Søndager med faner katten, sminke samt skjønnhetsblogg mascot, vol. 328

I dag, i et ekstremt spesielt spesialintervju med MBB, faner kattet, det største (nei, bokstavelig talt) navnet i Nord-California Kitty super-modellering, svarer du mange presserende bekymringer om kjærlighet, øgler også som mote.

Forbered deg på å få ditt sinn blåst i 3-2-1 …

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Din Friendly Community Beaution Addict,

Karen.

P.S. Moar spørsmål! Vennligst legg igjen dine bekymringer for faner i kommentarene, så vel som jeg vil prøve å spørre dem i vårt neste intervju. Hans foretrukne emner inkluderer mote, mat (spesielt saus), hans marmorerte sider, samt pantaloons, kitty modellering, lurves, fugletitting, ta vare på berømmelse, samt å få mest mulig ut av dine ekspert kjæledyrassistenter.

Kommentar for å vinne et $ 50 Egift-kort fra Sephora! (Slutter mandag)

** Giveaway er lukket **
Denne giveawayen er stengt, og vinneren har blitt kontaktet (gratulerer, Helen !!!), men sjekk tilbake neste lørdag for en annen Sephora Giveaway.

Rise and Shine, Morning Glory! Glad caturday. Jeg håper du ikke har noe imot, men jeg holder så kort. Jeg trenger desperat å få litt mat og te i systemet mitt, stat.

Den filmen vi leide i går kveld, topp fem? bra film. Jeg trodde Rosario Dawson og Chris Rock var stor. Pacingen minner meg litt av hitch, som den slags datingfilm i en storby, men den har flere lag. Det skjer mer med tegnene. Mer backstory, og mer av tegn reise, så det er ikke helt så slap-klebrig. Det er fortsatt morsomt, skjønt. Men seriøst også. Tabs likte det også.

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Jeg håper du har noe morsomt lined opp i helgen. Jeg aner ikke hva jeg gjør i dag. Ærlig talt har jeg ikke kommet så langt. Jeg er fortsatt alt om mat og te.

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Lykke til i Giveaway, og jeg snakker med deg snart … Etter at jeg er fullt koffeinert.

Ett (1) Sephora Egift-kort som inneholder $ 50 sendt til vinneren via e-post (internasjonale lesere, kan du velge å motta $ 50 sendt av PayPal i stedet).

Skriv inn ved å gi en kommentar nedenfor.

Åpen for US og internasjonale lesere.

Du må være 18 år eller eldre for å komme inn (eller på annen måte en voksen basert på dine lokale lover).

Din kommentar kan være om noe i det hele tatt, men her er noen ideer hvis du sitter fast:

Hva er din favoritt ting om byen din eller byen?

Hva skal du i helgen?

Siste stykke sminke du kjøpte online?

Vil du Rock Rosario Dawsons halvbølge?

Hva har det vært høydepunktet i uken så langt?

Har du noen vices?

En oppføring per person.

Du må bruke en gyldig e-postadresse for å vinne.

Giveaway slutter mandag 30. mars 2015 klokka 11:59 (Pacific Time).

Din vennlige nabolag skjønnhetsavhengige,

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For mye bedre blanding, prøv å holde din rene på slutten

i stedet for å holde blandingen din rene som en penn eller blyant på ferrusen (metalldelen på slutten med det rene hodet), prøv å holde det waaay tilbake på den andre enden i stedet.

Bare for å prøve det.

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Du kan oppdage deg selv naturlig å bruke mindre press på det rene hodet, så vel som å lage fine, myke sirkler med børstene.

Noen ganger når jeg holder rensingen i nærheten av ferrusen, er det vanlig, jeg trykker virkelig vanskelig uten å innse det, som jeg dunno … Jeg prøver å faktisk tvinge øyenskyggebitene inn i huden min. Holder den rene fra den andre enden, oppfordrer skjønt lettere trykk, noe som gir godt diffused øyeskygge samt vakre gradienter.

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Det er et av de forslagene jeg valgte et sted langs metoden, men raskt klarte ikke å huske om (whoops!), Men jeg har begynt å gjøre det igjen, så vel som nå (igjen!) Blanding er en helt annen verden. Jeg føler at den rene gjør jobben nå, i stedet for fingrene mine så vel som håndledd, hvis det gjør noen form for følelse. Prøv det en gang! så vel som la meg forstå nøyaktig hvordan det går.

Ditt vennlige samfunn sjarmavhengig,

Karen.

30 Days of NARS: scandal Lip Gloss, Day 28

No, not the show by Shonda Rhimes.

Although I do go through phases where I’m all about that show (don’t mess with Huck!)…

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I’m talking about a different scandal — cherry red NARS scandal Lip Gloss.

It seems so summery to me!

It’s available now at NARS counters and online at narscosmetics.com for $26.

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The 30 Days of NARS series features a different NARS Lip Gloss every day

If You could only pick One NARS Lip Gloss To wear on the biggest night of Your Life, Which One would You Choose?
30 Days of NARS: Eternal Red Lip Gloss, Day 30
30 Days of NARS: rose Gitane Lip Gloss, Day 29
30 Days of NARS: scandal Lip Gloss, Day 28
30 Days of NARS: Triple X Lip Gloss, Day 27
30 Days of NARS: Giza Lip Gloss, Day 26
30 Days of NARS: Sixties fan Lip Gloss, Day 25
30 Days of NARS: wonder Lip Gloss, Day 24
30 Days of NARS: Quito Lip Gloss, Day 23
30 Days of NARS: Salamanca Lip Gloss, Day 22
30 Days of NARS: Priscilla Lip Gloss, Day 21
30 Days of NARS: Tasmania Lip Gloss, Day 20
30 Days of NARS: Orgasm Lip Gloss, Day 19
30 Days of NARS: sweet dreams Lip Gloss, Day 18
30 Days of NARS: Istria Lip Gloss, Day 17
30 Days of NARS: Ophelia Lip Gloss, Day 16
30 Days of NARS: Turkish delight Lip Gloss, Day 15
30 Days of NARS: Risky business Lip Gloss, Day 14
30 Days of NARS: Dolce Vita Lip Gloss, Day 13
30 Days of NARS: Misbehave Lip Gloss, Day 12
30 Days of NARS: super Orgasm Lip Gloss, Day 11
30 Days of NARS: Striptease Lip Gloss, Day 10
30 Days of NARS: Stella Lip Gloss, Day 9
30 Days of NARS: Stolen Kisses Lip Gloss, Day 8
30 Days of NARS: Belize Lip Gloss, Day 7
30 Days of NARS: Angelika Lip Gloss, Day 6
30 Days of NARS: sweet Revenge Lip Gloss, Day 5
30 Days of NARS: Supervixen Lip Gloss, Day 4
30 Days of NARS: Chihuahua Lip Gloss, Day 3
30 Days of NARS: easy lover Lip Gloss, Day 2
30 Days of NARS: Greek holiday Lip Gloss, Day 1

En rask titt på den nye metropolitan-forfallet Eyeshadow Primer Potion i Enigma [Video]

Ah, Eyeshadow Primer …

Hvis du har truer å få skyggene dine til å bli der de tilhører, kan svaret være en Enigma, som i Metropolitan Checks nye begrensede utgave Eyeshadow Primer Potion i Enigma ($ 20).

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I dag bruker jeg denne kremete, kjempebra matte for ekstremt aller første gang.

Advarsel: Gode tilbud av bare-faced action samt Crazy-Bukser hår foran!

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Som alltid, si takk til deg for å se på.

Ditt vennlige samfunn sjarmavhengig,

Karen.

The Shupette by Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura holiday Collection: first look and Giveaway!

There’s no doubt about it. Choupette Lagerfeld (as in Karl Lagerfeld’s fashionable feline) has the whole cute kitty thing down. even Tabs, as much as he would like to, can’t deny it. Those bright blue eyes, that plush, snowy white coat, and those killer ear tufts…

THOSE EAR TUFTS, THO.

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Every time I see a Choupette pic, I want to reach into my computer screen and eat that delicious belly meat! Or, en lieu of that, I want to accessorize her.

(I’m thinking a diamond tiara or bejeweled bib necklace…but please don’t tell my boss!)

Now, if my cat lady barometer is correct, which it typically is when it comes to pressing matters involving makeup and felines, then tails will be a-twitching when the new Shupette by Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura holiday collection sashays onto Shu Uemura counters this month (however, it’s available online right meow!).

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How freakin’ cute is this collection!? When I see Choupette’s sweet face on the packaging, I’m compelled to squeal, “SHU-PETTE!” much to my kitty overlord’s chagrin.

The collection purrs with pieces for eyes, cheeks, face, lips and nails, as well as a smattering of other Choupette-themed beauty accessories, like flirty false lashes, a lash curler, a brush set and a luxe makeup trunk (not shown in these pics).

It’s catnip for cat ladies!

To my cat-loving eye, the star of the collection is the Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette, with its mix of cool-toned blue, gray, pink and berry on the left, and its warm gold, bronze, pink, orange and coral on the right. I feel like there’s something for everyone in this palette, and to top it off, you also get a fuzzy white makeup bag.

