Happy Fourth of July!
I hope you spend the day with family and friends appreciating this country!
I know, I’ve been kind of silent here in The Bloogy World. I’ve been in ABQ, NM with my folks for the last month. It’s been a month of work and family time.
When I get back to CA, I’ll be turning around and going to Cosmoprof in Las Vegas.
After that…. I’ll be up and at ’em here! I’ve been trying out a new skincare line and can’t wait to tell y’all about it!
Stay Awesome!
Clare
A bit ago, I was contacted to review some foodie items. Who am I to not take one for them team? Right? The struggle is totally real. 🙂
A little backstory of Arawak Farms:
The founder, Lloyd J. Vassell, was inspired by The Arawak Indian Tribe of South America. Using herbs and spices found in the meat/fish and vegetable dishes of the tribe, he developed a line of pepper sauces, spicy fruit spreads and dry rubs.
All of Arawaks condiments are all natural, vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, low-sodium and low sugar. These are healthier alternatives to a lot of the sauces and the on the market.
First, we tried The Sweet Ginger Basil Pepper Sauce. This was a Monday Night Meal Saviour. Seriously. I made a super quick, super yummy Thai-esque Stir Fry. Ready for this? Chicken, a bag of stir fry veggies, a cup of water, a tablespoon of cornstarch and THIS SAUCE! Bam. Dinner. The Boyfriend ate it up. The ginger and basil were wonderfully balanced. The brightness of sweet heat from the habanero perfectly rounded out the dish.
Second was The Blue-Blackberry Spicy Fruit Spread. (Disclaimer: I’m going to integrate into this into a recipe, other than add a spoon to the jar. And it will most likely show up here.) I tried to make a dipping sauce for coconut shrimp. A little rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and this deep fruity sauce. My attempt failed. I’m okay with this. Cooking is like chemistry many ways. I’ll experiment with this spread, again. The rich, smooth flavors deserve it.
EDIT: I just made a wrap with spinach, cream cheese (out of goat cheese), turkey and this spread. AMAZING!
Third condiments? A spice blend. Dry Rub – Blend #1. The ingredients are Paprika, Sugar, Garlic, Salt, Allspice, Cumin, Cinnamon, Ginger Root, Thyme, Mustard Seeds and a touch of brown sugar. It was the brown sugar that inspired me to pack this on a piece of salmon. (One of my favorite salmon dishes is has brown sugar and garlic in it.) Heat up a pan, add a little oil and sear away. When the fish was almost done I flipped it. Cooked until done. We were rewarded with a unique flavored Spice Encrusted Salmon. Added bonus? The kale in the garden was ready. I can’t wait to make this again. And I want to try it on chicken.
EDIT: My mother requested this for dinner, again. Second time just as good as the first!!
In closing?? I really enjoyed these condiments. There are a couple more that I’m craving to try! The Boyfriend and The Parents enjoyed them, too!
If you want to try them GO HERE: ARAWAK FARM
There are a ton of recipes on the site, too!!
**Items sent for consideration. Opinions all my own.**
Hello All My Fellow Goo Horders!
It’s not very often the I do a post for one item. So, it must be good right!?
Yes.
Let me tell you how I ended up with this mascara. A late night online Ulta Haul. Couldn’t sleep and “throwing” stuff in my cart. Didn’t give it much thought. I figured it would be good for my lower lashes.
Little did I know that this would become my HG lengthening mascara.
Since, I’m in New Mexico…. Y’know the chiles are plentiful. And the mascara is hot! (See what I did there?)
The brush is skinny, slightly hourglassed and has that perfect little wiggle. The formula for this one is waterproof, but it’s the perfect consistency. It’s not too wet, not too dry.
So, there you go. If you are in the need of a wonderful lengthening mascara….. go search this one out.
You prolly want to see it in action? Here’s an action picture (This is My Dad, he’s not able to make a non-funny face for the camera):
I went more natural this day. It does build rather well. I love that you can coat behind your lashes!
(I finally got the big shine phone I wanted. It makes blogging on the go…. so flipping easy!)
Cheers and Stay Awesome!
Clare
Hello My Fellow Goo Horders!
I’m currently reporting from the great town of Albuquerque, NM! My folks moved here several years ago. I fell in love. It strangely balances me when LA/OC get to much for my East Coast small town upbringing.
Here’s a view from their backyard. Seriously!!!
