The complying with events are based on a true story…

I slew a mighty beast last night, a beast that had been terrorizing the great people of Santa Monica for years, as well as to show their gratitude for my act of selfless heroism, the townsfolk brought me Pinkberry.

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I was hired to search down the creature, which the kids in the town referred to as the Vomiting Triceratops, after it developed its nest on one of the region’s a lot of sacred sites, a location understood as the Pink Berry.

The stakes were high. The Pink Berry was the area’s only source of top high quality yogurt, as well as without it, the people were getting weaker by the day…

I chosen up the creature’s path in a valley called the third street Promenade…a narrow gorge buffeted on both sides by steep Nike stores as well as Oriental combination restaurants.

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That’s when I saw it — standing as still as a statue on a little grassy knoll.

The Vomiting Triceratops.

The fearsome Vomiting Triceratops

I made my move!

With the creature defeated, the people rejoice…

Luckily, it was much easier to defeat than I believed it would be since it didn’t step an inch. It just stood there, maybe paralyzed with fear.

In other news, it’s Day 2 of The appeal Social. Sorry I haven’t been able to publish anything about the event yet, however I will. I’ve been taking great deals of notes. I just haven’t had time to prep the pictures.

Wasn’t this a quite great week for makeup as well as beauty? I liked the Tom Ford appeal stuff, even though it seems needlessly expensive.

How about you as well as your week? What was your makeup/beauty highlight?

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Mac unsung helter
CRÉME IN YOUR COFFEE LIPSTICK

So perhaps you’re lured to try darker MAC lippies like Dubonnet as well as Paramount however haven’t worked up the courage? Ingen bekymringer. I absolutely get it. If you’re not accustomed to seeing yourself in remarkable lip colors, a bout with “transitional shades” might help. somewhere between the bolder colors you ultimately want to wear as well as the colors you’re already comfortable in, transitional shades can assist you push your limits while easing you into something bold.

Say your game plan is to work your method as much as fall’s darker browns, reds as well as plums. Crème in Your Coffee ($14.50) lipstick, today’s Unsung Hero, might be a excellent location to start. Sjekket ut mer …

CHINA GLAZE THINKS
WE must let IT SNOW

Oh, the weather condition outside is frightful, however China Glaze is so delightful. as well as considering that we’ve no location to go, let It Snow! la det snø! la det snø!

You’ll have to set down that Halloween candy corn for a minute, though, however don’t worry. I have a holiday candy cane as well as a cup of eggnog for you instead. Yes, it’s time for one more holiday collection, as well as this one’s from China Glaze.

Even though wintertime is still months away, I state let It Snow — as in the new 12-piece collection of joyful polishes coming soon from China Glaze (about $6 each). Sjekket ut mer …

A few fabulous foundations FOR
FLAWLESS SKIN THIS FALL

As much as I like easy, breezy makeup as well as tinted moisturizers in summer, I always look ahead to fuller protection products, darker colors as well as matte structures each fall.

There’s a season for everything, as well as for me, autumn indicates dressy, dramatic, as well as oh so much fun — like moody lipsticks, darker nail polishes, relaxing fragrances as well as seductive smokey eyes.

Here are a few drugstore foundations to opt for your magnificent formal makeup looks this fall. Sjekket ut mer …

I want FOR a lot more TIME as well as NARS
PONDEROSA cream EYESHADOW

I can’t even keep in mind the last time I completed whatever on my everyday to-do list. Let’s see — when was that again? perhaps six months ago?

But no matter exactly how poop-tacular it is to be as hectic as we are, I try not to let it get my inner optimist down. Being busy, after all, is a great reason to streamline your makeup routine, which can be a great deal of fun, particularly when it leads to products like the new NARS Podorosa cream Eyeshadow ($23; from the holiday 2011 collection).

After moseying with last weekend using this glossy, glittery golden brown shadow, I can safely state that it’s nearly whatever I’d want from a creamy brown. Sjekket ut mer …

YOU have THE ideal TO glow quietly WITH
NARS miss liberty HIGHLIGHTING BLUSH

Let’s band together, fellow makeup revolutionaries, as well as state our flexibility from huge pieces of glitter! — since we, the blush enthusiasts of the world, have a ideal to life, liberty as well as the quest of a subtle glow.

And this year, success is ours! Demure, shimmery cheeks are just a NARS miss liberty Highlighting blush ($27)borte. After you don a few layers of this sheer, shimmery peach, don’t be shocked if you unexpectedly feel the desire to raise your fist, power-to-the-people style. I did (and then swiftly lowered it when I kept in mind exactly how long it’s been considering that I shaved my pits, whoops!). Sjekket ut mer …

THE TOM FORD appeal SAHARA HAZE
EYE color QUAD would catch any type of SULTAN’S EYE

Today, like wavering rays of light on a far-off desert dune, the Tom Ford Eye color Quad in Sahara Haze made me question what I was seeing.

“Is it a mirage?” I wondered, sweeping the taupe shade into my crease. “Could it truly be this good?”

At one point this afternoon I believe my heart, which was thriving like a timpani at both the lovely quad as well as its exorbitant $78 price, really did avoid a beat. few things in this world ever make me feel that way. excellent makeup is one of them; glazed doughnuts are another.

Flawless, I tell you. like a Krispy Kreme original Glazed. So glowy. So pigmented. So melty as well as delicious. Sjekket ut mer …

BARE ESCENTUALS BAREMINERALS holiday 2011 SWATCHES
THIS BOX OF gems has things THAT MAKE YOU GLOW

“Calgon, take me away…”

I had one of those moments today, however my escort away from drama wasn’t Calgon. It was Bare Escentuals, with their new bareMinerals holiday collection of bright, shimmery colors in kits with names like things That Make You Glow.

Today was a bit challenging. It got off to a great start, however when Tabs discovered out that I’m heading out of town this weekend, he went ballistic, unleashing a litany of diva demands, all of which he wants satisfied by the time I leave on Friday.

I completed the simple ones — making plans for his preferred pet sitter, bringing one of the zinnia plants in the house, programming the Tivo to record Cats 101 — however then it got tough. He likewise wants an XXL kitty ascot (has to be silk) as well as a two-day supply of organic, gluten-free, non-GMO gravy. Sjekket ut mer …

TOM FORD appeal VIOLET FATALE
LIPSTICK requires A CELEBRATION

I’m a firm believer in the motivational may of makeup as a reward for a task well done, as well as drugstore mini-hauls after a difficult day’s work are a preferred of mine, however sometimes, like after a truly monumental accomplishment — graduation, a new job, reaching a long-lasting goal — you may want to go even bigger than that.

Big like Tom Ford Beauty’s expensive princess, Violet Fatale Lip color ($48).

A brilliant purplish pink, it makes me feel like a superhero version of myself — bolder, brighter, able to leap tall buildings with a single bound!

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Okay, well, perhaps not that last one…but I do feel a great deal much better with it on. Sjekket ut mer …

Din vennlige samfunn appellavhengige,

Karen.

increase as well as shine, morning glory. Time to get up (unless you’re sleeping in). I’ve got part two of that photography class today, so I’m gettin’ my breakfast on, doing a quick tons of laundry as well as playing with Tabs for a few minutes before I go.

The class is focussed on what they phone call macro photography — closeup stuff like product shots as well as bees on flowers. yesterday we practiced utilizing a big studio light called a soft box. You’ve most likely seen ’em before on shows like job Runway, however a great deal of blog writers are utilizing them too. They’re tall lamps with a big rectangular shade that provides off a significant amount of diffused light, nearly like having your own miniature sun in the room.

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That reminds me, most likely the two a lot of practical bits of photography recommendations I’ve ever come across are:

Shoot with tons of light from several sources (i.e. have several table lamps, space lights as well as windows open). having several sources of light or reflective surfaces to bounce light around the subject (like white walls, aluminum foil, mirrors, etc.) lessens the shadows that otherwise appear when a single light source is used.

Stativ. want to take crisp, sharp pictures? One word: tripod. No matter exactly how consistent I hold my camera, I can’t hold it as consistent as a tripod, as well as cam shake = blur. a lot of point-and-shoot cameras have 2- or 10-second timers. try utilizing your camera’s self-timer with a tripod (here’s a excellent bit one for little cameras), as well as actually bathe your subject in light.

Do you take pleasure in photography? It’s one of my preferred hobbies. digital cameras sure have altered things, haven’t they? just believe — 10 years back we were taking our film to Costco to have it developed!

Anywho, did you have any type of preferred products this week? I fell quite difficult for the Dolce & Gabbana Smooth Eyeshadow Quad in Nude…

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TARTE LOCK & ROLL
CREASELESS EYESHADOW DUOS

Most of my college memories have faded into a fuzzy, frosty haze, however the chaotic mornings I spent rushing to get prepared before early lectures stay fresh, fresh, fresh!

The drill was always the same: after rolling out of bed, I’d pull my hair into a ponytail, get hold of a pair of sunglasses, stuff my makeup bag into my backpack (hoping to get prepared in the girl’s shower room before class), as well as sprint to catch the bus.

If you foresee a likewise stressful routine this fall, believe about streamlining, as well as think about adding the Tarte Lock & Roll Creaseless Eyeshadow Duos ($17 each) to your appeal routine.

With a cream shadow base on one end as well as an eyeshadow rollerball on the other, the nine dual-tipped shimmery shadows work like magic wands in the hurried hands of somebody in a rush. Sjekket ut mer …

STILA BACKSTAGE
EYE PALETTE

Like the brightest stars on a crystal remove night, the shadows in the new Stila Backstage Eye combination twinkle just a bit brighter than every other autumn product that crossed my path at Sephora yesterday.

Affordable ($28), as well as full of fun colors, Backstage looks charming in its quite purple packaging.

Girls who like brights may like exactly how intense these colors are as well as appreciate the believed that clearly went into choosing the mix of shades.

Backstage’s frosty shadows sure like to shimmer in the light, as well as while I believe frosts like these can be a great deal of fun to play with, these specific ones aren’t the simplest shades to wear. They can be a bit messy.

All six of these shadows feel noticeably loose as well as airy compared to other Stila shadows I’ve tried — like fluffy whipped cream rather than smooth cream cheese (yep, I’m hungry). Sjekket ut mer …

DOLCE GABBANA
EYESHADOW QUAD IN NUDE

Dolce & Gabbana’s Sicilian lace collection for autumn 2010 doesn’t officially hit counters for a couple a lot more weeks, however if you can’t/don’t want to wait that long, don’t. Feed your requirement for immediate makeup gratification with the Smooth Eyeshadow Quad in nude ($59).

Available now, the quad’s one of two long-term collection products being repromoted in Dolce & Gabbana’s upcoming six-piece autumn release (the other being radiate Lipstick in Perfection).

Can I just state exactly how much I this quad? We’re virtually inseparable, all since of Nude’s four easy-to-wear eyeshadow shades. Sjekket ut mer …

TARTE
BEAUTY IN A BOX

Wonder twin powers, activate!

Tarte as well as Sephora just recently did just that — activating their question twin makeup powers to type the new appeal in a Box Bronze Smokey Eye set ($45).

The six-piece restricted edition set includes products in bronze, nude as well as purple, with four full-size products (the Lock & Roll Creasless cream shadow as wellSom løs pulver i brent bronse, emphaseyes vannbestandig leire skygge / liner i plomme, øke og utstråle lip glans så vel som misfarging i naken, så vel som den rene skifer naturlig avtale med primer) samt to deluxe minis (Park Ave prinsesse Mineral Powder Bronzer; samt lys, kamera, sprut vannbestandig mascara). Sjekket ut mer …

VÅT OG VILL
Mega sist

Disse våte n vill mega siste leppe farge leppestifter sikkert ta meg tilbake …

Året: 1991. Jeg er en sophomore i videregående skole. Ungdommer bruker klebrig syre-vasket overalls, så vel som farge meg Badd regjerer øverste.

Min gode gode venn Jen så vel som jeg delte et laboratoriebord i biologi klasse, så vel som vi hadde begynt, så vel som slutt hver klasse nøyaktig samme måte, ved å bruke våre foretrukne våte n ville lippies.

De aller første generasjon wnw leppestikkene var ikke den største (min mage churns bare å tro på den kunstige økte duften så vel som plast smaken), men de var hella billig, som var hvorfor vi alltid hadde minst ett rør fylt inn i vår Liz Claiborne poser.

Det var lenge siden … mye er endret med tanke på det da, men noen ting forblir det samme. Jen så vel som jeg fortsatt vokser filosofisk om sminke samt appell (selv om nå gjør vi det ved blogg, e-post eller tekst), så vel som Wet N Wild, er fortsatt et levedyktig apotek sminkevalg for kvinner som søker å spare noen få dollar. Sjekket ut mer …

Rimmel varig overflate pro
Spiker emalje

Noen ganger gjør Summertime det vanskelig å dedikere til høst sminke laget for å fremkalle tanker om høstblad, ull skjerf samt støvler, til tross for at flourish av høstsamlinger hvisker fantastiske nothings i våre ører (Chanel, Metropolitan-forfall, Dior!).

Til all klagevirksomhet der ute, er jeg ikke så forberedt på å skifte sminkeutstyr ennå, så vær så snill å ta med mye mer sommertid brights!

Som disse fem nye varige overflate spiker nyanser fra Rimmel …

Den livlige $ 4-fargene hagler fra deres 32-delt-varige overflate pro nagel emalje linje.

Jeg tror de er betydelige for fargene, selvfølgelig, så vel som den store applikatoren ren som dekker mye av neglen, så vel som derfor hastighetsprogram. Jeg graver også den tynne, enkle å bruke tekstur. Sjekket ut mer …

YSL Touche Eclat.
Strålende berøring

Jeg chalker opp min spur-of-the-moment beslutning om å få $ 40 YSL Touche Eclat til øyeblikkelig galskap.

Jeg forstår mye kvinner, løftet av ting ” Prøvde det for aller første gang år siden, var jeg ikke wowed.

“Jeg er eldre så vel som klokere nå,” tenkte jeg. “Kanskje jeg må gi den en mer prøve.”

Som Mulder fra X-filene, ønsket jeg virkelig å tro. Produktet er så fremtredende at virksomheten sier at de tilbyr en hvert 20. sekund over hele verden! Sjekket ut mer …

Bare du bare deg
Og nydelige livspaletter

Mener du at Francois Nars var bumping vintage ess av base da han kalt sin nye høstleppe samt kinnkombinasjon “vakkert liv”?

Jeg håper i hemmelighet, siden selv om sangen Hella cheesy, tror jeg også at det er ganske fantastisk.

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Den nye Nars Lovely Life Lip samt Cheek ($ 55), så vel som bare deg øye og kinn ($ 65) Palettes for høst, tilbys nå på NARS nettsted, er like spektakulære (men i en absolutt ikke-ostet måte) . Sjekket ut mer …

Din vennlige samfunn appellavhengige,

Karen.