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• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Melody! Congratulations, Melody! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

Good mornin’ Good mornin’ We’ve talked the whole night through Good mornin’ Good mornin’ to you

From Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Rise and shine, morning glory. 🙂 How did you sleep? Did visions of sugarplums dance in your head, or did obnoxious kittehs jump on the bed?

Tabs was surprisingly well behaved last night AND this morning despite the huge turkey vulture I just saw sitting on the railing of the deck. Normally, Tabs would have been all over that thing, glued to the sliding glass door, chirping and kacking at the bird from inside the house (cat ladies, you know what I’m talking about), but he didn’t seem to care at all.

He must be plotting something…

Tabs, not the bird.

Speaking of birds, have you heard of a Hitchcockian iPhone game called Angry Birds? El Hub has really been into it lately.

I’m more of a Bejeweled and Tetris girl myself.

Have a great day today. Before you bolt it’s…

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (or $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, what’s your favorite board or tabletop game? Do you still play dress-up? Have you ever acted in a play? — you get the idea (and it doesn’t have to be about playing, ha!).
• 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/gEW9Sj

• The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 27, 2011 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. The winner may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal.
• 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 Melody! Congratulations, Melody! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Maggie! Congratulations, Maggie! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

Rise and shine, morning glory. 🙂 It’s going to be a beautiful, albeit chilly day — a perfect day, in fact, for the bright pops o’ color bookending the wearable neutrals in the NARS Spring 2011 collection (aka one of my favorite releases of the year so far).

If you happen to it as much as I do, great! Here’s a chance (actually, two) to win five pretty pieces from the release.

I think you know what that means. It’s…

• One (1) Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Celebrate, a festive parrot green pencil that can be worn as an eyeshadow base or alone for a sprinkle of pigmented shimmer (a $24 value).
• One (1) Lip Gloss in Nana, a sheer, shiny black grape gloss (a $24 value).
• One (1) Lip Gloss in Super Orgasm, a peachy pink gloss with golden glitter (a $24 value).
• One (1) Lip Gloss in Super Orgasm, a bright cotton candy pink gloss (a $24 value).
• One (1) Pure Matte Lipstick in Madere, a pale nude lipstick (a $25 value).

• 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. Tell me about your first love (or your favorite spring fling), your favorite product from NARS, how you feel about skiing and/or snowboarding, or what you currently do for fun — 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 $121 in NARS Spring 2011 Makeup http://bit.ly/f15UMS

• The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 20, 2011 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. Entries beyond two (2) will not be counted.
• 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).
• 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 Maggie! Congratulations, Maggie! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Jessy! Congratulations, Jessy! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

This is so awesome that I just had to share. 🙂 After I left the office last night, my supervisor Tabs sent out the following email to everyone in the company. Isn’t it amazing how sometimes all it takes to change your outlook is a little recognition from your boss?

The weird thing is we only have two employees (Tabs and I), but that’s neither here nor there. I’ll take all the credit I can get, LOL!

Anywho, did you do anything fun last night? After burgers at The Counter (they make a mean veggie), El Hub and I came back home and watched about a dozen episodes of The Game on TV. Yup, it’s a bold new world with the Tivo working again. 🙂

Have a good one today. Before you jet it’s…

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (or $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, who is/was your favorite boss? What kind of makeup do you wear to work? Have you ever dated someone from the office? — you get the idea (and it doesn’t have to be about work, LOL!).
• 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/ihwYTJ

• The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 13, 2011 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. The winner may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal.
• 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 Jessy! Congratulations, Jessy! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Jessica Davis. Congrats, Jessica! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

Good morning, young lady, and happy Saturday to ya. It’s Super Bowl weekend, which for me means veggie hot dogs (they’re surprisingly good), chips and dip, YUM!

Do you plan to watch the big game tomorrow? Tabs does. He actually called his bookie this morning. I saw him sneak into the bedroom with his phone (he’s kind of sketchy like that).

What are you up to today? I’ll be keeping it low key out here, but I may go for a hike with El Hub after lunch. Right now I’m watching old episodes of The O.C. online (Ben McKenzie!) in my jammies on the couch. 🙂

But before that, it’s that time again…

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (or $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, who’s your pick to win the Super Bowl? Do you wear makeup when you work out? Do you have a favorite sport? Were you a cheerleader? — you get the idea (it doesn’t have to be sports related, LOL!).
• 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/ho2mQx

• The deadline to enter is (Super Bowl) Sunday, February 6, 2011 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. The winner may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal.
• 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 Jessica Davis. Congrats, Jessica! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Zach! Congratulations, Zach! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

“Who…”

“Who…”

“Who…” said the owl outside my bedroom window. 🙂 Rise and shine, morning glory. It’s another foggy Hundred-Acre Wood day out here in chilly Northern California, and there’s an owl outside who sounds like he loves it.

I swear, that owl only calls out early on foggy mornings, which tells me he’s got a real flair for the dramatic.

How did you sleep? I’m only just getting up now, so I’m not altogether awake yet.

Did you do anything fun last night? We did end up going to Chipotle for dinner and then to See’s Candy for desert, where I learned a charming little factoid about my favorite chocolatier. Apparently, to gain access to the company’s secret kitchen at its South San Francisco headquarters, one must be employed by the company for 25 years, which makes me wonder…what the heck is going on in that kitchen??

In other completely random news, have you seen this pic of the new Spider-Man? Andrew Garfield (of The Social Network and the Red Riding Trilogy: Part 1) is reprising Tobey’s role in a reboot of the franchise.

I like Andrew, but Tobey did such a great job. Those are some big tights to fill…

And now back to beauty! If you haven’t already guessed, it’s giveaway time.

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (or $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, where were you born? Did you play any sports in school? What’s your beauty Achilles’ heel? Do you color your hair? — 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/fvNftO

• The deadline to enter is Sunday, January 30, 2011 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. The winner may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal.
• 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 Zach! Congratulations, Zach! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

• WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Tonni (@xtonners). If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
  

Good morning, young lady. How did you sleep? I’ve only just come downstairs from bed, and Tabs, who’s always pretty talkative and excited first thing in the morning, is zigzagging between my legs, giving me kitty hugs. It’s really quite precious.

Whoa! — I just had the coolest memory pop into my head of one of those old Folgers coffee commercials. The ones with that great jingle: “The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cuuuuup.”

I swear, I can actually smell coffee right now after hearing a jingle! It’s fascinating.

Anywho, what’s on your plate for today? I hope you have something fun lined up. The Cargo stuff we looked at yesterday got me thinking about fun makeup and how much I appreciate when companies come up with cool themes and stories for their products.

MAC is always great about it. Their collections are so distinct and have so much personality — I LOVE that kind of thing. It’s just more fun for me than generic themes like COMPANY Z SPRING 2011 COLOR NO. 458.

I don’t know… I like it when makeup is about more than painting colors and pictures on our outsides, ya know? It can also be about painting pictures in our minds (ooh! trippy).

Which brings me to the topic of this morning’s post — Sephora, a great source of both good and bad examples of themed makeup.

If you haven’t already guessed, it’s giveaway time. 🙂

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (or $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. What was your all-time favorite makeup collection, do you have any tattoos, where do you go when you need to unwind? — 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/fQPpTp

• The deadline to enter is Sunday, January 23, 2011 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. The winner may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal.
• 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 Tonni (@xtonners). If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