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Final Word on the urban Decay naked Wild West palette | A pretty Pink Cheek and Lip combo With Jane Iredale clearly Pink blush and Origins Dusky rose Lipstick

Posted on September 19, 2022 by ftzys

I say YAY to urban Decay naked Wild West!
After spending a month with the new urban Decay naked Wild West palette, I’m delighted to say that I can absolutely recommend it. I take pleasure in its mix of functional neutrals (a mélange of matte brown, beige, taupe and gray) with colorful teals, bronzes and golds, and if you’re like me and love a wearable, easy eye look, you can get that look quite easily.

Here’s what you do: 1) mix one or two of your favorite mattes with a blending brush, and sweep that onto your lids. Then, 2) wet an angled eye brush, load it up with any of the shades from the palette, and use it to line your upper lash line.

I like to think of this palette as a neutral matte palette with a bunch of fun liner shades. ? and when you use naked Wild West in this way, you’ll have an limitless (and easy) variety of wearable combinations to choose from!

One item of note for my ladies with hooded lids — Laredo, the matte gray taupe, is absolutely key! considering that a lot of of the naked Wild West mattes are warm-toned browns, I like to mix in the cooler-toned Laredo to create the illusion of a deeper crease.

Laredo is the key!
The teal here looks so effortless, methinks.
Laredo mixed with Nudie on the lids, with a pop of dark matte teal Tex on the upper lash lines
OH! — I stumbled on a new wearable pink lip and cheek combo I like with Jane Iredale PurePressed blush in clearly Pink and Origins Dusky rose Lipstick.

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A pretty pink lip and cheek combo!
Jane Iredale clearly Pink is a powdered pinky beige blush that leans slightly cool, and it absolutely looks like something Chanel would do! I love how it looks like a matte pink when you sweep it on your cheeks, but you can see the tiniest little flecks of silvery glitter peek when you look closely. It’s sophisticated, and a little goes a long way.

If you like Chanel Pink explosion or Clinique Cupid, you’ll probably be into clearly pink.

As for Origins Dusky rose Lipstick, like the blush, it packs a pigmented wallop. It’s a brownish rose with a cream finish… have you ever worn MAC Cosmo Lipstick? because if you have and you liked it, I’m betting Dusky rose will work for you!

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen

P.S. TGIF! ???

Latest Trader Joe’s Finds: Grapefruit Body Butter, Croissant Bread, Gluten-Free treats as well as a lot more

Posted on September 19, 2022 by ftzys

YES
Girlfriend, I had to do it. Grapefruit. Body butter. four NINETY-NINE! I no longer even pretend to have any type of self-restraint when it pertains to a new Trader Joe’s body butter. Sampling their myriad of “flavors” over the past few years has taught me that TJ’s Body Butters normally do me right, as well as this new Grapefruit one is one of my favorites to date.

Coincidentally, I’ve been having grapefruit with my breakfast every morning lately, as well as this cream smells legit. It’s light as well as fresh as well as lingers for a few hours before fading away, so it’s not all up in my nostrils into the evening.

Like the other TJ’s Body Butters I’ve tried, this one’s thick as well as creamy, like an actual stick of room-temperature Salted Kerrygold (THE BEST); you can cut it with a butter knife, so it’s a lot more balm-y as well as less fluffy whipped cream, as well as it’s moisturizing sufficient to get crusty heels to bow down.

FYI, it consists of coconut oil as well as shea butter, so if your skin likes both or either of those, you have that to look ahead to!

Also, I truly like that the lid flips up since the jar is simple to open as well as close with slippery fingers.

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I’m currently using Grapefruit beneath Chanel Paris-Riviera (otherwise understood as “orange explosion!”), as well as I odor quite darned good, if I do state so myself.

Warning: the complying with Trader Joe’s pictures should’ve been taken, ya know…before I went to town on all the food, however hey, this is genuine life, as well as obviously we’re truly hungry at my house.

Part of me truly wishes to not tell you about the complying with bread since I want a lot more for me, since my addiction to it is that serious, however we’re friends, as well as buddies don’t let buddies sleep on hella great baked delights!

Grab thee a Joe’s Cinnamon Croissant Loaf ASAP. This hybrid of sliced cinnamon bread as well as flaky croissant is heavenly. I eat it every morning with the huge ol’ grapefruit.

