Beauty Bar and Allure Bring You Sample Society

Hey everyone!

The premier beauty retailer, Beauty Bar, is collaborating with The Beauty Expert, Allure magazine, to introduce Sample Society—a breakthrough in beauty sampling. A members-only subscription service, Sample Society delivers the most exclusive samples of hair-care, makeup, skin-care and fragrance products plus expert information each month.

As the number-one driver of discovery and purchase, sampling has solidified its position as the backbone of the 30-billion-dollar beauty industry. Product sampling has long been a marketing tool, with samples of all kinds reaching 70 million households each quarter.* In fact, according to a national poll, 49 percent of women say sampling is the top purchase motivator when it comes to new beauty products. Beauty is the only industry to reinvent sampling and turn it into a paid service.

The beauty sampling experience has evolved from the passive and free department store gift-with-purchase model to a sought-after service women are willing to pay to join. Beauty Bar and Allure are reinventing it yet again—by marrying expert advice and insight from Allure editors with deluxe samples culled from Beauty Bar’s expansive selection of high-end domestic and international products—to create the ultimate beauty Sample Society.

“Given the thousands of beauty products that are introduced each year, sampling just makes sense,” says Linda Wells, editor in chief of Allure. “Who can really buy all those products? Who has the time to try them all? With Sample Society, the products are edited, and the sizes are ideal for multiple uses—so you can really figure out if the product is right for you. And what I also love about it is that the box feels like a present. It offers the pleasure of discovery.”

A Sample Society membership introduces consumers to the latest trends and innovations in beauty through sampling. As members, customers receive the following every month:

~Five deluxe-size samples from premium brands such as By Terry, Dermalogica, Fekkai Advanced, and Bond No. 9. Samples are deluxe-size, meaning they are intended for more than one use, allowing customers to truly experience and test products’ efficacy.

~Original content written by Allure editors with each month’s samples, giving the customer relevant expert information that can optimize her experience and ultimately help her make purchase decisions.

~A $15 gift code that can be used toward the purchase of any product from the featured brands received that month (not just the specific product sampled), meaning that each box pays for itself .

About Allure: Allure, the only magazine dedicated to beauty, is an insider’s guide to a woman’s total image. Allure investigates and celebrates skin care, hair, makeup, fragrance, and fashion with objectivity and candor, and places appearance in a larger cultural context.

Visit beautybar.com/samplesociety for more information. 

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Get Pretty in Pink for Valentine's Day with Bath & Body Works!‏

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Bath & Body Works invites you to be our valentine this year at a chic celebration of the latest must-have Signature Collection scent: Pink Chiffon. An ultra-feminine fragrance with girly grace, this quintessential romantic scent will sweep you off your feet. Put on your preferred pink outfit Saturday February 11^th and join Bath & Body Works to fall in love with the new scent just in time for Valentine’s Day.

At the event, guests can also:

• Cast a vote for your favorite new Signature Collection Fine Fragrance Mist, showing love for your signature scent.
• Complete your date night prep with a stop at our Pucker Up station, your destination for the ultimate kissable pout.
• Find the perfect gift for the man in your life in the Bath & Body Works Men’s Collection.
• Enter to the ultimate Valentine’s Day prize – a dreamy bedroom makeover or romantic trip for two to Hawaii!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day in style with Bath & Body Works for fine fragrance, free gifts, and much more! 

WHO:              Bath & Body Works             

WHAT:            Valentine’s Day Party 

WHEN:            Saturday, February 11^th, 10am - 4pm

WHERE:         Bath & Body Works stores nationwide

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Bath & Body Works' Rio Rumberry Body Lotion

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Bath & Body Works' exclusive Signature Body Lotion formula, fortified with powerful ingredients like super conditioning Shea Butter, fast absorbing Jojoba Oil and protective Vitamin E, hydrates skin with moisture that lasts all day. The non-greasy formula absorbs quickly and completely to leave skin feeling incredibly soft, smooth and nourished, making it the perfect daily moisturizer.

Rio Rumberry is an exotic blend of tropical berries, fresh papaya and vanilla blossom.

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Bath & Body Works sent me this product to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their product. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Soap & Glory Peace Hand Love Set Review

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This is a review on the Soap & Glory Peace Hand Love Set!

Behind the brand - The Glory of It All - Soap & Glory’s squeaky-clean story

Kilgore used her cosmetic chemistry savvy to bring, fearless, and fantastically formulated bath, beauty, and body products to Soap & Glory has been supporting the "Clean of England" since 2006, when founder and suds-loving entrepreneur Marcia the U.K.

