Category Make-up

There is a considerable possibility that I may never leave this place…
1. Like, was there ever expected to be an apostrophe on this sign?

I wonder… since some business with names that end in ‘s’ have or had at one time apostrophes in their name. in some cases they go with a re-branding somewhere along the method as well as lose the apostrophe.

Hmm…

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2. will Tabs attempt to fight this Halloween black feline if I put it in the front yard? (Probably.) possibly the pumpkin would seem less confrontational? Cats are weird, man…

3. wait — is this location a trick risk-free haven for feline ladies, just like HomeGoods? OHEMGEE, I believe IT IS!

4. should touch all the yarns…

5. Um…didn’t I already walk down this aisle? I swear, I just saw these pens a minute ago.

6. Why do I want all of these shoddy stylish indications for my kitchen? — since my kitchen area doesn’t look anything like a pumpkin patch or a farmers’ market. Also, I don’t own any type of antiques, so why do I want an large indication that states “ANTIQUES” on it?

7. speaking of signs, somebody at business is clearly as consumed with #PSLs as I am, apparently.

8. I mean, really? Why are the cutest baskets always on the top shelf?

9. note to self: Cover every surface at house with glittery autumn garland!

10. Ooh, this is adorable as well as 50% off. SCORE!

11. I believe I requirement these scarecrows as well as all of these white pumpkins…

12. Um…do I work right here now?

I wish.

13. Oh, gawd, I’m never going to leave this place!

Your friendly community charm addict,

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Karen

P.S. In associated news, this occurred at the HomeGoods by my home last week.

Whoa!

shine during the daytime hours? WHY NOT!
Friends, please raise your coffee mugs as well as join me in congratulating my dayum self!

Now, you may be asking, “Um…Karen, what the heck are we toasting to?” as well as if so, fair enough. ? See, I’ve come to the life-changing final thought that utilizing a fluffy clean to apply shine modifications lives.

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Why a fluffy brush?

Correction: It has to be a particular type of fluffy brush. What you want is a fluffy flat or angled eyeshadow clean — something like the MAC 275S or my fave, the Sephora pro angled shadow clean #13, which, sadly, is discontinued.

Basically, though, a fluffy flat (or angled) clean deposits the ideal amount of shine onto lids while at the same time reducing fallout.

I’ve only just started doing this since I typically just utilize a finger to press the shine on my lids to pack that ish in place, however the thing is, when I wanna wear shine during the daytime, since WHY NOT, this method can be a bit as well disco.

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Pretty subtle as far as shine goes. I’m using the NARS Ignited Palette, by the way. It has great deals of pink as well as purple as well as warm reddish browns, as well as methinks it looks *good* with rose-colored tops as well as dresses.
Sheer, however precise

Fluffy brush, though? Yes, life-changing! The essential is the low density of the clean head. The fluffiness sheers out the shine just sufficient to leave you with a dusting of stylish shimmer on your eyes, instead of full-on rave shine (err, do people still phone call those celebrations raves? #datingmyself). The shape of the clean head is likewise a may-jah player. because flat or angled eye brushes are precise, as well as much much more accurate than, say, domed or tapered eye blending brushes like the MAC 217 or 224, so you can put your shine precisely where you want it.

I mean, of program you’ll have to tap off your clean first, as well as then pat, rather than sweep, the shine on your lids to decrease as much after effects as you can (obvi), however utilizing a fluffy clean results in a sheerer, much more stylish as well as subtle application that *totally* works for daytime makeup.

Fix that fallout

And if you do end up with fallout, no worries. just utilize a bit Scotch tape or the sticky part on the back of a Post-it, as well as carefully press it onto any type of wayward shine flecks to lift them away!

What I’m using in these pics

I utilized the Sephora #13 clean to apply some shine from the new NARS Ignited combination ($59, restricted edition, offered at Sephora) that I used last week, as well as it was a look I likewise occurred to be using when I chosen up Connor Claire at preschool.

The NARS Ignited Palette
I like the packaging, too.

