This week I'm obsessed with... Tyler Dawson for Clinique Pretty By Design Gift With Purchase!

It's Clinique gift with purchase time at Hudson's Bay and this time Clinique has collaborated with Los Angeles-based interior designer Tyler Dawson to create the exclusive Pretty By Design gift.

A classic California girl, Tyler personifies relaxed luxury. Her playful, colourful, and innovative design aesthetic marries perfectly with Clinique’s approach to beauty. Taking her cue from her favourite design spaces, Tyler modeled her Clinique bag on the pattern of a Parisian herringbone wood floor and modernized it by adding a vibrant colour palette - pinks, teals and a pop of chartreuse.

 

The gift includes:

Makeup bag designed by interior designer Tyler Dawson

Choice of Repairwear Uplifting Firming Cream SPF 15 or Even Better Moisturizer SPF 20

Liquid Facial Soap Mild

High Impact Mascara in Black

Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum

Long Last Soft Matte Lipstick in Matte Peony.

Yours with any Clinique purchase of $31.00 or more and if you need help making the minimum may I suggest:

Even Better Brightening Moisture Mask  - 100ml - $39 - helps restore luminosity and radiance while it revitalizes and intensely hydrates so skin emerges soft, smooth, and supple. Contains: Glucosamine - helps to reveal smoother, more luminous skin; Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract -  helps minimize irritation that can lead to darkening; and Licorice Extract - helps to brighten and counteract dullness.

The Tyler Dawson for Clinique gift is available only at Hudson’s Bay from September 15^th through October 3^rd. 

- Lisamarie -

It's Clinique Bonus Time at Hudson's Bay!

With the total crap weather going on right now we need something that will at least hint at spring... 

And right now, Clinique is offering an exclusive gift with any $31 purchase at Hudson’s Bay until February 22^nd which includes a vibrant, large-scale floral print cosmetic bag that houses a curated collection of the brand’s signature pieces with a retail value of $85 and includes:

Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+; Rinse-Off Foaming Cleanser; All About Shadow Trio – in a choice of shades (greens or pinks); Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm; High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara and Repairwear Sculpting Night Cream –

which is a brand new launch for Spring 2015 - and the deluxe sample size isn't going to be enough so go ahead and buy the full sized one while you're at it!

Clinique Sculpting Night Cream - 50ml - $75 - a luxurious hydrating cream-gel appropriate for all skin types that offers an anti-gravity effect for face and neck. Skin will feel instantly softer and smoother thanks to 8 potent de-aging ingredients that help support skin during its sleep cycle, when skin’s repair ability peaks supporting natural skin cell regeneration and includes:
 
Centella Asiatica, Whey Protein and Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 - to improve natural collagen production, helping to enhance skin’s firmness and resilience, increasing skin’s “bounce-back” quality for a defined facial contour that appears lifted; Coleus Barbatus Extract - a powerful ingredient that helps improve sagging facial contours; White Birch Extract - helps fight environmental damage caused by UV exposure; Vitamin C - helps protect against free radical damage; while Murumuru Butter and Linoleic Acid work to prevent dehydration and maintain an optimum balance of moisturization leaving skin feeling soft, smooth, comfortable, more luminous, with improved texture and softened lines and wrinkles.

The Clinique Repairwear Sculpting Night Cream is available now at Clinique counters across Canada but if you want the GWP - get it at Hudson's Bay before February 22nd!

- Lisamarie - 

Take the Philosophy Moisture Challenge!

in a sea of moisturizers, finding the “one” for your skin type can be challenging but Philosophy is prepared to make it a little easier. Take a trip to your local Philosophy counter at The Bay this weekend where Philosophy is inviting Canadians to take the Philosophy Moisture Challenge. 

Where Philosophy’s skin care experts will be offering one-on-one appointments to help you find your perfect moisturizer match! Starting with the moisture checker, consultants will measure the skin’s moisture level to determine how hydrated your skin actually is and then take you through a series of questions to get to the bottom of your moisturizing needs, including:

What are your ideal qualities in a moisturizer?
- helps relieve dry, uncomfortable skin
- provides a radiant glow
- non-greasy/lightweight
- helps address advanced fine lines
- helps address loss of elasticity and firmness

Have you started to notice any changes in your skin?     
- diminished radiance
- troublesome blemishes
- fine lines and a few wrinkles
- discolouration or pigmentation
- loss of elasticity and firmness  
 

By the end of the consultation, the perfect moisturizer will be unveiled, leaving your skin hydrated and happy.

