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November 5th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Fragrance, Just For Fun
For the holidays, our girl Gwen Stefani decided to give her Harajuku Lovers fragrances a makeover, dressing G, Love, Lil’ Angel, Music and Baby in limited-edition Snow Bunny outfits.
With button-up winter coats, scarves and mittens (awww!), the girls look ready to strut their winter stuff!
The outfits are different, but the scents remain the same:
Can you picture ALL FIVE Harajuku Lovers Snow Bunnies posing on your dresser? So cute!
Methinks it’s time for a giveaway! 
One lucky lady will win all five Harajuku Lovers Snow Bunnies fragrances: G (pictured at top), Love, Lil’ Angel, Music and Baby (a $150 value).
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me about your favorite winter coat.
It’s gotta be my puffy black jacket with the faux fur hood. It makes me look like the Michelin Man, but I don’t care. That sucker keeps me warm!
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to win ALL 5 Harajuku Lovers Snow Bunnies Fragrances (a $150 Value) http://bit.ly/4CVnIQ
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Saturday, November 7.
Bahati njema!!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
October 1st, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Fragrance, Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
I owe it all to Britney…
It was her original Fantasy perfume that first got me excited about celebrity fragrances. I think it was around 2007, and I remember being totally *bedazzled* by the bottle.
To go out with a bang, today’s installment of 10 Days of Giveaways (the last in the current series) features another Britney fragrance with an equally bedazzling bottle.
One lucky lady will take home a bottle of Hidden Fantasy by Britney Spears (a $45 value).
Inside this bejeweled flacon lives a fruity floral with notes of orange, tangerine, lily, jasmine, clove, vanilla and sandalwood.
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, name one or more of your all-time favorite Britney songs.
Tough! It’s a toss up, I guess, between Toxic and Slave For You.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to Win Hidden Fantasy Perfume by Britney Spears http://bit.ly/2E66Y1
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, October 2.
Chañs vat!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
September 30th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Fragrance, Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
I gotta hand it to P. Hilton (born Paris Whitney Hilton, February 17, 1981). Homegirl managed to turn being rich and famous into a full-time occupation! Hello, how do I get that job?
Not content to sleepwalk through life as a jet-setting socialite, P. Hilt’s branched out into acting, singing, and even perfume.
Today’s giveaway features her sixth and latest scent, Siren!
One lucky lady will take home a bottle of Siren by Paris Hilton (a $55 value), a fruity floral with notes of mandarin, apricot nectar, frangipani blossom, water lily, honeysuckle, vanilla, musk and sandalwood.
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, name one or more of your all-time favorite cities.
I’m a city girl at heart! My favorites: San Francisco (please don’t call it “Frisco”), New York City and Paris.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to Win Siren by Paris Hilton Perfume http://bit.ly/3ssPXF
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Thursday, October 1.
Yaxşı şanslar!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
September 28th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Fragrance, Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
Remember Newleyweds with Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey? I used to get such a kick out of that show… The way Nick always kept himself busy with little projects around the house reminded me of El Hub (that boy just can’t sit still!).
But it was Jessica’s foibles and word-isms on the show that helped to turn her into a household name.
Now, years after revealing to the world how she thought that Chicken of the Sea was actually made from chicken, Jessica has her own lines of shoes, faux hair pieces (LOL!) and, yup, fragrance.
One lucky lady will take home a bottle of Fancy Love Eau de Parfum by Jessica Simpson (a $59 value), a floral with notes of peach blossom, bergamot, pink champagne, peony, jasmine, rose and musk.
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, name one or more of your favorite blondes.
Let’s see… There’s Gwen Stefani, Miss Piggy and Chrissy from Three’s Company!
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to Win Fancy Love Perfume by Jessica Simpson http://bit.ly/3vYigw
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Wednesday, September 30.
Bari bakht!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
September 27th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Fragrance, Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
Since dropping his self-titled debut back in 1994, Usher has sold more than 40 million albums and taken home five Grammies to go with his six-pack abs.
There was a while there where you couldn’t go 15 minutes listening to pop radio without hearing one of his songs. I like a few of ‘em (sooo guilty of bumping Love in this Club on full blast!)… I’m looking forward to his upcoming CD, Monster, which comes out this December.
Like so many other mega-star singers, Usher branched out into acting (remember the cinematic masterpiece known as She’s All That?), product marketing, and even purchased a stake in a professional sports team (the Cleveland Cavaliers). Not content to stop there, though, he’s also released several scents for ladies and gents.
Which leads us to today’s celebrity fragrance giveaway. Today’s features one of the crooner’s fragrances for women.
One lucky lady will take home a bottle of Usher Raymond’s (that’s his real name) UR Eau de Parfum (a $68 value), a fruity floral with notes of peach nectar, white freesia, jasmine, violet leaf, pink peony, honeysuckle, musk, coconut milk and praline.
It’ll have you quoting Usher in no time: “Yeah, yeah, yeah… yeah, yeah. Yeah.”
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, mention the name of one of your favorite songs from the ’90s.
There are so many to choose from! — but Missy Elliot’s Supa Dupa Fly was the first one that came to mind.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to Win Usher’s UR Perfume for Women http://bit.ly/n9Hnw
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Monday, September 28.
Paç fat!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
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