Purple and Blue Liner, and a Handy Makeup Tip for Hooded Lids
Do you ever suddenly get the urge to wear colorful liner? If you do, I totally get it. Yesterday I grabbed a bright blue (Urban Decay Chaos) and a sparkly purple (UD Vice). I popped the blue on my upper lash line and then layered a couple sparkly shade...
Checking In | Beauty Nerd Things on “The Morning Show” | Chanel Midnight Red Lipstick | Crazy Brussels Sprouts Stalks
Do you watch “The Morning Show” with Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston? If you do, I wonder if the episode that aired last week got your nerdy beauty wheels turning! There’s a scene towards the end where Reese’s character i...
Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Vol. 806
So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morni...
Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 785
There are some things Rosie’s scientific mind surely could not comprehend. I was reminded of this while rewatching “The Golden Compass” this weekend, which stars Stelmaria, the snow leopard daemon / spirit animal of Lord Asriel. If a ...
Saturday Surfing, November 4, 2023!
Good morning, sweet friend. Happy Saturday to you! The pic above is one of my favorite parts of my neighborhood right meow, and I see it whenever I go for a long walk. I love being under the canopy of leaves and seeing the sunlight filter through. Soon...
Chanel Rouge Allure L’Extrait in Rouge Puissant | Red Lips Inspired by Fall Leaves
There’s a joke around where I live in Northern California about the Bay Area not having a real fall season. I think the trees around my neighborhood would have something to say about that, LOL! Here’s a stunner that I see every day when I w...
Chanel Lumière Graphique and Duo Lumière, and the Inner Corner Highlight Moment
Sometimes that inner corner highlight hits just right! I put a little bit of the new Chanel Duo Lumière highlighter on after doing a swish of the khaki taupe shade from the Lumière Graphique eyeshadow palette on my lids, and it was exactly what I neede...
Checking In: Happy Halloween! Zombie Dark Circles, Food Costumes, Big ‘80s Hair
Happy Halloween, my friend! I didn’t really have plans to dress up this year but apparently today I’ve been walking around as an unintentional zombie… I got dark circles under my eyes for days. I was wide awake in the wee hours of the morni...
Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Vol. 805
So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morni...
Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 784
Rosie wanted to show off her two favorite Halloween-themed cat collars, so this week’s installment of Sundays With Tabs is all about her. (And this jack o’lantern.) First, there’s her leopard-print ghosty collar… And then there&...