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Yea! Huzzah! Hooray! We made it to the weekend in what officially may go down as the craziest week ever.

Oh, my goodness, right?

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Happy Caturday, my friend. We may be locked indoors. We may be exhausted of hearing terms like “self-quarantine,” “social distancing” as well as “fatality rate.” We may be stockpiling toilet paper, however it sure beats the alternative!

Oh, gosh, I’m anxious. Our bit town in the Bay area is truly starting to shut down now. companies are closing left as well as right, as well as I just got an email from Connor’s institution that they’re shutting down all classes for at least two weeks starting Monday. My hours likewise got cut at the bakery since nobody’s stockpiling cupcakes. huge box stores are swarming with people stockpiling cleaning supplies as well as pasta. (And a few of them are behaving badly. Oh, the stories I’ve heard!)

So, yeah, it appears like I’ll be holed up right here at house with Coywolf, PGR as well as El Hub for at least the next two weeks.

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I believe we might all utilize a bit additional luck these days, so right here we go…

And some weekend reading…

Makeup stores are responding to COVID-19 by cancelling events, suspending charm services as well as wiping down high web traffic areas with Clorox every hour. Sephora is likewise banning in-store testing.

Because you’re washing your hands a lot, here’s a listing of the very best hand creams, according to dermatologists.

If you’re stuck at home, right here are 12 well-known museums that offer online trips from your couch.

Last of the virus-related stories for now (I promise): exactly how coronavirus is impacting the method makeup artists work.

I’m feeling this blue eyeshadow duchess of Sussex (otherwise understood as Meghan Markle). Don’t you like exactly how you can only truly see it when she blinks? It’s subtle yet kinda fancy at the exact same time. Hmm… I believe I just discovered my new makeup aesthetic.

Staying in much more often? (I take it your response to this is “Yes.”) possibly you may want to do an at-home mani with Vogue’s step-by-step guide to the ideal manicure.

Speaking of nail polish, Target is selling Peeps scented paint for your claws.

“For far as well long, women have been required to submit to male work environment norms, particularly those who serve in the armed forces or in legislation enforcement. very first responders as well as transit workers are commonly subject to gown codes that correspond any type of expression of femininity with weakness. Defenders state we requirement uniformity since it’s essential to preserving authority within the ranks as well as with the public. however that uniformity has been developed around a male body… In almost every walk of life, women’s bodies are policed since of the worry of exactly how guy will react to them.” <---- I delighted in this viewpoint piece on Danielle Outlaw, the new Philadelphia authorities Commissioner as well as the very first black lady to lead the 6,500-member department. We’re due right here for some rain this weekend as well as next week, which leads me to the Hairbrella, a $35 hat developed to shield makeup as well as hair in high humidity, drizzle or downpour. Can you discover the feline hiding on this bed? It took me a minute! Could this types of jellyfish be the future of human skin implants? Just what I needed Currently on repeat I have no concept what’s going on here, however I’m into it. PEEP THE KITTEH! (Also, when upon a time, I might play this.) Just in situation you were unaware, there’s an entire rabbit hole of cats on piano videos on YouTube. Cracked me up! You know, I’d be one of those people having a full-on conversation with Dua Lipa, HA HA HA! ADVERTISEMENT How are you holding up? Your friendly community charm addict, Karen

have a vibrant day!

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with bit clicky buttons. It’s just a listing of five more or less random concerns I’ve been publishing on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I like reading your answers, as well as it assists me get my week off to a great start.

1. exactly how commonly do you exfoliate your face?

I try to do a gentle physical exfoliation everyday with a washcloth as well as a cleanser in the morning, as well as then two or three times a week I’ll utilize a retinol-containing product at night.

2. What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a single skin care product?

It was on Skinceuticals C + E Ferulic Serum…which is $166 a pop for a teeny, small bottle.

So pricey, however it worked, particularly on areas of inconsistent pigmentation. I haven’t utilized it in ages since of the price, though. I’ve been trying to discover a less costly alternate (saving for the Coywolf’s college as well as the home remodel got me all ?), however I’ve yet to discover something comparable.

I may go back to it eventually…maybe after Connor graduates from grad school?!

3. Your top three skin care concerns right now?

Pigmentation, pimples as well as fine lines.

Those are my top three, however can I add a fourth? — ’cause if I can, dryness is likewise plaguing me at the moment.

4. listing three skin care products you put on your deal with this morning.

