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Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora!

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  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Clara! Congratulations, Clarahttps://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/tag/giveaway/”>click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

A Makeup and Beauty Blog giveaway
Win a $50 eGift card from Sephora

What’s your stance on cake for breakfast? I’m sitting here with a half a sheet of chocolate cake in front of me (leftover from a birthday party El Hub’s coworkers threw him), and truth be told, it looks a lot tastier than my usual gruel (aka oatmeal with almond milk).

It’s one of those talking cakes… You know the ones. This one is saying, “Ooh, Karen! Chocolate cake is the breakfast of champions!”

LOL! We’ll see how long my willpower lasts. I’m guessing about another five minutes, or until the coffee finishes brewing, whichever comes first.

And speaking of coffee, do you ever have coffee after dinner? I wish, WISH I could, but it would keep me up at night. If I have anything caffeinated after dinner, it’s straight to Insomnia Land for me.

Oh, but coffee with dessert is so divine, isn’t it?

Well, I guess that settles it. I’m having cake and coffee for breakfast today! 🙂

Would you like a piece? Enter this weekend’s Sephora eCard giveaway, and I’ll go get you a slice.

What folks are saying…

“Hi Karen. Oh my goodness! I can’t believe I won! :O Thank you so much! You, Tabs, and your blog are amazing! Thank you for keeping me updated on all things beauty and more importantly, for keeping me entertained! Keep doing your thing! Thank you again.”
-Jacqueline

“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”
-Jane

“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”
-Angel

“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”
-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)

“Never before have I been so pleased to check my email right before bed!!! Thank you so, so much! I truly enjoy your blog and check it almost daily! Thanks again! This made my night!”
-Melissa, Edmond, OK

“Hi Karen. Thank you so much, I’m so excited, I’ve never won anything before. My name is Hana … I just turned 25 (today is my birthday!) Yay! Thank you.”
-Hana

Win a $50 gift card from Sephora

  • 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).

  • There are two ways to enter, 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, a comment about anything at all, like, what’s your favorite dessert? Do you wear different makeup on the weekends than you do during the week? Are you naturally athletic? Have you ever known an Olympic athlete? What are your favorite Olympic events? Do you prefer cake or pie? — you get the idea.
  • Second, you can enter by following me on twitter Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
    • Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/OtWx5l

  • The deadline to enter is Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 11:59PM (PT).
  • Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
  • A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
  • Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
  • Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.
  • Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
  • The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
  • Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Clara! Congratulations, Clarahttps://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/tag/giveaway/”>click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

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  4. Weirdly, my makeup is LESS crazy during the weekend than it is during the week–sometimes I spend the whole day puttering around the house (working on various projects, cleaning, cooking for the week) so some weekend days I don’t even bother!

    And my favorite dessert right now is this glorious plum upside down cake recipe I found. YUM.

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  5. Hey! Count me in Karen. Today I was watching a youtube video and something funny made me laugh and I actually thought of Tabs. trust me, I’m not making it up. The beauty guru was doing her makeup and her cat at the back, was sitting next to a mirror and very carefully and gravely licking on her makeup brushes!!! I couldn’t stop laughing at how serious the cat looked!!!
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  9. ‘malty mystery’ ice cream from an amazing brand in Cornwall called Kelly’s….it has whole maltesers in it!

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  14. I’m allergic to cake 🙁 Well, to gluten, sugar, and all milk products including milk chocolate. I liked it back in the day, though

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  18. Hi Karen! Have you tried anything from the natural collection from bareminerals? I really want the shadow quad “the happy place”

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  23. I love having supposedly “bad” foods for breakfast. Why not start the day with the best tasting food ever? Protein schmotein. I think chocolate and sugar are two of the most important food groups.

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  26. My daughter’s swim club sent roughly 18 swimmers to Olympic trials this year. My 10 year old is sure she’s going for the gold in 2020.

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  27. Oh oh oh! My sister is an Olympic athlete and this would go a long ways in helping her chlorine-damaged hair and skin! 🙂

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  29. Hola Karen,

    Thanks so much for always being so generous and sharing with your readers, I super appreciate it!!!! If ever you need us to click something or help support you back please let us know. Makeupandbeautyblog Fighting!

