Coming this spring — the China Glaze Up & Away collection.
They look like candy, yum!
Up, Up and Away With China Glaze
The Urban Decay Show Pony Palette Is Ready to Party
The food, generosity and general merriment in the air make the holidays a great excuse to par-tay!
In keeping with that spirit, tomorrow I’m meeting some good friends from college for grub in the city (we try to meet around this time every year).
Because we can’t hang out that often, I kinda feel like getting all dolled up.
I’m thinking of going with something sassy, like this shimmery teal and peach look I tried today using Urban Decay’s Show Pony Palette.
What Are Your MAC Staples?
Fellow MAC fans, imagine a world without your favorite MAC products, the ones you hope they never discontinue.
I would…
FREAK THE EFF OUT!
Here are my MAC staples:
- MAC Eyeshadow in Concrete and the 266 Small Angled Brush: The dynamic duo I use to fill my eyebrows. Without ’em my facial expression looks stuck somewhere between surprise and adoration.
- Eyeshadow in Soft Brown: I’m in crazy love with this matte brown. It’s my go-to crease color, matter of fact. Incidentally, I hear it gets a lot of use on the set of Mad Men.
- Lipglass in Nymphette: I can’t even begin to guess the number of tubes I’ve finished. I’ve been a fan of this shimmery golden pink gloss *forever*.
If you’re a fellow MAC fiend fan, what are your staples from the brand? I’m always looking for new gems to try. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. TGIF, gals! How does your day look?
Get Fit Over the Holidays with 30 Day Shred
No joke, but last week I ate four pieces of pecan pie on Thanksgiving. FOUR PIECES!
What’s that, like 18 million calories!?
Curse you holiday temptation! It’s constant and everywhere I turn, like these blasted Trader Joe’s dark chocolate stars. I think they follow me, nom nom nom…
Throw in cold rain and shortened days — what’s a girl to do?
Yes, Virgina, you can still work out over the holidays
I thank my dark chocolate stars for fitness expert Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred ($10).
The DVD’s from 2007 (the one I have), so it’s a few years old, but the balanced workout really makes me sweat.
So, what’s this shredding business?
JM (the same one from TV’s The Biggest Loser) calls it the 3-2-1 Interval System, a 20-minute mixed workout emphasizing strength training, cardio and abs.
The idea is to work your way through the three levels of difficulty over the course of 30 days, at the end emerging leaner and “shredded” to the max.
Can you say sweat?
To say these workouts are challenging for me would be an understatement. No workout DVD has ever kicked my booty like this one has, but it’s still fun, doable, and I think the exercises themselves are interesting — things like skaters (a motion like speed skating), plank jacks (plank position/jumping jack hybrid on the floor), squat thrusts and high-knee kicks.
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MAC Face of the Day: Utter Fun with a Bright Thursday Lip
Hi, ladies. 🙂 I’ve been working my way through a neutrals makeup phase for the past couple of weeks — you know, light pinks, peaches, beiges, the whole nine yards — and brights have been decidedly MIA.
But today they’re back in a BIG way. My inspiration? These crazy Jonagold apples I got from Trader Joe’s.
Nuts, right? I could play volleyball with these things (not that I’m any good with projectile sports)!
Aren’t they the most lovely shades of red? They made me want to bust out my tube of MAC Utter Fun Lipstick ($14), a similarly vibrant but creamy reddish pink.
Can You Guess the MAC Paint Pots?
Test your MAC Paint Pots prowess! Can you guess the names of these two?
Hint: they’re both from the permanent line.
How Often Do You Make Big Changes To Your Hairstyle?
I walked out of the salon yesterday with five inches of hair cut trimmed off, lighter highlights and a new set of bangs. I wouldn’t call it a big change because my hair is still long, but I definitely feel like a different girl with this cut. 🙂
My last dramatic haircut was a decage ago — I chopped off my uber-long locks into a chin-length bob. Although I haven’t made any big changes in the past three years, I don’t rule out going short again in the future.
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Karen
Christmas Wreath
I picked this up for $10 at Trader Joe’s yesterday. It smells so good!