Thanks so much to everyone who left comments and entered the sweepstakes on my Pink Spotlight posts during the month of October to help me raise money with Comments for a Cure with The Beauty Blog Network.

Because of you I was able to reach my goal of $150 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure in which I made the donation this morning!!

I had such a blast featuring beauty products and hosting giveaways to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness and hope that you’ll join me in my efforts when we do it again next year.  A special thanks to the sponsors of the giveaways, Anastasia, E.L.F., Glowology, and Smashbox.

Thanks again so much, I couldn’t have done it without you!!

xoxo, Lilan

Happy Monday - I hope you all had a great weekend!

In continuing to give you the latest on pink products from your favorite beauty brands for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, today’s Spotlight is on Smashbox’s Pink Power Eye & Lip Kit ($46 US).

The Pink Power Eye & Lip Kit features two matching pink cases - the first, an eye palette called Celebrate gives you three pretty shadows with the darkest shade embossed with a breast cancer ribbon.  Inspire is the lip palette featuring three gorgeous, sheer shades that’s so portable, you won’t be able to help but want to carry it wherever you go.

Purchase the Pink Power Eye & Lip Kit and Smashbox will donate a portion of the proceeds to Young Survival Coalition, an international, nonprofit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer.

Or, win one right here on The Daily Cookie!  Thanks to the wonderful folks at Smashbox, I’m giving away a Pink Power Eye & Lip Kit to one reader.  All you have to do is fill out the sweepstakes form below for your chance to win this limited set! Hurry because this giveaway closes on Tuesday, Oct. 7th at 11:55pm PST.

Don’t forget that I will also donate $0.10 for every sweepstakes entry I receive on this post, or any other BCA-related giveaways I feature during the month of October to Susan G. Komen for the Cure*.

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* Donations for Comments for a Cure sweeps entries are capped at $100 US

I’m still on the fence about the vampy lip trend even though it looks amazing on all the models. I think the trick for this is finding a dark shade that suits you and how precise your application is. Trust me, a wobbly hand might result in that scary drunk girl after the club at 2am - yikes!

But if you’ve got an even hand you can recreate this look for yourself with Smashbox’s new Wicked Lovely Collection for fall, where every woman can be naughty or nice. And while you may think that the dark lip is only best suited for the naughty ones, I bet you nice girls can pull it off too - really!

Use a combination of lip pencil and gloss to update the trend from the dark, matte lips of the 90s. Define your lips with Wicked Lovely Lip Pencil in Tempt, a deep black cherry shade. Loosely line your lips and fill them in with the pencil to create a long lasting base color. Top it with Wicked Lovely Lip Gloss in Sultry, a sheer black cherry shade, to complete your lip look nicely.

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It’s 8am on Saturday, a usually quiet and sleepy time before the San Francisco Centre Downtown opens up for business. This week was a little different, though.  This Saturday, there’s already a long line to the elevators to go up to Nordstrom. As the doors open up to the main floor, we’re welcomed by bumpin’ jams from an unseen DJ and are escorted to follow the music up the escalators.

Finally, we make our way to the top floor to find that this season’s Beauty Trend Show getting ready to go into full force. It’s only 8:15am and already there are more than 400 women swarming around, grabbing goody bags from greeters, warming up on hot coffee courtesy of the show, and making their way through to find seats.

I wish I took a picture of the set up because let me tell you, it was looking as fabulous as I’d imagine a fashion show in NYC. There’s a cat walk, bright lights, music - the ambiance was so lively and full of energy, it was almost too much for me so early on a Saturday morning! We looked to find our seats and get ready for the Beauty Trend Show to begin.

Hot off the heels of the Sex and the City movie, the theme of this season’s show, hosted by Nordstrom Beauty Director Joelle Russo, was aptly named Summer in the City. In three acts, we got to see what the hottest looks were as we officially move into summer.  (more…)