Clinique's Holiday Sale

So...the holiday season has started. Crazed lines, end of the year markdowns, lots of pushing, shoving, and grabbing, and let's all remember...good will to men (or women).

Clinique is having a unique sale online. Purchase one of the following, and get two deluxe free samples and also free standard shipping. Nice.




Let's start with: the Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion with Pump (4.2 oz, $23.00). With this, receive deluxe samples of Body SFP 15 Gel and Rinse-Off Foaming Cleanser. Enter offer code Holiday052 at checkout.

Next up: the Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel (for oilier skins, 4.2 oz, $23.00). With this, receive deluxe samples of Repairwear Day SPF 15 Intensive Cream and Touch Tint for Eyes in Nude Sparkle. Enter offer code Holiday051 at checkout.

Another choice is: the Moisture Surge Extra Thirsty Skin Relief (2.5 oz, $42.00). With it, receive deluxe samples of High Impact Mascara and All About Eyes. Enter offer code Holiday054 at checkout.

You could also try: Repairwear Deep Wrinkle Concentrate for Face and Eye (1.4 oz, $54.00). With it, receive deluxe samples of Aromatics Elixir Fragrance and Superdefense Triple Action Moisturizer SPF 25 Very Dry. Enter offer code Holiday 053 at checkout.

Finally, for all the men in your life, get them: the Happy for Men Fragrance (3.4 oz, $45.00). With it, receive deluxe samples of Skin Supplies for Men Oil Control Hydrator and Repairwear Deep Wrinkle Concentrate. Enter offer code Holiday056 at checkout.

Offer ends December 4, 2005.

Makeup Bargains

I have stuff I never knew I owned.

Case in point: I was in Rockford on Friday asking Regina if I should keep certain clothes because apparently she knows my wardrobe better than I do!! HAHA. I am such a dork! I'm like, "Oh, should I keep this?" And she's like, "Don't you already have something like that in a lighter shade of brown?" I tell you, I need to create that clothes database (kinda like the one that Cher has in Clueless ASAP.

Today I was cleaning out the front of a shelf in the bathroom closet, thinking that I have way too much makeup, samples, and whatever beauty products that I should start using...ie eye serum for the eye wrinkles that have started forming since I entered medical school!...well, I forget what I was looking for because I didn't find it, but I found a new bottle of Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion that I have never ever opened and was so desperately needing since I am on the last legs of my other bottle! So now I don't have to go out and buy it. I also found a blush brush I bought a LONG time ago from Sephora and never used. Maybe one of these days I should clean my entire beauty supply and donate all the samples that I will never use to a women's shelter or something.

So because I seem to have enough beauty products, I won't be buying anything anytime soon. Which is a shame because it's Clinique Bonus Time at Lord and Taylor's, and the gift is pretty good! I was going to get the lotion, but since I found my next bottle, I guess I'll wait until next time. There is free shipping at the Clinique site until the 15th. Lancome is also have its 7 days of Christmas bonus time online. A couple of offers. Free shipping plus a sample of eye makeup remover until the 17th. Then, if you spend over $25, you can put in another code for your choice of any 7 free sample offers. The link is http://www.lancome-usa.com/_us/_en/landing/7daysoflancomefinal.aspx

There are a bunch more things going on right now...you just have to visit the makeup counters to find out.

A new makeup store to check out:
Powder Room
705 W. Armitage Avenue
They have lots of stuff. Kinda like Sephora except they even carry stuff I have never heard of. Thus, it must be good. :-)

Someone You Should Know

Today's Hero of the Day: Julio A. Nolasco...who emailed me today with _14_, yes _14_ Friends and Family Coupons. He's a winner.

Amongst them:
*Dana Buchman, 30% off thru next Sunday (the 12th)(New York, Florida, Arizona only)
*Elisabeth, 30% off thru next Sunday (the 12th). You can also use this online by typing in code FAF30
*Ellen Tracy, 30% off thru next Sunday (the 12th). Good only at the Manhasset, NY store.
*Laundry (by Shelly Segal), 30% off thru next Sunday (the 12th) (New York, Florida, California only)
*Mexx, 30% off thru next Sunday (the 12th)(New York, New Jersey, Georgetown in DC only)
*Steve Madden, 30% off thru today. Use it online by typing in the code FAFAMDO4.

I didn't know about the Sephora one...it expired yesterday with 20% off. Oh well. It would have come in handy online maybe.

For those of you in New York, Ralph Lauren is having its yearly handbag sample sale, up to 80% off, this week. Tuesday thru Thursday 8 am until 7 pm, except for Thursday when it ends at 4 pm. Park Central Hotel at 870 7th Avenue on the first floor. I got that from Julio and another email so I figure the details must be right. Not a big fan of Ralph Lauren bags tho...I prefer Kate Spade and Donna. But heck, other people must like it because they're sure still in business!

Other things: Lord And Taylor is having its Clinique Bonus Time until Christmas. It's actually a pretty good package. I think Prescriptives is having a makeover session of some sort...I have to look into that. Neiman Marcus is having a cosmetic makeover thing tomorrow and Wednesday; it's the one on Michigan Avenue.

Did anyone go to that fashion sample sale in Chicago on Sunday? I forget where it was, but if you did, you have to let me know if it was good!

I am working on learning how to post pictures. haha. I am such a nerd!