Kilgore is widely renowned as the skincare expert's expert. At 26, she opened her first big business—New York's famous Bliss Spa. She's performed thousands of facial and body treatments, on her "regulars," top beauty editors, and an A-list roster of celebrities. She boasts an encyclopedic—and practical—knowledge of cosmetic ingredients, can tell you what really works, and knows what lifts a skincare, body, or cosmetic formulation from average to amazing. Most importantly, she believes that a good laugh can take off as many years as a good "lift."

Within weeks of Soap & Glory's first launch, the word—and gloss—on everybody's lips was their now iconic, super-plumping Sexy Mother Pucker™. Soon after, Soap & Glory's Righteous Butter™ Body Butter was voted Britain's Best Body Butter and their Make Yourself Youthful™ anti-aging peptide serum took The Times beauty award's gold star. The bar was set high. And every single Soap & Glory product that followed has been brilliant.

But it's not all foam and frivolity. Soap & Glory's 2-Minute Rinse campaign promotes quick, easy-to-do, 120-second showers. It has become de rigueur for those worried about the approaching global water shortage. And so, Soap & Glory always suggests—whether you're using S&G or other products—shorter showers are better.

A proud purveyor of an absolutely fabulous full range of beauty, body, and bath stuffs, Soap & Glory recommends putting your products on with happiness and abandon, because they believe while beauty absolutely matters, it doesn't matter absolutely.

This may be the 21st century, but in our home, dishes are still washed by hand! As you might imagine, because of this barbaric practice, my mom and I both suffer from dishwasher hands. Worst yet, the cold weather and added pots and pans from holiday cooking makes them extremely dry and chapped, causing unsightly rashes and cracked skin! The only solution up to now has been to use medicated creams before bed, along with expensive medicated hand lotions.

So when the opportunity to try Soap & Glory’s Peace Hand Love Set presented itself, we jumped at the chance to find out first-hand, if the products were as good as we had heard! To our delight, they were even better. The rich, liquid floral hand soap lathered up nicely and rinsed away clean, leaving our hands feeling soft, refreshed, and conditioned. But the piece de resistance was the fragrant hand cream that hydrated and revived our tired overworked hands, and brought them back to life! We couldn’t ask for anything more, except a dishwasher! lol

This set contains:

- 8.4 oz Hand Food Hand Cream

- 8.4 oz Wash Your Hands of It Hand Wash

- Sink-side metal caddy

This set retails for $18.00, and can be purchased at www.sephora.com!

Pros:

~Hand soap and cream both have a lovely floral scent

~Soap rinses clean

~Soap is non- drying

~Cream leaves hands feeling nourished and restored

~Cream absorbs quickly

~Cream is non-greasy

~Vintage packaging with a British flare

~Metal sink-side caddy

~Affordable

~Ideal Gift

Cons:

~Hand cream contains parabens

Overall, I rate this product at 5 out of 5 sugarcubes! Don’t make war, make peace, and love your hands with Soap & Glory!

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Soap & Glory sent me this product to try and review on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to review their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Love Package from Lexy!

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I received a sweet package in the mail today from my good Blogger friend Lexy!

She sent me a bunch of adorable Hello Kitty items (a pencil, sticky notes, and a lip balm key chain), Sally Hansen Nail Polish Strips in It Girl, NYX Ultra Pearl Eye Shadow in Jade Pearl, Maybelline Color Tattoo Eye Shadow in Pomegranate Punk, a cute pink teddy bear phone charm, a mini Bath & Body Works Bali Mango lotion, and a sweet card!

Needless to say, I absolutely love everything I received! Thank you so much for the thoughtful gifts Lexy, I can't wait to send you a birthday package!

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: The items shown above were sent to me from my good friend Lexy!

Rimmel London New ScandalEyes Mascara TV Ad

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Introducing Rimmel London's new scandal'eyes mascara - 3 times the collagen creating a high volume scandal. Give your lashes the attention they have been craving.

XoXo,

Whitney

Complimentary 10-Day Supply of Estee Lauder Night Repair Serum

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Have you experienced the miracle of beautiful skin? Now’s your chance – January 20th through 22nd, visit any Estée Lauder Counter nationwide to receive our gift to you: a deluxe 10-day supply of our #1 serum, Advanced Night Repair.

Find a store near you http://bit.ly/qKHROc. One per customer, while supplies last.

XoXo,

Whitney

Smashbox Cosmetics Be Discovered Eye Shadow Palette Review

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This is a review on Smashbox Cosmetics’ Be Discovered Eye Shadow Palette!

From red carpets to runways, pastel lids rule this spring! Get ‘em with this perfectly on-trend palette. Eight richly pigmented blendable shadows will have you creating endlessly pretty looks all season long.

Don’t get left in the dark wearing last year’s fall eye shadows! Be Discovered with Smashbox Cosmetics’ newest eye shadow pallet, when time springs forward this season. It’s filled with eight beautiful hues to brighten your eyes and mood. The shades are nicely pigmented and smooth in texture, which make application and blending a breeze.

From left to right:

~Bliss - matte fawn

~Rosewater -  blushing pink sheen

~Opal-  white with pink iridescent sheen

~Mist - sparkling silver

~Adobe -  matte medium brown

~Champagne - shimmering beige

~Pebble -  matte stone brown

~Lilac -  shimmering lavender with pink iridescent

Beauty Tip:

Finish up any look with a touch of the opal shade on inner corners of the eyes. Instant brightening!

This product retails for $44.00!

Pros:

~Beautiful pastel colors

~Matte, shimmer, and sparkling finishes

~Silky soft texture

~Easy to blend

~Great for fair skin

~Paraben free

~Travel friendly artsy packaging

~Mirror

~Plastic inside keeps palette clean

Cons:

~None

Overall, I rate this product at 5 out of 5 sugarcubes! Be Discovered with iconic eyes from Smashbox Cosmetics this spring!

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Smashbox Cosmetics sent me this product to try and review on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to review their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Sally Hansen Teams Up With White + Warren!‏

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Frigid weather doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to flawless hands. Nail authority Sally Hansen is teaming up with luxury cashmere designer White + Warren to offer consumers the warmth of beautiful gloves that they can slide their perfectly primped hands into. 

For a limited time, every consumer who purchases a pair of White + Warren Fingerless Gloves from the White + Warren website (http://www.whiteandwarren.com/) will receive a complimentary Sally Hansen Manicure Set filled with manicure must-haves.

Protect your hands against the drying effects of cold winter weather with White + Warren’s luxe cashmere fingerless gloves, and beautify your nails with Sally Hansen’s ultimate manicure kit. The nail essentials set includes:

~Expert Nail File – to help you achieve the perfect shape for your nails.

~Nailgrowth Miracle Serum – for instantly softened and smoothed cuticles that resist dryness and damage as they grow.

~Complete Salon Manicure in Right Said Red – an all-in-one formula that delivers base coat, vivid color, growth treatment, strengthener and top coat in one smooth polish.

~Dry, Chapped Hand Cream – an ultra-moisturizing, gentle lotion that leaves hands touchably soft all season long.

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Alighiero Campostrini Soap Review

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This is a review on the Alighiero Campostrini Soaps in the scents Primitivo and Gentile!

These skin-softening antioxidant-rich bars are made with 100% olive oil. This ancient recipe uses a traditional boiled process where only pure olive oil is used throughout the soap production. Each fragrance uniquely represents the tastes associated with the variety of flavors found in olive oil.

Primitivo Ingredients (Inci): Sodium Olivate, Aqua (Water), Parfum (Fragrance), Glycerin, Potassium Oleate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Citrate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool.

Gentile Ingredients (Inci): Sodium Olivate, Aqua (Water), Parfum (Fragrance), Glycerin, Potassium Oleate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Citrate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Amyl Cinnamal, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool.

Alighiero Campostrini Soaps have lovely, unique scents that come from the essential oils of plants and herbs,  found in Mediterranean gardens. The bars when wet, produce a light creamy lather that conditions and nourishes skin, while the soaps’ fragrances relax and soothes mind, body and spirit!

These products retail for $8.50 each!

Pros:

~IPO allergenic

~No dyes

~No EDTA

~Pleasing herbal aromas

~Moisturizing

~Rinses clean

~No oily/soapy residue

~ Does not leave shower floor slippery

~ Large size

~ Affordable

~Quality Packaging

~Long-Lasting

Cons:

~Limited availability

Overall, I rate these products at 5 out of 5 sugarcubes! Alighiero Campostrini Soaps brings the fine arts to bathing!

XoXo,

Whitney

Note: Alighiero Campostrini sent me these products to try and review on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to review their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!