Yes, this is me today. I am 29 (AGAIN!)

I have been 29 for MANY years now!

ahh, for those of you wishing to make a donation to the Birthday Cause, here is my wishlist:

I prefer the Stainless Steel with the Pink face. The Gold is not necessary

or one of these:

But this always works!

This Vosges Groove Collection intrigues me. Did you all watch the video about her yet, and how she made this collection? Check out yesterdays thing on Vosges. Click the LINK that takes you to the TASTE video on her site.

Or there is always this:

This cool thing is from Hermes and I think it is cute!

And check this baby out:

This is directly from the moleskin site:

Moleskine City Notebook Chicago

Chicago, IL USA

New! Chicago, often called “The Windy City,” is the 3rd most populated city in the U.S. Located on Lake Michigan, the city skyline is defined by its many skyscrapers, including the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center. The Moleskine Chicago, IL USA City Book combines a notebook and city-specific map features into an important travel companion.

So there you go, some great Birthday Ideas, NOT just for me, but for anyone else who has a birthday coming up!

pS everyone that knows me REALLY knows that I want one of THESE:

ppS Thank you Sheep and gentle for the sweet multilanguage BDay card and the early morning IM. Made me smile!

Hurray for Manly MEN!

Regular Themes on HappilyKim

So, I have decided to really combine all of my blogs, as you may have noticed. Well, most of them, I will leave the Zippy Blogs and New Orleans book blogs, and the angry blogs where there are

(how many blogs, you may want to know? that is my little secret! I dunno, something like 20 or 30, I don`t even know for sure, I would have to go count…I do NOT write on all of them daily)

Themes for here I am doing or considering:

Monday….current events and music MusikMontag (yes, some of this will be in German!) AND What is going on in the WORLD!

Tuesday…Teacher`s Tuesday this is to share ideas with other Language Teachers, Classroom teachers, Professors, Instructors, etc

Wednesday.….HappyHumpday (Hump Day is a term for Mittwoch, or Wednesday) This will be a random day with random topics

Thursday…Tastefully Thursday What have you been cooking, what ARE you cooking this weekend? What wonderful restaurants have you been to lately?

Friday …Well, I think we all know that this must be Smut Friday

Saturday…ScentificSaturday (or SkinCare Saturday), fragrance and skin care reviews, with of course spill over from SmutDay

Sunday …SexySoulfulSonntag (Sunday), the theme being Blues, Soul Music, awesome videos from Youtube, and things that make you happy and relaxed, vacation ideas, you name it.

And of course, all of our random thoughts and comments and topics, as well in the mix!

Chanel Azur and Black Satin Limited Edition Craze (women and their colors PART TWO, please read below for part ONE)

The Chanel AZUR number 465 is new for this season, well new as in the last 6 weeks or so new, which means, almost OLD for a limited edition, and it also means the trend followers to buy them all up. BUT again, I say, Chanel is not just for the trendy, it is for the classic looks. And this AZUR is BOTH. Also this Black has been a hot color for just over two years, better in the fall, but still one hot number this is number 219 Black Satin, but I think this can wait until next fall if it is not limited, this I have not tried, but have seen. Looks rather interesting. In an almost goth, yet not really completely goth way.

I wrote about this one twice this season, and I am not wrong about it. Now people are selling it on eBay for almost double the price? I hope I am reading this wrong or doing the math wrong on this one. That to me is nuts, I will not pay double the price for anything unless it is food and there has been a disaster, but I digress.

Try to find it at your local shops. Yes, I know it looks weird. It isn`t. On the nail it is very sheer, almost like a pink, and just gorgeous. I am earth tone girl and I am crazy about it. It is great over REDS on the TOES, too.

Do not pass this one up. I am not kidding. CHANEL AZUR, limited edition, number 465. I could not even find it on the Chanel site today, and it is a current Spring Color, which makes me know that it is gone or almost gone.

Trust me and buy it blindly from the internet, and if you do not like it, you have a sister or daughter, or friend who will. It will not go to waste.

And Lyrical likes this one by OPI:

Women and their Colors! (for Lyrical as she was so nice on Smut Friday! Help with the eyeshadow question)

I got an email about color this morning!

(The above imagine is of Urban Decay Eyeshadow from the Sephora website, the link is below.)

And I will refer you all to a favorite place of mine on the internet:

http://www.chanel.com/

I am rather a fanatic for Chanel when it comes to color for many reasons. I have never purchased any Chanel color that I have not used entirely (unless I left it behind and forgot about it, and this was ONLY once!)

The colors are not only classic but they do go with trends, but always in the most elegant way and with colors you can use after the season is over, never to be put in the cosmetic graveyard.

Oh there are other wonderful companies, I love Yves Saint Lauren, Dior, Nars, and the list goes on.

and also please visit:

http://www.yslbeautyus.com/

But Chanel always will hold a place in my heart.

Now, on to Lyrical`s wonderful dilemma, of choosing a new single eyeshadow color for daytime use.

I know the one I would choose if I had this problem (of an e-card to Sephora), but alas, I do believe Sephora does not have Chanel makeup, only Chanel fragrance.

But I am sticking partially with this Chanel theme for a moment!

I love this:

this is called Safari and comes as a single color. It looks very grey on my screen with the sunlight, but it is actually earthier in real life.

This is the one single Chanel I own, and use it every single time I wear makeup: This is called silvery. And I use it over this:

and this is a YSL duo from last Autumn that I think can be found on rare occasions, but it is wonderful.

Now Lyrical, I know you said no blending, and I can assure you that I can put makeup on in 2 minutes, 5 minutes when I really take my time.

I put a thin line of the green on my lid just over my eyelashes, and then if I want to change from green to navy silvery, I add a bit of the Chanel silvery over it. Magic! I was shown this trick from a makeup artist last month. A cool American guy that now lives in Hamburg. (and he worked with Chanel for years and now works for a wonderful Boutique in North Germany and travels around Germany doing makeup, and he rocks!)

So, now we still have a dilemma, as you want a SINGLE, and not a duo, and Sephora does not have Chanel. So I will edit this as the day goes on!

Oh, guys (and I mean the MEN that come here) , I know you are bored out of your gourds here, but hey, women have to have their fun, too!

Urban Decay:

This one looks good. This is what it is called:

Maui Wowie
(sandy colored sheen)
Item # 856880

also this: Midnight Cowboy
(beige with silver glitter)
Item # 238881 and the color is this:

Sephora online:

http://www.sephora.com/

and wow, these are 16 USDs?

That is only 10,25 Euro! That is how much our drugstore eyeshadows are! Not kidding, that is about what a Max Factor costs here. But to be fair, our Chanel is most likely cheaper. I have to look into this. I am curious now. Must be import taxes, transport, and the state of the dollar and euro.

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