Giveaways

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, RACHEL!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Good morning, my sweet friend, wherever you are. Today my heart is with the thoughtful, kind, wonderful people of France. I’m overwhelmed by the events in Paris last night. I know that many of you who visit the blog and have for many years are from Paris and other parts of France, and I wish I could reach out and pull you into a huge hug right now.

You are loved very much, and people all around the world, including this small corner of Novato, California, have you in their thoughts and prayers.

I almost cancelled the giveaway this morning because it just didn’t feel right, but I don’t think anything really does right now. I hope something about it puts a smile on someone’s face.

Tabs and I are still waking up, so I’m going to keep this short. Thank you as always for stopping by on your journey, my friend. I hope you have a good weekend, whatever you’re up to, and I’ll talk to you soon.

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  
  • Your favorite eyeshadow formula and finish?
  • Have you ever worn a disguise?
  • What’s your favorite spice?
  • Who is the most noble person you know?
  • What would be a good name for a nail polish color?
  • Combine the titles of two of your favorite movies in a fun way (e.g., “The Godfather at Tiffany’s”)
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, November 16, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, MELISSA!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Aw, don’t make me get out of bed!

So sleepy…

The only thing that could get me out of bed right now is the thought of going to Sephora.

No, really, I’m going to another one of those classes this morning. This one’s Eyebrow & Eye Contour (I think).

I wish I could participate remotely from my bed…in my pajamas, with my cat next to me. But I guess that wouldn’t be the same. 🙂

My brother is visiting this weekend, so I have to go downstairs soon and tiptoe around him so I don’t wake him up while I make my decaf coffee…which really doesn’t work to wake you up, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Whatever you do today, I hope it involves a nap, or perhaps multiple naps. Naps are for Saturdays, and Saturdays are for naps.

Thank you for visiting, my friend. Have a wonderful day.

• One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  
  • __________ has absolutely beautiful sunsets.
  • A brand name that’s very hard for you to pronounce?
  • Do you own a leather jacket?
  • What’s the longest you’ve ever traveled away from home?
  • What was your last Sephora purchase?
  • Where do you store most of your makeup at home?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, ANNE!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Rise and shine, fellow frightening friend of mine… BOO! It’s Halloween. 🙂

Oh, the candy I plan to consume… Mini-Snickers, here I come!

Did you get up on the right side of the coffin this morning, my fiend? Do you feel well-rested and ready to haunt? I hope your fangs and claws look sharp. El Hub and I zipped over to Redding to visit family today, so we’ll be celebrating All Hallows’ Eve up here (yes, of course I brought my Rainbow Dash costume with me).

Have a terrifically terrifying day, and a fabulously frightening night. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.

“Carol Anne, don’t go into the light!”

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • How do you feel about candy corn?
  • Have you ever carved a pumpkin before?
  • Best haunted house?
  • Have you ever seen a ghost?
  • Scariest movie you’ve ever seen?
  • Have you ever been lost in the woods?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Good morning, glory (or evening, or afternoon, depending on what time it is where you are). It’s morning for me here in foggy Novato. 🙂

I’m still chugging along. Yesterday I took it easy and just caught up on some me time. Right now I’m on the way out the door to the Sephora Nighttime Smoky Eyes class, and THAT should most definitely be fun. I’m really looking forward to it.

I hope you have a great weekend and do something fun. Thank you a million times over for all of your help and your sweet email and comment notes over the past few days. Now I have a much better handle on the baby supplies thing and which things are really needs versus nice-to-have wants (the main takeaway: I need a lot, but it’s less than I thought).

And also, thank you for just being sweet and kind. There’s not enough of that these days, but a little kindness still goes a long way in life. I thank you and love you very much, my friend.

