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Hello beauties!

It is officially December which means the holiday season is in full effect and what better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a giveaway! This is a group collaboration giveaway with some lovely bloggers so be sure to check out their blogs, I am positive you will love them! I am so excited to be giving away $50 to one lucky reader from one of our blogs although I wish I could share with everyone!

Giveaway Rules:

There will be one winner that will be chosen randomly through Rafflecopter.

You must be truthful with all entries.

Complete all entries and receive a bonus.

You must comment on this post about your holiday plans.

You may tweet about the giveaway each day.

This giveaway ends December 22, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. EST

Meet the Bloggers:

 From left to right.

Erinn from Erinn's Beauty Blog

Liz from Elizabeth Kathryn

Alix from Forever Alixandria

Amie from Fashion is Our Religion 

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My Favorite Online Stores

Since Cyber Monday is two days away, I thought I would share some of my favorite online stores:

Amazon

eBay

Hautelook

Forever21

Old Navy

Loft

American Eagle

Windsor

Zulily

Julep 

Rue La La

Jewelmint

Sigma Beauty

Sephora

Ulta

LuLu*s

What are your favorite online stores?

Weekly Drugstore Sales Roundup #3 (W/O Nov 23)

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Here are all the latest and greatest drugstore sales for the week! I went through my local Sunday newspaper to find these deals for you! Of course, always remember to check your local flyers as sales may differ in your area. Don't forget to get your Sunday paper for bonus coupons!

Walgreens (4 Day Sale 11/23-11/26)

• Buy One Get One 50% Off Maybelline Eye and Nails Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off Revlon Foundation, Primer, Concealer, Powder, Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off Covergirl Foundation, Primer, Concealer, Powder, Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off L'Oreal Foundation, Primer, Concealer, Powder, Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off Dial Body Wash 16oz
• Buy One Get One 50% Off Got 2b Hair Care
• 40% Off Lumene Skin Care

Rite Aid (Sale Dates 11/23-11/29)

• 40% Off Maybelline Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Covergirl Lip and Face; 
• Get $2 Up Rewards when you buy $10 or More
• Buy One Get One 50% Off Revlon ColorStay, Photo Ready, or Age Defying Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  L'Oreal Eye Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Almay Lip and Eye
• Physicians Formula: Get $10 Up Rewards when you spend $15
• $5.99 Revlon Super Lustros or Color Burst Lipstick
• Nivea Body Wash 2/$7
• Buy One Get One 50% Off All Eucerin and Aquaphor Skin Care and Baby
• Nivea Lip Care 2/$5
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Any Alba, Avalon or Jason Natural Care Product
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Olay Age Defying, Complete, or Fresh Effects Skin Care
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Sally Hansen Cosmetics

CVS (4 Day Sale 11/23-11/26)

• Buy One Get One 50% Off  Revlon Foundation, Powder, Concealer, Blush, or Eye
• Buy One Get One 50% Off All Rimmel cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All NYC cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All MUA cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Almay cometics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Biore
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Lumene skin care
• Buy One Get One 50% Off All RoC facial care
• Buy One Get One 50% Off CVS hand soap or hand sanitizer
• 25% Off Skin+ Pharmacy anti-aging or acne therapy
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Lubriderm
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Nivea body lotion or creme
• Buy One Get One 50% Off  All Palmer's
• 2/$14 L'Oreal Ever
• CVS Beauty Clearance Sale

This week's winner is CVS! 

Ways to Fight the Common Cold

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Over the past week, I have had come down with a cold. I had a stuffy nose, sore throat, etc.