First aid beauty deal with Cleanser

Clinique considerably different Moisturizing Cream

Kate Somerville Anti Bac Clearing Lotion

5. Your finest skin care advice?

Leave the pimple alone, girlfriend. The less you futz with it, the much better off you’ll be!

Just a friendly reminder

Hiya, friend. great morning. I’m so happy to see you today. ? This week, BTW, is going to be a great — no, a excellent one!

I just realized that as of September (which is only two weeks away), we only have four more months till 2020.

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Wow!

That’s crazy to me… This seems like a great time to think about exactly how we’re going to wrap up 2019. If you’re precisely where you want to be in terms of your goals as well as wishes, that’s amazing! provide yourself a huge hug as well as keep on keepin’ on. In my case, I still feel like I have a great deal to achieve before the year’s end, so everyday this week, I’m going to chip away at just one of those things at a time.

My thing this week is clearing out a wardrobe which has ended up being a disorganized catch-all for everything, as well as I cannot — I just CAN’T — move into 2020 with it the method it is. So, everyday this week, I’m going to spend 20 minutes cleaning as well as clearing it out.

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I’ve been avoiding it for years, however it’s lastly time, ya know?

How about you? What would you like to accomplish before the end of 2019?

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

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P.S. concern time! right here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. talk to ya soon!

1. exactly how commonly do you exfoliate your face?
2. What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a single skin care product?
3. Your top three skin care concerns right now?
4. listing three skin care products you put on your deal with this morning.
5. Your finest skin care advice?

P.P.S. have a wonderful rest of your week! ?

I just bookmarked A lot of makeup looks since one cannot extricate herself from a brown lid/nude lip rut totally on her own.

I’m tryin’, man!

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OK, can we just talk about exactly how this Kristen Stewart look has been haunting me for weeks, but, like, in a Casper the friendly Ghost way? makeup artist beloved Nelson did this look for Kristen just recently at Cannes.

The the teal/electric blue action around her lash lines? I can’t even. It’s so bright as well as eye-catching, for sure, however inspect out the placement of the darker blue on her lower lash line. There’s some in the outer corner as well as just around bottom from the inner corner, as well as then with the teal pop in the center? That’s so cool!

I likewise like exactly how restrained the rest of the look is, like the cool-toned matte brown eyeshadow in the crease as well as exactly how it contrasts with the metallic on the lash line, as well as the subtle skin as well as cheeks as well as dainty pink lip.

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I’m gonna reverse-engineer that lash line utilizing some UD blues as well as teals…

Got a situation of the blue-teals-greens. (The situation is the $24 Rainbow Brights iphone situation from connorclaire.com.)
This next look is something I might wear on the daily. It appears like Jessica Alba is using bronzer on her cheeks (maybe a seamless cream with a matte finish?) in this look with satiny purple smoky lids, great deals o’ lashes as well as a soft peachy pink lip.

I like her hair in this, too. half up, half down with soft, defined curls. ? This look, by the way, is from MUA Daniel Martin, who likewise did Meghan Markle’s marvelous royal wedding event makeup.

Also, I’m feeling this look by David Razzano, a makeup artist with Sephora’s pro team. The protection is a bit fuller than I usually wear these days, however I may try it for kicks.

I’m digging her full, rich brows, the blown-out bronze shades on her lids keeping that spotlight in the center, as well as the super shiny patent-leather hot pink lip!

GAH!

I’m gonna be a mess in that lip, though, however that’s fine. I’ll offer with it.

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One thing I just realized right now about all three of these looks is that there isn’t a great deal of color happening on the cheeks. They all look lightly sculpted with a bit of bronzer, as well as I’m feeling that!

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen

A gentle reminder on this gorgeous Monday.

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with bit clicky buttons. It’s just a listing of five more or less random concerns I’ve been publishing on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I like reading your answers, as well as it assists me get my week off to a great start.

1. Are you much better at remembering names or remembering faces?

Oh, it’s a tossup since I’m similarly poor at both! ?

I assumption I’m a bit much better at faces if, as well as only if, I’m using my glasses or contacts (I’m nearsighted)… That said, I’m getting quite lazy when it comes to using either. What I truly requirement to do is invest in some great reading glasses, however I’m still in total denial about that.

2. What’s your preferred TV show?

The fantastic British Bake Off! however this one-new-episode-per-week thing on Netflix type of pains me. I got utilized to marathoning the earlier seasons.

“Give me all the gluten!” is all I have to say.

