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I literally took these pics of the new Chanel Printemps Précieux de Chanel Spring 2013 five minutes ago. I just couldn’t wait to show ya!
More deets/pics/swatches/reviews over the next few days. 🙂 DOUBLE C’s 4-EVA!!
WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winners are Carolyn N, Tuhina Dayal, Adriana RP, Rosh Penn, Lennie and Sugarenia! Congratulations, everyone! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
It has been giveaway central up in here!
It just seems like the thing to do this time of year, and it’s been a blast for me. I like being able to offer you the chance to win these prizes over the holidays, and I always get a kick out of reading your comments.
As you can probably imagine, you get some pretty entertaining comments when all it takes to enter is a random comment about anything at all. 🙂
Comments like…
“Geometric shapes calm the mind.”
–CHELSEA
“The last time I wore a bow in my hair was Saturday. I also saw Robert Downey Jr that day.”
–LAURA
Ha! I love that last one up there. Bows and Iron Man… Very interesting. 🙂
Anywho, the giveaways are just a small way to say thank you for making MBB a part of your life.
So let’s get to it, shall we? This morning’s giveaway is an extra one on top of the 12 Days of Giveaways series (so check back for a SECOND giveaway a little later today) featuring the new $45 bareMinerals Light Show palette, and this one is open to international and local readers (with six different winners!).
Gorgeous palette, isn’t it? It comes with makeup for eyes, lips and cheeks in a nice variety of wearable and dramatic shades.
These are colors I’d totally wear to meet my girlfriends somewhere in the city at night, and I’d rock the heck out of those teal and bronze eyeshadows together…maybe adding a little swipe of purple along my lower lash line if I were feeling extra sassy.
The bareMinerals Light Show palette includes…
Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. While you’re here…take a minute to enter these other ongoing giveaways (if you haven’t already). Seriously, I bet it wouldn’t take you more than a minute to enter them both.
Good luck! 🙂
WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winners are Carolyn N, Tuhina Dayal, Adriana RP, Rosh Penn, Lennie and Sugarenia! Congratulations, everyone! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
An oldie but a goodie!
Avalon comes with..
Find it now at beccacosmetics.com.
We hung out in Japantown in SF last Saturday.
A valuable lesson learned from the Estée Lauder Pure Color Nail Lacquer Pure Red Hautes Collection and Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones: prepare, prepare, prepare.
Before Indy went looking for the Holy Grail, homeboy researched his cargo pants off! — filling his mind (and his man purse…so forward thinking!) with every bit of knowledge he needed for his quest.
You don’t just go running off, willy-nilly, looking for the Holy Grail based on the secondhand rumors of a friend of a friend of a friend, you know? You gotta prepare, and you gotta prepare the right way.
Proper preparation is also important when it comes to Estée Lauder’s Pure Red Hautes Collection, but not in the “let’s go chasing after ancient relics” sense. More in the “now I’ve got a perfect shade of red polish for every occasion, yay!” way.
Thanks to Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux, if you’re on the market for red tips and toes, the collection’s five $20 crimson polishes have you covered.
With each one, Tom tried to channel red’s sophisticated, romantic side, while coaxing out their propensity for naughtiness and play. 🙂
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It’s December 18, barely a week before Christmas, and I have so much holiday shopping left to do that all I can do at this point is succumb to procrastination’s warm, snuggly embrace — to wrap myself up in it like a living, breathing procrastination burrito (with extra guac on the side, haha!).
I’m behind. Way behind. Which, of course, means that the only logical thing left to do now is watch Casablanca for the umpteenth time and put on a few pieces from the Lancôme Holiday Petit Tresor collection. 🙂
The 19-piece Parisian-inspired collection’s gold, taupe, bronze and garnet makeup and nail polishes glided onto cosmetics counters and lancome-usa.com last month.
I don’t know where you are with your holiday shopping (I sincerely hope you’re further along than I am), but what do you say we do a little more procrastinating this afternoon, and check out a few pieces from the collection?
I like the way this five-pan palette of taupe, gray, peach, blue and black powder eye products (four eyeshadows and one liner) sparkles on my lids.
One of three quints in the collection, Sapphire Fling is “my rockstar quint,” because the products take on that lived-in, distressed look as the day goes on (like they’ve been out partying on Hollywood Boulevard all night long).
I like it — the whole rocker chic vibe — but if you’re averse to any creasing or fading, you’ll probably want to carry it with you for touchups throughout the day.
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: B
A shimmery, yet subtle, peachy pink blush and highlighter in a gorgeous pan with rose detailing. This long-wearing cheek product lasts a good 12-14 hours on me and lovingly steers clear of my pores.
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A- ($42 seems like a lot)
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WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Jenn P! Congratulations, Jenn P! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
Help your makeup soar to new heights of cuteness with the prize in today’s 12 Days of Giveaways installment, the Birds Over Arches Davie Cosmetics Case, by Kate Spade.
There’s a lot to love about this bag — the eye-catching arches that comprise the pattern (but watch out for vertigo!), the seagull silhouettes, the classic combination of blue on white. Stowed inside this case, your lipsticks, glosses and compacts would feel like first-class passengers on a trans-continental flight.
More deets…
Stretch those wings of yours, and flex those typing fingers, because it’s day four of 12 Days of Giveaways on Makeup and Beauty Blog (NOTE: click here and scroll down the page to enter any other ongoing giveaways). 🙂
Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. While you’re here…take a minute to enter these other ongoing giveaways (if you haven’t already). Seriously, I bet it wouldn’t take you more than a minute to enter them both.
Good luck! 🙂
WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Jenn P! Congratulations, Jenn P! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂
Pretty overload! I’m super stoked about the new Estée Lauder Pretty Naughty spring 2013 collection and its pretty adorable presentation.
Here’s a peek at four of the nine pieces from the limited edition release, which arrives early next month/year.
EYES:
Pure Color Five Color EyeShadow Palette in Pretty Naughty ($48)
Pure Color Intense Kajal EyeLiner Duo in Black/Blue ($23)
Sumptuous Extreme Mascara in Extreme Black (repromote, $25)
FACE:
Pure Color Illuminating Powder Gelée Blush in Tease ($40)
LIPS:
NEW Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick in Naked ($25)
NEW Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick in Rock Candy ($25)
NEW Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick in Rebel ($25)
NEW Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick in Demure ($25)
NAILS:
Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Insatiable ($20)