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phone call me Sasquatch…
The benefits have been discussed right here on MBB before, as well as I have good friends who promise by it, however I’ve yet to provide it a try.

I thoroughly acknowledge that my upper lip as well as my chin might most likely finish with a razor shave, because, yeah, in some cases I get close to turning into a full-on hipster lumberjack, however I just can’t bring myself to do it.

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This will most likely noise crazy…but I believe it would make me feel as well much like a dude shaving his face. I know, that makes no sense at all! however I’d still rather wax or pluck.

How ’bout you? have you ever shaved your face?

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Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

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Nude. Lip. Love.
Of the multitude of methods to refer to a booty/buttocks/bum/butt, derrière is my fave.

Derrière, daaaaahling! DAIRY AIR.

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That’s classy.

There’s a lipstick in the MAC X Nicki Minaj collection called Derrière, which I take to be a event of Nicki’s well-known backside, as well as why not celebrate it?! I believe it is worthy of a parade.

BOOTY ALERT!!! For reals, my HIIT trainer plays this tune in class sometimes, as well as it always cracks me up!

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Nicki’s new booty-rockin’ restricted edition collection of nude lipsticks, lip pencils as well as Lipglasses is offered now with great deals of like for #TEAMNUDELIPS.

There are SO numerous methods to work nude lips into great combos, as well as right here are nine ideas.

Note: If you occur to not be a member of #TEAMNUDELIPS, oh! Please come here. I have to try to persuade you, however where do I start?? There are warm pink nudes, neutral pinks, peachy pinks, beige-pinks, as well as THOSE ARE just THE PINKS. There are likewise peachy nudes, nude browns and… So numerous possibilities! The pics below just barely scratch the surface of the nude lip iceberg, however I hope they provide you one or two impulses.

1. Boldly Bare Lip Pencil + Japanese Maple Lipstick + N-U-D-E Lipglass

Boldly Bare Lip Pencil, Japanese Maple Lipstick as well as N-U-D-E Lipglass
2. Cork Lip Pencil + Derrière Lipstick + Beaux Lipglass

Cork Lip Pencil, Derriere Lipstick as well as Beaux Lipglass
3. edge to edge Lip Pencil + playing Koi Lipstick + Please Me Lipglass

Edge to edge Lip Pencil, playing Koi Lipstick as well as Please Me Lipglass

4. edge to edge Lip Pencil + Nicki’s nude Lipstick + N-U-D-E Lipglass

Edge to edge Lip Pencil, Nicki’s nude Lipstic as well as N-U-D-E Lipglass
5. Hover Lip Pencil + simple Babe Lipstick + Beaux Lipglass

Hover Lip Pencil, simple Babe Lipstick as well as Beaux Lipglass
6. Soar Lip Pencil + MMMMMM Lipstick + N-U-D-E Lipglass

Soar Lip Pencil, MMMMMM Lipstick as well as N-U-D-E Lipglass
7. Stripdown Lip Pencil + A Girl’s got needs Lipstick + Beaux Lipglass

Stripdown Lip Pencil, A Girl’s got needs Lipstick as well as Beaux Lipglass
8. Whirl Lip Pencil + among the Fireflies Lipstick + Spite Lipglass

Whirl Lip Pencil, among the Fireflies Lipstick as well as Spite Lipglass
9. Subculture Lip Pencil + Stripped Lipstick + flavor Lipglass

Subculture Lip Pencil, Stripped Lipstick as well as flavor Lipglass

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What’s your preferred nude lip combo now? Do you have one?

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

Morning, babes. No Saturday Surfing today, however if you needed much more evidence that Marshalls adores feline ladies, I present, for the O.M.R. (the official makeup Record), the complying with pieces of evidence…

Exhibit A: Marshalls is down with the feline ladies

That lovable feline dish/tray at the top, total with a kitty using eyeglasses (because all the great cats wear glasses)…

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And this catnip jar — since only crazy feline women requirement a devoted jar for bulk catnip.

