News Flash: There Are Beauty Deals To Be Had at TJ Maxx

Just in case you've been living under a rock, there are some amazing beauty deals to be had at TJ Maxx. And just in case you don't believe me, I took some pics with my CrackBerry - to show you how much money you can save simply by doing a little digging...

T3 Overnight Dryer, $48
(originally $130)

Hairdo Salon Clip-In Hair from Jessica Simpson and Ken Paves, $19.99
(originally $90-95)

Jessica Simpson Fancy Eau de Parfum, $19.99
(originally $35)


Philip B Drop Dead Straightening Baume, $5.99
(originally $24)

NARS Skin Essential Oil-Infused Therapy Soak, $19.99
(originally $75)


Korres Vanilla Cinnamon Showergel, $3.99
(originally $13)


Bliss Tried + True Blue Kit, $7.99
(originally $20)


Freeze 24-7 Ice Shield Facial Cleanser with Sunscreen SPF 15, $16.99
(originally $48)


Bliss Clog-Dissolving Cleansing Milk, $14.99
(originally $28)

Click here to find a TJ Maxx near you. Happy shopping!

Congrats to Winners of the Freeze 24-7 Giveaway, Sponsored by Ideeli

Congratulations to the winners of the Freeze 24-7 Giveaway, sponsored by Ideeli:

Dana Henderson
Caroline Morin
Kristin McGregor
Ilissa Huhta
Misty Hammonds

These lucky ladies will receive a a Freeze 24-7 Jet Set Travel Kit. For out of (or in) town, this luxe travel companion carries all you need for flawless skin - instantly! The Jet Set Travel Kit includes deluxe, travel friendly sizes of five Freeze 24-7 Anti-Aging Essentials - everything you need for flawless, smooth and healthy-looking skin.

Thanks to everyone who entered. Even if you didn't win a Jet Set Travel Kit, you're still a winner...you're signed up for Ideeli.com. I'm constantly blown away by their amazing sample sales and the unbelievable prices. This Thursday, Ideeli is having a Treesje handbag sale - with purses starting at $142...so you know I'm all about that!

Not a member yet? No sweat...visit Ideeli.com and enter spoiledpretty as your invite code.

Freeze 24-7 Giveaway, Sponsored by Ideeli

It's a new year. It's time for resolutions and for putting your best face forward. But too often, jam-packed schedules, daily stress and the passing of time can take a toll on your skin, making you feel less than camera-ready. Thanks to Freeze 24-7, however, this no longer has to be the case: its revolutionary patent-pending Age-Less Technology helps produce a nearly instant visible reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. These remarkable results have caught the eyes of leading beauty authorities worldwide and Freeze 24-7 has been featured in numerous magazines and television programs including Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Lucky, Rachel Ray, Fox News and the Today Show.

With all of the accolades Freeze 24-7 has earned, Spoiled Pretty is proud to partner with Ideeli for a Freeze 24-7 Giveaway!

Five lucky winners will receive a Freeze 24-7 Jet Set Travel Kit. On the go or at home, this luxe travel companion carries everything you need for flawless, smooth and healthy-looking skin. Travel-friendly product sizes meet travel regulations, making check-in a breeze. The kit is a $75 value and includes deluxe travel sizes of five anti-aging essentials:

Anti-Wrinkle Cream: Reduces the visible appearance of fine lines and wrinkles minutes of application. Lasts up to 24 hours.

IceCream Double Scoop Intensive Anti-Aging Moisturizer: A smoothing and moisturizing complex that provides intense hydration while nourishing, firming and toning skin.

Anti-Aging Eye Serum: An eye serum that quickly and effectively removes puffiness, fine lines, dark circles and other signs of aging.

IceCrystals Anti-Aging Prep and Polish: A revolutionary resurfacing product that rejuvenates the skin while leaving a youthful, healthy glow.

Plump Lips Lip Plumper: This lip plumper quickly and dramatically plumps and moisturizes, while enhancing natural lip color.

To enter, all you have to do is sign up for Ideeli.com. Ideeli is a membership-only shopping community, and membership is free. Just click here and enter spoiledpretty as your invite code. The contest ends at midnight (EST) on Sunday, January 25th. One winner will be chosen at random from among the entrants. On Monday, January 26th, I'll announce the winner’s name.

And if you can’t wait to get your hands on some Freeze 24-7, click here to shop and use coupon code “ideeli09” at checkout for 30% off any purchase through January 31st.

Good luck!