3. Something on your container list?

I desperately want to discover exactly how to play the accordion… I truly requirement to make that happen, since when there’s an accordion playing, everybody is happy. ?

4. If you had more time for hobbies, what are some hobbies you would have?

Baking would be one, for sure. Brownies as well as bread are my like language. I’d likewise like to take hip-hop dance classes again, although I don’t believe I’d be much great at it anymore, since it’s been years.

Oh, as well as if there were an American Ninja Warrior-type fitness center nearby, I’d begin doing challenge training in a heartbeat.

Oh, as well as one other thing: does sleep count as a hobby?!

5. Apple or Android?

Apple! — mainly since I’m already stuck on the Mac hamster wheel, as well as when you’re on there, it’s difficult to get off.

Because I’m a “list lady”

Speaking of remembering names…I truly don’t like that uncomfortable feeling when you keep running into somebody whose name you can’t remember, however after a specific amount of time has passed you can’t ask what their name is again. At that point, it’s remove that neither of you keeps in mind the other person’s name, however you both keep pretending that you do, as well as it’s so uncomfortable (at least it is for me, LOL!).

So here’s what I do now: I keep a listing oh-so-creatively called “People I’ve Met” on my phone, as well as right after I satisfy someone, I jot down a few details about them, like, “Long red hair, Molly’s mom, satisfied her at the dance studio in the fall, super friendly.”

It’s really truly handy, particularly 1) if you’re poor at remembering names, as well as 2) you usually have your phone on ya. When I see that person again, BAM! — I just pop open my list, as well as there are the details.

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Super nerdy, as well as yet super effective. ?

Have a wonderful week, OK? talk to you soon.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

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P.S. concern time! right here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. talk to ya soon!

1. Are you much better at remembering names or remembering faces?
2. What’s your preferred TV show?
3. Something on your container list?
4. If you had more time for hobbies, what are some hobbies you’d have?
5. Apple or Android?

P.P.S. Please be additional kind as well as loving to yourself this week. If you do that, I’ll do the same. ?

new NARS fall 2018 collection
You guys, I am shooketh, and shooketh am I, for there is no blush to be found in the NARS fall 2018 collection.

LIKE NONE.

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Perhaps François is assuming that your cheeks will naturally flush when you wear (and maybe commit) some of the lippies in the 7 Deadly sin Audacious Lipstick Palette?

Along with the lip palette, there are also two eyeshadow palettes, an eye and cheek palette, and a new line of brow pencils, so there’s lots of newness to fawn over, for sure.

Still…it’s hard for me to imagine a fall without a new NARS blush.

Can you?

Guess I’ll just have to continue my love affair with NARS Deep Throat for a little longer.

The NARS fall 2018 collection is available now and includes…

7 Deadly sin Audacious Lipstick Palette, $52

Atomic Blonde Eye and Cheek Palette, $59

Quad Eyeshadows in Singapore and Mojave, $52 each

Brow Perfectors in Calimyra, Goma, Makassar, Moanda, Komo, Naia, Lava and Atacama, $25 each

7 Deadly Sins
Singapore
Mojave
7 Deadly Sins Palette: Pride, Disobedience, Idolatry, Foolishness, Greed, Wrath and Sloth

Eyeshadow Palettes: Singapore and Mojave
Brow Perfectors: Goma, Calimyrna, Makassar, Moanda, Komo, Atacama and Lava (not pictured: Naia)
I’m wearing the Singapore Palette, two of the 7 Deadly Sins lipsticks mixed together (Foolishness and Disobedience) , and the Brow Perfector in Komo
Sloth
Wrath
Greed
Foolishness
Idolatry
Disobedience
Pride

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Thoughts?

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen

eco-friendlies as well as grays
Raise your paw if you ever get stuck in color combo ruts.

I feel YOU!

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So, lately I’ve been trying to wear color combos that I typically wouldn’t believe to pair together, however it’s difficult to break out of old habits, man. like with this eco-friendly as well as gray look. I naturally want to wear eco-friendlies with warm brown, so it was a bit difficult to go against my nature as well as switch the brown for gray.

I ended up liking exactly how it turned out, though, so yay for makeup experiments! I’m getting a springtime vibe from it… only 51 days till winter season is over.

There’s a ton of sh*t happening on the lids, I know. It’s A great deal of color. I started with a mid-toned matte gray in the crease, then mixed a shimmery eco-friendly on the lids as well as lower lash lines, completing with a darker blackened eco-friendly on the outer corner as well as a bright light eco-friendly on the lower waterline (I believe it pops against the darker colors). as well as great deals of mascara, of course.