Side note: I’ve been trying to wear a larger variety of colors than neutral brown lately as well as to play with different finishes, so I went with warm pinks as well as purples as well as reddish browns on my lids, glimmering eco-friendly as well as gold on the lower lash line, as well as a sprinkling of pink as well as purple glitter.

I desire I were innovative sufficient to dream up this color combo, however I didn’t. The motivation came from one of my new preferred makeup artists, Piminova, an MUA from Russia. You ought to inspect out her stuff when you get a chance. It’s extremely cool.

Now, back to the subject at hand: sparkling. Normally, I believe of shine as a “going out” accessory, as well as not something I normally wear on a random Tuesday, however when — not one — however two of the mothers stopped me to ask about my makeup, as well as I realized I may be onto something with the whole fluffy clean thing.

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Subtle daytime glitter. It’s life-changing, man!

Sparkles!
Other things to keep mind when you’re selecting your glitter…

1. look for something with the finest shine pieces you can find.

Unofficially, the guideline is that the smaller the shine pieces, the much more stylish as well as wearable the general effect. Tom Ford makes some excellent glitters in his palettes, as well as metropolitan Decay makes killer single pan glitters (Diamond canine is a favorite). For this look, I used a mix of fine pink as well as purple shine from NARS Ignited.

2. be mindful of your lid placement (or, don’t go from lash line to brow bone with the glitter).

The last thing you want to do is dump a whole mess of shine from your lash line all the method as much as your brow bone. It would just be method as well much, particularly if you’re going to wear the look during the daytime. For many eye shapes, you’ll want to keep the greatest concentration on your mobile lid (the part that moves when you blink), as well as then have it fade as you go up toward your brows. as well as if you have hooded lids like I do, you can take the greatest concentration of shine somewhat higher up than your mobile lid to make it much more visible, as well as then fade it out as you go up, up as well as upward!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

CHANEL
‘Cause if you liked it then you ought to have put a feline on it.

If you liked it, then you shoulda put a feline in it.

Don’t be mad when you see the tabby’s paw on it.

‘Cause if you liked it, then you shoulda put a feline on it.

Oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh) oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh) oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

When you as well as I lastly find the mythical doorway to the alternating world ruled by feline women as well as cross the threshold together, you’ll see. There will be cats on everything. Every piece of makeup. EVERYTHING! since cats on makeup is the essential to life!

Well, perhaps not the essential to life…but it makes things better. ?

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Paul as well as Joe does it, Chantecaille did it with huge cats, as well as now Chanel went there with ? lions. They put leonine heads on their holiday eyeshadows as well as holiday highlighter.

I’ve been wanting to utilize these shadows, however I couldn’t bring myself to sully the kitty feline styles on them. I’ve been surgically eliminating small amounts of the shadows from the sides of the pan (right next to the lion’s bushy mane) with the diminutive NARS 45 smudge brush, so as to safeguard the meow-velous design.

Wearing Chanel Cuivre Lamé as well as Noir Lamé eyeshadows on my lids
Just a few things from the Chanel holiday 2018 Collection (available now)

As much as it will pain me to do so, one of these days I’m going to have go all the method in there, since these shadows… UGH. as well good. earlier today I smudged them along my lower lash line as well as on my outer third, then believed what the heck! as well as put them around my lids.

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As I was blending, I kept wondering, “Where’s the fallout? Why isn’t this much more stressful?”

They’re just so smooth. I don’t want to phone call them “buttery” since everybody states “buttery,” however they’re truly buttery!

They’re extremely similar to the MAC In additional dimension Eyeshadows — certainly powders, however they’re practically as soft as creams. as well as the shimmer? SO RIGHT. The satin surface is flecked with a whisper of bronze glitter, like trick shimmer.

It’s juuuust sufficient to be completely friendly to 40-plus lids.

If you’re into bronze, Cuivre Lamé is the method to go (oh, as well as please try not to picture me stating that out loud since I muck up the French fabulously).

Lots of Chanel in the mix right here — Le Beiges bronzer in 40, Le Rouge Crayon in 257 Discretion topped with Rouge Coco Gloss in 166, as well as Malice Blush
By the way, I mixed out the edges of that bronze with the like of my life, Chanel Clair Obscur. I mixed the two medium browns as well as buffed out the edge with a MAC 217 (the old one, not the new synthetic version).