To sweeten the event, philosophy will also be offering a reusable philosophy water bottle and a 90mL purity 3-in-1 cleanser with every $50 purchase during the event. 

The event is running today and tomorrow so go check it out and of course Philosophy moisturizers are wonderful all of the time, so even if you can't make the event stop by the counter whenever you can, their experts are always super helpful!

 - Lisamarie -

It's Summer Gift with Purchase time at Sears with both Lancôme and Estée Lauder!

Starting May 23^rd, a $45 purchase at the Sears Lancôme counter will score you:

A serum of your choice - either Genifique or Visionnaire;

A cleanser or your choice - either Crème Radiance or Galatee Confort;

A Color Design Eyeshadow quad and Star Bronzer (Soleil) of your choice;

and as if all that wasn't enough, you'll also receive Definicils Mascara, Bifacil Remover and a stylish tote bag in Blue or Coral!

Need help spending the $45 (as if)? - I would pick up the Renergie Eclat Multi-Lift Multi-Action Tinted Skincare - Illuminate & Lift - 40ml - $90 - it comes in 4 shades and helps skin that has lost the radiant glow of youth appear firmer, denser, smooth and even for an even, fresh and luminous complexion that perfectly reflects light - you're welcome!

Don't dawdle though, you only have until June 6^th to snag your gift and thanks to Sunni, my Lancôme BA mole for sending me the 411!

Don't be sad that it's over because then a new one begins at the Estée Lauder counter in the form of a Lilly Pulitzer gift with any skincare or foundation purchase of $42.50 or more which includes samples of:

Perfectly Clean Cleanser;

A choice of DayWear Advanced Multi-Protection Creme SPF 15 or Advanced Time Zone Age Reversing Line/Wrinkle Creme SPF 15;

Pure Color Crystal Lipstick;

Pure Color High Gloss;

and a Sumptuous Bold Volume Lifting Mascara all inside Lilly Pulitzer Shellscicles print tote bag that also comes with a companion bag in the same print!

There are lots of skincare and foundation choices so $42.50 will be easy to blow - check out the new Nutritious Radiant line - I'm a fan of the Nutritious Radiant Vitality Energy Lotion Intense Moist - $55 - a treatment lotion that features pomegranate nectar infusion that offers long lasting-hydration, vita-minerals and anti-oxidants while detoxifying skin of environmental aggressors and leaves skin prepared to absorb maximum benefits from the treatments that follow for skin that looks radiant and feels soft and supple.

The gift is available while supplies last so don't miss out - see you at Sears!

- Lisamarie -

Fragrant Friday - Lalique Edition Spéciale

Lalique - the fragrance brand with bottles as beautiful as the scent inside them is celebrating it's twenty year anniversary with a special edition of their legendary fragrance -  

Lalique Edition Spéciale - 100ml EDT - $135 -  a timeless floral with top notes of rose essence, iris, clove flower and jasmine; heart notes of blackcurrant leaves, pear and blackberry and base notes of sandalwood mysore, vanilla and white musks - knowing how much I don't like floral fragrances you would think I wouldn't care for it at all but this is one of the few florals that I really love!

And what kind of anniversary would it be without a present - for you that is! Each bottle comes with a jasmine flower pendant - most of them will be galvanically gold plated but a lucky 1 in 20 will be adorned with the same charm but made in amber-coloured Lalique crysal!

So here's my plan - we need a jeweler-grade scale which we will take down to Holt Renfrew and demand to weigh all of the fragrance boxes - if 1 in 20 of them is the special charm that means that most of them will weigh the same and a few of them will have to be minutely different! I suggested this idea to my husband and he looked at me like I'm nuts but I know my beauty obsessed brethren will understand and be with me on this! And I'm sure the nice, friendly fragrance ladies at HR will be happy to oblige us... okay, maybe not - I'm open to ideas!

Available now until the end of 2012 at Holt Renfrew - be sure to let us know if you score/have scored the golden (crystal) ticket!

- Lisamarie -

It's Clinque bonus time again at Holt Renfrew!

It's bonus time at Holt Renfrew Clinique counters - so if there's something you've been lusting after, now's the time to get it! With a purchase of $35 or more until June 5th or while supplies last! Included are deluxe sample sizes of:

All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing EyeMassage
Youth Surge Age Decelerating Moisturizer SPF 15
Rinse-Off Foaming Cleanser
Colour Surge Eye Shadow Duo - top-selling shades paired exclusively for this bonus
Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 in Air Kiss
Long Last Lipstick in All Heart
High Impact Mascara in Black
Clinique Eyelash Curler

All packed up in this bold print bag - altogether, a $100 value!

What will you be picking up from Clinique?

- Lisamarie -

New and Notable at Shoppers Drug Mart - Fragrances from Givenchy, Calvin Klein and Baby Phat!

Very Irrésistible Givenchy L'Intense - 50ml EDP $93, 100ml EDP $107 - top note of purple plum; heart note of intense rose; and base notes of patchouli and intense musk.  The first thing I did when I got in the store was head straight for this display and sprayed some on.  I knew I would like it at first because of the plum but I was curious to see how it would smell after it settled as rose is not my thing at all.  Verdict: while it was floralish, the musk helped balance it out and it was very sultry on me.  Husband's verdict: Wow! I also love the advertising campaign with Liv Tyler - I think Liv looks so striking in it!

CK One Summer - 100ml EDT $58 - with top notes of citruses, tangerine, melon and aquatic ferns; heart notes of lemon, ocean accord, blue freesia, verbena and rhubarb; and a base of incense, cedar, musk and peach. This is one fragrance that I always look forward too and the years I like best are the ones that have a lot of citrus so this one does not disappoint me!

Calvin Klein Eternity Summer For Women - 100ml EDP $72  - with top notes of lily of the valley, violet and coriander; a heart of gardenia, jasmine and lotus; and a base of musk, mimosa and fig tree. - Eternity Summer For Men 100ml EDT $72 - the top notes include a citrus mix, mint, coriander, watermelon and ocean air accord; a heart of Star anise, galbanum, and lily of the valley; and a base of cedar, patchouli and amber. I was out of wrists so I didn't actually spray this one on me, I did spray it on a tester card and it was light and floral - if anyone's had it on their person, let us know what you think of it!

And if you pick one of the Calvin Klein fragrances up, don't forget to score the GWP, they had one on display and it is super cute, this is one of those GWP's that I would buy the product just to get it!

Baby Phat Love Me by Kimora Lee Simmons - 30ml EDT $35 - with notes of tangerine, jasmine petals, vanilla blossom and sandalwood. Again, I was out of skin to spray this on but on the card, I quite liked it!

- Lisamarie -

It's Clinique Bonus time at Holt Renfrew!

As far as I'm concerned, Holt Renfrew always has the best bonuses and this one is no exception!

With your purchase of $35 or more get:
Youth Surge Night - Clinique's newest age-decelerating night cream. 
Instant Lift for Brows - also new, a pencil-and-highlighter duo for an instant, virtual brow lift. 
Acolourful compact with an eye shadow duo and blush as well as a lipstick. 
Lash Doubling Mascara and Lash Building Primer.
Take the Day Off Makeup Remover.
7 Day Scrub Cream.
All packed in a fresh-prints bag
This $100 value is yours free with any Clinique purchase of $35 or more! While supplies last!

- Lisamarie -

It's Clinique GWP time at The Bay!

If you've been lusting something from the Clinique fall collection or need to stock up on your basics, now's the time to do it - it's gift with purchase time at The Bay!  With a purchase of $26.50 or more you'll get:

High Impact Mascara in Black
High Impact Lip Colour SPF 15 in Extreme Pink
Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula
NEW All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage (I'm a fan, click on the name to read my review)
Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad in Violets
All in an adorable floral cosmetics bag.

The bonus runs September 14-October 2 - what's on your Clinique wish list?

- Lisamarie -

Lancôme Gift with Purchase time is almost here at The Bay!

It's Lancôme GWP time at the Bay from July 8th to August 1st!  With any purchase of $45 or more of Lancôme products, choose everything in your gift!

CHOOSE YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE

High Résolution Refill-3x Triple Action Anti-Wrinkle Cream SPF 15

High Résolution Collaser-5x Sérum collagène intense correcteur rides - 15 ml

OR

Absolue Premium ßx Absolute Replenishing Cream

Absolue Ultimate ßx Replenishing and Restructuring Serum

OR

Rénergie Anti-Wrinkle and Firming Treatment

Rénergie Microlift R.A.R.E. Intense Targeted Repositioning Lifter

CHOOSE YOUR CRAYON KHÔL

Le Crayon Khôl Eyeliner Pencil – Black Ebony OR Black Coffee

CHOOSE YOUR EYE MAKEUP PRODUCT

Définicils High Definition Mascara – Black

Hypnôse Custom Volume Mascara

CHOOSE YOUR LIP PRODUCT

Juicy Tube Lip Gloss – Pink Horizon

Color Design  Sensational Effects Lip Color - Wannabe

CHOOSE YOUR TOTE

To bring all your goodies home in!

