Just For Fun

Happy Caturday, sweetest! This lasagna is from Connor’s birthday party last March, and the reason you’re lookin’ at it now is because…I’m about to do something I never thought I’d ever try.

I’m going to make a gluten-free lasagna.

Rather, I’m going to try to make a gluten-free lasagna.

El Hub recently found out that he might have celiac, so he’s working with his doctor and going gluten-free for a few weeks to monitor his symptoms. So for this past week when I’ve made food for all of us, I’ve been doing gluten-free meals, which is why the aforementioned lasagna’s happening.

I’m also making a separate lasagna using regular pasta to bring to one to my neighbors, too. And I might also make a third one to have as a spare… (Yes, I’m a lasagna-making 🤖 machine.)

Saturday Surfing: Interesting tidbits I came across this week

• Favorite read —> The journey of Katie Stubblefield, who became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo a successful face transplant. It’s a long read and difficult at times, but by the end of it you’ll appreciate your face and everything it does for you that much more. Side note: science is freaking amazing.
• Also, we live in *strange* times. Did you know that there exists an entire sub-genre of beauty videos where pets select the makeup their owners wear?
• Even though they aren’t supposed to last long at all, I still want to try a water-based fragrance. They’ve been around since ye olde Roman times (so roughly a millennium), and they’re making a comeback, driven in large part by clean beauty devotees.
• Who’s that (birthday 🎂) girl?! Madonna just turned 60 (WHAT), which means that her iconic biceps have been gracing us for nearly four decades. Here’s a timeline of her arms through the ages!
• This coffee ☕ is supposed to make you 👩🏽‍🔬 smarter.
• Eight of the best cat toys for kitties 🐱 who stay home alone during the day.
• Seven of Aretha Franklin’s most iconic looks. RIP, Queen of Soul. Your music 🎶 carried me through many rough patches in my late teens and early 20s, and your legacy will live on forever.

My favorite Aretha song

Yum! I wanna make this for lunch.

On a mission to perfect the push-up

This looks super cute and relatively easy…

Hey, anyone else out there doing the gluten-free 🍞 thing? If there are any recipes or food websites you know and love, please hook a lady up.

Have a good rest of your weekend!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I was cleaning my Surrat lash curler the other day and wondering about this, because I’m fairly certain — and this may sound totally gross, depending on your opinion on the subject — that I’ve only done it once or (maybe) twice in my entire life.

And I’ve curled my lashes A LOT over the years. It’s an everyday thing for me.

Even though I usually have those pad replacement thingamabobs floating around, because most lash curlers come with one or two of them, I usually wait until my curler gets so gross that it crosses the point of no return and can’t be resuscitated, and I end up chucking it and buying a new one.

This happens about every few years, or thereabouts.

So I’m wondering…does anybody ever replace those pads? I’m sure there has to be a continent of responsible lash curler lovers out there…or maybe I’m just the grossest person on the planet?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

What I wanna know is this: Is there anyone out there who doesn’t fall for this?! Because if you’re out there…TEACH ME YOUR WAYS. I swear, it doesn’t matter how well I plan out my purchases, it seems like I’m always this shy from qualifying for the free shipping threshold, and you know I’m not about to pay an extra 5-10 dolla-dolla-bills-y’all just to get my haul to my doorstep.

Inevitably, I’ll end up with some nonsense I don’t need but would rather spend the equivalent $$ on to snag that free shipping.

What about you?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen