Zoya Tracie, $8, from the Beach & Surf collection.
I like the subtle shimmer. 🙂
by Karen 3 Comments

Zoya Tracie, $8, from the Beach & Surf collection.
I like the subtle shimmer. 🙂
by Karen 8 Comments




More fun with Instagram-ish filters and a few outtakes from the Rent-A-Tabby photo session.
I put Temptations treats in the box to lure him in…



See his little tongue? LOL!
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Just a quick hello before TV time (hello!). 🙂 Tabs and I are about to curl up on the couch to watch the new Game of Thrones, and we’re both pretty excited about it, too, because he actually scored a cameo. Yup, he’s “Alley Cat No. 3” in the season premiere.
Isn’t that cool? He’s been wanting to make the jump to cable television (he’s trying out for Mad Men next), but don’t worry — even if his acting career takes off, he won’t give up modeling; he loves it too much.
This week Tabs had kitty modeling jobs for a few pretty big beauty brands, like Aveda, Urban Decay, MAC, Becca and Physicians Formula.
Here are the latest pics from his portfolio…

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Today is always one of my favorite days of the year. 🙂 First, for April Fools (like me), and second, because it means we’ve left the last of the winter months behind. No more March! From now on, at least for a while, it’s all about spring and summer, and what could be better than that?
Hark! A freelance makeup artist on the outskirts of town near the borderlands reported seeing something very disturbing this week… She was tending to her flock of clients one sunny afternoon in a field of wildflowers, when all of a sudden she heard a buzzing sound. Slowly, the sound grew louder, and louder, and louder still! — until it was all she and her clients could hear.
Terrified, they turned their faces up toward the sky, their eyes feverishly seeking out the source of the sound, and then they saw it, approaching from the horizon. So vast that it blotted out the sun as it grew nearer. A swarm!
She and the others were lucky to escape with their lives that day…and their BB cream.
Description: Created by a deranged entomologist-turned-cosmetics scientist, BB Bees generally behave like their smaller honey-loving cousins. Although many times larger (growing to a length of about 5 feet), they spend their days searching for food, except in their case it’s not pollen they crave. It’s BB cream, also known as blemish balm, which they collect, sometimes from living victims, with their hind legs for transport back to the hive.
Frequency: Rare
Speed: Fast
Armor Class: 7
Special Attacks: Poison sting
Special Defenses: Flight
Intelligence: Animal
Alignment: Neutral
Size: Medium (5′ long)


MAC Unsung Hero: Cremesheen Lipglass in Double Dare
Rouge Bunny Rough Matte Eyeshadow in Sweet Dust Seriema
Sonia Kashuk Brush & Sponge Cleanser
Urban Decay Build Your Own Palette Eyeshadows
Urban Decay Summer 2012 Nail Polishes
Rouge Bunny Rouge Glitter Pigment in Caress of Mink
The New bareMinerals Eyeshadow Duos and Quads
What skin care products have you been loving lately?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
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Zoya Carly, $8. From the new Beach & Surf collection.
Do you like?
by Karen 2 Comments

Instagram-ish filter applied. It’s hard to believe it’s the exact same tree, isn’t it?

In the tradition of forward feline thinking here at Makeup and Beauty Blog, I am proud to announce a brand new service that brings the cat cafe experience directly to you.
Introducing: Rent-A-Tabby.
Why settle for mere pics and video when you can actually spend time interacting with the world’s first international plus-size kitty supermodel from the comfort of your own home?
Rent-A-Tabby, a new service here on Makeup and Beauty Blog, brings the Tabs experience right to your doorstep.
Feel Tabs making biscuits on your tum firsthand. Hear him sweetly beg for gravy in the middle of the night (“mrowww!”). Awaken to nearly 20 pounds of raw feline force catapulting off your bladder at 5 in the morning. Experience a kitty butt shoved in your face at all hours of the day (live and in 3D).
If you said “Yes!” to any of the above, or if you’re just a cat fan and want to hang out with Tabs, Rent-A-Tabby is right for you.

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Well, hello bronze. Things are certainly looking sun-kissed and smoldering over at Tom Ford Beauty this spring, and I, for one, am lurving it. 🙂
“I have always loved the look of tanned, glowing skin, whether it is achieved with bronzing powder or with a natural tan.”
— Tom Ford
A few noms…

Clockwise from the gold pot on the left: Cream Color for Eyes in Guilt ($35), Ultra Shine Lip Gloss in Gold Dust ($45) and Cream Color for Eyes in Illicit ($35)

Cream Color for Eyes in Illicit

Cream Color for Eyes in Guilt
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