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The Winner is ~~~

1. FashiontoFigure GiveAway goes to


~Decidedly Imperfect~: Please contact me and let me know which pre-selected products from FashiontoFigure you'd love to receive. 


I do hope your mom would love this little pre-Christmas gift!!




2. Lub Lub By LS of a gorgeous bracelet and necklace online shopping site GiveAway, hosted by Laura and me has decided to give away TWO bracelets to TWO winners of your choice.


Claud: You can pick one bracelet from J'adore Paris Collection!!
           
Laura and I think you have a very complete entry for this one. Thanks for sharing and their style is awesome inspiring!! ^^




Sjjin29: You can pick one bracelet from Hamsa Hand collection. 


You are the one picked exactly the same gray leopard (pants)outfit as what I had searched online.  And I am bias on this as I prefer Cheetah spots!! 


Please contact Laura at lauras@lublubbyls.com as she needs the measurement/size of your wrist. 


3. Last but not least, my personal giveaway goes to Erika. 


For your effort of searching that cute leopard scarf look and I do love that simple chic style a lot!! Obviously, you are a grad. from Cal Poly SLO? How can I not to favor you myself? ^O^


Now you will just have to wait till I am back and see what's your surprises is!!  (Not until 11/ 29) 


Thanks so much for all of your entries and we did our best for giving away as much as we can!!

My last minute grooming of my nails before our trip!  
I call it Backward-French-manicure as it probably lasts longer for moms who do their chores everyday! lol.

Got Manicure!?

xoxo Rachel 

Makeup Crush: Olivia Wilde

So why do I like this look? Well, that's easy! Because the brown sultry hues make Olivia's eyes look incredible! I love the way that brown shadows make blue eyes look completely piercing and vivid.  You could easily get this effect by using something like Mac Satin Taupe e/s or the Dior 5 Eyeshadow Palette in Earth Reflections that I posted about earlier this week.  I am officially obsessed with that palette and I really need to get a FOTD posted using that.

I love the creamy, glowy skin, the softly sculpted cheeks, the strong brows and the black liner.  I think a teeny bit of black shadow has been used to slightly intensify the outer corners and there's a hint of a highlight in the inner corners.

I know it's ANOTHER smokey eye with a nude lip but I thought this deserved a special mention!  What can I say...I like what I like!

I also wanted to post a quick review on the relatively new blush by Nars called Sex Appeal.  I really like their blush in Deep Throat and I had visions of this blush being a gorgeous soft peach making a perfect partner of golden skin.  My favourite blushes have always been peach toned because I find it's the most flattering shade on my skin tone.

However, I was disappointed to see how pale and powdery it looked in the pan and I could tell right away that it wasn't going to show up on my skin.  I'm not really a fan of completely matte blush because it looks far too flat on my face and doesn't add any dimension.  For reference, I like my skin to look softly matte but with a glow.

The shade of the Sex Appeal blush is so pale that even those with the fairest of skins would struggle to make it visible on their cheeks.  Also, because it is matte and rather powdery, it seems to sit on top of the skin, clinging to and highlighting the fine, downy hair we all have on our faces...not pretty.

I much prefer my Benefit Coralista for a natural look or my Korres blushes for slightly more pigmentation.  I just can't make this work for me and I'm disappointed about that but such is life!

Have you tried this blush? What did you think?