Before, I landed in ABQ…. I went to LA.
My bestie, Claire/Wrongish (go find her here on WordPress) and I are Ipsy subscribers! When GenBeauty came around again we decided not to miss the chance!
Friday night, I packed. I have no idea why local overnight trips stress me the F out!
Saturday morning, The Loving Boyfriend made coffee and shipped me off with a travel thermos. I picked up Claire. Backstory: We have the same first name, dark hair, blue eyes and similar shape. Without knowing what our names are, people think we are related.
And then sometimes we share a brain.
We both wore freaking maroon/burgundy-ish tops!!! Not planned in the slightest.
We get to LA and register for GenBeauty. Seamless. At 10am we looked at the line. We are rather fair skinned and standing in the sun is not the best idea. We found a cocktail and a bagel with lox & schmear!
We arrived back at LA Live just in time to walk into the tent! Oh all that is Goo Holy! I’ve been to two Cosmoprofs in LA… That somewhat prepared me. The standing in line was impressive, but not at all unfruitful!
My first stop was to visit ma girls at Be A Bombshell. I truly lurve them. Just wonderful and fun peeps! It was so awesome to see them! I hope goo Horders fall in love with their products, like I have.
As we made our way around the tent. We found China Glaze. They we featuring their Neon Nailies.
Can you tell it got a little warm. I tend to revert back to a ponytail, almost without thinking.
I turned around at one point and saw one if my fave YouTubers! WhatWouldLizzyDo!!!! How amazing is she?! So gracious and funny and sweet!! And patient.
I just gotta stop with my fangirling. Dafug. You’d think I’ve never met a famous person.
I just get a wee bit cray. Makeup and YouTube has just made me a better/happier person. (I got into a bit on my Jaclyn Hill Favorites Palette post).
And then. AND Then. Topaz herself appeared. Maybe, just maybe it’s the East Coast Crazy Girl inside me that just relates so much to Nicole/YoungWildandPolished, but I just got my weirdo all over her. Can I ever just be a normal girl?? Just once? She did though refresh my perfume. Luckily, I think I redeemed myself a tiny bit in Sunday….. I don’t have a picture of us together. Total effing fail.
Claire and I headed over to Smashbox for a makeup refresh. It seemed to take a long time to get from the head of the line to a make up chair. We found out why……
I’m so sorry to Freaking Lustrelux for this vaguely obscene photo. We got seated with Tuesday from Smashbox. Yes, Her Wonderfulness is named Tuesday! We chatted about a whole mess of things. She was so insanely cool.
And this is about when Saturday’s portion of the show was over. After, my trusty Beetle had a not so trusty electrical problem……We had some dinner, cocktails and people watching at The Hotel Figueroa. Our waitress, Amber was the bombdiggity.
Then this happened:
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!
With the whirlwind that was Saturday, we powered up. And they spelled my name wrong. You think that I would be over it.
We were pretty lucky we were successful in our line standing the day before. With “bingo cards” in hand we went once more into the brink!!!
A couple companies took the actual perforated square, some just X it out. Claire and I might have yelled, “BINGO” a few times. I think we were the only ways playing.
Towards the end of the day, I spotted Nicole/YWP. This was my chance to try not to be an effing space effing case. I think I succeeded. Occasionally, I swear, my ADHD saves it’s self up to just embarrass me.
Let me ‘splain…No, there is too much. Let me sum up. We came, we saw, we conquered.
I have some awesome products to review. I saw some people that I have wanted to meet. People even recognized my little blog!!! I spent quality time with one of my BFFs.
Total WIN!
FTW GenBeauty!!
Next year in LA.
Cheer and Stay Awesome,
Clare
PS. While in Albuquerque, I’ll be posting from my little iPhone 5s. To think I’ll be editing small mistakes is as giggle inducing as bloopers on a YouTube video.
I said I’d review Maybelline Matte & Poreless Fit Me Foundation.
There’s a lot of love going around for this foundation. For me? It just didn’t work. It made my oily parts oilier, my dry parts… you got it, drier. I tried it every way I could….. moisturizer, powders, two different primers, fingers, brush, and a beauty blender type sponge.
It made my relatively decent skin look bad. It made me look old.
Therefore, I’m returning it.
Hopefully, I’m just the exception. I really wanted this to work. I love the idea.
Stay awesome.
Cheers,
Clare
Hello y’all!
As you probably noticed by the name of this blog, Eyeliner and Bourbon, I like makeup and the occasional tipple. It’s true, I can’t lie.
Recently my friend, Wylie, has been taking pictures, blogging and filming about wonderfulness that are adult beverages. Giving his viewers an inside look at craft beers, cocktails and occasionally wine from where ever the wind sends him.
So, if you are over 21 and appreciate fermented and distilled drinkie-poos, I cordially (get it, cordial-ly) invite you to take a look at: Shots of Booze.
I’ll leave you with a sample one of his recent blog posts:
“Beer Camp Torpedo Pilsner tastes like Budweiser… if Budweiser was made from diamonds and Cristal.”
Rating: 8/10
It’s 6:20 on a Friday morning and I’m thirsty for beer. Thanks, Wylie!
Have fun, be awesome and of course drink responsibly!
Cheers,
Clare
This is how I spent a beautiful day last Friday.
Shooting Toni is pretty fantastic!
Click here for the whole shoot.
I’m available for local Southern California shoots. I love shooting weddings and family portraits.
Be Awesome!
Cheers,
Clare
Let me start out with this….
It’s fecking hot in Southern California right now. Not just, “Oh it’s warm out.” So warm that the 93 degrees in my living room is still cooler than the oppressive 100 degrees outside. I thought Saturday was Hot, today is worse.
So, what am I doing? Besides being drenched, sitting in my den? Trying to take my mind off of living on the surface of the sun by blogging about makeup!
Here we go!!!
I had to pick this up at Sephora, yesterday. Josie Maran’s Playa del Pink Coconut Water Eyeshadow. Want to know why? Kathleen Lights told me to. I think she might be my little sister from another Mister. She’s absolutely wonderful. Her videos make me smile, every time! This shadow feels amazing and has a glow that goes on for DAYS! Use it for a shadow, inner eye/brow highlight, mix a little with foundation/moisturizer to add a highlight glow….. heck, you can put some on your nails and add a top coat! It sheers out beautiful and it’s buildable. The doe foot applicator is super soft. There are 6 different shades to choose from.
If you live on Youtube or Twitter and know who Jaclyn Hill is… you know she came out with a new lipstick. If not, you are in for a treat. The lipstick’s name is 1995. 1995 happened to be an exceptionally epic year for me. I graduated from a college in a state park in Northern New York State and moved to Southern California (Where it is miserably hot right now, have I mentioned this? Srsly, I think I am really melting.). It was such a culture shock. I knew no one, besides my mom and wasn’t much of a girlie girl.. I was a hippy chick. It all changed. I started wearing office attire and wearing a little makeup… and very brown nude lipsticks. Awwww Yeah.. and that is what this is. This one is perfect. Jaclyn Hill is a genius, there I said it. I don’t think I’ve seen it look bad on ANYONE!
Here’s another one of Kathleen Lights recommendations. Too Faced’s La Creme Color Drenched Lipstick in Cinnamon Kiss. I picked this up during the Mega Awesome Labor Day Sale. It’s a perfect dark browny pink everyday color for me. I love it! It’s shiny and creamy with little to no scent!
While shopping the sale I picked up this, as well. Too Faced’s Glamour Gloss in Flirt. Another perfect everyday, throw in your purse color! They call it a pink mocha shade. I’ve been wearing this over 1995, when I want it glossy. Match made in heaven. It does say it has plumping capabilities.
Here are the swatches.
From bottom to top.. Playa del Pink Eyeshadow, 1995 Lipstick, Cinnamon Kiss Lipstick and Flirt Lipgloss.
Okay, there you go, some Fall neutrals. I’m going to mix myself a cocktail.. and by cocktail, I mean crawl into my freezer and take a nap.
Stay awesome!
Cheers,
Clare
Wonderful haul! When you say Playland do you mean in Rockaway?
Hello My Fellow Goohorders!
We have a winner of the Travalo Giveaway……
I put all the names into a Top Hat. I told you we were classy.
To ensure complete fairness, I enlisted the help of my wonderful roomie, Phil.
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!
Karen Smith you are the WINNER! Please send me a message with your address and I will have your new Travalo to you forth with!
Thank you so much to everyone that shared and commented. It means oodles to me!
Stay tuned for the next blogs…. and more GIVEAWAYS!
Cheers,
Clare
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