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It’s a pink hump day celebration with IGK women Club color Spray, MAC Pinklite Strobe cream as well as BECCA Pink Haze Soft Blurring Powder.
In the smart words of the indicate women movie, “On Wednesdays we wear pink,” as well as whoops! — often purple, thanks to this momentary hair color spray by IGK, women Club ($19), which looks a lot more like purple in my hair.

I phone call this present “Purple-haired woman gazes out window.”
I like it, though. It smells like too-sweet bubblegum, as well as I have to utilize about half a can before the color truly comes through, however I still believe it’s fun, particularly on mornings when the believed of covering my salt-and-pepper roots with routine ol’ root spray (I utilize the one by Rita Hazan) is just waaaaaay as well depressing.

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Even though I have to utilize a lot, so it’s not something I’ll do daily (because it’s $19), I believe it’s much better than a lot of of the momentary hair color sprays I’ve used. It doesn’t make my hair feel crunchy (YAY!), as well as it’s simple to laundry out.

OH, EM GEE, modification my world, why don’t you?! BECCA Pink Haze Soft Blurring Powder ($38) is a loose makeup setting powder with a sheer pearly pink tint, as well as it subtly brightens your face, however you can’t, like, truly tell when you very first put it on. It takes 10-15 minutes before it seems to clear up on the skin. then you can see the subtle soft pink pearl reflecting in the light.

I’m using a 50/50 blend of MAC studio repair fluid foundation in NC 42 as well as MAC Pinklite Strobe cream on my face. The lipstick is MAC Patisserie, as well as the blush is Neutrogena Skin in Vibrant.

This powder looks amazing in pics, however it looks a lot more amazing in genuine life, since the blurring impact is UNREAL. I’m serious, it’s not playin’ around. I understand it’s cliche, however I’m stating it anyway: Instagram filter.

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MAC Pinklite Strobe cream as well as BECCA Pink HazeSoft Light Blurring Powder
Hello, old-school fave! MAC Pinklite Strobe cream ($33) is just the original MAC Strobe cream with a different name, as well as I’ve been using as well as loving that pearly pink glow for years.

It fell off my radar for a while, however I rediscovered it again. I like it on bare skin, however I like the method it looks mixed with equal parts foundation or BB cream.

It has a likewise subtle, radiant opalescent impact as BECCA Pink Haze Powder.

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Here’s to pink (and purple) Wednesdays, friend.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Well, it isn’t precisely a poll. It’s more of a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random listing of concerns I’ve been putting out to visitors every Monday morning for the past 10 (!) years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, as well as I hope you enjoy reading mine. ?

1. Cherries or strawberries? (Yes, or, since in this headache situation you can only pick one.)

Cherries, particularly Ranier, YUM!

2. Electronic, R&B or funk?

R&B

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3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?

Skydiving

4. Park or museum?

Park

5. long or short nails?

Short, short, short!

6. Side or center part?

Side

7. streaming as well as floor-length, or tight as well as short?

If I were at my pre-baby size, tight as well as short; these days, however, streaming as well as floor-length.

8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?

BREAKFAST!

9. awesome or crazy?

Crazy. Or crazy cool, LOL!

10. Black as well as white, or color?

Color

BONUS: Pen or pencil

Pen

Sweets, you understand what I’ve decided? I’m not going to be afraid to state “yes” to new experiences as well as to new opportunities. That’s my style for this week (and perhaps even for the upcoming month of May). state yes.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

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Karen

P.S. right here are the concerns to copy/paste.

1. Cherries or strawberries?
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
4. Park or museum?
5. long or short nails?
6. Side or center part?
7. streaming as well as floor-length, or tight as well as short?
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
9. awesome or crazy?
10. Black as well as white, or color?
BONUS: Pen or pencil

I understand it’s a huge pattern now to technique out your home in holiday design best after Halloween, as well as I completely get it. I get thrilled about Christmas, too, however I gotta force myself to sluggish my roll, since Thanksgiving likewise counts!

I likewise get the desire to quick ahead to Christmas, however T-Day is worthy of its due. It’s one of the most meaningful holidays, as well as not just since of the pecan pie (well…). I typically likewise get to spend some additional time with El Hub, since he takes a couple additional days off from work when he can, as well as then I just like hanging out with good friends as well as family, as well as feeling comfortable as well as safe, as well as taking in the sights as well as smells of fall. It’s a pointer to be grateful.

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And, of course, the food is awesome.

It is though.

Which leads me to Thanksgiving decor. ever because getting the new couch, I’ve been wanting to add some color as well as de-neutralize the room, as well as I was lured to jump best in with the Christmassy accessories, however I chose to take my own guidance as well as slowed my roll. So, I did an autumnal/Thanksgiving style with throw pillows as well as a wreath.

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Dude! I don’t understand why throw pillows are so stressful. I was chatting with a good friend a couple weeks ago, as well as she stated that it took her six trips to HomeGoods to work out the pillow circumstance in her living room.

It took me about the exact same amount of time, HAHA! I had a difficult time choosing on like… I dunno, I always see photos of sectional couches with pillows that look purposefully mismatched, however they still work together, as well as it was difficult for me to figure out exactly how to discover things that weren’t as well uniform looking (?).

I started out trying to do matchy pillows, however nothing looked rather right, so I googled photos of sectionals with couches as well as discovered that, in practically all of the pictures, there are an unequal number of pillows. It’s practically always either five or seven.

The bigger sectionals normally have seven throw pillows — each of them different. then I checked out a publish on a embellishing blog that talked about how, when you pull together a group pillows for a couch, believe of the pillows as working within a color scheme. That completely assisted me.

It lastly came together when I discovered an autumnal wreath as well as the pillow with pumpkins as well as leaves. I liked the colors as well as ended up complying with their lead in selecting the other the pillows for the couch. I looked for rust, orange, wine, burgundy as well as gold, as well as for different textures, as well as ultimately brought together a lot of pillows that match (I believe so) however aren’t identical.

LOL! I get that this has been a great deal of pillow talk, however it was so much harder than I believed it would be!

Point is, if you’re searching for pillows to embellish your area with, begin with one that you love, as well as utilize that color combination as a jumping-off point.

One of the things about these pillows, by the way, is that they make it so good to get comfortable in the corner as well as read. I like curling up on the couch with a book as well as a blanket as well as reading.

Speaking of getting comfortable as well as reading, right here are some stories that caught my eye this week…

Pretty soon we may have the capability to practically try on our makeup with the assist of AI (artificial intelligence) that was originally established for safety and security as well as defense purposes. This was by far the most fascinating story I checked out this week, as well as all I have to state is GOOOOOOO SCIENCE!

For my Hawaii peeps: y’all are getting a new La Labo store at the Ala Moana buying center.

If your dog’s Christmas desire listing includes perfume (totally reasonable), you can now gift him or her this cologne made particularly for canines. Fancy!

Scented lingerie is a thing now. This lingerie line offers underthings made with handcrafted French lace as well as woven from threads that have been scented with aromatic microcapsules of perfume.

MAC is doing a partnership with Puma, as well as um…if they do some MAC-branded Pump sneakers, I will FREAKING lose MY SH*T.

There’s been a great deal of talk right here in the us lately about enhanced FDA policies on cosmetics. Last May, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California) as well as Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the personal care products security Act (S1113), as well as senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) just recently suggested the S2003 FDA cosmetic security as well as Modernization Act as an alternative. right here are the differences between the two acts.

A lady is suing Sephora as well as declaring that she got herpes from their lipstick samplers.

Women of color are progressively able to influence the cosmetics market with their purchases.

Look out for a new liquid lipstick from Fenty charm on November 23rd (!).

The Lipstick Lobby is part of a growing number of business that are making activism trendy.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, my friend! let me understand what you’re up to.

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Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

P.S. pleased professionals Day!

When your Body shop Body Butter has your name on it as well as you believe that’s type of awesome…
I desire I might take a spin back to 1999 in Doc Brown’s DeLorean since my late-1990s self would have lost her/my sh*t over this personalized Body shop Body Butter.

OMG! It’s a Christmas panda!!!

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I keep in mind back in the late ‘90s/early aughts, The Body shop was HUGE, right? all of my good friends as well as I were totally into them. I used their Shimmer Cube eyeshadow constantly for a while, as well as I had this, like — I talk about everything the time — Mary J. Blidge-inspired lip combo with a Body shop dark purple lip liner that I used with a frosty silver lipstick.

Grapefruit Body was was my jam for two solid years, as well as do you keep in mind their Avocado Body Butter? I utilized that a person for a long time.

And then there was the Olive one, which was likewise lovely. It had a light, fresh, grassy scent that was totally unusual at the time.

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Do you occur to keep in mind White Musk?? At one point in time, I swear, every early 20-something lady on Muni in SF was using that perfume. Some mornings I’d step onto the train into a fog of Body shop White Musk…

If you online in or near new York City, lucky you, since that’s where you can get your own personalized Body Butter. a few of the stores in the new York area are offering it as a service (here’s a listing of them) when you buy one of the routine $21 jars or the $36 super-sized ones, as well as it doesn’t expense anything extra. They make the label in the store, as well as you can pick it up the exact same day.

Vanilla Chai deliciousness!
I desire they did this at the rest of their stores (hint-hint!). I asked a Body shop rep if the stores in new York might ship them out, however no luck there either. This year at least, it’s a regional thing.

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Do you have any type of Body shop faves (now or back in the day)? let me understand in the comments. I’m curious.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

MAC Betty Boop Lipstick ($17)
Boop-oop-a-doop!

OK…that’s all I know about Betty Boop, LOL! I just never went through a Betty Boop phase, but I did envy her skinny brows somethin’ fierce in the ’90s.

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That, and her signature red pout was/is perfection. It inspired MAC’s sassy new Betty Boop Lipstick, which comes to town on Valentine’s Day for $17. It’s an opaque bright red online exclusive, and it looks a little like MAC Red Lipstick. ?

Wearing the new $17 MAC Betty Boop Lipstick
Ya know, I’ve really been into MAC mattes lately. I think they totally stepped up their game in terms of their matte lipstick formula, and even though my lips are ragged as hell in this pic (I’ve got flakes for days), you can’t really see them. The lipstick lounges magically on my lips without hugging any flaky bits, and it avoids my vertical lip lines, too.

Is it just me, or does this finish have a lazy luster? It’s isn’t completely flat, is it? There’s a subtle shine up in the mix… I think. hard to say. I like it, though. It keeps things interesting.

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I love this color, but gosh, MAC, couldn’t you have done a little something with the packaging? I mean, come on. It’s Betty Boop! Sure, the box is cute, but what about the tube?

Missed opportunity.

If you rock reds with a slight blue hue a la MAC Russian Red, I bet you’ll love ? MAC Betty Boop. check it out on the MAC website (remember, online exclusive) February 14th through March 31st.

Buttons and hems

OH! So you know how I’m going to my HIIT classes at night now, right? Well, it’s been kind of weird, because I got to know the people I was in the morning class with, but I don’t know anyone in the night class yet.

You know how you get to know people after you’ve sweat with them for a few months. You develop a sense of camaraderie, but it was kind of weird sweating in a room filled with people I don’t know…

OK, yeah, I know that sounds strange.

Anyway, I tried to get myself to socialize, so I was chatting with a lady who told me that she belongs to a sewing group, and she said that their project this week was a makeup bag.

“Makeup?!” I asked. You said the magic word, girl. LOL!

They meet every day, sew together and hang out. Isn’t that cool?

I have no idea how to sew, but I’ve always wanted to learn how. When I was 14, I asked for a sewing machine for my birthday, and I got it. Of course, I never figured out what to do with it, so I got tired of it in about two months. I’d load the thread, and stitch random pieces of fabric together, LOL!

In retrospect, I wish I’d done more with it. I still have project runway dreams of sewing my own clothes.

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Do you know how to sew? I can probably manage a button and maybe an emergency hem, but that’s it.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I’m using Videotape, Vertigo as well as Tempete Bleue personal shadows by Tom Ford.
Now your teeny, small Tom Ford Lips & young boys Lipsticks (and your Lips & women Lipsticks!) have adorable li’l clutch-sized eyeshadows to play with.