Is there anything from Lancôme that you've been putting off buying waiting for Gift with Purchase time?

- Lisamarie - 

 

Saks Fifth Avenue doesn't want me to have anywhere to keep my sunscreen!

I'm in love with a beach bag that Saks Fifth Avenue that they won't let me have!  There's a special promo going on right now - when you spend $75 in the beauty department you get the adorable bag pictured above filled with  beauty brand offers and a $100 giftcard from LuxuryLink.com -  a luxury vacation site.  Saks is more then happy to let me buy stuff, less then happy to send me the bag - Canadians are foiled again!  My lovely American friends should take advantage of the offer though and you can take that cute bag to the beach on your luxury vacation!  Hurry up, you only have until June 18th!

- Lisamarie -

Trade Secrets has OPI as their June gift with purchase!

Trade Secrets have given me a heads up on the June GWP:  from May 29th to July 2nd with a $55 purchase you will receive a OPI Maintenance Nail Envy Nail Strengthener - a $19.95 value - while supplies last at participating Trade Secrets/Glamour Secrets.

Trade Secrets/Glamour Secrets is also the exclusive hair sponsor for Strut For A Cure, which you may remember me telling you about here.  If you are still thinking about going, get moving and buy your tickets, it's tomorrow!

- Lisamarie -

Lancôme Gift with Purchase time at Sears!

It's my favourite time again - GWP time - and I love it when you get a choice!

With any purchase of $45 or more of Lancôme products, you choose every item in your gift!

CHOOSE YOUR EYE SHADOW SHADES

Color Design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow – Bikini Golden, Latté, Vue, Statuesque

Color Design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow - Trendy, Garment, Luring, Positive

CHOOSE YOUR LIPSTICK

Color Design Sensational Effects Lip Color -  Fuschia Clutch

Color Design Sensational Effects Lip Color -  Sugared Maple

CHOOSE YOUR SKINCARE

Absolue Premium ßx Absolute Replenishing Cream

High Résolution Refill-3x Triple Action Anti-Wrinkle Cream SPF 15 

Rénergie Anti-Wrinkle and Firming Treatment

CHOOSE YOUR BODY CREAM OR CLEANSER

Crème Mousse Confort Comforting Creamy Foaming Cleanser

Nutrix Royal Body Cream Intense Lipid Repair Cream

CHOOSE YOUR EYE PRODUCT

Définicils High Definition Mascara – Black

Bi-Facil Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover

Then choose your exclusive summer tote to throw all your new loot into! 

A Value of up to $122

Move your butt though - offer only runs from May 29th  to June 11th!

- Lisamarie -

The choice is yours for Lancôme's Gift With Purchase at The Bay!

It's Lancôme GWP time at the Bay this week and this time around they want you to have some choices!  With a purchase of $34 or more You pick your bag and you pick your favourite 7 products out of 14 possibilities.  Which are:

Crème Radiance

Clarifying Cream-to-Foam Cleanser

Crème Mousse Confort

Comforting Cleanser Creamy Foam

Absolue Premium ßx

Absolute Replenishing Cream

Absolue Eye Premium ßx

Absolute Replenishing Eye Cream

High Résolution Refill-3x

Triple Action Anti-Wrinkle Cream SPF 15

High Résolution Eye Refill-3x

Triple Action Renewal Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream

Génifique Eye

Youth Activating Eye Concentrate

Color Design

Sensational Effects Eye Shadow — Daylight , Pose, Amber Mystique, Couture

Color Design

Sensational Effects Lip Color -  Backstage Beauty

Juicy Tubes

Lip Gloss – Raspberry Ice

Le Lipstique

Lipcolouring Stick – Ideal

Le Crayon Khôl

Eyeliner Pencil – Black Ebony

Définicils

High Definition Mascara – Black

Bi-Facil

Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover

The Gift With Purchase runs from April 15th to May 9th while supplies last.

- Lisamarie -

alice + olivia Gift With Purchase at Holt Renfrew!

Thinking about heading to Holt Renfrew on Friday or Saturday for a little bit of shopping?  If you'll be spending $500 or more in the Women's Contemporary Clothing department then you will score yourself one of these sweet bags!  You could pick up one of these D&G silk-organza dresses for yourself (or your favourite blogger - I'm a size 8) for $675 and there's lots of other pretty things that you (we) would love!

