You wanna talk about shocked? I was practically floored the first time I clicked to play this YouTube video of young Stefani Germanotta tickling the ivories at NYU. I’m serious — forget that goofy meat dress. This girl can SING! Flash forward to 2010. It was a cold and blustery February in much of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Just For Fun’
Two Ways to Win MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss 
Tags: giveaway, Just For Fun, MACTwo Ways to Win a Clarins Barocco Face Palette
It’s almost too pretty to touch, but the floral swirls gracing the Clarins Barocco Face Palette ($55) want you to go for baroque today. Really, they do. I’m not kidding; they LIVE for it! This golden peachy pink powder gives cheeks and faces a warm, subtle sheen, but only if you build up the courage [...]
Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Nov. 29
Want some shave ice? Mood: Wide awake! I still haven’t adjusted to the time difference here (2 hrs), so I’ve been reading in the dark since 4:30…but at least I’ve got those jungle chickens to keep me company. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens — what are a few of your favorite things? Hot [...]
Sundays With(out) Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 115
Sand cat says, “These are my slippers. so you’ll have to get your own.” Even though I’m sure Tabs has been living la vida loca without me (I heard he threw a rager last night), I sure do miss his fussy face. The gang of tail-less tabbies that runs around my in-law’s neighborhood has been [...]
Two Ways to Win a 47-Piece Tarte Jewelry Box Palette
Now this is the way to up-sell a girl like me — include a pretty piece of costume jewelry with your makeup palette, your cereal, your car battery, your [INSERT PRACTICALLY ANYTHING HERE]. The Tarte Jewelry Box Palette ($52), a Sephora exclusive, comes with 32 powder eyeshadows, eight lipglosses, a mineral bronzer, a shimmery highlighting [...]
The Weekly Roundup: Posts You Might Have Missed
It’s a stormy day here in Kaneohe (pronounced khan-ay-oh-hey), but no one told the birds clamoring up a storm outside. Strangely, the neighborhood chickens have been relatively quiet this morning. I guess they don’t go in for singing in the rain like the other birds do. Waking up to the pouring rain and birds singing [...]
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: Just For Fun, weeklyroundupJust Saying Hi: Chanel Riva and Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay
What up, buttercup? Have you recovered from turkey day yet? Today I got in the water for the first time since arriving here in Hawaii, and I brought along a waterproof camera. Here are some pictures of a place called Hanauma Bay here on Oahu. It’s a popular nature preserve/snorkeling spot, and it’s literally overrun [...]
Two Ways to Win a MAC Tartan Tale A Lady & Her Tricks Buff & Line Brush Collection Set
So how was your Thanksgiving, young lady? Lots of good food and conversation, I hope. Ours was an overeaters’s paradise punctuated by mounds of turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing, with gravy cascading down it all like a waterfall of YUM! It was a magic carpet ride down a tryptophan dream piloted by my mother-in-law, and [...]
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: giveaway, Just For Fun, MACHappy Thanksgiving: I Am Thankful
I am thankful… For another day, because every one is a gift For El Hub’s love, patience, support and respect For TABS!!! For modern dentistry (aka floss and fluoride, yo!) To live in a country that with all its faults provides people with clean drinking water, cheap produce, tremendous opportunities, the rights to vote and [...]
Please Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes in the Comments
Oh, lawd, it was hard to write this post! How is anyone supposed to focus when they’ve got roasted garlic mashed potatoes and peach cobbler on their mind? It’s just not possible!! Since we’ve been talking about sharing our favorite Thanksgiving recipes, I’ve been selfishly plotting to steal some of them for myself, mwahahahaa (if [...]