Here are the things I have done this week to try and fight off this cold:

• Eat Chicken Noodle Soup
• Drinks lots of fluids, such as Orange Juice, Tea, Water, etc.
• Takes lots and lots of Vitamin C! I recommend Emergen-C Super Orange
• Take Zinc when you start feeling sick, it helps support your immune system
• Use a Humidifier when you sleep to help aid in your congestion
• Take a hot bath or shower, the steam will help open up your sinuses
• Rub  Vicks Vaporub on your chest and below your nose, it helps you breathe better
• Rest! The number one thing you need when you have a cold is rest!
• Only see your Doctor if the symptoms last more than seven (7) days, you may have a sinus infection or something worse that may need to be treated by antibiotics

Hope this helps if you are currently fighting the common cold

My First SampleSource Box

Long time no see! I have been sick all week with an autumn cold. Today I am finally sharing with you my first SampleSource box. If you don't know what SampleSource is, they are a company that send you free samples to try and then you have to fill out a survey a few week after you review your samples. It is very similar to Influenster except you get to choose what you receive in your box and it is first come, first server. I signed up a little late for this round of samples and as you can see above, I didn't get a whole heck of a lot to sample.  SampleSource is currently available for both USA and Canada! If you interested, just visit www.samplesource.com

My thoughts on Interstellar

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Last night I saw Interstellar with my fiance.  We saw the movie in an RPX theater, which it supposed to enhance the sounds experience of the movie. I thought it did. After seeing the movie, I didn't know that Christopher Nolan and his brother wrote this film. I thought the acting, special effects, and score were the highlights of this file. During the big scenes, you didn't expect to hear organs roaring in the background music, so props to Hans Zimmer on another brilliant score. I thought the plot was good but very confusing at the same time. It had a lot of concepts that were difficult to understand. My favorite character was TARS, the robot, which was probably unintentional by Nolan. It was also very weird to see Matt Damon and Michael Cane playing the bad guys. 

Overall, I recommend going to see this movie.

Top 5 Places to Visit in Albany,NY

If you ever come to visit Albany,NY,  here are five (5) places I recommend:

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1 - Empire State Plaza

Go Ice Skating during the Winter or visit for the 4th of July Fireworks Show

2 - NYS Capitol

Tours are offered daily

3 - Jennings Landing

Check out the amphitheater during Alive at Five concerts

4 - Lark Street

Great to visit during Lark Fest, has lots of great shops and restaurants

5 - Washington Park

Great to visit for Tulip Fest and the Holiday Lights in the Park

If you are from Albany, what is your favorite place to go?

Weekly Drugstore Sales Roundup #2 (Nov 2 - Nov 8)

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Here are all the latest and greatest drugstore sales for the week! I went through my local Sunday newspaper to find these deals for you! Of course, always remember to check your local flyers as sales may differ in your area. Don't forget to get your Sunday paper for bonus coupons!

Walgreens

• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Maybelline Foundation, Primer, Concealer, Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: L'Oreal Foundation, Primer, Concealer,Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Almay Foundation, Primer, Concealer, Blush, etc.
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Neutrogena Skin Care
• 69 cents: Select Wet n Wild Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Organix Hair Care
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Color
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Aveeno Skin or Baby Care

Rite Aid

• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Maybelline Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: All Neutrogena Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Aveeno Skin, Bath, Baby or Men's Grooming
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: L'oreal Face Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Covergirl Face Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Revlon Cosmetics
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Physicians Formula Eye and Concealers
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: Garnier Skin Care

CVS

• $5.99 OGX Hair Care
• $2/$10 Dove Advanced Care deodorant & Dove Oxygen and Pure Care shampoo/conditioner
• $2.99 Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner
• Buy One Get One 50% Off: John Frieda Hair Care
• Spend $10 on Revlon Cosmetics, get $3 extrabucks rewards
• Spend $15 on Maybelline Cosmetics, get $5 extrabucks rewards

Walmart

• $2.88 Suave Professionals Moroccan Infusion Shampoo/Conditioner/Body Wash
• $4.88 TRESemme Kreatin Smooth Shampoo/Conditioner/Heat Protection Spray/Illuminating Shine Spray
• $3.98 TRESemme Moisture Rich Shampoo/Conditioner/Firm Control Mouse/Hair Spray
• $6.97 Caress Daily Silk Body Wash Twin Pack

Target

• $6.99 Covergirl Lashblast Mascara or Bombshell Intensity Eyeliner
• $5.39 Dove 22-oz body wash
• Buy One Get One Free: L'Oreal Advanced Shampoo/Conditioner
• Buy One Get One 40% Off: Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream or Luminous facial oil

The winners this week are Rite Aid and Walgreens!