Welcome to Day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas Sweepstakes!

I know everyone is planning their perfect makeup look for the holidays and that’s why I’m super excited to tell you about today’s featured gift!

Givenchy’s Couture Makeup Palette ($45 US) is the perfect indulgence this season that’s affordable and practical too.

Included in this mini palette are all the makeup basics: Prisme Again! Eyeshadow Quartet in Purple Couture, Prisme Again! Compact Powder Quartet in Elegant Beige, Eye Fly Mascara in Fly In Black, Pop Gloss Crystal Lip Gloss in Rose Couture, and mini applicator brushes all in a makeup bag that can double for a going-out clutch.

To get your hands on the Couture Makeup Palette, a Sephora-exclusive from Givenchy, all you have to do is fill out the entry form below from now through December 13th at 11:55pm PST.  Givenchy is giving five of these (woot!) to five lucky Daily Cookie readers so don’t miss out on your chance!

Ladies and Gents, we’re at it again - get ready for The Daily Cookie’s 2nd Annual ‘12 Days of Christmas Sweepstakes’!

This year, I am fortunate enough to partner with wonderful brands who want to help bring you the latest and greatest in beauty as much as I do.

Here’s a sneak peak at what you can win:
- Anastasia Mini Brow Kit
- Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro
- Bumble and Bumble Holiday Gift Boxes
- Special Gift Set from CoverGirl
- Givenchy Very Couture Palette
- Harajuki Lovers Coffret Solids
- Origins Tree-mendously Ginger
- Pureology NanoWorks Hair Care
- and MORE!!

Beginning tomorrow, we’ll be giving away goodies for 12 days from now until December 24th.  Our featured gifts will be announced randomly so don’t forget to check back regularly.  You won’t want to miss your chance to win!

And to keep it fair, if you’ve already won during our “12 Days of Christmas” giveaway this year, you are not eligible to win subsequent days.

Good luck to all, this sweepstakes is going to be a fun one!

xo, Lilan

Bring on the glitz and glimmer, baby, because the holiday season officially kicks off next week with Thanksgiving and so it’s time for me to really pull out my new holiday makeup goodies and shine!

For this season of celebration, Givenchy is introducing two new shades of their Pop Gloss Crystal lip gloss ($23.50 US) that really hit it out of the ballpark in the shine and shimmer department.

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Have you ever seen a mascara with a spherical wand?  Neither have I and that’s why Givenchy’s Phenomen’Eyes is so cutting edge in the world of mascaras on the market today.

At $27 a pop, this little piece of innovation isn’t cheap but if you’re always on the hunt for a mascara that lengthens and gives volume, you might want to give Phenomen’Eyes a go.

The round wand took a bit of getting used to, my first attempt at using it is seen in the photos.  It clumped a little and by the 2nd coat, I got a little too much of the formula and wasn’t able to successfully use it to separate my lashes since the bristles are fairly short.  However, the spherical wand does help to coat the entire lash which helps to create volume.

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