And this holiday kitty feline mug with its own knitted cozy!

Also, this set of purr-fect feline mugs…

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Trays in every room

Yes, I did get that tray at the top, because, hi — feline woman here. Target market.

Um…actually, I have bit trays in every space of the home since I’m always having to take off my view as well as my rings for different reasons.

Like, for instance, when Connor gets her hands down a poopy diaper as well as chooses to do some finger painting with stated poop around her crib bedding, stuffed animals as well as her blanket (true story).

I tend to take off my fashion jewelry before dealing with tasks like that, thus the trays.

And no much more sticking fashion jewelry into denim pockets anymore for this girl, since the denim undoubtedly get thrown into the hamper, as well as then gets thrown into the wash, as well as before you understand it you’re in a sweaty panic searching for your interaction sound around the home for two hours before ultimately discovering the sound beneath the dryer (also true story).

Cute tray, right? I believe I’m gonna put it in Connor’s room. It was only $2.99.

Oh, as well as Marshalls doesn’t just accommodate feline ladies. They like canine people, too.

Exhibit D: Marshalls digs dogs

Took a breather yesterday

I missed you! however I needed a break yesterday. The baby… Anyway, it’s a long story, however it includes tantrums as well as raspberries as well as poop as well as spoon skills as well as untying knots in hair, as well as I needed a few hours to recover.

Now my rested brain can appreciate things like this: new stuff from metropolitan Decay.

All Nighter water resistant Full-Coverage Concealer

UD has a new line of matte water resistant full-coverage concealers. There are 14 colors, $29 each, as well as they’re expected to be so full-coverage that they can even hide tattoos.

[INSERT collective OOOOH!]

The new metropolitan Decay Distortion Eyeshadow Palette, as well as the All Nighter water resistant Full-Coverage Concealers
They likewise have a new combination called Distortion ($48) that has 15 powder shadows that you can mix as well as match to produce different finishes. It’s up on sephora.com now for pre-order.

I’m looking ahead to some makeup time in my room/office this weekend, since I haven’t used a lick of makeup in three days.

I know!

Hard to believe that I utilized to put on concealer just to go get the mail, LOL!

Come state hi in the comments. I miss you. I’ll be around today as well as tomorrow. I’m just getting the home prepared for T-day next week.

We’re holding this year, so things have to get done.

In Connor Claire news…man, your niece has been going with some things lately. She hit that stage in her toddler-hood where she’s very clingy, very impatient as well as very insistent as well as vocal about having my full interest all the time, all the time long.

“Mama, you much better pick me up as well as bring me around all day, every day, or there will be consequences…”
Between the infant as well as the cat…I’m just saying. It isn’t simple to put on makeup with a infant as well as a world-renowned kitty supermodel all up in your grill.

What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

Are you heading out of town? Are you holding this year? Inquiring minds want to know. got any type of kick-@ss dessert or side meal recipes to share? You understand I’m all about the sides.

Also, what have you been reading as well as viewing lately? I’m still reading Cocoa beach (I’m about 60% done!), as well as I’m marathoning Alias Grace on Netflix.

It’s based on a Margaret Atwood book (she likewise composed The Handmaid’s Tale). great so far, however kinda… Well, there’s a great deal going on. It’s about the 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear as well as his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in upper Canada, as well as there are twisted relationships, trick alliances, as well as you don’t understand if you can count on the narrator.

So it’s interesting, as well as Sarah Gadon kicks butt.

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Have a excellent weekend.

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

Lovin’ this line!
Yoga breathing ideal now so I can sluggish my roll…because my hair hasn’t been this glossy as well as soft as well as full in forever! — as well as now I’m prepared to make it rain over at Rahua.

BREATHE, KAREN, BREATHE.