Here’s the deal: you requirement to toast it very first in buy for it to be all it can be. Warming it up seems to make the layers of croissant even a lot more delicate as well as melty, as well as improves the cinnamon flavor.

You might put some butter on it, I suppose, however I just keep it ordinary so I can shove it into my mouth with coffee that much faster.

Also, in gluten-free news, El Hub has celiac, as well as he likes the Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Coffee Cake Muffins. He normally believes that a lot of store-bought gluten-free baked products are either as well grainy or crumbly or oily, however he states these are fan-friggin-tastic.

This is El Hub’s jam.
They’re made with sour cream, which I suspect is the magic component accountable for their tender crumb. He states they taste precisely like a routine coffee cake. extremely suggested from the citizen GF person in our house!

Connor as well as I have been snacking on the tiny Orange Cranberry Tea Scones. These are charming when you requirement a bit something to tide you over with your afternoon beverage…

Apparently, the style for today day is CARBS. Ha!

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, makeup as well as beauty blog Mascot, Vol. 628

Posted on September 18, 2022 by ftzys

Tabs liked Halloween, as you know. We would get RSVPs to his annual Halloween celebration six months out, as well as I kept all of his Halloween treat as well as beverage recipes, like the following…

Shrimp Catnip Cocktails

Catnip Jello Parfait

Gravy Shooters

Rosie upping her modeling game

I’m shocked. Rosie’s been truly upping her modeling game lately. As an academic, that woman can study, as well as she’s been watching endless tape of Tabs during the height of his runway career, choosing up pointers as well as the nuances of kitty supermodeling. She told me that she has a PhD in biomechanics, which is most likely why her muscle mass manage is out of this world. When you comprehend the science behind the poses, you can truly next level it. Or that’s what she tells me when she sluggish blinks.

I offered to leave the home free if Rosie wished to throw a little get together with a few of her kitty good friends this Halloween, however I’ve yet to get a firm answer. She goes back as well as forth. She’s not rather the social butterfly like Tabs was, however I believe she wishes to spread her wings. We’ll see.

I’m stocking up on catnip essence as well as fresh catnip just in situation she pulls a last-minute diva move at the witching hour as well as says, “Let’s throw a party!”

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

Three specifies of Being

Posted on September 16, 2022 by ftzys

just the women taking a nap (please note the sparkly heart sound on her finger)
At the pediatrician’s office last week, Connor’s doc stated what were perhaps the most precise words I’ve heard about toddler-hood so far. She stated that all preschoolers are either 1) currently sick, 2) recuperating from being ill or 3) about to get ill again.

Oh, my goodness! It’s like a viral triathlon… Why doesn’t anybody tell you about this at the infant shower? (Also, why doesn’t anybody mention the weird underclothing they provide you at the hospital after providing birth? — since *that* was one more surprise.)

Cocobaby’s in the thick of the regular illness phase. She’s already caught a cold, or a cold-like virus, a few times in the past month, ’cause obviously three-year-olds are Petri dishes.

She’s just getting over the last virus, on top of which she likewise had a sinus infection, so the last few weeks have been extremely challenging, first, for her small virus-fighting body, however likewise for the rest of us.

It’s been rather frightening at times. There was a night a couple weeks back when we’d gotten dressed as well as prepared to rush her to the emergency space after her fever spiked. Luckily, it quickly started to fall. I’m extremely thankful for the noise advice as well as steady guidance of the kind Kaiser advice nurse who assisted us that night since my nerves were frayed.

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Somebody needs a cuddle.
Nobody in our home has been getting much sleep. (This, of course, to Rosie’s delight. She must believe she stepped into a household of night people!) It’s been like living the newborn way of life around again, with me as well as El Hub sleeping next to Connor in shifts. My body feels that exact same familiar boring ache of exhaustion… Weirdly enough, it was surprisingly simple to get utilized to again… like riding a bike.

It’s frightening watching a kid who can’t truly interact the method they feel yet, as well as understanding you have extremely bit manage over any type of of it. All you can do is care for them the very best you can, take them to the doctor, as well as try to make informed decisions. You do what you have to, ignoring your throbbing knees as well as aching back to hold them in your arms as they cry at the witching hour in a dark bathroom full of heavy steam up until they feel a bit much better as well as lastly autumn asleep. You run to Target at obscene times of night in pajamas crusted with snot to pick up more Pedialyte, saltines as well as small Disney Princess toys since you understand they make her smile.

