crazy for Chocolate What’s an unsung makeup hero? For me, it’s an usually underrated makeup morsel, a long-term collection product that scoots under the radar screen of numerous makeup enthusiasts however routinely rocks my world. The long-running Unsung Heroes series features a few of my favorites. What’s that Christmas carol that goes, “‘Tis the season for creams, fa la la la laaaa, la la la laaaa!”? Creams are a “go-to” for gaggles of makeup enthusiasts when it’s chilly outside, however Revlon chocolate is an “all-year” obsession for me. Formally understood as Colorstay 175 Crème Eyeshadow in Chocolate, it’s a drugstore...

totally worthy of a sweaty workout. I climbed a rope suspended from the ceiling yesterday (yes, I did this for fun). It was hard! but I did it. It was for the HIIT class I take at the gym. We were doing all kinds of different exercises with ropes, and I found out that the trick to the rope climbing is to engage every muscle in your body — your core, your legs, your booty — and not just your upper body and your arms. ADVERTISEMENT Anyway, this story is makeup related, I swear, because while I was trying to...

inexpensive dupes of one of the best high-end powders out there! Three words: Hourglass. Ambient. Dupe. Yeah, I went there. I completely did. ADVERTISEMENT These Luminizing glow Powders by truthful Beauty… I would bet my tabby’s stripes that the team behind them had the hourglass Ambients firmly in mind, because they look and feel just like ’em. They have that same beautiful low-key luminosity — same effect that you can kindasorta tell is there if you look really, really closely — and the powder grains are just fine, fine, fine. Like Michael B. Jordan fine. FOINE. ADVERTISEMENT Cats & makeup...

$24 NARS precision Lip liner is offered now. GIRL. In the ’90s, the lip liner circumstance wasn’t cute. I used lip liner just about every other day from roughly 1993 to 1999, as well as I spent between 10-60 minutes on each of those days tugging liner across my lips. ADVERTISEMENT That works out to between 182.5 as well as 1,095 overall hours of my life, since skipping liner was NOT AN OPTION. There was an unwritten guideline among our team that if you used lipstick, you likewise had to do the liner. Don’t understand why, however this was regarded...

As soon as the door opened, Tabs shot off like a rocket! This morning he was over the moon to be going for his walk ideal before dawn, because, as you know, cats are crepuscular, and they get extra fired up at dusk and dawn. It started out great, too. He had a spring in his step. first thing he did was dart around the corner toward his favorite bamboo plant, and then doubled back like a kitten and scooted up the steps toward the common area grassy knoll, where he likes to chomp down on grass. ADVERTISEMENT Things were...

When your hair is crazy and you just roll with it. So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, in contrast to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five a lot more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ? 1. hot pink eyeshadow or bright blue lipstick? Hot pink eyeshadow. 2. High or low maintenance? GUUUURL, high maintenance all...