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Beauty notes from Karen Blanchard, including makeup, skincare, hair, fragrance and the products and routines that have inspired her over the years.

September 17, 2012

BEAUTY: Beach Kid

A quick update on the Paul Mitchell products I’ve been playing around with mentioned before here… Ok so first off I’m NO hairdresser. I like

September 9, 2012

BEAUTY: Braids at Herve Leger

I snapped these quick shots back stage at the Herve Leger show yesterday and loved the hair. I’ve been obsessing hard about braids for

September 4, 2012

BEAUTY: Curly Hair Challenge

Picture from this post As you know, I switch between curly hair (above) or straight hair (the below post yesterday). Paul Mitchell sent over

July 8, 2012

Summer Pop!

Colour. Colour. Colour… Shades: Beacons Closet (found these look-a-likes or try purple mirrored Supers).  Lipstick: MAC Lady Danger (thx to the reader who recommended this).

April 10, 2012

Summer Lipsticks – My Picks

The ones I reach for the most…  Mac ‘Show Orchid’    In action here. Taken from this post: Mac ‘So Chaud’ In action here.

February 7, 2012

How To Do Smokey Eyes

(requires sound) I get comments and emails asking me about the dark eye make up that I wear a lot.  Hopefully this video will

January 7, 2012

Deborah Lippmann bling

Polishes: Left: Happy Birthday.  Right: Across the Universe. My new nail polishes came and I am in love. I caved after hearing about this