Oh, the humanity! I don’t know what sinister force keeps making me come up with these cruel, twisted beauty scenarios, but I’m sorry. ADVERTISEMENT For my answer, I want to say MAC face & Body, because I’ve used it for years, I love the dewy finish, and I can count on that it won’t give me breakouts or scoot and slide around once it’s on, but… This is so twisted! As much as it would pain me to forsake foundation (and it would pain me), I am non-functional and Halloween costume-caliber frightening if I don’t have at least a hint...

Apparently, I can no longer be bothered to spend much more than 60 seconds doing my hair since I have bigger, badder, much more ferocious charm fires to put out, like FREAKING BLACK feline eyeliner THAT IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE. This morning was rough, man. I couldn’t get the outer wings to line up evenly (for my makeup here), as well as then the liner just kept getting thicker as well as thicker… *shakes head* ADVERTISEMENT Silly me for thinking, “Oh, this will only take five minutes.” And don’t even get me started on the red lipstick. I...

As far as high end/highfalutin eyebrow pencils are concerned, I think the ones by Tom Ford as well as hourglass are the ones to beat. Today I thought Guerlain’s eyebrow Pencil in Brun suitable ($31) may join those two, as well as it probably would have if I’d been able to discover more colors. ADVERTISEMENT So far, I’ve only discovered one — 1 Brun suitable — a light grayish brown, which, yeah, looks a little funky-town in my dark brows. I think my skin tone brings out the purple in Brun Ideal, which makes the inner part of my brows...

You might be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?” Well, it isn’t exactly a poll. It’s much more of a continuously evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past seven years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always delighted in reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you delight in reading mine. Super skinny ’90-style brows: love ’em or leave ’em? OMG, I just can’t. I rocked them for many, numerous years, and I thought they were pretty terrific at...

Rockin’ a classic ponytail while walking Sir Tabs (I think this was last spring…or three hairstyles ago) It depends on the situation, like, if I’m doing one for straight-up comfort, like to go running, then I’ll go with the classic pony — pulled back, with the height in the middle of my head toward the back, roughly above my ears. It’s the old efficient standby that gets the hair off my face and, when my hair extends past my shoulders, keeps it from whipping into my grill…which gets really bothersome after a few miles. ADVERTISEMENT If there’s one thing I’ve...

using the NARS true NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Yu Oh, Yu! Yu! You understand I’ve got nothing however mad like for Yu. I’m so happy to see Yu again! ADVERTISEMENT Yaaaas, queen, Yu is one of my preferred NARS Satin Lip Pencils of all freakin’ time, as well as it just so occurs to be one of the three full-size pencils in the new $49 NARS true NARS summertime gift set. This year there are three restricted edition NARS summertime gift sets — two lip sets as well as one blush combination — as well as true NARS is...

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Improv leopard areas or liner trick? You be the judge… This one’s just a very quick makeup tip, but I wished to mention it before I forgot. To make lining your water and lash lines a bit easier, and your application smoother, try warming up your liner first on the back of your hand. just run the suggestion of the pencil back and forth a few times to get that warm friction going, which somewhat softens the product. ADVERTISEMENT I always do this before I apply liner. It’s just a easy thing, but it makes a visible difference. ADVERTISEMENT Your...

OK, so I’m enjoying an Amy’s Mexican Casserole bowl and viewing Gilmore girls last night when I kindasorta FREAKED THE EFF OUT. one of the main characters in the show, Lorelei Gilmore (the mother half of the Gilmore duo), was getting her best friend Sookie ready for a date, doing her hair, putting on her makeup — all of that good stuff a charm BFF does for her gal pals. Anywho, when she’s ready to apply Sookie’s lipstick, she calls out to her daughter Rory (the other half of the Gilmore Girls) downstairs to bring up “Viva Glam.” Yes! THE...

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