Cuivre Lamé as well as Noir Lamé
And then there’s black Noir Lamé. This morning as I smudged it along my upper lash line, I had my voice recorder on (I like to have it recording in the background so I can spit out verbal notes). I presumed Noir Lamé would be a fundamental black, however nooooo. It’s really a dark gunmental with a taupe undertone — like Noir Pétrole’s cousin, as well as it’s gorgeous.

Using it, my inner monologue went a bit something like this:

“Is this the genuine life? WOW. Why is this so creamy…? OK, Karen, please don’t do that. You truly don’t have to smudge that around your lids best now since you have to pick up Connor from preschool in a couple hours. however I want to! Let’s see what occurs when I push it into my lashes with my smudge brush… YES! No fallout. absolutely none! FRACK. now I’m gonna want to get the other shades… I bet the khaki one will be ?. Ah, FRACK!”

Haha! #truestory I speak with myself A LOT.

The moral of this story is that Coco as well as team understand exactly how to get sh*t done.

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And did I mention they put a feline on it?!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

Did homegirl just quote Frozen? She sure did. Can you blame her (me), though? My primary source of social interaction is a toddler, LOL!

“Let it go” isn’t just a song lyric. It’s also a gentle pointer for both you and me to just let the little things go, a.k.a. not sweating the small stuff.

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That’s hard for me — not getting too frustrated about all of the little annoyances that happen throughout the day. I’ve been diligently working on it for a month, and it’s been…a challenge, to say the least. I have to keep working on it, but so far, at least, the effort has done a lot for my spirit. I just want to take much more things in stride, ya know? — but it’s hard to remember that there are numerous things I don’t have control over (like people, and some circumstances).

You know how it is… The only thing we really have control over is how we react. ?‍

Case in point, last night I was on hold on the phone for — I kid you not — a full hour trying to sort out a situation with Connor’s school pictures. There was a snafu with the ordering, and what I thought was going to save me time ultimately ended up taking A lot much more time to straighten out.

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While I was on hold, my shoulders grew increasingly much more tense, and my jaw clenched tighter. I started to run through a mental checklist of questions and answers that went a little something like this…

What about this situation is bugging me so much? Answer: That I’m wasting so much time, and also a good amount of money.

Do I have control over how long I’m having to wait on hold? Answer: I don’t. I just have to keep waiting until I can speak to someone who can hopefully help me sort things out.

Does being angry best now make my life better in any way? Answer: No. It just makes me even much more stressed.

Will being crabby toward the person on the other end of the phone make me feel any better in the long run or help me get back my lost time? Answer: No.

Do I have control over how I react in this situation? Answer: I do. I can either let this destroy my evening, or I can take it in stride, do what I have to do, and relocation on.

You get the picture.

It’s fascinating to me that there are people out there who just do this naturally, because I have to really work at it.

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It’s such a cliche, but it’s also true. We really don’t have control over numerous of life’s annoyances, just like we don’t have control over how other people treat us throughout the day, and for me, it is a struggle to be chill, because I’m so not chill, but I’m working on it… I find that the much more I closely I view my breathing, and the much more attention I pay to how I’m feeling, like when I ask myself questions in situations I’m bothered by, the better and less stressed I feel.

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

Karen

Sparklin’ on this spectacular Saturday!
Happy last Caturday of 2018, babe! As I type this, I’m delighted to report that I’m using the very first appeal product my deal with has touched considering that Christmas Eve. (It’s hourglass Lip Oil, in situation you’re wondering.) I’m lastly getting over the most recent of three back-to-back colds, as well as this last one kicked my butt so difficult that I haven’t even desired so shower (and you understand exactly how I feel about showering).

Fingers as well as toes crossed that I make it at least a week without coming down with something new!

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I hope you’ve been able to stay healthy as well as fairly snot-free lately, since not only is a stuffy nose hella annoying; it likewise gets in the method of great stuff, like using glitter.

Which reminds me…

MAC has a new shine collection out called shine Tripper (that’s a few of the pieces up at the top), as well as I’m 100% looking ahead to using a few of it this weekend, since we’re celebrating my mom’s 70th birthday! ? My bro as well as I are taking her out for a health club day in Napa today, as well as tomorrow we’re all having lunch in the city. It’s a par-tay weekend, woo-hoo!

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On that glittering note, right here are some stories that caught my eye this week…

Talk about multitasking appeal products! This Swedish lip balm was established for the armed forces in the ’50s as well as can be utilized to remedy chapped lips, oil weapons, stop frostbite, cook with, as well as radiate your boots.

Wow!

This home in Texas is occupied by cats.

Just cats!

Well, human volunteers stop by to care for them, however the cats online there full time. The home is officially a feline rescue adoption center as well as was set up by a feline enthusiast who utilizes the area as a way-station for hard-to-place kitties.

Super cool!

Nest Fragrances, the brand understood for their house scents as well as perfumes, will be rolling out a 32-piece lineup of body care with lotions, mists, washes, lip balms as well as wipes at Ulta in January.

Just in situation you were intending to see a whole lot of cats (and a few dogs) using hand-knitted hats…

Now that lots of makeup lines have broadened their shade variety (thank you, Fenty effect), women who struggled mightily to discover the ideal foundation for their skin tone lastly have a lot more options, however what about discovering the ideal skin care products? a number of skin care brands are now catering to “women of color,” targeting worries like hyperpigmentation as well as wrinkles, which effect people of different skin tones as well as types in different ways.

Road trip, anyone? right here are 11 of the very best feline cafes in the U.S.

Drunk Elephant, skin care darling o’ the moment, just released a retinol cream.

Fun truth about Wende Zomnir, the co-founder of metropolitan Decay: Her very first task was at an Elizabeth Arden counter in a department store in downtown Fort Worth, Texas.

Could biodegradable packaging be on the horizon for Chanel?

Ruh-roh. If you’re a a fan of the brand Julep, you may want to begin stocking up on your must-haves since the brand just laid off workers as well as is shuttering their brick-and-mortar stores.

This former programmer now runs a makeup business that makes products utilized in marvel motion pictures as well as The walking Dead.

Remember the shine bomb/fart spray video made by the NASA engineer to get back at bundle thieves? parts of the story were fake.

Exercise patterns throughout the decades

Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?

All I have to state is who DIDN’T have A CRUSH ON KEANU?

A online version of one of my preferred ’90s dance songs…

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So exactly how are you costs the last weekend of 2018? Whatever you’re doing, I hope you’re doing well, friend.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

NARS Oil-Infused Lip Tint ($26 each)
When your lips gleam like a glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut, you’re doing it right! ?

The new NARS Oil-Infused Lip Tints blaze bright neon in their tubes, however they look practically remove on lips. There’s just a wink of coy color, as well as thanks to the bunch of fruity moisturizing elements they contain, my dry lip flake circumstance is currently MIA.

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The formula feels like a cross between a gloss as well as a balm, as well as these somehow handle to not glide around the outline of my lips, which, as a chronic lip-rubber, I appreciate.

One swipe across my lower lip, as well as one more swipe across my upper lip, as well as then a quick smack-smack-smack, as well as my lips have that healthy, shiny sheen typically reserved for teens just getting outta bed.

I especially like exactly how sheer the brights are (the increased is a bit as well timid on my pigmented lips), as well as I believe their delicateness makes them work well with a larger range of looks than a full-tilt, high-pigment gloss.

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They’re $26 each, restricted edition, as well as you can discover ’em at Sephora.

Disco Infernal (by the way, I’m using the NARS desired small Eyeshadow combination on my eyes).
High Security
Primal Instinct
What’s bumping in my headphones at the moment?

Sometimes when I get house from the fitness center I like to sit in my vehicle in the garage for a few minutes as well as listen to music, because, I dunno…I’m alone, nobody’s asking me any type of questions, as well as I can just chair dance in total as well as overall privacy simmer with my thoughts.

Last night, I was listening to a regional hip-hop station (106.1 KMEL, which I’ve been listening to because I was in middle school, OMG!) when this tune started playing.

I had a moment, man! For roughly four minutes, my Mazda temporarily transformed into Club Karen, total with booty shaking as well as arm waving — the whole set as well as caboodle.

Of course, this tune played in the middle of a mix, so I had to reverse engineer it to discover the artist (Ari Lennox). I discovered her by Googling a phrase from the song: “break me off gitchy gitchy ya ya.”

Seriously, the Internets are amazing!

Also, this Erykah Badu song, Bag Lady…UGH. modification YOUR LIFE. exactly how did I miss this? Apparently, it’s 10 years old.

Anyway, don’t listen to it unless you’re prepared to analyze your life with a microscope as well as leave behind whatever crap you requirement to totally free yourself from.

Whatever’s in those bags, lady, ya gotta let it go, since if you don’t you’re gonna miss your bus!

I unintentionally stumbled on the next artist — H.E.R. (which means having whatever Revealed) — when I discovered an acoustic piano performance she did for her mom, which turned me into a crying mess…

So mysterious! She’s understood for hiding her deal with to a degree. She uses big dark sun glasses when she performs, as well as whenever you see her on camera, you never see a full photo of her visage.

Girl’s got some major pipes.

OK, so about that acoustic piano performance by H.E.R. that made be blubber like a baby? It’s a cover of this tune by artist Donny Hathaway…

But wait, there’s more. Donny Hatahaway’s version is likewise a cover, as the tune was very first recorded by Leon Russell.

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I know, so numerous layers!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

Yes, you are.

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, in contrast to its name, an actual poll, like with bit clicky buttons. It’s just a listing of five a lot more or less random concerns I’ve been publishing on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I like reading your answers, as well as it assists me get my week off to a great start.

1. Today I’m grateful for _____ (fill in the blank).

So lots of things, including…

Coffee (always coffee)

Having gotten a great night’s sleep

My wonderful as well as supportive husband

Clear, crisp autumn days

The roofing over my head as well as the food in my tummy

Mechanical pencils (random, however they’re type of fabulous!)

2. An post of garments you wear all the time?

Well, a good friend of my just recently provided me a pair of Athleta workout tights that no longer in shape her, as well as let me tell you — my world has been ROCKED. If I might online in those pants 24/7, I absolutely would.

3. Burrito or taco?

Tacos, baby!

4. What are you using on your lips today?

MAC Smoked Almond lipstick, which has been my neutral jam for the past couple weeks.

5. exactly how are your brows these days?

They were my nemesis throughout October, since I sorta failed to remember about them, to which they responded by growing wild as well as unchecked, however I trimmed the unruly bits last week, so balance has been brought back to the land when again… So they’re doing fine as well as cooperating with me for once. LOL!

You. Are. Magical.

There’s been a great deal of talk of warm white light lately at our house.

So much talk about it that I’ve started walking around the home bathed in it.

Wait — let me take a step back…

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First things first, great morning! delighted Monday, my friend.

OK, so the warm white light thing. Basically, Connor just recently moved from her crib to a huge woman bed, as well as she’s at that stage where the newness has just used off, so at bedtime lately she pulls out all the stops to get us to let her sleep with us in our bed, or just to delay us turning off her bedroom light.

One thing we do whenever she feels afraid about something, after we try to talk with it logically (which doesn’t always work), is what we phone call “mommy magic” as well as she phone calls “Coco magic.”

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The magic includes surrounding yourself with an imaginary beam of warm white light. This warm white light surrounds you with protection, with like as well as with anything as well as whatever you requirement at that moment to feel safe as well as safe.

So, whenever any individual in our home needs a bit TLC, we tell them to take out your magic, as well as surround yourself with your warm white light. As silly as it sounds, it kinda works! It works for Connor, as well as I’ve been doing it for myself, as well (I know, I know!), as well as for some reason, it just feels good.

Anyway, if you feel a bit afraid or anxious at some point today, keep in mind that you are magical. Anytime you requirement it, you can surround yourself with the special warm white light. You are loved, you are protected, as well as you are safe.

On that note, I’m off. I have a coffee date in a few (today’s my day off from the bakery…so of program I’m gonna hang out in one more bakery, HA HA HA!), which leads me to today’s perk question: croissant or scone??

Have a terrific day.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

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Karen

P.S. right here are the concerns to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. speak to ya soon.

1. Today I’m grateful for _____ (fill in the blank).
2. An post of garments you wear all the time?
3. Burrito or taco?
4. What are you using on your lips today?
5. exactly how are your brows these days?

Today I wore this summer time look to run a couple errands and drop off Coywolf at her first day of summer fun/school. I used lots of Chanel, with a mix of new and old faves, because I love the way they manage color. They use juuuust enough, so you don’t go from zero to rodeo clown in a hummingbird heartbeat.

Swatches and details on the crucial products down below.

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Key items

Base: All I’m wearing is a 50/50 mix of It Cosmetics CC+ illumination and Oil-Free Matte tinted Moisturizers (the shade I wear is Tan), which I applied with my fingers on top of Aveeno baby Sunscreen. No setting powder, no concealer.

I like the way this base looks and feels, especially when it’s hot out, because I get medium coverage with minimal product. My pores feel like they can still breathe, and the makeup stays put no matter how much I sweat. Of course, you could choose either illumination (which works wonders as an under-eye concealer, by the way) or Matte, but I like to mix the two because HI, MY name IS KAREN, and I like TO COMPLICATE THINGS.

If mixing doesn’t sound appealing to you, then I recommend going for the Matte, but still adding one or two drops of your favorite liquid highlighter (MAC’s Strobe cream is the best for mixing into foundations, IMHO).

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Eyeshadow: The Chanel Les Beiges natural Eyes palette is SO GOOD. The eyeshadows have the smooth glide of gel-powder hybrids, and you can blend any combo of the colors with just few windshield wiper swipes. If you love the Chantecaille cream shadows in pots (which are fantastic but very $$$), these Chanel shadows have a similarly creamy consistency and light-as-air appearance. You won’t find any of them, even the shimmers, settling into fine lines.

Brows: quick brows! This was my first time trying It Cosmetics Brow Power Micro universal Defining eyebrow Pencil in universal Taupe, and I’m LOVING it. There’s a incredibly skinny twist-up pencil on one end to draw exact lines, and a stiff brow spoolie on the other. I did these brows in a minute, and it was completely non-stressful because the pencil deposits a good amount of color, but yet it’s mellow enough to not look extreme or blocky.

Cheeks and Lips: I love how Chanel’s cream blushes blend ideal into your foundation without lifting it up or moving it around. I also like how they never look obvious. The blush I’m wearing here is an older one that looks like it isn’t around anymore (No. 25), but there are lots of other creams available on the Chanel site.

The lip combo is Rouge allure Ink (Chanel’s lightweight liquid lipstick) in Amoreux, topped with Rouge Coco Gloss in 172 (semi-sticky but long-lasting).

More pics!

Everything I’m wearing in this look

It Cosmetics tinted moisturizers (Matte and illumination mixed together) in Tan

It Cosmetics Brow Power Micro in universal Taupe

Chanel cream blush No. 25

Chanel Les Beiges healthy sheer Powder in No. 40 (worn as bronzer)

Chanel Les Beiges natural Eyeshadow Collection

Chanel dimensions De Chanel Mascara (excellent for epic lash length and lift)

Chanel Eyeshadow-Liner-Kohl in Contour Graphique (a dark navy that’s best if you like a darker liner but don’t want the harshness of black)

Clinique pretty easy Liner

Chanel liquid lipstick in Amoureux topped with Chanel Gloss in 172

Chanel Les Beiges healthy glow Powder in No. 40

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I think this is a real life everyday makeup look. I don’t know if this kind of makeup bores you to tears, but I could spend all day talking about wearable stuff. If, however, you’re all about big glam (false lashes, lots of shimmery and colorful eyeshadow, etc.), I feel you. I love that too.

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen

The sun came out yesterday for the first day in a loooong time, and I was able to walk outside without a sweater, a sweatshirt, a coat and a raincoat. ‘TWAS GLORIOUS. I could actually put my arms down without feeling like Randy from A Christmas story in his snowsuit.

Every person I ran into yesterday said something along the lines of, “The sun is out! let us bow down and worship it!”

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Yeah, I’m exaggerating, but we Californians are nuts. ?

It wasn’t quite warm enough to wear sandals outside yet (unless you’re one of those dudes who wears Tevas in a snowstorm), but the Coywolf and I still stopped to smell the flowers and the new spring shoes as DSW.

I love tennies with cute animal prints, and there were plenty of puppy patterns for all the #crazydogladies.

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Are dressy flip-flops a thing? because they should be. These Kate Spade slippers fit the bill. I like them, but I can’t spend $70 an a pair of fancy flip-flops, ya know?

To clarify: I really want to…but I can’t. If they go on sale, though? That’s another story! ?

I haven’t worn a proper high heel in three years, but I liked this navy and tan Clarks of England sandal and this Dr. Scholl’s sandal. The heels don’t seem obnoxiously high…

I also thought these Naturalizer tennies in pink and taupe were cute, but I can’t figure out if one is supposed to wear socks with them. The mesh is see-through, so I assume you’re supposed to forgo the socks, but then maybe the mesh is there so you can show off your socks?

Now that’s the universal question, isn’t it? To wear socks, or not to wear socks. Hmm…

Speaking of socks, there were lots of cute ones!

Props to whoever organized this display, because I would have placed the coffee socks next to the doughnut ones too, ha ha ha!

How about a strappy sandal to show off a cute spring/summer pedicure?

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I’m so ready to be warm again. It’s not even funny!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Today is a great day to have a great day.

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with bit clicky buttons. It’s just a listing of five more or less random concerns I’ve been publishing on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I like reading your answers, as well as it assists me get my week off to a great start.

1. bath or shower?

I take showers our of sheer necessity since they’re so much quicker than long, extravagant (heavenly) baths, however if I were a woman of leisure, as well as perhaps likewise had a gloriously deep old-fashioned clawfoot tub, I’d be taking baths all day, every day, for sure.

With great deals of bubbles… Can never have as well many bubbles. as well as music!

2. A skin care step you won’t skip?

Removing my makeup every night before bed. I never avoid it, even when I was shaking my groove thang as well as going out a great deal back in the day as well as came house at an obnoxious hour (by which time I’m usually in my fourth or fifth REM cycle now), I would always take off my makeup.

I utilized to keep makeup cleaner wipes on my nightstand next to my bed so I might just collapse onto my comforter, begin wiping my makeup away while I was horizontal, as well as then drift off to sleep right then as well as there…

3. What’s the last product you finished?

Body cream. I go with A great deal of that stuff. this time around it was H2O plus Coconut Lemon Verbena (smells tropical however not “sun-screeny”).

4. What’s the last dance you learned?

Um…that one that all the youngsters are doing, or may have been doing a few years ago? I believe it’s called the floss?

It’s the one where you stand with your feet shoulder length apart as well as rock your arms back as well as forth (or something).

Previous to that, I likewise discovered a six-step since I was discovering exactly how to break dance, however this was a while ago…

5. Your very first beauty product obsession?

It was back in high school: Revlon toast of new York lipstick!

All the women used it. (In situation you’re wondering, yes, it’s still around.)

Revlon toast of new York

The thing I like most about cats

That you can never rather tell whether they’re about to swat you in the face, or provide you a head boop.

They’ve got that whole secret thing down pat! even besides these years of helping Tabs, I still can’t anticipate when he’s going to go full-on Naomi Campbell as well as throw a phone at me, or if he’s going to nuzzle me with purrs as well as lovies.

It’s one of his many talents…

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He ? as well as I want to remind you to make the most of this lovely Monday. as well as in situation you haven’t heard it yet today, you are ? cherished, as well as you are loved.

Your friendly community beauty addicts,

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Karen as well as Tabs

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P.S. concern time! right here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. talk to you soon.

1. bath or shower?
2. A skin care step you won’t skip?
3. What’s the last product you finished?
4. What’s the last dance you learned?
5. Your very first beauty product obsession?