WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is kimpcole! Congratulations, Candee! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
Have I told you about Tabs’ new favorite way to wake me up?
He jumps on the bed, walks across my chest and stands perpendicular to my throat with his tummy draped across my neck.
He waits for a moment or two like that, and then, PLOP! — lays down and starts purring like a Mack truck until my eyes open.
Imagine a furry, 20-pound infinity scarf holding you hostage in bed, and basically, you get my mornings for the past week. 🙂
No Tabby alarm clock today, though. When I woke up, all I found was the postcard above on El Hub’s pillow with a note telling me to take the day off.
Whatever you’re up to today, I hope it’s fun.
And before you head out on your adventures, don’t forget to enter this weekend’s Sephora eCard giveaway.
What folks are saying…
“Hi Karen!!! Wow, that news definitely gets a hoo ray ray and an elephant!!! (I’ve maybe been watching too much Boardwalk Empire.) Thank you so much!!!”
-Shana“What a lovely surprise it was to see your announcement (after completing one of many exams/papers/projects I have this crazy week)! The eCard will definitely ease expenses for this broke, beauty-obsessed college student. Thank you, Karen and Tabs!!”
-Katie“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”
-Jane“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”
-Angel“Thank you SO much Karen! OMG! Wishes really do come true! I can’t believe I won! You have no idea how much this will help me through the holidays. I’ve been an avid fan of your blog for the past two years. Your witty and creative entries, informative makeup information, and beautiful photos have kept me hooked. I look forward to more of it. Goodness, you’ve
seriously just made my week and it’s only Tuesday night!”
-Zharlynne“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”
-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)
- One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).
- There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, how would you rate your cooking skills? What’s the most challenging thing for you when it comes to eye makeup application? What’s one thing you love about your life right now? What’s your favorite Pop Tart flavor? How many lip glosses do you have in your purse at the moment? How often do you wear eyeliner? What nail polish do you have on your toes right now? What does your dream hairstyle look like?– you get the idea.
- Second, you can enter by following me on
Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
- Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/XEknOA
- The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 11:59PM (PT).
- Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
- A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
- Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
- Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.
- Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
- The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
- Void where prohibited by law.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is kimpcole! Congratulations, Candee! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
I’m a poor cook!
I am wearing Essie demure vixen on my toes! It’s a light purple and I love it
This season has taught me the importance of forgiveness and the power of positive thoughts and love. If you don’t those things, life will be so fulfilling. Just thoughts I’d share that.
On a girlie note. I have about 4lip glosses in my bag right now.
Oh how I love colored acrylic with a gel top coat! French to be exact. Never have to worry about it looking shabby, even after 3 weeks!! #classy
Come on momma needs a new Clarasonic brush refill lol!
On my 3rd time on a plane flying back from atlanta in first class yesterday 2/16/13, I met congressman John Lewis the senior chief deputy democratic whip and he offered me half of his Reuben! What a great man
On my 3rd time on a plane flying back from atlanta in first class yesterday 2/16/13, I met congressman John Lewis the senior chief deputy democratic whip.
I’m actually still waiting for my dad to get me my Sephora GC he said he’d get me for VDay, haha.
I’m immersing myself in Lego Ninjago projects for the next three days (courtesy of the awesomeness of pinterest) so I can deck out our patio for my son’s bday next weekend. Oh, the joy!!
I have two lip glosses in my purse right now, plus a lipstick and a lip balm.
When it comes to eye makeup application the most challenging thing for me is Blending in the crease seamlessly and getting the perfect smokey effect.
My cooking skills? I can’t even cook eggs without burning them if that gives you any indication…
Have a great weekend!
I would say my cooking skills are great!
I like Smores Pop Tarts.
Packing my makeup travel bag!
I’m making spaghetti and meatballs tonight! from scratch!
Hi Karen! I have Illamasqua’s Stance on my toes right now in an attempt to feel a little spring-like.
The most challenging thing about eye makeup application is actually eyeshadows. Not liquid liner, not mascara, but eyeshadow, of all things 😛 The main reason is probably because I have hidden inner eyelids (aka inner double eyelids aka double eyelids that turn into single eyelids near the inner parts of the eye).
Sometimes when I am doing a winged-liner and I mess up it then becomes a smokey eye 🙂
I always wear eyeliner. Since I wear glasses, mascara alone is not enough to properly emphasize the eyes.
I’m kinda newbie in this make up world, seriously!!! don’t even know how put the right eye shadow combination…i live mostly in my lipgloss, lipbalm. And i need to learn because it requires in my job. Thanks to your blog. i learned a lot.
My cooking skills are awesome if my 3 year old son is elsewhere. When he is home, I am a hot nervous wreck!
always wanted to learn how to cook better
I want to win!
My kids and husband are all sick. I’ll dream about what I would do with this Sephora card while I take care of them!
I have Milani’s Tip Toe pink on my toes right now!
P.S. Karen, I love your blog and read it everyday, but have never had the nerve to say hello and tell you how much I enjoy it!
My cooking skills are excellent~ too bad theres no room in the shoebox I live in to actually cook!
I baked 50 cupcakes yesterday 🙂
I am a 55 year old mother of two and married to my high school sweet heart for 35 yrs. Today I ran my first 5K and came out second in the 50-59 year olds.
grannygg1@cox.net
My favorite pop tart is red velvet. Or s’mores.
My toenails are painted gold.
It’d make my day to win! 😀
I just bought Laura Mercier silk creme foundation….amazing!!!
My cooking skills are nonexistent.
What I’m loving about my life right now are my babies (3 German Shepherds and 1 hound mix, 2 of the 4 are rescues) and the new Hourglass Ambient powders I picked up!
Most challenging thing in eye makeup application is blending and color coordination. Also, favorite pop tart flavor is good old strawberry with frosting 🙂
I once had 13 lip gloss on or around my desk at work… ooops!
eyeliner is the most challenging to me.
I want to feel pretty inside and out!
I always wear eyeliner because I feel it makes my eyes look more bigger & it defines them since I wear glasses. I find applying liquid liner a challenge and I still can’t do a nice cat eye.
I recently learned to cook karaage. It’s super easy and delicious!
my eye shadow layering and blending skills are a hot mess. How bout a tutorial????
I always wear eyeliner, but it’s also the hardest part of my routine.I’m a pretty good cook but sometimes everything goes wrong!
Love cooking! Been vegan around 20 years, so cooking has always been kind of a necessity. Becoming a fragrance junkie of late. Just got some samples from Sephora a couple days ago, trying to find something new. Might try the Tom Ford White Patchouli today.
Brown Sugar Pop Tarts are my favorite!
Thanks for the giveaway!
The most challenging thing for my eye makeup application is blending. Whenever I try to do more than a couple of colors I end up looking like I got a black eye. I keep trying though, I might just need better brushes.
Heh, eyeliner is definitely the most challenging thing for eye makeup. Which means I basically never wear it (unless it’s because I’m experimenting with makeup looks with my best friend and we don’t intend to leave the house…)
Tabs looks great in a hat!
eyeshadow placement is not my strong suit :<
What a great picture of Tabs! It totally cheered me up. Thanks for a chance at a giveaway. Have a good weekend.
I have a really hard time with undereye circles. No matter what I do or what product I use (Burberry, KA SSE, highlighting concealers), within seconds I’ll be looking tired & haggard once again. 🙁
My cooking skills are below average, but my crock pot skills are awesome!
I have hooded eyelids so putting on eyeliner is always an adventure. There are days where it goes to places on my eyes that leave me wondering how it got there. Still trying to master that ever elusive cat eye flick. One day!
My favorite pop tarts were unfrosted strawberry!
I havebeen following love your help …thank you for helping us beauty junkies get involved on give aways..much appreciated..sephora is my addiction
Listening to Dire Straits…still sound amazing after almost thirty years. 🙂
I love eye makeup application! So fun. I have noticed though, that modern eye makeup seems to almost require a primer. It wasn’t like that before. Thinking of getting some…
Have a lovely weekend!
It would take far too long to count the lip glosses in various bags!
Brown sugar pop tarts are the only ones that I eat!! Lol as for a cook I’m a good cook and a great baker… Or so everyone says! I have about 100 lip glosses due to teeny splurges and Christmas and my bday but I only carry around about 10 essentials with me.
I have worn makeup most all of my life. Your traditional foundation, mascara, eye liner.
I am 57 years old and have a very HOODED fallen eye and I just don’t know how to do my eyes. I think I would be laughed at by everyone now at this age to do something different but would like to try. 🙂
Cool giveaway,
Susie
I wear eyeliner every single day. I feel so plain without it.
I love to cook but never have the time! I work nights so on my day off I love to mess up the kitchen and make something yummy and pinterest inspired!
I’d say my cooking skills are a 7/10. My husband’s skills? 10/10! I’m a lucky girl 🙂
I can’t cook to save my life. 🙁
Okay that’s an exaggeration. I can cook ramen, eggs, rice, and microwave food to sustain my life but that’s about it.
Going to red lobster today! Can’t wait!
Yay for Saturday giveaways! I’d rate my cooking an 8 for the things I know I do well, and a 6 for overall culinary skillzzz, lol 🙂
My cooking skills are average, but I am proud of my baking prowess 🙂
I’ve been working on my cooking skills this week! 🙂 I’ve been making egg sandwiches like crazy, and I made lasagna and deep dish cookies!
My dream hairstyle would require thousands of dollars worth of extensions and a live in stylist. I don’t have near enough of my OWN hair to do anything with it!
I prefer to wear eyeliner, but the one thing I always wear is mascara
Tomorrows my birthday!!!
I think eye make up for Asian eyes is such a challenge!! And having one heavier eyelid on one side makes it even worse!!
I’m thinking of buying an orange-y liquid lipstick from Hourglass for the spring! Too bad it’s still snowing where I live =/
Chocolate chip pop tarts!
I love cooking! As a college student it’s such great stress relief 😀 plus it’s fun to get creative with the stuff you have left in the cupboard and concoct delicious things.
Please post more pictures of your kitty!
Zoya in “Sarah” for Valentine’s Day.
Best beauty product I ever bought: The Clarisonic Mia. I have really sensitive skin and this thing does all it says and more.
Mixing my eyeshadows are the hardest for me!
I would rate my cooking skills at a 5. I don’t cook that often but when I do cook I get compliments from my husband so I cook at least kind of good. lol
The most challenging part of eye makeup application for me is liner. I either put it on too think to where I look like a raccoon or it doesn’t come out right and I look like a clown.
I love the fact that I have been married for two years this past Valentines Day! Time has flown by because it feels like we’ve only been married a year. I keep wondering where the time went. Feels like I was asleep the whole time.
I love strawberry poptarts. I have three lip glosses in my purse and one chapstick. I like the variety. I wear eyeliner every time I wear makeup so I’d say 3-4 days out of the week. I don’t have any polish on my tootsies at the moment (hides face in shame). I don’t have any polish on my finger nails either, trying to give them some breathing time. My dream hairstyle is shoulder length curls that I can manage.
planning a vacation with the girlfriends 🙂
I’m currently sooo excited that MAC’s Archie’s Girls is going to be released here in Australia soon. I absolutely loved your review with the crazy wigs and comic strips!!!!
I’m not the best cook, but I’m an excellent baker! It’s too bad I currently don’t have an adequate space for real pastry baking 🙁
LOL I love Tabs’ new way of waking you up! Muffin starts scratching the door and meowing miserably in the morning so that her daddy would take pity on her and let her in. Tango would mostly meow out of hunger, so I’ve got two alarm clocks here 😉
I have coral polish on my toes right now and as most people said,eyeliner is the most challenging :/
AAAk! Having one of the weeks where nothing goes right and am really stressed about getting everything done in time before my 1st baby arrives this May. Would love to be able to win.
I don’t have any nail polish on my toes at the moment. I usually try to give them a little bit of a “break” in the winter, since no one really sees my toes anyway!
I’m a pretty good cook, but I will forever be getting mascara under/ over my eye while applying it!
I’d say I’m a good cook – I make my own bread and go out of my way to try new recipes on a regular basis.
Have to schedule dental surgery. Painful!
I have a pretty bright red on my toes right now, but they really need to be redone though shhhhh!
yay!
So many things I want to try from Sephora….breakin’ my bank….
Tabs rocks!
When it comes to applying eyeshadow, I do not have much lid space to work with so I tend to struggle with creating a clean crease and trying to avoid making my eyeshadow muddy.
Oh, I really want the nars light reflecting powder!
I think my next Sephora purchase is going to be NARS Lipgloss in “Easy Lover”. It’s such a pretty shade! But I already have more lipglosses than I probably need.. lol
Hi Karen…So I just got a new laptop and your site is the first one I visited since powering it on! Loving this give away!! I’d really like some new benefit products:)FINGERS CROSSED
Need mare NARS in my life!!1
I have tweeted your competition.My love of Thai food actually got me making a panang chicken curry ! It was incredible and turned out super delicious.There was quite a lot leftover and I had it for a couple of days and it improved overnight in the refrigerator.A very rewarding experience.
I have four lip glosses in my bag ATM.
The most difficult part in makeup,fill me eyebrows
I need to go to food network and be taught one on one
I really, really want the new Hourglass powders from Sephora!!! Please make my day Karen!!!:)
I really, really want the new Hourglass powders Karen!!! Please help a girl out:)
Love love love Sephora but been out of work so I couldn’t buy any. Could really use a refill on some classic colours! <3
I’ve worked to be a fairly good cook. I’m beginner level but I like to create new recipes from my usual favorite ingredients. Plus, I really try to eat whole, healthy food so cooking from home is easiest way to eat a good diet.
Noooooo, it’s snowing again today!
Oy, my cooking skills are “eh.” My poor kids and husband have to deal with that…
thank you so much for this lovely opportunity :)!!! i absolutely adore your blog <3. have a wonderful weekend & take care! xoxoxoxo
Going to spend sometime with a few friends tomorrow! I can’t wait. It’s been a while since I went out. So excited about it 🙂
LOVE this blog!!
I can cook.. I’m a chef so it would be pretty bad if I couldn’t!
My biggest struggle with eyeshadow is using darker colors! It just ends up looking muddy and messy, no matter what I do!
My cooking skills are awesome when it comes to Italian food, decent when it comes to everything else.
My eye makeup downfall continues to be eyeliner… I’ve gotten better at tightlining thanks to your tips, though. 🙂
Tabs Alarm Clock? Too cute! I think winged eyeliner is still a bit challenging for for and also I still have never tried to apply false eyelashes…I just got a home gel nail polish kit so am trying it out for the first time with red nail polish, we will see if it really lasts 2 weeks.
gimme!
I’m an adequate cook – but a great baker. And a decorator! I make gorgeous cakes and such. But no fondant – all buttercream baby!
Was just in Sephora. If I win, YSL Touché Éclat, here I come!
I’m drinking some strawberry rose tea for comfort…feeling sick again.
I just made mini canolli cups!
The color on my nails is a OPI color called “significant other color” Heh!
I always wear eyeliner.
Love this – great giveaway! I already know how I’d spend it – $50 towards a new Tom Ford scent for me!
I think putting false lashes on is sooooo hard !! =D
My hardes thing to do is the winged out liner.
I watched Top Gun this morning.
Thanks for the giveaway! Love your blog Karen!
i probably am someone who thinks she is a better cook than she actually is
i definitely need to start cooking more and stop eating out!
🙂
My husband has taken a sudden interest in cooking ~ not sure if he’s trying to tell me something (like my cooking is terrible & I’m the not the great chef I think I am?!)…
Have a great weekend!
I’m thinking about dying my hair while I study Charter jurisprudence on legal rights and drink beer, since I broke up with my (ex)man on v-day and I’m cool like that on a Saturday night in my bathrobe. Just need cheesecake to channel my inner Golden Girl.
I am a pretty good cook but sadly I have not learned how to cook Mexican food. Making good authentic mexican food is complicated, tedious cooking, but I should have my mama teach me because it’s so delish. I can cook other cuisines really well. As far as my baking skills are concerned, those are nonexistent. I have ruined almost very cake I have tried to bake.
Eye makeup: I cannot blend properly to save my life. I wish I could do a cut crease thing, but I cannot manage it!
I still struggle with making my eyeliner even! Guess I just need to practice.
<3
My favorite pop tart flavor is cinnamon
That picture of Tabs is adorable. I’m PMSing something crazy right now so I saw it and teared up and had one of those moments where you’re looking at yourself from outside of yourself and just kinda shaking your head in embarrassment. 😛 Thanks for the contest!
After 2 uses, Nars Light Reflecting Pressed Setting Powder has become one of my must have items.
I’m a pretty good cook and love making vegetable soup. We have good, hot French bread with it. So good in cold weather!
Do they still have Smores Pop Tarts? Those were my faves. 🙂
i loooooooove pop tarts !
Hola hola! 🙂
My favorite poptart flavor is strawberry and on my toes I have on Zoya’s Elodie.
I love to cook – and I married a professional chef! He’s in the kitchen right now,
making a winter pear tart. Lucky me!
