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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
A family of birds has moved into the oak tree just outside my living room deck. There’s usually at least three or four of ’em hanging out on the branches, so of course, on the day I had my camera handy, only one bird showed up for the photo session.
Circa 1980. Please note the fingernail polish and the side-swept bangs.
My favorite thing about the three new Dolce & Gabbana Voluptuous Lipsticks in the True Monica collection? That even if you’re clad in frayed sweatpants and a t-shirt peppered with holes, and your hair passed the point when it probably should’ve been washed THREE DAYS AGO, and there are still sticky boogers all up in your eyes because you decided not to wash your face this morning…you’ll still feel like a seductive Italian screen siren wearing one of them, pouty lips and all.
The three $33 lipsticks, each of them inspired by Italian actress/model/all-around hot babe Monica Bellucci, whom you might remember from The Matrix Reloaded, or more recently from The Whistleblower with Rachel Weisz, and one of her signature makeup looks with smokey eyes and nude-toned, full lips.
For the all important question: “Which of these warm, creamy lip colors would I wear to jury duty or the DMV?”
The answer: “Any of them.” 🙂 Creamy beige Nude Monica, pinkish beige True Monica or pale rose Gentle Monica.
But why stop at the courthouse? Slip one on anytime you want to stop traffic, perhaps with your hair down, a pair of femme fatale high heels and a body-con dress.
There’s nothin’ like a quick pick-me-up after a long day, ya know? A glass of lemonade, a couple dozen kitty hugs, a splash of perfume, a swipe of gloss, a brush of bronzer… 🙂
And when I want my pick-me-up to take the shape of something beautiful, I almost always go with a bright lip, like MAC’s hot pink Impassioned Lipstick, because it’s easy to use and packed with POW!
Other beauty-based pick-me-ups I frequently enjoy…
What about you? What are some of your best beauty pick-me-ups? Sock it to me in the comments.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
An insatiable appetite for “just one more purse.” I HAZ IT!
And rather than reeling myself in, controlling my hunger and mining my closet for classics like the quilted Kate Spade bag that rarely left my side during the summer of 2010, I find new reasons to adopt new bags, like “If the universe were really against my getting another purse, it would not have filled DSW with so many cute ones.”
At least, that’s what I told myself when I spotted the Perforated Satchel, a product of Poverty Flats by Rian.
The first time I saw it was at nordstrom.com a while back, but it was $80 at the time and sold out.
Each time I checked back, it was sold out, so I figured it wasn’t meant to be…
Then, when I spotted it at DSW for $49.95 two weeks ago, I jumped! I couldn’t say no to the black, tan and cream blocked design, which I thought would go with almost everything.
Now I have all this extra time on my hands (okay, it’s only about 2 extra minutes) that I’m not spending wondering which bag to wear with what shoes, since this lightweight, faux-leather zip-top satchel easily dresses up or down.
I can slip it on if I’m going casual with my tan platform wedges on the weekend, or going dressier with black strappy sandals for a nice dinner.
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Karen
