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MAC Cosmetics Partners with Makeup and Beauty Blog

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Ladies, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know about my love for MAC Cosmetics. I’ve been a fan of theirs for years (my very first post was Barbie Loves MAC!).

And being such a devoted fan, I’ve been dying to tell you about a special project I’ve been working on FOREVER, but because of legal hoopla and various other contractual shenanigans I haven’t been been able to announce anything until now.

Starting this month, I’ll be splitting my time between this blog and a brand new site called MAC-Up and Beauty Blog.

In a nutshell, it’s going to be a MAC beauty blog with a quirky MBB spin. I’ll be giving you advance looks and swatches of new MAC collections, backstage access to MAC events and the latest tips and tricks from our favorite MAC makeup artists.

It also means I’ll be traveling a little bit more, but things will remain business as usual here on the OG MBB, where I’ll still post plenty of non-MAC beauty reviews, news and more than enough Tabs to last a lifetime. 🙂

MAC-Up and Beauty Blog won’t go live until mid-month, but MAC wants to get this party started, so they’re sponsoring a HUGE giveaway today on the blog.

The first 10,000 readers who friend the new MAC-Up and Beauty Blog Facebook page will receive a free tube of MAC Nymphette. This shimmery, peachy pink gloss is my all-time fave for smokey eyes.

If you’re interested, click here to sign up.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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      • I made it through in one piece….my stomach is now the size of a large chicken egg! I won’t be eating solids for several weeks, so for now it’s ricotta cheese, applesauce and V-8 juice. I may be able to stomach oatmeal and mashed potatoes by Easter!

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  9. Oh em gee, I totally fell for it!! I was just so happy, about you and MAC working together, that I didn’t even think of it as a joke! LOL!! I love Tabs!!

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  20. EVERY YEAR, Karen! EVERY YEAR! Last year with the hairy toes, this year with the MAC fakeout. Dang, girl. I’ve been reading this blog pretty much since it started and I still haven’t learned – you’re the original prankster (cue the 90’s Offspring music!).

    I totally busted out in a gross donkey-bray laugh in my cube at work too – what a great start to the day 🙂

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  21. So I’m all set to type the equivalent of a screaming congrats when I notice everyone is commenting about the lol factor so I click the link and alas, there is Tabs in all his glory. You got me.

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  22. lol totally fell for that one! first prank of the day, that was a good one! just also wanted to say i’ve just started reading your blog and i love love LOVE it 🙂 x

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  25. drat! i totally fell for that, but even more so i was really excited for you! and me! and i hadn’t had my coffee yet! and now i’m reminded that it’s april fool’s…so i will be on the lookout for more…:)

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  26. Damn, totally fell for it! I was kinda excited for Your collaboration with MAC (the gloss I already own, I was rather curious if it was an international thing or not… should’ve suspected).
    You’re good, the whole story build up – perfection! 🙂

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  34. Aawww, and here I thought you were all situated to give us the early down-low on the MAC CCL collection! 😉

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      • Right? In my own little world that’s already its name!

        Oh, and in my dreamworld they have a fierce quad named “Calico” and an amazing brown eyeliner called “Tabby”!

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  37. LOL I totally fell for it! I should have thought “really, MAC is giving away 10,000 tubes of Nymphette”??? But I was too excited! That is too funny!

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  40. Man Karen you got me! My heart was racing as I was reading it, lol. Maybe one day this can happen and if so I’m there!

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    • JamieJamez!! Who knows if it will? I’m just gonna keep my fingers crossed and send out the idea to the universe…

      Hope you had a fantastic day, and that you got to play a few fun pranks!

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  44. It’s so believable because you’re a very talented blogger and you care about your readers. You are destined for continued success. I’m hoping someone out there is smart enough to partner with you. 🙂

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  46. wow- that was awesome! i was literally just about to re activate my facebook account which I had deleted haha…

    i totally believed this because i think that you are such a great blogger that mac would be lucky to have you running a site for them, your site is informative, interactive, and has high quality images and photos on it that you have a very good career in front of you in this beauty blogging business!

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    • Hi Meghan,

      Thank you very much for these sweet words. 🙂 If I could give you a big hug, I totally would.

      Hope you had a lovely day today… and that you got to prank someone good!

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  47. Arghhh 😀 I totally believed that. Damn it! And I just bought a new Nymphette a few hours ago, and I was like, “Oh well, guess you can never have too many”

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  56. Hehe, knew it! Oh man. I’m doing a couple tiny things on facebook today to see if anyone notices, but it’s pretty lame — especially since I usually take April Fool’s Day VERY seriously. Sometime I must tell you about the kitty-related prank I played on my boyfriend last year!

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      • Hehehehe, well, as I’ve mentioned approximately 895129817 times in my comments to you, I have two kitties, Aisha and Tigger. They rock my world. I think it’s pretty easy to say that I love cats. My boyfriend, however, is tragically quite allergic to kitties. I know, it’s heartbreaking. His allergies are bad enough that he can’t come over during March or April due to prime shedding season.