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being bangin’), how would you currently rate your brows?
  • Have you ever gone on a trip with a large group of people?
  • Who’s your favorite drinking buddy?
  • What’s the biggest (as in physical size) book you own?
  • Have you decorated your home for Halloween? If so, tell me about it.
  • What’s one of your favorite textile patterns?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, SARAH!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Just when you think things can’t get any more complciated, they throw something new at you on Jane the Virgin! Is anyone else watching that show?? I just started marathoning season 1 on Netflix, and sometimes the melodrama is just TOO MUCH. It’s very addictive…

In other news, happy Caturday! 🙂 How’s it going, my friend? What are you up to? I’m on my way to another one of those Sephora classes this morning, the one called Contour & Highlight, so hopefully I pick up a trick or two. I’ll let you know.

Other than that, I’m just hanging out. I hope you have something fun planned. Good luck in the giveaway. I’ll talk to you soon.

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • Worst packaging for a product you purchased this year?
  • Who is one of the most talented or gifted people in your field?
  • Have you ever lost a cellphone?
  • Have you ever had a couples massage?
  • Do you floss?
  • When was the last time you treated yourself to something special?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, October 19, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, MELISSA!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Rise and shine, morning glory! There’s magic in the air… Can you feel it? It’s making the hair on my arms stand up. 🙂

Whatever you’re up to this weekend, I hope you’re having fun. I know you’re probably busy, too, and have some chores to do, but it’s important that you also take a little time for yourself. You need to recharge those batteries, my friend.

I have yet to figure out my plan for the day, but I anticipate a good breakfast (or brunch!) and a trip to the mall.

Good luck in the giveaway, and I’ll talk to you soon.

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • Without looking them up online, can you remember any makeup company jingles or slogans?
  • If you could replace any piece of furniture in your house, what would it be?
  • Have you ever arm-wrestled?
  • What was your last makeup or skin care “Eureka!” moment?
  • Have you ever seen anyone shoplift before?
  • Have you ever ordered makeup or skin care from a company overseas?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, October 12, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, RACHEL!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

Rise and shine, pal o’ mine! It’s (MAC) Caturday. 🙂

So how was your Friday night? I spent mine with a Martian…

Good movie! Yes, I’m a sucker for sci-fi, but I really enjoyed it. It’s beautiful, sounds great (both the ambient space sound effects, and it has a cool disco soundtrack), looks amazing (the great vastness of space, the breathtaking Martian landscape), has some complex, interesting characters, and not just the character Matt Damon plays. Jessica Chastain does really well, too.

I did realize while watching it, though, that I am so not cut out for space. I’d be all, “NASA, could you please send up some more Fix+? Mkay thx bye.”

I’m still getting myself situated this morning, so I don’t really have my weekend plans worked out, but whatever you’re up to, I hope you have a rock ’em, sock ’em weekend. I’ll talk to you soon, my friend.

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • Do kids trick or treat in your neighborhood?
  • What was your best hair/makeup day this week?
  • What’s your favorite store at the moment?
  • When was the last time you made anything arts and crafty with your hands?
  • Have you ever used a bow and arrow?
  • If you were to start a blog, what would it be about?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

** THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED **
This giveaway is closed, and the winner has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, ELIZABETH!!!), but check back next Saturday for another giveaway.

You’re gonna have to be rising and shining for the both of us today, my makeup-loving friend, because this here lipstick lover has a cold.

Yub, by doze id dodally sdubbed ub. 🙁

But Tabs has been a wonderful nurse. He’s been making me soup and keeping me company on the couch (I ended up not going to the symphony, poo). Yesterday I watched so much TV it’s ridiculous. I even watched Dirty Dancing for the one thousandth time, and by the way, nobody puts baby in the corner. I’m serious — nobody. You do NOT even want to try it, haha.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Tabs and I will be over here living vicariously through you.

• One (1) MAC eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

• Enter by leaving a comment below.
• Open to U.S. and international readers.
• You must be 18 or older to enter (or otherwise an adult based on your local laws).
• Your comment can be about anything at all, but here are some ideas if you’re stuck:
  • What’s your favorite lipstick formula of all time (among all brands)?
  • I can’t stop thinking about __________.
  • Have you ever been to a NASCAR race?
  • When was the last time you did your nails?
  • What’s the hardest thing about your job (or school)?
  • What’s your favorite exercise or piece of equipment at the gym?
• One entry per person.
• You must use a valid email address to win.
• The giveaway ends on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen