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Happy Easter, morning glories. 🙂 Rise and shine! I hope you’re filling up on jelly beans and chocolate.

As you might imagine, Tabs has been all about finding hidden Easter eggs today. He found most of them, but one’s still unaccounted for, and it happens to be the magical Golden Easter Egg! Please help him track it down before it stinks up the place.

It’s hidden somewhere on a post in the Makeup and Beauty Blog archives…

Help Tabs find the Golden Easter Egg

Solve the three anagrams (what’s an anagram?) to get a clue to the whereabouts of the missing egg. Enter the clue in the search box, and you’re well on your way. Once you’ve found it, let Tabs know the name of the post in the comments. 🙂

UNCLE I QI

SLANG NICE

LAMB

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

A portrait of Tabs the cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog mascot

The winner: Ithfifi

Tabs asked and you gals sooo delivered! He’s been looking over your submissions to the Tabs Loves You Fan Art Contest and meowing hysterically. As a cat, you know you’ve made it big once you’ve been immortalized in rap, LOL!

With all of your great submissions, choosing a winner was difficult, but Tabs and I believe that Ithfifi’s interpretation (shown above) gets right to the heart, soul and essence of Tabs.

NOTE: True to crazy cat lady form, I got a little teary when I saw those green eyes staring back at me in my email. I fear I’m on a path to someday becoming this lady here.

A big huzzah and congrats, Ithfifi! Thank you for sharing your talent, and I hope the $30 PayPal prize buys you a nice lipgloss or two. 🙂

I’d also like to give honorable mentions to…

Lesley’s Photoshop skillz helped her conjure up this Warhol-esque take on Tabs. The expression’s so very Tabs, and I love the vibrant colors.

And Adriana whipped up this adorable manga/chibi Tabs sporting an enviable set of lashes. SUPER CUTE!

I know there really wasn’t much time to enter the contest and the deadline felt rushed, but we’ll do it again soon (Tabs insists) with a longer deadline the second time around.

Thanks again to everyone who entered. Extra special kitty hugs today from Tabs! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Okay, first off, this post was actually Tabs’ idea. Fo’ serious! He would like some new art to decorate his office with and can’t think of anything MORE awesome than to feature himself. 🙂

Truth is, I think he sees the idea I’m about to describe as a first step toward starting a fan club.

So what is the idea? A simple competition. Create and submit a work of Tabs-inspired fan art in any artistic style (a sketch, tribute video, photograph, painting, song, poem, etc.) and email it to me at karen@makeupandbeautyblog.com by the end of the month. That’s Wednesday, March 31 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Enter the Tabs Loves You Fan Art Competition

Tabs and I will pick one winning work of art based on originality, artistic quality and attention to Tabs, with the winner receiving $30 in US funds delivered by PayPal (that’s enough for two MAC Lipglasses, yo!).

NOTE: The contest is open to everyone — US and international readers, too — and by entering you agree to grant me permission to post your submission in a future entry on the blog.

LEGAL STUFF: Must be 18 years of age or older; deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 31, 11:59PM PST; one entry per person; void where prohibited by law.

Okay, ladies, it’s time to show Tabs what you can do!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. To help you really grasp the essence of Tabs the cat, 🙂 you can see some of his past modeling work in his portfolio here.

Dear Diary,

You know, ever since I was a kitten living on the streets of Mill Valley, I knew what I wanted to be. I’ve always craved fame and fortune, and I chose this life as an international playboy tabby. It didn’t choose me.

But never in a million years did I think it would be this … hard.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining, but I have to deal with things that other cats can’t possibly understand, like the damned paparazzi.

They’ve been relentless lately… On Monday I thought I’d take advantage of the nice weather, right? I figured I’d just walk to Bikram instead of taking the limo (my yogi thinks I need to work on my downward dog), but 10 photogs were waiting for me outside!

Then on Wednesday I flew down to go hiking in the hills with L.C. and Audrina. Sidenote: No, Heidi was NOT invited. We haven’t spoken since I whooped Spencer’s ass at Le Deux last summer. Take that and rewind it back, Pratt!! Anywho, we were taking in the scenery and talking about Kim K.’s new scent when I turned around and BAM! Cameras everywhere.

And it happens all the time! A few weeks ago my assistant found these pics on Perez…

Here I am walking home from an all-nighter with Jay-Z and Beyonce.

And here I am eating at The Salad Bar, this little place I like downtown. The paps just looooove to catch me when I’m eating.

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Yah, right! Can you believe this? So, my assistant Karen leaves to get my grande latte with extra cream this morning, and what does she say before she walks out the door?

“Tabs, don’t touch the computer.”

WTF!? Don’t what? Touch MY computer? I can use MY computer whenever the hell I want, woman.

In fact, I’m gonna use it right now. Here are some of MY sites of the day.

Represent!

Cats for Gold

I am APPALLED by the premise upon which this website operates. I mean, cats for gold!? Are you kidding me? It’s feline trafficking, and the proprietors should be ashamed of themselves.

Hipster Kitty

I was a hipster kitty before hipster kitties were cool. Now the whole business is so commercialized. I play the game because I like the finer things in life, but spoken word for catnip? Now that goes too far.

Modern Cat

I wasn’t always a jet setting, Fancy Feast-eating super cat model. I had my Cat Chow days like everyone else, but now I crave Modern Cat luxury.

Obey the Kitty

NOW we’re talking. I’ve been reading some of Chairman Meow’s archived speeches lately, and you know, that cat really makes a lot of sense.

Ikea Hacker

Luxury isn’t always about things being expensive. Take Ikea, for example. They have some fantastic idea generators if you just want to let go and be creative and explore whatever crazy cat tower ideas you have. Go for it, I say!

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Gah! I can’t believe it’s almost Monday, ladies. I love the weekends because I get to spend quality time with my two favorite boys, but tomorrow El Hub goes back to work, and Tabs leaves for a big photo shoot in Spain. With the new spring and summer collections coming out, he’s been getting hired for more and more gigs.

As a matter of fact, here are some of the projects he’s worked on lately. 🙂
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Click the pic for a LARGER version

The image above is a mosaic of Tabs made from MBB reader gravatars. Wait — what’s a gravatar? They’re little thumbnail images that appear next to your comments on blogs. I wish you had one because I think they look cool and make blogs feel more like home. Anywho, they’re free and easy to make if you want one.

Tabs is still working on his… He’s such a diva that he can’t settle on just one, so he’s going to use a different gravatar every day of the week.

In other news, I just got back from Marshalls where I found a really cute green dress on sale (I don’t even have buyer’s remorse!). I’ll post a pic soon. Right now I’m eating a Luna Bar and looking up movie times for tonight. 🙂

Ladies, I don’t know about you, but I’m in the mood to skip Monday. Can’t we just start the week on Tuesday instead?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen