Beauty product reviews, makeup tips and news from your friendly neighborhood beauty addict.
October 1st, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Hair, Just For Fun
Actress and breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) hit it big in the late-’80s, landing a role as the big-haired, ditzy Kelly Bundy on Married With Children.
Kelly B. made Christina famous, but it wasn’t her first TV gig. Her first was *starring* as an infant of three months old on the soap opera, Days of Our Lives. 
It was her big break!
That role as “Baby” (LOL!) catapulted Christina into guest appearances on Charles in Charge, Silver Spoons and Family Ties.
When Married With Children finished filming after its successful 10-year run, Christina went on to star in movies, a Broadway musical (Sweet Charity) and a short-lived sitcom, Samantha Who?
I’ve always liked her comic timing (and that beautiful blonde hair!) and have followed her career for years. I was just as shocked as everyone to hear last August that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. Having a gene marker that indicated an aggressive form of the disease, she chose to undergo a double mastectomy.
Today, with her cancer in remission, she’s back at work, not only acting but also sharing her story with others.
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September 25th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Hair, Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
It may not have been wrenched from a stone like Arthur’s Excalibur, but the T3 Featherweight Hair Dryer feels that enchanted to me. When it entered my life two years ago (like mana from heaven!), it changed my life forever!
This thing isn’t merely a gizmo or an electronic doohickey. It’s mythic — an object worthy of flat-out worship.
Why? Because of how much time it saves.
Drying my mane with my old broke-ass hairdryer used to take me 45 minutes, at least, but the T3 cuts that down to 15. 15!
To me, it’s one of those rare beauty products that totally lives up to the hype.
Every half an hour it saves is an extra half an hour to sleep, to plot world domination or to drool over, say, Agent Ballard.
Not only does it dry hair like greased lightning, it’s super quiet (shhh…) and barely weighs a thing.
This month the T3 line celebrates their five-year anniversary, so let’s join the party with a giveaway!
Thanks to the good folks at T3, one lucky lady will take home a T3 Featherweight Dryer ($180 value).
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post — in it, tell me why you’d like a T3 in your life.
I use some of the time it saves me to watch brainless, mind-numbing reality television — the kind of television that’s good for my soul.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to Win a $180 T3 Featherweight Dryer http://bit.ly/XLKSs
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, September 27.
Oodgay ucklay!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
September 24th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Hair, Just For Fun
Through her humanitarian work, traveling as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency to more than 20 troubled spots around the world, Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) may have done more to change the way modern celebrities are perceived than anyone else in Hollywood today.
With an Academy Award (Girl, Interrupted, 1999), a growing family and one foin-ass boo, Jolie seems to have it all.
As for her look — the luscious lips, smokey eyes and the estimated 13 tattoos she has have often overshadowed her hair, but I think she’s always worn it well.
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September 17th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Hair, Just For Fun
Film critic Roger Ebert described her performance in 2003’s Monster like this: It was “one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema,” and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences agreed, awarding Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) with that year’s award for Best Actress.
After a difficult childhood, she entered acting via the modeling route, first moving on a one-year contract to Milan, Italy at age 16 from her family’s farm near Johannesburg, South Africa. From there it was to New York, where she also studied ballet, and then to Los Angeles on a one-way ticket.
I guess the one-way part was a good idea.
As for her look? Classic, timeless, feminine — and all around gorgeous.
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September 8th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Hair, Just For Fun
If you’ve ever seen the 1998 direct-to-video classic smash hit Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, you may have shouted at the TV, “Great Caesar’s ghost! That’s Eva Mendes!”
Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents on March 5, 1974, Eva was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents divorced. One day, around the time she was in college unhappily studying marketing, she caught the eye of an agent who convinced her to pursue a career in acting.
From there it was on to music videos like Will Smith’s Miami, the Pet Shop Boys’ That’s the Way Life Is and Aerosmith’s Hole in My Soul, until her big-screen big break in 2001’s Training Day, with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, which led to appearances in Hitch, We Own the Night and The Spirit. source
As for her look, I love what she does with her hair. She isn’t afraid to add volume, and she doesn’t shy away from sexy styles.
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