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Sometimes…
Sometimes it’s not about words (because it’s all about orange).
The vibrant MAC All About Orange collection sizzles on counters June 6, but it’s already heating up maccosmetics.com.
Reviews and orange-flavored looks coming soon. For now, eye candy. 🙂
Words of advice: only get your nails done at the Terranea resort and spa in sunny Rancho Palos Verdes, California if you’re sure you can refrain from making ecstasy faces the entire time.
During my mani/pedi yesterday, I felt like my bones were made of soft cheese. I was so relaxed that I could barely hold my head up (I actually did that head tipping thing a few times).
Now that’s relaxed…
The Terranea spa is where you go when you want a beauty experience.
It’s definitely not something I’d do every day (or week or month), or when I just wanted a professional to slap some paint on my paws in an efficient manner.
It’s more of a special occasion thing, because along with the usual spa shaping and polishing, you also get an exfoliating scrub, a brightening mask, a massage and several minutes with your hands and feet hugged in these heavenly heated mitts that I wish I could wear all the time.
All. The. Time.
But my favorite part was the pedicure chair.
OMG! If I were an eccentric heiress (as opposed to just being eccentric), I’d want an entire room of my estate/cat sanctuary dedicated to relaxation, with one of those chairs in the middle and a huge TV, upon which I would watch Bravo while eating veggie pizza. 🙂
The Jacuzzi action on my feet? So good. I could have fallen asleep right there.
The only things keeping me awake were the tickling cheese grater on my heels and Janine, the manicurist who did my nails.
I learned many interesting things from Janine that day. Things like…
The fee is $75 for a 45-minute Pacific Breeze mani and $95 for a 60-minute Pacific Breeze Pedi (see the complete price list here).
Yes, that’s high. But wow.
Wow.
If you book a 60-minute nail treatment (or the mani/pedi combo), you’ll also get all-day access to the spa’s other facilities, which include saunas, an indoor/outdoor lounge with snacks and drinks, a Jacuzzi and a kick-@ss pool with a breathtaking ocean view.
Talk about a recipe for a great day. 🙂
How many bronzers belong in your wardrobe?
Wait — wardrobe?
Yup, a bronzer wardrobe, because it can be nice to have a selection of different bronzers to choose from for different events.
Like a bronzer for date nights, maybe one for brunch, one for big meetings at work, and another one for epic events and fantastical days, like winning the lottery and collecting one of those gigantic checks, or visiting a Petco on kitten adoption day, sweeping your arms wide open and roaring, “OPEN ALL THE CAGES! I’LL TAKE THEM ALL!”
Too Faced Cosmetics is determined to change the way beauty babes look at bronzer.
They’re hoping that instead of relying on just one bronzer to wear year round, bronzer-loving babes (and guys) will see the benefits of wearing different bronzers on different days — much like how we think of lipsticks.
One of my favorite things about flying is reading the SkyMall magazine. It’s an unending treasure trove of weirdness.
What I ate for lunch yesterday. The spa cafe at the Terranea Resort is known for their Bento Boxes, so that’s what I went for. You pick four items from the menu and they put ’em all together in a sweet spread.
“I just don’t understand why you need so many clothes,” says El Hub, EVERY TIME WE GO SHOPPING. “I’ve been wearing the same pair of jeans for 10 years.”
“Exactly,” I’ll say. “Exactly.” And then he’ll get this totally confused look on his face, like how Tabs looks at doors…
Poor guy. He just doesn’t understand. 🙂
But much to El Hub’s shock and delight, I left Nordstrom’s anniversary sale empty-handed last weekend.
Well, technically. While I was there, I got to chatting with a stylish Nordie’s sales associate about trendy jewelry to wear with my summer wardrobe. She grabbed my elbow, pulled me aside and whispered, “Try Anthropologie. They have a great selection of long layering necklaces from, like, $18-40.”
Um, SCORE!
I took her suggestion and bolted over to the store, where I found a bunch of cute pieces to mix and match with plain tanks and tees this summer…
Landed in SoCal in one piece and just wanted to say a quick hello from the pool here at the resort. It’s warm here today… Maybe I’ll take a dip in the pool.
Hope you’re having a nice day so far. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
“Brighten up, buttercup!”
Sometimes when I think of Tabs taking that long walk across the rainbow bridge one day in the hopefully distant, distant future and my lower lip starts trembling, that’s what I say to myself.
“Brighten up, buttercup!”
It’s also what I said the first time I wore Pacifica’s Enlighten Eye Brightening Shadow Palette.
It sucked me in ever before I tried it, with a $12 price tag and promises to brighten my eyes (oh, hellz yeah!).
The fun and summery coral, gold, beige and purple shades come in a mix of satin and iridescent finishes. All of them seem pretty neutral to me, with the exception of the golden child, which warms my NC 42 skin.
So, MEGA points for wear time. I’ve worn these shadows both wet and dry, on top of bare, and also atop primed lids, and they just barely crease and fade over the course of an eight-hour day.
That’s good.