    Chelsfofo =)

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  31. I had peanut butter Oreo and nutella gelato for lunch yesterday, so I’m definitely not going to judge. I think my favorite dessert might be cheesecake or peanut butter pie. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  36. Does new makeup count as ‘required’ school supplies? My college-bound daughter (& myself) believe so, but my husband isn’t buying our reasoning…

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  38. Coffee and cake is an unbeatable breakfast. 🙂

    Thanks for another great giveaway opportunity, and have a wonderful weekend.

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  40. i have a natural eye look for work and another basic golden eye look for night time which i switch up depending on where i am going

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  41. Mmmmmm pie for breakfast is good! We do that around the holidays. How different is apple pie than apple streudel or turnovers, really? Therefore, legitimate breakfast food.

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  44. I’m still laughing at Mr. Bean’s one note samba on the keyboards during last nights’ Olympic opening ceremonies. LOL

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  47. I loved the Olympic’s opening ceremony last night. Unfortunately I couldn’t finish watching because I had to get up early for work this morning.

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  48. For years, my fave dessert was strawberry shortcake. I still love it, but I was introduced to the most amazing creme brulee at a local place and OMG now I dream about it!!! *drooling*

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  55. My husband once had a co-worker who insisted that having cake for breakfast was just like having a frosted muffin.

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  56. My weekend makeup is usually more elaborate than it is during the week because I am more prone to go out in the evening then. Lately, I’ve even been throwing on a pair of lashes!

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  68. I usually wear a little less makeup on Saturday, when I am just hanging around my family and hubby, but on Sunday I wear a little bit more for church!

    Ice cream is my favorite! Especially the peanut butter kind….yum!

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  69. I have REALLY been craving cofffee cake since last night for some weird reason (I don’t think I’ve ever had a specific craving for coffee cake before). Now your post is making my tummy growl :/ Maybe I’ll swing through Starbucks and grab some coffee and coffee cake. Yummm…..

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  71. I’d love some cake and coffee too! I agree! You absolutely cannot have cake without coffee! Ditto, coffee after dinner keeps up later than usual. Decaf is my answer to my coffee (after dinner) fix.

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  76. Awesome opportunity! And during fasting month it’s a little tough not being able to munch on many sweets…well, not until sundown I mean 😉

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  86. Wow, I’m commenting on this post after looking at a website selling cakes. I was helping a friend decide on a cake to be delivered to her bf’s doorsteps.!

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  87. Omgosh ahha I had cake for breakfast for a month after my sister’s birthday… it was one of those ginormous costco cakes haha

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  89. I am totally going to spend it to get some NARS!

    P.D.: Azazel (black, white medallion on chest) sends his kind regards to Tabs.

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  90. I love all desserts, especially those with chocolate. Though any kind of torte with nuts (ie Viennese Walnut Torte with cheesecake filling, or hazelnut torte with buttercream) would e a super close 2nd!. Also, women’s gymnastics is the most exciting to watch 🙂

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  100. I agree with you on coffee after dinner!

    But every time I am having a cup of coffee after 4 pm it is gonna come back to haunt me at night. I am lying in bed and my heart will start racing like craaaazy!!!

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  102. I love creme brulee and even make my own now with blowtorch and all to caramelize the sugar.
    Its great fun !

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  104. Yum cake! I’ve been craving some carrot cake from Anne’s bakery, but the calorie count supresses the thoughts lol

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  110. Karen I just did a semester abroad in a South American country where eating cake for breakfast was 100% accepted & normal :D. Needless to say, I wanted to stay forever. So eat the cake & if anyone asks just say you’re cultured :P.

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  111. Oh man, chocolate cake sounds awesome right now. Lately I’ve been liking these ‘snickerdoodle’ shakes with bananas, peanut butter and cinnamon. Tastes like snickerdoodle dough!

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  113. I need to stop buying Almondictives from Trader Joes. Even when I have zero interest in eating I’ll eat a bunch.

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  114. I wish I could drink caffeine at night too, but unless I want to go to bed at 2am, it’s off limits! I had two cups of coffee this morning, and I was bouncing off the walls.

