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Steal This: Suave Beauty Stimulus...

Obama is trying to get the new stimulus package pushed through congress to ease the fiancial crisis.  Well how about a stimulus that can help your wallet for your beauty fixes?? 

On January 14, Suave is offering free full size products to Americans with the Suave Beauty Stimulus.  It’s all about injecting some beauty into a dismal economy and to encourage Americans to live beautifully for less – what they are calling Suavenomics (LOVE it hehehe).

The one-day Suave Beauty Stimulus on Jan. 14th is meant to encourage women everywhere not to give up on their beauty - just stop overpaying for it.  You can go to suave.com on the 14th and enter your info for coupon for a FREE full size hair, skin or deodorant product.

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Steal This: Sephora is Having a SALE....

Well, I don't remember this happening EVER.  Last I checked, only a few lines here and there were ever on sale at the big S....but not this time.  Save up to 75% off all throughout the store! 

This is your chance to get your hands on items like Ojon's White Tawaka Ball which was exclusive to Sephora for a mere $35 (it was originally $65).  Or how about a good brush set or new makeup bag for the new year?

These are some serious STEALS my friends so don't sleep on them.

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Steal This: Free Makeup Lessons from Bobbi Brown...

How would YOU like to get a free makeup lesson from one of the professionals at The Bobbi Brown counter??  Bobbi Brown counters all over the country are offering free holiday makeup lessons! Let them show you how to create a special holiday look or something you can rock every day.

Print this out and bring it with you, or just show up at any Bobbi Brown counter and mention the free lesson.  They’ll add a little sparkle to your holidays.

Click here to find the nearest Bobbi Brown counter.

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Steal This: Bobbi Brown Friends & Family Discount...

Okay ladies listen up....for ONE DAY ONLY Bobbi Brown is having a friends & family discount.  From December 2-3 Shop online at www.bobbibrown.com and get 20% off your order plus free standard shipping.

Best of all, the proceeds from your purchase will help support our donation of $10,000 to Dress for Success.

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Steal This: Ted Gibson's NYC Salon Announces $50 cuts For a Great Cause!!!

Okay girls...if you are in the NYC area run don't walk over to the Ted Gibson salon on 5th Avenue.  I had the honor of meeting Ted last week at NY Fashion week and he is an absolute DOLL!  My hair was saved my DJ - a stylist at the salon.  He took my dry puffy, rain on hair and turned it into a sleek blown out shiny dream.

The "cut-a-thon"  will take 100% of the money raised to benefit Carbon Zero (green and cute...how can you resist??)  Read on...

On Sunday September 21^st, Ted Gibson Salon will be hosting its 3^rd annual cut-a-thon to benefit Carbon Zero, and offset the company's carbon dioxide emissions.   

100% of the money raised from the event will be donated to Carbon Zero to plant trees.  Ted Gibson Salon has already raised approximately $10,000 for the cause since it began its annual cut-a-thon two years ago in its quest to negate the salon's carbon emissions.

WHAT:   Hairdressers from NYC's Ted Gibson Salon will be volunteering their time for $50 cuts, normally $95. No appointments necessary, unless you'd like to book a $300 cut with Ted Gibson – his haircuts usually cost $950! Looking for color? Single process and partials highlights only: $75-$100, normally $100-$400.

(Call Ted Gibson Salon, 212.633.633 to schedule an appointment with Ted.)

WHERE: Ted Gibson Salon 

                184 Fifth Avenue, 2^nd Floor, NYC

WHEN:    September 21^st from 10am – 5pm

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Steal This: Free Sample of Origins A Perfect World...

In a perfect world...we would all have great skin - right????  Well here is your chance to STEAL something that just ,ight help you get a little bit closer to that ideal. Origins is giving away a free sample of A Perfect World for EYES with any purchase. A Perfect World is for "environmentally challenged skin" and has white tea as one of the main ingredients.  Great for folks that live in smoggy climates or thos who just feel like they live in stressed environments.

First things first....Are you on Facebook??  If you are become a fan of Origins and become privy to loads of special deals and offers!!  Click here to join their Facebook page (I already did!!)

Then get over to origins.com, make a purchase, and enter the code Facebook2 at checkout, to receive your free sample of A Perfect World for Eyes...while supplies last ladies and only till August 17th!  My mom is a huge Origins fan and her birthday is coming up...hmmmmm.  Also I am dying to try the new A Perfect World facewash!

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Steal This: Allure's 3rd Annual Free Stuff Issue...

Want some free beauty booty???  Then you are in luck because its time for the 3rd annual Allure Free Stuff giveaway.  This year, they are giving away more than 6,000 beauty products (and some nice fashion items as well).  All you have to do is take a free second during the month of August to enter. 

Some of the fab loot up for grabs are Clarins Sun Wrinkle Control Eye Contour Care Ultra Protection SPF 30 ($25.50), René Furterer Repairing After-Sun Mask ($26), PedEgg Professional The Ultimate Foot File ($10), and EVEN a Kooba suede-and-metal bag ($645) and Burberry Prorsum patent-leather pumps ($995)!!  Who doesn't like free stuff - right??  Get over to your newsstand and pick up the August issue with Posh on the cover and enter... enter...enter!  With this many giveaways you are bound to get something right??

"August may be the sweatiest, frizziest month of the year, but it has an upside—34,328 of them, in fact. That's the number of free fashion and beauty items we're giving away this month. Every weekday in August, check the calendar below, then go to allure.com/freestuff for details. To have a daily reminder sent to your cell phone, text "FREESTUFF" to ALLURE (255873). Happy dog days!"

To see the giveaway calendar click here.  I know what I will be doing in August....

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Steal This: Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Beauty Exclusives...

It's that time of year ladies....Nordstrom's Anniversary sale is upon us and what better way to spend that birthday money (or any money quite frankly...LOL) than on some lovely treats for yourself in the cosmetic department.  The Beauty Exclusives do not disappoint this year with more kits and exclusives than ever before!  In addition to great goodies, you also get gifts with purchase from some of the top brands.  My personal favorites include:

Bobbi Brown Cocoa Mauve A slight variation of the Mauve palette, all of the most wanted shades tucked in a sleek black bag.

MAC Colourforms I know MAC has had a bajillion collctions so far this summer but if you haven't liked any of the others then this is the one for you.  Warm, Cool or Neutral shades in bright packaging and some super cute brush sets.

Philosophy's Purity Made Simple Face Wash 32oz Deluxe Size if you love this like I do, pick it up now in this deluxe size with the pump,  I t will last you all year long and then some.

SmashBox Socialite A GAWGUS kit with everything you need to get beautiful in one SUPERBLY cute woven black bag.

Juicy Tubes Warm Set Still one of the best glosses on the planet and they ALWAYS come out with new and exciting shades but keep that formula that gives you all the moisture and glassy shine you want.  It also comes in a cool set as well which is equally pretty.

Check out all of the Nordstrom Anniversary sale exclusives here. 

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Steal This: MAC Friends & Family Discount...

Discount alert!!  MAC is having a Friends and Family discount of 15% from June 11 to June 16 on anything in the store...

Just print out this post and take it with you to any MAC store (search for one here).  The discount is not valid at department store counters.  UPDATE:  This can also be used online!!  use code MACFF8.

Get your shop on!!!

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Steal This: Madonna's Hard Candy Cover Look...

Love her or hate her...Madonna certainly is a trendsetter.  Even at her age (she will turn 50 this August), she looks stunning.  Even more incredibly, she has always had the ability to take a current trend and run with it or resuurect one from the past and have women everywhere running out to duplicate the look (Hello...the Bad Girl video in 1993 had everyone running out to buy Spice lip pencil and Lucid lipstick from MAC and tweezing off all their eyebrows - me included!)

So it comes as no surprise that she would have a memorable cover this time around.  For the newest trend setting album cover for her latest release Hard Candy, she called on called on Gina Brooke, the Artistic Director of Shu Uemura, to create her eye-catching sexy look.  Brooke says, “It’s all about the eyes and we were both inspired by images taken in the sixties by photographer Sam Haskins (Cowboy Kate, Five Girls, and November Girls). I wanted to put a modern-day twist on these beautiful photographs of beautiful women from the sixties”

Here’s how Gina designed the look using Shu Uemura products:

STEP 1: Prepare the face
Begin with prepping the eyes with the Moisture Eye Zone Mask ($43). This will calm puffiness and prep the eye area.  Then apply Phyto Black Lift Firming Anti-Wrinkle Cream ($125) on the whole face – it’s an super rich moisturizer that also reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Lastly, apply Face Architect Smoothing Fluid Foundation ($42) Formulated with almost 40% Depsea Water, creating a refreshing watery sensation. Available in 17 shades to compliment individual skin tones.

STEP 2: Prime the eyelids
Using a Kolinsky Brush 11, apply Pressed Eye Shadow in M Beige 800 ($20) above the eyelids.  Then, use Cover Crayon in 9YR Light ($24) in the inner corner and water line of the eyes to make them appear larger.  Using the Drawing Pencil in Black ($19), begin at the inner corners extending the line out all the way to the end of the eyebrow.

STEP 3: Prep the lashes
Use the Eyelash Curler ($19) before applying Basic Black Mascara ($27.50) beginning at the base and rolling the brush through the tips of lashes.  Apply Soft Cross Lashes ($20) to draw attention and enhance the shape of the eye.

STEP 4: Finish off with the lips
Since the focus is on the eyes, use Rouge Unlimited Crystal Shines in PK 301S ($23) layered with Gloss Unlimited in BG 930N ($22) for a soft, natural look.

For more info and a detailed how-to visit this link.

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