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So, friend. You’ve most likely seen Rahua around, yeah? state it with me: “raw-wah.” It’s this hella hydrating line of of hair products (and some body things, too), as well as they’re brought at SpaceNK as well as Sephora.

The packaging has a silhouette of a woman with long locks drawing a bow as well as arrow (very Katniss Everdeen), as well as whatever in the line has an ancient component discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest called rahua oil. As the story goes, the women of the Ecuadorian Quecha-Shuar tribe have been utilizing rahua oil for centuries to moisturize their hair as well as skin, since it is THE STUFF.

I’ve been bouncing back as well as forth between travel sizes of their different shampoos, conditioners as well as hair treatments, which are $9 each, as well as have had a series of legendary hair days. Like, Oribe-caliber exceptional.

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The traditional Shampoo as well as Conditioner (which likewise doubles as a leave-in), the Hydration Shampoo as well as Hydration Conditioner, the color full Hair Mask as well as the Founder’s blend Hair & Scalp treatment leave my wavy color-treated (and somewhat dry at the moment) hair shiny, silky soft, bouncy as well as hydrated.

The only things I feel just so-so about are the color full Shampoo as well as Conditioner, since they aren’t as moisturizing as the other products (and wetness is my primary motivation at the moment since the pool has been doing a number on my ends), however whatever else I’ve tried from the line has me *this close* to forsaking all the other hair products sitting in my shower.

It’s interesting to me exactly how Rahua smooths frizzes, adds tons of glossy radiate as well as moisturizes, all while eliminating all of the hair styling stuff I like to stack on, as well as it does this all without drying or weighing down the strands. Plus, the products don’t consist of silicone or sulfates!

How do they do it? need to be the rahua oil.

It’s a secret I’m delighted to online with, even though the costs of the full-size bottles are on the spendy side, between $34-40 for a 9.3-oz. bottle of shampoo or conditioner, as well as $62 for a 7-oz. bottle of the Hair Mask.

If that’s as well champagne desires as well as caviar dreams for your budget plan ideal now, think about the sample sizes to try, or venture into your nearest SpaceNK to at least sniff the stuff, since I believe the blend of nut, mint as well as plumeria notes is heavenly.

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out of 5 hearts for the color full Line, as well as 5 out of 5 hearts for whatever else.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

T/Gel to the rescue
I’m gonna put this available as well as state that I believe dandruff shampoo is quickly top three least attractive beauty products. I mean, shiny patent-leather lipgloss or dandruff shampoo: which is a sexier conversation starter?

Dandruff happens, though, as well as I get it every when in a while, usually around this time around of year as well as during winter. With the cooler weather, my scalp’s been going nuts. It’s flake city.

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Enter today’s unsung hero, my old standby, Neutrogena T/Gel Shampoo original formula (there are a few different versions).

It’s the only dandruff shampoo that truly works for me, as well as I understand this since I ran out last month as well as decided to try some other dandruff shampoos, as well as nothing — NOTHING! — worked in addition to T/Gel did for me.

What’s an unsung makeup hero? For me, it’s an usually underrated makeup morsel, a long-term collection product that scoots under the radar screen of many makeup enthusiasts however routinely rocks my world. The long-running Unsung Heroes series features a few of my favorites.

This caramel-colored shampoo smells like Ricola Cough Drops. The scent is kind of clinical as well as medicinal, which some people may even phone call stinky, however I’ve grown to appreciate the scent over the 10+ years I’ve utilized it.

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The active component is coal tar, which is a byproduct of coal processing, as well as it stops dandruff by slowing the rate at which the skin cells on your scalp die as well as flake (you can checked out more about it here).

Active ingredients
Coal Tar 0.5% (2% Neutar® Solubilized Coal Tar Extract) (Anti-dandruff, Anti-seborrheic dermatitis, Anti-psoriasis)

Inactive ingredients
Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamide MEA, Laureth-4, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Polysorbate 20, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, DMDM Hydantoin, Citric Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA

Trying those other dandruff shampoos made me recognize that there’s a great deal available that just doesn’t work for me. T/Gel works instantly — like, right after the very first shampoo. My scalp feels clean, doesn’t itch, as well as the flakiness — which I was seeing mainly around my hairline right near my bangs — is totally gone. My roots don’t feel greasy or coated with product, either, which occurred after I utilized the other anti-dandruff shampoos. After T/Gel, my scalp as well as hair feel really, truly clean. AHHHHH!

I utilize it on my roots, as well as I don’t take it from the roots to the ends, since I just don’t feel like that’s necessary. I coat the mid-shaft as well as ends with the conditioner first, as well as then work T/Gel into my roots. then I leave it in while I shave, sing as well as believe about cats… So, usually three or four minutes. then I rinse it out.

I don’t believe you have to wait like that, however I type of feel like it provides the medicine a bit more time to work. I dunno…

Afterward, the flakes are gone, as well as my scalp feels much better.

I truly like this stuff. We’ve been together for at least 10 years, as well as we’re still going strong.

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I usually buy mine at Target, where it’s $7.99 for an 8.5-ounce bottle, however you can quite much discover it at any type of drugstore or grocery.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

I have. It was when I was in my late teens (~19), and, in a nutshell, it was not fun.

Before that, when I was still in high school, my skin was remove as well as smooth. I still got the occasional pimple, particularly on my forehead, however it didn’t get major up until my sophomore year in college.

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For one, it hurt. Like, physically hurt. The pimples I had were huge as well as red, as well as they were tender to the touch, as well as I keep in mind so clearly exactly how easy things that I take for given now, like washing my deal with or putting on sunscreen, ended up being a chore since it hurt to touch my face.

And then when I started taking Accutane in my sophomore year, my deal with hurt even much more since the medication dried out my skin as well as made it incredibly sensitive to sunlight and, surprisingly, even wind.

On sunny, breezy days my cheeks would hurt like a MUTHA. I keep in mind stepping out of my house one day, seeing that there was a breeze outside, as well as wanting that it was socially acceptable to wear a helmet around school as well as to lectures.

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And of program there was the mental as well as emotional pain. I got really, truly great at hiding behind my hair as well as under hoodies.

Then there were the comments from people, many of them good friends as well as household who felt like they might state anything about the specify of my skin. It was never from strangers. Today I kept in mind somebody discussing all of my “big old gross pimples” in a photo of us, as well as it restored sharp pangs in my heart… Why is it that the people who are closest to us commonly feel like they have totally free regime to state hurtful things?

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Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

P.S. I hope this publish wasn’t a downer for you. I didn’t imply for it to be. I just understand that it was something I went through, as well as other people most likely do too. I hope you have a good Friday. TGIF!

check THIS OUT. (Oh, and pleased Caturday, friend.) You know that I’m solidly #teamtraderjoes, but I was absolutely shocked — SHOCKED! — to discover a glaring absence in/around the subject of this introduction calendar I saw for sale.

They only have one for dogs.

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Naturally, I expected to find one for the kitties as well, but I couldn’t, and believe me, Connor and I analyzed every shelf with a fine-toothed comb.

I can’t believe TJs would do us cat ladies like that! I really do hope they come to their senses and release a cat one soon…

LOL.

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Ironically, even if TJ’s did sell one for cats and I brought it home, how much you wanna bet Tabs would be much more interested in the packaging or the paper bag I brought it home in?

I still want to get him one though. #catladymoments

Now, on to this week’s reading…

Possible TMI moment: I get new pajamas for Connor Claire about every three months because that’s how long it takes her to grow out of them, but I haven’t gotten myself new pajamas because at least 2015.

On that note, according to hyper-enthusiastic reviewers on Amazon, these PJs are the cats meow.

Ballet shoes are finally available in tones for women of color, and all I have to say is HOORAY!

