Good morning, gorgeous! The birthday lasagna is in the oven, and I’m about to pick up Connor’s cake for her birthday party. (I’ll post a picture. It’s a three-layer lemon cake with pink ombre rosettes going up the sides!) As usual, I’m running around at the last minute, so I’m going to keep my makeup simple. Maybe something with the MAC Padma Lakshmi collection.
Before I go do some quick tornado blending (you gotta do what you gotta do!), here are some stories that caught my bronzed eye this week.
- Wow, it looks like this is finally gonna happen. Cosmetics and personal-care products are about to come under federal regulatory scrutiny after 80 years. There’s a tentative agreement on a proposal that would require companies to register with the FDA (right now companies don’t even have to register at all) and require the FDA to evaluate a number of ingredients for safety.
Currently, the FDA doesn’t require manufacturers of products like shampoo, deodorant, lipstick or eye makeup to report safety problems. That’s right! Any ol’ Joe Shmoe could add shoe polish or bird poop to your eyeshadow, and it would be totally “legal.”
- Lipstick in powder form is a thing, and all I have to say is, who thought this would be a good idea…? Between the cat, and the kid, and my inherent clumsiness, this is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Whelp, my drugstore beauty wish list just got longer because of this list by the Wirecutter.
Do you ever visit this site, BTW? They’re owned by the New York Times. I usually check it for reviews on household appliances like plates and vacuums. They do extensive research and testing.
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Yup, more and more shoe brands are getting into makeup. (See: Christian Louboutin.)
Do you think this is a weird leap?
I think it’s kind of crazy…because what do 👠 shoes have to do with 💄 lipstick, really? But I’m a shoe enthusiast (to put it mildly), so I’m down.
- OK, so this article reads like a Charlotte Tilbury infomercial toward the end, but I got sucked in when Charlotte spilled the beans on what it’s like for her to do celebrity makeup for the Oscars.
- Favorite pics of the week: these images of the Dukha people of Mongolia. They’re a nomadic tribe that has lived in the same region for centuries, and they have a special relationship with the area’s wild animals, including reindeer.
The pics of the children napping with reindeer melt my 💖 heart.
- There’s something very Hannibal Lecter about these portraits by photographer Evija Laivina of women wearing Amazon’s weirdest beauty devices, but oh, my goodness, I can’t look away…
Do these contraptions actually do anything for anyone? They look like horror movie props!
Before I go to bed, I use hand cream and lip balm…but what starlings do before they go to sleep is much more interesting!
Aw, man, this makes me want to feed Michael B. Jordan brownies and ask him how his day went. 😊
My favorite song from the Black Panther soundtrack
I am this man. This man is me.
Have a great day! Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎈 to all the pisces babies out there.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
That Kendrick Lamar video–swoon! So mesmerizing. Fun interview with Michael Jordan too. Loved him in The Wire. He’s filled out nicely 🙂
Hmm I wonder is the FDA requirement for cosmetics is going to make everything more expensive since I know they have spend mad money in the regulatory department 🙁
I use several of the products on that Wirecutter list. The Aveeno lotion is the only one I can use regularly without the skin on my hands peeling. (Chemical sensitivity.) But meanwhile, I’m over here shaving with my Dove conditioner and Dollar Shave Club razor, no longer coming out of the shower looking like I just got back from a date with Edward Scissorhands. Not a single nick- and no purple razors required, lol.
Happy Birthday to Connor Claire!! Hope she had a super fun day!! <3
I hope Connor loved her lasagna and cake! 🙂 I put the Louboutin makeup in the same little box as other designers like Chanel, Givenchy and Dior. Though he’s known for shoes, I still think of them all as designers and you know how those folks love to do makeup! 🙂
That starling vid is incredible. I was mesmerized last year by some swallows doing a much smaller scale version of this outside my window.
Hi Kim,
Isn’t it beautiful? I’ve never seen anything like it and would love to see it in person someday. I wonder why they do that!
I hope you’re having a nice Monday so far. I’m enjoying the quiet before Connor wakes up. .:)
I agree. Someone told me that the swallows do it because they’re feeding but I don’t know if that’s correct. They were in a pretty insect-heavy area, so it’s possible. I think in general, they’re supposed to be trying to protect themselves from predators. Whatever the reason, it’s really amazing! 🙂
Happy Tuesday to you! You are a champ for getting up before Connor. I think the boys were up before me for the first 5 years. They went to bed much earlier than me, though, so I got most of my stuff done at night. The sleep schedule has reversed but I’m still not an early riser, if I can help it!