Been entering for a while hope I win!!!!!!! Would love to use for new makeup need it desperately!!
I struggle with eye makeup in general since I have hooded eyelids and it’s so difficult making it look right!
I am a pop tart snob. I only eat the frosted strawberry ones with the rainbow sprinkles in the frosting. I’ve tried a few other kinds, but they don’t quite meet the mark the way the strawberry ones do.
So glad the valentines day madness is over
I might paint my toenails mint green with black tips later…
I love the cinnamon brown sugar pop tarts! The limited edition Pumpkin Pie ones are great, too!
Strawberry pop tarts are the best evah!!!!!
Thank you for another great giveaway opportunity, Karen!
Thank you for the giveaway!
The Hubby and I love to cook! Mags likes to sit on my side of the bed, nudges me and puts like crazy till I wake up!
I meant “purrs” like crazy! Darn spell check!!
The most challenging makeup thing is definitely to make it last on my lashline despitemy teary eyes. Still looking for the perfect long lasting eyeliner…
I wish I had Alexa Chung’s hair!
I like Brown Sugar Cinnamon Poptarts best.
I’ve always hated Pop Tarts. Toaster Strudel all the way.
Not professional chef good but pretty good. I’ve been in charge of 4-5 course holiday meals since I was 11/12. My sister on the other hand…can barely boil water.
I’m a horrible cook, and my favorite Pop Tart flavor is unfrosted brown sugar cinnamon. =]
I have 2 lip glosses (clear shimmer and light pink) in my purse right now and 1 fresh sugar lip treatment. I usually have more than that but I just cleaned out my purse.
I’m a great cook! I cook for my boyfriend all the time : )
I haven’t had a Pop Tart in years, but I always did love the frosted strawberry ones.
Applying eyeliner is definitely the hardest for me. One eye is always perfect and the other eye is always wonky. So when I go to fix the perfect eye to match the wonky eye, I then have two wonky eyes. Hahaha! 😛
Tabs as Indiana Jones made me giggle. Love it 🙂
I’m a good cook but an even better baker. I love to bake!
i went apartment hunting with my boyfriend today!
I have essie peach daiquiri on my toes right now 🙂
I am guilty of wearing the same coral shade of nail polish since the summer! It reminds me of the warmer days by the pool. I don’t want to change the color now. Maybe when summer comes.
I absolutely LOVE your sundays with Tabs…i’ve showed it to everyone my boyfriend my bff &c lol
My husband says that my cooking worsen after each week! Can you believe???!!!
It’s ok, I will spend some money just because of that, $50 Sephora card or not! 😉
I LOVE Makeup, but I prefer to wear a natural face than a full coverage makeup! I always put on eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara no matter where I’m going!
I wear eyeliner about everyday, and i’m not much of a cook at all! 🙂
S’mores pop tarts are my favorite!
I would have to say for the most part I’m a pretty decent cook. At least that’s what my family tells me 🙂
Just went to the mall!
I have too many lip glosses in my purse! lol!
My cooking skills used to be mediocre at best, but the Food Network, and specifically Alton Brown, changed all that. I learned techniques and the reasoning ebhind them, and it made ALL the difference.
eyeliner will always be a struggle for me :/ thanks for the giveaway!
My cooking skills are average to below-average, but my baking skills are pretty sweet! =D
I love Sephora would love to win.
Looking for a good BB cream for dry skin. Any recs?
Not a lip gloss person. But I have one lipstick, 3 tinted lip balms, and aquaphor.
I don’t wear eyeliner every day, it’s more for when I’m going out – but I should really quit being so lazy and wear it more often!
Blue Ivy Rocks!!!!
Hi Karen, really enjoying your blog, keep it coming!!
Never really got poptarts until someone offered me a brown sugar one in college.
I think my cooking skills are decent. Trying to eat clean, so I’m eating vegetarian most days 🙂
OMG, Tabs! My cat Cherry is well, obese. Poor thing, when all she wants is some snuggles and climbs on my chest when I sleep, I wake up in a panic thinking I’m having a heart attack! LOL.
My fave Pop-Tart flavor is the S’mores one!
Cookie dough poptarts are the best!!! They don’t even need a toaster. So addicting!!!
No matter how much I practice, I still struggle with eye liner 🙁 Especially when I try to do a sexy cat-eye!
Favorite Pop Tarts are Chocolate Fudge Sundae ones!
I just got Nars Dressed To Kill lipstick and its GORG! Loves it!
No lipglosses at all. I have to admit that I’m not a fan of lipgloss in general.
Omg I just made a huge sephora order but a gc is always good for the future!
Dreaming of a Sephora order at the door…
What??? Cookie dough pop tarts?? Who knew! Karen, your blog is educational in many ways . . .
I’m new to the polish scene, but Sephora seems like a luxurious company!
I wear eyeliner pretty much every day, unless i have nowhere to go, which is pretty rare.
I love baking, and my fingernails are red. I love red year-round.
Happy Saturday!
I don’t cook, unless you count the microwave.
Yeah!
I guess my post makes it the 196 comment on here. Yaaay me! =)
I have learned so much from your blog.
Yay! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity again. The hardest thing for me in terms of eye makeup was to figure out where to apply eyeshadow due to being Asian and having hooded lids. I just don’t have as much “canvas” lol and my first attempts at eye makeup were terrifying. Luckily, I’ve improved 😉
At the moment I have my fave shade of green (olive-ish) nail polish on my toes that my brother hates and continuously harrasses me to change it because ‘it hurts his eyes’… boys… >.<
My dream hairstyle would be a really short cut, but short hair doesn’t fit my face shape very well.
I’m currently searching for a future wedding nail polish color… All the nudes/pinks/French manis are SOOOOO boring! I’d love to have a green or orange or something fun!