Freeze 24-7 PlumpLips - $9.99 at Marshalls

You could spend $42 for a .28 oz tube of Freeze 24-7 PlumpLips gloss here. Or you could spend $9.99 at your local Marshalls. Yesterday, while shopping the Willow Grove, PA Marshalls with Mama Spoiled Pretty, I spotted a basket full of PlumpLips near register #1.

About a year ago when I reviewed PlumpLips, my sister also fell in love with the lip plumper; but $42 was a little too rich for a college student's budget. So, being the best big sis a girl could ever wish for, I tossed a tube into my mom's cart and told her that Lauren would be forever grateful.

Today, Lauren called me to gush about her new gloss...marveling that A) I remembered how hard she tried to find it, on the cheap, circa 2007...and B) that I even recalled which shade she had been searching for (FirstFrost).

I'm good.

25% Off Freeze 24-7

Get 25% off your next purchase at freeze247.com. Simply enter promo code Awards at checkout.

Freeze 24-7: Buy 2 PlumpLips, Get One Free!

Splash into summer. Buy two of the same size PlumpLips and choose a third shade FREE!

20% Off at Freeze 24-7

Save 20% on all purchases at freeze247.com, now through June 17, 2008.

While you're busy filling up your virtual shopping cart, don't forget dear old dad.

Enter promo code DAD at checkout.

Beauty.com Collaborates With Lela Rose: Gift With Purchase!

Beauty.com has collaborated with New York fashion designer Lela Rose* to offer customers a limited edition beauty valise filled with prestige beauty products. The exclusive Lela Rose Travel Bag comes just in time for the busy vacation season and is available to customers with a purchase of $100 or more on Beauty.com.

“Beauty.com has a sophisticated customer who is both feminine and fashionable,” says Lela Rose. “She inspired me to want to design an accessory, not just a make-up case…one that looked just as cute as the handbag holding it.”

The limited-edition Lela Rose Travel Bag features Lela’s signature dot print for 2008 with vintage luggage trim and feminine detailing. The travel bag is perfect for toting beauty essentials, with useful built-in features such as brush holders and zippered plastic compartments for more delicate items.

The case, with products valued at more than $120, contains both deluxe and full-sized favorites, including:

* ARCONA Cranberry Toner
* Alterna Caviar Moisture Shampoo with Seasilk
* Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
* L’OCCITANE Verbena Harvest Shower Gel
* L’OCCITANE Verbena Harvest Body Lotion
* Vincent Longo La Dolce Vita Lashes
* Vincent Longo The Curl Mascara
* Freeze 24/7 IceShield Facial Cleanser with Sunscreen SPF 15
* Bliss Fabulous Foaming Face Wash
* Tarte Cheek Stain in Tipsy

Get yours now while supplies last.

* Remember when I met Lela backstage at her Fall 2008 show during NY Fashion Week? You don't? Extra, extra! Click here to read all about it.

Freeze 24/7 Friends And Family: 50% Off

This is huge, people…

Right now, shop Freeze 24/7 and receive 50% off and FREE SHIPPING on any order over $45. Now's your chance to try it all – from your favorite cleanser, to advanced skincare treatments.

Just visit freeze247.com to shop and enter code THANKS at checkout.

I’m not really sure when this promotion ends, so hurry up and take advantage of this ridiculously awesome offer.

Seeing Double

Yesterday, as I was perusing the CVS website, a new skincare brand caught my eye.

What struck me the most about 24.7 Skincare is its similarity the Freeze 24-7 skin care brand. From the names to the packaging to the product descriptions, they’re nearly identical. Take a look…

24.7 Skincare Instant Plump Volumizing Lip Shine: Triple action lip treatment works with Retinol, Niacin and GABA to immediately plump, hydrate and nourish lips. ($19.99)

Freeze 24-7 PlumpLips Lip Plumper: Revolutionary lip plumper and gloss that delivers full, pouty, buttery lips in minutes. Hydrates, smoothes and soothes…It’s addicting! ($40)

24.7 Skincare Smooth & Go Immediate Skin Perfector: Instantly illuminates and smoothes, bringing a newfound soft, flawless look to your skin. Performs brilliantly under or over makeup and wouldn't think of smudging or smearing. Perfectly portable for whenever or whenever you need a quick skin-perfecting fix - an absolute must have, with mistake-proof application! Treat fine lines and wrinkles, imperfections, dark circles, lip lines, laugh lines, large pores. Perfect for: quick touch-ups: Smooth & Go, use under OR over makeup, absorbs excess oil, instant brightening, instant smoothing. ($29.99)

