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Top Five SephoraClaus Wishes

By Carleenp · Comments (0)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

This is pretty darn cool. Sephora is playing Santa! Tweet what you want in this form: Dear @Sephora, All I want for the holidays this year is _____ with a product up to a $150 value and use the hash tag #SephoraClaus, or visit SephoraClaus to send your request, and SephoraClaus will grant one wish each day until December 19. One entry per person, per day.

So, what should you wish for? Here are five great ideas. These would all also make great holiday gifts as well.

Coming in just under the $150 limit is the favorite skin care tool of many, the Clarisonic Mia™ Skin Cleansing System . It even comes in pink (there is a white version as well).

This Marc Jacobs Daisy Gift Set includes the following versions of the popular Marc Jacobs Daisy fragrance: .4 oz Eau de Toilette Spray, 0.02 oz Solid Perfume, and 5.1oz Luminous Body Lotion.

For beautiful, useful, shades in a unique and pretty makeup kit, the LORAC Double Booked Full Face Collection can’t be beat. Lorac always has great kits and makeup palettes.

The Givenchy Prismissime Eyes Palette in Tempting Chocolate is pretty, pretty, pretty! this limited edition palette is a must have holiday item!

Good tools are essential and Kevyn Aucoin makes great ones. The Kevyn Aucoin The Mini Brush Set comes in just under the SephoraClaus $150 limit.

What are you wishing for?

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Categories : Holiday Gifts, Holiday Items, Shopping lists

Tags : Clarisonic, Givenchy, Kevyn Aucoin, Lorac, Marc Jacobs, Sephora

Contest: Win a $10,000 Sephora Shopping Spree!

By Carleenp · Comments (0)

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

This contest from Total Beauty is open until December 31. It is one heck of a great prize!

Enter for your chance to win a $10,000 Sephora Shopping Spree!

How much stuff could you buy with a $10,000 Sephora Shopping Spree?

Where do we start?! How about 416 DiorShow Mascaras. Or 41 ghd flat irons. Or 51 Clarisonic Skin Care Brushes. The better question is what couldn’t you buy? Answer: Nothing! Enter for your chance to win by writing product reviews on TotalBeauty.com or signing up for TotalBeauty.com’s newsletters, it’s so easy! Find out more here.

See how to win

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Categories : Beauty Bytes, Links and Roundups

Tags : Beauty Bytes, Links and Roundups, Sephora, Total Beauty

OPI Suede Nail Polish Lincoln Park After Dark

By Carleenp · Comments (1)

Monday, November 16th, 2009

I was curious about OPI Suede nail polish, and I have always loved the OPI shade Lincoln Park After Dark, so I was happy to see it in the Suede version: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark SUEDE Nail Lacquer.

OPI Suede is basically the matte version of a frosted polish, which results in a suede-like effect. It is an interesting look. It appears matte, but light can catch on the frost a bit, so it isn’t completely without shine at times. I rather like it and I think I prefer it over a standard matte look.

OPI states that the suede nail lacquers do not wear as long as other polishes and they also instruct not to wear a top coat with the suede polish. Wearing a top coat certainly would defeat the purpose, since it would remove the matte effect. As for wear, I didn’t think it was too bad. I started chipping it a day later because I was doing yard work, but it actually held up better through that than I expected it to. I can’t say that I particularly noticed any less wear from it than I do with standard OPI nail polish.