Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying…
Points if you can name the band that sings this song!
That’s the new Anastasia Want You to Want Me Palette ($34), new for holiday 2012.
Didn’t I, Didn’t I, Didn’t I See You Crying?
You Can’t Deny The Attraction to Illamasqua Magnetism Lipstick
Like a moth to a flame… I could see that’s how it was for you when you saw me standing there all dressed in black.
There was something in the air between us, a force bringing us together, something invisible. I know you felt it, too.
It drew you to me, coaxed you forward. I watched as you looked down at your feet, intoxicated by my beauty, and took a step toward me. First your right foot, and then your left. But it wasn’t you who moved them, was it? They moved of their own accord, powerless against me.
When your arms slowly drifted upward and away from your body, reaching for me as if on strings, and I saw that the hairs on your arms were also standing, I knew that you were mine.
“Try me,” I whispered, as you held me in your warm embrace. And you did as you were told.
You opened my cap slowly and then —
Gasp! You saw what I was wearing underneath…
A creamy raspberry pink, and the curves! Such beautiful curves!
You tried to look away, knew that you had to look away, but it was no use. You were caught like a fish on a hook. Illamasqua’s new Lipstick in Magnetism ($24.50) had secured her prey.
You covered the distance between us in less than a second, drawing me along your lips. “Where should we go?” you whispered into my cap.
“This way…” I replied, my voice little more than a sigh.
Gently, you placed me into your snakeskin clutch, and I felt my temperature rise.
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More Cat Lady Couture (Or Cat Lady Socks, Vol. 2)
Because what the world needs now are more cat ladies wearing cat socks!!
What an Alluring Blush! I Can’t Resist Illamasqua’s Powder Blusher in Allure
“A lure…? Like a fishing lure?”
No, silly! Allure. Like alluring, as in the new Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Allure, a dusky, rosy pink with sand-sized flecks of golden glitter.
It’s part of the new 12-piece Illamasqua Generation Q collection, which I haven’t spotted at Sephora yet, but I saw it online over at illamasqua.com.
Lots of bold eye and lip colors in the launch…
What do you think of these model shots from the campaign? Aren’t they great? Very edgy and real.
As for the blush? 
Gorgeous! I wasn’t sure what to expect based on that swatch down there, but I love how natural it looks, as long as I apply it with a light touch.
The little flecks of glitter don’t really show up very well in these pics (I tried!), but they’re there…doing their glittery thing.
I’m Having Blue Illusions
The limited edition Chanel Illusion D’Ombre in Apparition ($36), a shimmery grayish blue cream shadow from the new Blue Illusion de Chanel collection. Available now at chanel.com.
Cat Lady Socks, Vol. 1
This Is the Story of a Miracle Makeup Tree and the LORAC Pro Palette’s Cool-Toned Neutral Shades
Doop-da-doo, there I was, happily skippin’ down the street, Tabs’ leash in one hand, ice cream truck money in the other (one Drumstick please…actually two, ’cause I’m PMS-ing!), when I stumbled upon a tree bearing the most unusual fruit.
The branches hung low, weighed down not with plump, juicy apples or ripe peaches, but with bushels of new LORAC Pro Palettes.
For real!
I stood there with my mouth agape, staring up in awe, as more and more neighborhood beauty addicts gathered ’round, and women, men, young and old alike, all marveled at the miracle makeup tree.
Each of the $42 palettes (a $110 value), which hung beside a tiny tube of Behind the Scenes Eye Shadow, housed 16 powder eyeshadows in neutral shades, eight of them matte shades and eight of them shimmers.
I could have stood there all day if it hadn’t been for Tabs…
He ran toward the tree, claws poised and ready to climb the trunk!
“Stop!” I called out to him. I wasn’t about to watch my 20-pound tabby get stuck in a makeup tree, so I skittered over and scooped him up.
That’s when I heard someone near me ask if anyone had tried the palette.
“I have,” I said, slinging Tabs over my shoulder. Tabs grumbled, of course, in response. “I think it’s pretty good. I like that it comes with an even mix of mattes and shimmers and that most of the colors are cool toned.”
I plucked one of the palettes from a branch and handed it to a woman standing next to me with a red stroller.
“Makes it a little different from the other neutral eyeshadow palettes that are out there,” I said. “Here, swatch the eyeshadows. They’re super soft, easy to blend, too, and most are packed with pigment.”
I felt a little tickle on the back of my head. Hmm… It was Tabs, chomping on my hair — his way of letting me know that he was hungry and ready to go home.
Just then a perky teenager wearing glittery golden eyeliner asked me a question about fallout.
“There is some,” I replied, “so you may want to do your eye makeup first, and then follow with foundation and powder. Or, tap-tap-tap your brush against something to remove some of the excess powder before applying.”
In a Land of Giants, the NARS Andy Warhol Larger Than Life Lip Glosses Take Me to My Safe Place
Wearing NARS Larger Than Life Lip Gloss in International Velvet
Look out for shorty!
I gotta get that printed on a t-shirt…
No, seriously. Have I ever told you about my weird knack for crossing paths with swarms of really, really tall people?
I’m like a giant magnet! — and by that I mean a magnet for giants.
Happens all the time. Pretty much every time I’m out walking in a crowded place, and it doesn’t matter if I spot the giants coming from a mile away. Some how, some way, I always end up in their path, darting back and forth between their long legs like a cat in a giraffe stampede!
It’s the weirdest thing…
Happened last Friday in Tahoe, as a matter of fact. There I was, making my way across the casino toward the Kitty Glitter machine the restroom when a pack of really tall dudes suddenly appeared!
Gah! I tried to cut left but was blocked by a line of craps tables, then right but was blocked by a slow-moving couple.
By then, it was too late…
The giants descended upon me like…giants! Instinctively, I brought my hands up to protect my face, as I was carried along the casino floor like a tiny leaf in a rushing river of striped shirts and strong cologne. The creatures barked, too, shouting “Yo, bro!” at each other and slapping high-fives.
I told myself, “stay calm,” and retreated to my mental safe place. For strength, I tried to think of something larger than life…
…like the five new NARS Larger Than Life Lip Glosses from the Andy Warhol Pop Holiday 2012 collection ($26 each). 🙂
From the left: International Velvet, Viva, Candy Says, Penny Arcade and Hollywoodlawn
Swatches from the left: International Velvet, Viva, Candy Says, Penny Arcade and Hollywoodlawn
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