Archives May 2023

10 reasons to rock smokey purple eyes…

Because you’re on day three of “third day hair,” as well as your roots feel hella janky, as well as you truly requirement to feel attractive in spite of this.

Any reason to bust out MAC Sketch. Nogen. Undskyldning.

Because purple smokey eyes are a short-term distraction from the chaos that is happening around your eyebrows. note to self: routine time for some TLC with those fussy, fuzzy bit caterpillars.

Purple is the color of royalty, as well as what much better method to stake your insurance claim as Queen of the crazy feline Ladies?

Because, hello! — rainy days as well as prince songs. *Cues Purple Rain*

Because it’s long past time to pay homage to one of the biggest MAC trifectas of purple power — Bamboo, Saddle as well as Shroom.

Because it’s been a minute because you’ve done black feline liner, which is a perishable skill. utilize it or lose it, yo!

Because scientific studies show that the very best eye makeup to wear while gorging on Trader Joe’s Dark chocolate stars is smokey purple eyes… OK, not really, however in my mind this is true.

Because heaven forbid you go to HomeGoods for the fourth time this week without at least a bit makeup on.

Because you never understand when the desire to go dancing will hit! Preparedness is key!

Products in this look…

EYES

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Lid — MAC Mineralize Eye shadow in leap from the new Lightness of Being collection (see swatches here)

Crease — MAC Eye shadows in Bamboo as well as Saddle

Outer corner — MAC Eye shadow in Sketch

Brow bone as well as inner corner — MAC Eye shadow in Shroom

Lower lash line — MAC Sketch mixed out with MAC Saddle

Brows — Antastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Dark Brown

Lashes — Eylure structure No. 117

Cat eyeliner — MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on upper lashes

Waterline — MAC Technakohl in Superfly

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Blush — Chanel Pink Explosion

Highlight — MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in ideal Topping from the Lightness of Being collection

Bronzer — NARS Laguna

LÆBER

Lip pencil — MAC Lip Pencil in Boldly Bare

Lipstick — MAC supreme Lipstick in Soft Pout

Lipgloss — MAC Mineralize Glass in One Cue from Lightness of Being

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Primer — MAC Prep + Prime natural glow as well as Smashbox picture surface Pore Minimizing

Foundation — Laura Mercier perfect Fluide in Chai

Concealer — NARS Pure Radiant Concealer in Ginger as well as YSL Touche Eclat in 4.5

Schtuff I’m using from the new MAC Lightness of Being collection…

MAC Mineralize Eye shadow in Leap, a shimmery lavender with a half pearl/half frost surface ($22)
Mineralize Skinfinish in ideal Topping, a shimmery, pale peach with lavender marbling ($32)
Mineralize Glass in on Cue, a golden pearl ($22)

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Purple power!

Din venlige samfunds charme addict,

Karen.

The 24-piece Ciaté London tiny Mani Month set ($59; a $199 value)
There are so lots of pretty, pint-sized bottles of nail polish in the utterly charming Ciaté London Mani tiny Month set, and they’re all leading me to completely fail at my attempt to NOT hoard things.

From the left: Raspberry Collins,Rom Com Rouge, tiny file and Purple Rain-Bow
From the left: Hutch, Pom Pom, double Bubblegum and Heirloom
There’s a long-running joke among my Filipino friends and I that Filipinos are hoarders, and, well…at least in my family, it’s absolutely true. Seriously, my folks never get rid of anything! On a trip home a few months ago, I found this one cheesy poster that hung in my room when I was a teenager. pertained to find that it had been living in my parents’ garage for a lot more than 20 years!

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I tend to hold on to things a long time, too, but I’ve been working on it. I recently read Marie Kondon’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, which has a lot of great tips, but it’s hard to resist the urge to hoard everything under the sun.

