running thin |ˈrəniNG THin |
colloquial
1 My patience for eyeshadow looks involving more than two steps.
Okay, so maybe Chanel’s limited edition $42 Ombres Contrastes Duo in Sable-Émouvant from the new Summertime de Chanel collection doesn’t beam with the boundless possibilities of,...
Wearing Sable Beige on my cheeks and Sable Rose as a contouring bronzer
I’m a card-carrying, unabashed, self-styled Chanel nut.
Even El Hub knows it, and it took him three days to notice that I dyed my hair pink.
Whenever I see those interlocking double Cs, I’m like a doe in...
Green Safari
I dream of a world where every eyeshadow on the market lasts from dawn till dusk! A world where shadow pencils like Milani’s purposefully misspelled Shadow Eyez 12 HR Wear Eyeshadow Pencils last long enough to make it through three cups of ginger tea (two words: tummy troubles)...
Smashbox Reflection High Shine Lip Gloss in Hibiscus
Dear Self,
Please keep in mind these notes on lipgloss and life, and hold on to them when you’re feeling sad or yucky.
Remember…
…that you can always change your circumstances. It’s not always as easy as changing your...
Sirocco! Calypso! Ah, yes. Gotta love Chanel Glossimers that 1) rhyme and 2) sound like the names of late-’80s pop duos, which reminds me…
…freshman year in high school, I sat next to a girl in algebra class who went to a Milli Vanilli concert one night and then gushed the next...
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be famous? Pretty much, I think it would not be fun. Not being able to run to Target in my jammies for bananas and dental floss, or have lunch at a sidewalk cafe without hearing everyone around you whisper, “It’s that actress from that show...
Smashbox has a thing for celebrity. Over the past year or so, they’ve featured film, photography and now straight-up fame, with the Smashbox Shades of Fame collection for summer 2012.
For eyes, there’s the $48 warm-toned Shades of Fame Eye Palette & Brush, with its nine powder...
I think I still have sand in my ears and the tropics on my mind, because when I close my eyes, I can hear waves crashing, leaves rustling and chickens cock-a-doodle-doo’ing…
Wait — should I still be hearing chickens? That’s weird, isn’t it?
I guess part of me never...
I will never be able to hear the words, “Calvin Klein,” without immediately picturing Michael J. Fox’s purple underwear in Back to the Future, despite millions of dollars in marketing and hundreds of products released over more than four decades! Now that movie? That movie was...
Wearing Tarte Maracuja Divine Shine Lip Gloss in Achiote on my lips
Even though I spent much of the past few days disheveled in some pretty remote places, makeup was never far from my mind.
Like on Monday, while trudging through tall grasses and traversing streams along the banks of the Wailua...