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  122. I think I prefer cheesecake over cake OR pie, but I love love love frosting, so I’m pretty fond of cake as a “holder” for frosting, haha!

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  138. I make the best triple chocolate cake – everyone always asks me to make it for parties and get togethers. And it’s perfectly acceptable for breakfast in my opinion! Thanks for a chance at a giveaway and have a good weekend.

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  141. I truly hope that everyone else here is having a better day than I am! Thank you for the giveaway, Karen.

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  142. Eat 2″ square of the cake with a big a** bowl of fruit just to balance it out. Trust me I’m a dietitian…really. I NEED TO WIN!!!

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  147. Eating cake for breakfast is something I wish I could do every day. Thank goodness for the Olympics giving me the motivation today to be good!

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  156. I love having dessert for breakfast, it seems like I have a better day if I have some ice cream or a cupcake in the morning!

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  161. Eating cake for breakfast sounds okay to me;). My favorite French bakery makes the most amazing cappuccino cake with fresh chocolate dipped strawberries on top as a garnish. YUM!

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  162. I usually wear a little less foundation on the weekend, but i like to experiment with new eye looks to see if i want to change it up a little for the coming week with some new ideas. I guess that’s one reason I love makeup so much…..it lets me be me a little differently every day! thanks for the contest to my favorite store. love you blog 🙂

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  168. Chocolate cake is delicious, but definitely too heavy for me for breakfast. Your oatmeal with almond milk sounds delicious and filling, though!

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  178. I kinda, sorta knew an Olympic athlete! When I was working for my college newspaper, a student’s sister was competing in ice skating for Japan so I got to interview her. She didn’t speak English so I had use her brother as a translator. It was very cool!

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  185. I wish I was athletic! I spent my years in middle school and high school crying in gym class, hahaha. Okay, not that bad…

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  186. I don’t eat cake really but I totally will drink coffee after dinner!

    Oh and Salt and vinegar? THE BEST THING EVER!!!!

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  187. Now that I’m pregnant I wear my make up very light. I just put concealer, little bit of blush, curl my eyelashes and put mascara on them, sometimes i add clear gloss to lips, i dont know if it’s the third trimester fatigue or not but it’s easy, fast and gets the job done, however i’m a huge fan of smoky eyes and i use to really put makeup on eyes, with eye liner, mascara, shadow, etc and the rest would b natural with clear gloss so hopefully i’ll get back to that after giving birth and with the help of your tips 🙂 and this gc to Sephora which is my favorite store! Thank u for the chance!!!

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  188. Love and miss good banana cream pie! When Dairy Queen came up with the Blizzard treat in Banana Cream, I was in heaven. 🙂

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  189. I love your site, it’s so professional and informative. You actually inspired me to start my own blog. I could really use that gift card I’m a makeup artist just starting to build my business

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  190. I’m not a big dessert person. I don’t like chocolate, or ice cream, or anything overly sweet. So I tend to go for fruit or carrot cake or, if all else fails, creme brulee if fruit comes on top.

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  194. I just found your blog a week ago and have spent every night since then browsing your postings. You seem very fun and I wish I had your make up arsenal. I’m a nurse and my husband a cop. There’s my randomness!! 🙂

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  198. I LOVE watching the Olympics. Definitely watching gymnastics, swimming, basketball, volleyball, track and field…etc. ;p

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  200. Today I went to my city’s local Celtic festival, so I wore green eyeliner and shadow on my lower lashline. It looks surprisingly good on brown eyes. Really nice way to add color. Anyway, hope you’re having a great weekend!

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  202. If I wasn’t as chunky as I am I’d eat cake for breakfast everyday ! Instead I stick to boring breakfast stuff like oatmeal or if I am adventurous fruit lol

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  208. Today I made cupcakes with light blue frosting for a baby shower, though I prefer them sans the frosting (ie. excess butter overshadowing a perfectly baked chocolate cupcake)

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  209. MMMMMMmm!! Definitely cake if my favorite…chocolate with chocolate mousse filling!! 😉 or maybe key lime pie!!!…lolol

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  218. My favorite dessert is anything with lemon, or coconut, or both! It can be anything — cake, pie, cookies. I’m not picky!

