Blogiversary Giveaway (Finally)!

 So back in February, the blog turned two years old.

Crazy, right?

Well, as a way of saying thanks to all of you who've been reading along during that time, I thought that a giveaway was in order.

And it's a pretty big one, so hopefully you're all pretty excited. 

The winner will receive:

(1) Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette
(1) stila in the moment eye shadow palette
(1) tarte Amazon Escape Amazonian Clay Eye & Cheek Palette
(1) The Balm Nude'Tude Eyeshadow Palette
(1) The Balm Balm Voyage Palette
(1) Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV
(1) bareMinerals Passionate for Pastels 4 Piece Color Collection (includes Ready Eyeshadow 4.0 in The Sweetest Thing, Flawless Definition Mascara, Sorbet Blush, and Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Go Getter)
(1) bareMinerals Enchanting Eyes Duo (includes Mini Prime Time Eyelid Primer and Ready Eyeshadow 2.0 in The Flashback)
(1) stila artful eye collector's edition palette vol 1 (includes eye shadows in oasis, glee, starlight, shell, and grace)
(1) stila artful eye collector's edition palette vol 3 (includes eye shadows in light apricot, umber, aquamarine, soft violet, and ocean)
(1) Make Up Forever Aqua Shadow Duo (includes Aqua Shadow Pencils in 28E and 20E)
(1) The Balm Instain Long Wearing Staining Powder Blush in Houndstooth
(1) tarte lights, camera, lashes! inner rim liner 
(1) Mally Evercolor Starlight Waterproof Liner in Sailor
(1) Mally Volumizing Mascara
(1) Maybelline Limited Edition Color Tattoo in Nude Compliment
(1) Maybelline Limited Edition Color Tattoo in Sleek & Spice
(1) IT Cosmetics Hello Lashes! Mascara
(1) IT Cosmetics Vitality Flush Anti-Aging Color Reviver Stain in Je Ne Sais Quoi
(1) IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe Flat Top Buffing Foundation Brush

There are a ton of fun goodies in this prize pack that I absolutely love, so I hope the winner enjoys them just as much I do.

To enter, just leave a comment below sharing what the best new makeup or beauty item that you've tried recently is.

Here are the rest of the rules:

No anonymous comments are eligible since I have to be able to identify each entry and I’ll need a way to get in touch with you if you win - and you must follow the blog (through Google, Bloglovin or the email list) to enter.

I'm using Rafflecopter to make the giveaway a little easier on myself, so while the blog comment is mandatory for entry, you can get additional entries by following me on Twitter, tweeting about the giveaway, and liking the Facebook page.

The giveaway is open to both U.S. and international readers. If you’re under 18, please get your parents’ permission to enter since you’ll have to give me your mailing address if you win. The giveaway will be open until 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, March 29, 2014.


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Good luck and thanks again for reading the blog! 

MIA Yet Again...

I know that I haven't posted much lately, but for once, I have a legitimate reason.

Back in September, I lost my amazing dog, Brownie.

She is still missed everyday, and we held off on getting a new dog because we still missed her so much.

At some point, I think we realized that we're always going to miss her and if we waited for some magical time when we didn't to get a new dog, we'd never do it.

So after the holidays, we decided that maybe we would start looking for a dog to adopt. We thought it would take a while to find exactly what we were looking for -- a Lab for sure, preferably a yellow and a boy so we wouldn't make too many unfair comparisons to Brownie.

Well, it all fell into place a lot quicker than we imagined so I'm happy to introduce the newest member of our family, Charlie:

Charlie at 8 weeks

 He is a Lab mix and just about 8 weeks old. He was rescued from a storm drain in South Carolina, where his mom had put him and his siblings to keep warm. We got him from a great organization here in NY, Unleashed (if you're in the NYC-metro area and are looking for a puppy, I'd definitely recommend checking them out. The whole process was terrific and it's such a great cause.), and while he's a sweetheart, I'd forgotten exactly how much work a puppy can be. 

I am seriously exhausted chasing this little guy around.

But it's so much fun that I can't complain in good conscience.

Charlie's still getting comfortable and we're trying to come up some sort of schedule for him, so when things settle down in the next couple of days, I'll be back to blogging regularly.

I've got a review of the Urban Decay Naked3 Palette just about ready to go so keep an eye out for that.

And you know, as I'm writing this, I just realized that today is the blog's 2 year anniversary (!), which is just crazy to me.

But I'll be doing a big giveaway in the next week or so to celebrate that, so there's also that to look forward to.

Looks Like We've Made It... A Whole Year of Blogging!

As hard as it is for me to believe, I started this blog a year ago today.

When I started it, there was part of me that didn't really think I'd stick with it. As much as I love makeup, skincare and all things beauty-related (and writing for that matter), I can be a little lazy sometimes and I worried that over time I'd wind up using my free time for a good afternoon nap instead of blogging.

But honestly, I've had so much fun writing this blog that I look forward to working on posts, taking photos and responding to comments every day.

That's because of all of you who read the blog, leave comments, send emails and just share in my crazy, little makeup and beauty obsession.

You make this so much fun.

I have a pretty fabulous giveaway planned to celebrate the anniversary and thank all of you for your support. There are actually two prize packs filled with some of my very favorite products, and I hope I'd be able to post it today -- unfortunately, I'm still waiting for a couple of items to arrive, so it might be a week or so before it goes up. 

(I've pretty much been planning this giveaway since I hit the three month mark so I'm seriously excited about it -- I hope you guys will be too.)

In the mean time, thank you for being such fabulous readers.  I appreciate it more than I can say.

Here's to another makeup obsessed, fun-filled year!