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Key eye colors

Makeup used in this look

Eyes: NARS Eyeshadow primer in medium (all over lids), Viseart Netural Matte combination (matte gray shade in crease), UD born to Run combination (green is Wanderlust as well as huge sky mixed together as well as used with a wet clean to lid as well as lower lash line); the dark greenish blackened gray in the outer corner is Jet, Drift as well as Radio mixed together), metropolitan Decay liner in Freak (lower lash as well as water lines), IT Cosmetics Superhero Mascara (lashes), MAC Brun as well as Omega (brows)

Cheeks: Clinique Cupid Blush, MAC Hush (highlighter), hourglass Radiant Bronze Light (bronzer)

Base: MAC next to nothing deal with Colour in medium plus as well as MAC studio repair Soft Matte foundation Stick in NC42 (foundation), Estee Lauder 24H Concealer in medium Deep warm (concealer), MAC Mineralize Skinfinish natural in medium golden (powder)

Lips: Estee Lauder Raw Sugar Lipstick topped with hourglass horizon Lipgloss

Coywolf’s snow story

When I dropped off the Coywolf at institution someday this week, I couldn’t assist however notice some new artwork on the classroom wall. last week the youngsters all got to take turns dressing up in an Olaf snowman costume as well as talking about snow, as well as the instructor took pics. I had one of those, “This is certainly my child” moments when I discovered Connor’s…

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I like the part where she talks about ice cubes on her head, ha ha ha!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

stay strong, my friend. You’ve got this!

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, in contrast to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five a lot more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ?

1. Soup, salad or a sandwich?

A charming salad for lunch today would be great! If a mysterious lunch benefactor were to hook this lady up with a Tostada salad from Blue Barn, I’d be a lot of grateful. I sure do love those things, but I do not love them being $20.

2. A sound you often hear in your neighborhood?

“BRGL! BRGL! BRGL” dozens of substantial wild turkeys roam our neighborhood, and I hear them gobbling outside all day long. They’re so loud!

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3. A piece of makeup you like?

I always end up going back to Clinique’s pretty easy liner felt idea liquid liner. It really is the easiest black liquid liner to use.

4. Banana or grapefruit?

Grapefruit, but only if it’s juicy and cold (no room temperature grapefruit for this gal).

5. Cotton or silk?

Cotton, considering that my life is too messy ideal now for silk.

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6. one of your hobbies?

Baking, although I haven’t had any grand ambitions to make anything too complicated over the last six months. I take pleasure in cookies and bars and that’s about it. but I think I’ll eventually get back to the place where doing a three-layer cake and frosting from scratch will feel good again… maybe once life feels completely consistent and even again. hopefully soon.

7. makeup setting spray or clear brow gel?

Clear brow gel, no question!

8. would you rather have professional help with your hair, your skin or your makeup?

I’ll happily accept help in all three categories, please. HAHAHA!

9. Hair mask or face mask?

A rich hair mask would be lovely!

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen

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P.S. here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. speak to ya soon.

1. Soup, salad or a sandwich?
2. A sound you often hear in your neighborhood?
3. A piece of makeup you like?
4. Banana or grapefruit?
5. Cotton or silk?
6. one of your hobbies?
7. makeup setting spray or clear brow gel?
8. would you rather have professional help with your hair, your skin or your makeup?
9. Hair mask or face mask?

P.P.S. Hello, sweet friend. Today will be is a good day, and, FYI, you’re cherished and you’re loved! Please take some time to celebrate your accomplishments this week, OK? even the ones that seem teeny-tiny, because whenever you accomplish something it’s a big deal. YOU DID IT. ?

ZAP!
Ponder, if you would, how much fun it would be to have an electricity-themed dance party.

Question: how much fun would it be?

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Answer: Shockingly fun. ?

Of course, all of the song titles would have to include a reference to electricity. I suggest we start with the following…

Speaking of shocking developments (ha ha), I just realized that it’s a lot harder to draw a thunderbolt on your arm than you might think. Seriously.

Below are swatches of the new MAC electric wonder summer 2019 collection, errrrthing on my NC42 skin. overview pics first, followed by closeups.

As you might expect from such a highly charged topic…there’s lots of glimmer, shimmer and glitter!

The collection is available now in stores and on the MAC website.

