Allure Month of Giveaways: Prizes - Rest of the Week!

Here's what's up for grabs (and more) this week at Allure.com. Beauty and fashion from Bebe, Lancome, Make Up For Ever, Living Proof No Frizz, Sexy Hair, TS-2, Bliss Spas, Aveeno, Benefit, Olay, Moroccanoil, and so much more!

Enter HERE for a chance to win loads of phenomenal beauty and fashion loot all week long! It's the last week to get in on these. Be sure to check out the Allure Giveaway Schedule too for times and dates of prize giveaways.

Allure's Annual August Giveaways! A Beauty Addict's Dream Come True

Allure has done it once again.  One might do well to meander on over to Allure.com for a treasure trove of goodies all up for grabs in their annual August giveaway event!

Each year seems to get better and better, and there are no holes barred yet again, my angels.  Among those brands we find sprinkled in the lot: Guerlain, Armani, Lancome, Smashbox, Redken, Kenneth Cole, L'Oreal, Essie, Chanel, Frederic Fekkai, Sebastian, Bobbi Brown, NVPerricone, Olay, NARS and soooooo many more.  There are over 32,000 products and fashions in this monthly giveaway, so please don't delay in getting your entry in!

Click HERE to enter the Allure August Giveaways now!

A Personal Invitation for You from Allure and Dior!

You are formally invited!

Ladies (and gents), this is a sweet little opportunity and I so hope you're in an area where you can enjoy this special event hosted by Allure and Dior. From July 29 – August 7, we beauty-lovers can discover the beauty routine that’s perfect for us with a specialized consultation with professional makeup artists from mega-beauty giant Dior.

Appointments can be reserved by clicking here and are available in the following areas:

FL, GA, MO, IL, KS, OH, KY, IN, AR, TN, SC, NC, VA, OK, TX, AZ, NM, NV, CO.

Your specialized beauty consultation will include tips and tricks for the hottest looks inspired by Diorshow artists. Enjoy, my angels! xo

Book my personalized appointment with Dior!

Dior Nail Lacquer in New Bronze Libertine Giveaway by Allure

Starting June 1st and all month long, enter to be one of 50 winners to snag Dior Nail Lacquer in Bronze Libertine courtesy of Allure magazine!

I want, I want, I want! But I'll still share the link with all of you ... xo

Click HERE for your chance to win.

REVIEW: Multiple Beauty Award Winner Relastin Eye Silk

It says something when you win Allure Magazine's Best of Beauty Editors' Choice award three years running. That's exactly what Relastin Eye Silk has accomplished, winning for the third year in a row Allure's Best Anti-Wrinkle Cream. These awards go to the products Allure's beauty editors choose as the best, having had the good fortune to try thousands of beauty products each year.

Developed by Reverance Therapetics, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, company president and CEO Dan Browne offers, "Eye Silk's Zinc Firming Complex has established itself as one of the top anti-aging technologies. While its results are clinically proven, the consistent enthusiasm from top beauty editors validates how well the product works for the consumer."

The company boasts Eye Silk's patent-pending Zinc Firming Complex is the first technology that is clinically proven to increase elastin production. While many anti-aging products focus on collagen production, Eye Silk is reported to go beyond this benefit by increasing the amount of functional elastin fibers in the skin - a key structural protein in skin. Elastin stops being produced by the body in our teens, and as a result, skin loses resiliency and slowly begins to sag and wrinkle. Zinc Firming Complex, featured in all three Relastin products, penetrates skin, and works at the cellular level to help stimulate elastin production. The company reports they completed studies in September 2006 that clinically demonstrated Relastin's ability to help increase functional elastin in the skin, visibly decreasing fine lines, coarse wrinkles, and undereye laxity and puffiness. They say study participants also noticed a decrease in undereye dark circles after four weeks of Eye Silk application.

REVIEW: So here's my experiene. First, let me 'fess up that I've wanted to try this ever since Kristin Kelly, the consummate beauty connoisseur who writes Beauty Addict, first talked about the compliments she was receiving at makeup counters after using Eye Silk. For some reason, I didn't break down and buy it, as other products continued to tantalize me, though always in the back of my mind I knew there'd come a day.

Relastin Eye Silk is a powdery gel formula that spreads very easily, similar to the consistency of Smashbox Photofinish Primer. A little goes a long way; it only takes a smaller than pea size pump (not even a pump really) to pat onto the undereye skin of both eyes to do the trick. I've noticed truly visible results, having used the product for about four weeks, applying at night and some mornings. The wrinkle minimizing is the biggest positive effect, though dark circles do appear slightly less noticeable as well. I'm not noticing any reduction in undereye puffiness, an issue I'd very much like to diminish, but I'm thrilled with the other results.

The product has no scent, is light and airy in texture, blends very easily so as not to pull delicate skin under the eye. For me, this product has definitely given me positive results in firming the undereye area, reducing appearance of wrinkles, and softened the overall appearance of my undereye area. I'm loving it!

Relastin Eye Silk is available in a .5 fl oz pump dispenser retailing for about $69 at the following stores as well as through dermatologists nationwide: Bliss Spas, SkincareRx, Dermstore, Relastin, SkinStore, SpaLook and Perfume Worldwide (where the product is usually offered at discounted pricing).

Allure Virtual Store's Best of Beauty Sweepstakes

Win a huge suitcase full of Allure's Best of Beauty picks!

I like to pass along these little gems when I find them. This one sounds fantastic. Enter for a chance to win the mother of all goodie bags. Each year, at Allure's Best of Beauty party in New York City, they give their VIP guests a massive suitcase packed with past and present winners plus new favorites – more than 100 products in all.

Starting October 1st, enter for your chance to score this year's suitcase, valued at $3,330!

Click HERE to enter.

Discover Allure's Best of Beauty 2009 online now. There are 189 picks in makeup, skincare, haircare, body care, nails, natural wonders (yea!), men's stuff, best splurges and more.

WIN: Allure Editors' Favorite Sexy Fragrances!

Attention: Drool worthy content for you from Allure magazine!

Not only is Allure's July issue with Fergie on the cover chock full of fantastic beauty tips, articles and product news, but their big giveaway this month is jaw-dropping. Up for grabs, their 10 favorite sexy fragrances. Yes, all ten of them to one lucky winner. Included:


Fracas by Robert Piguet
Those who cringe at frilly floral notes love this rich, sultry bouquet of tuberose, jasmine, and gardenia. $110 for 3.4 oz.


Narciso Rodriguez for Her
This warm, sensual fragrance starts with honey and amber, then quickly transforms into an addictive musk. $89 for 3.3 oz.


Frédéric Malle Noir Épices
With nutmeg, rose, and patchouli, this spicy oriental whispers, "Come closer." $200


Tom Ford Black Orchid
This elegant blend offers the best of all worlds—it's citrusy, sugary, and flowery. The creamy vanilla notes make the scent completely irresistible. $92


Vivienne Westwood Boudoir
You know the saying "Go big or go home?" This is the fragrance version of it—with bold notes that include cinnamon, coriander, amber, vanilla, and sandalwood. $98


Chanel Cuir de Russie
The name means "Russian Leather"—and while we can't vouch for the Russian part, we can attest to the fact that this smells every bit as rich as a good handbag. $200


Gucci by Gucci Eau de Parfum
Patchouli usually rubs these editors the wrong way. But here it simply helps ground light, fruity notes, like guava and pear, to create a scent that's both sweet and seductive. $100 for 2.5 oz.


Guerlain Mitsouko
This mix of oakmoss, bergamot, and peaches has a brash, cheeky sex appeal. $68


Armani Code Eau de Parfum
With soft orange blossom and just a hint of jasmine, this scent has all the friendliness and innocence of the girl next door. $75 for 2.5 oz.

~ This is one of my favorite sensual, sexy fragrances too. Sooooo seductive! ~

Kai Perfume Oil
No surprise here, since reaching cult favorite status this perfume oil still flies off the shelves. The gardenia-based scent is light enough for day and hearty enough for a long, hot night. $45

Fergie on the cover of Allure July 2009

Click HERE to enter the contest

ALLURE: Fresh Free Stuff ... Oh Yes!

Allure magazine has a bonanza of wonderful products to giveaway all month long. The highlight is a completely breath taking selection of fantastic, wildy popular (and for good reason), deliciously pleasurable products from Fresh ($500 value). Oh my gosh, I want to win this sooooo badly!

A winner of both Allure's Best of Beauty and Readers' Choice awards, Fresh's Brown Sugar Body Polish is a product that earns a permanent place in your shower caddy as soon as you try it. Enter now and all month long to win Fresh's best shower gels, soaps, lotions, and more.

There's more. What's better than free beauty products? Your favorite free products. For your chance to receive a selection of this year's Allure Readers' Choice products log on to Allure every weekday in June. They are giving away 10,200 items in all!

Access Allure's calendar of giveaways to learn about all the wonderful products being given away in June.

ALLURE: Play It Safe in the Sun Beauty Box

Offered again this year by Allure for worry-free fun in the sun - the Allure Play Safe in the Sun Beauty Box.

Get gorgeous, sun-shielded skin this summer with their exclusive Play Safe in the Sun Beauty Box—it's bursting with full-sized must-haves from some of your favorite brands. You'll have to hurry, because like summer, these boxes go fast.

A $150 value, Allure's Play Safe in the Sun Beauty Box is offered for $39.99, available exclusively at Allure.com and for a limited time only. $5 from each purchase will be donated to The Skin Cancer Foundation.

Your Beauty Box will include the following products in full sizes:

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Fix

• Arbonne® No Sun Intended Bronzing Powder

• AVEENO® CONTINUOUS PROTECTION® Sunblock Lotion with SPF 70

• Ban®Vanilla Twist™ Antiperspirant

• Burt's Bees® 25th Anniversary Beeswax Lip Balm

• Coppertone® NutraShield™ Faces SPF 70+ with Dual Defense™

• Garnier Nutritioniste™ Skin Renew Anti-Sun-Damage Daily Eye Cream SPF 15

• jane iredale – THE SKIN CARE MAKEUP® Facial Blotting Papers

• Jergens® natural glow Foaming Daily Moisturizer

• JOHN FRIEDA® Sheer Blonde® Go Blonder Shampoo and Conditioner

• Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Tri Wheat Leave-in Conditioner

For more information or to purchase your Allure Sun Beauty Box, visit Allure online now.

ALLURE Giveaway of Insiders' Favorites

Batman has the Batmobile, and Wonder Woman's got her lasso and cuffs—but our heroes' secret weapons are a lot more fun. Chris McMillan swears by Shu Uemura hairstyling and treatment products to tame strands. Dermatologist Patricia Wexler relies on her anti-aging line to turn back the clock. Makeup artist Pat McGrath recommends shades to make eyes look bigger, cheeks rosier, and lips fuller. And Garren loves the way Rsession Tools' Naluwaver, a dual-barrel curling iron, creates natural-looking waves. All of these goodies can be yours with the contest running through the month of March.

Click HERE to enter

Carol's Daughter Lisa's Treats for Hands and Feet + Allure Magazine Special Pricing

Why pay for an expensive spa treatment when you can do it yourself at home? Carol's Daughter Lisa's Treats for Hands and Feet is designed to make you feel like you've spent the day at a pampering spa. Featuring a hand exfoliant, a cuticle and nails conditioner, a refreshing foot lotion and aromatic bath salts, this exclusive selection brings the oh-so-delightful spa experience directly to your house! This lovely set is HSN's Today's Special - $29.90!

The special also includes a one-year subscription to Allure magazine.

Carol's Daughter Lisa's Treats for Hands and Feet Includes:

• 2 oz. Lemon Ginger Mint Manicure in a Jar - a blend of butters, essential oils and exfoliating sea salt that softens skin instantly. Sea salt offers properties that aid in exfoliating dead skin. Contains moisture-retention characteristics that help keep hands feeling softer than they've ever been.
• .5 oz. Lemon and Jojoba Cuticle Oil - this delectable multifunctional oil helps condition nails and cuticles for beautiful, pampered looking hands. It leaves a rich, velvety, non-oily feeling on the skin while helping to prevent water loss, enhances the suppleness of skin and adds luster to your hands.
• 4 oz. Peppermint Foot Lotion - got tired, dry feet? Pamper and moisturize them with this clean-scented lotion with a creamy soft texture and a silky smooth laydown. The lotion helps balance the moisture level in your skin and helps leave feet feeling revitalized.
• 18 oz. Body Aches Bath Salts - a soothing combination of sea salts, mineral salts and baking soda, this at-home beauty treatment transforms any tub into a total spa experience. Infused with essential oils of lavender, peppermint and tea tree, the salts dissolve in a warm bath to help relax and soothe tired muscles.
• Brown 100% jute bag - store or carry your Carol's Daughter beauty treatments in this drawstring closure reusable bag. Measures approx. 11"L x 8-3/4"W.

Included with your purchase is a 1-year subscription to Allure magazine (valued at $12). Allure magazine order and refund details will be mailed directly to your home. You will receive your first issue 6-8 weeks after ordering. For more information, please visit HSN today.

Spa Week & Allure Announce Dior Giveaway

Spa Week’s Best Month Ever

Allure Magazine Giveaway

What: Throughout February, Spa Week and Allure Magazine are giving away Dior’s entire Spring 2009 Makeup Collection. Think pretty pinks, nudes, and taupes. The package retails for more than $500!

How: Visit Spa Week to see how you can win three eye-shadow palettes, eight lip colors, a limited edition face palette (an Allure Editors’ Favorite), nail polishes, and more!

Why: Because it’s cold, dreary and gray outside but that doesn’t mean your gorgeous face has to be!

Now, while you're at the Spa Week website, check out all their fantastic opportunities, giveaways and special spa pricing. It's a grand place to visit often.

Allure and Bath & Body Works Invite You to Dare to Bare Your Skin

Allure and Bath & Body Works invite you to join celebrated Allure columnist and top dermatologist Dr. Patricia Wexler for the Dare to Bare Your Skin event in New York next Thursday night.

The invitation includes permission, in fact encouragement, to come au naturel, well bare-faced at least, no makeup required. Dr. Wexler is just that confident her products will leave your skin radiant and naturally gorgeous. So come on in, join Dr. Wexler, and find out more about the Dare to Bare Your Skin challenge!

Enjoy light refreshments, skincare consultation, special discounts and an exclusive Allure gift bag with store purchase. The info for the event follows:

Dare to Bare Your Skin Challenge w/ Dr. Patricia Wexler

Thursday, January 29, 2009

6 pm - 8 pm

Bath & Body Works Store

1240 3rd Avenue & 72nd Street

This event is sponsored by Allure and Bath & Body Works. Come join in the fun! Oh - and there will be a surprise celebrity guest appearance .... ; )

Allure's Tips for the Hottest Hair This Holiday Season

Model Natalia Vodianova

Top hairstylists Garren, Chris McMillan, David Babaii and others reveal to Allure how to get some of the most coveted celebrity hairstyles this holiday season and into the new year.

The cut above on Natalia is entirely classic. "This is a very simple, A-line bob that almost anyone can wear," says Babaii. "Ask for a chin-length, mostly blunt cut that is slightly longer and more layered in front, which helps it curve toward the face."

Naomi Watts's layered cut is ideal for those with natural waves. It has slightly graduated layers, with the longest one in the front, says Garren. "It's all in the way you style it—use a medium-barrel curling iron to create soft waves from the crown to the ends."

Liv Tyler. "Liv's cut is about as blunt as a haircut can get—there are virtually no layers," says hairstylist Garren of the Garren New York salon. "Ask your stylist to make it collarbone-length in the front and just a touch shorter in the back. You should be able to part it on the side or in the center, and if it starts to feel too severe, make some gentle waves with a curling iron."

Marley Shelton. Not all '80s hair is bad. To get this punk look, "request for a cut thats boy-short, yet softly layered, on the sides and back," says Paul. "The top should be longer, with thinned-out ends; the bangs should make a diagonol line, starting mid-forehead and ending just below the brows."