Basically, you do what you have to.

All the small princesses

Anyway, this is what I’ve been as much as for the past few weeks. just doing the very best I can.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

Saturday Surfing, may 15, 2021

Posted on September 13, 2022 by ftzys

I’m using two layers of Olive & June nail polish in KMC, together with one layer of the Olive & June top Coat
Hiya, pleased Caturday from me as well as my freshly painted paws. ? turns out that Olive & June nail polish in KMC is much more of a mint eco-friendly than a jade green, however I’m not mad at it, since I did this mani without using my glasses, so I was as blind as a bat (living on the edge!), as well as it still turned out OK. great on you, Olive & June!

You can see the polish once again in this pic, together with what will permanently be understood as “the baguette that crushed my great French woman dreams…”

I like you, bread.
Case in point:

Yesterday I went to a regional Sonoma area called Baker & cook as well as purchased a baguette, a lemon bar as well as a banana muffin. This loaf was in my possession for three whole minutes before I greedily gobbled down the subjected end.

IT WAS SO SOFT!

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And so, so fresh… I couldn’t assist myself.

It was then that I realized I would never be a trendy French gal riding around on a bike with a baguette tucked neatly under her arm, since I would eat the bread before even getting on the damn bike, ha ha ha.

I hope you have some truly tasty fresh bread this weekend, since let me tell ya, great bread is a revelation.

This week’s reading

Dig, if you will, a photo of a Prince-themed makeup collection by metropolitan Decay. All I have to state is that there much better be something in it called Raspberry Beret!

Fast-fashion seller Zara just introduced a makeup line.

Speaking of makeup collaborations, here’s a new one with the film Clueless. AS IF!

It’s been a minute, however I’m still fan-girling over Daniel Martin’s work on Meghan Markle for the royal wedding.

In situation you wanna look like Cruella…

11 mineral sunscreen options!

Allegedly, these mineral sunscreens don’t leave a white cast.

Oh, as well as if you’ve got a deeper skin tone, you may want to inspect these sunscreens out.

Here’s exactly how to tell if your sunscreen’s expired.

An introduction to feline @sshole behaviors.

In situation you were wondering if any type of male celebs have introduced nail polish lines lately, the response is yes.

Fun fact: Penelope Cruz likes to cut hair.

Keep an eye out for this new vegan, Black-owned nail polish line at Nordstrom.

Tips as well as techniques to dry any type of type of hair.

Justine Bateman is a rock star.

This was extremely insightful.

Why am I not in a auto parking garage dancing with these guys?!

Yum.

Teach me your ways!

Let’s get organized.

Shake your groove thang.

Note to self…

More to add to the list

What’s the plan for the rest of the weekend?

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

Highs as well as Lows, Vol. 1

Posted on September 12, 2022 by ftzys

Highs as well as lows. I got the concept for this publish from a moms group satisfying I went to this week. At the end of the meeting, everybody went around the table sharing their highs as well as lows for the week, as well as I liked the concept so much that I’m “borrowing” it for MBB — except this has a beauty-related section.

My beauty highs

On the “high” front, I tried two braided hairstyles this week (tutorials linked below), as well as I like exactly how they turned out. I believe they looked more challenging than they really were. In fact, thanks to the tutorials, they were quite easy. No tricky or intense braiding, as well as I didn’t have to contort myself into weird positions, LOL!

This looks hard, however it’s surprisingly easy.

I did the very first hairstyle in this series of three ‘dos.

Also, I re-discovered an oldie however goodie, NARS Lovejoy blush…

I chosen up this rosy, plummy bronze while digging with a drawer of neglected products in my office, as well as I tried it with the MAC Woodwinked/Satin Taupe eyeshadow combo I’ve been into lately. Lovejoy looks truly great IMO with purplish golden taupe eyeshadow.

My beauty lows…

UGH. I had a couple. Like, earlier this week, I poked my right eyeball with the tip of a mascara wand (Chanel dimensions de Chanel, in situation you were wondering), as well as that was NOT fun.