Especially when faced with something as hoard-worthy as this 24-piece set…

Knight in Shining Armour, Cutie Pie, miracle on 24th and Bloom Bloost

A List, Chalet Chic, Cookies & cream and birthday Blue

Originally, I planned break up the Ciaté London Mani tiny Month set, which is set up like an development calendar, with 24 little products hidden behind closed “doors,” and give them to the ladies in my life as Christmas stocking stuffers.

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It comes with 19 tiny 0.17-oz. nail polishes in…

Heirloom, a duochrome with purple and gold

Check Mate, a monochrome with square glitter

Pom Pom, a coral

Cutie Pie, a sheer pink

Snow Globe, a holographic glitter

Ahoy Sailor, a turquoise

Life’s a Peach, a peach

A List, a duochrome purple

Double Bubblegum, a lilac

Raspberry Collins, a fuchsia

Birthday Blue, a chrome blue

Miracle on 34th, a golden glitter nail topper

Shady Lady, a gunmetal chrome

Purple Rain-bow, a purple holographic glitter

Dangerous Affair, a deep red

Prima Ballerina, a greige

Hutch, a classic red and

Cookies & Cream, a cream nude

(2) bottles of Chalet Chic, a holographic white loose glitter nail topper

Såvel som…

A 0.42-oz. full-size bottle of Rom Com Rouge (a red glitter)

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of nail gym nail Strengthener Treatment

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of Bloom improve nail Illuminator Treatment

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of Knight in Shining Armour Overnight nail Mask Treatment

A tiny Glass nail File

Check Mate, Shady Lady, Snow globe and nail Gym
Ahoy Sailor, hazardous Affair, Life’s a Peach and Prima Ballerina
But the thing is just so darned cute that I don’t want to break it apart, and whoops! — a few of the shades inadvertently ended up on my nails. how the heck did that happen?!

These are some of my favorites…

Ahoy Sailor
Life’s a Peach
Pom Pom
Raspberry Collins
Rom Com Rouge
Other than the colors, I also like the large brush and the shiny finishes. and the formula, which dries fairly swiftly (only takes about five minutes), holds up reasonably well. I wore Ahoy Sailor, the creamy light blue shade, with a base coat for a couple days earlier this week, and it did OK. I saw a small chip on one of my nails at the end of the second day, which isn’t a great sign, but I spaced out and forgot to apply a top coat, so that may have contributed.

I haven’ used Ciaté London polishes before, but I anticipate mediocre wear time without the help of a base and top coat. The brand is based out of London, and their formula is complimentary of formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate and camphor.

The outside of the box…
Have you used Ciaté London polishes before? What do you think about the brand?

Doors unopened!
When you open up the doors, there’s quotes inside

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If you frequently find yourself battling the temptation to resist hoarding massive appeal product sets, be careful around this one. It’s available now at Sephora and online for $59, which is $2.46 per item. Not bad in any way considering that Ciaté London’s minis normally choose $8 each.

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Karen.

Fresh holiday 2014
“Sugar, above all else!”

If I were to leave my mark and carve my mantra above a doorway with a blunt object and my bare hands, that would be it, because as far as I’m concerned, sugar dominates — sugar kills it, bro! — over the salty, the sour and everything else.

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Since I’m a girl who can devour a pecan pie all by herself in less that 48 hours (hey, at least when I ate those two slices for breakfast, I had the “restraint” to skip the whipped cream), I’m all about the sweet stuff, and that includes these sugar-themed holiday sets by Fresh, a brand I’ve been kind of obsessed with lately (I totally blame it all on their Black Tea Toner and Fresh Life fragrance, which will forever be my Fresh gateway items).

This year the brand has several sugar-themed holiday sets for the pecan pie-eating, doughnut-print-loving sweet tooth in yo’ life.

Fresh Sugar Legends set ($55, a $79 value)

The Fresh Sugar Legends set
The tints in this seven-piece set are sheer enough to quality as “easy to wear” but colorful enough to stand on their own, which should make them a good gift option for just about anyone with a pronounced sweet tooth…because they’re also sugary scented and flavored. One taste and you’ll be smackin’ your lips for more…MORE!

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One for every day of the week

Perfect for gift-giving, or for keeping for yourself.

I’m just sayin’…

You could stash the travel-size 0.07-oz. tubes of tinted Sugar Lip treatment in a bowl by the door, and then grab a different color each day of the week on your way out (you won’t even need a mirror to put them on).

Marvel as the wind whips your hair, and yet none of the strands get stuck to your lips.

JA!

Lips like sugar…
The set includes sheer rouge Sugar Passion, sheer sunny red Sugar Cherry, warm nude Sugar Honey, sheer rose Sugar Rosé, sheer hot pink Sugar Tulip, pink blossom Sugar Petal and flirty berry Sugar Berry.

Fresh Sugar dream set ($52, a $74 value)

The Fresh Sugar dream set
Like a spa in yo’ bathroom, yo!

The brown sugar face polish and Sugar Lip treatment in the Fresh Sugar dream set perfectly pampers faces and lips, but the brown Sugar Body polish is what really makes this set. Brace yourself for a body so clean and smooth that you’ll swear someone else actually did the scrubbing work.

I was so excited about this set that I opened it before taking pics!
When I took this jar of exfoliating brown Sugar Body polish (which smells like mouthwatering sugar cookies) and a washcloth into my shower, the amount of dirt that sloughed off my body would’ve made Pigpen say “Dayum!”

Holy crap! must be due to the large size of the sugar granules. Those things do not mess around.

Incidentally, since this polish is oil-based, watch your step, ’cause it can leave the bottom of the bathtub or shower slippery.

For serious, real-deal exfoliation that will leave you smelling like a bakery
Like the Sugar Legends set, this would be a great fit for just about anyone. It might be extra thoughtful, though, for the friend in your life who’s been overwhelmed and needs a break. You could even include a nice candle and a note, perhaps offering to babysit (or cat sit) for them.

Fresh dare to Bare Sugar Lip Ritual set ($45, a $59 value)

The Fresh dare to Bare Sugar Lip Ritual set
Sooth and smooth your pretty pout with this lovely five-piece set. start by gently shooing flakes away with the Sugar Lip Polish, then moisture with the Sugar Lip Serum advanced Therapy, and smooth your lip lines into the background a bit with the Sugar advanced Lip therapy Lip Treatment.

Hey, sugar lips
Lastly, add some color and/or shine with either the glossy Sugar shine Lip treatment or rosy tinted Sugar rose Titned Lip treatment SPF.

Recommended for the girl (or guy) about town, since the pieces are travel-sized and easily totable.

Look for all three sets, along with the rest of the Fresh holiday 2014 collection, at Fresh boutiques, Sephora and online.

The walking Dead mid-season finale!?

Ugh, I need to talk about what went down last night!

No spoilers here, but watch out for the comments if you haven’t seen the episode yet. Needless to say…my heart felt a little heavy this morning.

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Did you happen to watch The talking Dead afterwards? I actually applied to be an audience member for last night’s episode and was put on the wait list, so I stuck close to home all weekend long hoping for a call, but it wasn’t meant to be… I was fully prepared to throw a few things into an overnight bag and book a last-minute flight down to SoCal.

Din venlige naboskabs skønhedsadmed,

Karen.

Alt jeg planlægger at bære i dag: Kjer Weis Cream rødme i solen rørte, Sephora Bright Future Gel Serum Concealers i 12 og 10, og Nars Audacious Mascara

Så .. hvad er mandag afstemning?

Nå, det er ikke ligefrem en afstemning. Det er mere en konstant udviklende (Devolving?), Nogen tilfældig liste over spørgsmål, jeg har sat ud til læsere hver mandag morgen for de sidste ni (!) År. (Det er som en kickstart til din hjerne.) Jeg har altid nydt at læse dine svar i kommentarerne, og jeg håber du nyder at læse min.

1. Hvad var det sidste tv, der viser dig maratoneret?

Det var OA på Netflix. Jeg maratede hele den første sæson i som to dage.

Det er en slags Kookie Crazy, virkelig underligt, kreativt sci-fi show, og der er bare så mange begreber og ting i det, som jeg aldrig har set før …

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Lad os bare sige, at moderne dans måske kan redde verden. Er det muligt. Det er alt, hvad jeg siger.

2. Hvad laver du i dag?

Forhåbentlig at genoprette. Jeg skal gendanne fra de sidste to dage, så jeg vil sidde på min sofa, spille på min telefon og se et par film.

Der er et par opgaver, jeg vil gøre, rydde op og ting, men jeg har til hensigt at fritter det meste af dagen væk. Jeg kunne bruge nedetid.

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3. Hvem er den sexigste tabby, du kender?

Åh, du kender svaret på dette. Skal jeg endda sige det?

4. Favorit George Michael Song (RIP, George)?

Frihed, for hver gang jeg forlod et job, jeg ikke kunne lide, eller kom ud af et sh * tty forhold, ville jeg blæse den sang og gå ned ad studiens gader, som jeg var naomi campbell i den video.

George Michael var en del af min ungdoms lydspor.

5. Fik du nogen makeup til jul?

Jeg fik zip i form af makeup til jul, men det kunne være fordi jeg har makeup bogstaveligt kommer ud af mine lommer.

Jeg kan stoppe ved Chanel-tælleren i denne uge, fordi jeg har brug for at få et par “hæfteklammer” (“hæfteklammer”, sagde hun i citater), som 88 noir intense. Jeg kører lavt. Og mens jeg er der, vil måske noget andet ved et uheld falde i mine varme små hænder.

Lavede du noget i går?

Hvis du gjorde det, hvordan viste det sig? Jeg lavede Coq Au Vin, og nogen sagde: “Kyllingen er lilla.”

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S.s. Her er spørgsmålene til at kopiere og indsætte …

1. Hvad var det sidste tv, der viser dig maratoneret?
2. Hvad laver du i dag?
3. Hvem er den sexigste tabby, du kender?
4. Favorit George Michael Song (RIP, George)?
5. Fik du nogen makeup til jul?

Ta-da! using the MAC Prep + Prime Highlighter pens ($26 each) to “pep up” my under-eyes
I’m guessing that by now you’re all getting tired of hearing me bang on about how tired I am.

But really, it’s a vicious cycle. I recently read a meme on Facebook (don’t judge me) while scrolling through my feed during the wee hours of sleeplessness with a fussy baby that read, “Parenting is the constant battle between going to bed to catch up on some sleep or staying awake to finally get some alone time.”

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L-O-L, is that ever true!

Hopefully for this tired mama, MAC’s new $26 Prep+Prime Highlighter click pens can help. They’re supposed to “effectively [bring] a soft, sheer wash of colour to skin.”

But first, can we briefly pause to appreciate the shimmering — dare I say sexy? — packaging? I’m in love with these boxes and tubes…

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The MAC Prep + Prime Highlighters in all their glittery packaged glory!
Out of focus (on purpose) because I love the tiny shimmers in the packaging!
Available in nine shades (including two correctors in peach and rose) to suit a wide range of skin tones, the Prep+Prime Highlighters are MAC’s answer to YSL’s eponymous Touche Eclat Stylo. Creamy and easy to apply thanks to the gentle brush head from which the product is dispensed, these highlighters do dry down quickly and oxidize slightly to a somewhat deeper tone than I’d expect based on the swatches.

Although the two shades on the right are just too deep for my complexion, any of the first three on the left would suit my skin tone, depending on what I want and need. The one called Light, for instance, is a classic highlighting concealer, while medium would be better suited to cancel out the blue tones under my eyes.

MAC Prep + Prime Highlighters (L-R): Light, Medium, medium Plus, Dark, Dark Deep

In true tired-working-mom-yet-adamant-makeup-lover fashion, I was bitten by the urge to play with makeup just after bedtime on Wednesday.

“Bedtime shmedtime,” I thought to myself and decided that there would be no better time to test the illuminating powers of MAC’s Prep+Prime Highlighters.

The makeup you see below in the first shot is true, un-touched-up 14-hour makeup after parenting and a long day at work. While I’m generally pleased with how it held up, I wouldn’t be so thrilled with the evident signs of fatigue in my under-eye area if I chose to go out for a date night with my husband.

MAC Prep+Prime Highlighter in Light to the rescue! A few pats of this illuminating concealer under my eyes and around my nose, and a quick re-powder, and my makeup looked new again.

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And I’ll let you in on a little secret… After loyally using YSL’s Touche Eclat for years, I think I may like MAC’s rendition better!

You caught me yawning! My makeup looks about as tired as I feel after a long day at work and an early morning with two kiddos.
In action, topping off my lived-in makeup with a little bit of glow!
I can’t say enough about these MAC Prep+Prime Highlighters. I’ve already given two of them to fellow tired mom pals who are always looking for purse-friendly pick-me-ups, and I will most certainly be repurchasing Light once it’s clicked its last click.

Do you have a go-to “quick fix” for your makeup after a long day?

Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipstick CS (three new restricted edition shades, $20 each)
To state that I’m wonderful on these three new restricted edition autumn lipsticks as well as refillable lipstick situations from Paul & Joe would be both a grievous understatement of ridiculous proportions, as well as incredibly apt, because, hello! — TEH KITTEHS.

But likewise since the lipsticks are magically made/manufactured utilizing an old Japanese candy-making method called Kintarō-ame, which includes layers of candy (or makeup) rolled together. In this case, the innermost cylinder is shaped like a feline’s face.

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Which is wondrous, delightful as well as incredibly amazing.

The candy-making process likewise means that the interior kitty tubes are still visible all the method down to the bottom of the bullets — a truth that greatly pleases my makeup-obsessed, cat-loving heart.

The three new $20 Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipsticks CS from the left in cafe Parisien 093, Coffee Cherry 094, cafe Espresso 095; as well as the $7 Lipstick situations CS from the left in 030, 020 as well as 028

Lipstick CS components as well as benefits

Cocoa Seed Butter — Emollient

Jojoba Seed Oil — Emollient

Lavender Oil — Emollient

Orange flower Water — Moisturizer

White Lily Extract — moisturizer as well as avoids irritation

I likewise believe it’s extremely great exactly how the center feline cylinders blend so well with their surrounding lipstick colors as well as exactly how the two punchier tubes — Coffee Cherry 094 (the red with a nude beige in the center) as well as cafe Parisien 093 (the hot pink with a milky beige in the center) — produce a subtle gradient impact when you apply them.

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But for the gradient impact to truly work well, you have to abstain from scrubing your lips together, which is something I impulsively do. Not the end of the world, though, since I likewise like exactly how these look when they’re mixed together.

Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipstick CS in Coffee Cherry 094
Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipstick CS in cafe Parisien 093
Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipstick CS in cafe Espresso 095
Please note the tabbies
And let me tell ya, it is difficult to not rub my lips together when I wear these since of exactly how great they feel. They’re smooth as well as incredibly moisturizing (I half expected to see catnip among the listing of ingredients).

Much like the MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencils, they feel slick as well as light (but still extremely moisturizing), as well as I’m a huge fan of the old-fashioned flavor as well as scent, which remind me of the French violet difficult candies my granny would get me from the Oriental store back in the day (NOM).

Wear time-wise, they’re once again similar to the MAC Patentpolishes. I get about two or three hours.

Paul & Joe Lipstick CS in Coffee Cherry 094
Paul & Joe Lipstick CS in Espresso 095
Paul & Joe Lipstick CS in cafe Parisien 093
Paul & Joe autumn 2015 Lipstick CS swatches from the left: Coffee Cherry 094, cafe Parisien 03 as well as cafe Espresso 095

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The Paul & Joe Lipstick CS bullet refills (from the gold tube part as much as the wax bullets) are $20 each, as well as the refillable Lipstick CS situations (the bottom part of the tube as well as the cover) are $7 each. They’ll be offered for a restricted time on the internet as well as at Paul & Joe counters August 2015.

PRICE: $20 for every of the three autumn lipsticks as well as $7 for every case
AVAILABILITY: restricted edition, coming August 2015 to Paul & Joe counters as well as online
MAKEUP as well as beauty blog RATING: A- (super adorable as well as moisturizing, however a restricted wear time)

Din venlige Community Beauty Addict,

Karen.

alterna kaviar perfekt struktur, der gennemfører spray ($ 28 for en 6,5-oz. Flaske), der tilbydes nu på alternatællere såvel som online
Alterna Caviar Perfect Structure Completing Spray ($ 28), ligeledes forstået som “en fuldstændig acceptabel alternativ til Oribe’s Bomb-Diggity (men meget dyrere per ounce) tør teksturiserende spray.”

Jeg sprayer det efter curling for at få de hakket / rodet / løse bølger ting, jeg kan lide sport. Du kan udnytte det som en tør shampoo, en rodløfter eller et let hold hårspray.

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Jeg kan godt lide det … men jeg tror, ​​at jeg foretrækker Oribes tørre teksturiseringsspray lidt mere samlet. At ting er jay-z til min beyonce.

Awesome, det er brudt!

Jeg kan ikke huske på, hvordan jeg kom på tværs af det, men har du set brudt? Jeg fangede det i aftes på Netflix såvel som virkelig nydt det.

Det er en quirky (og undertiden ekstremt voksen) kommende historie om en ung pige, sandsynligvis omkring 12, navngivet skunk (spillet af Eloise Laurence), som har ret på det imellem scenen, inden de slutter at være en fuldbygget teenager, såvel som hun er precocious såvel som sød såvel som akavet sød. En af de kvinder, der ville være en fantastisk ven.

Filmen Ligeledes stjerner Tim Roth samt Cillian Murphy, som begge vender sig i fantastiske forestillinger.

Ligesom hovedet op er der nogle ret intense, følelsesmæssigt ladede scener i filmen, hvor du måske vil dække unge øjne, hvis du ser med børnene.

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Nu leder jeg efter noget nyt at se. Har du opdaget noget godt i det seneste på Netflix?

Din venlige Community Beauty Addict,

Karen.

før denne kolde tog mig helt ude i sidste weekend og satte mig på toget til Sniffles-Ville (Achoo!), Kompressede jeg i en sjov eftermiddag med mine svigerinde, mens de besøgte. Vi kørte op til Napa County Town of Yountville i hvidt vinland for at spise middag på en af ​​min mor-svigerinde favorit steder at spise. Det var for hendes fødselsdag, så det var lidt af en særlig godbid. Stedet hedder Bistro Jeanty, og de serverer fancy fransk komfort mad (dyr men lækker). Hun handler om deres oksekød gryderet.

Vi havde lidt tid før vores reservation, så vi gik rundt Yountville lidt, og det var da jeg ramte ind i disse interessante græskar og denne betydelige courgette.

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Nej, seriøst, det var halvdelen af ​​min størrelse!

Fordi det var omkring 100 grader den dag, fik jeg en meget sur, lemony italiensk tonisk vand fra deli i Napa Style Store. Jeg elskede selvfølgelig det (graviditet gør sjove ting til dine smagsløg, jeg sværger), men El Hub sagde det var næsten det absolutte værste, han nogensinde havde smagt …

På tværs af gaden fra Napa Style Style er et sted kaldet Bouchon Bakery, som jeg altid forsøger at tjekke ud, når vi går til Yountville, fordi jeg elsker deres Macarons.

