Just For Fun

Hi, and happy Caturday, sweet girl! I read somewhere recently that you should spend at least one day a month outside. In nature. And you know what? Today is that day for me. There’s a trail here in Novato that leads to a small waterfall, and despite TLC’s fervent admonitions, I’m going to chase it. 🤗

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.

It’s time for Saturday Surfing… 😊

• If you’d like to level-up your CCL status, may I suggest crafting your favorite feline’s very own GoT throne? 😸
• Go ahead, adopt that third cat (otherwise known as “the gateway cat”), because science says that being a cat lady is good for your health!
• The best rendition of Van Gough’s Starry Night I’ve ever seen. (Side note: It may or may not involve multiple curvaceous orange tabbies.)
• Be on the lookout for the Opte, a handheld inkjet printer for your face, which prints tiny amounts of pigment on your face to cover every dark spot — freckles, scars and hyperpigmentation, and even the ones you can’t see (Blue LED lights help the camera locate tiny dark spots the human eye might miss). It launches this summer for a cool $600.
• Speaking of gadgets, L’Oréal has a smart device that creates custom formulas for lipstick, foundation and skin care.

Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx, on learning to redefine what failure means

You cannot look away.

Years ago Marc did my makeup, and he’s still one of my fave artists!

Pretty sure this is what went down when Tabs rolled up into kitty heaven.

Have a wonderful weekend. I hope yours is off to a great start. 😊

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I’ll be the first to admit that part of the reason I’m asking this today is because I wanted to take a picture of my empty jar of By Terry Baume de Rose Lip Care ($60), which I’ve had forever and only just finished. 😁

I was hoping Santa would drop off another jar, but I guess he didn’t get the memo.

Last few empties…

1. By Terry Baume de Rose Lip Care
2. Joico Moisture Co+Wash (Side note: I just finished the last of the three bottles I’ve been hoarding since this got discontinued, and yes, I’m a sad panda. 🐼)
3. Chanel Dimensions de Chanel Mascara

How ’bout you?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. T.G.I.EFFFFF.

The sample lady at TJ’s was giving out tiny cups filled with this fruit-and-cheese duo at last weekend. Connor took two bites and said, “Mama, this is the good-est cheese ever!”

Have you had Asian pears before? They look like apples, but they aren’t. I grew up eating different varieties of them. I think they taste like regular green pears, except they’re crunchier, slightly grainier and slightly more watery… Waterier? And they’re usually a bit sweeter too. The skin is also thicker than regular pears, which I don’t mind, but Connor likes it better when I peel them for her and serve them with the “good-est” cheese, also known as “creamy Toscano,” which TJ’s describes like so: “Trader Joe’s Toscano Cheese combines the robust, nutty characteristics of aged Parmesan with a creamy farmstead Cheddar — a particular profile that allows for maximum fromage flavoring.”

Man, that sounds good, doesn’t it? 🤗 AND IT IS.

Asian pears are all over the place right now. The one I got is a Korean pear, and it’s almost as big as a grapefruit!

We may or may not have eaten the entire thing in one sitting!

I also found this three-pack of Nansui Japanese pears for five bucks at Target.

If you run into one of those Korean pears, you have to try it! Ideally, with cheese. 🧀

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

1. You stash pet hair remover rollers everywhere — inside your bathroom, your car, at work — EVERYWHERE. You may even have mini travel ones stuffed in each and every one of your purses.
2. You’re friends with all the neighborhood cats, and you even know what treats each and every one of them likes/doesn’t like. 🐈
3. Occasionally, random cats you’ve never seen before will enter you house and kick it with you for a few hours, and you’re totally fine with it. Side note: One time I came home to find a stranger cat on top of my fridge. I called him Katmandu, and he loved bacon.
4. You maintain a list of potential cat names you like, just in case the universe decides to send along another kitty friend. Current names on my list include Sheila E. (my brother lives with a cat named Sheila E. How cool is that?), Baroness Schraeder and Sugar.
5. Even though your heart has broken into a million pieces after the kitty love of your life leaves you, you’re eventually able to make space for another feline friend, and you remember why you love cats so, so much.



6. You’re often surprised by how finicky some cats are about food. Like, one minute they loooooove Sheba Salmon and can’t get enough of it. The next minute (LITERALLY THE NEXT MINUTE), they won’t have anything to do with it. In fact, they’re utterly repulsed by the very idea, and you end up stuck with 24 cans you just ordered from Amazon Prime. 😽
7. Teary-eyed, you wonder things like what your friends or family will do with the wooden memorial box of your former cat’s ashes when you pass away…
8. You keep cat treats in your purse…because it never hurts to be prepared.
9. When you come across a new cat in the neighborhood, you immediately bestow a name upon him or her. Because it’s the right thing to do. 👍🏼
10. When you find a stranger cat sleeping in the back seat of your car, your first thought is, “Oh, cool. Make yourself at home.” And, yes, this has totally happened to me more than once.
11. You’ve often wished that you could bring your cat with you on family vacations.



12. You have cat-related reminders scheduled on your calendar. (Side note: “Siri, remind me to buy cat litter and litter pan liners.”)
13. When your cat talks to you, you can hear her “voice” in your head, clear as day. 💖

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict (and cat lady at large),

Karen