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  221. I love dessert and my favorite is black forest cake. Absolutely decadent goes very well with my favorite red lipstick MAC’s Ruffian Red!

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  225. On a road trip! Tried a place featured on diners dives and drive ins. Slightly disappointed but I’m certainly super full lol

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  234. I am lucky enough to be naturally athletic yeay me. I have met some of my country’s pro athletes and I’m very very happy about it. Also I think I wear the same kind of makeup weekdays n weekends, I only change to my style is a party is the end ;)… Thank you for the opportunity to win this…

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  235. I recently read an article in Oprah’s magazine that talked about a study where people who at sweets at breakfast tended to weigh less than those who didn’t- eat that cake!

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  236. I’m worried about my cat, he fell off my desk twice today. He’s been a bit clumsy lately and I’m starting to wonder if it may be a medical problem. I’ll probably make an appointment for him on Monday, if only for peace of mind…just the thought of something possibly being wrong with him is making me feel sick to my stomach. I’m an over anxious worrier when it comes to my baby… 🙁

    I’m hoping it will be nothing like the last time I took him to the vet. I worked myself into such a state of worry, I was crying at the vet’s office! And it ended up being nothing at all. I felt so silly.

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  238. Awesome giveaway, I’m sure I could find something to tickle my fancy at Sephora! I’m usually a MAC girl, but I could make an exception!

    Today, my man baked banana brownies and those suckers are delicious! They have the delicate sweetness and springy firmness of a banana bread with dense, chocolatey goodness swirled in. I bet they’d make a damn good breakfast with a mug of coffee. I think I may find out tomorrow morning!

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  239. My favorite dessert… Hmm, that’s a tough one. I love sorbet. And flan/panna cotta/custard-y desserts. And anything with chocolate in it. And pie. I’m an equal opportunity dessert consumer. 😀

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  243. I have coffee after dinner all the time. Oddly enough, because I’m ADHD the “stimulant” effect of the caffeine actually helps me sleep. Bizarre!

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  245. Just this morning I googled locations of the cheesecake factory in my state because I just had those cravings. Turns out both places are on the far sides of the state and I’m in the middle. Boo.

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  246. I freaking LOVE dessert for breakfast, and coffee is a must, together I’m in seventh heaven and now I must find a way to make this happen for tomorrow morning!!! I also never pass up a chance for dessert and coffee after dinner, that’s a promising way for me to go to bed a happy camper. To be completely honest I’ll have it for a snack or replace my lunch with it if given the chance so yeah, lol, I’m bad and you’ve obviously found my weakness, oh wait especially if said dessert is chocolate, I LOVE me some chocolate!!! 🙂

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  248. Red Velvet Cake with a super cheese-cakey frosting!! UGGHHH, now I desperately want some!!!! I think I have to have some!!! Tomorrow, its my mission!!! LOL!!!

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  251. Check this out. Devil’s food cake – super chocolatey and spongy dense texture. A scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side. You eat half for dinner. Then put it in the fridge and the ice cream will melt and soak into the spongy cake, but the cold keeps it from getting mushy. You end up with this cake-ice cream hybrid breakfast of fabulousness.

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  253. Wow winning this would be so amazing! It would help me feel so much more confident while caring for my newborn! Oh, and I like baking cakes and pies, I do it for a living! 🙂

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  257. Ive been thinking of getting my eyebrows tattooed. That would cut like 5 minutes of my makeup time. Im just afraid they will look way too unnatural.

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  259. Oooh so difficult to choose… favorite sport to watch: gymastics? beach volleyball? favorite dessert: red velvet cupcakes 🙂 yum

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  261. Since the Brits are bringing out their favorites for the Games, I hope the Spice Girls perform and reunite for the closing ceremonies!

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  263. I’ve been coached by an Olympic athlete, & I know someone who just competed today — I had to rely on Twitter to find her results!

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  265. I feel more colorful on the weekends than I do on the weekdays, being at work and all. During the week, I wear neutral browns and stuff,, but during the weekends I play with all the colors I have, and see which colors I can wear with my outfit! Also. I love both cake and pie. You can’t go wrong with either.