Could this be the workout-wear of the future? Nike has filed patents for self-cleaning shoes and a “smart” bodysuit capable of teaching you yoga.

If it isn’t too late to make a suggestion, I would choose a bodysuit that could actually do the yoga for me. Let’s see you make THAT happen, Nike.

And this is why Ryan Gosling is perfection: Homeboy needs makeup to make himself look BAD. LOL! I mean, I just roll out of bed and look terrible, but for RyGos, it takes a village.

This naturally occurring compound used in some perfumes can smell both floral and fecal. Freakier still? The poo scent is expected to make your fragrance smell better.

Um…wow and gross?

Here’s an short article on how to win over someone else’s cat, and all I have to say is good luck WITH THAT, because cats are well-documented @ssholes.

These two cats have been attempting to get into the same Japanese museum for two years, and the Internet is rooting for them. Obviously.

The ancient Egyptians were the most extra of cat people. case in point: this recently opened tomb, which revealed 100 gilded feline statues, along with dozens of mummified cats.

The newest on Japanese charm street style

Interesting! —> The charm of Human Imperfection: Our defects show how our past shaped our present.

I don’t even know where to start with this trend of “DIY nose jobs.” people on Instagram (where else?) are now reshaping their noses using something called scar wax.

One hand, I think it promotes a negative view of certain nose shapes (Girl, if I had a dime for each time some stranger on the Internet said my nose was “too flat” or “too wide”). On the other hand, it’s pretty darned creative.

Something I’ve always wondered: ought to the bride pay for her bridesmaids’ hair and makeup?

In case you have $25K sitting around and you want a diamond-encrusted makeup brush.

I was touched by this story on the kindness of strangers, but I was also completely shocked. Do people actually get into automobiles with people they don’t know? (I imply other than taxis, buses, Lyft, Uber…)

This cat is my hero.

Booty-shaking goals

One of my favorite songs, and this rendition is all sorts of beautiful.

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I hope you have a fantastic weekend, whatever you’re up to.

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

Karen

Wearing: the MAC women combination in Raver woman as well as Lipglass in bracelets Galore
I’m an NC42, as well as I’m in my 40s, as well as the last rave I went to was on new Year’s Eve in 2001 (OMG!), however I still have a thing or two to state about all of the purples in the new MAC women Raver woman Palette, Lipsticks as well as Lipglasses, which I took for a spin today. Raver woman is one of three new MAC women mini-collections.

First question: What does purple have to do with raves or raving? Is it an prominent color among dancing kids? Back in my day (she said, promptly dating herself), it was all about dayglow whatever as well as large quantities of glitter.

If you’re a young whippersnapper, would you please break it down for me? I’m really intrigued.

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I acknowledge that this might have been individual error, since I’m out of method using dark colors in my crease, however I feel like Rave-Cave as well as Wild Card, the dark purples in the $41 Raver woman Palette, aren’t simple to blend out. I utilized a pencil clean to apply both of them in the outer corner as well as within the crease on my hooded lids to deepen my eyes, as well as then I feathered the edges with bright purple 120 BPM.

Some parts ended up looking less mixed as well as patchy than others. In the future when I wear this combination — as well as I will wear it once again since I do like it, even with my blending problems with the darker shadows (which, like I said, might just be a matter of me needing to practice) — I’ll stay with utilizing those shades as liners.

It’s weird, however it seems like every time MAC comes out with a new batch of MAC women products they modification as well as evolve the formulas, since they get much better as well as much better with each new iteration. The last batch of women palettes were just untidy as well as kicked up so much powder, however that didn’t occur this time around with Raver Girl. I experienced barely any type of after effects or messiness from the Raver women shadows at all, as well as the mid-toned as well as lighter colors were a breeze to blend, which was great!