        So, brief back story — back when I was in college, I missed my cats a little too much and bought a stuffed cat. It’s curled up in a little ball, and when you pop in a D cell, its tummy moves like it’s breathing and it makes little half purring/half sleepy noises. Very cute.

        I decided to be mischievous and put my little fake furball into a cat carrier and bring it over to his place.

        “Steve, I got you a present,” I called from the doorway.

        Totally unaware of the date and looking at something else, the boy responded, “Oh, honey, that’s so sweet of you. I’m sure I’ll love it!”

        He then looked at me, and with abject horror in his eyes, he yelled, “NO…NO…TELL ME THAT’S NOT–”

        “I went to volunteer at the Humane Society today and I just KNEW you’d love her!”

        “Please tell me you’re not that crazy.”

        “Now, she’s kinda out of it because they shot her up with tranquilizers for the ride home, but if you put your ear up to the cage, you can hear her purring!”

        “This can’t be happening.”

        Right as I went to pull the fake kitty out of the cage, however, he had an epiphany. “I’m a freaking moron,” he said.

        I couldn’t exactly disagree.

        It was REALLY funny — and he’s still a little bitter for having fallen for it a year later — but I am sliiiiightly offended that he honestly thought for a bit that I was nutty enough to purchase him a pet
        a) with no discussion whatsoever
        b) TO WHICH HE WAS ALLERGIC, lol.

        I mean, don’t get me wrong, I *am* a crazy cat lady, but I’m not going to bring the sneezing over to him! That would be pretty cruel. 😀 I’m still proud of myself for thinking of it, though!

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    • MEGAN! Wow, it’s been so long. How are you, my friend? Are things going well with the job? And how’s your place? It seems like yesterday when you just moved in.

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  61. I was sooooo excited!! what a great April Fool’s joke! Thanks Tabs for letting me down gently, because i was excited!! I hope the launch of MAC Art Supplies today isn’t an April Fool’s joke!

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  63. you totally got me on that one , on a side note I wish MAC offered you something like that , you would be the perfect person to do the job…

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  67. lol! I totally believed you! And I was so excited about the free Nymphette, I couldn’t type fast enough to get on the “new site”! haha And I was sooo sure I wouldn’t fall for any April fools scams today! So funny!

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  68. Aww Man!!! I was so excited for you, but then thought, “Oh she’s going to be SOOO busy.” Wah wah wah. haha

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  73. Totally fell for it, alternating between excitement for your new responsibilities, sadness that we would probably see less of Tabs (devastating, lol) and total greed trying to get the free lipgloss! Good one, Karen!

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  75. I didn’t fall for it… only because I fell for Temptalia’s first and so I started becoming suspicious. I wonder though if MAC released their Art Supplies collection online in France as a joke too, because I thought it would come in today with Liberty of London but I called the boutiques and found out that it was only coming out around mid-April. In any case, I placed an order so it’d better not be!

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  79. Hahaha! Once I got to the bottom I was like “Heeey…that’s too good to be true….” and alas, I am an april fool

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  83. HA! that is awesome, you totally got me on that one! yup, I’m gulliable! love it. now I wish it were true. 🙂

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  89. Ahhhhh!! This was the only online april fool’s joke I actually fell for today. Well, this and the gmail no-vowels thing, but I didn’t really have a choice about that. 🙂 Too bad, I wanted that Nymphette.

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    • Hi Tricia C,

      I got it a few weeks ago at Marshall’s in the junior’s section. Yes, I’m 34, LOL! It was like 16 bucks! I couldn’t pass it up.

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  97. This is such a great April Fool’s joke! I fell for it and was so happy for you; it’s a shame it isn’t real. 🙂 Maybe MAC will read this and take a hint though…

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  98. Ahhhh! I completely fell for it haha… my jaw literally dropped as soon as I saw the free Nymphette “giveaway.” I love that gloss dearly 🙂

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  100. You got me really good, Karen. I was all excited for you and couldn’t click fast enough to get that free Nymphette. (probably should’ve realized it at that point, huh?)

    April Fools Day always makes me realize just how gullible I really am. XD

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  101. you totally got me with that one!! LOL my favorite blogger teams with my favorite makeup?!? a dream come true, only to be an april fools! good one, really…hope you had a great day, girl!

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  105. You fooled me, Karen! I almost put my Facebook status as “____________ is pregnant” just to freak out my friends! 🙂

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  107. Congratulations on the MAC blog. I like MAC products, but don’t go there often because the MAC SAs are generally kind of snotty, impatient & dismissive of anyone over 40. Or is this MAC’s strategy to discourage older women from being in the stores, hurting the young/hip image? You can pass that on now that you’re an insider!

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  109. Oh my gosh! I totally fell for it! Best prank I’ve seen all day! I was excited to get the early inside scoop on all the MAC stuff. That would be cool if you were doing something like that though!

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