Showing posts with label free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Free Stuff! Allure August Beauty Blowout


Imagine being a kid let loose to pick anything you wanted from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Well, Allure magazine's August Free Stuff Blowout is kinda like that.

Starting on August 3, and every day throughout the month, you have a chance to win 33,683 amazing fashion and beauty products worth over $564,000!

All 100% free. Ah, my favorite words.

Prizes include heaps of beauty products by Lancome, Molton Brown, Chanel, and Benefit as well as amazing fashion items by Oscar de la Renta, Derek Lam, and Cynthia Steffe.

Sign on to allure.com/freestuff every weekday in August for a chance to win! To have a daily reminder sent to your cell phone, text "FREESTUFF" to ALLURE (255873).

To peep all of the August giveaway goodies, click here.

Here's what's on my weekly wish list:

MONDAY, AUGUST 3 - 12 P.M.
Derek Lam sandals. With resin horn heels, these suede sandals stand out among black shoes (retail value: $790).

MONDAY, AUGUST 3 - 2 P.M.
Shiseido Makeup Perfect Rouge Lipstick in RD304. Makeup artist Dick Page, who created the shade for Shiseido, likes to apply it in multiple layers, blotting between each coat, for a sexy, stainlike finish. The first 325 Allure readers to sign up will get one free (retail value: $25).


TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 - 12 P.M.
Calvin Klein Collection Tote. This minimalist leather tote gets you in the mood for fall (retail value: $750).


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 - 4 P.M.
Orly Nail Lacquer in Prim & Proper. For a fresh twist on pale pink nails, try the often overlooked lilac. This sheer polish is truly flattering. The first 250 Allure readers to sign up will get a free bottle (retail value: $7.50).

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 - 4 P.M.
Molton Brown Purifying Plum-Kadu Hairwash. Women seek clarity through meditation, psychiatry—and shampoo. The first 150 Allure readers to sign up will get a bottle of this plum-packed clarifying shampoo free (retail value: $28).


FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 - 12 P.M.
Hussy coat. This wool coat with layered sleeves and a wide sash belt is so trim, it could almost pass for a dress (retail value: $209).

What's on your lust list? If you could pick any one beauty or fashion product you wanted, what would it be?

Monday, July 6, 2009

Urban Decay Complexion Primer: Put Your Best Face Forward -- FREE!


"Hi, my name is Paige and I'm a makeup junkie."

Seriously, I'm surprised Candy Finnigan hasn't staged an intervention to get me to deal with my obsession.

If it's new, improved, revolutionary, patent-pending, made from rare, possibly extinct ingredients, yes, please, I'll take two. And if it comes in a really cute package? Fuggedaboutit. Do you take Visa or MasterCard?

And yet I was a late adopter of the whole primer craze. I pooh-pooed and rolled my eyes, dismissing it as a cosmetics conspiracy to pry every last nickel and dime from my wallet for a completely unnecessary step in my beauty routine. Kind of like the eyelash curler. There's not much I won't do for beauty but using a medieval device to get flirty lashes? Pass.

But I ate my words after trying Photo Finish Foundation Primer Light from Smashbox which builds a smooth, pore perfect foundation for your makeup. It's the makeup equivalent of a Wonderbra for your face; it's you, but better. Total genie in a bottle. It's the next best thing you can do for your face beside cleansing and moisturizing.

As much as I love it though, I'm SUPER psyched to get my hands on Urban Decay's Complexion Primer. If you love their eyelid primer, imagine what this product can do with this one for your whole face! Sure, Smashbox is good but what if this is better?! It could be THE ONE, like the elusive pair of perfect jeans.

Sephora Beauty Insiders (aka card-carrying beauty addicts!) can try it FREE before anyone else. Just use code URBANLAB at checkout when you purchase online from Sephora. Not an insider? It's easy to get behind the beauty velvet rope. Click here to sign up.

Addiction definitely has its rewards!