The new $36 Tom Ford personal shadow small eyeshadows introduced in the Eyes of Tom Ford collection are just as adorable as buttons! They’re about the exact same size as them, too.

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Well, not really, however they are hella small. The dainty bit pans include 0.04 ounces of product.

New eyeshadow minis from Tom Ford
There are five different completes among the 30 shades.

Ultra Suede — a totally flat matte without any pearl

Suede — a demi-matte with subtle pearl particles

Sateen — a lustrous pearl with a radiant sheen

Vinyl — a high-shine metallic chrome

Paillette — a sequined, glittery pearl

Each single appears like a small TF eyeshadow quad, however when you open it up, there’s a small bit mirror as well as one pan of eyeshadow inside.

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I’ve been playing with four of them, as well as each time I pull one out I think, wow, why don’t all eyeshadows blend like this?

I desire all eyeshadows mixed in addition to matte taupe Vertigo (an Ultra Suede shade) as well as demi-matte Videotape (Suede finish). They’re pigmented, buttery, as well as they just won’t skip. They’ll blend on top of anything flawlessly.

A much more wearable daily eye with Videotape as well as Vertigo (the lip is MAC Robert Lee Morris Mattene Lipstick in Pumpkin,and the cheeks are MAC Linda Blush.)

Bare skin, cream shadows, eye pencils, primers — they deal with whatever I throw at them like champs. I don’t see any type of fallout, either, as well as they last all the time long.

Picture the Viseart mattes, which are the pinnacle of matte eyeshadows to me, but, like, next level.

With the Disco dust quad for scale
With the quads for scale
Vertigo, Videotape, Tempete Bleue as well as Breathless
The very soft Paillette surface ones get my heart choosing glitter. the blue shade, Tempete Bleue, is one of those stop-you-in-your-tracks eyeshadows that will haunt you for many years (in a great way). It shifts from blue to purple in the beat of a hummingbird’s wings, as well as many of the time I don’t even understand what color it is, which is what I like about it. The shine pieces are extremely reflective, like the remarkable metropolitan Decay Moondusts, except they’re smaller, much more delicate as well as much more $$$ costly looking.

Tempete Bleue
Vertigo
The only huge caution I can believe of for these is the smallest thing about them — their size. At $36, they’re costly for exactly how much you get. The 0.04-oz. single pans are, like, the size of the eyeshadows you get in a totally free gift-with-purchase, ya know? To put it in perspective, the pans in a full-size Tom Ford Eyeshadow Quad (which is, *ahem*, $85) are 0.21 ounces each, or $21.25 per pan.

Of course, there’s one more method to look at. even though these are petite, you’re still getting TF high quality as well as panache for less.

Breathless
Videotape
I wouldn’t suggest building an entire collection of these since of exactly how little as well as expensive they are, however one’s worth a splurge if you’re in the mood.

I suggest one of the Suede finishes, since those demi-mattes don’t autumn into your lap every day, or one of the Pailette surface ones that influences you. Those’ll get your interest best away.

I like Videotape, the reddish purple Suede, as well as Tempete Bleue, the glittery bluish purple Paillette.

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Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

What am I gonna do with this pasta?

It’s lemon flavored. My parents brought it and a bunch of other goodies back with them from their trip to Italy.

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I’m very excited about the pasta, but I’m just not sure what kind of sauce to make with it, or if I should just dress it with some olive oil and parmesan. I don’t know… major life decision.

They also brought back some delicious chocolates, which are also lemon flavored (and they have some kind of alcohol).

They’re hard to explain… They’re almost like malted milk ball lemon drops (with booze in them), and when you bite into one, you get a rush of lemony flavor. I haven’t had anything quite like them before.

I’m really excited about this cute tabby cat-themed garland and journal, too, because I love old-timey maps, and the paper is handmade and really thick (I believe that the garland kitty is holding a fruitcake).

The notebook and the garland came inside these amazing little bags, and I’ve always thought that bags from foreign places look really amazing because you can see the addresses and the language.

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They’re like getting a souvenir with the souvenir.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen