Check out the makeup brands that JCPenney carries

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It’s been a crazy ol’ time as hubby and I are holed up at Comfort Inn, waiting to move into our apartment.

As hubby was shopping for clothes, I browsed JCPenney’s beauty department. As you know, Sephora used to be inside JCPenney stores, but now Sephora has a tie-up with Kohl’s.

JCPenney has now set up its own beauty department, and I couldn’t be happier. I like discovering new makeup brands, especially brands not carried by Sephora, Ulta, or CVS.

JCPenney carries these makeup brands:

  • Dose of Colors
  • Exa Beauty
  • Eyeko
  • Forever 21
  • Jason Wu Beauty
  • KimChi Chic Beauty
  • Lime Crime
  • Mineral Fusion
  • Mirabella 
  • Relevant 
  • Shades by Shan
  • Thirteen Lune
  • Velour Lashes

Visit your nearby JCPenney to check out the variety of beauty brands it carries. I visited my local JCPenney store at Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA. Alternatively, browse JCPenney Beauty online.

Check out the Jason Wu Beauty eyeshadow palette in Matte Agave

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There’s nothing I like more than a matte neutral (or nearly neutral) eyeshadow palette. My latest acquisition is the Flora 9 in Matte Agave eyeshadow palette comprising nine earthy shades from Jason Wu Beauty.

Listen to Have I The Right? by The Honeycombs #MusicMonday 🎶

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This week’s choice is the infectious hit Have I The Right? by The Honeycombs (1964).

Watch The Honeycombs perform Have I The Right?

The group’s lead vocalist was Dennis D’Ell. Anne (‘Honey’) Lantree in the girly pink pussy bow blouse 👚 was the drummer. I read that watching Honey Lantree on TV inspired Karen Carpenter to pick up the drums.

#MusicMonday 🎵 The Rascals

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It’s been a long time since I posted a #MusicMonday video. Today I present The Rascals at their induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. They performed a 9-minute medley of their hits:

  • Good Lovin’
  • Groovin’
  • How Can I Be Sure, as sung by Eddie Brigati
  • People Got To Be Free (a favorite 😍 of mine when I was a kid)

Reference:

BetaGems Lost Media. (2019, November 6). The Rascals reunion performance 5-9-97 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaXCqaR-qYA

I didn’t realize what killer musicians Felix Cavaliere (vocals, organ) and Dino Danelli (drums) were.

The Bee Gees (whom I love, love, love) were also inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Their performance was a disappointment 😞 just snippets of their songs 🎵.

On the Fresh Air radio show, Robert Plant said that The Rascals were very influential to budding musicians in the UK in the 1960s (begin 2:59).

Paraphrase:

The Rascals had a fantastic reputation amongst all musicians and still do. The quality of writing and the performance fantastic vocals and there was a great dynamism in their work. When I first started singing that song, I was 16, and to try and get anywhere near the quality and the style of the rascals in England at that time was virtually impossible. We just didn’t have the Italian stuff in the blood or the street corner stuff that they’d come out of. 

#Christmas Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot

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As discovered though Douglas Murray’s Sunday column Things Worth Remembering, in which he presents poems that he has committed to memory. Yesterday, The Free Press published his commentary on Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot.1

If you can’t view the PDF, then select the link Journey of the Magi. It will open in a new tab.

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Eliot, T. S. Journey of the Magi. 1927, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi.

  1. Murray, D. (2023, December 24). Douglas Murray Things Worth Remembering: Journey of the Magi. The Free Press. https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-t-s-eliot-journey-of-the-magi ↩︎

Tell IMG Models to dump the Hadid sisters #enoughisenough

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StopAntisemitism has called out Gigi Hadid for her Jew hatred. Her sister Bella Hadid is just as bad.

Tell Ariel Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency that owns IMG Models to dump the Hadid sisters.

According to ContactOut (registration is required), Ariel Emanuel’s email address is ariel.emanuel@endeavorla.com and his phone number is +1 310-701-7080.

Shop cute stuff from Five Below for your office

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I love collecting cute stuff – sticky notes, binder clips, folders, and more – for my home office, and Dollar Tree (or maybe that should be Dollar and a Quarter Tree?) and Five Below help me find the cute stuff for very little cost.

Here’s a roll of cute stuff from Five Below that I created in bublup:

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Blast from the past – Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadow

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Look what I found among my Facebook memories.

It’s Rouge Bunny Rouge‘s eyeshadow palette in Rare Garden. RBR’s website is temporarily down for purchases, but this eyeshadow palette is not shown on the website.

Is it me or is the selection of Rouge Bunny Rouge makeup smaller than before? Same way with Le Métier de Beauté.

Blog prompt: what are my favorite emojis?

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WordPress offers blog prompts to provide inspiration for bloggers (and God knows, I need inspiration). Today’s prompt is:

Daily writing prompt
What are your favorite emojis?
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My favorite emojis are the:

Thinking Face emoji 🤔

Face with Rolling Eyes 🙄 (oh brother …)

Grinning Squinting Face emoji 😆 I hate the laughter emojis with tears …

Newpaper emoji 📰 I’ve used it in my #beauty #news posts