I’m Matte About Make Up For Ever La Bohème Aqua Eyes in Gypsy
Why, yes. The silky smooth texture and all-day wear time (both on my lash and water lines) of Make Up For Ever’s new $18 Aqua Eyes in Gypsy are rocking my hot pink argyle socks off, but that’s not what I love most about this limited edition liner.
The fresh brewed coffee color of this rich matte brown makes it neutral enough to work with the cool and warm colors in my shadow stash, and I think that’s pretty sweet. Greens, blues, golds, bronzes, beiges and even purples — Gypsy digs ’em all — and it even works well as a base for smokey eye looks with black and/or gray.
Aqua Eye Pencil in Gypsy and the La Bohème palette
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Paul & Joe Kitten Collection Nail Enamel
Meow! I can’t wait to paint my paws with the new Paul & Joe Kitten Collection Nail Enamels ($14 each).
From the left: Kitten Claws, Tigress and Manekineko. All three are available now online at Beauty Habit.
A Crazy Cat Lady Calendar
It’s like this kitty desk calendar was made for just crazy cat ladies! I found it at Paper Source.
Make Up For Ever’s La Bohème Collection for Spring 2012 Lets Lips Take Baby Steps With Two New Rouge Artist Natural Lipsticks
Hard to believe now after 20-some-odd years of wearing lipstick that there was a time when I was actually kind of afraid of the stuff.
Before walking home after the spring dance in junior high, I was one of those girls frantically removing forbidden eyeliner and Lip Smackers in the bathroom, but by freshman year, I’d gotten the OK from Mom to start wearing makeup legitimately.
My first fully authorized lipstick was a tube of Clinique Raspberry Glacè, and while I was thrilled to have my very own tube of “fancy” lipstick, I couldn’t just apply it straight from the tube… No, I thought that made it look too opaque and heavy, which drew too much attention to my braces, so I was forever dabbing and blotting Raspberry Glacè to get that lightly stained lip look I liked so much.
Now, if the two new limited edition Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Natural Lipsticks from the La Bohème Spring collection ($19 each) had been around back then, I probably would have tucked Raspberry Glacè away into the recesses of my Liz Claiborne purse and opted instead for either reddish coral Folk or peachy beige Bohème for touch-ups at my locker between classes.
Both of these sheer, slick and hydrating lipsticks apply with a gossamer veil of color and shine and have a classic powdery rose flavor and scent that I like. For gals who fear the look of heavy, thick lipsticks (like I did at one time), I fancy them in a way as lipstick training wheels.
Limited edition packaging!
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Light Up Your Eyes and World With Make Up For Ever’s New La Bohème Eye Shadow Palette
High up on my list of things to do this week: dreaming big dreams — no matter how silly or far-fetched they might seem.
Because you never know. Casting those crazy ideas out into the ether could be the spark that sets in motion a chain of events that leads to one or more of them coming true.
Of course, a few of my big dreams would have to be related to makeup, right? — like traveling around the world while wearing the colors in the new limited edition Make Up For Ever La Bohème Eye Shadow Palette ($39).
And since we’re talking about BIG dreams, I’d want to wear each of the six baked shadows in this free-spirited palette while exploring a different far-flung corner of the world, and I’d start in Costa Rica with Lagoon Green.
This shimmery teal would be the perfect color to wear out to dinner with my BFF Cindy after a day spent playing in the surf.
From there, we’d zip out across the Pacific to the Garden Isle with mossy Vegetal Green, which I’d love to wear while searching for secret waterfalls on Kauai.
Then, and this one would require passing through quite a few time zones, I’d wear Beige on my lids while hiking the hills around Provence with my favorite wide-angle lens, and silvery violet Parma Purple while El Hub and I ate our way through Rome.
Next, silvery peach Coral and I would tour the Taj Mahal (always wanted to go), and then head back home to hopefully wear shimmery reddish bronze Brown out with you to lunch.
Afterward, maybe we could even do some window shopping, and you could take us to some of your favorite places to play with makeup in your town. 🙂
I know, I know. Such a crazy dream, but even if it never happens, at least I can still mimic the same sparkle in my eyes that I get when I’m traveling, since MUFE added high amounts of pearl to these baked shadows (which have a new formula just added to the line) to give skin a luminous, almost metallic finish.
The La Bohème Eye Shadow Palette and Aqua Eyes in Gypsy (also from the La Bohème collection)
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Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Vol. 206
Keep looking up…
- You might be wondering, “So what the heck is this Monday Poll thing anyway?”
Well, it isn’t much of a poll. It’s more just a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past four years. I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
- Mood:
- How do you feel about teal eyeliner?
- The name of a perfume you own but never wear?
- Have you ever noticed…
- A scent that reminds you of your teenage years?
- Where’s your favorite place to nap?
- What’s the best thing about Mondays?
- How’s your hair today?
- What’s the most important thing you look for in a lipgloss besides color?
- Weekly goals:
Well, I’m on the cusp between fussy and glad. I’ve been fighting a cold since yesterday and still feel a little run down, so I’m gonna try to take it easy today.
I feel great about it. 🙂 Not so much now in the middle of winter, but definitely in the spring and summer, especially paired with orange lips.
Chanel No. 5. I received a bottle as a gift some years back, and I’ve always liked the scent, but I still don’t quite feel like it fits me yet. I keep it, though, because I seem to like it more and more every year.
…all of the ads catering to cat ladies in Real Simple magazine? Seriously, it’s almost like every other page has something to do with kitty litter, wet food or removing cat hair from the couch.
I guess their readership includes a high percentage of cat ladies (myself included, haha!).
Bath & Body Works Juniper Breeze… I must have gone through 50 gallons of that stuff.
Either downstairs on the couch or upstairs on the floor in my office (next to Tabs, of course).
Funny, but I just realized that I never actually nap in my bed.
I like the idea of Mondays as a fresh start.
Not bad. I straightened it yesterday and haven’t washed it yet, so it isn’t frizzy, which is good, and my bangs are behaving (I’m thinking about growing them out).
Moisture. I need a ton of it because my lips get very dry.
I’m tempering my ambitions this week, so I just want to take it easy, get plenty of rest, and keep this cold at bay, if possible.
How about you? How are you doing this morning? Did you have a good weekend? I hope you were able to carve out some “me” time for yourself (it’s important).
Tabs is sitting here next to my desk watching the birds in the oak tree outside the window and purr-chirping up a storm!
I wish I felt a little better right now and we could all hang out today and do something fun (like a museum, a makeup counter or a movie), but since technology hasn’t quite gotten us there yet, for now at least, the Monday Poll will have to do. 🙂
- To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
1. Mood:
2. How do you feel about teal eyeliner?
3. The name of a perfume you own but never wear?
4. Have you ever noticed…
5. A scent that reminds you of your teenage years?
6. Where’s your favorite place to nap?
7. What’s the best thing about Mondays?
8. How’s your hair today?
9. What’s the most important thing you look for in a lipgloss besides color?
10. Weekly goals:
Let’s take a couple of deep, cleansing breaths together, babe. In and out. In and out. Ah…
All together now, “Today is the start of a great week.” 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
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