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Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection

Bobbi Brown Chrome is Bobbi brown’s 2009 Holiday collection. It features some neat and unique metallic shades. The eye shadows are quite different from other lines and the lip shades are extra metallic.The collection is below, along with a few other items that Bobbi Brown lists as “gifts,” and a couple of brush kits that I just had to toss in because Bobbi Brown makeup brushes are so darn good!

I recently looked at the Bobbi Brown Holiday Line in the store. If you like creative holiday looks or simply just don’t want your holiday makeup to look like everyone else, take a look at the Bobbi Brown Chrome Collection. It just might meet your needs.

For a full look at alternate shades on individual items, click the picture to see it on the Nordstrom website.

If you are reading this in the feed, click the title to go to the website to see the shopping links.

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Beauty Specials and Coupon Codes!

I put together this great go-to list for your holiday shopping needs! The following are some of the best ongoing holiday shopping specials, Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping deals, and coupon codes for holiday beauty, makeup, cosmetics, and accessories. Some of these run before Black Friday and after Cyber Monday as well. the list is organized by Black Friday specials, Cyber Monday sales, and ongoing holiday beauty coupons and deals. See each individual offer for details. I will keep this bumped to the top of the site through Monday and put new content under it. Happy shopping!

Black Friday

DHC, one of my all time favorite skin care companies is running this offer from 11/26-11/30: Get a free Velvet Skin Coat, DHC’s worldwide bestseller and free shipping with orders of $100+. Ends November 30, 2009.

This year, Sephora offering is really cute: FREE Metallic Flower clutch filled with 8 samples at Sephora.com! Yours with any $25 purchase. Use code CLUTCH4U at checkout.

Forzieri has a great deal for people doing jewelry shopping! Black Friday & Cyber Monday Special at Forzieri – Save $25 off any order above $198. Use coupon code 943257

There is a big Sale and Free Shipping at Macy’s: Thanksgiving Sale going on now at Macy’s.com. Get savings on over 25,000 items + free shipping on $99+ purchases. Promo code: THANKS. Valid 11-26-2009 through 11-28-2009

$1.98 Shipping Storewide at e.l.f Cosmetics! Use Code SH198BF through 11/29: e.l.f. has extremely affordable cosmetics. This is a great place for budget shopping and sticking stuffers!

At Origins: Starting Black Friday 11.27.09 get the Origins Greats gift set. 6 of our best-sellers for just $55.00. A $111.50 value!

Skinstore.com has MLab at 50% beginning on Friday through their page for limited time offers: SecretSkinStore.com.

Cyber Monday

At Beauty.com, which always has a bunch of great gift guides, check out the Beauty.com P ersonality Gift Finder and get free shipping. They also are running specific product specials on cyber Monday, but are not releasing them until that day.

At e.l.f. Cosmetics: Cyber Monday Specialat e.l.f. Cosmetics! 70% Off Minerals One Day Only! Use Code CM70MIN. This offer starts at 3 p.m. on 11/29 and expires 11/30. This is one of the best ways to get super affordable makeup that I have seen.

Also in the e.l.f Cosmetics holiday makeup specials: 50% off all Studio Line or Bath Items at e.l.f. cosmetics. Starting Cyber Monday Use Code STUD50OFF for the studio line and BTH50OFF for the bath line. Valid through 12/6.

At Macy’s: Free Shipping with $75 purchase at Macy’s.com. Promo code: CYBER. Valid 11-29-2009 through 11-30-2009.

At Frangrance Net from 11/29-12/31: Use coupon LSDEC9 for an additional $10 OFF all sales over $70 at FragranceNet.com

Here is a good one from Great Skin: Extra 30% OFF EVERYTHING (min purchase of $200) from GreatSkin.com. Use Code Cyber30.

Ongoing

Beauty.com has an incredible Designer bag filled with deluxe samples. $150 value – free with $10 0 purchase at Beauty.com. Offer good while supplies last. I’m planning to shop enough to get this one myself! They also have free shipping.

Beginning December 1 at DHC, my favorite skin care company, Get a free mini set with purchase of one DHC select full size sets! Valid December 1 – 31, 2009.

From Clinique: Treat your favorite Clinique fan—or yourself!—to our most-wanted holiday sets now and get our shimmering silvery tote FREE* with any $49.50 Clinique.com purchase. Just enter offer code TOTE at checkout. Clinique has some cute holiday kits.

Buying jewelry? Check out these Forzieri deals that are good through Dec. 24. They have some beautiful items. Free shipping on orders over $135, use code 09CBD2, and $20 off all orders over $17 0 use code 0FCA9F.