Receive a limited edition alice + olivia bag chock full of goodies from Clinique, Hudson, Rebecca Taylor, Nanette Lepore, Marc by Marc Jacobs and more! (each bag's contents are unique and subject to availability)

Offer only good on Friday and Saturday and only contemporary women's clothing counts - offer doesn't apply to accessories or  men's clothing.

- Lisamarie -

It's Estée Lauder GWP time at The Bay!

It's GWP time at the Bay - sorry I meant to get this up last week but you still have lot's of time - it runs until March 21st!

Free with any $32.00 Estée Lauder Purchase

Worth over $75.00

There is a choice in shade (Warm or Cool) & choice in Moisturizer:

Time Zone (Norm/Combination) or Hydrationist (Dry) – 7ml
Perfectly Clean Cleanser or Soft Clean Cleanser – 30ml
Eyeshadow Quad – Warm or Cool
Pure Color Lipstick – Sunstone or Pink Parfait
Sumptuous Mascara – Black
Navy Lizard Accessory Bag with Pink Piping
Pink Lizard Print Cosmetic Bag with Navy Trim

Or go crazy, spend $75 and receive this 4 Piece Makeup Brush Set and Coordinating Pink Caddy.

- Lisamarie -

Estée Lauder and Holt Renfrew have three magic words for you - Gift With Purchase!

 

Starting tomorrow (February 19th) and running until February 28th is the Estée Lauder GWP at Holt Renfrew.  With a $55 purchase you receive:

Re-Nutriv Ultimate Lifting Crème – 15ml
Deluxe Eyeshadow Compact – 8 shades
Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick – Apricot Sun
Double Wear Mascara – Black
Sensuous Gold Atomizer – 5ml
Linen Tote with Snake Print Trim Handles 

- Lisamarie -

Happiness Is: the Sephora Holiday Magic catalog!

The start of the holiday season is recognized at different times for different people.  For some it's when the candy is all given out and the pumpkin turfed for others it's Black Friday.  For me, it's whenever my Sephora holiday catalog shows up!  I'm happy to announce that the holiday season began last night!  There is nothing I love more then opening up the mailbox and finding one of those beautiful, slick Sephora catalogs inside and I'm sure they send out less of them then they used to.  I may be old school but I will buy so much more if I have pretty pictures in hand rather than on the computer screen.  And I know you are dying to know what I am going to order so here goes:

Sephora Favourites Radiant Skin Regimen Skincare Deluxe Sampler - $38 - How clever is this, test before you commit!  Includes products from Bliss, Cosmedicine, Perricone, DDF, Kinerase, Murad, philosophy, Clinique and Peter Thomas Roth.

Urban Decay Hall of Fame - $29 - travel sized eyeliner, lipgloss, mascara and lipstick with a UDPP on steroids!

Korres Never Too Many Set - $39.50 - 6 showergels and 6 body butters in 6 yummy scents!  The perfect size to take to the gym.  And I felt guilty just getting it for myself so I ordered 2 so I could give one as a gift! My girlfriends need to start sucking up now!

Best Of MAKE UP FOR EVER Set - $49 - eyeliner, mascara, primer, HD powder and makeup remover.  I have been meaning to check out the remover, primer and powder so I couldn't pass up this deal!

And of course we love the holiday catalog for the special gift they usually have this time of year and they didn't disappoint this year (for a change).  And I don't mean by the gift itself, I mean that this year Canadians can get it! Yippee!  It's a metallic clutch with 8 samples inside.  Free for Beauty Insiders with a purchase of $50 or more.  The code is FLOWERCLUTCH - while supplies last, so move your butts, you know this one will go fast!

- Lisamarie -

Are there any sweeter words than gift with purchase?!!

I'm a little concerned, due to my review yesterday, that the nice folks at Clinique are thinking that I don't love them anymore, on contraire!  My love is back in full force thanks to the Clinque bonus at Holt Renfrew! Check out this sweet swag!  While supplies last with a $35 minimum purchase.

•Youth Surge Age Decelerating Moisturizer SPF 15
•Rinse-Off Foaming Cleanser
•Even Better Skin Tone Corrector
•Blushwear Cream Stick in Rosy Blush
•Colour Surge Eye Shadow Duo in Pink Slate
•Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 in Tenderheart
•Lash Doubling Mascara in Black
•Long Last Lipstick in Blushing Nude

- Lisamarie -