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l’oreal ufeilbare silkissime eyeliners, $ 8.99 hver
“Du krever ikke noe slags mye mer eyeliner,” ropte min gode venn Cindy over e-post i går som vi diskuterte hva vi skulle gjøre på vår neste møte (dette var ideelt etter at jeg foreslo lunsj, så vel som en tur til Ulta).

Å, virkelig, Cindy? L’Oreals nye ufeilbare silkissime eyeliners ($ 8,99) ville be om å variere.

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Venstre til høyre, fra den lilla blyanten til sølv en, er det rene lilla, koboltblå, ekte teal, gull og sølv
Når jeg holder en av disse pigmenterte, langvarige, silkeaktige glatte linjer så mye som øret mitt, hører jeg en av mine foretrukne synes i verden … støy av ekstra modifikasjon jingling i min hei der Kitty Coin Bank. Siden de er mindre enn 10 dollar! I tillegg til at de er mye mer eller mindre nøyaktig samme som Metropolitan Decay er $ 20 24/7 glide-på blyanter, som indikerer at de er ganske kjempebra.

Fem av de 10 nyanser …
Ikke lawdle etter at du har brukt dem, siden de angir (det tar omtrent et minutt), de ikke budge. Jeg liker å bruke dem, spesielt rent lilla, så vel som koboltblå, for pops av sterk farge langs mine nedre lash linjer så vel som indre hjørner.

Twatches fra venstre: ren lilla, koboltblå, ekte teal, gull og sølv
Det eneste jeg ikke er gal på, er deres motvilje mot å henge ut på vannlinjene mine. På mine lash linjer? Ikke et problem. De holder seg rundt i åtte timer mellom touchups, men på vannlinjene er de borte i to.

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Pure Purple (leppestift er leppestift Queen Spill det)

Iført koboltblå langs mine nedre lash linjer

En annen ting: de er utrolig myke – som sårbare myke – men hvis ideene fortsetter å bryte av når du skjerper dem, hold blyantene i kjøleskapet eller fryseren i 20 minutter. Det gjør dem vanskeligere så vel som mye lettere å skjerpe.

De tilbys nå i 10 nyanser for $ 8,99 hver på drugstores, ULTA butikker samt Ulta.com.

Silkissime!

Hva betyr det, uansett?

Pris: $ 8.99 hver
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Og prisen for fineste ytelse med en frossen lunsj eller middag går til …

Jeg har vanligvis ikke noe imot å lage måltider, men i går var en looong dag, så vel som ved middagstid, jeg kunne ikke avtale, så jeg valgte denne Amy’s Mexican Casserole Bowl da jeg gikk for å målrette for å få disse brasene.

Ok, la meg bryte den ned … det er som en enchilada, men det er i en bolle. Du får svarte bønner, fantastisk mais, oliven, hvit mais masa, ost, tomater samt enchilada saus. Herregud! Så mye smak, så vel som bare den ideelle mengden krydder.

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Fem minutter i mikrobølgeovn, så vel som du har en jævla god middag. Jeg må ha fått mye mer av dem.

Din vennlige samfunn appellavhengige,

Karen.

Maybelline’s $10 The Blushed Nudes Palette
On the drive to the NKOTB/TLC/Nelly concert in San Jose last week, my friend and fellow makeup lover Marisol asked if I would mind us making a pit stop at a Walmart down there to see if they had Maybelline’s new $10 The Blushed Nudes Palette.

She said that she’d looked all over for it up in the North Bay where we live to no avail, and that the closest place she could track it down was the Walmart right next to the concert venue.

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A $10 dupe for urban Decay naked 3?

“Do you mind if we swing by?” hun spurte.

Uh…do I mind stopping by a store with a huge beauty section to look at makeup?

I said I didn’t.

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Marisol said that she heard the palette was a $10 drugstore dupe for the urban Decay naked 3 palette.

“Of all the people I know,” she told me, “I thought you would understand.”

Jeg gjorde.

The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline ($10)
With a $10 dupe for naked 3 on the line, shirtless Jordan Knight would just have to wait, LOL!

When we got to the Walmart, we made a beeline for the beauty department, where we found two Blushed nude palettes in stock. I took it as a sign from the makeup gods that I needed to bring one of them home, and Marisol did too. She snagged the other one.

