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Two Ways to Win MAC DSquared Nude Rose Lipstick

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Been wanting to get your hands on MAC’s DSquared Lipstick in Nude Rose? Even if it’s sold out locally, here’s your chance.

The prize

One lucky lady will receive a tube of MAC Blood Red Lipstick from the DSquared Collection (a $14 value), a sheer neutral pink.

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How to enter…

2ways2enterEntering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me what makeup you’d wear with Nude Rose.

OOH! I’d pair it with something sassy… maybe a purple smokey eye.

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Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:

RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC DSquared Nude Rose Lipstick http://bit.ly/ijWR5

Recap…

  1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
  2. Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:

    RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC DSquared Nude Rose Lipstick http://bit.ly/ijWR5

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, October 16.

Bonne chance!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. I’m just about to attend a Blog World session titled Internet Marketing for Smart People, LOL! I hope they don’t test me at the door.

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Four of My Favorite Breast Cancer Awareness Products

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Good morning, girls. Hope you slept well. 🙂 I wanted to touch base before running off to the Convention Center.

Each October (admittedly, more now than in past years), I get a few limited-edition breast cancer awareness (BCA) products for myself and to give as gifts to friends and family.

I’m amazed by how much Breast Cancer Awareness Month has changed over the past few years. Like almost everything else in our part of the world, the event’s been heavily commodified and commercialized, but I’m okay with that. If the sight of those little pink ribbons in every nook and cranny of our lives increases our awareness of the disease (even if we don’t always like the way some choose to use it), I think it benefits us all.

So here are four of my BCA favorites of the year. 🙂 *LOVE* the Foot Petals heart-shaped pad…

Sonia Kashuk Bag Lady Cosmetic Case

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How ’bout the print and dual zippers on this pretty pink makeup bag? It’s one of several items from Sonia Kashuk’s Shop Pink Do More collection from breast cancer survivor and beauty genius Sonia Kashuk.

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Cute, right? It holds a ton of makeup, and 15% of the purchase price goes to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Where to buy: $12, check your local Target store

Papyrus Blank BCA Notecards

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I first spied these cute blank notecards at Papyrus a few months ago.

The colors and designs always bring a smile to my face…

Each box comes with four different illustrations (20 cards total), with 10% of the price going toward The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and this is something they’re doing not just throughout October but year round.
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Two Ways to Win MAC DSquared Blood Red Lipstick

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Evening, chicas!

Greetings from Vey-gawsh. My dark circles and I are wondering if we should try our luck at the Wheel of Fortune slot machine…

While we weigh the pros and cons, how about a quick giveaway?

This one features one of my favorite things from MAC’s recent DSquared collection.

The prize

One lucky lady will receive a tube of MAC Blood Red Lipstick from the DSquared Collection (a $14 value), a creamy berry red.

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How to enter…

2ways2enterEntering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me how you feel about lipstick.

I feel like a different girl with it on — sophisticated, worldy, put-together… like a super-heroine version of myself! 🙂

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Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:

RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC DSquared Blood Red Lipstick http://bit.ly/40HEyA

Recap…

  1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
  2. Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:

    RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC DSquared Blood Red Lipstick http://bit.ly/40HEyA

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Thursday, October 15.

Góða eydnu

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Today I just toured the strip, walking around like a dazed tourist. I did find a couple neat things I’ll post about soon (need to download the pics). Hope you’re having a good hump day.

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Using Skype as a Pet Monitor

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Using Skype to See Your Home Away from Home

OMG! Okay, this isn’t exactly a beauty or a blogging trick, but it still blows me away.

Have you heard of Skype? It’s a free chat platform, among other things. People use it to audio/text/video chat with each other across time and space, LOL!

Skype set to auto answer callsAs if that’s not cool enough already, there’s a powerful feature sort of buried in the preferences that changes it from a chat program into a home surveillance tool/pet monitor!

It requires Skype (of course) and two different free accounts. They’re easy to create, just requiring a different email address for each one.

You’ll need two computers/laptops, each one with a webcam, speakers and a microphone (some webcams include mics).

Before leaving home for your trip, open the Skype program and log in with one of the two Skype accounts you created.

Check the boxes in the Skype preferences beside “Automatically receive video from” and “Start my video automatically.”

Leave your computer powered on while you’re gone (it needs to be turned on so you can connect to it remotely). You may also have to disable the power management settings on your computer to prevent it from shutting down after a period of inactivity (saves power but means you can’t connect to it while you’re away).

Now, from the road, you just log into Skype with your Account B, place a call to your Account A, and KAPOW! — instant pet monitor. Skype at home answers the call automatically.

I just checked on Tabs from Las Vegas using this trick, and it worked like a charm! With the computer speakers turned on, he heard my voice and meowed his reply. I feel better knowing what he’s up to while I’m gone… You never know with that cat. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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