At Avon, get the The Big Parade of Holiday Treat:s 16-piece set for only $12 ($19.84 Value).Avon also has a luxury gift set for $24 with a $10 purchase, plus free shipping.

At FragranceNet.com, get 70% off and free shipping through the holidays. Fragrance Net often has perfume cheaper than anywhere else.

From Prescriptives: Free Standard Shipping with any $35 Prescriptives.com purchase, use offer code FREESHIP3 at checkout. Offer valid through 12.31.09. SHOP NOW >

Finally, From Tria Beauty: This is an incredible deal if you are interested in home laser hair removal. At TRIA Beauty, you can now save $200. The Tria Beauty Laser Hair Removal Device would also be a great gift. I believe they also have free shipping with that.

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Top Five SephoraClaus Wishes

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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We Have Joined The Open Sky Project!

I am very pleased to announce that Beauty and Fashion Tech and Girl Gloss have joined OpenSky as a shopkeeper!

OpenSky connects readers and shopper with experts and the products they love and use. At OpenSky, you can browse the shops of experts in fields such as beauty, cooking, gardening, health and fitness, fishing, and more. These expert “shopkeepers” recommend and stock their favorite items—items that they can stand behind because they truly love and highly recommend them. So, you as a shopper can avoid wading through the junk and find the gems by browsing the OpenSky shops. It is a great concept, and I am very excited to become part of it.

Shopping at OpenSky is also a great experience. Many shopkeepers provide additional reviews and information about the items that they stock, and some provide video demonstrations of the products. Shipping is often free under various promotions, returns are easy, and you can trust that every product is there because it is special to the shopkeeper. I have already been eyeing the shops there myself, especially in the food and garden sections. There are some really neat items there!

My focus with my OpenSky shop is to provide my absolute favorite products and items that are unique and interesting. There won’t be the everyday drugstore lip gloss there, instead, I’ll offer you something like my all time favorite tube gloss, Murad Pomegranate Energizing Lip Gloss SPF 15, or my go-to fragrance Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash, which you can’t run out and grab at the nearest store.

Open Sky is a fun site and it provides a unique shopping experience. Please come and check it out! You can view my own shop here: Beauty and Fashion Tech on OpenSky.

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Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives

Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives are available for preorder (shipping begins July 17)! These items will be available only through Nordstrom for a limited time this summer. I’m keeping myself on a budget, so I have to decide what to limit my self to. Here are a few neat items that I am looking at (but there are many more at the Nordstrom website):

I have tons of MAC stuff already, but I still kind of want the MAC Look in a Box .

But I’m leaning even more toward getting this Bobbie Brown Must-Have Set , which I might get along with something from her new Nude line.

And then there is this lovely little Jane Iredale Sweet 15 Makeup Palette !

I think I need to win the lottery so that I can buy more makeup!

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Fashion Friday: Chicago Shopping Notes

Attention Chicago shoppers. Shecky’s Girls Night Out is on the horizon. Sample beauty products and shop emerging designers at up to 75% off, all while drinking one of the cocktail samples that are available. There are both free and paid admission options, paid receives a gift bag with beauty product samples.

Date: Wed.-Fri., Mar. 18th-20th, 2009
Time: 5pm-10pm
Place: The Great Hall at Chicago Union Station
210 S. Canal St. (entrance on Jackson Blvd.)

Also, one of my favorite spots, Beta Boutique, is having their semi-annual stacked rack sample sale on January 24 and 25.

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Great Holiday Bath and Beauty Kits

Bath and Body spa kits make great holiday gifts. Just about everyone likes to pamper themselves from time to time, yet they might not want to buy themselves individual products to do so. During the holidays, great home spa kits seem to pop up every where. If you are hitting the stores, look in the beauty isles for fun kits. If shopping online, here are three recommended items:

I adore Bliss spa items, so the Best Of Bliss Kit is high on my personal wish list! This kit contains the best of the best from NY’s hottest spa and contains a bliss bag filled with deluxe trial sizes of lemon+sage body butter, hot salt scrub, high intensity hand cream, triple oxygen energizing mask and the youth as we know it moisture cream. $55 at Beauty.com

Another favorite of mine is Caudalie. The Vinotherapie Spa in the Box Set includes luxurious Crushed Cabernet Scrub, Hand and Nail Cream, Vine Peach Shower Gel, French-Milled Soap and Nourishing Body Lotion. $38.

For a value packed full home spa experience, check out the Borghese Essentially Borghese Holiday Gift Set. This kit offers 7 products from rejuvenating Fango Active Mud for Face and Body to gently cleansing Bagnodi Vita Gentle Foaming Bath Gel for Bath and Shower, to deeply intensive and protective moisturizers for face and body and soothing botanical eye compresses. $45

Comparison shop for spa kits