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  273. Oohhh….favorite dessert…hmmm….creme brulee and definitely cake over pies. Chocolate or chocolate dobash cake. Yummy :p

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  275. I’m a sucker for pie. My favorite is cherry or a berry pie. But really, I’ll enjoy any kind. And of course it tastes a billion times better with coffee.

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  281. I have stopped wearing a base (foundation/TM) during the week because I take lunchtime walk/jog every day at work and I don’t want to have to re-do my base!

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  286. I never liked cake. I thought is was too sweet and heavy, until I started working at my current job. Oh. My. God. There’s so many people working there and they’re always celebrating something or maybe someone’s retiring and everyone is crowding up in the cafeteria giving them flowers and – eating cake. I don’t dislike cake anymore.

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  287. I’m totally for cake for breakfast! After I bake a cake I can eat it for both dessert AND breakfast.Pie all the way! Fresh fruit pies are my favorite. Banana cake for my breakfast.I just ran four miles today and am totally exhausted. Hoping to be healthier.

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  290. Last year I had cake for breakfast on my 19th birthday and everyone said, “What?! Why would you do that?” and I replied proudly, “Why not!” Life is short, sometimes its great to have dessert first 🙂
    -Hello from Molly, Livy, Liam (my adopted kitties) and I

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  292. the picture made me remember about how devastated i was when i first learned that unicorns didn’t exist! i wouldn’t believe my mum and thought she was lying! just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that they were mythical! hehe!

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  294. PIE PIE PIE – cake is 100% more pants than pie. Any kind of fruit pie needs to be just kept AWAY from me – it will be devoured instantly, no doubt.

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  296. Hi Karen! I definitely wear different makeup on the weekends than during the week. i tend to wear more fun makeup on the weekends that I cannot really wear to work. Sometimes I don’t even wear makeup on the weekends! It all depends on how I’m feeling. Hope you’re having a fabulous weekend!!! 🙂

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  298. Tweeted (new to me) and Bruce Jenner used to hang out at a local club in Ft Laud back in the late 70’s so kinda met him.

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  303. cake beats pie almost any day. i love me some frosting. but a nice crust and sweet berries. hmmmmm 🙂 you really cant go wrong. maybe pie wins? too hard to chose. all depends what mood im in. i had bday cake last week and it was delicious and now im in the mood for some strawberry graham cracker cheesecake with extra whipped cream. oh yeah. yummy!

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  304. my favorite dessert is cookies and cream ice cream. I’ve been known to eat a whole pint in one sitting!

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  311. Maybe I just haven’t looked hard enough, but where are you announcing the winners? I’ve entered the last few giveaways but I’ve never seen the winner announced!

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  313. I wish I had my husbands will power when it comes to sweets. He likes more savory flavors. If there were such a thing as calorie-free chocolate cake I’d have it for breakfast everyday! lol!

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  316. In my opinion, I think pie is the best for breakfast. I like to think that it is just like a toaster strudel only waaaaay better. 🙂

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  321. Once my sister made an art project for her advanced art class where she took a cigar box and painted it all sorts of candy colors. They were supposed to base the piece on a quote, and she chose “Life is short, eat dessert first.” I always remember this project and feel better about myself when I eat my leftover chocolate birthday cake for breakfast 🙂

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  322. I’ve been looking at food blogs lately & I’ve come across this blog “http://smittenkitchen.com”. I’m not a fan of warm fruit, there’s just something about fruit, and how I prefer mines cold… however, looking at those pies she’s made, it’s making me wonder if i should give pies another chance!
    I do love brownies though!

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  327. Re-watching old 80s cartoons with the kiddo (“She-ra, She-RA!”) and well, it’s interesting. A $50 gift certificate would take my mind off of it…

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  328. I am a tremendous chocolate cake lover. In my family, my brother and I ALWAYS ate the birthday cake for breakfast the next TWO days!!

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  335. I love this blog. I’ve been using makeup for colour therapy recently and have commenced an entire love affair with Nars. I actually wear more makeup on my days off than on since I don’t have to rush around so much.