I tried doing a Valentine’s Day nail look but completely botched it. I posted it on my blog as a Fail, but I still haven’t taken the polish off yet! I suppose it’s time to try a new look!
I’m a horrible cook–I even mess up grilled cheese sandwiches! Somehow I burn the bread but the cheese doesn’t even get melted. Every time!
Happy valentines weekend everyone!
Colder, wet weather coming for the Bay Area…my lawn will be happy. 🙂
Hi Karen.. Thank you for the giveaway.
I have 3-6 lipstick/glosses in my purse at any given time, unfortunately the one I want is always the last I come across 🙂
need a super duper anti-chip product for nails! thoughts?
one Laura M lipgloss. Estee Lauder Fuschia Flame on toes.
I’m an excellent cook, thanks to about a decade and a half of practice. I learned, as a picky eater, that if I wanted something I liked for dinner, I was more likely to get it by cooking dinner myself!
Saturday snapshot. Did a little shopping at Sephora, and saw lots I could spend a gift card on, had dinner with friends, and now I’m watching a movie while my dogs and cats snore away.
I think my cooking skills are fantastic… everyone else I cook for agree.
I’m wearing OPI Samoan Sand on my toes!
My favorite poptart flavor? Strawberry with icing!
I wear eyeliner EVERY DAY because I could not live without it!
I’m wearing Chanel May on my toes right now in preparation for my trip to Miami tomorrow!!
Indiana Tabs! Perfect!
I really want the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette!
i always have trouble making my eyeliner even!
This would be so nice to win! Thanks for the chance.
Cooking? lol… let’s just say I cook food which is edible 😀
I love big, puffy hair. I’ve been cultivating mine into a good puff, but my dream hair is probably a 1 inch boy cut or a buzz cut. I really want to try it someday, but not yet…
Your valentine’s day look is making me want the Nars palette!! Those neutrals *drools*
I am actually pretty good cook. Practice makes perfect!
I love eyeliners! I don’t like black though for daily use because it looks harsh. I prefer medium brown for a softer look.
I love makeup so much, i own more makeup than clothes! LoL
I just made the mother of all Sephora orders! But there is always room for MORE!
Had an awesome girl date tonight!!
Watched the new Die Hard tonight. It was pretty awesome!
My miniature schnauzer, lilo, is turning a year old tomorrow!
My cooking skills are mediocre.
my favorite Pop Tart flavor is strawberry :3
I recently started to blogging(and still trying to figure out what to do with mine, idk how you bloggers do postings and keeping up with them! so organized!!)
this was my first awesome blog I landed when i decided to do some surfing and yay! sephora giveaways!
Hi there!
My cooking a baking skills are good and getting better all the time.
Nothing on my toes, but I’m wearing Zoya’s Lyric on my fingernails. Loving the shade. 🙂
Im wearing OPI Nail Lacquer “Nothin’ Mousie ’bout It” on my toes right now 🙂 Love the small hearts and since it was Valentines day I thought it would suit well 🙂
//C
I hate lip gloss!
I can cook the basics, and do a little better if my husband “helps” (aka takes over, haha).
One thing I love about my life: I am mom to a joyous four-year-old.
Hot Fudge Sundae Poptarts are my favorite.
On my toes I am wearing OPI strawberry margarita. Loving that I don’t have work until Tuesday!
I can cook but don’t like too
I am obsessed with lipgloss!!!!
I’m tired!! Must remove makeup first before hitting the sack.
thanks for doing the giveaway! 🙂
Got two new cookbooks for my b-day this week. I love cooking 🙂
thanks for another great giveaway! i’m turning 29 in a few weeks, and i have mixed feelings about it. :/ i read something like: stan lee is 90 years old. which means he created “spiderman” when he was 40. which means you haven’t even started to live your life yet. —
^ that helps me with my days. 🙂 hope your weekend is treating you well!
I just did my nails with China Glaze’s Re-fresh Mint! Such a lovely, exorbitantly pigmented colour!
I need to lose more weight.
Hello!! It’s hard to think of something random to comment about… :p
My fave hair product is my GHD straightener.. changed my life (:
Ahhhh oh how I would love to win this!
Me wants!!!
I would like to warn all ladies that laser hair removal works…but it hurts like a stitch!
Craving for a hot cuppa tea and a purring kitty scarf!
I love Lorac pro palette!
I love poptarts!
My cat is quickly catching up to Tabs in weight – he’s at a hefty 16 pounds! I just took him and his kitty brither and sister plus his doggy brother to the vet. It was quite a trip to get 3 wailing cats and a nervous dog who hates car rides to and from the vet who’s 20 minutes away.
Strawberry poptarts! Perfect on the go!
I’m a good cook and I’m wearing Opi’s Can’t Let Go liquid sand polish on my toes 🙂
I could always use another gift card for Sephora 🙂 I get all my essentials there! Like the Naked Basics..it’s a must-have for me every day!
Yeah! Giveaway time. Thank you so much.
I have two lip glosses and two lipsticks in my purse at the moment!
Oh god we have more SNOW!!!!!
I am a kick butt cook ( I have to be with 3 sons!) and I struggle with not putting enough blush on fearing I will look clownish so I don’t add enough. Must step out of my comfort zone and go for it!
~Sandra
love your blog! I’m feeling so sleepy today and don’t feel like doing anything 🙁 Going to myself a green smoothie, maybe that’ll give me an energy boost! 🙂 Say hi to Tabs from me! xoxo
Tabs looks like a hunk in that hat! I wear eyeliner every day, so if I won I’d probably use part of the giftcard to splure on more UD 24/7 eyeliners. My dream hairstyle would be for my long layers to hold any amount of curl. I also really wish I could french braid so I could do an inside-out french like a faux mohawk. Sigh…a girl can dream.
I rate my cooking skills as average
Hi Karen! At the moment, I have eight lip glosses in my bag. I am a lip product addict! Hope you’re having a great weekend! 🙂
I really enjoy reading your blog – it inspires me to try new things – and I’m still working on perfecting eyeliner application!
Im not a great cook. Not even close to decent. But baking is another story… i think the sugar motivates me! My dream hairstyle would be long beautiful hair with soft natural curls from the middle to the end and a little volume up top. Please no helmet head lol
lip glosses… at least three. When its not out of control.
ha! cooking skills… i only know how to make eggs 😀
Jealous of the kitty scarf!!! Time for me to get a kitty of my own soon…
I really like the Palladio Herbal eyeshadow quads–so soft and pigmented!
I am obsessed with Blueberry poptarts! They are the best! <3
I am a pretty good cook
I have 3 lip glosses in my purse. A clear that stays in there always, a Smashbox peachy shade and a Revlon nude pearly one. Usually I have more random ones floating around in there but I just cleaned out my purse yesterday so it’s pretty organized for a change.
I don’t know how to cook really.
Most challenging? Definitely eyeliner! My eyes are on the small side, and hidden behind glasses. Eyeliner would give them some much-needed emphasis, but oof! I’ve given up on pencils and am experimenting with gels and pens, but…I can’t really see what I’m doing, and both sides turn out uneven. I usually end up smearing most of it off with a wet tissue, for that “almost lined” look! Schmexy!:D
I really want to get the Urban Decay Oz palettes but no moolah!
I haven’t had them in forever, but my favorite Pop Tarts are strawberry- without the icing!
I haven’t treated myself to any sort of make up in forever – I miss Sephora!
Working on my blog today!
obsessed with my naked2 palette, couldn’t imagine doing my makeup without it!
It’s snowing here and I have a bit of cabin fever. Am longing for something springlike- may have to choose a peppy nailpolish.
My favorite pop tart is Brown Sugar Cinnamon.
I decided to become a vegetarian recently but my husband is still a meat lover and the designated chef. I’m learning how to make my own food which is a challenge from someone who needed directions on how to boil an egg!
My dream hair style is dark golden brown in color, about collar bone length and in this daydream, my waves look awesome. Not poofy on one side and flat on the other, but all over wavy with volume at the crown. I keep hoping to find a stylist that can make my wavy hair dream a reality, but it hasn’t happened yet : (
I would so much wanna win because I need to get a few products at sephora, like Clinique cleansing gel! please pretty please
Pop Tarts? Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon, FTW!
And I can’t cop to how many lip glosses are in my purse, let’s just say waaaay too many, lol. 😉
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love SEPHORA!
I love pop tarts! Especially chocolate! I’m craving some bacon and eggs today though! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Just checked the purse…….5 lip glosses in there! Would love to shop for more! A purse can never have enoug lip gloss!!!
My cooking skills are ridiculously poor. Nim going to work on them next school year!
I had the most wonderful breakfast of fruit and yogurt
favorite pop-tart flavor is definitely a tie between frosted cherry, frosted raspberry, and frosted blueberry. best part about bad weather is stocking up on all my favorite flavors!
Cat in the Hat
One of my cats likes to wake me up by licking my hair. So annoying!
My favorite pop tart flavor smores 🙂 I guess my cooking skills are good. I always take a long time applying eyeliner cuz I can’t ever get it right is just so hard for me 🙁
I am in a makeup frenzy right now I can’t get enough of them! =)
I lost 11lbs so far on Weight Watchers , Im super happy 🙂
Current polish on my toes is Revlon Nail Art Moon Candy in Supernova. I put it on as a belated homage to Neil Armstrong, an amazing man and astronaut who passed away in 2012. Love the coppery glint of the glitter specks!
as a cook im a 6. lol.
i wear eyeliner a few times a week.
pop tarts–frosted cherry and s’mores
I find smoky eyes hard to apply!
Happy Sunday to you and mr tabs.
My favorite PopTart is Brown Sugar Cinnamon. I have about 10 things that I cook very well – everything else is a no-go. I just bought the Laura Mercier eye shadow sticks in khaki and rose gold and I’m trying to get the hang of application. I bought a purple Clinique Chubby Stick Eye Shadow last night but I don’t think I’ll keep it. I just don’t wear purple eye shadow.
I am so tired today I could use a good nap, but I don’t want to mess up my makeup!
I have at least 6 lip products in my bag at one time!
Eek!!! I start my new job on Tuesday!
I really need a few Butter nail polishes!
I think waking up to Tabs’ purring and kneading would be a fabulous way to start the day! (I adore that cat.)
As an aside, I have a weakness for Strawberry Pop-Tars, NOT the frosted variety. 😉
Oh my gosh, tabby alarm clock sounds hilarious! Probably not for the person waking up, but I can just see Tabs doing that! 🙂
The most challenging part of eye makeup for me is… all of it! I have very deep set eyes, with thick lids which are ALSO oily. Not to mention, extreme permanent dark circles! I have so much correction to do before I even get to the fun parts.
Cooking appliances commit suicide if I approach them
Eyeliner is the most challenging!
I have trouble with winged eyeliner!
Love love love this beautiful sunny day!
I’ve got Essie Good as Gold on my toes right now…such a pretty color
I just dropped off my cousin and her hubby to the airport. they came to visit me from overseas for a week and they left today! I missed them already 🙁
I’m currently wearing OPI’s Sweet Heart on my nails. Perfect milky pink for Valentines Day!
Visiting the OR tomorrow for clinical! I love me some surgery, but hate that I’m not allowed nail polish, makeup, or perfume… 🙁
i could open my own restaurant! 🙂
I’m wearing Illamasqua Lament on my toes this week and Dior Bikini on my fingers.
I like this blog. It’s funny and useful:-)
I am SUPER tired today! Barely filled in my brows to do a quick supermarket run.
My cooking skills were pretty dismal when I had to start cooking for myself in second year of university. Now, in my last semester of my final (4th) year I’d say they’re pretty darn respectable! Even if I still squeal a little every time I have to touch raw chicken… Would love to win this e-card and buy myself something fun!
This would be a pretty awesome birthday gift 🙂
Can’t really cook, have about 5 lipglosses in my bag at any given time, and LOVE that you’re doing another contest!!
Have you tried the new Tarte BB Cream? Looks promising…would love to hear your thoughts on this one!
I’m loving Mac’s fluidlines! I found an 2 year old jar that I thought I had lost and its still as smooth and creamy as ever!
I so love all the bright eyeliners they are coming out with!
I love lazy Sundays in PJs.
I love that I am back on my weight loss flow and losing weight steadily again!
I am SOOOOO hungry right now. I WANT SALMON JOOK!! 😛
most difficult thing about makeup is trying to buy the perfect foundation in the drugstore …. i always get super annoyed when i just cannot find my perfect shade…. i hate having to return things
My favorite Pop Tart flavor has been repackaged with a different name every time, but one of the names is “Wild Berry”. Or whatever flavor had a white frosted Pop Tart with white sprinkles.. that turn into colors after the pop tarts were toasted!!
I wear eyeliner ever day I wear makeup!
My current dream hairstyle is Regina Mills’ hairstyle on Once Upon A Time. 🙂
I’m pinned underneath a tuxedo cat even as we speak!
I wish I was doing something fun today..but I’ve been fighting through a sinus infection all week and now have an ear infection 🙁
The hardest eye makeup for me is eyeliner.. I can’t get myself to make thin lines. I’m working on it though
If I get this, I’m getting more hourglass veil primer. Decent SPF and helps CONTROL THE OIL.
Love to cook. Hate to clean. Have been craving pancakes of all things. Maybe breakfast for dinner?:-)
Eye makeup application has gotten more difficult as I age, not sure why… It’s like the shadows won’t stay put and creams highlight the wrinkles & cracks. Would love some professional advise.
One thing I ^.^<
How does Tabs expect you to get up if he strangles you? Cats are strange. 🙂
I love Chanel 🙂
I’ve been living off Valentine’s Day clearance-sale cookies and stuff 😛
This is my very first time visiting the site and I love it. As far as cooking I made a New Year resolution to cook more and healthy!
i have a horrible time with liquid liner- so i never really used it. this is my year to perfect my technique.
thanks for the giveaway
Went and bought one of the MAC Pro longwear paint pots because of a review YOU did. Such a gorgeous shimmer!!! You owe me Karen!! :]
It’s funny because my boyfriend does all the cooking, I am no good in the kitchen. Hah!
it was snowing again in maine. i wonder if i’ll ever get used to the weather.
Hi Karen! Um…I like cooking but I’m not an expert, I love trying different recipes!
I wear eyeliner everyday. i love black the best but i like to wear colors also! 🙂
I’m finally starting to get an assignment done that’s due tomorrow!
I’ve never won a contest, let’s see if my luck changes lol
Hey, I’d love to win! Once I enter a Sephora, I never leave!
I currently have 9 lipglosses, 3 lipsticks, 2 lip balms, and one lip stain in my purse right now…. I have a problem.
I could use a new lipstick!
For me, the trickiest thing about applying makeup is my small eyes. They aren’t tiny, but I need to be careful about applying color or eyeliner to my bottom lashline or my eyes can be overwhelmed and look tired. Does anyone have any suggestions on this note?
My kitty loves to wake me up my sticking her wet little nose in my ear…on the one hand, it’s adorable, on the other hand, EEK wet willy!!
ahhh! this is so exciting!
Ugh There is a virus going around, my younger daughter had it and now my husband has it! I have been cleaning and doing laundry all day today! I would love to win this right now!! And now I must go back to lysoling the entire house in hopes me and my other 3 kiddies don’t get this virus!
I’m nursing a cold today, so what better time to catch up on my blog reading and paint my nails?
Pruuing is a good thing.
I’m a decent cook but a very good baker. I love my sweets and my makeup <3…!*
The most challenging thing for me with eye makeup application is adding the right amount of makeup to the outer-v of my eye. I just can’t seem to do it right, I think I blend too much.
Today it’s my hubby 37 Birthday!!! He had so so much work all week(Lawyer life) that he wanted stay all day in his Pj’s and eat something delish and chocoflan for dessert! (He’s snoring at the moment he!)
I dont know If my comment upload because my battery phone dead….Hmm
I always manage to accumulate 5-10 lip products in my makeup bag. Funny how that happens.
I never wear lipgloss anymore.
I really need to improve my blending skillz. I’m always dissatisfied with my work.
The only thing I am wearing on my toes is OPI Nail Envy! I decided it was time to give them a break!
What a splendiferous, fantabulous treat!
Right now I have Nars Purple Rain on my feet.
There’s also a cameo from OPI on my toes
And here on my fingers there’s a polish that glows!
As for the lipgloss, I’ve got glosses galore,
I grab at least six before I’m out the door.
There’s red ones, pink ones and even glitter pops,
To add a little sparkle to my chops,
And the cooking, well, I’m quite the super chef
(Even if I do say so myself).
I love a slow stew or a scrumptious roast,
But I’m also partial to a little cheese on toast.
🙂
I’m not much of a cook, but I have a few recipes.
Haha while I’m sure you find it pretty irritating, it’s still very cute that tabs wakes you up like that!
wishing to get lucky and win!!
Woohoo I have the day off tomorrow! I’m looking forward to painting my nails.