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Der er næsten altid en linje ud af døren, men fordi det var en langsom torsdag eftermiddag, gik jeg ideel ind og lige til Maracons. Jeg fik fire-pistacien, hasselnød, fig og saltet karamel, min yndlings makaron smag i verden.

Ærligt, jeg ved ikke engang, hvorfor jeg gider med de andre. Jeg må bare skære B.S. Næste gang og få en hel kasse med de saltede karameller.

Efter at jeg fik mine cookies, var det tid til middag! Min svigerfar og jeg købte jakobsmuslinger med pasta, mens El Hub og min svigermor fik oksekødsteget …

Ikke vist: Den enorme mængde brød og smør, vi også havde.

Alt og alt var det en fantastisk eftermiddag!

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Og nu har jeg selvfølgelig trang meget flere af disse makaroner …

Din venlige kvarter appelmisbruger,

Karen.

Let’s talk about brows…

In partnering with charm 360 as well as the CVS charm Club, I’ve got product samples and/or payment for my time as well as effort in producing this post. All thoughts as well as opinions are my own. #sponsored #Beauty360atCVS

Girl, I don’t have much to state about eco-friendly lip gloss (other than this: if you can pull it off, WERK IT), however I can talk permanently as well as a day about brows.

Because there’s just so much to state about brows! — as well as not just about brows, however don’t you believe that brows likewise state a great deal about us?

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They’re extremely expressive as well as revealing, like, you can tell when somebody is mad, glad, amazed or unfortunate by the angle of their brows.

Aaand they can likewise tell you if somebody complies with Instagram.

You understand what I’m speaking about. The well-known “Instagram Brow”? sculpted arches with a razor sharp tail as well as a subtle ombre impact that shifts from lighter on the side better to the nose to darker as it goes out?

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I see so numerous gals who can rock that look, however man, oh, man! — I’m not one of ’em. On me, they’re a no-go. I tried them once, as well as I appeared like an evil villain plotting to blackmail somebody for a billion dollars…

It’s just not the look for me, however that’s completely okay since brows are so individual. They’re like fingerprints.

And just like there are lots of different brow shapes as well as styles, there are likewise numerous methods to preserve them. You can get them waxed or threaded or shaped by a brow specialist. Or, you can do what I’ve always done, as well as take care of them at home.

My primary must-have brow tools
Yup, I pluck (and I’ve always plucked) my own brows.

I’m type of a weirdo manage freak, as well as the believed of putting my brows in somebody else’s hands kinda frightens me. Plus, I saw a lady walk as much as a makeup counter searching for assist in tears when since she stated that she went to a brow specialist, as well as they eliminated half of her brows!

The event traumatized us both.

At-home brow maintenance with charm 360! From the left, that’s the Brow & Lash Perfector ($4.99), the supreme Brow Definer ($4.99), the Dual-Ended precision Tweezers ($6.99) as well as the precision Razors ($4.99)

I likewise just like doing it myself. It’s one less visit to keep.

My brow maintenance process is quite simple. First, I clean them with a brow comb like the charm 360 Brow & Lash Perfector at CVS ($5.99). then I fill them in with a brow pencil or a brow powder, as well as I begin to get an concept of the final shape. then it’s simpler to tell precisely where I requirement to pluck any type of stray hairs.

The charm 360 Brow & Lash Perfector
Pincet. I begin with a pair of slanted suggestion ones very first to eliminate the huge hairs then utilize a pointy suggestion one to whisk away the smaller, finer hairs that are harder to grab. The charm 360 supreme Brow Definer ($4.99) as well as Dual-Ended precision Tweezers ($6.99) do the trick, as well as I always pluck from beneath (never, ever from above) to ensure that I don’t mess with the greatest point in the arch.

The affordable charm 360 line is special to CVS as well as includes a broad variety of charm tools for brow maintenance, nail grooming, skin care as well as hair.

Beauty 360 supreme Brow Definer
Lastly, if there are any type of long hairs that prolong beyond the area I’ve filled in, I trim them down with charm scissors or precision Razors ($4.99).

Beauty 360 precision Razor
Have your brows altered over the years? Mine completely have. When I started MBB in 2007, I was going with what I phone call my “Hawaii brows” phase.

Lad mig forklare…

So, El Hub (my husband) was born as well as increased in Hawaii, as well as I discovered when we’d go to the islands for sees that a great deal of the women in his household were rocking these very skinny, high arched, extremely ’90s brows at the time, which, yes, I started rocking too.

The evidence: my “Hawaii brows” heyday, circa 2007.

Aloha!
This was a picture I took for an author bio headshot for a freelance post I was writing, as well as the piece, coincidentally, was a travel post about Hawaii (no, brows were not mentioned, haha!).

Mind you, this was after years of plucking my brows nearly into oblivion in the ’90s, so I’m amazed I still had any type of brows delegated work with. I have good friends whose brows never grew back after that era, as well as come to believe of it, mine didn’t completely recuperate either. I still have a bald patch best at the bottom of the arch in my left brow that I affectionately refer to as Raul, aka my nemesis/arch enemy/the bane of my brow existence.

BLAST YOU, RAUL! You MONSTER!

It’s tYpe of Crazy præcis, hvor meget browsere kan modifikation siden min ser så anderledes nu ud end de gjorde tilbage da …

Disse dage er jeg i fyldigere, rettere, såvel som de pande, jeg har nu taget mig to år til at vokse ud.

Åh, det var en hoot, lad mig fortælle dig. Der var stor gemmer imellem browhår med concealer involveret.

Nu er jeg helt tilfreds med nutiden, der angiver mine bryn, buuut, jeg ville stadig ikke have noget imod, hvis de var lidt fyldigere, såvel som om nogle mirakel har min bedste pandehale ende valgt at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end at spire meget mere hår (det er kortere end Den ene til venstre), jeg ville ikke have noget problem at holde det overhovedet.

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Så lad os tale brows! Præcis hvordan ville du forklare din nuværende pande situation? Vokser du dem ud, eller efterlader dem alene? såvel som præcis, hvordan bevarer du dem?

Din venlige samfunds charme addict,

Karen.

en stor håndvinkende HI fra Sunny Novato, Californien!

HAAAY! Jeg er hjemme hjemme i bugten efter min fødselsdagstur til New Orleans, og vores ofte planlagte charme Bloggery vil genoptage på mandag.

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Som du sikkert kan forestille dig, var min tabby arbejdsgiver glad for at have sin assistent tilbage. Han var så glad for, at han næsten ikke løftede en pote i protest, da jeg sagde, at jeg planlagde at fremvise et par meget mere af katten, jeg lavede i NOLA.

Som det viser sig, at arbejde som en butiksejerkat er en af ​​de mest rentable feline-gigs tilgængelige i byen.

Denne særlige hvide, orange og grå charme modeller til et lokalt kunstgalleri …

En kvinde, der arbejder næste dør, sagde om hende – og jeg citerer – “den kat er et monster!”

Jeg troede ikke på det, fordi hun var Purr-Fectly Professional under vores interaktion. Hun lader mig endda kæledyr hendes pote, da jeg poked ind i galleriet.

Jeg kølet også med denne DAWTY DIVA, som arbejdede på et konkurrerende lokalgalleri ned ad gaden …

Jeg fortalte hende, at jeg elskede sin følelse af stil (du kan ikke gå galt med sort satin og bling), og hun belønnede mig med headbutts og purrs.

Jeg havde en blast netværk med NOLAs meget talentfulde firma killinger.

Ok … det var en helt skør kat dame ting at sige, lol!

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I andre nyheder er jeg glad for at være hjemme! Jeg elsker at rejse og udforske nye steder, men intet sammenligner med at sove i din egen kattehårede seng.

Din venlige kvarter Charm Addict,

Karen.