Yes! We made it to Friday, haaay! I wish we could all take a long lunch together, hang out at the MAC counter and talk about our weekends while drooling over makeup… I’m starved, but before we...

If the summer sun hasn’t brightened your corner of the world yet, MAC’s Bright Future eyeshadow may be able to help. One of five shadows in the new MAC Style Warrior collection, it’s a vibrant...

You know I loves me some Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which means Sarah Michelle Gellar (aka Mrs. Freddie Prinze Jr., aka Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is tops in my book. I was thrilled to hear that...

Reunited and it feels so good Hello from the mainland, ladies. I returned home late last night and then woke up at the crack o’ dawn this morning to pick up Tabs from the Hotel Cattyfornia. He...

Ring around the rose-y, MAC’s pocket full of posies! Read on to catch a whiff of their latest collection, A Rose Romance, before it goes on sale April 23. The 23-piece color collection for...

Mine are persimmons. © Karen for Makeup and Beauty Blog: Makeup Reviews, Beauty Tips and Drugstore Beauty Finds, 2009. | No comment |

Test your pigment knowledge! Can you guess these colors? © Karen for Makeup and Beauty Blog: Makeup Reviews, Beauty Tips and Drugstore Beauty Finds, 2009. | 3 comments |

Rise and shine, ladies! I hope you got your grub on yesterday. I think I gained at least a pound, but I look at it as carbo-loading for Black Friday. Black Friday — what an ominous phrase, right? Overlooking, for a moment, the irony of dedicating...

Today my Bay Area blogging buddy Marisol of A Dirty Martini Kind of Girl shares her new favorite budget beauty treasure, got2b Fat-Tastic Mousse. Why do we always want what we can’t have?  Even though I’ve gotten compliments on my curly hair, I’ve...

I’ve spent a sizable chunk of this week dancing at home to Shakira’s new CD, She Wolf (it was released on Monday). I’m in love with the title track… Dang that thing’s catchy! Would you believe that Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born in Columbia on...