Giveaway Time -- Too Faced a Few of My Favorite Things Colection!

I know that I've practically disappeared for the entire month of December, but I'm sure you can understand why -- the holidays are just a ridiculously busy and crazy time. I will be back very soon with reviews of a bunch of products that I'm super excited about -- oh, and a couple of upcoming TSVs on QVC that are pretty awesome.

Because I've been MIA, though, I'm really excited to do a holiday giveaway to show my appreciation for all of you who read the blog.

And the prize is pretty cool, if I do say so myself.

It's the Too Faced A Few of My Favorite Things Collection, which seems to be sold out everywhere now (so I'm totally kicking myself for not picking one up when I purchased the giveaway prize). 

The collections contains:

• 20 Eyeshadows
• 2 Blushes
• 2 Bronzers
• Better Than Sex Mascara
• Lip Injection Color Bomb! in Bee Sting
• Makeup Bag

The shadow shades range from lovely neutrals to gorgeous jewel tones, so it's really the ideal palette for fall and winter.

To enter, just leave a comment below sharing what would make your list of favorite makeup items.

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 Monday, December 29, 2013.

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Good luck! 

Happy New Year!

Hopefully, we're all recovered from last night's festivities so here's wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and successful 2013!

Personally, I think this is going to be a good year.  In the first quarter alone, there's my birthday, the blog turning a year old (with a pretty amazing giveaway planned!), and a little escape to Vegas for a few days in March.

I'm pretty excited.

I've also got plenty of resolutions that I likely won't keep, but that's par for the course.  I'll be sharing some of my beauty-related ones in the next couple of days, actually, because I can definitely use some advice from you guys.

I hope you guys have settled on some good resolutions too and you manage to stick with them all year long.

Thanks for making this first year with the blog so much fun.  I have a feeling that it's only going to get better in 2013.

Happy New Year!

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Happy Holidays!

I apologize profusely for being totally MIA this past week.  I was swept away by holiday-related insanity, as I bet many of you been too. 

It's amazing how much there is to do at this time of year, isn't it?

Anyway, I won't be around much the beginning of this week either because I'll be spending Christmas with my family but I promise to be back on track by the weekend.  I've got some great stuff to share with you guys (and if I manage to be a good girl for the next 24 hours, I'm thinking Santa's going to have a few makeup-related goodies in his sack for me too) that I'm really excited about so I can't wait to get back to blogging regularly again.

In the mean time, I hope that all of you enjoy the rest of the holiday season with family and friends.  As always, thanks for taking the time to read the blog.  It means the world to me.

See you soon.

Tarte Statement Lips 5-piece LipSurgence Collector's Set

(Note - just a friendly reminder that there's plenty of time to enter my giveaway for the Balm Shady Lady Palette Vol. 2.  You can find all the info here. And a big thank you to everyone who's entered already!)

You're probably starting to realize that I have very little willpower when it comes to holiday sets, palettes and kits.

It is a serious weakness of mine.

I justify it by focusing on the fact that they're such good values - because seriously, it's hard to beat them.

I am a big fan of the Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tints - and at this point, it's tradition for me to pick up the holiday set.

And you can't break tradition, right?

Tarte Fantastic Foursome Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush Enthusiast Set

Tarte Holiday Blush Set

One of the things that I love best about the holidays - and I love so many, many things, it would be impossible to list them all - is the value sets that so many cosmetics companies put out. 

Not only do they make great gifts, they're a great way to try new products or stock up on old favorites that you know you love. 

This year, instead of just putting out the standard lip gloss and eyeliner sets, Tarte realized that their Amazonian clay blushes are some of their most popular products and put out a fun set of four of the blushes -  the Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush Enthusiast Set ($35).

MAC Fabulousness Holiday Eye Kit in 5 Warm Eyes

MAC Fabulosness Holiday Eye Kit in Warm Eyes

(Note - just a friendly reminder that there's plenty of time to enter my giveaway for the Balm Shady Lady Palette Vol. 2.  You can find all the info here. And a big thank you to everyone who's entered already!)

I'm a sucker for cute packaging.

It's sad but true.

So when I caught a glimpse of MAC's Fabulousness Holiday Eye Kits ($39.50), I knew that I was going to be the owner of one of those babies.

I mean the boxes alone are beyond adorable, but the compacts are just insanely cute. 

How could I resist?