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Do you ever use stuff you only feel so-so about? Me: Oh, gosh, yes. I do it all the time…and that answer feels somehow wrong because there’s so much good stuff out there, right? Why wear anything that doesn’t completely blow your mind when most places have a good return policy? To that I say, “I dunno…” It usually happens because I bought something on a whim while doing non-beauty shopping at Trader Joe’s or Target or someplace else and subsequently lost the receipt, so later I figure that I might as well keep using the thing to get my...

It’s alright. It’s totally OK. I’ve gone through it, you’ve gone through it, we’ve all gone through it… Bronzer addiction! Yeah, it’s a real thing. LOL. Mine happened circa 2014, which was when I believed that one could never wear enough bronzer, and I literally piled it on. I was so into bronzer that I had a dedicated bronzer makeup drawer, and I went into that drawer to pick out one, two or sometimes even four (!) different bronzers to wear every morning. It was that serious. I was reminded of this phase on my makeup journey because of the...

Clearly, UD has a thing for Bing…cherries. Based on the packaging for new Naked Cherry collection, Bing is bomb, and I can appreciate that. I mean, I get it. I see the connection. A deep, dark, purplish Bing makes sense for a makeup collection, but I still like Rainiers more. They’re sweeter, man! And I love that red and yellow ombre action #importantfruitopinions. (Quick makeup query: Years ago MAC also released a cherry-inspired collection. Can you remember what it was called?) No reds, but plenty of pink and plum Surprise! — there’s not a lot of red in UD’s new...

Interesting essay :Philosophy of Biology: Drawing and the dynamic nature of living systemsCaption: Classical representations of cell division. A - Walther Flemming’s 1888 drawings of eukaryotic mitosis (Image credit: adapted from Walther Flemming, CC0). B - Confocal fluorescent microscopy images of newt lung cells during mitosis in culture (Image credit: Alexey Khodjakov, CC BY 4.0). C - A diagram of the stages of cell division (Image credit: Ali Zifan, CC BY-SA 4.0).“[…] Moreover, advances in imaging have resulted in a change in the role of the researcher: whereas cell biologists once used drawing to synthesise what they had seen in thousands of...

One of the reasons Tabs picked this part of Novato to build the headquarters of Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC was because of the cherry blossom trees that line the hill. Cherry blossoms are also the official flower of this year’s Kitty-palooza, the world’s largest festival for fabulous felines (sponsored by Tabs), and to celebrate himself and other amazing cats, Tabs commissioned his very own sakura-inspired collar. He loves it, but he wishes it was bolder. Maybe next year he’ll commission a sakura printed full-body cat suit. 🙂 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen Continue reading "Sundays With Tabs the...