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  336. We were out celebrating my birthday last night and the bar had the Olympics on. I was excited that I got to watch some swimming and gymnastics, my fave events. I love the Olympics and it always pulls at my heart strings.

    Cake for breakfast is always a good idea.

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  338. Hi Karen!

    Fave dessert: Homemade Pie. (Although Claim Jumper Apple is darn good!)

    Makeup: Same on weekends

    Naturally Athletic: HA! Not even close. .

    Know an Olympic athelete: Know an almost one. My father was slated to go to the Olympics in late 1940’s competing in the standing broad jump (now extinct) but came down with Rhuematic Fever and couldn’t go.

    Fave Events: Gynnastics-summer. Ice Skating-winter.

    Pie or Cake: PIE!!! Apple, Lemon, Peach, Chocolate.

    -Jennifer

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  342. Happy Weekend Karen & Tabs! I prefer cake over pie…most of the time! Unless it”s ice cream pie!
    My weekend makeup is generally pretty similar to my work week makeup. Enough to even things out & brighten my face! I’m most comfortable in neutrals with a bit of a kick so that’s what I usually do week in & week out.

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  344. Cake for breakfast? Absolutely!!! 😀 Though coffee and dessert doesn’t do a thing for me. Love the smell of coffee but it tastes really bad to me.

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  345. Ha cake for breakfast… You’re brave… and fabulous! I just want to rave about Dermalogica’s AGE Smart Skin Resurfacing Cleanser. It’s SO GOOOOOD. I’m realizing that exfoliating is KEY to great skin. All my other skin care products are working 200% because they can finally get through to the layers! BTW, I love your blog… I scared my hubby while wearing a yogurt and oat mask recipe I found on your blog. 🙂

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  347. OMG, isnt the olympics amazing? I couldnt wait to watch the swimming events, especially to see Michael Phelps. Beach volleyball, and indoor volleyball and gymnastics are probably my favorite events to watch.

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  349. I love ur graphic! That’s exactly how I see the entrance of Sephora. With angels playing horns and everything. I live in Alaska- no sephora stores 🙁 but when I go down to the states, they have to drag me out kicking and screaming. Thanks goodness for Sephora.com!

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  351. Fave dessert=german chocolate cake! Not a good time to be thinking about dessert though lol I’m trying to stay on my olympics inspiration and keep up with my exercise and eating healthy haha 🙂

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  352. I’m currently planning my next haul at Sephora while the Olympics and all I keep noticing is the makeup the gymnasts have and the nail art the swimmers have!

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  353. I love tiramisu. It’s absolutely divine. No, I am unathletic. I know a girl who was in the Olympic Trials for swimming. I love gymnastics and swimming and diving. I would say some of the more graceful sports.

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  355. My friend’s little brother is competing in the Olympics for the first time for speed walking! Pretty exciting 😀

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  357. I love any dessert/thing that includes chocolate, that means cake, brownies, ice cream, cheesecake, cocoa krispies,…if it’s got chocolate I’m on it! And the makeup question has to be answered…I wear makeup depending on how I feel no matter the day or occassion…which means I can be all dolled up to go to the mailbox, LOL!

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  361. My favorite dessert? That’s a tough one… I like Crème Brûlée a lot, but anything containing chocolate will make me happy.

    On another subject, a couple days ago, my kitty was in the yard on his leash (I’m afraid he might run away), and I thought another cat came to say hello… until I realized it was an enormous racoon!! They were looking and sniffing at each other, not saying a word!
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  362. I actually have known Olympic athletes: I’ve gone to school with a couple of USA figure skaters and various other athletes.

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  364. I can’t get enough of the Olympic swimming events but I also love watching beach volleyball- go Misty and Kerri!

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  365. I was not athletic at all growing up, but after college I got into working out, and now I’m addicted to weight lifting!

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  368. My favorite dessert is strawberry shortcake or white cake, but lately I’ve been eating I’ve cream like its going out of style!

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  373. My mom makes this dessert that she calls “Robert Redford” but the internet says is actually called “Sex in a Pan.” It is nut crust, chocolate pudding, a cheesecake-like layer, and cool whip. It is my absolute favorite thing to eat for breakfast. I love it.
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  377. Hi Karen, not sure if you’ll see this, since it so far down in the comments, but try decaff coffee. I can’t have any caffeine, but love the flavor of coffee, so that is my work-around. 🙂 BTW, I love carrot cake. It has veggies in it = healthy, right?

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  379. I had an amazing dessert last night. It was a warm blueberry bread pudding topped with pecans locally made goat cheese and caramel gelato. Incredible! Best dessert I’ve had in a while!

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  381. My favorite desert is key lime pie. Love, love, LOVE key lime pie. As for the Olympics, I am quite fond of the winter Olympics but none of the summer Olympic events particularly interest me. I suppose if I had to pick one it would be gymnastics though!

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  384. If that cake is saying that it’s the breakfast of champions you have to believe it, afterall, it’s the olympics.

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  385. I will absolutely eat cake for breakfast. I will also eat pie. And always with a cup of coffee. I am like you. I can not drink coffee late in the day or I am up all night. Even decaf has some caffeine in it.

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  386. Oooh chocolate cake sounds so good right now lol i never liked chocolate until i at this chocolate cake with icing glaze at publix!!! Amazing its the only chocolate cake i eat

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  387. I definitely wear different makeup on the weekends. I work so I have to wear usually neutral eyes or something not as bright. Weekends is when I have fun with my makeup :).

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  389. My favorite Olympic sports are gymnastics, diving (the sports I play) syncronized diving and swimming and ice skating.

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  390. I really want some pie right now (especially since I had some rather disappointing takeout for dinner after driving 8 hours).

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  395. Hi Karen. It sound like your weekend is going well.

    I’m much more likely to wear no makeup on the weekends — during the day — than during the week. And if I wear something, it’s usually something easy to remove, but with more potential for touch-up.

    I’m not naturally athletic at all — I’m naturally really thin with no muscle. But I enjoy some sports, so I do them. Not everyone can be a champion 🙂

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  399. My favorite dessert is Red Velvet cake! I have a ultimate weakness to Red Velvet cake! Even the cupcakes are much worse!! LOL! Last week, I was craving ice cream like a mad woman and had to pull myself away from it.

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  400. Cake for breakfast is a breakfast of champions — but I like mine with a big glass of ice cold milk.

    And in a twist of irony, I only drink coffee, usually espresso believe it or not, after dinner. I guess I’m an all-in kind of girl in this area.

    In Cake vs. Pie, I’m a Pie girl. Specifically pecan.

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  407. I love anything with almond, especially Danish or croissants. A study just came out that found that eating something sweet at breakfast helps burn more calories!

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  408. In Gary Indiana with my family in law enjoying life and shopping, moments like these are amazing.

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  409. I would love to win 🙂 I have a wish lost of higher end producs i would LOVE to win!! Say hi to tabs

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  411. I don’t often have cake for breakfast, but I am a big supporter of pie for breakfast. If there is pie around it’s pretty much a guarantee it’ll make it on my breakfast plate. The main ingredient is fruit so it’s practically healthy.

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  414. I wear minimal makeup to work usually, so I like to do something a little more ambitious on the weekends – especially with my eye makeup!

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  415. Warm Apple cobbler with vanilla Haagen Dasz. I’m obsessed with matte lipstick! My favorite color is orange way before it was all the rage. I love you Tabs and your pet Karen

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  419. I love the Olympics- can’t get enough of gymnastics, swimming, and track and field. I’ll pretty much watch any olympic sport though.

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  420. Ahh. I actually didnt wear any makeup today. I didnt do much, and didnt go anywhere. But its nice to give my skin a break. Heck lets be honest, I gave my whole body a break today. When the pizza man delivered pizza, and I answered the door in my pjs with no makeup, I told him Not to Judge! And he was as sweet as could be, and told me not to worry, he would be doing the same thing tomorrow 🙂

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  422. I actually really like cake for breakfast with a glass of milk. not sure what my favorite dessert is, but I remember having the most delicious pecan pie (with matching ice cream) at a place called Hot Chocolate in Chicago. it so, so amazingly tasty.
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  423. LOL I had leftover cake for breakfast today too! …right before I went to go teach my kickboxing class…must’ve been good fuel, taught a killer class this am! 🙂 Cake…the breakfast of champions! 😉

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  426. I would love to try the Korres Lip Butter Tubes. Tried to watch Olympics but got stuck watching cartoons with my 4 year old. Darn it!

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  428. I can’t do coffee after dinner either! Especially the “special coffees.” I just end up super alert and awake. If I do fall asleep, I sleep terribly!

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  432. While I’m not a born runner, I’m trying to become one. I ran my first race this weekend, of course, it involved chugging beer at stations along the way. But hey, it’s motivation to keep running! 🙂

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  439. Cake or pie? That’s impossible to choose. Sephora gift card or no Sephora gift card? Now there’s a question I can answer. 🙂

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  440. I’m really starting to fall back in love with loose pigments from Medusa’s Makeup. I forgot how much I love them. But the color pay off is amazing. Plus you can add a drop of water to a pinch of pigment and voila! Liquid liner!

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  442. There is nothing better for dessert than wine and a good bread or coffee and a sweet pastry! Thank you for doing this giveaway!

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  447. Right now I’m rocking some of the new butter London polish (Dodgy Barnett) topped with Black Cat Lacquer’s “Sparkle Motion”. I can;t stop looking at my nails! Plus every time I look at them i think of Donnie Darko and Jake Gyllenhaal. So its like the beat most up-lifting thing.

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  456. Love watching the gymnatics events, and I definitely prefer pie. Lately I’ve been on a peach-mango pie kick, already made 2 this month!

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  458. I’m more of a cheesecake fan myself but if that cake was calling you I hope you answered. 😉 You can’t let it go to waste now can you.

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  460. I had cake for breakfast last week. YUM!

    As Bill Cosby said, it has eggs and milk and other breakfasty things in it so it’s kind of ok as a breakfast food!

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  463. I was literally eye-ing a bag of chocolate chips when I read this….walking away now. I’ll have it for breakfast.

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  464. I used to think my favorite dessert involved chocolate then one evening at Macaroni Grill I had the Panna Cotta with Fresh Berries and it was so delicious it became my favorite dessert. Unfortunately they’ve never had that dessert on the menu again so it’s kind of like an illusive dream dessert, just a memory. I’ve tried making Panna Cotta but it never turns out as creamy or as delicate as that one time at Macaroni Grill.

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  475. Since I started an office job this summer I’ve had to tone down my nail polish during the week. Just prepped for Monday with OPI Did You ‘Ear About Van Gogh, but come Friday evening it’s helloooo neons!

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  482. I love Sephore products and would love to win. I don’t wear different makeup on the weekends, but I do use less makeup if im just running a quick errand

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  485. Omg I looove frozen yogurt vanilla with strawberries, pineapple, kiwi and Reese’s peanut butter pieces topped with a cherry 🙂

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  491. Hooray! I flipping’ won!! I’d like to thank the academy, AKA Karen and Tabs. Without them this wouldn’t even be a possibility!
    (practicing my acceptance speech)

    Thanks for your hard work, you two!

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  494. I don’t think that life would be worth living if occasionally we counldn’t have chocolate for breakfast!

    YUMMY!

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  499. I didn’t know an Olympic athlete, but my college track/xc coach almost qualified in the 3000m steeple chase in track & field a few years back. I’m pretty sure she was nationally ranked or up there for a while.

    (And randomly, she was also *the* Delilah from “Hey There Delilah.” True story.)

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  500. Yay! My favorite dessert is cupcakes. My boyfriend always marvels at how a cupcake can turn a moody, anxious girl into the happiest girl in the world.

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  502. I always feel like a jerk commenting on the giveaway posts, but, why not try, anyway?

    I’m enjoying the tutorials lately, Karen! The cat-eye one I’m probably going to try this weekend, super easy but I never would have thought of using my angled liner brush like that.

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  504. My favourite dessert is black forest cake! At 26 years old, I STILL ask my mum to bake it for me each birthday!!!

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