Hiya, friends! I am at a mall with *two* Clarins counters hunting for a tube of Wonder Mint mascara. The first counter didn’t have it, so, if it’s MIA at the second counter, then I’m still SOL as far as the teal terror is concerned.

Anyhoo, while cruising the other makeup counters I spied these four limited edition palettes from Prescriptives. New for summer, the collection is called Limited Edition Palettes for Eyes and Cheeks. Each $55 palette comes packed with four full-sized eyeshadows and two blushes, and the Prescriptives artists here tell me that it would cost $97.50 to buy all the products in each palette separately. I loves me a good deal, but I must stay focused! I’m off to Clarins counter numero dos. Wish me mascara luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Life is like a tube of lipgloss… You never know what you’re gonna get. Take Chanel’s Equinoxe Glossimer, for example, which looks totally lunch lady scary in the tube, but on my kisser it looks like a completely different product (with a lovely nude, golden pink glow).

Two coats of Equinoxe Glossimer layered on top of MAC’s Syrup lipstick give me what I like to call “fight the power” glow. A product with purple and gold flecks may not sound appropriate for the workplace, but Equinoxe is subtle enough for most office environments.

Viva la lipgloss revolution!

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Hey, girls. It’s Monday and I’m feeling kind of blah, so to improve my outlook on this most dreaded of week days, I tried this really fun blue/teal eye with Sonia Kashuk’s Blue Lagoon Eye Shadow Quad ($9.99).

I used all four colors in the Blue Lagoon Quad, along with MAC Indigo Eye Pencil. Here’s the color map and shade placement I used:

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Hi, homies! I’m at Macy’s right now buying eye makeup remover. I just saw this amazing teal-colored waterproof mascara from Clarins. The shade is Wonder Mint and it’s $23. Sadly, they are out of it right now, so no teal mascara for me! It’s pretty though, yah?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Sorry, but I sent this from my crackberry, hence the Blair Witch picture quality.

Lovely ladies, I’d like to introduce you to my latest lipstick obsession: Shu Uemura’s Rouge Unlimited Crystal Shine lipstick!

Falling in love with these $23 lippies was easy. They make my lips shine brighter than a glazed doughnut (mmm… doughnut) yet still feel feather-light on my lips. They pack tons of color, and there are a bunch of shades to choose from — 17 in all!

Here are eight of my favorites…

Beige shades

BG 941S

BG 916S

BG 901S

From left to right: 901S, 941S, 916S

Pink shades

PK 357S

PK 313S

PK 301S

From left to right: PK 301S, PK 313S, PK 375S


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