Freeze 24/7 Freeze & Go Instant Smoother & Brightener: Use under or over makeup to fix fine lines, absorb excess oil and brighten skin for a flawless finish. Perfectly portable, this sleek, metallic, pod-like package is designed for optimal convenience and totability, with a removable mirror and metered dosage to ensure a flawless finish on-the-go. ($65)

24.7 Skincare Targeted Wrinkle Treatment: Targets lines and wrinkles with a latest-tech formula including GABA, Lavendox and Hyaluronic Acid Spheres. The results are impressive: 100% of respondents saw a 50-90% reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles within 10 minutes, making it an effective, non-surgical cosmetic alternative to Botox and other invasive procedures. ($39.99)

Freeze 24/7 Instant Targeted Wrinkle Treatment: This dream cream is for real and delivers a powerful punch against wrinkles. Watch them melt away within minutes. Respondents saw a 50-90% reduction in the visible appearance of fine lines and wrinkles within minutes of application. A safe alternative to Botox and other synthetic products which produces results - not side effects. ($65)

After noting the similarities, I instantly smelled a lawsuit. But it seems that the brands are in cahoots. 24.7 Skincare was created in partnership with an initial investor in Freeze 24-7. So maybe there won’t be blood. But there will be youthful skin and plump lips – whether you shop at the department store or the drugstore.

Freeze 24-7 is available at Nordstrom, Henri Bendel, Bloomingdale’s, Space NK, and Saks Fifth Avenue. 24.7 Skincare is sold exclusively at CVS.

Get Gifted At Saks

Ageless Beauty 101 is in session at Saks Fifth Avenue. From now until March 8, stop in to learn about your favorite beauty brands and take home deluxe gifts with purchase. Click here to browse the catalogue.

Here is a sampling of the deals and steals available at Saks*:

BLISS Deluxe samples of Vanilla and Bergamot Body Buff, Vanilla and Bergamot Bubbling Bath and Shower Gel and Foot Patrol Exfoliating Foot Cream, with your $75 purchase.

BOBBI BROWN Pink Truffle Collection includes full-size Pink Truffle Pot Rouge and mini Sandy Beige Shimmer Lip Gloss, with your $100 purchase.

CLE DE PEAU BEAUTE Cosmetic pouch includes deluxe samples of La Crème, Revitalizing Emulsion and Eye Contour Essence, with your $300 purchase.

CLINIQUE Deluxe samples of Colour Surge Butter Shine Lipstick, Quickliner for Lips, Long Last Lipstick, Take The Day Off Makeup Remover and a white lipstick case, with your $50 purchase.

DIOR Black saddle pouch includes mini samples of L’Or de Vie Crème and Lip & Eye Palette, wit your $125 purchase.

FEKKAI Deluxe sample of Glossing Cream, with your $75 purchase.

FRESH Gift box includes deluxe samples of Rose Face Mask, Soy Face Cleanse and Umbrian Clay Face Treatment, with your $125 purchase. Gift box plus a deluxe sample of Sugar Face Polish, with your $150 purchase.

FREEZE 24/7 Mini miracle kit includes deluxe samples of Anti-Wrinkle Cream, Anti-Aging Eye Serum, IceCream Double Scoop Intensive Anti-Aging Moisturizer and IceCrystals Anti-Aging Prep and Polis, with your $150.

GUERLAIN Discovery kit includes mini samples of Maxi Lash Mascara, Kiss Kiss Lip Gloss in No 570, Super Aqua Toner, Orchidee Imperiale Cream and Insolence Eau de Toilette, with your $175 purchase.

KIEHL’S SINCE 1851 Deluxe samples of Crème de Corps Soy Milk and Honey Scrub Crème de Corps Nurturing Body Wash and Abyssine+ Cream, with your $75.

LANCOME Signature train case includes Clor Design Lipcolor, Color Design Eye Shadow Quartet, Star Bronzer Poudre Soliel, Definicils Pro, Cils Booster XL, Blow Sensuelle and Absolute Premium bx, with your $75 purchase.

MOLTON BROWN Deluxe samples of Heavenly Gingerlily Body Cream or Shower Gel, with your $65 purchase.

PHYTO Deluxe sample of Phytodefrisant, with your purchase of any two products.

TRISH MCEVOY ink Rose Collection includes full-size Pink Rose Lip Color, travel sizes of Deep Nude Lip Liner, Sexy Lip Gloss, #9 Blackberry & Vanilla Musk fragrance, Beauty Booster Cream, Beauty Booster Serum and a blue logo cosmetic bag, with your $125 purchase.

*One per customer, while supplies last. Samples may vary. In-store only.

