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
it may be early.. but not THAT early. I LOOVE the tabs graphic!
Ha ha! Hope you had a good one, Emily!
Ok Karen, you got me good with that one! LOL
LOL! Hope you had a fab day, VexintheCity!
Its hard to take any blogpost seriously on April 1…..is this an april fools day joke 😛
.-= Jessica’s last blog post… Winners of My 1000 Blog Followers Giveaway! =-.
I wish it wasn’t!
As soon as I saw that headline, I *knew* it was going to be an April Fools Day prank! Awesome. 🙂
LOL! Thanks Meimei. 🙂
OUCH, you made me laugh so hard, my stiches hurt!
Donna! I take it the operation went well?
I hope you’re recovering nicely!!
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!
I’m glad to hear that you’re doing okay. 🙂
Here’s to a healthier you! *raises tea cup*
Happyhappy April 1st! 😀
You are awesome, girl!!!
No, babe… YOU are awesome!
LOL! YOU GOT ME THERE!! 😛
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Hee hee! 🙂
OMG Karen, haha you got me there!! Great April Fools Prank!!!
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!!
He’s a great prankster!
Way to toy with my emotions, Tabs!
LOL… he does that a lot! He’s such a trickster. 😉
OMGAH, you beeyotch! Totally fooled me. bahahaha. ♥
LOL! Happy April Fool’s Day!
I fell for this too :/ haha, i totally forgot its april fools day!
.-= Ally’s last blog post… Liz Earle Partnered with Avon =-.
Hope you got to pull a few pranks today, Ally!
Thats was mean, I was all ready excited to sign up!!!!
LOL, hey, you never know what the future holds! Maybe it’ll come true some day!
Oh Karen, love ya!
Love you back, Halifax. 🙂
You totally got me, Karen – I was so excited for you. Such a sucker! 🙂
I would’ve loved this to be real! Maybe someday…
You were the first to get me today! Love it. Good one 🙂 You know how to get beauty product junkies. LOL
LOL! Hope you had a very fun day, Shannon!
That was just cold! lol
.-= Dominique’s last blog post… Trying something new =-.
LOL! Happy April Fool’s Day, babe!
That was a good one! I wanted some free MAC!
LOL! It would’ve been awesome, right?
lol! you & tabs are bad!
LOL… it was all his idea!
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 🙂
🙂 Thanks for being here and sticking with me for so long, Kate!
Have a wonderful rest of your week!
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.
Hey Chamayne,
🙂 He’s quite the prankster, that Tabs!
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
Hi Em,
I’m so glad you like it. Are you new to makeup, or are ya full blown addict?
Not funny!!!! Okay maybe it was a little funny 🙁
btw where is your shirt from in the picture, I love it!
That’s a dress from American Eagle!
That was a good one!!!
Did you get to pull any tricks today, Erica? I hope so!
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…:)
You crack me up, Bluematilda!
Hope you had a fabulous day. 🙂
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! 🙂
Thanks Petra!
Glad to hear you already have Nymphette. Every girl needs a tube!
Good one, Tabs… I’ll get you next time! 🙂
He’s looking forward to it! 😉
You trickster 🙂
.-= Marisol’s last blog post… Europe here I come! =-.
It was all Tabs’ idea…
You TOTALLY got me!
.-= Kristen’s last blog post… Sonia Kashuk Straight From Nature Brushes =-.
🙂 Happy April Fool’s Day!
I fell for that harder than your hairy toes last year! Girl…you’re good.
.-= Stef’s last blog post… LORAC Multiplex 3D Lip Gloss review =-.
Ha ha ha! For the record, um, those were not my toes! Mine are hairy, but not that hairy. LOL!
OMG…you are the first person to get me today! LOL, that was a good one!
Thanks, Smeegal9!
Karen! I love you. Made me grin at 7 AM…no small feat. Lookin’ gorgeous, babe.
Always happy to put a smile on your face, Kristin! 🙂
You brat! I totally fell for that, haha.
Hee! Have a good day, Crissy. 🙂
Aawww, and here I thought you were all situated to give us the early down-low on the MAC CCL collection! 😉
They need to just go ahead rename that collection MAC CCL already!
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”!
LOL. Hey but that would’ve been totally awesome though Karen!
I wouldn’t mind if it was!
