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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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A Visit to Marshalls Cube

Marshalls sent me a gift card to go check out their in store Marshalls Cube. If you are not familiar with Marshalls it is a retailer that stocks a multitude of brands at discount prices. Stores such as this usually obtain overstocks and such from top names at greatly reduced prices and then sell them at a discount over what you would find in a regular department store.

Marshall's Cube

The Cube is Marshalls'  “in store boutique.”  Essentially, it is an area set aside in the store for more young, trendy, and hip types of items. When I visited, I found that the cube did indeed have a nice selection of items and it was a good way to locate a variety of trendier items instead of having to locate them in the general store racks.  A large amount of the clothing was sized for teens, although there were some misses sizing in there as well.

Brands ranged from a large selection of Baby Phat, to Calvin Klein, to a few pairs of Seven for all Mankind jeans priced at an incredible $39.  I spotted a very nice yellow/orange coat, that I considered purchasing, and also took a look at the wide selection of handbags and sunglasses in the Cube. With those, the store again did a nice job of sorting out the trendier items. There were also a selection of shoes, but since Marshalls also has its own monstrous shoe department that tends to be pretty well organized, I’m not sure that the Cube is the first place in the store that you want to check for shoes.

Ultimately, I hung onto my gift card because I’m hoping to find some of those Seven for all Mankind jeans in stock in my size on a return trip. That is hardly a sure thing, but you never know!

Overall, if you are looking for some trendy bargains, stop by a Marshalls and check out the Cube. They also have a nicely laid out Facebook Page that you can join.

Disclosures: Beauty and Fashion Tech at times reviews products provided by a representative of the company. When we do so, we specifically state so. We also use affiliate links. For more, please see the disclosure page

Small gifts and Stocking Stuffers

Need a small party gift? How about stocking stuffers? Something easy to carry? Try some of these!

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The cute Anastasia Mini Brow Kit contains a mini tweezer that I found works quite well for its size, a mini matte highlighter, and clear brow gel.

I haven’t actually tried the ColorOn kits, but they look fun! For a unique gift, check out the ColorON Smokey Classics Kit .

The Tweezerman Blush Brush icon is an attractive retractable goat hair brush. Great for carrying in the purse. Tip: load up the brush before you go. Then you have an application available without needing to carry along your pan of blush!

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This one is more expensive, but boy would I like to have it! The Red Flower Japan Travel Kit, Sento Set iconis great for the luxury spa lover on your list!

A quality face cloth also makes a great gift, and this one come highly rated. The Jane Iredale Magic Mitt iconwon’t disturb the skin’s acid mantel when cleansing.

This is another more expensive one, but something that is well loved by many. Fresh Brown Sugar Body Scrub icon is an amazing and luxurious scrub for the bath.

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Disclosures: Beauty and Fashion Tech at times reviews products provided by a representative of the company. When we do so, we specifically state so. We also use affiliate links. For more, please see the disclosure page