Mine’s Casino Royale, like OPI’s Casino Royale ($8.50) from the 12-piece Skyfall collection.
What’s Your Favorite Bond Movie?
It’s a Giant Halloween! Here’s My Hodgepodge Mani Mix of Glittery Copper, Black and Orange Shades With Zoya, OCC, Deborah Lippmann and Sonia Kashuk
I did a couple of different things last night. One, I painted my nails orange and black, both for Halloween and to cheer the Giants winning the World Series, and two, I (kinda) watched The Last Exorcism on Netflix.
On that last one…good grief! What was I thinking firing up a movie about a teenager possessed by a demon 30 minutes before bed?!
Come on, Karen, wake up!
I actually didn’t make it through the whole thing on account of a terrible scene involving a little barn kitty…
I couldn’t take it! But thankfully my nails were dry by then, so I just ran away from the TV screaming “No! No! No!” and went upstairs to bed.
For my nails, I knew I wanted something more complicated than a single color but easier than a fancy work of nail art, so after digging through my drawer of polishes, I settled on a hodgepodge mani mix of glittery copper, black and orange shades…
There’s a big rally/parade down in San Francisco today for the Giants, and I’m heading down, but please don’t tell Tabs. I know he’d want to go, but he’s such a cat diva. With the time it takes him to get ready, we’d never make it on time.
My plan is to distract him by mixing a handful of Greenies in with his gravy. Then I’ll quietly sneak out the door. 🙂
In candy news, do you ever crave chocolate in the morning?
I don’t know if it’s hormonal (probably), or just because there’s a big bag of Fun Size Snickers on the kitchen counter, but every day lately I wake up ravenous for chocolate.
What’s up with that?
Trick or Treat
The neighborhood kids are getting Snickers and Sour Skittles this year.
(Note to self: Do not eat all of the Snickers and Sour Skittles this year.)
I’m also supposed to carve that pumpkin for Tabs…
Happy Halloween!
Peanut Butter and Jelly, Meet Black Liner and Red Lipstick (Another Power Couple): The New Hourglass Icon Collection and Film Noir Kohl Eye Pencil in Eclipse
The six or seven (no kidding) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I ate last week got me thinking about other great pairings, like Bogie and Bacall, Hall and Oats, Nutella and anything, and red lips and black liner…
Red lips and black liner — a quick and easy, everyday combo that always hits the spot (much like, in my case, creamy peanut butter and raspberry jelly sandwiches on super soft, fresh bread).
But woman cannot live on sandwiches alone. No, this one also needs makeup! Like these pieces from the new Hourglass holiday collection — four long-wearing, blueish red lip products in a shade called Icon ($28-30 each), and a black pencil liner called Eclipse (the $28 Film Noir Kohl Eye Pencil in Eclipse, which is also available in a brown called Espresso).
Altogether, they’re like comfort food (but for your face). 🙂
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Last-Minute Halloween Costume Ideas: Disco Queen
When that brief moment of pause hits as you’re about to push the “order” button on that sequined, sleeveless black jumpsuit, and you think to yourself, “Really, will I ever have a reason to wear this crazy contraption?!” — IGNORE IT.
You just never know when you’ll get the urge to look like Blanche Marie Elizabeth Hollingsworth Devereaux. Or when you’ll need something to wear with your last-minute Disco Queen Halloween costume.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love disco? Yes, my fellow Dancing Queen, I like to Let It Whip to Brick House!! You could’ve done The Hustle to half the songs played at my wedding, fo’ reals!
So when I found this plastic “Disco” necklace at Party City last week (just a few feet from the Sexy Clown costume), it beckoned me to bring it home.
#catlady moment: I kindasorta wish I had a kitty-size one to put on Tabs, so we could match. Oh, wait…
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I Think We Have Enough Glitter for Now
OPI’s The Living Daylights ($8.50) from the 12-piece Skyfall collection. So sparkly!
Even though Timothy Dalton’s probably my least favorite Bond, I have good memories of this film. When I was a kid, I watched it with my family at the now defunct Union City Drive-In Theater.
I miss drive-ins… They were a lot of fun.
60-Second Review: MAC All For Glamour Touch Up Kit in Medium Dark
If the new MAC All For Glamour Touch Up Kit in Medium Dark ($39.50) were any cuter, I’d pinch its puffy satin cover and start speaking baby talk to it…
Who’s dat cute widdle kit?! Who’s dat cute widdle kit?! Wid da pwush widdle cubuh?! Is it you? Is it you?! YES, it’s you! You’re da cute widdle kit!! 🙂
The two products it protects, a colorless Blot Pressed Powder in Medium Dark and a pinkish neutral beige Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Bare Again, are products I would normally reach for any day of the week…
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Foggy
A foggy morning in Novato.
Seems like people either love or hate the fog… I’m not too crazy about it, myself, but sometimes I think it looks neat.