I’m actually wearing the Has-It-All palette in the pics below. For a shimmering, smokey blue cat eye, I blended the blue, gray and black shades on my lids, then lined my lash lines with Eye-Need-Shu liner in Midnight Black (a deep black with blue pearl), before adding a dash of glitter from the My precious glitter set in the inner corners.

To finish the look, I dabbed the Silk cushion Cheek palette in Orange on my cheeks and brushed the Has-It-All Palette’s bright pink lipstick on my lips.

A look behind the scenes…

Oh, hai, Karl! A behind-the-scenes video of the Shupette collection

IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME! enter to win a Shupette Has-It-All palette (an $89 value)

Would you like a Shupette palette of your very own? Let’s make that happen! Tabs and I have teamed up with Shu Uemura this week to give one away. enter using the widget below. Giveaway open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only (please see the widget for complete rules).

But wait, there’s more! A second giveaway. enter to win the entire Shupette collection…

Meow-za! You can also enter to win the entire collection (a $1,500 value). just hop, skip or jump on over to the Shu Uemura Facebook page to enter: enter to win the entire Shupette collection!

MJAU!
Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette
Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette
Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette
Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette
Clockwise from the left: Eye-Need-Shu Trio in 02 Tokyo Kawaii, 01 Parisienne elegant and Rouge Bonbon fantasy Trio in 01 Parisienne Chic
Clockwise from the left: Eye-Need-Shu Trio in 02 Tokyo Kawaii, 01 Parisienne elegant and Rouge Bonbon fantasy Trio in 01 Parisienne Chic
Eye-Need-Shu Liners in Gala brown (left) and Midnight Black (right)
Silk cushion Cheek Pink (left) and Orange (right)
Silk cushion Cheek Pink (left) and Orange (right)
My precious glitter Set

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My precious glitter Set

Pampearl-Me face Powder

Pampearl-Me face Powder
Ultime8 Sublime beauty Cleansing Oil
With-Love-From-Paris brush Set
Furry fantasy premium false Eyelashes
Furry fantasy premium false Eyelashes
Furry fantasy premium false Eyelashes
Eye-Need-Shu false Eyelashes
Eye-Need-Shu false Eyelashes

Eye-Need-Shu Trio in Toyko Kawaii
Eye-Need-Shu Trio in Parisienne Chic
Rouge Bonbon fantasy Trio in Parisienne Chic
Shupette Has-It-All palette Eyeshadow swatches
Shupette Has-It-All palette Eyeshadow swatches
Shupette Has-It-All palette lipstick swatches
Silk cushion Cheek in Orange (left) and Pink (right)
My precious glitter Set
Eye-Need-Shu liner in Midnight Black (left) and Gala brown (right)
Pampearl-Me face Powder unblended on the left and blended on the right

The complete Shupette by Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura holiday collection includes…

Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette, $89

Eye-Need-Shu Trio in 01 Parisienne Chic, $35

Eye-Need-Shu Trio in 02 Toyko Kawaii, $35

Eye-Need-Shu liner in Midnight Black, $24

Eye-Need-Shu liner in Gala Brown, $24

Rouge Bonbon fantaSY TRIO IN 01 Parisienne Chic, $ 35

Rouge Bonbon Fantasy Trio i 02 Tokyo Kawaii, $ 35

Silke Cushion Cheek i Orange, $ 25

Silke pute kinn i rosa, $ 25

Min dyrebare glitter sett, $ 45

Pampearl-Me Face Powder, $ 39

Ultime8 Sublime Beauty Cleaning Oil, $ 90

Med-kjærlighet-fra-paris børste sett, $ 69

Furry Fantasy Premium False Eyelashes, $ 75

Øye-behov-shu falske øyenvipper, $ 29

Shupettes sminke koffert, $ 400

Fabelaktig kattespiker emalje i sølv, $ 18

Fabelaktig kattespiker emalje i bronse, $ 18

Shupette Flair Eyelash Curler, $ 20

Ditt vennlige nabolag (Feline og) skjønnhetsavhengige,

Karen.

Disse $ 8,99 l’oreal ufeilbare silkissime eyeliners er som å få to av UDs 24/7 glide-på øye blyanter for kostnaden av en

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
Tilgjengelighet: Tilbys nå på Drugstores, Ulta Stores samt Ulta.com
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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.

With The Blushed Nudes palette by Maybelline, Imitation naked 3 Is the Sincerest form of Flattery

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.

Snacks fra Hawaii

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.

Oh, Hello, Cutie! The hello Kitty “The Red Bow beauty Diaries” holiday set Is a hello Kitty Fangirl’s dream

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.