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Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful…
Kisses,
Tabs
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noun
1 a man, typically a celebrity, whose good looks excite immature romantic feelings in women : Tabs always knew he was destined to be a heartthrob.
Rise and shine, morning glory. 🙂 I hope you slept well.
Tabs has been keeping new hours lately, staying up later at night and sleeping in later in the mornings. Right now he’s conked out at the top of his cat tower, with his cute kitty tail poking out through the hole in the bottom of the cubby. That’s sort of like his version of a hotel room’s “Do not disturb” sign, so I’ll leave him be while I have my coffee, and you and I catch up.
Other than dinner at a Japanese restaurant I’d never been to before, my Friday night was blissfully uneventful. Dinner was great, even though I was a little concerned right after placing my order…
“I’m sorry,” the waiter replied, visibly distraught. “We’re out of the regular white rice tonight.”
The words hung over the table for a few seconds before I could formulate a thought.
Wait — what? How does a Japanese restaurant run out of rice? Isn’t that like an Italian restaurant running out of pasta or a burger joint running out of buns?
I shifted uneasily in my seat looking over at the chefs working behind the bar. “So what are you guys using for the sushi?”
“Oh, I can get you some of the sushi rice,” the waiter answered, his eyes lighting up at the suggestion. “Would you like a bowl of that?”
“Uh…sure. Is it just regular sticky rice?”
“Mm hmm. Would you like a bowl of the sushi rice instead?”
Instead? Instead of what? “Yes, please.” This is weird. “Thank you.”
LOL! It was just a little confusing at the time, but I get it now. The steamed white rice they serve in bowls at the tables is slightly different than the steamed white rice they use to make sushi.
Anywho, it’s still early here. Cut me some slack. 🙂
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I gotta give snaps to MBB reader Heidi (and her fabulous kitteh Missy!) for introducing me to today’s MAC Unsung Hero, Oh Baby Lipglass ($14.50).
A few months ago Heidi urged me to give this sheer-to-medium coverage bronze gloss a go, so I did, and now it’s my JAM!
Oh Baby kisses lips with a glittery golden bronze that looks particularly great paired with bronze and teal eyeshadows.
Today I started reading the new Urban Decay Book of Shadows, Vol. IV ($64), and it’s quite the page turner so far. 🙂
Urban Decay’s latest tale stars 16 eyeshadows (10 of them new) and a host of other interesting characters, like Supercurl (Full name: Supercurl Curling Mascara) and Potion (Full name: Eyeshadow Primer Potion).
I’m a sucker for science fiction, and when it’s good like this, I feel compelled to cosplay! — in a manner of speaking. I based my makeup this afternoon on the first of five tutorials in the story, the lovely “Crystallized.”
The book/palette comes with five special QR codes, which work a little like bar codes. After installing a free iPhone app to read QR codes, I held the phone’s camera up to the code. The phone scanned it and then opened a link to the video.
Cool…
Each of the tutorials features Urban Decay’s Executive Creative Director Wende Zomnir and a model, on whom Wende completes the look while describing each step in the process, including which products and brushes to use.
If I were on a surf trip right now somewhere miles from the nearest Sephora and had lost my precious tube of Urban Decay Cannonball mascara ($20), I’d head for the closest drugstore to grab an emergency tube of $9 L’Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Waterproof.
The original Million Lashes and I had issues with clumping when we spent time together last fall, but it looks like L’Oreal worked out some of the kinks this time around. The waterproof version doesn’t clump up on me, barely smudges at all and doesn’t drop a flake. It’s smoother than Ryan Gosling, and two layers deliver beautifully separated lashes able to hold a curl through three sweaty miles on the treadmill.
Not bad.
No kidding, this stuff is really, REALLY waterproof, which is great, but that also makes it a little tough to remove (without the right cleanser). I find myself having to use an extra pump of MAC Cleanse Off Oil, which barely blinks in the face of other mascaras, to thoroughly remove every trace.
As for lash length and volume, you know me. 🙂 It’s go drag or go home. In this case I’d love to see both attributes upgraded. If we were talking about Project Runway, L’Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Waterproof Mascara would be, like, the middle of the season, but I want the kind of length and volume we see in the finale at NY Fashion Week.
It’s almost there, but not quite. I think my lashes do look much longer and thicker wearing Urban Decay Cannonball, fo’ sho’. Of course, Cannonball costs more than twice the price.
Before (top) and after (bottom) two layers of L’Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes; Lloyd says hi, btw
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Just a few shots from the farmers’ market last night. 🙂
I love all the colors…
Next month, designer Elie Saab debuts his first scent, ELIE SAAB Le Parfum ($42-120).
The official fragrance notes of this woody floral include: orange blossom, “Mediterranean petals” (hmm), jasmine, patchouli, white flowers, cedar wood and rose honey.
I sprayed it on my wrist first thing this morning and have been sniffing it all day. It’s fresh, graceful and feminine, like a long, flowing maxi dress in a watercolor print. I’m entranced!
Look for it next month at Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