Katie Homes. This jaw-length bob is timeless. To get it, "ask that it be slightly shorter in the back with very subtle layering throughout," says McMillan. "It should also have bangs that are completely blunt and straight and cut just above the eyebrow." Don't attempt this cut if your hair is not straight; "ask for longer, side-swept bangs" if your face is slightly round.

Gisele Bundchen. "The entire head is long layer after long layer," says Babaii. "The front section is also heavily layered and chopped-into to give it a piecey look." Ask your stylist to thin the ends—"that will help the hair look tousled."

Nicole Richie. "This is a great style for people who don't want to spend on their hair but still want it to look stylish," says McMillan. "Just ask for lots of face-framing layers—they shouldn't be shorter than the cheekbones—and minimal layering in the back. And if your hair is very thick, cut into the ends to lighten it up a bit."

Mariska Hargitay. "This is a great cut for straight hair that's thick or thin—it's basically chin-length and asymmetrical with side bangs," says hairstylist Garren of the Garren New York salon. "Ask your stylist to cut long and short choppy layers all over—in the back, sides, and around the face. The back can be the same length as the front or much shorter and choppier, depending on your preference."

For more great celebrity hairstyles and tips on how to achieve and what to ask from your stylist, visit Allure.com's Trends section to get answers from the expert hairstylists themselves.

Visit Allure for more information and tips on the above styles and many more.

source: Allure Magazine, December 2008 issue.

ALLURE: Holiday Favorites Giveaway

Allure wants you to WIN HOLIDAY GIFTS!

Starting today, December 1st, and all month
long, enter to score a selection of favorites
from the gift guide in the December issue of
Allure, including limited-edition makeup
from Estée Lauder, Laura Mercier, M.A.C.,
and Tarte, colorful hair accessories from
Bumble and Bumble, candles from Nest,
and luxurious fragrances from Bond No. 9
New York and Nina Ricci
—worth more than $1,400.

Click HERE to enter.

ALLURE: Best Party Hair and Makeup Tips

A lot can happen in ten minutes, especially when you only have that long to get ready for a party. For ideas on how to make it snappy—but look like you spent hours primping—try Allure's Best Party Hair and Makeup Tips. You'll get time-saving tricks, product recommendations, and how-tos for mastering five-minute makeup, creating an easy evening ponytail, and even looking and feeling refreshed the day after. Sign up for our easy tip-a-day plan, and you'll learn how to create the season's hottest hair and makeup in under 10 minutes. By registering, you'll be automatically entered to win a spa trip for two.

source: Allure

ALLURE: November FreeStuff Sweeps - NARS

Okay ... so here's a delicious Allure sweepstakes of NARS goodies you're going to want to be sure to enter! Yum ....

A nine-time Best of Beauty winner, NARS Blush in Orgasm inspired a mini peachy pink dynasty: a gloss, a highlighter, and, most recently, a nail polish. All month long, enter for your chance to win them all, plus Nars's entire fall collection (shadows, blush, lipsticks, and more) and a set of brushes, all worth $739. Good Luck!

Click HERE to enter

source: allure.com

ALLURE: 31 Days of the Best of Beauty

NEW! 31 Days of the Best of Beauty
Allure editors scrubbed, slathered, applied, and reapplied to test thousands of beauty products for Allure's 13th annual Best of Beauty Awards—and in their October issue, they revealed the 182 winning mascaras, lip glosses, anti-aging creams, defrizzers, and more. But even the best products don't apply themselves. Sign up for Allure's easy tip-a-day plan, and you'll learn how to use the 2008 winners to look your most gorgeous.

Sign Up

For expert tricks on using this year's Best of Beauty winners to maximum effect, try Allure's 31 Days of the Best of Beauty. By registering, you'll be automatically entered to win a weeklong trip for two to Rancho La Puerta, with beauty treatments, meals, and fitness activities. Hey, I'm in and there is so much to learn - great tips!

source: Allure

Spa Week is Here!

In case you haven't heard yet, this is SPA WEEK!

What does that mean for you? Well, for those with participating spas in their area, it could mean you could take advantage of a fabulous, uplifting spa treatment at a ridiculously discounted price. Here's the scoop:

SPA Week
What: $50 full service spa treatments!
When: Now! Appointments are still available!
How: Visit spaweek.org to see a full list of participants and the treatments they are offering. Pick your favorite and call the spa directly to book.
Why: Times are tough – take this opportunity to de-stress, relax, and save all at the same time.