U Got The Look: NYE 2008

I still don’t have any plans for NYE. It might be a quiet, romantic dinner with my hubby. Or a raucous celebration with friends at a bar. Or I might just sit on the couch and blog my way into the new year. Whichever it is, here’s the makeup look I will be rocking.

I didn’t have a particular look I was going for. It really just started with Diane Brill’s Liquid Eye Liner in Lace Diamonds – and evolved from there. I didn’t expect to go so over-the-top. But once I started, I found it hard to stop…hence, my glittery glamtastic eyelids that rival the Times Square Ball in sparkle.

Once I finished piling it all on, I was afraid it was a little too Amanda Lepore for my liking. But it has since grown on me, and I hope you’ll agree that it looks quite pretty in pictures.

Step One - Face:
Apply Clinique Superfit Makeup (in Nutty) to entire face, using MAC 187 Duo Fibre Brush.

Step Two – Eyes:
Line the inner rims with Bobbi Brown’s Creamy Eye Pencil (in Black). Apply Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow (in Woodrose) from lash line to crease. Apply Tarte’s Lock & Roll Creaseless Eyeshadow Duo (in Slate) - just the powder side; first, roll it on – then blend with a shadow brush. Next, line upper lid with Prestige Liquid Eyeliner (in Black). Then load shadow brush MAC Eye Shadow (in Idol Eyes) and pat onto lid. Curl eyelashes (I used a curler by Maybelline) and coat upper lashes with Diorshow Mascara (in Black) and apply DuWop Lash Lacquer mascara (in Carbon Black) to bottom lashes. Line upper lids again – but this time, use Diane Brill Liquid Eye Liner (in Lace Diamonds). Finally, brush some of the Diane Brill Eye Liner on the tips of upper lashes – to give them a diamond-like sparkle.


(top photo - naked eye lined with Diane Brill Liquid Eye Liner in Lace Diamonds; bottom photo - finished eye, after step two)

Step Three – Cheeks:
Dot DuWop Blush Therapy (in Hug) on apples of cheeks, then blend with fingertips.

Step Four – Highlighting:
Dot Freeze 24/7 Freeze & Go down the bridge of the nose and on cheekbones, then gently tap with pad of finger until blended.

Step Five – Lips:
Finish off the look with a few swipes of MAC Lustreglass – I used Budding, but I think it’s been discontinued. Venetian is somewhat similar, but tad bit deeper – though still sheer.

That’s the recipe. I hope you had as much fun reading about the look as I had creating it! If you're looking for more NYE makeup ideas, my friend Marina at Makeup Loves Me has a bunch.

So with that, I’m going to conclude this post with the immortal words of my man, Prince. Every NYE, you’re bound to hear “1999” at least a couple times, so allow me to introduce you to another oldie, but goodie – a little ditty Prince recorded with Sheena Easton. Remember her? "Sugar Walls"? Okay, now I'm showing my age. Just watch the video.

Get A Pillowy Pout Sans Surgery or Stinging

I’m a brown girl. So when I tried PlumpLips IceSticks from Freeze 24/7 in FirstFrost (iridescent bubble gum pink), I expected disaster. I don’t usually gravitate towards pale lip colors because they wash me out. And I’ve been burned, quite literally, by irritating lip plumpers in the past.

So when I looked in the mirror, after applying FirstFrost to my lips, I was shocked…in the best way possible. The product soothed, subtly plumped, and gave my pout a sheer wash of color – without any stinging or pain, just a cool tingle. The formula is soft and moisturizing, so tackiness isn’t an issue. The most exciting feature of the PlumpLips IceSticks is its ability to enhance the natural color of your lips – by increasing circulation to the lip surface.

Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Katie Holmes, and Renee Zellweger are reported fans.

I'm glad that I kept an open mind, because I love this lip product. I would absolutely purchase again…and I am anxious to try the other seven shades (Brr..Berry, WindChill, ArcticGlaze, FrostBitten, PlumCicle, CherryIce, and Clear).

Look, World - I Have Cheekbones!

As I was prepping for my TV appearance last week, I decided to do a little experimentation. After using my Freeze 24/7 Freeze & Go to brighten the area under my eyes, I decided to dot it along my cheekbones. Looking in the mirror at the time, I didn’t notice a difference; but watching the video, I’m amazed at how much it accentuated my bone structure.

Freeze & Go is lightweight, silicone brightener that can be worn under or over makeup to fix fine lines, absorb excess oil, and reduces the appearance of enlarged pores and imperfections. And it comes in a portable, metallic, pod-like package, complete with a removable mirror and metered dosage – so that you can look fab on the fly!