Holiday Gift Ideas: Bobbi Brown Free Overnight Shipping

If you're looking for those last couple of gifts, don't worry Bobbi Brown is offering free overnight shipping with the code OVER6. She has great choices, including:

For your little sister or your car pool mate, the Lip Gloss Trio for $40.

For your best friend, the Modern Classic Palette for $75. She'll bring it our your next getaway together!

For your mother, the Deluxe Travel Kit for $115, because she deserves something special this year and will think of you each time she uses it.

Holiday Gift Ideas: Sephora Favorites Kits

Last year we had a great time with the Sephora Favorites mascara sampler; but this season we're coveting the Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lip deluxe lip gloss sampler. This set is packed with ten great glosses from Tarte, Smashbox, Lorac, and more. It's a bargain at $40 (a $134 value). The only problem with this gift is giving it away, when there's so much in here we love for ourselves!

Another great set we've got our eyes on is the Glitz and Glam Shimmer and Shine makeup kit. It's full of great products that will amp up your look (or your best friend's) including a few of our faves like the Nars Orgasm Illuminator, Josie Maran's Bronzing Argan Oil, and Tarte's cheek stain in Glam.  The Glitz and Glam is $39 (a $121 value).

If you have a perfume lover in your life, consider the Sephora sample sets of perfume which come with a coupon for a full size perfume of their choice. With ten different perfume samples, their likely to find one they love. Happy shopping!

Holiday Giveaway! Nintendo Wii and Monopoly Streets

We spent hours as kids playing Monopoly with our friends and family. These days you're more likely to see people playing the Wii together. This year Monopoly celebrates its 75th anniversary with the release of Monopoly Streets by EA Sports, a virtual world where you build your empire by the same rules as the original boardgame with the benefit of seeing it all come to life! Our modest gaming advice: buy everything you land on, no matter how small.

We're excited to be giving away two copies of Monopoly Streets and a Nintendo Wii (up to a $300 value) on Twitter. Look to Retweet our giveaway this morning starting at 10:00 a.m.

Monopoly Streets is available on Wii, XBox, and PS3. Visit EA.com to learn more. Monopoly Streets would make a great gift for just about everyone on your Christmas list!

Holiday Gift Ideas: Best-Selling Gift at Saks

Yesterday, we attended a blogger breakfast at Sak's for a peek at the season's best-selling gifts so far. It warmed out jetsetting heart to hear that the Eliot Raffit Vintage Globe ornament is a top seller, thanks to its appearance in December's Travel & Leisure.


We were also thrilled to meet Rebecca Minkoff in person who says her laptop, iPad, iPhone and Kindle cases are always top sellers as are this trio of pouches. (Rebecca agreed to let us peek in her carry on bag, so expect to see that in the next few weeks!)

The other item we loved is the Fur Funnel Glamour Puss collar. It comes in lots of bright day glo collar to brighten up winter's doldrums. Sadly, it's not offered on the Saks website, but you will find them at the NYC 5th Avenue store!

These little Valentino bags are even cuter in person. They'll fit a phone, keys, lipgloss and credit cards for a night out.

Holiday Gift Idea: Kate Spade Taxi Mittens

Anyone who has ever tried to hail a cab in New York in December knows that the wait can seem longer than it takes for Verizon to get the iPhone. At least if she has these bright yellow Kate Spade mittens she'll be warm! Available on KateSpade.com. 

Beauty Editors' Gift Picks

When we shared our ideal beauty gift pick with RealBeauty.com, it's possible we didn't aim quite high enough, because a spa weekend in France sounds pretty damn amazing! But we stand by our selection of the Urban Decay the Black Palette. We like it even more now that we've been using it for a a few weeks. It creates the sultriest, no-fail smokey eye--it's so sexy in fact, you just may find yourself on a plane to Paris after a night on the town after all!

Available exclusively at Sephora. 

This review was based on a free sample. 

Votre Vu Giveaway!

The La Boum gift set from Votre Vu is just what your dry skin needs this winter. Whether for yourself (because you deserve it) or for another great woman in your life, this combo pack of the Amour D'Ore Multi-Vitamin Oil spray and Tarte D'Amande Rich Souffle is sure to take your skin from parched to supple and soft. We have a set to giveaway to a lucky reader this week!

The Amore D'Ore is perfect after the shower for an all over body treatment. It's even suitable for your face and your hair. We'd use it to prep our legs before a night out for a nice glow.

The Tarte D'Amande body souffle is a great next step. Use it all over to look and smell like a dream thanks to its main ingredient: sweet almond oil.

For your chance to win this Votre Vu set valued at $91, send us an email at jsggiveaway@gmail.com by next Tuesday, October 19th, 2010. Good luck!

Votre Vu Giveaway!

The La Boum gift set from Votre Vu is just what your dry skin needs this winter. Whether for yourself (because you deserve it) or for another great woman in your life, this combo pack of the Amour D'Ore Multi-Vitamin Oil spray and Tarte D'Amande Rich Souffle is sure to take your skin from parched to supple and soft. We have a set to giveaway to a lucky reader this week!

The Amore D'Ore is perfect after the shower for an all over body treatment. It's even suitable for your face and your hair. We'd use it to prep our legs before a night out for a nice glow.

The Tarte D'Amande body souffle is a great next step. Use it all over to look and smell like a dream thanks to its main ingredient: sweet almond oil.

For your chance to win this Votre Vu set valued at $91, send us an email at jsggiveaway@gmail.com by next Tuesday, October 19th, 2010. Good luck!

Juicy Couture Handbags

The other day, we had the opportunity to attend a meet and greet with Juicy Couture Handbag designer, Kristen Schwinn. We arrived a little late, because we were coming from another event first, but one thing we overheard Kristen say, really hit a nerve:

As we were standing there with our shoulder aching from running around the city with a weighty handbag complete with a superfluous chain that must clock in a 3 pounds minimum, Kristen said that yes, she absolutely considers a bag's weight when designing.

We fell for the chiffon day dreamer bag (above) and the sequin clutch (below) is ideal for holiday gifts.

This post was based on a free sample.

Juicy Couture Handbags

The other day, we had the opportunity to attend a meet and greet with Juicy Couture Handbag designer, Kristen Schwinn. We arrived a little late, because we were coming from another event first, but one thing we overheard Kristen say, really hit a nerve:

As we were standing there with our shoulder aching from running around the city with a weighty handbag complete with a superfluous chain that must clock in a 3 pounds minimum, Kristen said that yes, she absolutely considers a bag's weight when designing.

We fell for the chiffon day dreamer bag (above) and the sequin clutch (below) is ideal for holiday gifts.

This post was based on a free sample.