Omg!! That was an awesome April Fool’s. I was just aboout to add the site to my google reader LOL
Good One 🙂
.-= Nikkia (Silver Lips)’s last blog post… Experience Indique Hair =-.
Hi Nikkia,
How are ya, hon? I hope things are good on your end!
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!
Wouldn’t that be awesome though? Shoot, I’d try to sign up too… one can never have enough Nymphette tubes.
likes!
🙂
Thanks for the giggles! Happy April Fool’s Day!
Same to you, Donna! 🙂
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!
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!
You got me!
wow you got me, but I was thinking, “Gee 10,000 is a lot.”
Yeah… but it would so cool!
haha…smart Karen….
I wouldn’t lie, I would have fallen for it, if the name of the ‘new blog’ were a bit more different…
but isn;t it a great idea to begin with…
i enjoyed this post….
.-= resham’s last blog post… BENEFIT – ‘That gal’ Face Primer =-.
Hi Resham,
Glad you liked this one! 🙂
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. 🙂
Hi Anna,
This was so kind of you… thank you. 🙂
O.m.g! You got me good! Hahaha
.-= Celina’s last blog post… How to Wash Makeup Brushes =-.
Happy April Fool’s Day, Celina!
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!
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!
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”
Oh nice! What do you think of it? I actually wore it today, LOL!
Lol, totally got me there! I was so excited. Great prank, Karen (and Tabs)!!! 🙂
It was all Tabs’ doing… he’s the mastermind!
LOL, You fooled all of us!!
Oh, but how I wish it was real!
:)))) that was funny :)))
kiss
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Lady your Crazy(Wink),I was like WooHoo go karen,Happy April Fool’s Day!!
But you never know,All smiles!!
.-= The Crochet Queenn’s last blog post… Soft Lime Green,Turquoise and Copper Brown Scarf, Brown Beads and Ribbon added to Fringes =-.
Yup, you never know!
I love your blog !!!! Kisses from Brazil!!!!!!!!!!!
Kisses back from Marin county, Andrea!
lol you got me :p
Did you play any jokes today, K?
I can honestly say this is the first April Fool’s Joke I actually believed!
Well played mademoiselle!!
Thanks, babe. 🙂
Oh, Karen! Taunts of free Nymphette… too far! Hahaha :]
Ha ha! Hope you had a fun April Fool’s Day, Sally!
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!
OOOHHH, you need to share that story STAT.
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!
Wow. that was good. LOL.
.-= TJ’s last blog post… Fox News – What’s their motto again? =-.
Thanks, TJ! Did you pull any pranks today?
OMG. i almost died of excitement then bammm! april fooled.
you got me lol
Happy April Fool’s Day, Beth!
I was about to cangratulate you…LOL good job Karen…that totally would be a dream gig. 🙂
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.
LOL!
🙂 Hee!
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!
LOL, it’s not! I popped by the Pro Store and it’s all there. 🙂
LOL very funny Karen! You totally got me! 🙂
.-= Trude’s last blog post… Climbing the Rocks =-.
Did ya get to prank anyone today, Trude? I hope so!
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…
Aww, thanks NC. I wouldn’t mind something like this, either. 🙂
You got me !!!! too funny
🙂 Hope you had a fun April Fool’s Day, Denise!
that was a good one… i feel so silly now=oP
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I wish it was real! Happy April Fool’s Day. 🙂
Good One! 😉 Happy April Fools!
Happy April Fool’s to you too!
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!
🙂 Glad you got a laugh outta this one!
Aww Man!!! I was so excited for you, but then thought, “Oh she’s going to be SOOO busy.” Wah wah wah. haha
You are too cute. I hope you got the chance to fool someone today!
Aw, you got me. 🙂 I was very excited for lipgloss.
I would’ve loved to have given away that many tubes!
Wow – am I a sucker or what!
This SHOULD happen for real!
HELL YAH!
I wouldn’t mind!
That is an excellent little joke but I saw it coming because I was on Temptalia’s site earlier. LOL
.-= amy’s last blog post… MAC Give Me Liberty of London Eyeshadow Birds & Berries Product Picture, Swatches and Review =-.
Ha!
Ha ha! MEOWWWWW!!!
🙂 Tabs says, “Mrrroooow!”
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!
Thanks, MKDallas… I love how you keep it real, LOL!
ughhhhh you got me! I thought it might have been true because I know how you love that lipgloss!!
You and me both!
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!
PS, your joke was last year was really awesome. Sometimes when I see toe hairs, I still think about it.
Ha! I get great joy knowing a world of people out there have witnessed El Hub’s toes…
Nicely done, Tabs darlin. You got me good! 😉
He’s quite the trickster!!
Damn, I’m a sucker! This is the FOURTH time time I’ve been fooled today! The picture of Tabs made me laugh ^_^
.-= Rebecca’s last blog post… Misikko’s Hana Flat Iron review & [my very first] GIVEAWAY! =-.
LOL… that’s one of my faves of him. Did you get to fool anybody today?
You got me! So many people are doing MAC-related April Fool’s jokes, but i saw yours first so I didn’t even see it coming!
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I bet MAC’s getting a kick out of ’em!
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
Dude, I feel like an April Fool every day, LOL!
Totally got me on this one!!! 🙂 Happy April Fool’s Day everyone!!
Hope you had a fun day, Em C!
Ahah that was a good one! Happy April French Fool’s Day Karen 🙂
Happy AFD’s to you too! Did you pull any pranks today?
Did you and Temptalia collaborate on this, lol… Both pranks were too good!
.-= Sara’s last blog post… FOTD Using Avon High Defintion Makeup! Contest Reminder! =-.
Nope, ha ha!
HA! that is awesome, you totally got me on that one! yup, I’m gulliable! love it. now I wish it were true. 🙂
GURL, you and me both!
Yeah if Christine hadn’t already pulled this one…I would have fell for it too! LOL
Yup, ha ha!
Damn I got hella excited FOR FREE! lmao That was a good one. Darn lol
LOL! I wish!
that was a good one karen! lol
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LOL, thanks Roxy!
Good one! I totally fell for it and was getting ready to send you a huge congratulations!!! 🙂
🙂 That would’ve been very sweet of you, Susie.
How’s your day going? Did you prank anyone today?
AHHH I was so excited for you! And for free MAC lipgloss…
Ha! You would’ve loved it!!
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.
I would love for MAC to give away 10,000 tubes of Nymphette in the name of MBB!! If only. 🙂
Where did u get that army green jacket ur wearing in the pic? It’s super cute..
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.
Dang it, you got me again! You stinker!
And there were no hairy toes involved this time, LOL!
HAHA you really got me! I was super excited about the ‘new’ blog 🙂
I would’ve been fun, yah? 🙂
Hope you’re having a great day!
You got me, too! 🙂
Proud to say that is the first (and hopefully last) AFD joke I fell for! 😛
Hee hee! You can get me back next year!!
This is the only time anyone got me today. Good work.
Thanks, Jane! I kinda wish it were real, le sigh!
How’s your day been?
You got me good! I was so excited for you!!
.-= Tiera’s last blog post… Hello and Goodbye: March-April =-.
Hi Tiera!
Hope you’re having a fab day today!
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…
Hee! I wouldn’t mind if they did. 🙂
Did you fall for any other AFD jokes? I’m still waiting on one from El Hub…
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 🙂
bahahaha you got me!! That was a really good one, I keep forgetting it’s April 1
.-= Makeupmorsels’s last blog post… Hello All! =-.
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
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!
Oh! You got me! Haha! Congrats on the new blog, I can’t wait to see what you do with it! 🙂
.-= Megan’s last blog post… doodles and a subjective productivity =-.
Doh you had me fooled! Lol!!!
.-= Celine’s last blog post… maravi: When did I start hating grocery shopping so much? =-.
You got me there, Karen. As soon as I saw “free Nymphette”, I clicked it and saw Tabs instead! 😀
You fooled me, Karen! I almost put my Facebook status as “____________ is pregnant” just to freak out my friends! 🙂
So…you think your slick huh Karen.
He, he, he…you got me, you got me real good!
That was a good prank. Ha!
.-= diana’s last blog post… A Lighter Moisturizer for Spring – Caroline Chu SPF 15 Moisturizing Lotion =-.
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!
HA HA! This was the ONLY April Fool’s prank I actually fell for!!! You Smarty Pants! 🙂
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!
I actually fell for this, and got really excited! ;P
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