Forget about buying an overpriced new kids t-shirt at the concert. This would be my souvenir instead.

The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline: 12 eyeshadows in rose gold shades

With the rose gold packaging and 12 eyeshadows in rose gold shades, The Blushed Nudes looks a lot like UD’s $54 naked 3 palette… Right? The resemblance is uncanny! For this one, it’s pretty easy to see where Maybelline got their inspiration.

The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline (top) next to the urban Decay naked 3 palette (bottom)
Eyeshadow Trickery 101

But while very similar, there are some pretty big differences between the two.

Like first, the price. One is $10 and the other is $54.

That’s huge.

Second and third, the levels of pigment and shimmer. The urban Decay naked 3 shadows contain much more pigment and pearl. With them I think you definitely get more intense color and shine on your lids, but you can get there with the Maybelline Blushed Nudes eyeshadows. You just need to resort to a little makeup trickery.

Like you could…

Basically, use more. You can build up the Blushed Nudes shadows in layers, but you’re probably looking at using two or three times as many as you’d need with the Naked3s. maybe five or six total layers with the lighter shades.

Intensify the colors by applying them with a wet brush.

Use your fingers instead of a brush, so you can really apply some pressure directly on your lids.

Of course, none of this is necessary if you actually want a softer, hazier eye look. most of The Blushed Nudes shades are fairly sheer, so if that’s your agenda, your regular brushes would do you just fine.

Where are my mattes!?

And then there’s the whole matte situation… You get three matte shades — matte beige Strange, light matte pinkish taupe limit and matte purplish taupe Nooner — in urban Decay naked 3, which are very handy as transition shades.

The Maybelline Blushed Nudes palette, on the other hand, has only one matte, a sheer pinkish taupe that looks like UD’s limit (only sheerer). I tried using it as a crease color…but I wasn’t too crazy about it. I had to use hella layers (I’m talking five or six) to have it really register on my medium skin tone, and even then I still couldn’t see it very well.

It may not be an issue for paler princesses, or if mattes just aren’t your thing, but if you’re around my shade (I’m a MAC NC42) or darker, or if you’re just all about that matte crease life, it’s something to consider.

Swatches of The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline

Still, with the money you save on this $10 palette, you could then spring for a couple of additional matte single shades.

What about the wear time and formula?

The wear time isn’t bad at all. These shadows last about seven or eight hours on my combo lids, and as for fallout, I only see very little.

Åh! — I do notice that with a couple of the Maybelline Blushed Nudes shades, like the dark purple shimmer in the bottom row on the far right, my eyes will water a little (but that’s a sensitivity of mine that I have with a lot of purplish and burgundy shimmery shadows), which doesn’t seem to happen when I wear naked 3.

It’s not terrible, and I can still wear them, but it’s a bit annoying.

Swatches of The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline
The verdict: should ya go there?

I guess the big question here is, “Do friends let friends buy Blushed Nudes?”

Ja jeg tror det. I do think that you get better quality with the naked 3 palette and more pigment and shimmer, but The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline is still ganske darned bra for $ 10.

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Snakker om ting som er ganske darned gode

Jeg har hatt denne sangen fast i hodet mitt de siste to ukene! – Og nå er jeg på oppdrag for å få det fast i deg også, lol!

På konserten lukket TLC sitt sett med en sang som heter ment å være, som de registrerte for deres TV-film, CrazySexycool: TLC-historien.

Det er en søt sang om vennskap og å være der for hverandre, og det er en liten bittersøt på samme tid …

Uansett, jeg tror du vil like det.

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Dette går ut til evig …

Din vennlige nabolag skjønnhetsavhengige,

Karen.

Jeg fikk den fineste overraskelsen i posten i går – en omsorgspakke fylt med lokale Hawaii-snacks fra min venn Fern på Oahu.

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Hun sendte ganske mange av mine favoritter, som lidenskaps oransje drikkeblanding (yum), kokosnøttpudding hauppia (det er som kokosnøtt jell-o), røde kokosnøttballer og Mauna Loa Macadamia nøtter, og noen ting jeg aldri har prøvd før , som jeg er super stoked om. Seriøst, jeg kan ikke vente med å få de Hawaiian Sun Pancake Mixes (Lilikoi Passion Fruit, Ananas Coconut og Chocolate Macadamia Nut) i min tum! Jeg går gjennom en frokost-for-hver-måltid-av-dagfasen, og disse bør helt treffe stedet.

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Det er også noen ikke-matrelaterte ting der inne, som yummy-luktende såper og lotioner, et søtt kort, et magasin, leppebalsam, og noen dråper for å holde seg i potten for de, um … mindre enn duftende øyeblikk når du er på tronen (det skjer med oss ​​alle).

Takk, Fern! Dette var veldig søtt av deg. Du gjorde min uke.

hello Kitty “The Red Bow beauty Diaries” $25 holiday set
Kjære dagbok,

I have a confession to make…

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I don’t know if the limited edition $25 hello Kitty “Red Bow beauty Diaries” holiday kit was made for kids or grownups.

But, uh, I don’t really care.

Is that wrong…?

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I love this damned thing! and I don’t give a crap if I’m wearing the same makeup that little Susie is rocking to Brianna’s ninth birthday sleepover because — and here’s the kicker — there’s a bonafide letter from hello Kitty inside the set!

Yeah, the actual kitty HERSELF.

For real though, I get the feels every time I read it, and I actually think it was written directly to me — Karen from Union City, California.

Eller ikke.

Diary, I think this set was made special for people who grew up loving hello Kitty, because, truth be told, the makeup isn’t great. I’d say it’s just a step up from the pieces in a little girl’s toy makeup set.

While pigmented, the glitter liners rub off easily, and the lipsticks, gloss and cream eyeshadows are woefully sheer.

As for the pink hair mascara, it feels smooth when I put it on but turns crusty when it dries.

Merkelig.

Nostalgia is the best thing about this set, which I can get behind, because I’ve been a fiend for hello Kitty since the ripe old age of 7.

The adorableness is strong in this one… It comes with lots of extras for fans, like a tiny plastic coin purse and nail stickers and a little HK charm and hair tie.

Something tells me that Pat McGrath probably won’t be using these products to create cutting edge runway looks backstage in Milan, but so what, right? Not everything has to be runway ready.

As a sweet, simple trip down memory lane to a time when I kept a journal with a unicorn on the front (it was my first diary ever!) and proudly carried my red hello Kitty lunchbox to school, this is pure great.

The set contains…

Milk money coin purse

Charmmy hair tie

1974 figurine

16 x All better bandages

2 x All Eyes on hello Kitty eyeliner appliqués

1 pair Supercute accent nail appliqués

2 x 0.10 oz XOXO lip glosses in Strawberry Pink, Toffee nude

2 x 0.14 oz pretty in Pearl Eyeshadow Sticks in hot Cocoa, champagne rose

2 x 0.14 oz electric Slide liquid liners in Violet, royal Blue

2 x 0.12 oz plush Pout lip balm in Cherry Red, Coral Crush

0.30 oz Pink Streak hair mascara

Swatches from the left: Hair Mascara, cream eyeshadows, glitter liners, lipglosses and lipsticks
Regularly $49, according to the Sephora website (which seems like too much to me), it’s on sale now for $25.

What do you think, Diary? A fab gift for a hello Kitty fangirl like me?

Oh, hello kitty!

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Speaking of kitties, in case you glance up and notice a somewhat robust-looking tabby cat in a window wearing a statement necklace and serving some serious FACE, you’ll know who it is.

Din vennlige nabolag skjønnhetsavhengige,

Karen.

Matbilder!

Aldri kan ha så vel mange matbilder i dag, så vel som alder.

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OK, vel, du kan, men … beklager! Jeg kan ikke hjelpe det.

Her er det jeg hadde for brunsj i San Francisco i lørdag med min bitbror. Jeg hadde ikke sett ham om et par måneder, så jeg kjørte ut til sitt samfunn i SF for å tilfredsstille ham på et sted som heter Serpentine.

En av grunnene til at jeg valgte stedet var siden de tar brunsj reservasjoner, så vel som en stor del av steder i SF ikke, så vel som du må vente.

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Men rezzies gjør det så mye lettere! Magen min så vel som jeg har litt tålmodighet for å vente om morgenen …

Parkering er også enkel i det området. Restauranten er funnet i Dogpatch Community of Portrero Hill, så vel som det er mye gate bil parkering rundt restauranten. Det er ganske flatt, så du trenger ikke å hale dine kaker opp noen form for bratte åser eller gjøre noen form for vanskelig parkering.

Hei, disse er typen ting du må tro på når du går til brunsj i SF, så vel som jeg ikke krever noen form for drama med kaffen min, så vel som pannekaker, si takk til deg ekstremt mye.

Når det gjelder pannekaker, er bokhvete pannekaker på dette stedet guddommelige. Som øynene dine ruller på baksiden av hodet ditt – det er akkurat hvor deilig.

Faktisk kunne jeg ikke velge mellom pannekaker, så vel som Huevos Rancheros … så jeg kjøpte begge. Lol!

Ja, jeg er kvinnen som steder to ordrer på brunsj. Virkelig, ting som dette er den eneste grunnen til at jeg kjører. Jeg liker ikke å måtte velge mellom salte og søte. Jeg vil ha begge.

Min søsken så vel som El Hub, i motsetning til meg, valgt for å vise noen restraint. Min bro kjøpte fjærfe stekt biff med cornbread …

… og El Hub fikk egg / kjøtt / potet kombinasjon.

Alle tre av oss var svært fornøyd med våre måltider. Utmerket service også.

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Du forstår avtalen. Hvis du er sikker på den metoden i byen, foreslår jeg ekstremt serpentine i SF.

Oh, så vel som om du vil velge søndagsbrunch, skjønt, mye bedre gjør en bestilling raskere enn senere. Plasseringen er ikke ekstremt stor inne, så vel som det fylles opp raskt. Kanskje bestille fremover noen uker eller en måned.

Sterkt anbefalt!

having oily skin, blotting paper is like an extension of my hand, LOL!
After battling oily skin my whole life (well, considering that my teens, a lot more like), I think I’ve finally come to terms with it. For the way I see it, you just can’t win a battle against oily skin, so the sooner you realize and accept it, the better.

I mean, think about it. If you have oily skin, it indicates that your sebaceous glands produce a lot more oil than normal… Do you really think you can change the amount of sebum you produce just by applying something on top of your skin? I don’t know about you, but I personally don’t think that’s possible.

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You can use products consisting of oil-absorbing ingredients that do help a little, but if you really have oily skin, nothing will keep you shine-free all day. What I try to do is use products that won’t make me oilier, which unfortunately, in my experience, is not as easy as it sounds, especially because lots of products specifically formulated for oily skin on me have opposite effects than they promise.

But luckily, after about 15 years of trial and error, I can now say that I’m finally satisfied with my skincare regimen, and today I’d like to give you a few general ideas and product recommendations that I hope may be beneficial to at least some of you.

At which point I’ll insert the normal disclaimer: I’m not a dermatologist, and all the recommendations and recommendations in this post are solely based on my personal experience. Obviously, what works for me might not work for you.

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That being said, if you have oily skin and are not satisfied with your skincare, the following ideas and products might inspire you to change something in your routine that will hopefully help keep your skin under control.

Cleanse with gentle, yet effective products

I use the Tata Harper Purifying Cleanser in the morning to wash off any excess oil and dirt that have accumulated on my skin overnight
You’ve probably heard it a million times already, but I’ll tell you for the million-and-oneth: cleansing appropriately is essential to keep your skin healthy. As an oily-skinned gal, it’s crucial you find the ideal products that get rid of any excess oil without being too stripping.

The Tata Harper Purifying Cleanser fits the bill perfectly. It’s not one of those cleansers you remove your makeup with (for that I love my Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm – been using it for years!), but it’s great in the morning (which is my favorite time to use it) or as a second cleanse at night.

Opt for an alcohol-free toner

The Clinique mild Clarifying lotion is alcohol-free and consists of salicylic acid, a chemical exfoliant that helps stop any blemishes

I feel like toning is probably one of the most skipped skincare steps, and I was “guilty” of that myself until not too long ago, considering that I still hadn’t found the ideal product. That’s because lots of toners consist of alcohol (especially those aimed at oily skin), which on me is one of those ingredients that cause the infamous “rebound effect”, making my skin even oilier.

If this sounds familiar, you may want to give the Clinique mild Clarifying lotion a go. It is very gentle on the skin and, thanks to salicylic acid, it also helps stop any unwelcome zits.

Hydrate with a serum and skip moisturizer (in the morning)

After years of trial and error, I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of moisturizers (even those formulated for oily skin) make me oilier. I much a lot more like the lightweight texture of serums instead, because I feel like they deliver the hydration I need without the extra stuff my skin tends to turn down (if you have oily skin, you’ll know what I mean). At the moment, I’m rotating among the Collistar Pure Actives Hyaluronic Acid Serum, the Oskia Renaissance Brightlight Intensive Pigmentation & Dark spot Serum, and the Skinceuticals Retinol 0.3 Refining night Treatment.

Since hyaluronic acid molecules have the ability to attract and maintain a lot more than 1,000 times their weight in water, the Collistar serum is a great one for a great improve of hydration.

The Oskia Renaissance Brightlight, besides delivering enough hydration for my oily skin thanks to glycerin and hyaluronic acid, has certain ingredients to target pigmentation and dullness, like vitamin C, niacinamide, arbutin and fruit enzymes.

Retinol is said to help with pigmentation, too, as well as skin-aging and enlarged pores. Plus, I’ve observed that whenever I use Skinceuticals Retinol 0.3 at night, the next day my skin gets less oily.

Use a sunscreen specifically formulated for oily skin

As I pointed out in my spring appeal essentials, I love the La Roche-Posay Anthelios dry Touch Gel-Cream SPF 30 because it has a completely mattifying effect upon application, and also helps keep me matte over time.

Påfør en ansiktsolje om natten for ekstra næring

Jeg elsker jojobaolje, men har ikke en viss merkevareanbefaling. noen vil gjøre, så lenge det er rent og kaldt presset
Hvis du hadde fortalt meg for fem år siden, som en dag ville jeg frivillig sette olje på huden min, ville jeg nok ha le i ansiktet ditt, men i disse dager elsker jeg faktisk å bruke oljer som det siste trinnet i nattetiden min. De føler seg så beroligende og luksuriøse!

Hvis du er redd for å snu deg inn i en fettball, foreslår jeg at du blir vant til å møte oljer med jojoba, som absorberer ganske raskt inn i huden og forlater ikke mye av en oljeaktig residue.

En eller to ganger i uken, dyp rens huden din med en ikke-tørkende leire maske

Pixi Glow Mud Mask forlater huden min grundig renset og lysere
Clay masker er ideelle for å fjerne dypt ned urenheter og overflødig sebum fra porene, men noen av dem kan være ganske tørking. Mitt forslag er å lete etter en maske som også består av fuktighetsgivende ingredienser (som glycerin) og ikke å forlate den på for lenge.

Personlige favoritter inkluderer Sephora Mud Mask og Pixi Glow Mud Mask, som jeg bruker for øyeblikket.

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Mine favoritt makeup produkter for en helt matt base
For å holde seg fri så lenge som mulig, liker jeg å starte min sminke med en helt matt base. Mine favorittprodukter for å oppnå det er sminke for alltid Step1 Skin Equalizer Mattifying Primer (men jeg har nylig prøvd Becca Ever-Matt Peeless Priming Perfector og fant det like bra) og Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet Foundation, som jeg har allerede påpekt en rekke ganger.

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Hvis jeg bruker et satin-finish fundament (enn si en DEWY en!), Fasen der jeg kunne steke et egg på pannen min mye raskere.

Uansett, uansett hvor mange oljeabsorberende produkter jeg bruker, vil jeg fortsatt bli skinnende på et tidspunkt, så jeg har alltid blotting av papir i vesken min for å friske opp min base. Jeg liker dem mye mer enn pulver for touch-ups fordi de blir kvitt noen glans uten å gi meg et kakete ansikt.

Og det er ganske mye det, min venn. Jeg vil elske for deg å fortelle meg hvordan du tar vare på din fet hud, og hvis du har noen favorittprodukter, tror du jeg må vite om. Takk!

urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in Tryst, $18, and one of 30 Vice liquid Lipsticks in a completely new line from UD
Apparently, I have been remiss in keeping up with my gossip/pop culture blog reading, because I had no idea what a trap queen was.

Gjør du? because when I saw this new Vice liquid Lipstick from urban Decay, I was like, “What the hell is a trap queen??” Is she the queen of setting traps? Does she hunt? Hva er greia?

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Well, apparently, it’s a song, and it’s about a bad-@ss chick.

So there you go. It’s just a glimpse into my future. I can see it now… Connor Claire will throw out pop culture references, and I won’t get them.

The new urban Decay Vice liquid Lipsticks

Trap Queen is one of 30 brand new $18 Vice liquid Lipsticks, a new line coming soon from urban Decay. (To find out exactly when they arrive, you can sign up on the urban Decay website, and they’ll let you know.)

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25 of 30 new urban Decay Vice liquid Lipsticks, $18 each
Urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in Trap Queen
Most of the 30 shades are mattes, and there are also a few metallics. Not all of the shades will be available everywhere, either. some of them will only be available on the urban Decay website and at freestanding UD stores (there’s a list below).

I hope you don’t mind if I break these up into a couple of posts, because baby girl is due for lunch (a chicken-apple-sweet potato puree), and she can’t wait for mommy to finish swatching two dozen liquid lipsticks for hours (she’s actually “talking” about it right now, a.k.a. “baby talking really loudly,” and I can’t hear myself think).

The oranges and reds

She did, however, allow me to swatch the reds, and I can already tell this much about this line: they look breathtaking in pics! Like, if I just slept in a chaise lounge all day long while people snapped pictures of me, and I didn’t have to eat or drink or interact with anybody ever, my matte lip game would be SO on point.

Of this first batch here, flame (has a metallic finish) looks like a hot mess up close, with vertical lip lines galore, but somehow it still looks amazing in pics.

Six of the seven red shades in the urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick line from the top: Crimson, Trap Queen, 714, Tryst, Tilt and Flame

Pigment = YASSS

These are intensely pigmented (you don’t need to apply much), and the unscented, unflavored formula isn’t drying.

Urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in Flame
What about the wear time?

I wore shade 714 for about six hours today, by which time I’d finished two meals and two big jugs of water. I also went through several tissues filled with nasty green snot (sorry…I’m getting over a cold right now), and kissed the back of my hand roughly 50 times to simulate roughly how many times I would have normally kissed Connor, and 714 didn’t hold up well.

The color around the edge of my upper lip and in the middle area had all but disappeared. most of the color on my lower lip was still there, but it was hanging out with my lip flakes, so I’m not sold on the wear time of these yet. I don’t think they last as long as the MAC retro Mattes, but I’ll keep you posted as I keep playing with them.

Urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in Tilt
Urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in 714
Urban Decay Vice liquid Lipstick in Crimson
What’s the take-home message so far?

Even though I don’t think these will last as long on my lips as some other liquid lipstick formulas, they look amazing in pics when they’re freshly applied. If I were wearing them and living that paparazzi life, kickin’ it with the Kardashians…

Wait — forget that. I wouldn’t want to do that. Kanye looks like a handful, and I’d be that one person in the crew continuously rolling her eyes.

But I digress…

The shades that will be exclusive to the UD website and freestanding UD stores

Disturbed, a deep brick red

Double Crossed, a deep berry

Pandemonium, a bright purple

Twitch, a soft purple with blue undertones

Crank, a bright berry fuchsia

Flame, a bright orange with golden micro-glitter

Tilt, a bright orange

Brat, a warm baby pink

Naked, a nude pink

Rapture, a dusty Rose

Shades exclusive to the UD website and UD counters

Time, a gunmetal-navy with silver shimmer

Studded, a metallic grayish brown

Conspiracy, a plummy bronze shimmer

Blackmail, a deep berry wine

Purgatory, a deep berry with pink sparkle

Mad, a bright purply shimmer

Firebird, a deep fuchsia

Menace, a medium fuchsia-pink

Big Bang, a bright pink sparkle

Tryst, a reddish fuchsia

WSM, a rosy pink

ZZ, a soft pinkish purple

Trivial, a pinkish nude

Backtalk, a mauve nude pink

Amulet, a brick rose

1993, a medium brown

Rock Steady, a deep wine red

Crimson, a rich red

Trap Queen, a bright red with golden shimmer

714, a bright red

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

KareN.

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P.S. Snakker om sanger (fra da vi snakket om Trap Queen?), Hørte jeg denne av Kelis for første gang i aldre. Jeg hadde iTunes satt til “tilfeldig”, og det kom opp mens Connor og jeg gjorde vår daglige dose mamma / baby dansetid.

Det fikk meg til å tenke på hvordan du bare vet hva du skal gjøre i livet neste gang du hører en bestemt sang. Som den siste gangen jeg hørte denne sangen, var sannsynligvis 10 år siden, fordi jeg pleide å ha CDen i bilen min, og jeg ville høre på det når jeg ville kjøre til jobben min på litterær byrå (A.K.a “stedet Hvor jeg ble sittende fast bak en faksmaskin i 15 minutter en dag “).

Jeg hadde ingen anelse på vei tilbake da at jeg fortsatt ville blogge i 2017 og lytte til sangen igjen mens du danset med datteren min. Livet er gal, va?

Jeg observerte at jeg begynte å gjøre dette nylig, og jeg er 100% sikker på at den er knyttet til mamma land, fordi nå, når jeg spiser, spiser jeg Hella raskt, skyver hver bit i Min munn som noen er i ferd med å ta maten bort. Fordi jeg alltid venter … alltid lytter … for Connor Claire for å starte huffing og fussing.

Hun har en slags spesiell radar. “Ooooh, Mamma ønsker å spise et varmt måltid? OK, tid til å slå på masete baby modus! ”

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Lol.

Og jeg spiser ikke bare raskt. Jeg betaler regninger raskt, gjør klesvask raskt, dusj raskt, bruk potten raskt (haha! Det er sant skjønt …) – jeg går som blitsen i de dyrebare minuttene av stille tid når Connor er napping.

Jeg har lurt på (bekymringsfullt) hvordan jeg skal få ting laget med et spedbarn hjemme når jeg går tilbake til å blogge på heltid, og jeg snakket med en venn (Hei, Steph!) Om dette hele dagen, Og hun sa at det er vanskelig å jobbe hjemmefra med en baby, men likevel helt mulig.

Fordi ideell nå virker det umulig.

Hun sa at nøklene er 1) å ha rutiner, 2) å jobbe så fort du kan mens babyen sover, 3) for å være fleksibel med deg selv og 4) for å regelmessig be om hjelp.

Så, um … Hjelp?

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Noen andre har noen gode tips? Jeg kunne sikkert bruke noen ideer (og litt trygghet).

Din vennlige nabolag appellavhengige,

Karen.

Gurl, la meg fortelle deg noe …
Nei, jeg har ikke det. Ikke ennå. Selv om jeg har kommet veldig nært …

Så nært at jeg hadde telefonen min og fingrene mine svinger millimeter over nummerputen for å ringe en kundeservice linje en gang i fjor.

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Det var relatert til en forekomst i en bestemt butikk (som ikke skal navngis, bare fordi jeg ikke har lyst til å gi opp på dem i offentligheten). Jeg var der sjekke ut nars og tok ut telefonen min for å sjekke noen notater jeg hadde gjort tidligere på dagen.

Det var dagen min (lørdag), og jeg var glad for å bare være der med sminke. Jeg trodde, “Hei, hvorfor gjør jeg ikke en rask tweet med et bilde av noen nars skygger og gir en spesiell ropende ut til denne flotte butikken som jeg elsker så mye?”

Vel, en av galsene som jobbet der, så meg ta bildet med telefonen min og høyt, og ikke så pent, kjøpte meg for å stoppe og si at fotografering i butikken ikke var tillatt.

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Jeg forstår å bli fortalt å stoppe. Det var deres selskapspolitikk, men etter det svømte jenta over meg til jeg slettet bildet og sa at hun ikke var avhengig av meg for å gjøre det på egen hånd.

Ja, hun sa faktisk det til ansiktet mitt.

Jeg får at noen steder ikke tillater bilder, men ærlig, jeg var ganske p * ssed. Ikke om politikken, men om tilnærmingen.

Kanskje jenta hadde en dårlig dag, men jeg følte meg fortsatt som om hun kunne ha håndtert det med mye mer finesse.

Jeg var faktisk i butikken for å fylle opp på litt hudpleie og sminke og planlagt å slippe en god del av forandring (jeg hadde virkelig ser frem til besøket), men jeg var så slått av forresten jeg ble behandlet på det Jeg gikk bare ut ideelt da og der. Senere hjemme kjøpte jeg produktene på nettet fra et annet sted.

Jeg har ikke kjøpt noe fra butikken siden, og nå, når jeg går ved det på kjøpesenteret, forbanner jeg dem under pusten min (“en pester på begge husene dine!”). Og når butikken noensinne kommer opp i uformell samtale, forteller jeg alltid den historien …

Hva med deg? Har du noen gang ringt til å klage på noen i en butikk eller sminke teller (vær så snill, ingen navn)?

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Din vennlige nabolag appellavhengige,

Karen.

P.S. Tgif!

wearing my current face makeup routine…
Do you have 2 hours?

Nei! bare tuller. It doesn’t take me 2 hours, but it is a process. I mean, one thing I’ve learned along the way is that you can’t just slap a sh*t-ton of product on your face and expect it to look “natural.”

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There’s certainly an art to getting the skin to look smooth and not so fussy, and I’m always tweaking my steps and products, but here are the broad strokes for my current routine…

For me, the first part has to be primer. I’m a big believer in primer. Bobbi Brown’s extra Illuminating moisture Balm and Smashbox photo finish Oil totally free foundation primer Pore reducing — those are the two I’ve been keeping in my bag and using daily.

After primer I go in with some combination of lightweight medium to full-coverage foundations, which I mix because it’s challenging for me to find one color that matches my skin. Plus, you know, your skin is always changing (Bobbi Brown’s videos emphasize this). I may have gotten a little much more sun yesterday, so I might have less visible yellow tones in my skin today and much more pink or red. Or maybe I didn’t get enough sleep last night (happens often), so I look very tired.

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Lately I’ve been mixing two or much more (usually two) of these three together: NARS all day luminous Weightless Foundation, L’Oreal true match Lumi, or the new Diorskin nude Air Serum SPF 20.

Another look with a similar foundation/concealer routine
And I don’t go heavy with this combo. I use as little foundation as I can — just the faintest amount — because it’s the next step that really helps get that much more “flawless” look, or as close to it as I ever get. I take a small amount of that same foundation mix and add a full-coverage concealer, which I then use on my cheeks, around my mouth and around my nose.

Under-eye circles are a completely different story, though, and I’ll get to that in a minute.

I set the foundation combo with a powder, and one I’ve been loving lately is MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural. but I don’t just slap it on there willy-nilly. I take time to blend and buff it in so it doesn’t look like it’s sitting on top.

And that’s essentially it for foundation.

I deal with my under-eye situation separately, and I know it sounds involved, but I try to use as little of each product as possible to keep the area from looking cakey.

This time again, I start with a primer, and I’ve been using one called Smashbox photo finish Hydrating Under Eye Primer.

It’s bomb!

Then I blend a trace, faint amount of NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer into the inner corners. After that’s blended out, I set it with a product that I’m not sure numerous people know about (heard about it from a friendly makeup artist) — Trish McAvoy’s Line Refiner.

Basically, it — and it’s kind of hard to discuss — smooths and settles everything down so it looks less cakey. then I set that, very lightly, with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural.

Aaand that’s it for dark circles.

Now, this is my overall process for pictures, but, you know, I’ll modify things along the way when I don’t have time for everything here.

Like, if I’m in a hurry, I won’t use two primers. I’ll just use one primer. I won’t customized mix things. I’ll just use one foundation. in some cases I’ll skip powder. The steps are very fluid.

How long this all takes depends on how pressed I am for time. If I’m dilly-dallying, heck yeah! — you can always tweak much more things, and the whole foundation process can take up to 20 minutes.

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Without dilly-dallying, though, 10 minutes. Jepp. but I have all my crap laid out in front of me. I have it all where I need it to be, so I’m not reaching into different drawers or whatever. When I sit down to work, I have everything prepared.

Hva med deg? What’s your current face makeup routine? (kort overblikk)

Din vennlige nabolag sjarmavhengig,

Karen.