It’s gonna be a long, hot summer
Happy Caturday, my darling! I hope you’re having a terrific morning so far, as well as I hope you’re feeling refreshed as well as prepared for a fun weekend.
It’s a charming day right here in northern California. nothing however blue sky from rolling hills to rolling hills. It appears like it’s gonna be a hot one, too, which is why I have my hair in a Dutch braid.
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GURL, I’ve been all about the Dutch braid lately.
It’s generally an inverted French braid, where instead of pulling the hairs over when you braid, you pull them under so the braid type of pops out, as well as you can make it, like, all poofy-looking as well as larger than life if you chill out the hairs after you tie the end, which has the added benefit of not providing me a throbbing headache like some securely braided styles can.
5-minute untidy Dutch braid
I like the whole untidy braid trend… I rue the day if/when they go out of style, since this right here took me less than five minutes, as well as I was able to do it without having to look in a mirror!
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WHAT?! Yes.
I likewise rue the day when big, bushy eyebrows go out of style since it took me permanently as well as a day to grow mine out. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time…
Wow, it’s already getting hot here, as well as it’s not even 8:30. I assumption it’s proper that I’m using the $45 restricted edition NARS long hot summertime Eyeshadow Palette.
The NARS long hot summertime Palette
Isn’t it a cutie pie? six powder eyeshadows — a beige, a taupe, two coppers, a deep brown as well as a lovely light gray — as well as it fits in the palm of my hand. The top row has some cooler-toned neutrals, as well as the bottom row has warmer tones.
Wearing the complying with from the NARS long hot summertime Collection: long hot summertime Eyeshadow Palette, Laguna/Casino Bronzer, Deep Throat blush as well as Salamanca Lipgloss
I’ve been using the combination all week long, as well as it gets additional points for not taking up much area in my already overloaded makeup bag. It must be a excellent travel buddy if I take any type of trips this summer.
Speaking of trips, I gotta get on that. I’m thinking, though, that it may be as well difficult to travel with a baby. I dunno… Moms, provide me your thoughts on that.
I likewise like that the combination has a great mix of great as well as warm tones, since you understand exactly how it opts for some neutral palettes. You either get warm or great tones. You don’t always get both.
These shadows likewise begin off all punchy as well as pigmented however fade in a lovely method throughout the day. In the situation of the shimmery shades, they glisten a lot more toward the end of the day, getting to where you look like you’ve been dancing in the front row at a music celebration for three directly hours.
It’s quite cool.
In other news, as well as I can’t believe I’m stating this, however I’m incredibly consumed with this freakin’ Justin Bieber video for his tune Sorry.
OK, did I just state that out loud? Admittedly, I’m not the greatest JB fan, however I’m not very familiar with his work, as well as I understand that he’s gotten into difficulty a few times.
But whatever. I heard this tune on the radio as well as had to look it up online. The choreography is so much fun! There’s so much booty shaking as well as hip persuading — I freakin’ like it! Oh, my gosh, I haven’t taken a dance class in years, however it’s making me want to dance again.
Plus, there are a number of women in the video using those ’90s contruction boots that I rocked back in the day.
I question whatever occurred to those boots… I believe I provided them away? I used them everyday for like two years. I keep in mind that my feet were always hella hot in them, as well as my arches hurt like a mother, LOL!
Oh, keep in mind exactly how I went on as well as on last week about exactly how delighted I was to be getting back into painting my nails? Well, I painted them again! Yes! little victories. I’m using long-lasting Smith & Cult Faunteleroy ($18), a light, creamy lilac. You can see it right here in this random photo with my Mrs. Meyer’s Lilac meal Soap.
Smith & Cult’s Fauntleroy nail Polish
Let’s see… I painted my nails with it on Sunday night, as well as now it’s Saturday morning, so that’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday… That’s five full days with barely a chip! For me, not poor at all.
Smith & Cult is a bit on the expensive side ($18 a bottle), however I believe they’re worth tracking down. great wear time, as well as they dry quite swiftly in 10-15 minutes, which is excellent since with the infant needing a great deal of attention, the last thing I requirement is to wait30 minutes for my nails to dry.
Before I forget, that Mrs. Meyers Lilac meal Soap ($3.99), by the way, smells like a walk with bare feet with a elegant manicured garden at the fracture of dawn while surrounded by blooming lilacs.
Just in situation you were wondering.
SO GOOD. It’s restricted edition. If you’re interested, I identified it on the end cap in the meal soap aisle at Target.
Before I go, right here are a few stories I ran across this week that I believed you may like…
Shiseido just gotten Laura Mercier as well as the skin care brand Revive. It’ll be fascinating to see how/if they broaden LM over the next few years.
It’s coming: the “Sephorization of appeal aisles.” great deals of appeal stores as well as appeal departments are going the Sephora path with, like, all their testers out on screen so clients have simple gain access to to them. What do you believe about that?
Lastly, this video has been around for nearly a year, however I just discovered it (always late to the party). It’s about MAC as well as features Frank Tonkson, one of the founders, speaking about the origins of the brand.
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OK, cutie-patootie, I’m off! Connor Claire as well as I are going for a walk around the community before it gets as well hot. have a terrific weekend, as well as take a plunge in the pool for me, will ya?
Your friendly community appeal addict,
Karen