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Is cute packaging enough?

Who am I kidding? Sometimes, all it takes is cute packaging to trigger my makeup desire mechanism, ha! Matter of fact, there were things in MAC’s Hello Kitty collection that I *almost* bought simply because of the packaging, even though I didn’t really care for the products themselves.

I passed because of the cost, but drugstore beauty products — that’s a different story. When something only costs a couple bucks, sometimes I’ll buy for no better reason than the packaging.

What do you think? Is cute packaging reason enough to buy makeup and beauty products?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Our intrepid Inspector Tabs is trying to figure out which of the following items is NOT a past, present or upcoming MAC Cosmetics collection.

Can you lend him a helping paw?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

It’s almost time for bed, but Tabs wanted me to post a quickie puzzle he did on the computer today. Can you find the four differences between these two pictures?

So how was your Easter Sunday? We’re back from what turned out to be lunch (instead of brunch) with my parents and brother in the East Bay. It was fun. Lots of eating (pot roast and pecan pie) and catching up.

Tabs hopes you had a nice day. Onward to Monday! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

If Tabs could talk — wait, we all know he can talk.

“When” Tabs talks, lately all he talks about is MAC, particularly the MAC Colour Ready collection.

Did you partake of Colour Ready, or are you waiting for something else?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Do you ever watch The Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo? Love that show, but you know how Tabs gets ideas in his little tabby head, right? Well, he likes the idea of a matchmaking service and plans to start one of his own for eligible millionaire cats.

If you don’t have a cat and wouldn’t mind hooking up with a feline millionaire, call 555-FOR-TABS today.

Seriously (sort of), would you ever sign up to meet millionaire men like on The Millionaire Matchmaker? I can’t lie. If I were single, I don’t know… 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Sleepy sheepy, girls… I think it’s time for an afternoon nap, even though I shouldn’t because I have errands to run.

Tabs wanted to share the new promo shot for his latest MAC collaboration. You may have heard about MAC’s upcoming Style Warrior collection (arrives in May). Well, it had originally been called something else. 🙂

Tabs is totally freaking out right now. I’m organizing my dressers in the bedroom while he does laps around the room.

When he came home this morning after spending the night outside he was wearing Gap…

LOL! Enjoy the rest of your day.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

You know how Tabs does fashion and beauty modeling on the side, right? Well, he really wanted the Barbie Loves Stila job, but they never called him back after the go-see. Something about his attitude…

So he commissioned a local artist to put his face on one of the new beauty cans.

He plans to take it down to the Stila offices in LA to show them what they’re missing. 🙂

In other news, I’m sad the weekend’s coming to a close. It feels like it just started. The only thing I did was go to brunch today with El Hub in Sausalito, but it was kind of drizzling. While we were out, Tabs surfed the web and found these sites of the day.

Do moisturizers make you age??

Last week BellaSugar posted her interview (Part 1 and Part 2) with dermatologist Dr. Zein Obagi of ZO Skin Health. In the interview, the doc has plenty to say about his specialty, anti-aging skin care, like — get this — moisturizers actually accelerate the aging process. Tabs thinks the doctor snorts too much catnip, but you be the judge.

Julieg713’s makeup video channel on YouTube totally rawks!

Okay, you know how Tabs and I have been doing videos lately, right? They’re fine, but what we WANT to start doing are videos more like these. Julieg713 has more than 100 videos on YouTube, covering everything from the Barbie Loves Stila Talking Palette to the new MAC Grand Duos, and they’re great. Check out her channel here.

Everything you ever wanted to know about MAC Grand Duos but were too afraid to ask, LOL!

Pursebuzz.com is one of my favorite beauty blogs out there. I’ve never met her before, but she seems like a sweetheart. She does a lot of videos, too, like this *thorough* 18-minute look at the new MAC Grand Duo Blush collection.

What shocks me is just how … fresh it is

Tabs thinks TheFreshFiends blog is gonna be huge — HUGE! And if there’s one thing Tabs knows a lot about, it’s being friggin’ huge.

We Heart This

Err, I mean that’s what the site is called. Tabs and I — we heart We Heart This. I like the Beauty & Fashion area, but Tabs likes the Pets & Kids section, except that he wants it renamed to just Pets.

You know Tabs. He can’t share the spotlight with anyone. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs hit the club twice this weekend. When I asked him about it he said sometimes you just can’t help but feel the power of dance. He stayed out all Saturday night and came home in the wee hours expecting gravy and lovin’.

When he finally woke up this afternoon, he jumped on my computer to show me a few websites the DJ told him about last night.

La Case de cousin Paul

When you need a brighter outlook, check out La Case de cousin Paul. They run a shop in Paris where customers build and test their own strings of brightly colored tinsel lights, and their website has a flashy feature that works the same way. One of my favorite things about Christmas is driving through neighborhoods to see how people have decorated their homes with lights! See what colors you can string together.

Women’s Health Magazine’s Jigsaw Puzzle

Tabs loves puzzle games, like this one he found on Women’s Health Magazine’s website. It’s a totally relaxing time waster.

Funnylook

This site for an alcohol-free cocktail oozes green, blue, orange, red and yellow, like a psychedelic catnip trip. Tabs was the designated driver (he drew the short straw) last night so he had a few too many of these at the club.

Winston loves bananas

Winston’s a celebrity cat from the fourfour blog, and he’s in love with bananas.

In. Love. With. Bananas.

Tabs wants to party with him someday, and he’ll bring the bananas.

MTV’s music videos online

Tabs likes to watch videos for the songs he hears at the club, and MTV now has a big ass library of music videos (because you know they don’t play them on the actual channel anymore) online.

He rolls his eyes when I make him sit through songs by Jodeci and Tevin Campbell, but whatever. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen