The Left Lane
Recycle eye shadow

Now there's a way to turn those seldom-used shadows into effective eyeliners. It's a new product created by makeup maven Paula Dorf called "Transformer."

The stuff comes in a little bottle that when mixed with eye shadow, turns the shadow into a stay-put eyeliner. I've tried it. It works. It says it's water-resistant, and it is. It doesn't come off until you want it to. Transformer sells for $14 at Sephora.

Try write 'em down

Writer Lee Tonouchi is on his way to becoming the Webster of da kine talk.

All you gotta do is tink up some pidgin words or phrases dat you like see in da dictionary — specially if you get ol kine words or words dat dey go use oney in some locashuns but not oddahs li'dat. You need fo' write da word, da definition (in pidgin now, no be mental), use 'em in one sentence and say wheah you 'tink ta ting wen come from.

You do dis on one form that Lee made: go check www.dakinedictionary.com to print 'em out or you can find 'em at bookstores all ovah or go Bess Press, 3565 Harding Ave. Gotta send 'em by Jan. 31. If dey use your word, you get one book, yah? Key den.