I am a better cook than a baker- and I have two lipglosses, a lipstick, and a lipstain in my very small bag right now.
I’m not much of a cook, but I looooove to bake 🙂
I have ZERO lipsticks in my purse…but there must be about 4 in my jacket.
loving my mufe hd foundation – flawless finish!
Learning how to cook.. Love experiencing different flavors 🙂
I would say B- and brown sugar cinnamon
Ugh, I can never get my eyeliner to look the same on both eyes!
My cooking is decent; I’m good with eggs and fried rice 🙂
My two best girlfriends always jokingly bet on how many lip glosses I have in my purse. Currently it’s only five (I just cleaned)
Getting my eyeliner wings even is definitely the hardest part of my eye makeup application
I seriously did nothing today and I loved it!
Your latest Tabs story is adorable!! Thanks for the giveaway-it’s my birthday tomorrow and I would love to win the ecard and spend it on something for my Mom!
I’m such a cat lady
Urban decay palette!
I love wearing eyeliner. So I prefer wearing it every time I go out.
My favorite color is purple!
Sometime when I apply brown eyeshadow, it appears grey! It drives me insane. This chic at work always makes a comment…..” I love it when you wear grey like that on your eyes!” Oh. Ok. It’s brown but whatever. Lol
I want to win sooo badly!!!
I have never seen The Godfather.
Sometime when I apply brown eyeshadow, it appears grey! It drives me insane.
It’s like minus 10 with the windchill in Boston, after two storms and a super crazy work week. And my 80 year old Dad had surgery. I need some Sun!!!!!
My favorite pop tart are the chocolate fudge pop tarts! Soooo delicious.
I LOVE Sephora…I could put this gift card to great use!
I definitely have floating eyeliner issues.
I made roasted maple bacon brussel sprouts tonight!
I only have one more day of a 5 day vacation from work. I’m not looking forward to going back!
Thanks for the chance, love your blog and mascot 🙂
I love cats so much!:)
My cooking skills are pretty darn good with a recipe. I don’t have enough creativity without a recipe (although I can modify one easily). Haven’t failed on any recipe that I’ve tried.
I broke out my Archie’s Betty eyeshadow palette today! I am so happy with it!
I rate my cooking skills at 10/10. I love cooking.
I first have to applaud Nikki’s poem – love it! Second, I always bring my lunch to work, and am currently trying out various quick-easy-healthy meals, but Bakerella’s lovely recent post on bite size cake pops has me thinking delicious, sugary thoughts!
i made avocado pasta tonight!
I don’t mind Sunday nights as much when I don’t have to go to work on Monday. And a holiday Monday would be even better if I won a Sephora gift card!
Sparkly purple toenail polish 🙂
I really think my cooking skills are pretty good. I can follow directions pretty well. So as long as I can do that then it usually comes out good.
The best pop tart flavor is DEFINITELY s’mores! I’ll admit I’m a chocoholic, but they’re SO GOOD.
I’m more of a baker than a cook!
LA on sunday! woooO!
As a busy momma of 3 who constantly does dishes, cleaning, baths, etc., I am in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE with Mally’s gel nail system. It truly is BULLETPROOF!! First time I used it, I had to remove after 2 weeks — and not a single chip. Trying it again with a much bolder color! 🙂
Woow, sunday funday!!!
I LOVE reading everyone’s comments…personally my hooded eyes need a vacation before I can continue with practicing winged liner…easier said than done
I really want to see what the new lip shines from Tom Ford are all about. Hopefully you’ll get some soon.
Thanks for the giveaway Karen! The most challenging thing for me with eye makeup is variety! I’m always doing the same looks/colors, I definitely have trouble thinking outside the box!
I’d like to win 😉
Hi Karen! I recently bought essie nail polishes and the sally hansen insta-dry top coat. I would recommend.
So bummed my Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc just broke and spilled all over my cosmetic bag.
“A College Student’s Sephora Woes”
Sometimes a girl just needs something new
An eyeshadow, a blush, a liner or two
The boyfriend won’t pay, and the parents say “no”, but alas as beauty addicts we just have to go
When the mothership calls, you best pay a visit
It’s a shame Sephora can be so expensive, isn’t it?
Still can’t master the cat eye 🙁 I’ve got mad skillz in da kitchen tho !!
I wear eyeliner every day. I usually smudge and smoke it out a bit for work. Still trying to master the cat-eye, myself!
Whoa, it took me forever to scroll down!
Well, I’m a poor cook and a poor time keeper – burnt eggs and messy, hasty eyeliner isn’t the best combination!~ hehe.
Have a great week! ^___^
I’m not a horrible cook, I usually can scramble up something tasty, even better with a cookbook! I’m still trying to master the flick of liner but generally I manage. I have Chanel in Malice on my toes, I love this color!
I heart the brown sugar pop tarts
I’m a pretty good cook and love spending winter weekends cooking.
Okiedokie!
It took me an hour-and-a-half to organize my nail polish and I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself.
Wearing Lime Crime Lavendairy on my toes right now… My new fave color!!
Get your boobies checked, girls! Diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in October of 2012. Early detection is key!
I think that I have the flu 🙁
Haha, that picture is too cute!
I think I’m becoming a crazy cat lady. I love my Nikita SO MUCH!
Can I just say thank you for hosting a contest that doesn’t require FB? Some of us like the plain ol’ email thankyouverymuch!
I love the Nude is in!
I do my make up in the car a lot (don’t worry i only do it when I’m a passenger) and since I do a cat eye look with gel liner and a brush, that can be quite the disaster! Haha :/
I rate my cooking skills at a 6.5. Not a noob, but not a masterchef.
My 15 month old child wake me up the same way while my 2 year old slaps me in the face a few times!
My big comment is that I just had bacon and om nom nom 😀
Your pictures of Tabs always make me smile. Thank you!