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The Raver woman Palette, Lipsticks as well as Lipglasses
I was worried that the purples in Raver woman would irritate my sensitive eyes, since my eyes would water all the time long when I used older versions of the women Palettes (especially ones with purple), however I mushed as well as smudged dark purple Wild Card like BAM-BAM-BAM on my upper lash line as well as had no issues with it. as well as I truly got in there, man.

Bottom line: Raver woman is great — like really, truly great — as well as if the other two palettes (Smarty pants as well as quite Punk) are of similar quality, this will be the very best batch of MAC women yet.

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There are likewise two Raver woman Lipsticks as well as two Lipglasses (sold individually from the palette), as well as I feel silly in all of them except hot pink bracelets Galore gloss. The others are a tad as well frosty as well as as well much on the corpse-y side of purple for me, as well as I just can’t pull them off. If you have a serious edge to your look, you can most likely go there much better than I can.

Lipglass in Deep Set

Lipstick in who wants Kandi
Don’t ask me why I’m pretending to take a yearbook picture here… The Lipstick is Rave Chic, by the way.
Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs knows it isn’t technically fall yet, but he’s a trendsetter, not a trend follower, as you know, so he busted out the newest addition to his award-winning fall feline fashion line, the fall 2018 Autumnal Awesomeness cat Collar Corsage.

His assistant provided him the idea for it the other night while they examined the colors on the hill at sunset.

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He rapidly created a mock-up and wore it this morning on his walk.

He sent these pics to his publicist, Malu, who lives next door, and Malu believes Tabs has another mega smash feline fashion hit on his paws.

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Happy practically fall. ??

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

Karen

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. ?

1. Emoji you use the most?

I use ? way more than any person with good sense should. I also abuse the sweets-related ones, like ?, ? and ?.

2. Skeleton prints on clothes — cool or creepy?

(Side note: I’m mostly asking this because I saw a girl at the beach on Saturday wearing a one-piece with an x-ray of a skeleton on it.)

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Creepy, man! I don’t need be reminded of what’s in your inside on the outside.

3. walk me through what needs to happen in order for you to have a good hair day?

OK, starting the night before, I either have to shampoo and condition, or do a conditioner wash, because if I don’t, and my roots are greasy in the morning, I’ll feel unkempt the entire day.

While I’m still standing in the shower after the shampoo or conditioner wash, I’ll twist my hair and wring out as much water as I can. Then, I’ll wrap a towel around the ends, and wring out even more, as much as I can.

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(Incidentally, I never, ever vigorously rub my hair with a towel because it always makes my hair frizzy.)

Afterwards, I’ll work a leave-in conditioner into my hair from the mid-shaft through the ends with my fingers, comb it through using a wide-toothed comb, and let my hair dry overnight.

Assuming Tabs doesn’t sleep on my head (as he’s wont to do!), that process sets me up with loose waves the next day. In the morning, I’ll take either a large-barrel curling iron or a flat iron to add some loose waves around my face, then spray everything with a beach wave spray.

4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Hopefully not as tired and sleep-deprived? just kidding! Kind of… Not really.

Let’s see… Connor will be 12, so I’d like to still be working in the beauty industry in some capacity, hopefully still 1) writing and 2) still able to be home around the time she gets home from school, especially during her middle school years. Hopefully. because I remember those years being particularly awkward and hard, and even though she’ll probably want nothing to do with Mom, I’d still like her to have that as a safety net if she needs it.

5. One thing inspiring you at the moment?

Dude. This is so my power song right now!

Mid-week holidays

This year July 4th is on Wednesday, and while I’m not one to say no to a national holiday, I think it would’ve been even better if we had the couple days leading up to it off, too, amIright? OK, OK… I might just be looking for another excuse to sleep in.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

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Karen

P.S. here are the questions for you to copy and paste with your answers in a comment:

1. Emoji you use the most?
2. Skeleton prints on clothes — cool or creepy?
3. walk me through what needs to happen in order for you to have a good hair day?
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
5. One thing inspiring you at the moment?