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Do you? I had a friend who did this every time she sat down for a meal (or even before she had a cup of coffee), and as much as I can appreciate the “why” behind it, I just can’t be bothered… Granted, sometimes I wonder know how much MAC Russian Red I’ve consumed along with all those spoonfuls of Nutella…but still, old habits are hard to break. How about you? Do you take your lipstick off before you eat? Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen P.S. Continue reading "Do You Take Off Your Lipstick Before You Eat?" on Makeup...

Growing up, I never really thought of our Christmas and holiday traditions as being — quote, unquote — “traditions.” They were just the things we did every year without fail… (Also known as, “traditions.”) For instance, our family always celebrates on Christmas Eve. We have a big feast, and I’m talking MASSIVE, with special Christmas dishes like honey glazed ham, and Filipino dishes like lumpia (our version of fried egg rolls), pancit (rice noodles with vegetables, chicken and shrimp) and leche flan (caramel custard). There’s always enough to feed a small army, and family members stop by throughout the night...

Hello and happy Caturday!!! If you ever need shelter from the metaphorical storm, might I suggest Marshalls? — because every time I go there, I find so many cute kitty-themed things. I went a couple days ago, and these blank kitty cards were soooo tempting, but I already have an entire drawer filled with cat steno that I need to work my way through… I also really wanted the kitty toothbrush holder at the top, but I passed because it had a slight chip in one ear. 🙁 Oh, and then there were these cute jars, too… Ah, so much...

Rise and shine, morning glory! I hope you slept well. So, I received an invite this week to the San Francisco premiere and after party of a new Ali Wong (a.k.a. my doppelganger) movie coming to Netflix May 31. The movie’s called Always Be My Maybe, and it takes place in SF. I wasn’t planning on going because 1) it’s on a Tuesday, which is a school night for me; and 2) it doesn’t start until 7…which for me is the equivalent of midnight. I’m pretty sure I’d pass out! I’m so not kidding either. These days I start turning...

I just read this post in Gizmodo: Your cat can grasp some basic laws of physics Well, I’m not surprised, we already knew they excel on several areas of classical mechanics (Newton’s laws, conservation laws, gravity and equilibrium), but this study goes beyond: There’s no ball without noise: cats’ prediction of an object from noise We used an expectancy violation procedure to ask whether cats could use a causal rule to infer the presence of an unseen object on hearing the noise it made inside a container and predict its appearance when the container was turned over. We presented cats...