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Yeah…it hurt for a day or so.

Also, I desperately requirement a haircut. The reason I’ve been using hair up as well as in braids is since it’s truly uncomfortable to wear it down now. It’s past that point of no return where I should get it cut, however I’ve been as well inexpensive as well as as well lazy!

I have it on my calendar to get one in October, so we’ll see if it really happens. You’ll understand based on whether my hair is still in braids come Halloween, LOL!

Non-beauty highs…

I signed up for my very first Spartan race!

What’s a Spartan race, you may ask? Well, it’s basically an intense challenge program with great deals of running, as well as from what I understand…they’re difficult.

The one I’m doing is a sprint, as well as it’s a shorter version of the longer courses. more importantly, there’s no mud involved. ?

Normally, with these challenge program things, there’s mud involved, as well as I’m not having that. I don’t like mud in my bodily crevices or in my socks or in my shoes, however the one I’m doing is mud-free. ?

I’m doing it with a group of people from my HIIT class. They’ve been bugging me to join them on one of these for ages, so I’m joining their team.

Should be fun… I’m type of at a point where I feel like I have a bit additional oomph in the storage tank to train for something, so I’m excited about that.

And non-beauty lows…

The point of these “lows” sections isn’t to wallow in misery or obsess over the not-so-great things that have happened, however I believe it’s useful to look at recent events that were…less than ideal, to perhaps seem them with a different lens as well as perhaps believe of methods to face difficulties or work around them.

For me, my low this week includes my everyday work life/career. Basically, I don’t understand where I want to be in five years, as well as I’ve been believing about that a lot.

It’s not about MBB, which I still love. It’s more about…working by myself at house as well as feeling lonely. I’ve been doing what I do the exact same method for a truly long time, as well as I don’t understand if it’s time for a change.

In five years, I will have been blogging on MBB for — wait on it — 17 years! That’s crazy town.

Anyway, aggravation over my work comes out sideways in other ways. Like, I have less patience for myself as well as less patience for my household members.

Take a moment to believe about your highs as well as lows this week

Please share them if you feel like it.

Happy Friday, by the way!

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. TGIF! ?

Back in the Bay, as well as I’m Thinkin’ about Brows…

Posted on September 11, 2022 by ftzys

Thinkin’ truly difficult about brows…
Ah… It’s great to be back home. Of course, it would be awesome-er if it weren’t 40-something degrees right here meow, however I’m pleased to be back house with Rosie woman as well as my comfy bed.

Oh! — this next thing may seem extremely obvious, however it isn’t always apparent to me: if you’re filling out your brows someday as well as they’re being especially unruly/wonky, as well as you’re filling them in as well as filling them in as well as they still just don’t look right, rapidly trim a bit off the top or clean up under the arch. I understand this seems obvious, however if you’re anything like me as well as you online with your brows day after day after day, in some cases you just begin filling them in without remembering to clean them up from time to time. when you’ve cleaned them up, I bet they’ll begin cooperating again.

I know, it seems obvious, however rapidly cleaning up the stray hairs with tweezers as well as trimming any type of additional long hairs with a pair of round-tipped scissors (don’t poke your eye out!) will do wonders.

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

L’Occitane Shea Butter gentle Toner

Posted on September 10, 2022 by ftzys

L’Occitance is a brand that I don’t tend to turn to for facial skincare – their biggest draw for me is their Shea Butter Hand Cream. I decided to give their Shea Butter gentle Toner ($25 for 200ml) a try since it’s meant to be both gentle and moisturizing, plus it’s alcohol free. I got this for “free” last year when I redeemed my optimum points at shoppers drug Mart.

It comes in a substantial plastic bottle with a spray pump which is a nice addition for a toner – I tried spraying directly onto my face but it is NOT a fine mist (like taking a hose to the face!), so I just spray onto a cotton pad. I do like having a spray nozzle, as it is more controlled to use compared to a pour bottle – 5 sprays is enough to soak a cotton pad.

The toner has a faint shea scent which isn’t overwhelming and a smell that I do enjoy, but it may not be to everyone’s preference. It removes any remaining residue after my 2 step cleansing (oil cleansing, then micellar water) and it provides a hydrated skin surface to receive serums and moisturizers.

The second ingredient after water is cornflower water, which is purported to be soothing and a decongestant. I was worried about the inclusion of bitter orange extract as sometimes orange extracts irritate my skin but I’ve not reacted to this.

The only nit-picky thing I would say is that the spray tube doesn’t reach ALL the way down to the bottom of the bottle, so when I’m down to the last cm at the bottom, I won’t be able to get all the product out. (Aside, Greenworks household cleaners have already solved this problem! They created a “Smart Tube Technology” where the spray tube is moulded into the bottle and runs the whole length of the bottle so you can get every last drop – ingenious!)

Pros:
• spray nozzle for easy dispensing
• gentle and soothing formula
• hydrating ingredients including glycerin, shea butter extract
• alcohol free
• made in France

Cons:
• fragranced
• short spray tube
• bitter orange extract may be irritating for some skin
• more expensive than other comparable products

Stash worthiness: 7/10

Interesting to note: the label on the front has raised bumps for braille.

Overall, I like this toner and would consider purchasing it. In fact, I’m curious to try other L’Occitane skincare, starting with the Shea Cleansing Oil. Has anyone else used L’Occitane facial skincare?

Product Spotlight: MAC Opalescent Powder in Rising Star, From the new Starring You holiday 2019 Collection

Posted on September 4, 2022 by ftzys

Shoot for the Stars, Rising Star!
This Rising star from MAC ? is shooting directly to the top of my listing of “Best of the very best makeup to wear With MAC Teddy.”

(Wait…doesn’t everybody keep that listing around?)

Of all the things in the new MAC Starring You holiday makeup collection (which is the sub-collection of makeup within the mega collection of LE holiday items, including the kits as well as palettes), warm golden Rising star ($36) deal with powder is the 1) most wearable eye product IMO, as well as 2) the kindest to fine lines, which makes it the star of the show in my book.

And, oh yeah, it looks fantastic when you wear it with MAC Teddy! (Totally key.)

Rising star is a warm golden pressed powder in the MAC Opalescent deal with Powder fam. It’s a pressed powder with finely-spun grains of granulated powder that virtually float atop your skin, as well as it’s designed to be used as a highlighter.

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Are you familiar with the hourglass Ambients? If so, MAC’s Opalescent deal with Powders are extremely similar in terms of structure as well as finish, however with somewhat higher shine.

As a highlighter, it provides cheeks a soft, subtle candlelit glow…but I like to take my cues from MAC artists who utilize it as an eyeshadow! That’s where I believe it truly lusters (pun intended).

I buff it on top of my lids with a MAC 217, as well as it immediately adds a glam “Charlotte Tilbury-ness” to my lids, particularly when I wear it atop a base of MAC Teddy liner.

It’s an simple as well as elegant eye look, which is totally my style, as well as finest of all, the powder lasts all day. I used this eye makeup to the bakery the other day, as well as it stayed put for a solid 14 hours!

Rising star Powder layered on top of a base of MAC Teddy liner
Makeup used in this look

Makeup in this look

Eyes: MAC Teddy (base), MAC Rising star (lids), Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & glow (crease), MAC prolonged Play Perm Me Up Lash (lashes), MAC Concrete as well as It Cosmetics Prow Power (brows)

Base: Estee Lauder double wear mixed with Becca Backlight Priming Filter

Cheeks: NARS Amour (this looks truly excellent with MAC Smoked Almond lipstick)

Lips: Charlotte Tilbury pillow Talk, MAC Smoked Almond, NARS Chelsea Girls

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

Faux Freckles: Yea or Nay?

Posted on September 4, 2022 by ftzys

What state you about synthetic freckles? They’ve been en vogue for a while now, however I hadn’t tried drawing any type of on myself up until just recently since I already have a smattering of genuine freckles…which I’ve gone to fantastic lengths to disguise on occasion, so I’ve always thought, “Eh, what’s the point? They’re already there.”

However, I just recently provided ’em a go as part of “Operation trying new Things” (gotta get out of my rut). Surprisingly, I kinda liked them! So I’m providing this pattern a “yes.”

How about you? have you tried it on yourself? Do you believe it’s worth the effort, or do you believe they just look like somebody drew a lot of random dots on their face?

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen