The Luxe List: QVC Beauty Christmas Advent Calendar

So my discovery of probably the most fun holiday beauty gift this year began when I got my Goddaughters advent calenders. My thought was that selfishly they would have to think of me once a day for 25 days- I like to be on their minds, since they live out of state;) Then I saw Benefit's Countdown to Love Calender & thought why not get their mom an advent treat, too! Unfortunately it was sold out everywhere I checked.

So imagine my delight when I spotted QVC's very own Beauty Christmas Advent Calender online. Yes, it's a bit pricey at regularly $96. However, it's at an event price now of $78.96 & this sucker is huge! It's substantial in size & makes a great impression straight out of the box.

It honestly took a lot of strength not to keep it for myself. It was so tempting to sneak a peek into the numbered doors, but I quickly wrapped it. I think it's just a fun way of transfering that holiday childhood delight to us adults. My Bestie promised she would text me a pic of her beauty treat everyday so I can live vicariously through her (hint hint Santa.)

I actually think this offering is even better than Benefit's in terms of gift giving, because it features so many different brands: Bliss, Fresh, Ole Henriksen, Philosphy, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Denise, Nick Chavez, Stila, Tarte, Mally, Julep- the list goes on & on! Great for sisters, besties, daughters- I wanted to give you as much time as possible in case you wanted to grab one for gifting & send it on its way. Can you believe December is going to be here in a few days!

Peace. Love. Lipgloss.

Labor Day Weekend

Is everyone else breathing a collective sigh of relief as the holiday weekend is upon us? I actually am giving the entire beauty team off today- we all deserve a Saturday off! I can't even tell you how excited I am to actually get to catch up on my gossip magazines and blogging while watching the US Open in my pj's! I'm going to do a peel & mask & actually beautify myself a bit, instead of others for a change. Speaking of beauty, here are 2 new products I have my ahem eye on:)

Though the eye area is incredibly fragile (read stop tugging at your eyes when putting on your eye make-up girleens!) all areas of the face can benefit from mild exfoliation. This new peel from Ole Henriksen, contains a cocktail of purified soy, rice peptides and yeast protein that the company claims dramatically reduces dark circles. I am eager to put this product to the test since dark circles are one of the most difficult skin complaints to treat!

After my eyes are perfectly exfoliated, I would want to apply this new product. Though I'm somewhat concerned about her decision to date Jesse James, Kat Von D has made a great choice in adding this new primer to her line. Finally an eye base specifically made in a darker hue for smokey eye looks- hooray! What are my beauties up to over the long weekend? I hope you all get some much needed R & R!

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M

All images courtesy of Sephora