Overview swatches

Eye shadow X 12 in natural Vice ($48)
Eye shadow X 12 in Desert Lightning ($48)
Ignite wonder face palette ($42.50)
Electric wonder Iridescent Powder ($36) and next to nothing Bronzing Powder
Lipsticks ($19.50 each)
Lipglasses ($18.50 each)
Closeup swatches

Eye shadow X 12 in Desert Lightning
Eye shadow X 12 in Desert Lightning

Eye shadow X 12 in natural Vice

Eye shadow X 12 in natural Vice

Ignite wonder face palette in wonder who and Some kind of Wonderful
Ignite wonder face palette in any Wonder, girl Wonder, seven Wonders and wonder Years
Electric wonder Iridescent Powder in Serenity Seeker and into Eternity
Next to nothing Bronzer in Canyon Dreaming and sun Soaked Strip
Lipglasses in Marble Faun and Coral of the Wild
Lipglasses in Nature Freak, rock Starz and Make Me Mercurial
Lipsticks in natural born Leader and Life in Sepia
Lipsticks in The Naturalist, Let’s Mesa around and Feelin’ Sedimental

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S.

A couple of my drugstore hair loves
I absolutely love this stuff! If you’re trying to find a budget-friendly, moisturizing shampoo as well as conditioner for smoothing frizzy hair, this drugstore duo is a star. the most tragic thing about Pantene Rosewater Shampoo as well as Conditioner is that they aren’t sold in white wine barrel-sized vats!

Yes, they’re both that good. I went to Target yesterday as well as picked up my fourth bottle of each!

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This sulfate-free drugstore shampoo as well as conditioner is made to moisturize dry strands as well as tame frizzy hair, as well as it’s been a minor miracle for my grays, which I’ve been growing out for over a year now. My grays, particularly the ones around my bangs as well as hairline, are absolutely as well as totally unruly, as well as this set helps to smooth down the noodle strands that stick up in any way kinds of odd angles.

Here’s the kicker: both the shampoo as well as conditioner tame the crazies without weighing my strands down.

I don’t like a lot of hair products created to defrizz as well as smooth since they normally leave a obvious residue, as well as I don’t like it when my hair looks as well as feels like it’s covered in “stuff.” Not a fan of flat helmet head, ya know?

Even though these work well, they don’t leave a thick residue behind. just smooth strands with great deals of volume, lift as well as movement.

And they smell great too! They have a amazing faint rose fragrance.

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FYI, if you’d like to get just the shampoo or the conditioner separately, they’re about $8-9 each at Target (8-oz. bottle). Pantene likewise sells a boxed set with both for $12.99.

Your friendly community appeal addict,

Karen

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, as opposed to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five much more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start.

1. Can you change a tire?

Probably not! I wish I could. It seems like one of those life skills everyone ought to learn in high school, but…ya know. I did not.

2. Liquid, pencil, gel or cake eyeliner?

Pencil, because smudgy lines and diffused edges 4 life, baby.

3. Summer, spring, winter season or fall?

Spring, assuming there are allergy meds around, because apparently I’m allergic to life as we know it.

And my second favorite season is fall.

4. how numerous TVs are there in your house?

Just the one in our living room. El Hub has been lobbying for a second TV in our bedroom for years, but I’m not having it, LOL!

Of course, every phone and tablet screen substitutes for a TV nowadays, so I don’t know how much it matters.

5. favorite color or colors?

I’ve always loved purple, but I’ve been drawn to pastel coral, pink, yellow and orange much more than ever lately.

Essie Expressie Update

Hiya! I’m off to work at the bakery in just a few, so before I remove my nail polish and say g’bye to my pink Essie Expressie weekend mani, here’s what the polish looked like after two days…

The nails on my left hand, which is my typical swatch hand, survived Saturday and Sunday with minimal chips at the tips.

Two layers of Expressie second Hand first Love
Essie Expressie in second Hand first love after two days…
There were a few good dents on my best hand, all of which showed up right away after I was futzing with some Legos (#MOMLIFE) on Saturday morning. To the polish’s credit, the chips didn’t get bigger over time.

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See the dent in my thumbnail?
All in all, it held up pretty well, considering that I didn’t use a separate base coat or top coat. If you need to rapidly paint your paws for an event, or if you’re like me and only need your nail polish to last a couple days at a time, these polishes do the trick quite nicely.

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

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Karen

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P.S. here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. speak with ya soon.

1. Can you change a tire?
2. Liquid, pencil, gel or cake eyeliner?
3. Summer, spring, winter season or fall?
4. how numerous TVs are there in your house?
5. favorite color or colors?