WIN a $1,000 Spa Week Gift Card
Everyone loves Spa Week and we want to thank you for your loyalty. As you know, it is our mission to introduce a new generation of Americans to the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and to open up the spa industry to the masses. We want you to tell your friends and family about us. For a limited time, Spa Week will pick 5 lucky people at random and award them a $100 Spa Week Gift Card. In addition, one super lucky person will win the Grand Prize - a $1,000 Spa Week Gift Card. It's easy. All you have to do is fill out a short form. Your next step will be to forward an e-mail provided to you to 5 friends and when they register on spaweek.org, your e-mail address will automatically be entered into our Grand Prize category.

Want more? How about an exclusive Allure Spa Beauty Box.

Experience pure beauty bliss and rejuvenate your body from head to toe with the ALLURE Spa Beauty Box. Our new, limited-edition beauty box has everything you need to pamper yourself to perfection so you'll get glowing and look gorgeous all season long.

This exclusive offer—a $255 value—is being offered for $35 and includes the following beauty must-haves from some of your favorite brands:

Alterna CAVIAR Anti-Aging Moisture Shampoo
ARCONA Triad Pads
Becca Cosmetics Line & Pore Corrector available at Makeup.com*
Borghese Rejuvenata Cuticle Oil
Borghese CuraForte Moisture Intensifier available at Makeup.com*
Colorescience® Achromatherapy Gem Spritzer in Be Still (Travel)
jane iredale - The Skin Care Makeup® - Cherry Sparkle PureGloss™ for Lips
Kinara Eye Cream firming and hydrating for all skin types
La Bella Donna Lip Pencil in Beaujolais
L'Oréal Professionnel Texture Expert Expansion
SUKI Triple Cream Eye Definer available at Makeup.com*

* Each Beauty Box will feature one product from either Becca, Borghese, or SUKI.

PLUS, $5 from each Beauty Box purchase will benefit The R.E.S.T. Initiative, an organization that works to alleviate the fear, anxiety, and stress of chemotherapy treatment by bringing FREE massage therapies directly into chemotherapy treatment rooms. For more information about The R.E.S.T. Initiative, please visit restinitiative.org or call us at 646.437.3467

Click HERE for more information or to purchase an Allure Spa Beauty Box

Allure & Bendel's Team Up for Stellar Beauty Event

As mentioned a few days back, Henri Bendel is teaming up with Allure to host a fabulous beauty event and you'll want to attend if you can. Since first posting on the spectacular, I've learned more as well as been given scoop of the launch party to kick off the whole celebration.

Allure Beauty Concierge at Bendel’s
Date: Thursday, October 23—Saturday, October 25
Time: 10:30 AM—7:30 PM
Location: Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019


Guests have the opportunity to book complimentary appointments with top makeup artists at participating Henri Bendel beauty counters. They can choose from 14 participating brands: Chanel, Dr. Brandt, Giella, Jouer, Kate Somerville, Kevyn Aucion, Laura Mercier, M.A.C., Mally Beauty, NARS, Paula Dorf, Trish McEvoy, Yves Saint Laurent and Memoire Liquide.

For more information and to reserve their appointments they need to visit www.allureaccess.com/henri_bendel_concierge.


To launch this three-day beauty extravaganza, they are throwing an event launch party!

Award Winning Beauty Shopping Party
Date: Wednesday, October 22
Time: 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M
Location: Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Activities & Entertainment
• Allure Merchandising Director on-site mingling with guests, and offering advice on beauty trends of the season
• Top makeup artists offering beauty tutorials, makeup applications, and mini-beauty treatments using award winning products
• DJ spinning songs from the latest and biggest music releases of the fall
• Beauty Sweepstakes

Light Fare
• Fall-flavored passed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails

Deluxe Gift Bag
• Event gift bag filled with beauty samples, cosmetic case, and much more with any purchase

You're sure to want to attend if you're in the area. Book your appointement with Henri Beauty Concierge for a fantastic service by clicking here. Have fun!