using regular ol’ wheat or white bread, make it with a buttery brioche.
I got a sliced loaf of brioche at TJ’s last week and used the whole thing for what turned out to be THE BEST French toast I’ve ever had. Light, fluffy and just the perfect amount of sweetness (like King’s Hawaiian Sweet Bread). I’ll never be able to look at non-brioche French toast the same way again.
In other news…
Today is a cleaning day. 🙁 Bluh. But it has to get done, right? It’s so totally and completely uninspiring and boring, and I feel like the broken-est of broken records talking about cleaning yet again, but it never goes away. Huzzah, cleaning!
I want to clean the bathroom extra well because the Coywolf has expressed an interest in potty training. She watches me, and I can see the little gears at work trying to figure out what’s going on, so we’re gonna get that started. If you have any potty training tips, please drop your knowledge in the comments, because I need all the help I can get!
Purr usual, I jotted down some of the interesting articles and blog posts I came across this week that I thought you’d also appreciate.
Got your coffee? OK, let’s go. 🙂
- NOOOOO! This is really disappointing because I loved this magazine. Nylon is shutting down their print publication. 🙁 Dang! I’m so bummed about this! It’s so irreverent and outrageously creative. I LOVED the beauty section.
- Oh, the brights in these gorgeously pigmented liquid lipsticks from Dior look extra great!
- No, I’m not making this sh*t up: someone out there thought that the women of the world needed to contour their vaginas, so they invented a vagina highlighter…
- Do you ever shop at ASOS? When I was pregs with the Coywolf I bought a few maternity dresses from them. One of them fell apart after washing it once…but I wore the other two all the time toward the end of her time in my tum. Looks like they’re launching a new ASOS makeup line. I think the packaging looks very chic and cute.
- I’m happy to see my ride-or-die Surratt curler on this list of best eyelash curlers for different eye shapes.
- Essie has ’90s vibes in their fall collection.
- Who else loves wearing berry shades in the fall? Here are 14 berry lip colors under $12!
- Um…do you have $750 burning a hole in your pocket? If so, do you wanna buy the wig Vivien Leigh wore in A Streetcar Named Desire? I’m sure there’s someone out there who can say “yes” to these two things.
- 3 cruelty-free beauty products everyone needs
- What role does climate change play in the hurricanes sweeping the Atlantic?
- Advice for women going through difficult times from a woman who lost her father, husband and had a miscarriage over a period of six weeks.
- Cut these seven words from your vocabulary to sound more confident at work.
- Black Mirror is on this list (YES!) of British TV shows you should be watching.
I hope you and your families are safe and sound this weekend. Talk to you soon.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Those brushes are gorgeous!!!!!!!! I have to wait til xmas time to buy more things for myself, though.
This will give me plenty to read while waiting for the hurricane to hit. Read, and also dream about brioche French toast. (Try challah FT sometime, too- utterly amazing.)
That was a shockingly insufficient list of best British shows. What about Broadchurch? Poldark? Hinterland? Vera? Lock Ness? Grantchester? (Looking at that list, I just realized how many good-looking men there are in British tv. Now I’m considering moving…) 😉
I LOVE black mirror! Have you seen Luther??? It’s excellent!
Ooh, I like making French toast with really good challah bread that’s about a day past it’s prime. It’s probably the egg in both that and the brioche that makes them such good French toast breads, although the challah is less dense than brioche (in my experience).
In terms of TV, I started watching the new Twin Peaks season. I’m really enjoying it, and I loved the first season way back when I first watched it (and half of the second – I usually stop watching after s2ep10, “Dispute Between Brothers”), but I’m sure it’s not for everyone’s taste.
I think the one thing that I appreciate about the show, and the new season in particular, is how it allows the audience to linger over a scene and its emotions. A lot of shows will hurry on to the next scene but TP lets me sit with the emotion for a few minutes and I think that’s really unusual in television. We linger with the characters for longer than’s needed to show their immediate reaction. It’s just a bit unusual and I like it a lot.
Ahh potty training! I’m twitching thinking back to training my son (who did not train until about a month before his 4th birthday!) What I’ve learned is that every kid goes at their own pace and techniques that work for one don’t work for all (and I tried many LOL). It’s great your daughter is showing interest and girls seem to get this down much sooner than boys so I wish you a pleasant and swift potty training journey!
Next time, try using the Panettone from TJ’s to make french toast!! It’s AMAZING!
I see a couple of berry lipsticks I want from that list!
Oh man, Tarte Shape Tape IS the best! I love My Beauty Bunny and her recs! TY for the share this week. (I almost put a happy face but then I read 7 things not to do lmao but I do have a happy face)
I wish I could find those brushes ??