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To whom it may concern,

It’s still dark outside as well as it’s nearly 8. This, I do not like.

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Stupid rainy weather!

Doh, as a Californian, now I feel obliged to say, “But we do requirement the rain,” which is true. It’s been method as well dry right here lately. All the creeks as well as ponds were drying up before this most current storm, as well as I bet the heritage oak trees on my hill are growing extremely narrow rings this year…

How’s the holiday buying coming along? I was ahead of schedule, however now I’m starting to autumn behind. I gotta get available as well as take on the crowds! — as well as I might likewise utilize some vitamin M (makeup).

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Good reason to see Sephora.

I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. great luck in this weekend’s giveaway.

One (1) Sephora eGift card consisting of $50 sent to the champion by email (international readers, you may opt to get $50 sent by PayPal instead).

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Your comment can be about anything at all, however right here are some concepts if you’re stuck:

One method to make your manicure last longer?

Bedazzled statement eyebrows: indeed or no?

The last time you felt fierce?

A piece of garments you just recently realized you desperately requirement to buy?

Flannel shirts: indeed or no?

Favorite hair salon?

You can go into in as much as seven methods to improve your possibilities of winning.

The giveaway ends on Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).

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Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

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The makeup as well as appeal blog Monday Poll for August 4, 2014
You may be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?”

Well, it isn’t precisely a poll. It’s a lot more of a regularly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random listing of concerns I’ve been putting out to visitors every Monday morning for the past seven years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always took pleasure in reading your answers in the comments, as well as I hope you take pleasure in reading mine.

Do you have a fussy cowlick, or is there one more part of your hair that always misbehaves, no matter what?
Yes! I have these mischievous bit infant gremlin hairs at my temples that jut out in different directions. I’ve tried imposing my will on them utilizing warm as well as industrial-strength products however nothing works.

I’ve provided up… now I just let them have their way.

Have you ever had your body painted?
You know, I can’t state that I have. An chance has never arisen for that, however I would like to get my hands made with henna someday. My buddy did it for her wedding, as well as I believed it looked truly cool.

If you might sing a duet with a popular singer (living or dead), whom would it be?
Ooh, great one. I believe it would have to be MJ during the Off The wall era, circa 1979. We’d sing rock With You while a laser light show played behind us.

That would be rad.

Or I’d opt for David Lee Roth, circa his mid-’80s, spandex-wearing, high-kicking era, just ’cause that would be SO weird.

Have you ever used one of those thick terry fabric bathrobes, like the kind they have in hotels?
Yes! I got one as a gift when as well as it’s AWESOME. It always feels like a health club day when I wear it, like I must be drinking cucumber water in a recliner as well as listening to Enya (even when I’m sitting on my living space floor as well as painting my toenails).

If you have a pet, have they ever seriously destroyed/shredded the crap out of something that was deemed off limits?
Oh, don’t get me started on Tabs as well as the stairs!

When we moved into this condo a few years ago, the carpeting was a heavily discolored golden women ’80s mauve, so we got it re-carpeted. soon thereafter, Tabs made a decision that the carpeted stairs would be his personal scratching posts, as well as so now the bottom three stairs are virtually threadbare.

I’ve never been able to get him to stop, as well as I vow that he does it when he understands he can’t get scolded, like when I’m upstairs in bed or out of the house.

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Your turn. just copy as well as paste the complying with concerns into a comment with your answers. I look ahead to reading ’em!

1. Do you have a fussy cowlick, or is there one more part of your hair that always misbehaves, no matter what?
2. have you ever had your body painted?
3. If you might sing a duet with a popular singer (living or dead), whom would it be?
4. have you ever used one of those thick terry fabric bathrobes, like the kind they have in hotels?
5. If you have a pet, have they ever seriously destroyed/shredded the crap out of something that was deemed off limits?

Monday, babe. Aaand we’re back.

So, fascinating articles this week. Here’s one I discovered yesterday that I believed you may like. It’s about visualization — in this case, particularly visualizing yourself at this moment, as if you’ve already accomplished whatever you’re working on.

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They utilize a running analogy.

“When you very first begin any type of endeavor, if you believe yourself to be behaving like somebody who has already accomplished the task would behave, you set the difficulty up as a easier task. As Cain explains it: the task won’t be like running uphill, it will still include running (in a sense) however it will feel like a downhill jaunt. To reach that point you just requirement to picture yourself behaving in the method that your perfect self would behave.”

— 99u.com

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Very awesome idea. I’m gonna actively try it this week.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen