Mood: Wide awake and feeling great! Oh, I just made a rhyme… What was your best vacation ever? A couple years ago after my BFF’s wedding in Boca, El Hub and I drove down through the Florida Keys to Key West. The drive was epically beautiful along a highway that stretches more than 100 miles [...]
Archive for November 15th, 2010
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Tags: New from Vera Wang: Anniversary Eau de Parfum
If you like woody florals, you might want to give Vera Wang’s new Anniversary Eau de Parfum ($25-92) a sniff. The official fragrance notes… Top notes: Sicilian bergamot, red apple leaves, mandarin oil and cool dew drops (hmm…) Middle notes: white gardenia, rose absolute and orange flowers Base notes: musk, orris, amber crystals and warm [...]
Take This Broken Wing
I just realized that one of the bird necklaces I got from Forever 21 last Friday (just $6, baby!) has a broken wing. Back in my English major days I would’ve taken this as some sort of symbolic message from the great beyond; now I’m just glad I saved the receipt… © Karen for Makeup [...]
Comment to Win a New Windows Phone 7, and Do More with Less
Doing more (makeup) with less; here’s a full face — eyes, lips and cheeks — for $9.85 To promote the release of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7, Federated Media Publishing, Inc. (my advertising partner) is sponsoring a giveaway for us. One lucky reader will take home the new Windows Phone 7 (a $500 value), and [...]
Sundays with Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 113
How was your weekend, young lady? I hope you did something fun. Right now I’m cooking stir fry and getting ready to watch The Walking Dead. Can’t wait! Tabs was busy modeling again this weekend. No traveling though. He stayed local, which was nice because we were able to meet for lunch during the week [...]
Review: Sigma Premium Travel Kit
What is it?
7-piece brush set in travel size.
They describe it as:
Now you can take our most luxurious and functional brushes from our Premium collection wherever you go! This kit has everything you need to do your makeup routine on the go and in style.
Duo Fibre Powder/Blush – F15 – Medium size tapered [...]